If Palin’s Not The Candidate/President Why Care Who Is?
If Sarah Palin chooses not to run for the GOP nomination, her decision either way being expected in the next few weeks, or if running does not receive it, what possible difference will it make who the nominee ends up being?
Taking it one step further, what real difference will there be if in January 2013 Barack Obama, or Rick Perry or Mitt Romney is sworn in as president?
President Obama is re-elected with, as seems likely at this point in time, congress being in Republican hands, he will, effectively, be a lame duck president from day one. He wouldn’t be able to get any radical measures passes, just as now, and neither will his veto be able to be overturned.
Conversely, if Perry, or Romney are elected, is their anything in their past performance as Governors which gives any indication they they would be transformational presidents?
The question, if posed about Mitt Romney is, frankly, laughable. Romney is presenting himself as a good, successful businessman and manager and thus the best choice for tough economic times.
What is actually needed, which the real economic power brokers have, finally, decided to do, is not to have interventionists like Obama and the Bernanke of the last three years, a but minimalistic interventionist who will stand aside, and let the normal healing process of the business cycle, the market, do its job unimpeded. The age of Solyndra-ism has passed.
If an off the shelf Republican like Perry or Romney is elected, not only does the political real world of “tacking to the center” when elected come, sadly, in to play once again, but it will ensure that no progressive conservatism will eventuate. If the Dem’s retain the senate, or the GOP wins it without a filibuster proof majority (which is likely) then the chance of a genuine conservative reconstruction is next to zero.
If Palin were to win the presidency, then there is every chance for a genuinely transformational administration. Partly based on her record of economic management and achievement, partly based on her ability to reach across the aisle. Partly because of her clearly set out attack on the establishment power structure “crony capitalism”. This attack morally binds her to not tack away from the ethical structure she has laid out.
Certainly, congressional strictures which would affect an Obama or a different GOP president would be in place as they are now. However, with Palin elected there would be a moral imperative stopping, at least initially, the Democrats from impeding her legislative program.
If Palin were elected, the message to congress would have been strikingly clear-change was desired. In contrast to a Romney or Perry, the election of Palin would mean, without doubt, that America was in the mood for significant change.
Any political party that was seen to be obstructive to that mood, purely for partisan reasons, especially members of a party that was recently rejected at the polls would suffer ignominious defeat at the ensuing mid-terms.
Developing America’s energy resources helping to reduce foreign dependence.
Increasing the emphasis on states rights, especially in the matter of people being able to choose the moral and ethical standards for their communities.
But perhaps transcending the economic and social reconstruction, would be the re-igniting of the positive American spirit which has been so harshly dimmed over the past eight years. That such a re-igniting could occur if President Obama managed to squeak through to a second term, or under a President Romney or President Perry is difficult to imagine.
Under a spirited President Palin, those of us who remember the Kennedy years, with all their spark and bright promise, can envisage a new Camelot. We will shed tears of joy at having lived long enough to see it ushered in once again, after all these years.
One WTC (Formerly “Freedom Tower”) Viewed from West and Murray Streets in early September, 2010 The building was at the 36th Floor level and will rise to 1776 feet (1368 feet to the roof with the remainder for the mast).
One WTC (Formerly “Freedom Tower”) viewed from from my third floor home office in Staten Island, NY on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 2141 / 9:41 PM EDT. The building is now over 1,000 feet tall and steel has risen to the 80th Floor. One WTC is lit in red, white, and blue for the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11. If you look closely at the photo, you can see the lights of Four WTC very clearly.
It was at the same Victory Blvd. facility nearly seven years to the day following 9/11, that I would hear the resurrection of Ronald Reagan. As I pulled my assigned minivan out of the lot and turned on the radio, her voice and words would so transfix me that after two blocks I could not drive anymore. The yearning for leadership I felt at that Victory Blvd. location some seven years earlier was answered by a woman’s voice, whose name I did not even know at the time.
