The new SarahPac is getting everybody's attention. Obama lover and Palin hater, Chris Matthews says "Keep your eye on Palin."
Chris, nobody discounted her except you and your Wasington cocktail blowhards.
The Christian Science Monitor has this quote from Matthews on his show Hardball -
"Although there are skeptics, the pattern is clear here,” he said. “When the Republicans get beat running a moderate like Nixon in 1960 or Jerry Ford in 76 or McCain in 08, the next time they tend to go right.
“Goldwater in ‘64, Reagan in ‘80, maybe Palin in ‘12,” he continued. “That’s the pattern. Maybe it’ll change but maybe it won’t. Keep your eye on Palin.”
Of course, Matthews misses the biggest point here - that Palin has energized the Republican party like no candidate since Reagan; that even though he and his media friends live in a bubble big enough to cover an Amtrak ride from New york to Washington, the rest of the country gets Palin and likes her. Just ask Senator Saxby Chambliss about Sarah Palin's draw. He credits her electrifying visit to Georgia with helping to win a special election.
Sarah Palin is a contender in 2012 because of her values, her charisma and the way she governs the state of Alaska.
And by the way Chris, Nixon was a moderate?
You can read the entire Christian Science Monitor article by clicking here. Writer Jimmy Orr points out some more Matthews hypocricies.
Does anyone take this man seriously anymore after admitting on the air that he gets a tingly feeling up his leg when Obama speaks? He also almost cried on the air when someone on the "Morning Joe" pointed out that Obama might lose.
Saturday Night Live had an hilarious take on Matthews love affair -
Funny, Sad and true.
4 comments:
Yes, Nixon was a moderate. His economic policies were Keynesian.
Richard Nixon may have been en economic moderate, but he was a social conservative and a hawk.
He certainly ran as a Conservative in 1968. His conservatism appealed to a nation weary from a tumultuous decade of social activism and political reform. Nixon opposed racial integration, denounced the liberal Supreme Court, and promised a return to order, stability, and decency in America.
In the election of 1968, Nixon portrayed himself as the representative of the “silent majority,” a label he used to designate American citizens who had grown tired of progressive reforms, student protests, and racial integration of schools. However, to the Republicans’ dismay, Democrats in Congress blocked many of Nixon’s conservative efforts and succeeded in pushing through progressive reforms, including bills to extend social welfare programs and protect the environment.
Although many of Nixon’s conservative initiatives failed in Congress, including his attempt to hold off the integration of Mississippi schools and his opposition to the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, his efforts did succeed in winning the support of the white South. This support proved key to Nixon’s crushing defeat of ultra-liberal Democrat George McGovern in the election of 1972.
"This support proved key to Nixon’s crushing defeat of ultra-liberal Democrat George McGovern in the election of 1972." I think Nixon's victory in 1968 had more to do with the Vietnam War than with his attitude on segregation. However, I wouldn't point Nixon's support of racial segregation as a positive hallmark of conservative credentials. In fact, I think segregation runs contrary to true conservatism. This is all debatable and I'd rather not bother you with it. Besides, I am came to learn about Sarah Palin and not debate the nature of Richard Nixon.
And by the way Chris, Nixon was a moderate?
Compared to the frothers of the RNC/GOP, yes, Nixon was a moderate.
In fact, the dreaded affirmative action conservatives grit their teeth about flourished under him and Ford.
Another opportunist, like Palin, who will yap about "silent majority" on the campaign trail but do something quite different while in office.
Why not...conservatives will fall for anything, because they have never been taught to think critically about what they are being told.
Although many of Nixon’s conservative initiatives failed in Congress, including his attempt to hold off the integration of Mississippi schools and his opposition to the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, his efforts did succeed in winning the support of the white South.
Well, you mean the white SEGREGATIONIST south, which may have been the majority of white southerners, but wasn't all of them.
This is why I laugh at today's conservatives, still STEAMING and ears still hot about desegregation and the Warren Court...then they turn around and tell Blacks to "stop living in the past" regarding segregation. LOL!
Conservatives and their little two-dimensional world.
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