Archive for November 18th, 2009
The Clinton/Palin Consensus Series
Here’s an idea we wish we had ourselves, first: the Clinton/Palin Consensus Series, a running series of articles that www.Conservatives4Palin.com intends to publish detailing areas Governor Sarah Palin and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have in common.
We look forward to every edition — and plan on writing some of these ourselves, which we’d love C4P to cross-publish.
Honestly, we should have thought to do this months ago. One of the most frequent things concern-trolls do around here is leave little stink bombs in comments saying, “Oh, we love Hillary too. And we know people who like Palin, but we just don’t understand how people can like both because they are so far removed from one another ideologically that their supporters shoud be natural enemies”.
Remember, the definition of a concern-troll is someone who first says they agree with you, so that they get the comment through moderation…but then they put in the little nuggets that try to divide people or attack Hillary in subtle ways. We have been dealing with these trolls for almost two years now at this point. One of their favorite points of comment post-election has been our unending support for Governor Palin while maintaining our loyalty to Hillary Clinton.
The only, and we mean ONLY way we’d back off our vocal support of Palin would be if she and Hillary Clinton were going to face-off in the 2012 presidential race.
We actually see the rise of Sarah Palin as one of the pressure points that could force Dr. Utopia not to seek a second term, which would hand the nomination on the Dems side to Hillary Clinton. If Utopia sees he’ll be beaten by Palin, with her becoming the first female Republican presidential nominee, then Democrats would sure be smart to dump Mr. HopeyChangey and let a grown up take the 2012 race…nominating the first female on the Democrats’ side, too.
And don’t concern-troll about gender identity politics here. Hillary Clinton happens to be the most qualified Democrat to run for president in 2012, and that’s including the current occupant of the White House. At the same time, yes it is very much indeed time a woman holds this office. We want to see a woman president.
Would we help Claire McCaskill, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Jennifer Granholm (if she was legally allowed to run), Janet Napolitano, Kathleen Sebelius, or other women we either don’t like or don’t think have done well in their jobs recently, just to get a woman president?
No.
Not on your life.
We would rail against the misogyny and sexism they’d women would receive for daring to run for president, though. That, we would do. But we’d have to believe in and genuinely like the candidate to put another two years of our lives and all of our money on the line to work for another campaign.
We’d do it for Hillary in a heartbeat.
We’d do it for Sarah too.
And we don’t think we’re alone in this.
C4P is proving that with its Consenus Series, of which we not only look forward to reading with great interest, but hopefully can contribute to from the moderate Dem side of things.
Sarah Palin supporters need to make sure every nursing home, hospital, and private school in Iowa gets a free copy of Going Rogue
Today, we bought our copies of Going Rogue here in Chicago. Not knowing we were buying them, several friends bought extra copies when they bought theirs, and so we’re going to have extra books later tonight.
Tomorrow, we are taking three of those to the assisted living centers/nursing homes here in Boystown to donate them to the little libraries they have there.
Old people are the most dependable, regular voters out there…and they typically default vote Democrat. But, this crazy assault on Medicare that is the Utopiacare plan has seniors scared. If they also happen to read Going Rogue while in this frame of mind, we figure it might earn Palin some friends in unexpected places.
We had the idea that in a few months, when Palin’s book goes on sale and there are copies on Amazon for a few dollars a piece, we’re going to start buying up as many of the books as we can and take them into Iowa the next trip we take there.
Then, we’re going to drive to all the nursing homes we can find, hospitals too, and slip the books into their libraries. We will put them right on the shelves. Someone there will read them. Either the residents and patients, or the family members visiting there.
We also think it’s a smart idea to donate books to private school libraries. We remember going to private school and the libraries rarely ever got new books as there weren’t any funds for that. So, they will gladly take free copies to add to their current events and political studies collections.
We’re speaking directly to Sarah Palin supporters here: you should really come up with a plan for the months and years ahead to get as many people in Iowa to read this book as possible. PARTICULARLY people who normally default vote Democrat but can be persuaded to back Sarah in 2012.
