Critics on Both Sides Be Damned: Run, Sarah
Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin has, within the past couple of years, become an American institution. All the former Alaskan governor has to do is post something on Facebook or give a “shout-out” on Twitter and both pundits and everyday Americans on both sides of the aisle are either singing her praises or talking about what a dumb hick she is who has no business breathing, let alone commenting on the news of the day.
The big question, of course, is whether Palin should run for president in 2012. Here are just a few reasons why a Palin run makes sense:
She is strong on defense. In a Facebook post on April 16, 2010, Palin noted that “it is in America’s and the world’s interests for our country to remain a dominant military superpower” and questioned President Obama’s statement to other world leaders that “whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower.” This seems to mirror more and more Americans’ concern that our national defense is “not strong enough” and the fact that fewer of us believe our defense “is about right.”
She is unapologetically pro-Israel. Palin’s evangelical faith is at the core of her pro-Israel stance. It’s so refreshing to hear someone on the national stage supporting a sovereign nation’s right to defense, right to build houses within her own borders, and right to a united capital city — Jerusalem.
She has — er, cojones. With all of the talk about whether Obama has any of his own or needs to borrow from Hillary Clinton, Palin has shown time and again that she’s not one to be intimidated — a plus when dealing with the likes of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong Il. I, for one, believe her when she said that she stepped down as governor before her term was up because she felt that the numerous frivolous suits filed against her were affecting her ability to govern effectively.
And how many of us would be holding our heads as high as she is after being viciously attacked by friend and foe alike (and supposedly unbiased media) for well over two years now? Unless it’s about what kind of toilet paper she buys or what the fiber count on her bed sheets is, what else is anyone going to dig up on her or her family? Pretty much all her baggage is front and center. What you see is what you get.
Biggest problem fo Gov. Palin running in 2012 is the Pay Cut she will have to take.
I think she could handle the pay cut, after all, obama is living high on the hog, seems to always be on vacation to traveling around the world making a fool out of his self.
oh no…not of himself..of Americans, for having someone of such unqualified stature representing them
Do you actually think any money will be left in 2012?
There’s a process in this country called a ballot box, where put up or shut up applies. Opinions won’t deter my vote, but it will solidify it.
And Governor Palin has my vote.
As long as we have welfare and people get a check, or free anything..Obama will have a vote block.
I don’t think she cares.
Everything negative they say about Sarah Palin is a feature, not a bug.
Everything they know about what is required is no longer operative. All the old conventional wisdom is what got us into this mess. Vanilla candidates. Treading lightly around the “mighty media”. Going along to get along. PC nonsense. “Nuanced” policies. All pale pastels.
Will it be hard? Maybe. Then again, it might be just a cakewalk. She has SarahPAC, and her 2mil+ fans. Her militia is ready to march. Fund-raising? Piece of cake! Other Pubbies will be struggling desperately to raise money if she is a candidate. Endorsements? Candidates will be asking for her help, because no one does fund-raising like her.
No one has her army. They will not want to get on the bad side of her supporters either. She is just too powerful. She is the 800-lb canary. She perches wherever she likes.
Will the media grill her ruthlessly and at a far higher standard than everyone else? Yes. If I were her, I would NEVER grant even one interview, or at least be very, very selective. A rare (valuable) interview means she calls the shots.
She should just tour the country giving the same stump speeches and run a boatload of ads against Obama and Co. Forget the Lib Media sponsored debates. It will be the economy, stupid. Bad economy = Obama. It’s a winner.
Purposely give the detractors nothing to sink their teeth into. Bob and weave. Frustrate the heck out of them. Only say something specific when pointing out Obama’s flaws. If they criticize her statements then, they only bring attention to Obama’s flaws. They’ll have to make stuff up, and folks will begin to tune them out entirely.
Right on!!
“…and Sarah Palin’s growing popularity…”
[Citation needed], Pam.
Bravo, Miss Meister! At last, the case has been well and bluntly put.
Men of conviction and courage rise and step forward according to the needs of the times, not the whims of the Times. This is Sarah Heath Palin’s hour. Let’s see what she can do.
Look, the Cuda has 2 years of my life 24/7 to put her in the White House.
I’m already locking in beans and rice contracts through those two years because without a paid job for two years, it is gonna be a struggle. Think cot in a garage or basement in some old lady’s home in Des Moines.
You will not defeat Obama without a ‘movement’ and that movement is…
Common-Sense Constitutional Conservatism.
Our champion is Sarah right now, although if another CSCC steps up, she may endorse them.
It is the principles stupid. And….READ her books!
Sapwolf! Brother! A HUUUUGE hug from the distance of 20 000 kms!
I cannot vote for Sarah but I’m 24/7 Sarah’s watcher.
I suspect that I’m Sarah’s biggest fan not only here in Aussie but also in my former country of Poland.
There was time when she was down and resigned from her job as a Guv. I wanted to travel there and ofer my services as personal body guard for the durance of my holiday.
I’m 60 now but I’m still very fit and can deliver a punch.
