"Palin emerges with more clout"

[illudium_phosdex]

Palin is popular in the same way Paris Hilton is popular - rich, pretty cheerleaders. Neither have any business dealing with real issues. I'm sure Palin is a very nice person - she, however, is not experienced or knowledgeable enough to handle the position of the most powerful person on earth.

Yes, I agree. What we really need is someone with real world community organizing skills. Someone who gives a great speech and really knows how to hide his past. Maybe a rich pretty collage professor with a buff wife. Then the world will love us again, the economy will come roaring back, and our enemies will see we are really nice.

 

[canukian]

Well, that may not necessarily be true. It depends in large part whether Obama can work with the R's and turn the country around. If not, then Palin stands a better chance. What bugs me though is the fact that people are so presumptuous. I think Palin is way more popular then her detractors want to admit. They keep hoping that if they demonize her enough, she'll lose standing. But that's not happening. I saw her on Fox News last night and she was a great. She was very insightful and polite to Ferraro. Frankly, Pelosi deserves a lot more dirt than she gets in the media. She may be powerful, but she's not really that bright.

the media has it's left wing agenda and they demonize the right while getting chills up their legs about the dimwits on the left.

pelosi is dim, but boy oh boy, get obama away from the teleprompter and let the show begin!

 

[lordbt]

I wonder how many people can correlate 1 pound of water to fluid ounces? Or 50 & 16/32 square feet to square inches?

I cant. And in 47+ years, havent had a need to. But if it ever comes up, now I know who to call.

 

[EdwinWillers]

The US congress authorised the use of the METRIC system in 1866, yet they still cling to the illogical and impractical imperial system. I suppose that anyone using the Metric system in the US would be considered Un-American too and treasonous. I wonder how many people can correlate 1 pound of water to fluid ounces? Or 50 & 16/32 square feet to square inches?

Wow - from a context of treason to implementation of the metric system.

P.S. 50 16/32 sqft = 50.5 sqft (easier to simplify) / 144 = ___sqr inches. I'll let you do the actual calculation; I could care less what the answer is since it's about as meaningful as 'metric system vs. treason.'

 

[variant]

The point of the tea party wasnt to just get anyone with an R next to their name elected. There was a good deal of anger at republican politicians as well. Castle was the typical, establishment backed, career politician that so many people find objectionable. Would he have won? Who knows? And who cares? Putting back in power the type of republican who was tossed out in '06 and '08 was not exactly the type of change the TP was looking for.

It would be no victory for the Tea Party or conservatism to fill up the halls of congress with "Republicans" who believe in big, unrestrained government every bit as much as Democrats.

The tea party should be concerned with actually passing their agenda.

Castle might not have been ideal for that but it certainly would be easier with him representing Delaware than his opponent for the next six years.

So, do you want ideological purity or do you want results?

The best solution would be to find decent candidates that are still ideologically sound to run for these seats.
(O’Donnell was a horrible candidate in my opinion).

It worked in my state with Toomey.

 

[tanzanos]

Wow - from a context of treason to implementation of the metric system.

P.S. 50 16/32 sqft = 50.5 sqft (easier to simplify) / 144 = ___sqr inches. I'll let you do the actual calculation; I could care less what the answer is since it's about as meaningful as 'metric system vs. treason.'

I was making a point regarding this post:

That's not what I said, anymore than it would be what you said were I to ask, 'So, it's American to complain?'

They're taking their grievances to the united nations for redress. That is un-American and worse - treasonous.

 

[brindisi]

So, do you want ideological purity or do you want results?

Something closer to ideological purity than has been shown in the past. Respect for the constitutional limits to government power would be a good start.

It worked in my state with Toomey.

Congrats to PA!

 

[Archaeopteryx]

The point of the tea party wasnt to just get anyone with an R next to their name elected. There was a good deal of anger at republican politicians as well. Castle was the typical, establishment backed, career politician that so many people find objectionable. Would he have won? Who knows? And who cares? Putting back in power the type of republican who was tossed out in '06 and '08 was not exactly the type of change the TP was looking for.

The point of the Tea Party was that it was a re-branding exercise by more extreme elements in the Republican party. Part of this enterprise involved sacrificing fellow (more moderate) Republicans on the altar of ultra-conservatism. The funniest part of the exercise was when some leaders of the TP would claim that theirs was a bipartisan movement, located firmly in the Center of politics. What a laugh.

 

[canukian]

The point of the Tea Party was that it was a re-branding exercise by more extreme elements in the Republican party. Part of this enterprise involved sacrificing fellow (more moderate) Republicans on the altar of ultra-conservatism. The funniest part of the exercise was when some leaders of the TP would claim that theirs was a bipartisan movement, located firmly in the Center of politics. What a laugh.

what you call more extreme elements in the Republican party, would have been seen as insanely left 200 years ago. americans want to shift their country back onto its foundations. IMO the foundations are gone and have to be built anew.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

what you call more extreme elements in the Republican party, would have been seen as insanely left 200 years ago. americans want to shift their country back onto its foundations. IMO the foundations are gone and have to be built anew.

Are you suggesting that America's founders were left-wing?