You should be operating as if she is already running for President.
That’s a mistake we made with Hillary Clinton: we waited for the campaign to seek volunteers and activate them. We should have just organized on our own starting back in 2003 when she had her book tour. Just imagine how prepped we would have been for her presidential run if we had thought to do that — or if it had occurred to us to start HillBuzz way back then instead of in 2008.
Wait to buy the extra books for donation so you can get them for pennies on the dollar once they hit the used market…but we think it would be an ingenious move to get those to the nursing homes, hospitals, and private schools. Wherever there is a book shelf for people to read books for free, slip a copy in. In Chicago, some coffee shops and restaurants or hotels have these reading shelves. Bed & Breakfasts, saunas, some gyms, etc.
This could actually become a little game we could all play. Maybe in each book we write the address for www.Conservatives4Palin.com, right in the hardcover, so that anyone reading the book could get more scoop on Palin from that great site.
And, it would be a fun way to do some volunteering too. Because while you are slipping those books into the libraries of hospitals and nursing homes, you could be chatting with the residents who don’t get visitors…not necessarily about Sarah, but just about life, listening to their stories, and then maybe talking about Sarah and what she will do to save Medicare.
Just saying.
There could be a lot of fun opportunities to campaign for her and do some good at the same time.
You just have to go rogue and get off your butts and do it.
First impressions on Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
We finally had the chance to head to a book store to pick up Going Rogue this morning, and had to note the excitement we had holding the book in our hands for the first time.
Honestly, it made us think back six years to the summer of 2003 when we held Hillary Clinton’s book, Living History, for the first time on the day we waited in line at her book signing in Cleveland. We knew that was the beginning of a presidential campaign we’d sink everything into and go all-in for. And that’s the same way we feel today.
We bought our copies at the Borders here in Boystown, where a corporate-mandated giant displayed was installed prominently near an entrace. That surprised us because this is a Borders where a lot of games are typically played with books the staff don’t want people to read. This is also the Borders where, every time we’re passing by, we hide as many copies of “Dreams of My Father” (by William Ayers, as credited to Dr. Utopia) as possible and turn all the magazines with Dr. or Mrs. Utopia backwards (unless, of course, she’s wearing something truly ridiculous on the cover, in which case we let it stand).
We told one of the scruffy, psuedo-hipster booksellers how surprised we were to see such a big display and the guy said, “Corporate made us. We didn’t want to. We hate her”.
Always good to see that Hope! and Change! malarkey sold by the truckload last year has an acidic, Hate!-fueled after taste.
The book couldn’t have had a better cover in our opinion. It’s perfect, and eye-catching from across the room.
We also love the back, with the shot of Palin and “First Dude” Todd headed to the Vice Presidential Debate. We paused for a moment and remembered the big debate party we attended that night last October, with DeMcCrats for McCain and the Chicago Young Republicans came together for, at the Hilton Towers here in Chicago (where we’d also host the Election Night Party too). It all seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it?
We’ve only had a chance to read the first bit of the book, but are already struck by how smartly it was put together. Right off the bat, there’s a map of the world showing Alaska’s location right next to Russia. It’s called ‘The View from the Top of the World”, and it immediately impresses not only the strategic location of Russia, but it’s distance from the rest of the US, and Washington in particular.
That was a very, very smart move…as most of the Palin bashing here in Boystown is repetition of Tina Fey’s “I can see Russia from my house,” which is not what Palin ever actually said. You CAN see Russia from Alaska, as the map indicates. Most people need a reminder of that, as Alaska’s so far away and out of mind on a regular basis.
We also instantly loved Palin’s dedication, which included the line, “God Bless the Fight for Freedom”.