Gov. Palin’s military doctrine is clearly patterned after her forebear, Ronald Reagan.
“Leaving Walter Reed Hosp;met America’s finest;seeing these young soldiers who sacrifice so much changes your life/puts things in perspective” (Palin, 2009, ¶1).
-Lead in order to serve, not in order to rule.
In 2001, we had a strong leader who was not ashamed or afraid to call on the God of our fathers in a time of national tragedy.
and stood with us in solidarity.
Heartfelt tributes came from around the world.
Over 82 nations lost citizens in the Twin Towers tragedy, and they shared our grief.
The week following the terrorist attacks, 47 % of Americans attended church, and church attendance increased by an estimated 20-25 % through December of that year. People across this country were united as Americans, and flags were flown proudly.
But this year, things are different. Politics seem to be more important to government officials than the solemn remembrance of those near 3000 lives that were lost on that tragic day. Mayor Bloomberg of New York City decided that clergy as well as First Responders and their families would not be invited to the Ground Zero 9/11 Memorial Service. President Obama has decided to downplay the role of Islamic extremists in the murder of 2996 people on September 11, 2001. At the “secular” event he was to address at the Washington National Cathedral, the invitation list excluded evangelical clergy.
However, Obama’s address won’t take place at the Washington National Cathedral this year. That building suffered signficant damage in the August 23 earthquake. Without explanation, a giant crane being used in repairs to the building toppled over on Wednesday of last week. All 9/11 events scheduled at the cathedral had to be moved elsewhere. It makes one wonder if God is sending a message.
PLEASE HELP US GET THIS VIRAL FAST!
All of you in attendance at Ground Zero for the 9/11/11 Memorial Service.
The Mayor can keep our Clergy out, but he can’t keep ALL those in attendance from singing.
For those who were not invited or cannot attend the 9/11 Memorial event, the Salvation Army of Greater New York will host an alternative event from 7:30 AM to 1 PM at their Centennial Memorial Temple at 120 West 14th Street. Livestreaming of the 9/11 memorial ceremony will begin at 8 AM and will be “projected on multiple monitors including on a 20-foot-by-11-foot screen in HD in a press-free environment.” A concert and prayer service will also take place from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. From 5:25 PM to 7:30 PM, Dr. Charles Stanley of In Touch Ministries in Atlanta will be the featured speaker at a Healing and Remembrance service. Contact and registration information for the events can be found here. The audio of Dr. Stanley’s address will be livestreamed here and here.
Another alternative event, the 9/11 Freedom Rally will meet at 3 PM at Park Place and West Broadway. Pamela Geller, editor of the Atlas Shrugs blog and author of Stop the Islamization of America and Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, will be hosting the event. The rally is sponsored by American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), of which Geller and Spencer are executive director and associate director, respectively. Clergy will be present for the invocation, and First Responders and 9/11 family members will be among the speakers. A special screening of the film, “The Ground Zero Mosque: The Second Wave of the 911 Attacks,” will take place that evening at The Actor’s Temple Theater on 47th between 8th and 9th Avenues. Those interested in attending the screening can RSVP at GroundZeroMosque@aol.com.
Project 2996 on Facebook is a special project in which Americans from across the country can participate. Friends from other countries, such as Canada, are also invited to participate. Facebook members who “Like” the page can select an individual from a list of of 9/11 victims who do not yet have tributes and write a memorial blog about that individual. A photo of the 9/11 victim and a link to the individual tribute is then posted on the Wall of the Project 2996 Facebook page. A description of the project can be found at the Project 2996 website.
People at 9/11 events and in church services around the country today will be remembering the lives that were lost in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D. C. on September 11, 2001, in the worst terrorist attack on U. S. soil. They will also be honoring the heroes of that day, some of whom died trying to rescue victims, and some of whom have died and continue to die since from toxic exposure at the Ground Zero site. We must Never Forget what happened that day and determine to do all we can to prevent it from happening again.