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Democratic Operation Chaos! Time to Unite Behind … Palin?

Posted by JAZZ SHAW, Assistant Editor in Politics.
Oct 19th, 2009 | Comments

Yes, my friends. It has been rumored on a few Democratic sites I check in on from time to time, but opportunity is slipping away before your very eyes. Rasmussen is bringing disastrous news for the Obama faithful this week in the form of a new poll. While you’re all focusing your attention on what the new Democratic majority is up to, it seems that prospects for a Sarah Palin 2012 GOP nomination are fading away like dreams of spring during autumn’s first hard frost. Read on from the link.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s forthcoming autobiography has been at the top of the Amazon book charts for weeks, and it hasn’t even been released yet. At least in the eyes of the political Left, she is now perhaps America’s most visible national Republican.

But new Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveying finds Palin losing handily in face-to-face march-ups with her two likeliest challengers for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Among likely Republican primary voters, Palin now trails former Arkansas governor-turned-Fox-TV-host Mike Huckabee by 20 points – 55% to 35%.

When her opponent is ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Palin loses by 15 – 52% to 37%.

If you’ve been paying any attention at all, this is bad news. Barack Obama’s numbers have been steadily sliding downward since the spring. If the economy and the jobs front don’t show some remarkable improvement, he could be in very serious danger of being a one term wonder. What to do?

The one hope that Obama has is for the GOP to nominate someone with an absolute hard ceiling of less than 45% in the popular vote. Somebody who would drum up fervent support among the Republican base, but completely alienate the middle which is critical to any election. And who better in that role than Sarah Palin?

But your chances are slipping away quickly. That’s why it is imperative that an army of Democrats rush out and switch their registration to Republican and stand ready to do your duty. Answer all phone polls by saying you are a Republican and that you support the 1/2 term Alaskan governor. Be registered and ready to get out there in 2012 and vote in the GOP primary for the Wasilla Wildcat!

That’s right. It’s time for you to take a page from Rush Limbaugh’s playbook and begin “OPERATION CHAOS: THE REVENGE OF PALIN”

If you can put Palin in as the GOP nominee, it may be the only sure way to send Barack Obama back to the West Wing for a second term. Dirty pool, you may ask? Of course! But they tried to do it to you with Hillary. Turnabout is fair play, as the saying goes. Get out there and start changing those registrations today! Or…. of course you could support a third party candidate who really wants to fix the nation’s problems. But then, what fun would that be?

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tidbits

Remember when Palin resigned as Gov, how she told the people of Alaska she could do more for them outside the governor's office?

Well? Still waiting, Sarah.

TheMagicalSkyFather

To be honest she scares me way too much. What if Obama really did rape a screaming chimpanzee transsexual and we find out after she has the nom?

Either way they will have to pander so hard to the litmus testers that I think Obama will do well and at worst may "just" win but with the shifting demographics short of him pushing through another NAFTA or a draft or something I fail to see how he loses in 2012. I waited for the country to wake up in 2004 and was sadly mistaken, it takes a whirlwind to unseat a sitting president(or a highly popular third party candidate from the left which I have never seen). The Repub party has stumbled into the wilderness and is in danger of committing permanent demographic suicide (polls have them at between 0-8% of the under 30 demographic) and the litmus testers are the ones that hold the key to that lock and they are not looking like they want to open the door anytime soon.

Jazz

Damn Tyrone for taking away my satire tag during the last site redesign.

tidbits

MSF -

Good analysis, but the real impact of the demographic swing doesn't occur until around 2020 (after significant attrition of currently older voters). It may help Obama some in 2012, but not that much. Pandering to the hard right is a much greater factor short term, and that will probably be exacerbated with some success for that strategy in the off-years of 2010, where some will begin to believe that hard right pandering is the way to go and forget the long term demographic tends.

AustinRoth

I think that Democrats will come out in droves supporting Sarah Palin...for the Republican nomination, of course.

With W gone, they NEED her.

casualobserver

Well, I suspect we shall see a Huckabee vs. Obama and a Romney vs. Obama in the not too distant future as well.

And, I further suspect, the degree of proximity will cause a round of intestinal cramping here at TMV.

TheMagicalSkyFather

Romney cant get the nom, he is Mormon number one and number two will be painted as a rino if he comes close. Huck is not what I would consider a good candidate but it is the only real option for the nom I see with the new striped down repub party. I am actually thinking they will go extreme, which I do not think Huck is, but I have no idea who the person will be yet.

