"If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself." So said conservative collumnist Kathleen Parker in the right wing National Review Online yesterday. She had more to say, including "Palin's recent interviews. . .have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League." This is on top of critical articles of McCranky and Gov. Who? from conservative pundits George Will, Rich Lowry, David Frum, and David Brooks.
Wingnuts are starting to see Gov. Who? in unscripted interviews, rather than in set speeches to supporters, and they're getting increasingly worried about it. But they're stuck with her on the ticket, and most must be hoping that next week's 90 minutes of debate with Joe Biden go by ever so quickly.
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The elitist wing of the conservative movement has always been wary of us libertarians coming into the GOP. Sarah Palin is one of the top elected libertarian Republicans in the country, (along with Idaho's Gov. Butch Otter, and Cong. Jeff Flake of AZ).
Of course, she's going to make some conservatives nervous.
They are wary of her libertarian cultural views. This is the woman, after all, who famously fought back against social conservatives in Wasilla who wanted to run all of the bars and taverns out of town.
They even started a whisper campaign in Alaska during the 2006 primaries that Sarah wasn't really a Republican, but rather a "closet libertarian." She had attended a couple local Libertarian Party meetings seeking their support.
But what she loses from the social conservatives, she gains 10 times over in libertarian votes.
Figure, Libertarian Bob Barr was polling 6% nationwide in mid-summer. As high as 10% in New Hampshire. And post-Palin he's now down to 1%.
Ever since Goldwater the eastern establishment Republicans have distrusted Western cowboy individualists in the GOP.
With Sarah Palin, the libertarian wing of the GOP has finally arrived. Of course, that's going to make some other Republicans nervous.
Get over it Conservatives, THE LIBERTARIANS HAVE ARRIVED!!
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