The question of this post was, really, was GSP an electoral drain on the Republican ticket? The evidence I’ve observes indicates, as most have observed in these replies, that the opposite was true.

Do you want to ask if she were a good pick ideologically? From our standpoint,she was a good pick.

Imagine the uproar had she opposed McCain on the bailout or immigration reform. She was already accused of “going rogue.”

I agree the McCain campaign staff totally mishandled Palin. As sexist as it sounds, Nicole Wallace’s hushand should keep her barefoot and pregnant through the 2012 elections.

My greatest concern is that partisan bottom feeders (primarily former governors who will remain unnamed) will try to destroy Palin because of the threat she poses to their personal potitical ambitions.

The lengths that MSM and people (named and unnamed) in the GOP have gone to in an attempt to destroy Sarah Palin speaks volumes about her potential. To many (but not true conservatives) Sarah Palin is the most dangerous politician in the nation.

Go Sarah Go!

Deskpilot

When I started my new job last week, I got the customary walk around to meet all the people that I would work with, names and areas of expertise. Our TEAM is exactly that, a TEAM. No one has a monopoly on information. Sharing is KEY to our sucess.

In the days that followed, I went back through the gammut to personally introduce myself and what I had hoped to contribute to my new team. One of the first gentelmen that I met invited me in to his well appointed cube, complete with family pictures throughout. As he got to the story of his sucess and subsequent promotion, he reflected that the timing couldn’t have been better. At the same time that he was promoted and getting used to the added privleges and responsibilities, he and he wife were blessed with a daughter with special needs.

Four years later, his daughter continues to improve despite the nay-sayers in the medical field. It appears that the doctors of great universities still can’t comprehend the power of love in the healing and well being of children with special needs.
Somehow, I asked a great question, “Would I be wrong to ask, did you hear some one special call out to you in the recent campaign?”

His face lit up like the White House Christmas tree. “Absolutely! I never got involved in politics before. And to make it worse, I’ve ALWAYS been a Democrat, like everyone else in my family. But when I heard about her infant son, that got me to pay attention to her, and then her, “You’ll have a friend and an advocate in the White House,” line, she had me.”

He and his wife immediately changed their registration fm D to R and volunteered what little time they could scrape together in support of the campaign.

He looked deep into her political history, unlike the ANYONE in the media, and he said, ‘I came to understand her, I came to understand that there was a woman and a mother, who happened to chose public service as a career, and to do that to the best of her ability, and to commit herself to her employer, the people, in the same way that soldiers and sailors, like yourself, have to commit wholly to the job you voluteered for.’

We parted our introductory meeting, both knowing that we “knew” eachother, could turn to eachother in the bore of our day and gain a smile.

It was truly an inpiring moment for me. New to an ofice environment, where friends and family warned me to stay away from politics, even after the election, I was able to listen to a man, ask a SINGLE question, and come to understand him and kindle a new frienship.

That’s what inspiring people do…

If you can read this, thank a teacher; If you can still read it in English, you’re welcome.

Deskpilot, AM(H)1 (AW), USN(Ret)
Merry Christmas to All

When I started my new job last week, I got the customary walk around to meet all the people that I would work with, names and areas of expertise. Our TEAM is exactly that, a TEAM. No one has a monopoly on information. Sharing is KEY to our sucess.

In the days that followed, I went back through the gammut to personally introduce myself and what I had hoped to contribute to my new team. One of the first gentelmen that I met invited me in to his well appointed cube, complete with family pictures throughout. As he got to the story of his sucess and subsequent promotion, he reflected that the timing couldn’t have been better. At the same time that he was promoted and getting used to the added privleges and responsibilities, he and he wife were blessed with a daughter with special needs.

Four years later, his daughter continues to improve despite the nay-sayers in the medical field. It appears that the doctors of great universities still can’t comprehend the power of love in the healing and well being of children with special needs.
Somehow, I asked a great question, “Would I be wrong to ask, did you hear some one special call out to you in the recent campaign?”

His face lit up like the White House Christmas tree. “Absolutely! I never got involved in politics before. And to make it worse, I’ve ALWAYS been a Democrat, like everyone else in my family. But when I heard about her infant son, that got me to pay attention to her, and then her, “You’ll have a friend and an advocate in the White House,” line, she had me.”

He and his wife immediately changed their registration fm D to R and volunteered what little time they could scrape together in support of the campaign.

He looked deep into her political history, unlike the ANYONE in the media, and he said, ‘I came to understand her, I came to understand that there was a woman and a mother, who happened to chose public service as a career, and to do that to the best of her ability, and to commit herself to her employer, the people, in the same way that soldiers and sailors, like yourself, have to commit wholly to the job you voluteered for.’

We parted our introductory meeting, both knowing that we “knew” eachother, could turn to eachother in the bore of our day and gain a smile.

It was truly an inpiring moment for me. New to an ofice environment, where friends and family warned me to stay away from politics, even after the election, I was able to listen to a man, ask a SINGLE question, and come to understand him and kindle a new frienship.

That’s what inspiring people do…

If you can read this, thank a teacher; If you can still read it in English, you’re welcome.

Deskpilot, AM(H)1 (AW), USN(Ret)
Merry Christmas to All

Just what I would expect from today’s power Republicans. I’m sorry, but being in power is not the goal – it is to change the way the country is governed, ie., honestly, smaller government, lower taxes, less Federal control, etc.

I can only agree with you to a point. I think the vast majority of us want all of those things, but how can we do it when we’re in the minority? Do you think we’ll have smaller government and lower taxes with Obama, Reid, and Pelosi running DC?

Many of you seem to think that the goal is to obtain power – like the democrat model.

Well, if you do not support honesty, integrity, small government, limited social interaction (via laws) then you are only supporting the Democrats in the long run.

Bring me honest statesmen and I will attempt to move the world! It’s been very difficult to even vote for the GOP these days. We need drastic change immediately!

LeMay was a firm believer in achieving victory while minimizing American casualties. And he certainly showed expertise in actually putting his ideas into practice when he was allowed to do so with Japan. Many of us might not have been born had our fathers or grandfathers been killed invading Japan.

Nice diary.

Sarah Palin is the best thing that happened to the GOP this election season.

She does highlight a split in our party. She was disliked & continues to draw the very petty scorn of the crowd of pale pastels who are content to be the minority & take whatever crumbs fall their way. She was & is loved by those of us in the grassroots, who see her authenticity as a real person who has persevered & succeeded. She represented what has been missing – the real person, limited government fiscally conservative Republican. She seems to be anathema to the big government crowd, which is OK in my book because they are the reason for the losses in 06 & 08, caused by the big government big spending policies enacted during their control.

• JP