The Table of Contents also has great chapter titles, all of which fit perfectly into a presidential campaign. Read them and see instantly what unique and marketable visuals they conjure:
* Last Frontier
* Kitchen Table Politics
* Drill, Baby, Drill
* Going Rogue
* The Thumpin’
* The Way Forward
Palin, by 2011 or so, should come up with a campaign theme and motto culled from simple phrases like this. “Drill, Baby, Drill” would look great on tee shirts, but it does not a campaign make. She needs something Alaskan, something Frontier, something positive and catchy. We’re sure she’ll come up with it…and the corresponding moose logo, with lots of Alaskan greens and blues in there too.
We’re not far into the first chapter, and had to put it down to do actual work, but we’re excited to get home tonight, curl up under the covers and read as much as we can all through the night and into tomorrow. If possible, we’ll find a fireplace seat at Caribou here in Boystown and read the book there, where as many people as possible can see it being read.
We plan on carrying the book with us for months to come, so as many people as possible constantly see us with it. It’s free publicity for Sarah and a good way to screw with Obots here in Chicago. So, two birds, one book with that one.
What are your thoughts for people just starting to read it?
What are the interesting things you are learning about Sarah from the book?
We think it’s a good idea to start compiling a list of great stuff the book reveals…all of which would be very helpful in the retail campaigning of Iowa for 2012.
Wednesday Open Thread: November 18th, 2009
What’s on your mind this Wednesday?
Post links to the stories you are reading so others can read them too.
While you are at it, let’s do some research into the Iowa Caucus…so we can all become experts on it by 2012. The first step to ensuring the Caucus will be fair and untampered by the White House and DNC is to become as knowledgeable as possible about it…and after that, the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.
After that, it’s still up for grabs as to which states will come next, but if we know enough about the first three nominating contests, we can come up with plans to make sure Dr. Utopia, ACORN, the SEIU, and DNC don’t game the process and select the Republican candidate they most want to run against (Romney, Huckabee, Crist, Pawlenty, or Hunstman). If you want to see Sarah Palin become the GOP 2012 nominee, you have to start working today to make sure the Democrats don’t do to her what they did to Hillary Clinton in Iowa.
Trust us on this.
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Has anyone else been thinking about the scene at the end of the Lord of the Rings where the Hobbits stand before King Aragon, start to bow, and he steps forward and says, “No my friends, you bow to NO ONE.” With that, the entire assemblage in the palace of the White City bows down before the Hobbits — for these were the people who saved their world, and they are eternally grateful for their heroism and contributions.
It’s, in our opinion, one of the best scenes in any movie we have ever seen. We tear up thinking about it.
It’s also — quite frankly — what should happen when presidents like Dr. Utopia travel abroad and start to bow, scrape, prostrate themselves, grovel, or “assume the position” in any other way: all things Dr. Utopia seems eager to do on his humiliate and degrade America world tour.
Without the United States, there would be no Japan. America rebuilt the Japanese economy. America wrote Japan’s constitution and established a successful democracy there.
The Emperor of Japan should drop to his knees before any American president, because if not for Harry Truman, there would be no Emperor of Japan (and no Emperor left alive on Earth, actually). Truman had the power to strip the Emperor’s throne from him, but General MacArthur argued the Emperor should remain on the Chrysanthamum throne as a gesture of continuity and cultural legacy for Japan as it formed its post-war government. If not for the American president, Japan’s Emperor would have gone the way of China’s.
There is not a single nation on Earth that does not owe the United States something. The American president should be received as a symbol of the American people, treated with all the gratitude owed to the brave men and women who gave their lives to fight for the freedom of others and the spread of democracy globally.
The current president not only embarrasses himself and shames the American people by raising his rump high into the air to bow to Emperors in Japan and the likes of the Saudi King — but he does what even Hobbits were told not to do.
Hobbits bow to no one.
So why do presidents scrape and grovel and prostrate themselves?
Dr. Utopia needs to realize he’s not at Man’s Country in Andersonville anymore. He’s on the world stage. Time to get off his knees and stop putting that rump in the air.
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