Comments on: Is Palin Reagan? Is Obama?

By: GayPatriot » Obama is no Reagan:His is a Personal Narrative, the Gipper’s, Philosophical

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:37 +0000

[...] poltical prominence. Obama’s 2004 address to the Democratic National Convention was “cotton candy,” a paean to the idea of e plurbus unum. The Gipper’s speech in 1964 on behalf of [...]

By: Evangelical Outpost » Blog Archive » Do We Need A New Reagan?

Evangelical Outpost » Blog Archive » Do We Need A New Reagan? — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:53 +0000

[...] needed a new Reagan. Michael Reagan referred to Palin as “my dad reborn,” and even Gay Patriot’s thoughtful piece on the differences between Palin and Obama used Reagan as the gold standard, without questioning [...]

By: GayPatriot » Sarah Palin has yet to assume the Gipper’s Mantle

GayPatriot » Sarah Palin has yet to assume the Gipper’s Mantle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:39:30 +0000

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By: GayPatriot » Do Palin-hating conservatives understand the grassroots?

GayPatriot » Do Palin-hating conservatives understand the grassroots? — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:04:24 +0000

[...] more than uplifting rhetoric, Sarah Palin has learned the same thing. Now, as I’ve said before, she just needs to complete her conservative [...]

By: GayPatriot » My nutshell position on Sarah Palin

GayPatriot » My nutshell position on Sarah Palin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:18:29 +0000

[...] he had when, in 1968, he launched his first bid for the White.Â I believe that (as I expressed in these posts) if she applies herself, she has it within her to become his equivalent as a leader.Â [...]

By: GayPatriot » Sarah Palin’s Reaganite Potential

GayPatriot » Sarah Palin’s Reaganite Potential — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:30:48 +0000

[...] I beileve she has many of the qualities (i.e., natural gifts) of Ronald Reagan, she has, as I’ve noted before, not yet come close to realizing her potential. Jon seems to agree: At least, not right now. [...]

By: JR

JR — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:05:20 +0000

Sonicfrog, quick note to say you’ve been an excellent addition to this blog: strong writer and you cite objective sources. Keep up the good work!

By: sonicfrog

sonicfrog — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:17:52 +0000

William is correct. Not one foot of pipe has been laid to ground.

Maybe in four year Palin will have added more real accomplishments to her resume. Right now too many of the things she is known to have done are exaggerations, if not flat out falsehoods.

This is my last post I will be writing on my blog about Sarah Palin, unless something really interesting come out between now and election day.

PS. Please note – in my critique, I cite mostly neutral or conservative sources, and include none of the stupid crap about her family – that stuff to me does not matter one wit regarding her fitness for office.

By: William E. Canning

William E. Canning — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:33:13 +0000

“The fact that Palin works quickly and was able to get a pipeline up and running in less than 2 years â€”says it all.”

Ummm…I hate to break it to you, but there hasn’t even been a groundbreaking for that pipeline yet. It doesn’t exist and will likely never be built. But go ahead and promote her fake accomplishments, because that’s pretty much all she has.

By: Rocket

Rocket — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:26:24 +0000

I agree there is one and only one Reagan but I say there is one and only one Palin and let Palin be Palin and I pray and hope that Palin becomes the President in 2012….

we will need Palin in 2012 to be elected President as much as we needed Reagan to be elected President in 1980…..if not more so after 4 years of The Marxist in Chief.

I shudder at that thought no less 8 years of Hell of The Marxist in Chief.

By: sonicfrog

sonicfrog — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:03:50 +0000

No, and definitely not.

There is, and only will be, one Reagan.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:08:07 +0000

But, the people need leadership now. The years you want her to spend “working out ideas”….I’m afraid by that time it’ll be too late.

Leadership comes in many forms. Palin’s quick rise was dictated by necessity, and the urgent ethics reforms badly needed in Alaska, without a moment to spare.

Reagan had the luxury of a little more time, and issues not as dire and urgent. The Cold War simply wasn’t as deadly as Terrorism.

The fact that Palin works quickly and was able to get a pipeline up and running in less than 2 years —says it all.

Contrast that with Obama stating at last night’s debate, that it takes “ten years” for energy independence.

