Sunday, December 19, 2010

Tea Party Outsiders and the Palin Odyssey

By Douglas V. Gibbs

For the American voter, politics has become a taboo topic. Sure, we've always been told to not talk religion and politics in mixed company, but lately it has gotten downright ridiculous. Yesterday, at my company's annual Christmas party, while in a group of about a dozen folks, when one of my politically minded friends asked me about the lame duck session, and I began to answer. The mere topic of politics had everyone abandon the area within seconds, and my friend and I were suddenly standing alone in that corner of the festivities.

The current political war has driven the average person away. The Democrats have headed off the reservation with their hard left Marxist policies, and the Republicans have become liberal-light. Neither party listens to the people, and the GOP lacks any serious, conservative leadership.

The nation is looking for a person that can inspire them, which is partly how Obama got elected. He came across in such a way that played on voter's desires. He made people feel good about where the country may be headed, and Barry stood heads and tails above everyone else when it came to the likability factor. But as his presidency has progressed, all of the lights and whistles turned out to be false glitter. Obama, it turns out, is just another liberal, lying, untrustworthy politician.

Obama's failed presidency, and the Marxist antics of the Democrat controlled Congress, led to an anti-incumbent mood, as well as an anti-establishment attitude, when November 2nd rolled around. The election revealed the people's disgust with a one party government, and the failures of the Democrats. The voters overwhelmingly voted out Democrats, and gave the GOP control over the House of Representatives.

The primary reason for a movement like the Tea Party emerging is that the electorate is disenchanted with politicians, and are seeking statesmen. The widespread discontent doomed the Democrats, and even placed a number of Republicans in the voter's crosshairs. And out of it emerged Sarah Palin as one of the Conservative Favorites.

Palin has been considered a Tea Party favorite, and many believe that she would make a great president, or at least a much better president than Barack Obama. However, Palin is not the conservative shoe-in as many suspect. And I believe she knows this, which is why Palin is not fully convinced she should throw her hat into the next election in 2012.

Palin's true power lies in her ability to rally the troops around her for the purpose of supporting another conservative. She speaks great, and I think she is a fine individual, but the stigma placed upon her by the Left in the last presidential election will not be easily shaken, so for her sake, the next election needs not be available to the Mama Grizzly.

Sarah Palin, with executive experience from her role as Governor of Alaska, is more than qualified to be President, and perhaps would have a chance to win in 2012 if she ran. But for now, it may be in her best interest, and the interest of the GOP, for her to sit this one out. She is a blooming flower, but if we pick her too soon, the moment of blooming will be passed, and it will result in her become just another wilted page of history.

Of course all of this creates the need for us to ask another question: "If not Palin, then who?"

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

Palin for President?: Perilous Political Portent - Letter From the Capitol

Is Sarah Palin Too Good To Be President? - Get Liberty

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