Whether overtly, or by omission, interest in having Sarah Palin endorse you as a candidate is about as popular as whether or not to get the H1N1 vaccination. Is it going to hurt you more than help you? If you are a republican candidate that is debatable.
This debate is going to increase as we grow nearer to the 2010 elections, bandied about like a hot potato juggling act! After all, look at what is already occurring…after Sarah Palin and others came out endorsing the ‘true conservative’, Doug Hoffman in the NY 23 congressional race, his campaign coffers swelled immediately by over $116,000 on the heels of Palin’s endorsement.
Dede Scozzafava, the republican candidate for the NY 23 seat (who was by-passed by Palin) in a shocking move just two days before the election not only withdrew from the race but took it one step further, throwing her support and endorsement of the democratic candidate, Bill Owens. Hoffman, is running as an independent ‘Conservative Party of NY’ candidate and claimed that Scozzafava was too liberal.
Look for this to happen with more frequency. They are represented by the extreme politics of the “Wingnuts on Parade” – Palin, Dick Armey, Fred Thompson Gov. Tim Pawlenty(R) Minn. (land o’ Bachman) and others…
…not to mention the hysterical Fox duo, Beck and Hannity with their wound-tight pal Limbaugh weighing in to support Hoffman as well. Hoffman even signed on in support of Glenn Beck’s 9/12 Project!
Hoffman pledges Beck’s articulated “Values” & “Principles”. Wow! Are these the same “values” that Palin’s robo-calls to Virginia voters were about? You betcha!
Soooo…what is really going on here? Even the eye-of-Newt recognizes this is not happenstance,
“This was not an isolated amateur; this is an entire movement.” Mr. Gingrich said.”
We have to be more aware now than ever as these “independent” candidates begin their campaigns to unseat democrats AND moderate republicans in the upcoming elections. There are many who think I am exaggerating the courtship the extreme Political Dominionists are having with the idea of forming a more conservative 3rd Party. (Of course, we know that “more conservative” means a biblical basis for the direction they are pursuing.)
Hoffman now claims Conservative Party of New York to make his point and subvert the GOP candidate. This is not to say it is affiliated with the American Conservative Party, of course…
“Doug Hoffman is a candidate for the Conservative Party of New York State (CPNYS), NOT the American Conservative Party (ACP), which is a separate entity. “We’re not one and the same organization. There is no official affiliation between the ACP, formed in 2008 and the Conservative Party of New York State, founded in 1962,” said Mr. Domino.
The ACP claims members from the GOP, LP and even DP parties. The CP claims some LP, while the LP definitely claims CP AND RP. (See footnote of post for full name list…head-shaking)
In the meantime, this game of party affiliation shell-shuffling will continue to get more and more absurd. How many more organizational party names ARE we going to see emerge? Even Palin must recognize that calling it the “Palin Party” is limiting. But I certainly don’t want to discourage Palin and her ilk from working diligently in a push to provide “her Sheeples” with a new platform from which to spring forward.
Politically secular republicans (psRs) are coming out and touting their shame for this debacle. They are not only embarrassed, but disgusted with the embracing of these narcissistic personalties who have drug the two-party system into a mud wrestling pit. Hopefully this will inspire them to rally together and reclaim their party from this nonsense.
The list is growing! So I thought I would just help them along and offer a term -
Rebiblican Party!
And we have already created a logo…
Hey! It is a “one-stop” party for all these concerned “patriots”. They could all get together and throw their common rhetoric into the “party-pool” under one hat that says it all!
Pulease, Sarah! Go 3rd! Go 3rd! Go 3rd!
It could be seamless…Rebiblican Party (RP) aka God’s Own Party (GOP). Perfect! Get ‘er done!
- Republican Party (RP) aka Grand Ol’ Party (GOP)
- Democratic Party (DP)
- Liberarian Party (LP)
- Constitution Party (CP)
- American Conservative Party (ACP)
- ….and oh! God Fearin’ Party (GFP)
Well, you called it all along, Leah. You said no matter how bad things might look for Sarah, we shouldn't write her off or underestimate her.
Tomorrow should be very telling. If Hoffman wins, she'll be more in demand. If he loses, she might be poison. But that won't stop her from trying again. She has too devoted a following to milk more money out of. She'll either purify that Rebiblican Party or take her wingnuts and go 3rd.
Love, love, love the elephant's ass for a logo.
It is a fitting image…doncha think?
The logo is extremely clever, Leah. It would be neat to combine it with the GOPosaur logo often seen at Daily KOS. Maybe a bumper sticker with a logo on each end with THE PARTY OF NO written in between?
On a related, but much more serious note, isn't it time the voters realized the degree to which CNN wants to put Palin in The White House? Many avenues were opened last night during the Owens defeat of Hoffman, yet CNN acted as if the whole damn day was devoted to "How can we do the most damage to Obama with these election results?"
Thank you…I think that would be a great idea and will work on that idea of the bumper sticker…
And I agree, Palin has influence because the media keeps feeding her narcissism and I think we just need to work toward supporting her in getting her own party going. She will do it if enough people tell her she should. Her appetite for attention is insatiable.