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2011-06-03 11:00 AM |
Elite 2733 Venture Industries, | Subject: Conservative Republicans Would you actually vote for Sarah Palin? I'm a conservative republican and I think she's a nut, and I can't think of a situation where I would vote for her. |
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2011-06-03 11:11 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Extreme Veteran 3177 | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans I am not affiliated with any party so I don't know if you want my answer, but I would not vote for her simply because every interview, debate, or article I have ever seen her words in has left me with more questions than answers on what she is actually trying to talk about, what her point is, and where she stands on certain issues. For any candidate I vote for, they need to have a clearly defined stance on most if not all the issues out there. The one whose stance most aligns with my beliefs is the one who gets my vote. |
2011-06-03 11:12 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans I'm not sure what you mean by "conservative" Republican ... depending on how you define that, I may qualify. Sarah Palin is THE reason I did not vote for a president in the last presidential election, and there wasn't a third-party candidate I liked. There are many things I like about John McCain, personally, politically, historically ... and believe me, I do understand the political games candidates have to play ... but I had to take his VP pick at face value as the candidate who, in his estimation, was the best choice to lead the country in his absence. (Heck, if we're talking politically ... if he thought Palin was the VP candidate most likely to get him elected, that too was a very serious error in judgment). It wasn't just that I couldn't vote for Palin. I couldn't vote for McCain BECAUSE he chose Palin. And if I had to laundry-list WHY ... we would be here for a very, very long time. I'm trying to think of one reason I could have, in good conscience, voted for Palin. Nope.
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2011-06-03 11:20 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Pro 6838 Tejas | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans Brock Samson - 2011-06-03 11:00 AM Would you actually vote for Sarah Palin? I'm a conservative republican and I think she's a nut, and I can't think of a situation where I would vote for her. How about if she was running against Barrack Obama? |
2011-06-03 11:22 AM in reply to: #3530975 |
Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans bel83 - 2011-06-03 11:11 AM I am not affiliated with any party so I don't know if you want my answer, but I would not vote for her simply because every interview, debate, or article I have ever seen her words in has left me with more questions than answers on what she is actually trying to talk about, what her point is, and where she stands on certain issues. For any candidate I vote for, they need to have a clearly defined stance on most if not all the issues out there. The one whose stance most aligns with my beliefs is the one who gets my vote. x2 on ALL of this.
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2011-06-03 11:26 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Pro 4353 Wallingford, PA | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans |
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2011-06-03 11:31 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Pro 4909 Hailey, ID | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans I'd be very upset if she wins the republican nomination. If Mitt Romney doesn't get the nod this time from the republicans...wow. |
2011-06-03 11:31 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Pro 4909 Hailey, ID | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans |
2011-06-03 11:33 AM in reply to: #3531024 |
Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans bradword - 2011-06-03 12:31 PM If Mitt Romney doesn't get the nod this time from the republicans...wow. Mitt Romney still has baggage from the gun stuff from last time. He may not survive that, even against Obama. |
2011-06-03 11:36 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Pro 4206 Los Angeles, CA | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans I think he means republicans to the far right. I think the issue is that if you are a republican and not to going to vote for her and she is the primary republican candidate, are you going to vote for the democratic candidate? You could vote for a 3rd party, but everyone knows that they won't win, at least in this political climate, and actually likely to favor the opposing party to Palin. |
2011-06-03 11:37 AM in reply to: #3531024 |
Champion 17756 SoCal | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans bradword - 2011-06-03 9:31 AMDouble post... Looks good to me Edited by Big Appa 2011-06-03 11:38 AM |
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2011-06-03 11:37 AM in reply to: #3530993 |
Elite 2733 Venture Industries, | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans mdg2003 - 2011-06-03 12:20 PM Brock Samson - 2011-06-03 11:00 AM Would you actually vote for Sarah Palin? I'm a conservative republican and I think she's a nut, and I can't think of a situation where I would vote for her. How about if she was running against Barrack Obama? I can't vote for Palin. I think she is more flash than substance and in no way is she equiped to run this country. I probably wouldn't vote, for the first time in my adult life. |
2011-06-03 11:43 AM in reply to: #3531004 |
Pro 6767 the Alabama part of Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans lisac957 - 2011-06-03 12:22 PM bel83 - 2011-06-03 11:11 AM I am not affiliated with any party so I don't know if you want my answer, but I would not vote for her simply because every interview, debate, or article I have ever seen her words in has left me with more questions than answers on what she is actually trying to talk about, what her point is, and where she stands on certain issues. For any candidate I vote for, they need to have a clearly defined stance on most if not all the issues out there. The one whose stance most aligns with my beliefs is the one who gets my vote. x2 on ALL of this.
