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At Least Sarah Palin Listens to Me

By: Achance (Diary)  |  November 5th, 2009 at 01:46 PM  | 

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Those of you who know my stuff know that I have long advocated that Republicans boycott the axes of evil from Boston to DC and from Seattle to San Diego.  Nobody in any of those places is ever going to support a Republican and every thing you say and do gets filtered through a hostile left wing media.  Republicans should make news in the places where they can get votes and from which they serve.  If the WaPo, NYT, LAT, and the “big three” TV networks want to cover Republicans, their reporters need to learn to think of a Holiday Inn as a luxury hotel.

Sarah Palin is going to Chicago and NYC for some specific TV appearances but beyond that, her book tour is strictly through flyover country; in other words, the places where people vote for Republicans.  The Anchorage Daily Worker’s, er, News’ story is here: http://www.adn.com/palin/story/1000006.html

It’s well known that I am no great fan of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska, but she has demonstrated a keen sense of the issues and style of political action that resonates with our core constituencies.  This book and speaking tour will allow her to speak directly to the base without having to modulate her message for a hostile audience or have it filtered by a hostile media.  All of that is a good thing!

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  • http://applescorneroftheorchard.blogspot.com/ Pomme

    this is one of the signs of the Apocalypse!

    No matter how you feel about the ex-governor, this is a positive thing. If only more Rs would take your advice.

    • penguin2

      Apocalypse! Once again, Art is right and I respect him tremendously for his perspective.

      It is still scary!

      • http://www.the41stvote.org rcov092

        being a fan, i am predisposed to expecting her to be attacked from all quarters. The fact that Art can recognize skill and ability gives me pause to think I should do the same to any potential contender for 2012 until the positions start to harden. Art is a true conservative and no idealog.

    • cwilson

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  • MrMosis

    an encouraging word from Achance goes a very long way.

  • Darin_H

    She’s coming to Orlando, which I’m not too far from, yeah it’s a couple of hours drive, but what else do I have to do? Eli can sleep in the carseat there and back. I’m not the biggest Palin fan, but I think it would be interesting to meet her.

  • Vegas_Rick

    But, we all knew that Art is fair and balanced.

  • JadedByPolitics

    …

  • itrytobenice

    Seriously, Art, you’ve had good advice and I hope some of the other Rs will try to copy this tactic.

    When we rely on AP reports from Metro markets, we may as well be trying to get water from a dry well.

    She’s got the right idea. I’m glad she’s been paying attention to you. :)

  • Scope

    I cannot believe you would have given Palin credit for anything. My only quibble, I don’t think Palin would change her speeches depending on where she is. It is a great tactical move to go to your most supportive audience first, get those people rallied for her even more, and, then go into enemy territory.

  • Scope

    I cannot believe you would have given Palin credit for anything. My only quibble, I don’t think Palin would change her speeches depending on where she is. It is a great tactical move to go to your most supportive audience first, get those people rallied for her even more, and, then go into enemy territory.

  • http://www.cityonahillpolitics.blogspot.com/ Bill@cityonahillpolitics

    A compliment to Palin. That’s warming to my heart! Perhaps Art is now going rogue as well?

    • antisocial

      From his position of strict conservatism going rouge doesn’t seem to be an option. He is recognizing a reality of strategic marketing.

  • Rod_Patrick

    Nuff said.

    I don’t wanna be called “idiot” once again. lol! [But I'm not afraid. Big Brother Ace will always defend me, eh!]

    • Third Street

      For a realignment toward conservatism to take place, the country would have to have first been realigned toward liberalism.

      That never happened, as the Tuesday results demonstrate. The Democrats thought it had, but then the Democrats are stupid enough to extrapolate fifty-year trends based on the results of two election cycles.

  • E Pluribus Unum

    Media whores like McCain, Lindsey Grahamnesty, people like that, you end up being their tools, and when you need them, they’ll prison-bitch screw you.

    Make them follow you to backwater Republican towns where their press badge will probably get them spit on. Give the plum interviews to FoxNews people, National Review people, Caleb Howe people, etc.

  • 6eorge Jetson

    All she does is torch the Democrats and Lefty issues she takes on.

    That’s not the same as running for President, but conservatives aren’t running for president right now, we’re trying to defeat health care.

    Anyone that can contribute significantly to the defeat of ZeroCare™ and other Lefty issues in 2009/10 should be applauded in 2009/10.

    Go Sarah!

  • E Pluribus Unum

    She still wears the naughty librarian outfit for E Pluribus Unum:
    palin_epu

    • mschmitt

      .