However I decided that they (Sarah and Todd) not only would be amused by such a proposal but even it could be seemed as a bit suspicious.
So I gave up.
But I shall pray for you.
When I get my two books signed here in Cincy next week, I’m gonna give her a letter and also give her my copy of “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis. She has probably already read it as she enjoys his other works, but she can add it to her bookshelf or give it to a friend.
I can imagine ole Uncle Screwtape, upon getting assigned by the Fallen One to the Cuda exclaiming:
DOH!!!!
Sapwolf — As a fellow C4Peep, I admire your dedication, but you’ll have to settle for cot in basement in Iowa, because the garage would be sub-zero in Dec., Jan. and Feb. :0) It’s people like you, who are dedicated to the core, who will win Sarah the nomination and the Presidency.
Mom in Wisconsin
Wouldn’t it be great if we had a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN in the white house? Governor Palin wouldn’t have to spend 2 million dollars in attorney fees to conceal her education, BIRTH CERTIFICATE, etc., etc. She has more experience in her little finger than the muslim terrorist in the white house would ever dream of having. She wouldn’t travel the world bowing down to heads of state and she would build up America rather than making excuses for our bad choices. Bring it on Governor Palin. Show the elite that you aren’t afraid of the critics. Take them on and we AMERICANS will support you!
The question should not be, should she run? Rather, could she win? Meaning, could she beat Zero or Hill-dog? I think we’re kidding ourselves if we entertain any fantasies that she could win a national election. She couldn’t. She’s electorally damaged goods. Most voters I know outside of traditional conservatism; apolitical types who vote, old-tyme Dems and even some nominal Republicans, all hate her viscerally for some reason. The media’s two-year war on Sarah worked beyond their wildest dreams.
That said, Mrs. Palin has all the qualities of a conservative leader; courage, honesty, decency, pragmatism, respect. The simple fact that the Ruling Class is apoplectic at her mere sight sends tingles down my leg. That she stands for everything they are against is good enough for me. However, if she were the nominee against the Marxists the race would become entirely about her and not what it must be about…snatching the country back from the jaws of our near-defeat at the hands of the radical left.
She’ll have much more mileage and do more good for the country (radical left excluded) as an organizer, fund-raiser, media maven, political annointer and conservative darling and hero.
Sarah, love ya lots…just not as the good-guys’ 2012 nominee.
[Who will be our Reagan?]
thought-criminal the very same IDIOTS who thought obummer was so well qualified with his vast community organiser skills and his very breif tenure in the senate which time was spent campaigning for the presidency are thesame IDIOTS who now say Sarah has no experience. even though she was governor of the biggest state in the world. a state bigger than most countries. if she runs for president I and a hell of a lot of my friends and family will vote for her,
…she was governor of the biggest state in the world. a state bigger than most countries.
Alaska is indeed the biggest state in the United States in terms of surface area but it is far from the most populous state in the country. That distinction falls on California, which has 35 million people that last I heard. Since most of Alaska is uninhabited wilderness and uninhabited wildernesses don’t need a lot of governing, being governor of Alaska is not nearly as good experience as being governor of one of the more populous states.
Sorry, I really don’t want to rain on your parade but it’s pretty clear that most Americans know that Alaska doesn’t have very many people so they are not going to be terribly impressed by a partial term governing a state with a small population. As far as I’m concerned, Palin’s experience in Alaska is still far more substantial than Obama’s was in 2008 – as far as I know, he’s never managed a lemonade stand let alone a government until he became President – but there will be other candidates with far more experience than Palin in 2012.
Bother to recognise and name the mysterious Jesus like conservative super-hero who shall suddenly emerge from the silver cloud to lead America to victory?
Well it certainly won’t be any conservative males that we presently have as choices..what a bunch of mealy mouthed worms.
Population Alaska: 698,473
Area: 586,412 square miles
Population Delaware: 885,122
Area: 1,954 square miles
Whys is Biden Qualified and Palin not? It has to do with that certain part of the male body.
Whoa, William, easy there ya big, troll-esque fella.
First, I forget when I told you that I “thought obummer was so well qualified with his vast community organiser skills?” Yeah, never thought that or said that. “Obummer” was, is now and always will be a disaster of a human being and a joke of a leader in my humble opinion. No love lost here for a marxist, anti-colonialist, America-hater. (Oh yeah, and here in the States we like to use a “z” in the word organizer. England or Australia?)
Second, refresh my memory as to when I ever said Sarah has no experience? Yeah, never said that either. She has 1000x more experience than Zero ever had or has now. (Golfing, b-ball and traveling don’t count as experience)
Third, if she does run (and wins the nomination) I hope “you and a hell of a lot of your friends and family” do vote for her. I’ll be right there with you, friend. What the crap is my alternative? Won’t matter though. If she runs (and wins the nomination) you should just prepare the 2nd Inaugural for Zero or the 1st Inaugural for Hill-dog. I’m no Frank Newport, but seems to me that no matter how bad a shape my beloved country is in in 2012, there is no way in h-e-double hockey sticks the electoral math works for Sarah. Not a chance. The media has already finished her nationally.