StockBoySF

At this time I think the GOP will nominate Huck, but we'll have to see who else comes into play. I wouldn't vote for Palin if she were the last person on Earth.

roro80

Agreed that if certain things don't turn around, Obama is in for a pretty rough campaign for the second term. I can't even imagine under what kind of madness would have to grip this nation for us to vote in Palin. I personally find Huckabee a much scarier prospect; he's just as nutty as Palin, but is so darn likeable that he could actually pull off a win. I'd be ok with Romney -- obviously by no means my first choice, but he seems at least reasonable.

casualobserver

Yes, I heard Huckabee tell his exploratory campaign committee that if elected he will issue an Executive Order that all liberal California women have to go to a convent and take vows of celibacy so that they do not multiply further.

roro80

Um...excuse me? I don't know what point you're trying to make, but if you're trying to make a joke, it's not funny. It's kind of creeping me out.

shannonlee

Huck is just as far right as Palin. He has more experience and has a great disposition, but he is still just as scary politically. Ridge or Romney...maybe Rudy...hard to say, but no way Palin or Huck. It is the usual suspects...Reps don't have much of youth movement going on.

tidbits

Ridge is out...pro-choice. Rudy has lost his luster after the last run & too socially liberal.

Pawlenty is still out there to go with Romney & Huckabee. I personally don't see Huckabee because he would be reminder of the GOP as a regional southern religious party of white males.

casualobserver

Hey, think about this.........if "talking moderate" is what will automatically bring the GOP back into contention, then shouldn't there be a groundswell of support for a ticket of Rick Moran and Jazz Shaw?

TheMagicalSkyFather

I could deal with Romney I think but I cant see him making it out of the primaries he will be seen as McCain II and on top of that the Hucksters posse will lay the smack down on Romney's moderates. Ridge maybe though he will not really excite anyone and excitement will be needed to pull it off. Palin has it but it goes in reverse in the moderate arena, she gets excitement just not the kind that wins elections. I think there is a good chance that the country club conservatives will let Huck have it and watch him decimated in an attempt to quite the religious right which are like this eras libertarians were in the Goldwater defeat, thats my way to early prediction.

Father_Time

Palin could play both leads in Dumb and Dumber.

Though I do see trouble ahead, aggravated by conservative scum clinging to the progressive laundry tub, suspiciously blue and shaped like dog crap, Democrats do need to clean out their liberal agenda also and cut loose those issues that drag us down.

Dropping gay rights and the all gay military idea off a bridge seems the wisest move to make right now. Getting illegal aliens out of the country would be another popular and just platform. Raising the minimum wage, and, of course continue the healthcare reform fight. Taxing religion as a business would be a great source of revenue and I believe popular if the expose` exposure was done right. More work to eliminate state's rights by eliminating states, replacing them with much fewer and larger provinces should attract the conservative anti-big government voters and eliminate much government waste. From fifty to five or six provincial governments has got to save us big money.

Mandatory death penalties for gang crimes and a national sharing of the wealth by sharing equitably the tax monies for public schools would make opportunity more in line with the Constitution.

Several more Social Ideas I’m sure could be mentioned that would better our nation. We are falling so far behind the rest of the modern world that we really need to consider more political ideas from other countries and stop making the laughable argument that, “we are the best”.

In general, we need REAL change.

dduck12

I will never forgive McCain for his big blunder: choosing Palin. Someone must have substituted some elicit drug for his Flomax that day. The reps better get their act together and get some real people out there. And, Romney is not out, still a saner voice (if only he was as good as Obama in the malarkey department). Rudy could be the non-Obama. And, the idea may be only to get more reps in Congress and warming up for 2016.

JeffersonDavis

I think you give her too much credit.
Sarah Palin would lose in a landslide to Obama.
I don't think you have to worry too much about it.

I'd put my money on Huckabee and Romney in a duet.
Those numbers would be closer to a defeat.

That's just my opinion. But from what I read and with Rasmussen's poll in the article, I think it may become reality.

Huckabee is an insightful social conservative and fiscal moderate. Romney would balance that mixture. That suits me to a tee. It's been a long time since I've had a "guy" in the Whitehouse.

JeffersonDavis

"Romney can't get thenom, he is a Mormon..."
You may be right. But even the goofiest of right wing nuts may support him at VP.

Besides the ultra-left; I have yet to encounter a person that really dislikes Huckabee.

