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babylonsister

(171,075 posts)
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 03:16 PM Aug 2014

GOP lawmaker calls on Sarah Palin to lead new party to replace Republicans

Bring it on!

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GOP lawmaker calls on Sarah Palin to lead new party to replace Republicans
By Scott Kaufman
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 13:09 EDT


A former California lawmaker and executive for the conservative social activist network the Council for National Policy is proposing that the Tea Party and Christian extremists form a third party “to do to the GOP what the GOP did to the Whig Party” — and says that Sarah Palin should be its leader.

Right Wing Watch first reported on Steve Baldwin’s proposal to form “a coalition between social and fiscal conservatives…around the issue of eliminating all federal abortion funding, reversing Roe vs. Wade (let the states fight it out), and prohibiting the Federal government from granting special rights to people based upon sexual behavior (laws that almost always infringe on our religious, property, and freedom of association rights).”

Baldwin believes that Republicans in leadership positions have done little more than “propose ways to manage socialism more effectively,” and that the party establishment has done nothing but wage “war on the Tea Party/conservative wing of the GOP,” abusing extant infrastructure “to favor RINO {Republicans In Name Only} candidates over conservatives.” The most egregious instance of this, to Baldwin’s mind, was the party’s support of Thad Cochran over Tea Party favorite Chris McDaniel in the recent Mississippi primary race.

He acknowledges that it will be difficult to create a viable third party without the assistance of “a stable of respected national conservative leaders such as Sarah Palin to lead the charge.” Only with such aid will this party be able to create “a compelling platform that will unite conservatives, libertarians, the Christian Right, and the Tea Party movement.”

“These groups all have their differences,” he added, “but I believe we can find a consensus on dozens of constitutional principles such as downsizing the federal government, balancing the budget, reforming entitlements, cutting taxes across the board, defense of the 2nd amendment, the elimination of earmarks and crony capitalism, the development of our natural resources for our energy needs and so forth.”

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GOP lawmaker calls on Sarah Palin to lead new party to replace Republicans (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 2014 OP
Please proceed baggers..... Historic NY Aug 2014 #1
LOL. FSogol Aug 2014 #2
Please, do go on. nt 7wo7rees Aug 2014 #3
... napkinz Aug 2014 #4
I think this is a wonderful idea. I'll even help them get organized!! OregonBlue Aug 2014 #5
Go, Sarah! Iggo Aug 2014 #6
"respected" and Sarah Palin brer cat Aug 2014 #7
This will be like hifiguy Aug 2014 #8
Another job for sister Sarah to fail. gordianot Aug 2014 #9
Here's one she can revive: IDemo Aug 2014 #10
What would they say about the Scrotum Court? Huh? Oh, right, They Know Nothing! Sound WASPish... freshwest Aug 2014 #23
excellent idea steve2470 Aug 2014 #11
The New Know Nothings! MohRokTah Aug 2014 #12
+1000 noiretextatique Aug 2014 #24
Oh my god... iandhr Aug 2014 #13
Wow, Sarah Palin leading a new party, think she would nominate herself for president? I voted Thinkingabout Aug 2014 #14
The Grifter Party lpbk2713 Aug 2014 #15
OhPleaseOhPleaseOhPleaseOhPleaseOhPleaseOhPleaseOhPlease (nt) jeff47 Aug 2014 #16
Perfect! The Tealiban. OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2014 #17
Is that why she got her own network doncha know! Rex Aug 2014 #18
If she gets a big enough cut she may go for it! herding cats Aug 2014 #19
They'll have her, hook, line and stinker... pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #22
She did run a marathon faster than Paul 'stud muffin' Ryan... Blanks Aug 2014 #20
pretty please?! noiretextatique Aug 2014 #21
Why would Palin want to take on the extra hours and the pay cut? brooklynite Aug 2014 #25
Oh Yes, Sara, lead your new party right over the.. BlueJazz Aug 2014 #26
GOP lawmaker calls on Sarah Palin to lead new half-party to replace Republicans Wounded Bear Aug 2014 #27
FREEPERVILLE MUST BE ECSTATIC! freshwest Aug 2014 #28
All right, I went there, and I want my brain bleach. Plus a medal. Jim Lane Aug 2014 #34
Is Sarah Palin the most prominent psychopath they've got to go after the psychopathic vote? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #29
Oh, no, you missed Cruz. He's the one anointed to rule us all, says his dad and church... freshwest Aug 2014 #36
Do it! oldandhappy Aug 2014 #30
Will she only serve on half term? mikeysnot Aug 2014 #31
I fully endorse this plan. Palin is the pefect leader for it too. BillZBubb Aug 2014 #32
Oh, yes. The Divergent Emended Republican Party could be just the thing to fix this country. tanyev Aug 2014 #33
LOL! But I think you need smaller words for them... freshwest Aug 2014 #35
terrible idea for them Takket Aug 2014 #37
When I clicked on this thread I thought it would be from The Onion krawhitham Aug 2014 #38
Super fresh TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #39
Yeah, because a quitter is DiverDave Aug 2014 #40
She won't do it. She's too lazy. nt Ilsa Aug 2014 #41
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
8. This will be like
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 03:39 PM
Aug 2014