We need Palin’s quick and swift action now. Effective leadership is a lot more than going to seminars and salons, and high-falutin’ verbiage. (Not that I don’t appreciate those things).

Palin has wonderful instincts and a populist way of communicating and actually getting things done, and it would be ashame to make the American people wait until she polishes and refines her technique to an ultra-advanced Ronald Reagan level, which he had years to hone.

We just don’t have the luxury of that much time, anymore.

By: GayPatriot » The Coming Conservative Renaissance

GayPatriot » The Coming Conservative Renaissance — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:56:11 +0000

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By: HCN

HCN — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:36:00 +0000

The Education should not only be for Gov Palin, but for most of Republican office holders. It is so frustrating that Republicans can not succinctly argue about “conservative” economic philosophy. Why can’t Sen McCain explain that there are other drags on our economy than just the Wall Street Idiots or the Scum Mortgage Opportunists? We as a country, have put so many restrictions on our economy that a blow like the one we have witnessed the past few weeks relative to the credit crisis, is devastating.
Why can’t Sen McCain explain that a higher tax rate for upper income earners hurts those trying to make a higher income, not the rich folk that already have accumulated their wealth and if necessary, can wait out a bad economy in a bunker, because of the resources they already have.
Why can’t the Republican Congressional Leadership explain that our energy policy that keeps us from affordable energy by not allowing off shore drilling for so long or no drilling in an insignificant sized portion of ANWAR, thereby shipping our dollars overseas is a drag on our economy?
The situation we find ourselves in now took a long time to arrive, but arrived because so many office holders (and that includes complacent Republican office holders) put so many restrictions on living, earning and building wealth, that these policies are now are sinking us, and because we have candidates that are not sufficiently educated enough to explain to voters their positions, we are faced with someone who will move to implement socialist policies that will inhibit us from providing for ourselves and our loved ones. A sad situation we find ourselves in.
So not only does Gov Palin need to continue her political philosophy education, but so does the rest of the lot.

By: HCN

HCN — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:30:22 +0000

The Education should not only be for Gov Palin, but for most of Republican office holders. It is so frustrating that Republicans can not succinctly argue about “conservative” economic philosophy. Why can’t Sen McCain explain that there are other drags on our economy than just the Wall Street Idiots or the Scum Mortgage Opportunists. We as a country, have put so many restrictions on our economy that a blow like the one we have witnessed the past few weeks relative to the credit crisis, is devastating.
Why can’t Sen McCain explain that a higher tax rate for upper income earners hurts those trying to make a higher income, not the rich folk that already have accumulated their wealth and if necessary, can wait out a bad economy in a bunker, because of the resources they already have?
Why can’t the Republican Congressional Leadership explain that our energy policy that keeps us from affordable energy by not allowing off shore drilling for so long or no drilling in an insignificant sized portion of ANWAR, thereby shipping our dollars overseas is a drag on our economy?
The situation we find ourselves in now took a long time to arrive, but arrived because so many office holders (and that includes complacent Republican office holders) put so many restrictions on living, earning and building wealth, that these policies are now are sinking us, and because we have candidates that are not sufficiently educated enough to explain to voters their positions, we are faced with someone who will move to implement socialist policies that will inhibit us from providing for ourselves and our loved ones. A sad situation we find ourselves in.
So not only does Gov Palin need to continue her political philosophy education, but so does the rest of the lot.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:22:55 +0000

Good post, as usual, but I disagree in this: I think Obama is very committed to a political philosophy — he is a committed socialist/Marxist. Its just that, unlike Reagan, Obama is more than happy to lie and misrepresent what he believes in order to get elected.

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:41:01 +0000

Great post. Well stated.

Ideas matter. That is: principles matter. Ford, McCain, Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Bush 41, Bush 43 and all mushy moderates are distinguished by their lack of them. They’d pretend to have them, but offer only pragmatic mush – or, in the case of Bush 43’s “compassionate conservatism”, toxic and destructive mush.

But Republicans can’t win or govern successfully without standing for *great* principles and ideas. That is what Reagan did, and that is what the next Reagan (Palin? Jindal? Thompson? etc.) must do.