tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051061816042051237.post3212995318761267349..comments2023-10-30T09:00:06.821-05:00Comments on The River: No Longer a RepublicanTom Sawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685017904498544240noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051061816042051237.post-80187012193863941352009-07-16T22:00:39.082-05:002009-07-16T22:00:39.082-05:00For mxross: You may have something there. I gues...For <i><b>mxross</b></i>: You may have something there. I guess it depends on how you define "main stream Republican." There is a battle going on right now between the moderates and the conservatives in the Republican party. Perhaps you have heard some of the rumblings from the Rush Limbaugh/Colin Powell fracas. <br><br>It is certain that the moderates don't like her because she lacks the "nuance" or "inside-the-beltway sophistication" that seems to appeal to them. Two imporant things to note about her are that she is very straight-forward and blunt. This grates. Also, she gained political notoriety in the first place by taking on (and taking out) the corrupt Republican political machine in Alaska. So, yes, the moderates and establishment probably do fear her for that reason.Tom Sawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685017904498544240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051061816042051237.post-76607722401916402272009-07-16T01:13:40.388-05:002009-07-16T01:13:40.388-05:00Actually, Reagan was not a very good conservative....Actually, Reagan was not a very good conservative. I'm reasonably left of the political spectrum, and I think the best conservative leader America has had in the last 30 was Newt Gingrich.<br><br><a href="http://one-salient-oversight.blogspot.com/2009/03/gingrich-more-important-conservative.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">I discuss it on my blog here</a>One Salient Oversighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03143948543305522865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051061816042051237.post-53134786471481126862009-07-15T17:16:24.867-05:002009-07-15T17:16:24.867-05:00I see Palin more as libertarian than a republican....I see Palin more as libertarian than a republican. She doesn't act or speak like you average politician. She doesn't speak vaguely or flounder on issues. Come to think of it I don't think she even fits in with the republicans. Main stream republican politicians seem as afraid of her as the democrats.mxrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01205421824188801679noreply@blogger.com