*facepalm*
Palin pokes Brown over moderate views
Sarah Palin, in an unexpected poke at Senator Scott Brown, said that while Massachusetts may “put up with’’ the GOP lawmaker and “some of the antics,’’ Republicans in states across the nation wouldn’t tolerate his more moderate views and compromising ways.
Making fun of a politican for listening to reason and compromising to get things done. What. The. Fuck. That's right, she's actually provoked me into defending a guy I sincerely don't like on several levels, but I recognize that at the very least he's intelligent and pragmatic and I'd take him over her any day of the week.
But seriously, what is with this? Politics 101 is that you try to put the more moderate people up, because it doesn't matter in the big elections if you have the people who'd vote for you anyway, you need the independents and undecideds! That was why Brownie Boy won, and as much as I don't like him he won fair and square by reaching out to those people. If he'd marched out some right wing ultra conservative platform he never would have won in this state.
The thing is that I don't really have a problem with the sort of Republicans Massachusetts used to produce (I do not count Mitt Romney among them) because even though they were fiscally conservative they were liberal on social issues, aka did not have a problem with gay people, mostly avoided the self-righteous preaching and stayed out of other people's business. We New Englanders definitely have a bit of a libertarian streak to us and that used to be standard operating procedure. Hell, even the guy running for Governor on the GOP platform has an openly gay running mate. Massachusetts may be the only state where you could actually do that and still have a chance. They are unfortunately a dying breed because of bullshit like this, and I see nothing good coming out of that.
In short, alienating the more moderate members of your party = Fail.
Sarah Palin, in an unexpected poke at Senator Scott Brown, said that while Massachusetts may “put up with’’ the GOP lawmaker and “some of the antics,’’ Republicans in states across the nation wouldn’t tolerate his more moderate views and compromising ways.
Making fun of a politican for listening to reason and compromising to get things done. What. The. Fuck. That's right, she's actually provoked me into defending a guy I sincerely don't like on several levels, but I recognize that at the very least he's intelligent and pragmatic and I'd take him over her any day of the week.
But seriously, what is with this? Politics 101 is that you try to put the more moderate people up, because it doesn't matter in the big elections if you have the people who'd vote for you anyway, you need the independents and undecideds! That was why Brownie Boy won, and as much as I don't like him he won fair and square by reaching out to those people. If he'd marched out some right wing ultra conservative platform he never would have won in this state.
The thing is that I don't really have a problem with the sort of Republicans Massachusetts used to produce (I do not count Mitt Romney among them) because even though they were fiscally conservative they were liberal on social issues, aka did not have a problem with gay people, mostly avoided the self-righteous preaching and stayed out of other people's business. We New Englanders definitely have a bit of a libertarian streak to us and that used to be standard operating procedure. Hell, even the guy running for Governor on the GOP platform has an openly gay running mate. Massachusetts may be the only state where you could actually do that and still have a chance. They are unfortunately a dying breed because of bullshit like this, and I see nothing good coming out of that.
In short, alienating the more moderate members of your party = Fail.