To me, she comes across more like a teenager caught unprepared for a test, with a lot of "fluff" in her responses to questions, and ultimately no meat. Which is a shame, because I think she is kind of hot (in an overly made-up, beauty queen kind of style), and when I watched her "Sarah Palin's Alaska", I actually kind of like her. She seems to have a sense of humor, she comes up with killer sound bites, and she was willing to do things that put her outside her comfort zone in the great outdoors. Of course, I am not at all on her side politically, but I think I would like to be at a backyard barbecue with her. I bet she brings some killer meats! |
2011-06-03 11:43 AM in reply to: #3530949 |
Expert 1416 San Luis Obispo, CA | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans Nope! And would never have voted for Trump either. |
2011-06-03 11:50 AM in reply to: #3531028 |
Master 5557 , California | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans DanielG - 2011-06-03 9:33 AM bradword - 2011-06-03 12:31 PM If Mitt Romney doesn't get the nod this time from the republicans...wow. Mitt Romney still has baggage from the gun stuff from last time. He may not survive that, even against Obama. If the Republican party backs him, it also makes it hard for them to rally against "Obamacare" since Romney implemented much of the same thing in Massachusetts. |
2011-06-03 11:53 AM in reply to: #3530975 |
Master 5557 , California | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans bel83 - 2011-06-03 9:11 AM I am not affiliated with any party so I don't know if you want my answer, but I would not vote for her simply because every interview, debate, or article I have ever seen her words in has left me with more questions than answers on what she is actually trying to talk about, what her point is, and where she stands on certain issues. For any candidate I vote for, they need to have a clearly defined stance on most if not all the issues out there. The one whose stance most aligns with my beliefs is the one who gets my vote. You're obviously not a real American. My opinion of Palin was cemented after the Katie Couric interview. She sounded like a middle schooler trying to fake her way through a standardized test. |
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2011-06-03 11:54 AM in reply to: #3531075 |
Extreme Veteran 3177 | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans spudone - 2011-06-03 9:50 AM DanielG - 2011-06-03 9:33 AM bradword - 2011-06-03 12:31 PM If Mitt Romney doesn't get the nod this time from the republicans...wow. Mitt Romney still has baggage from the gun stuff from last time. He may not survive that, even against Obama. If the Republican party backs him, it also makes it hard for them to rally against "Obamacare" since Romney implemented much of the same thing in Massachusetts. Not to go off topic, but I heard a sound bite from his "i'm running for president speach" earlier this week in which he said he saw a problem with his state and put a solution in place to make it better, not perfect, but better. I thought - isn't that what President Obama did with his Healthcare plan? the only difference being there is a lot broader demographic, a lot more debate, and a lot more people to try to please. So I would agree that the whole healthcare thing could sink him. Either that or if he gets the nod it could become a "non-issue" since they both had similar plans. |
2011-06-03 12:01 PM in reply to: #3530949 |
Master 1946 Memphis, TN | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans I'm more libertarian and no way in the world I would vote for her. I think she would probably lose if she ran. Her role right now is to ignite her base and keep doing what she's doing but don't dangle the POTUS run if she isn't serious. For some reason alot of GOPr's really like her, I don't get it. |
2011-06-03 12:04 PM in reply to: #3531028 |
Master 1946 Memphis, TN | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans DanielG - 2011-06-03 11:33 AM bradword - 2011-06-03 12:31 PM If Mitt Romney doesn't get the nod this time from the republicans...wow. Mitt Romney still has baggage from the gun stuff from last time. He may not survive that, even against Obama.