putting 500 idiots into a round room and telling them to crap in the corner. Hilarity will Ensue.

gordianot

(15,242 posts)
9. Another job for sister Sarah to fail.
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 03:40 PM
Aug 2014

Please please put all the rotten apples in one basket! Since this would take some work and maybe even some sacrifice it would be another job for Sarah Palin to quit. The perfect choice.

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
10. Here's one she can revive:
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 03:43 PM
Aug 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing

The Know Nothing* movement was an American political movement that operated on a national basis during the mid-1850s. It promised to purify American politics by limiting or ending the influence of Irish Catholics and other immigrants, thus reflecting nativism and anti-Catholic sentiment. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, whom they saw as hostile to republican values and controlled by the Pope in Rome. Mainly active from 1854 to 1856, it strove to curb immigration and naturalization, but met with little success. Membership was limited to Protestant men. There were few prominent leaders, and the largely middle-class membership fragmented over the issue of slavery.

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Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
14. Wow, Sarah Palin leading a new party, think she would nominate herself for president? I voted
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:03 PM
Aug 2014

for Barack Obama because I shared his visions and platform, now I look back and think we needed Obama more than we knew, we needed him to save us from Palin and her type.

lpbk2713

(42,763 posts)
15. The Grifter Party
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:03 PM
Aug 2014



Too bad she'll be turning in her resignation after a few months though.

Old habits are hard to break.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
18. Is that why she got her own network doncha know!
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:13 PM
Aug 2014

Mama Bear needs a new revenue stream! Of course she will lead the GOP!



herding cats

(19,565 posts)
19. If she gets a big enough cut she may go for it!
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:21 PM
Aug 2014

He want's to raise money for a third party, get people to sign pledges to vote with them, and not actually implement the party until they deem they have enough pledged voters to ensure Democrats won't win elections due to their splitting the vote up.

Totally a money making scam to exploit the simple minded Tea Party members. With the right band of merry grifters it could work.

I hear Ted Nugent has been through a rough spot recently in his employment. Maybe he'll sign on as the party leader if they can't get Sarah?



pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
22. They'll have her, hook, line and stinker...
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:28 PM
Aug 2014

...if they throw in a supply of bendy straws and some "Johnny Choos."

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
28. FREEPERVILLE MUST BE ECSTATIC!
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:42 PM
Aug 2014
Any DUer with a strong stomach PLEASE, PLEASE report to us here. I can't go over there since brain bleach can only do so much...

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
34. All right, I went there, and I want my brain bleach. Plus a medal.
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 10:26 PM
Aug 2014

I found this thread about it and skimmed the comments. There's universal dissatisfaction with the Republican Party for being insufficiently conservative (!). The reactions to this are in two schools of thought: (1) Splitting lets the Democrats (i.e. socialists) win so we have to work to change the Republican Party from within; (2) we've been trying that change-from-within stuff and it hasn't worked (Jeb will be the 2016 nominee), so we must try something different.

Perhaps the most surprising thing is that some people are daring to be less than completely reverential toward every mention of the Half-Baked Alaskan. One FReeper writes: "Sarah Palin is not even a player. Geez I love her to bits and she is influential but she is no longer in the game."

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
29. Is Sarah Palin the most prominent psychopath they've got to go after the psychopathic vote?
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:43 PM
Aug 2014

How about Donald Trump?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
36. Oh, no, you missed Cruz. He's the one anointed to rule us all, says his dad and church...
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 10:41 PM
Aug 2014
Romney was more sane...


tanyev

(42,588 posts)
33. Oh, yes. The Divergent Emended Republican Party could be just the thing to fix this country.
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 05:59 PM
Aug 2014

Conservatives, vote DERP or go home!





Takket

(21,592 posts)
37. terrible idea for them
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 10:43 PM
Aug 2014

Creating a formal third party would be the death of the teabaggers. You can't compete in elections in this country without a D or R next to your name. personally I hope they do it because if they split enough close races the democrat will wind up winning them

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