Comments on: I come to praise Palin, not bury her http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/09/04/i-come-to-praise-palin-not-bury-her/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:12:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: GM Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/09/04/i-come-to-praise-palin-not-bury-her/comment-page-1/#comment-96304 GM Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:10:12 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=11649#comment-96304 I was 26 and deployed aboard USS Ranger to the Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea. In 72 I voted for mCGovern, raised by Democrats, Ok. Young and Stupid? Yes I was. Due to a foul up on my part and the USPS, I got my absentee ballot late in 1976. The family was for carter. I still hadn't made up my mind. In 1980 I voted for John Anderson as did a large number of us out there on the other side of the world. Then Reagan started to make sure those of us on Active and Reserve Service. That is where it changed. Before, no one really cared for who we were and what we did. Was it fallout from Vietnam? I do believe it was. The "New" Democratic Party began about this time. And it was obvious, they couldn't stand anyone in uniform. Thus began my change, into a conservative. And folks, I am still there. Reagan made an impact. I was 26 and deployed aboard USS Ranger to the Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea. In 72 I voted for mCGovern, raised by Democrats, Ok. Young and Stupid? Yes I was. Due to a foul up on my part and the USPS, I got my absentee ballot late in 1976. The family was for carter. I still hadn’t made up my mind. In 1980 I voted for John Anderson as did a large number of us out there on the other side of the world. Then Reagan started to make sure those of us on Active and Reserve Service. That is where it changed. Before, no one really cared for who we were and what we did. Was it fallout from Vietnam? I do believe it was. The “New” Democratic Party began about this time. And it was obvious, they couldn’t stand anyone in uniform. Thus began my change, into a conservative. And folks, I am still there. Reagan made an impact.

]]> By: Eric F http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/09/04/i-come-to-praise-palin-not-bury-her/comment-page-1/#comment-96264 Eric F Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:08:04 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=11649#comment-96264 Gov. Palin had been on my RADAR for about six months. The only way I could see myself supporting him was through a solid runningmate--having learned the lessons of having no heir-apparent to the Presidency. In one-fell-swoop, Sen. McCain has reunited our party and given us hope not only for his Presidency, but that of his running-mate's far down the road. You're right to compare the energy of the movement to that of Reagan's and Kennedy's. If this holds up, and I fully expect it to, it'll be a sight to behold. Movie scriptwriters couldn't even come up with a plot like what we're witnessing if they tried. Gov. Palin had been on my RADAR for about six months. The only way I could see myself supporting him was through a solid runningmate–having learned the lessons of having no heir-apparent to the Presidency.
In one-fell-swoop, Sen. McCain has reunited our party and given us hope not only for his Presidency, but that of his running-mate’s far down the road.

You’re right to compare the energy of the movement to that of Reagan’s and Kennedy’s. If this holds up, and I fully expect it to, it’ll be a sight to behold. Movie scriptwriters couldn’t even come up with a plot like what we’re witnessing if they tried.

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