Comments on: Palin Hints At Third Party To Save Republican Party From — Liberal Control (?)

By: Animal Farm

Animal Farm — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:55:24 +0000

The Dirty Game…

The strategy of the Commie left is to push and get or keep effective leaders and strategist out of office. And the leader doesn’t have to be effective, just a leader. If you keep the party leaders rotating, the party can not be effective.
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By: Animal Farm

Animal Farm — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:55:24 +0000

The Dirty Game…

By: redbus

redbus — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:58:24 +0000

Sarah Palin is done. When running for national office, being from Alaska is already a hurdle to overcome. Now she quit in the middle of her term? No thanks. Let's turn the page.

By: Palin Derangement Syndrome claims another victim | Les Jones

Palin Derangement Syndrome claims another victim | Les Jones — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:24:28 +0000

[...] Frank Rich (via Kleinhieder): That resentment is in part about race, of course. When Palin referred to Alaska as “a microcosm of America” during the 2008 campaign, it was in defiance of the statistical reality that her state’s tiny black and Hispanic populations are unrepresentative of her nation. She stood for the “real America,” she insisted, and the identity of the unreal America didn’t have to be stated explicitly for audiences to catch her drift. [...]

By: takeback

takeback — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:26:55 +0000

The reason there needs to be a new party is because of who ruined it. Face it, the republican party is dead. Roughly 20% consider themselves Republican right now depending on which poll you want to use. Why? Because nobody want's to be associated with Bush and company.

I personally will never vote Republican again. EVER. There are millions who also feel this way.

An independent conservative party is needed to distance themselves from the root of the G.O.P. Which really committed suicide.

Oh,

I don't consider myself Republican or Democrat. I am an Independent.

By: SinisterSenator

SinisterSenator — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:57:51 +0000

Oh please, PLEASE do it. Mlhradio is right on, all we need is her to splinter off the substantial racist, nativist, anti-reason wing of the Republican party and we can finally drive into total irrelevancy the single greatest obstacle towards actually saving this country — the so-called “patriotic conservatives” who are quite happy to watch America crash and burn, so long as it helps their reelection prospects.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:23:17 +0000

Palin is doing whatever she can to remain in the spotlight, probably to keep the buzz alive until she can release her book. In the real world of politics, she's too ridiculous to be taken seriously. This idea of her own political party is equally ridiculous. Her base is the Republican party, why would she need her own party?

In any case, as my co-blogger Jordan said today, we need to just ignore this woman. All she wants is attention and we should move on to more important issues.

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:52:05 +0000

You know, if Palin actually starts stumping for Democrats, that would be a story.

This, though, not so much.

By: mlhradio

mlhradio — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:51:14 +0000

Of course, this is all speculation based on hints and wishful thinking. But if Palin does have an itchin' to create a new political movement outside the current two-party system - that could very well guarantee signal the end of the current republican party as an influential force in modern politics as we know it, at least in our generation. A few months ago when the republicans were floundering more than usual, there was lots of joking around, comparing the current republican party to the Whig Party of the nineteenth century. At that time, it was more of a 'ha-ha-only-kidding' sort of commentary - but we're moving a step closer to 'wait-a-minute-this-could-be-serious'.

If Palin does go ahead and form a serious third party (like, say, a modern-day version of the 'Know-Nothing Party' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing)) - she could easily splinter off 10%, 20%, 30% of the current republican base. Nearly all of her support would come from the republican end of the spectrum, plus a tiny handful of independents (like those Hillary is 44 wackos), and almost zero Democrats. The republicans are already a dangerously small minority of modern-day Americans, and the number of Americans who self-identify as republican continues to shrink as the year progresses. Take away a sizable percentage of that already-low number, and there's not much left.

Of course, all of this is still wishful thinking. We won't know what Palin will do until she actually *does* it, and even then we will all probably we left scratching our heads trying to figure out the chess-moves going on inside that wobbly head of hers. Until then, the circus continues...

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:08:03 +0000

Palin Stories have become large scale “Friday News Dumps”… Saturday Night Live is on hiatus until September!

What do you call a PALIN, PALIN, PALIN, PALIN, PALIN, PALIN when it's started by Sarah Palin?.. News?

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:22:57 +0000

Of course Sarah Palin is not dead. She's a fighter, not a quitter. And when I say “quitter”, I mean she's not a quitter on herself. She knows what she wants and is going after it.

As far as her supporters…. It's all about having “one of mine” in power and not “one of theirs”.