Showing posts with label ensign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ensign. Show all posts

Friday, July 3, 2009

Palin Out of Politics "For Good," or Maybe Not?

Damn. The current news is that she is out of politics for good and will not run for President in 2012, or any other office for that matter.

In a few weeks the Republican Party has lost three of its potential Republican candidates in 2012 - Palin, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (affair), and Nevada Senator John Ensign (affair).

In a recent poll Palin had the highest nationwide approval ratings of all Republicans who were polled. This is definitely a loss if this is true.

Actually, I just read a different report that this isn't true...so what is in the future of Sarah Palin? Probably a lot more press coverage. She tried to bury this on a Friday before a national holiday, but I'm not sure it is doing her very much good.

My guess? We haven't heard the last of Palin in the realm of politics, but I don't think she will have another elected position anytime soon (I'm not saying she won't try, though).

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Do Republicans Have the Moral High Ground?

There tends to be a conception that the Republican Party is the party of values. Is this true? Here to help solve the riddle is senior political analyst and friend of the blog, Stephen Colbert!

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No. This is not true. There are countless more examples of valueless Republicans (Limbaugh, Ted "Tube" Stevens, Ensign, etc.).

How about the Democrats? Nope, not true either. They have their own bad guys. Clinton, John Edwards, Spitzer, Rod Frickin' Blagojevich, William Jefferson.

Conclusion: They are all politicians. Adultery, Prostitution, Corruption, Oh My!

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