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    Yeh...let's try to resurrect this thread with something I appreciate. Namely, conservatives taking on other conservatives. Doesn't happen all too often because the GOP and its supporters are often much better at maintaining cohesion among the ranks, but two articles give me hope that more grown-ups are finding their voice.

    First...

    Sarah Palin and the mutual loathing society
    by George Will
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…

    "...Sarah Palin, who with 17 months remaining in her single term as Alaska's governor quit the only serious office she has ever held, is obsessively discussed as a possible candidate in 2012. Why? She is not going to be president and will not be the Republican nominee unless the party wants to lose at least 44 states.

    Conservatives, who rightly respect markets as generally reliable gauges of consumer preferences, should notice that the political market is speaking clearly: The more attention Palin receives, the fewer Americans consider her presidential timber. The latest Post-ABC News poll shows that 71 percent of Americans -- including 52 percent of Republicans -- think she is not qualified to be president."

    Then...

    Schwarzenegger Rips Romney, GOP For Stimulus Hypocrisy
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/20…

    "I find it interesting that you have a lot of the Republicans running around, and pushing back on the stimulus money and saying, 'This doesn't create any new job,'" said Schwarzenegger. "And then they go out and do the photo ops, posing with the big check and they say: 'Isn't this great, look at the kind of money I've provided for the state and this is money to create jobs, and this has created 10,000 new jobs, this has created 20,000 news jobs, and all those kinds of things.' It doesn't match up."

    Good stuff.

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    • In the interest of fairness, I'll post some good articles of liberals taking on their own, as well.luckyorphan
    • ...shouldn't be too hard to find. The left has a wonderful talent for circular firing squads.luckyorphan
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