    • http://erickbrockway.wordpress.com/ Erick Brockway

      How’d you get her to put your name on there?
      Mighty sway.

      • E Pluribus Unum
    • AceInTX
  • pilgrim

    I don’t know about Sarah, but I listen to you enough to include your wisdom in my latest…
    http://www.redstate.com/pilgrim/2009/11/05/how-al-sharpton-led-me-to-oppose-term-limits/

    • AKSteveB

      Stuff like this is probably where she accomplishes the most good. BTW Art, San Diego tends to be Republican. Remember, big military town. (To be serious, the only reason I mention it is, people need to remember that California is not a Socialist monolith.)

      • mbecker908

        She’s a great speaker and fund raiser. She’s just not a candidate.

  • http://www.redstate.com/tnjim TNJim

    while your back was turned and wrote this?

    But seriously…

    You’ve always struck me as a fair man who will give credit where credit is due even to someone you oppose and disagree with. Even with the resignation from the governor’s house I still felt that Sarah could be a strong voice for consrvatives despite that. It may have hurt her chances for 2012 if she was even considering a run but as a campaigner for other Republicans, especially of the conservative kind, I felt she still had plenty of value.

    I’ve taken your criticism of Palin as a warning to us all not to fall for a rock star image, or at least not to elevate her to one like the O-bots did him. Look at the background before you get all starry-eyed.

    Thanks again for your insight.

  • bigarch

    Sarah Palin is the best prospect on the horizon since she is the only one not dipped in the manure pile of Washington DC. The lady has endured two years of harrassment and hate from the left AND the right and I for one am ashamed to be called a republican. In the future I am calling myself a conservative only since my party from the early 60s has people who will not support this fine lady. She is not even running for office at this time and there are republicans who are scared to death of her because they know so many of us little people love and respect her.
    I will drive the two hours to Orlando and stand in line to see this beautiful lady who I hope will be president in 2012.
    A CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT.

  • The_Gadfly

    Art always gave Sarah credit for sensing the mood of the people that would move her forward. He just never wrote more than a few sentences about it before getting to his primary thesis.

  • tankertodd

    A humble prediction…

    • Achance

      is badly wounded by something. White guilt is just too powerful to get a majority to vote against him. No matter who the Republican is, it will be a much more difficult campaign, the idol demonstrably has clay feet, and a much narrower victory but unless something really dramatic happens, I’d expect him to win again in ’12. I think she’ll do the same calculus and choose to run for the open seat in ’16 or to oppose Begich for the Senate in ’14 with an eye towards using that as a springboard.

      Her star is not nearly as bright in Alaska as it once was. In fact her star is much brighter in the Lower 48 than here, but if she stays here with her new-found riches, something a lot of Alaskans DON’T do, she could still beat the Boy Senator. A Democrat winning that seat is simply a fluke brought on by the DOJ hit on Sen. Stevens.

      • mschmitt

        … after the beating she took trying to carry McCain’s water with her hands tied behind her back (now don’t go and get too excited, EPU).

        On the other hand, Obama may be reminiscing the days when his approval rating was above 30% by the time 2012 rolls around. Right now (even after taking off my beer goggles), I’m not sure if the odds of Palin being on a presidential ticket are any worse than Obama’s. I think he promotes himself to the UN at the end of his term.

      • Finrod

        It’s at 10.2 for October, moving towards that peak of 10.8 that it hit in December 1982. All the racial guilt in the world will not save him from ‘Highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression’ headlines.

      • tankertodd

        I thought suggesting Palin in 2012 would tip off folks that I was making a joke – guess people take that seriously! She’s too polarizing right now, and unless she can win over independents she doesn’t have a shot. She’s young, she has literally 10-20 years to do so.

      • AceInTX

        and unemployment is at 10%…I predict Obama is toast no matter who we nominate!

  • Scope

    to the UN at the end of his term. I take it you mean his first term. If Republicans take over the majorities in 2010, and again in 2012 in the House and Senate, his ego will not be able to take the possible loss in 2012. I easily can see him leaving before he not only looks like a loser, but, in fact is one. It would be great if he moves on to the UN, as once the Republicans are back in power, the UN will not be any where near the influential body that Obama is trying to make it become.

    • mschmitt

      I think he is salivating at the chance to attack America from the podium “as the former President who saw how corrupt things were”, maybe even “choosing to give up power, and a certain re-election, in order to speak out on the world’s behalf.”