Let's not forget his flip flopper issues like abortion that republican are pretty die hard about. While he was Governor of MA he was okay with it and then he decides to run for POTUS on the GOP ticken and low and behold his opinion has evolved. Let's not forget he is a Mormon as well and that won't bode well in the South that the Republican MUST win in the general election to win the WH as well as the abortion issue. He isn't the one to beat Obama. You need someone that still is on the social highground with the religious end of the GOP in the South and Prarie states. |
2011-06-03 12:12 PM in reply to: #3531042 |
Pro 6838 Tejas | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans Brock Samson - 2011-06-03 11:37 AM mdg2003 - 2011-06-03 12:20 PM Brock Samson - 2011-06-03 11:00 AM Would you actually vote for Sarah Palin? I'm a conservative republican and I think she's a nut, and I can't think of a situation where I would vote for her. How about if she was running against Barrack Obama? I can't vote for Palin. I think she is more flash than substance and in no way is she equiped to run this country. I probably wouldn't vote, for the first time in my adult life. That's interesting. I would have to go with the unknown of whether she is capable of doing the job or not. I would have to roll the dice rather than go with the change that has been brought about in the last couple years. I know I don't want another four years of that. I would really like to see her speak in a public forum like a small town hall. See if she comes off as loopy in person. Without all the "rah rah mavericky" BS that we saw in the last campaign. And most inportantly, without selective editing like we all saw in Couric interview. I know a good video editor could make me look like a serious candidate for POTUS, same editor could make me look like a clown, just like the guy in the Couric interview did to Palin. |
2011-06-03 12:13 PM in reply to: #3530949 |
Expert 3126 Boise, ID | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans
I doubt the GOP would give her the spot. Far too risky. I would like to see Obama out of there, putting Palin up against Obama is a very risky endeavor. Some people would vote for him a second time, and a lot of people probably wouldn't vote at all. I find it rather pathetic that the GOP can't come up with anyone that wasn't in the running four years ago. Seriously? You get your ace handed to you that bad four years ago and then you bring out the same sorry group of candidates for this go around? Ridiculous I say! (I kind of see why McCain did what he did in having her as VP. Hilary was running, appealing to the female vote, he needed to do something to counteract that. Also four years ago was all about bucking the trend and doing away with the status quo, what better way to do that than to put Palin up against Biden. Biden represents the same old white haired puppet, Palin at least had an attitude. The plan obviously backfired on him, but I can see why he did it. And yes I voted for McCain as a lesser of two evils. No I do not consider myself a repub, and no I would not vote for Palin, if it was her and Obama, I would write in or vote third party.)
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2011-06-03 12:27 PM in reply to: #3531104 |
Master 5557 , California | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans Jtiger - 2011-06-03 10:04 AM DanielG - 2011-06-03 11:33 AM bradword - 2011-06-03 12:31 PM If Mitt Romney doesn't get the nod this time from the republicans...wow. Mitt Romney still has baggage from the gun stuff from last time. He may not survive that, even against Obama.
Let's not forget his flip flopper issues like abortion that republican are pretty die hard about. While he was Governor of MA he was okay with it and then he decides to run for POTUS on the GOP ticken and low and behold his opinion has evolved. Let's not forget he is a Mormon as well and that won't bode well in the South that the Republican MUST win in the general election to win the WH as well as the abortion issue. He isn't the one to beat Obama. You need someone that still is on the social highground with the religious end of the GOP in the South and Prarie states. I'm not a Republican, obviously, but IMO - they were hurt by having Huckabee drop out. He's personable, a great public speaker, upholds conservative values and is consistent in his views. And he'd easily carry the South. |
2011-06-03 12:28 PM in reply to: #3530949 |
Pro 4277 Parker, CO | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans As stated above, I really don't see Palin running against Obama. If that's the best the R's it's a gift for Obama. Not that he will get my vote...he's lost it and can't get it back. However, it would swing in his favor. |
2011-06-03 12:35 PM in reply to: #3530949 |
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2011-06-03 12:48 PM in reply to: #3530949 |
Master 5557 , California | Subject: RE: Conservative Republicans Reality is, Americans generally like to elect people they see as moderate, but getting past the GOP primary at this point will require very conservative views. And the key to that is going to be the economy. Health care is a landmine for the Republicans, as they found out recently with the backlash over Paul Ryan's plan (see: Kathy Hochul's win in NY). Older voters *like* Medicare. Should it be untouchable? No. But a plan to gut it and privatize it through state vouchers was too much for most voters. But if a Republican candidate wins their primary on a platform of increasing jobs and reducing the deficit, then he/she will be in a strong position to challenge Obama. If I were running on that platform, I'd tailor my platform to the recommendations outlined by the deficit reduction commission. Edited by spudone 2011-06-03 12:51 PM |
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