Palin: The new Republican's "new deal"

[evespikey]

iber: "The Republican party itself is definitely going to be in a position of reform, and will see the rise of the new generation of Republicans. It is very possible will see Sarah Palin at the forefront of this movement."This is something not everyone is talking about, as it's all Obama-mania at the moment and tension, tension, tension

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[shattered_jouka]

Very well said. Obama seems to be a shoe-in this time around, and if he doesn't win then I'll be thoroughly shocked. When and if he does win, then I think the Republican party will have to change a lot. Most of the country isn't satisfied with Bush's reign and they now associate McCain with him, and if Palin is serious about becoming President, then she's going to have to make changes. It'd benefit her more to change these things, although I would think it'd be a difficult road and one that she's going to willingly take if she wants to be President. Well, the future holds many things. Just a few short years before now no one thought it'd be possible for a black President and now look at Obama. He's so close to the White House, he can taste it.

[evespikey]

Thank you. :) I, too, will be shocked if Obama doesn't win. A lot of people (at rallys) keep saying it's exciting and a historic moment, and while what they say is emotive and not about policy, I do think agree with them that it is both exciting and historic. Of course I agree with (most) of Obama's policies or I wouldn't be supporting him. But to my black flatmates, having a black president is such an important thing. In a BBC report an elderly black man at an Obama rally said he could remember a time when "dogs were set on black voters".

[shattered_jouka]

It is a historic moment, but one has to concentrate more on his issues and not just cause he's a person of color. Wow, that is pretty old >.< lol but I would think for him it's a very big change and very historic.

[evespikey]

I agree with that, because it's the same with the female candidates as it is with the black candidates. Like voting for Palin just because, as one fellow LJ-er put it "she has a vagina". We don't want to elevate a minority (just because they are a minority) over better qualified candidates- and watch them do a bad job. I don't think that will happen with Obama, fortunately, but I think he'll have a hell of a tough time trying to clear up Bush's mess.

[shattered_jouka]

yeah, which is why i didn't vote for Hilary just because she has a vagina in the minor elections back in...blah, June was it? Not sure, I have the worst memory. Yeah, it's better to continue voting say "for the white man" instead of a black man simply because he's a minority. Cause if he's going to tank the economy, then it's not worth making a historic moment. Yeah, he's gonna have so much fun! XD I kinda feel sorry for who does eventually become president.

[evespikey]

"I kinda feel sorry for who does eventually become president.
Me too! Me too...

[shattered_jouka]

lol, yeah >> which is why if that were me, i'd have never run for president after bush. i mean come on, and clean his mess? i don't think so. that's why my first time voting, i had to vote for someone that might actually change the government in a good way. not fuck it up more >>