I am pro-Palin. She brought a liveliness to the Republican Party at a time when it looked moribund because of the nomination of John McCain, whose feeble attempt at running for president put the party to sleep. However, not everyone on the Conservative/Libertarian non-pompous, non-country club wing of the party is on board.

Pat Conlon of Born Again Redneck is a blogger I consider a friend and comrade, but he doesn’t see the big hub-bub about Palin-mania. He’s also unhappy about very strong voices like Michelle Malkin or Glenn Beck demanding political purity from candidates.

I will disagree with Beck being an ideologue of the Right, as he tends to be more Libertarian than Conservative, and is pretty vocal about it both on his radio program and TV show. I’m for getting rid of the “country-clubbers” and have no problem throwing out the trash, but Pat is right in that there is a fair amount of horse-trading in politics. Negotiation is key. My preference is that we have people of a stronger Conservative bent doing the negotiating.

Cross-posted at RudyCarrera.com.

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