JeffersonDavis

You have to remember, Shannon. Huck was trashed by the conservatives (Limbaugh and Levin) for not being a true conservative. Palin was conservative. Huck had plenty of populist ideas with healthcare and just about everything else. He even helped children of illegals in Arkansas. No self-respecting neo-con would stand for that.

TheMagicalSkyFather

You are probably right about Palin but honestly the woman scares the holy hell out of me and I just cant chance it. Honestly if it came to pass how would you live with yourself. I think you are pretty close with a Huck and VP Romney ticket but I still think they will lose, not by a horrible amount but demographically it will be the last election someone like Huck is likely to win I think. He is a likable guy but he will come off like Bushes brother and I think between that and unseating a sitting president with a entrenched voting blocks is unlikely. And after 2012 things will get much tougher for that style of campaign.

TheMagicalSkyFather

I do not like Romney but I do not think it is right that he cant get the nom because he is Mormon especially considering the amount of loyalty the Mormon church has had with the GOP brand. He is a good candidate he just makes me think of 1990's super tan guys and I cant take him seriously, after 2016 or so though I think he may be able to make it. I just think the evangelicals will have to come to terms with him first or be out voted which is rough in a repub primary in many states.

JeffersonDavis

Actually I think that 2012 is the perfect time for an election like that. The Tea Party types who are disenfranchised by both the DNC and GOP would flock to Huckabee and Romney. Huckabee is well-liked nation wide. More so in the south of course. But with the Romney "kicker", I think it would be the perfect team for the GOP. Both are moderates and provide a good mixture of social conservatism (but not overly so) and fiscal conservatism.

Huck is HARDLEY Bush's brother. Night and day, brother. Night and day.

AustinRoth

I certainly hope as a country we learn to support ANYONE smarter than this in Foreign Policy: Iran Double-crosses Obama

Nobel Peace prize my butt.

TheMagicalSkyFather

I am not saying he is like Bush I am saying he will be painted as such successfully. Also Romney will not be able to lead the ticket due to the Mormon thing and fiscal conservatives will have a huge issue with Huck's "third way" approach.

Stephen44

I don't care who runs against the current bunch of traitors in office,as long as they are loyal to this country and its citizens. Our nation is being destroyed from within by traitors in our government that don't give a damn about this country or its people. Democrats and republicans are in cahoots together. This 2 party system is a sham. It's smoke and mirrors to make Americans think they have a choice. Do you really think Obama and McCain were chosen by the American people? Our primary system is manipulated by the wealthy elite to force their candidates on Americans. Small states like Iowa and New Hampshire are easily manipulated by the wealthy elitist. Think about that for a minute. Less than 1% of the population decides who you get to vote for! They are giving Americans ONE more choice than communists. Vote out ALL incumbents and take back our country. Wake up American patriots!

TheMagicalSkyFather

Yea unlike 1994 I now see a difference, though only a slight one, between an R or a D on a ballot and I will not be making the R mistake again for a very long time, thank you Bush for teaching good lessons. If a viable third party ever starts though let me know but it will take 8-12 years for them to gain any real steam. Also if you think we are being ruled by traitors then we have been in this situation since the 70's or 80's depending on when you wish to start counting but I would look into the 1960's book from the French version of the CIA called Goodbye America, that claims a coup took place when Kennedy was killed and our Republic died on that day we just still think it is alive.

DLS

"I certainly hope as a country we learn to support ANYONE smarter than this in Foreign Policy"

Palin by definition is better than that. However, Palin might get Obama re-elected. (The same would be true of anyone who was a serious threat to Obama, and whose qualifications in matters like foreign policy exposed Obama's weaknesses. In either case, expect a lot of hatred thrown at the GOP in 2010.)

Stephen44

TheMagicalSkyFather: Kennedy was killed by Johnson. It seems Johnson was about to be arrested for tax evasion and removed from Kennedy's re-election ticket. Johnson is thought to be behind a dozen or so murders, including his own sister. Johnson was a real SOB that his opponents in Texas feared. He was also responsible for the Gulf of Tonkin and attack of the USS Liberty false flag operations. I would urge you to watch the series on YouTube.com "The Men Who Killed Kennedy". It goes over ALL the evidence. Take Care.

TheMagicalSkyFather

Watched it in the past and it is really good I just think it goes much further than Johnson meaning I think it is tied to the Texas petrol cabal but thats just me.

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