      And this was my main point — as you say — I’m not sure his narcissism will allow him to even risk re-election with sub-60 approval ratings going in (and they might be half that if he keeps going like this).

    • Achance

      because a lot of her lustre was gone. She’d probably still have won, but it would have been ugly and narrow. Now, she can say she left with good poll numbers and almost certain re-election. Sauce for the goose and all that …

      • mschmitt

        :)

        • AceInTX
      • AceInTX

        I think it was a bad move IMHO…and it clearly hurt her with many…including me

        I’m not anti Palin by any means…but I’m not an enthusiastic Palinista either…

  • http://impudent.blognation.us/blog kyle8

    but on the other hand, who the hell else has come out with a real conservative approach to governance? Maybe some others will come forward in the next two years, I hope so, but who knows?

    • AceInTX

      …she’s played a masterful game with them so far and some of the establishment candidates would do well to learn from her

  • Section9

    But unless Obama turns into Jimmy Carter, she takes out Begich, then runs in 2016.

    Unless, of course, she has this poison pen thing going on with Lisa.

    BTW: true sign of the Apocalypse-she hires on Art as her chief Consultant and Oppo Man.

    Best move she could make.

    • Xasteius
  • AceInTX

    does this mean you’ve softened some in your opposition to her?

    I think you’re giving good advice here…because if I’m not mistaken, it’s what Christi and McDonnell did…and the only thing Hoffman could do…

    I’ll also point out it was what propelled Huckabee and helped him to be able to play ball against Romney and his Millions, and McCain with all his party machine backing IMHO.

  • Warrior

    she left because all the faux “ethics” charges were bankrupting her and she had to raise money to fight them? After all, her husband and family are not wealthy are they? Plus, she was able to defend herself in ways impossible as a sitting governor, was she not? I really don’t know, but I trust your understanding of it.

    Anyway, who else is even close to her conservative views? She has the guts to do what she thinks is right. That’s got to count for something. After watching Lindsey Grahamnesty just briefly I’m ready to retch.

    And in addition, she scares the whatsis out of the likes of Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson and that’s more than enough recommendation for me…

    • Achance

      I don’t much care for her and many here think she’s the neatest thing since sliced bread, I think she left to escape the surly bonds of the Alaska Ethics Law that she liked to brag about having passed. She had the opportunity to make a whole bunch of money and that opportunity had a very short shelf life. So, ever the opportunist, she pulled the pin and took the millions for the book.

      You can buy however much you want to of her whining about her legal bills. I’ve faced charges under Alaska’s Ethics Act, including a threat from her Administration, and I’ve never spent a dime defending myself. The only one where she really needed private counsel was the one on her “private” emails. Her Administration closed ranks to help her and to do the old government ploy of just dragging it out so the complainants run out of money and the public loses interest. But if it ever does go to the AKSC, she’ll lose adn from what I hear some of those emails might change some perceptions of her.

      Anyway, now that she’s no longer governor of my State, I’m quite happy to have her out poking the Democrats in the eye Nationally, and will readily admit that she’s good at that, running a State government, not so much.

      • Warrior

        Like I said, you know her better than I do, so I trust your judgement on the matter. Do remember, however, that no man (or woman) is a hero to his (or her) valet. (Familiarity breeds contempt and all that.)

        Plus, I simply don’t believe a generic conservative white man will win in ’12. Contrary to some of the posts on this thread, I’d be willing to bet $100 that not only will Obama not run in ’12, he will likely be impeached, forced to resign in disgrace, or have to make a plea bargain a la Boy Clinton to keep from doing time upon relinguishing the presidency.

        His overweening arrogance will eventually turn off all but the most ardent supporters, his hubristic naivete will cause a serious international breach/incident and/or his sense of entitlelment, of being above the law will cause him to ignore civil or criminal statutes meant for lesser men and thereby become legally entangled. Of course, if he institutes martial law on some pretext or another all bets are off…

        The upside is that America will finally be cured of its’ lingering case of middle-class-white guilt. That day can’t come soon enough…

        • Achance

          cannot beat him in ’12 pretty much no matter what; a woman maybe, just maybe, could. I don’t share your faith in the justice system. Doesn’t matter what he does, there won’t be any charges or articles of impeachment; just ain’t happening wiht Democrats in control. In ’12 they’ll still be investigating all the ethics issues with Rangel et al. Democrats are good people and they don’t really violate laws, they just have misunderstandings or are victims of the VWRC.

          If he doesn’t run in ’12 it will be because he’s arranged his promotion to President of the World at the UN.