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Don't be angry: Palin is the antidote for Obama
Don't be angry: Palin is the antidote for Obama
Date published: 2/22/2010

Don't be angry: Palin is the antidote for Obama

In his ad hominem criticism, letter-writer Steven Iseman interpreted Sarah Palin's "hopey, changey" tea party query as an insult to Americans (more accurately, an insult to Mr. Obama's constituents) ["Sarah Palin can't be the best we can do," Feb. 11].

Mr. Iseman's anger is misdirected. Back during the presidential campaign, he and rest of the American vox populi were charmed into believing the promises of a mesmerizing young candidate.

It's more than one year later, and here is Sarah Palin being criticized for doing something that the former candidate and his congressional Democratic leadership have repeatedly failed to do: ask the American people how those promised "things" are working out for them.

(Oh, well, I think the answer is coming this November, anyway.)

Mr. Iseman is entitled to cling to his empty dreams of "hopey, changey," but becoming angry at someone who's trying to wake you up is misdirected.

Alan Branfman

Spotsylvania



Date published: 2/22/2010



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Socialism on the march! (posted by True_Bob , Feb. 24, 2010 6:31 am)    0 likes
Oh scary socialists have taken the reins of government! Guderian, I look forward to your series of letters to the editor demanding an end to socialism in the USA. You know, demanding we get rid of public roadways, Medicare and Medicaid, public libraries, fire departments, airways control, public education, parks and beaches, government inspection of food, water, and drugs, snow removal, building codes, vehicle safety standards, etc etc etc. All those things are holding back the rugged individuals.

As a student of history, then (posted by ssdm , Feb. 23, 2010 11:16 pm)    0 likes
why did you imply Obama wouldn't be re-elected. What's America's track record of re-electing incumbents?

Sorry-not a fortune teller................... (posted by fireball , Feb. 23, 2010 10:04 pm)    0 likes
But a student of history. Rarely has a candidate that was as high-profile public figure as Gov. Palin has become been able to hold it together for as long as she will if she is to get the nomination of her party, much less ascend to the presidency. Just trying to point out that it's a long way to 01/20/13, and it's not like we saw Obama coming at this stage of the process in 02/2006. If anyone out there can honestly say they did, maybe they're the ones you should be calling a fortune teller.

Another fortuneteller heard from. (posted by ssdm , Feb. 23, 2010 7:53 pm)    0 likes
Then you knew Obama would be President 3 years ago. Please, tell us what the DJIA will close at tomorrow and prove yourself.

Obama has also become divisive............ (posted by fireball , Feb. 23, 2010 7:21 pm)    0 likes
Which is why his numbers are tanking. Someone that has managed to alienate his base (lefties) while arm-twisting the blue-dogs and energizing the right can definitely be called divisive. That's why I don't see Palin gaining much traction as a POTUS candidate. While I like a lot of what I see in her, it is what it is. Americans will look at what Obama promised ('post-partisanship", wasn't it?)and eventually delivered-a White House run by Axelrod, Emanuel & Co-and say they don't want to do that again.

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