Adamo: Chambliss Victory Refutes Public Break With Conservatism

[Terri]

By Christopher G. Adamo
December 4, 2008

Georgia voters validated the Reaganite template for victory once again on December 2. In a runoff election for Senate, incumbent Saxby Chambliss won handily over Democrat challenger Jim Martin, with an advantage of nearly fifteen percent.

How could this be? Republicans, and particularly conservatives, we are incessantly told, have been politically exiled since 2006 and are in complete disrepute these days. More often than not, Chambliss is considered a reliable conservative. Worse yet, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, whom the media characterizes as a political pariah, vigorously and visibly supported him, especially in the last few days of his runoff campaign.

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[STEELMAN]

Worse yet, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, whom the media characterizes as a political pariah,

The media really hates this lady of light.

They are finding out that this baby doll can bite and that's why they call her the Barracuda!

They froth at the mouth and throw behind the scenes tantrums because Gov. Palin ignores their remarks and laughs at their scoffs.

That really galls them and they just can't stand it! Well, too bad, too sad, and I'm glad your mad!

[Charie]

Can't you just hear the cocktail party chatter about the provincial heartland voters who don't even know that Palin is a drag on the party.

Could anyone be more behind the times than these true provincials in Washington? They can make fun of those of us in the hinterlands but they never seem to realize they're actually the ones wearing blinkers.

Brooks I don't give a fig for but always liked Parker (her column is no longer in our paper) so she must have moved left since I used to read her.

[verviers]

Right on Mr Adamo! If McCain's dummy staff would have gave Sarah Palin her wings to fly instead of clipping them the way they did, it's a sure bet Obama would have not gotten the keys to the White House no matter how much money he spent. So McCain would have been the real 2nd banana,big deal! He'd been a one termer anyway and she'd carried on. Hope she jumps into Steven's seat in the senate and roars back for the WH again. God Bless Her.
Whatta gal! Right now we're in for a rough ride
so we're just going to have to hang on to our guns,religion,and money and tell the Dems to kiss our grits.

[rthom]

It is a shame that so many in the Republican party have jettisoned the success of principal for the principal of success. We have seen the result and it packs around a sign that says "Office of the President Elect" whatever and where ever that is. What Lincoln once said on the subject is evident in the night and day difference of reception between Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin by Repubs. and the the Nation as a whole.

"If we adopt a platform, falling short of our principal, or elect a man rejecting our principal, we not only take nothing affirmative by our success; but we draw upon us the positive embarrassment of seeming ourselves to have abandoned our principal."

Abraham Lincoln, Notes for speeches at Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio (Sept. 16-17, 1859).--Basler, Roy P., Ed. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. V. III. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.


Sarah is proof positive that striving for the success of Republican principal is the way to go.

[welder4]

Chambliss is a good guy but he would not have won this with out Sara Palin she is a tiger and the people just love her and if she runs in 2012 she will win big time and most assuredly if Obama wrecks the economy like I think he will . people are tired of the same old people doing the same old thing and that is spending like there is no end to the money , if we the people ran our households as the congress runs the government we would be with out any thing to eat and could not pay the bills. We are at a junction now that is a dangerous one, we have all liberals in the house or a majority at any rate and if Obama can ram his platform through we are going to pay for years to come . hold on to your guns and your money he is coming after it all.

[Dingbat36]

What I see here is a two man race without a "spoiler" to skew the vote. Why people throw away their vote, no matter what their reason, is something that has always mystified me.

Now I wonder if Chambliss will act like a real Republican or cave in to the Democrats in the Senate and "go along to get along". I surely hope not we have quite enough RINOs in Washington!

[Jack Reacher]

The only mistake we conservatives made in the election was not writing in Sara Palin as President and leaving the VP slot blank.

[Hal12]

Without the eloquence with which so many have already responded, I would add that I heartily agree. Principles are what under gird "conservatism", and Sarah Palin holds these principles above personal success. This is what makes for true leaders. This is the message that cannot be lost in the minds of the American people - whether things unfold badly or not. C.S. Lewis' "Abolition of Man" is real "medicine for the mind" and might be read more widely at this time.

God knows we need more people willing to lead. You are each in my prayers.

[thomas]

Nonsense - This isn't a surprise at all, Obama attracted all sorts’ voters who normally don't bother to vote. Many have the attention span of a fly and couldn't care less as the chosen one wasn't running. We are becoming France. Look at the shambles of our inner cities, the failure of our public education system, the total lack of boarder security and dwindling American soverntry. We need to do something soon, we are loosing our country.
The Old Chief