Hope that cleared things up between you and I William my boy.
…that certain part of the male body.
Get over it, pal. There is no place for sexism in the 21st Century.
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, Irene, the “Isms” are alive and strong, much to my dismay. We see in the White House both the desire for them to be of the past, and the continuance. Learn the truth. Speak truth to the lies, one on one, in the Brick and Mortar World!
Your opinion is clear, however, your process, not so much. Let us start with Billary, she finds herself in the unenviable position of being the loyal subordinate of the Obummersiah, who she most aptly describe as an EMPTY SUIT! She has allowed herself to be third banana in the DoS. Guess who gets the blame when the Non-peace Non-talks fail for the umpteenth time! When that failure comes she will not have enough time to right her boat, assuming she could. Zero will not fire her, as she is the proverbial javelin catcher, and she can’t quit before the failure. Talk about feet in concrete!!
One should never underestimate the ability of an Empty Suit to make ever grander screw-ups. His only hope is to something spectacularly manly! What a stretch that is!
If you are a Palin supporter, which I question, get off your dead ass and confront the Lame Stream Media lies with the truth, one on one in the Brick and Mortar World. Learn the truth, speak the truth!!!
I never understood why Hillary exchanged her comfortable, secure position as New York Senator to be Obama’s Secretary of State. It just made no sense. Why take a job as an underling to the man who robbed her of the nomination that she thought was hers by right. As Senator, she would have an independent position, and not be constrained by the policies and potential screwups of the Obama Administration. But that is exactly what she did, and it doesn’t speak well of her political instincts.
Don’t be so quick to write her off. It’s only still 2010, and the 2012 election is a long way off. The media may hate her, but if she gets off to a fast start in the caucus states, she might be impossible to stop. Obama’s support was always a mile wide and an inch deep. Now it’s down to a quarter mile wide, and no deeper, with every prospect of shrinking more as his incompetence becomes more widely understood. Nobody thought Johnson could lose in 1968 until Eugene McCarthy exposed his vulnerabilities. Maybe Hillary will be Obama’s Eugene McCarthy. In any event, don’t calculate the odds so prematurely. No smart handicapper would do it.
Who will be our Reagan?
She is! The first election I was eligible to vote in was 1980 and I remember the exact same attacks on Reagan. He was unserious. An actor remembered best for starring opposite a chimp. However, he spoke plainly to the American people about the greatness of this country and when he asked if they were better off than they were four years earlier, they elected him in a landslide.
Sarah can and will speak plainly to Americans and she doesn’t need a landslide to win.
AAAnnnddd now that we’ve heard from the concern troll…
Miss Sarah, you know what it is going to be like with the opponents. I however, like the idea of a President saying openly that she will talk to and ask the People. None of the so-called experienced ones will do that, nor would they listen if the People ask. They already know everything and that is why the Country and the World are in the mess that we see all around us. Leaders who know everything: Bah!
Maybe you should make a pact with the Voter that you will consult them if you don’t know [and throw that at the Fey creature] and let the People decide.
“I say that if she wants to go for it, go for it — and the “stupid” American voter will ultimately decide if she is ready for the big time.”
That would be a pretty terrible price to pay for a failed Palin presidential attempt: Another four years of Obama. Think about it. Palin could probably get the nomination, but she would never win the general election. Even if she came close, that wouldn’t be good enough. And would you be willing to accept another four years of Obama just to prove that she could run? She just doesn’t have the broad-based support among independents to pull it off. And she certainly doesn’t stand a chance of doing well in left leaning states in New England or places like Wisconsin.
No, if Palin really cares for this country, she would recognize the fact that she can’t win and use her huge influence, especially with Tea Party members, to get a good conservative Republican elected who can win. She would be doing more for herself (she wouldn’t have to quit any of her current TV shows or book deals) and her country than any other American in recent times. Just look at how successful her candidates were in the recent election around the country. Did they all win? Of course not, but most of them did and that means a lot in politics today. And always remember, if the candidate she supports DOES get elected, she could probably get any position she wanted in that administration. It would be a way of getting four more years of government work with none of the heartache or downside of being president. If I were Palin I would be wondering, “Who needs the job in the first place?” After all, when Oprah retires Palin could be the next Oprah and could use that platform to be the Democrats’ worst nightmare, and on a daily basis. What’s not to love?
Barring some unseen event, Sarah could win hands down. She is more then qualified and the idiots out their that are left will rail and lie continuously as they have already done since she showed up on the national stage.
Many seem very easily led around by the msm, buying into what ever lies that put out instead of doing their homework. The msm is the mouth piece for the dims and the marxist out there, actually, they are one and the same.
You’re just parroting the MSM, you know the communist new network, or CBS, ABC, et cetra. Why would she not beat him? He’s got the black vote and probably massuckatits, but nowhere else, with even kommiefornicate they couldn’t beat her. We won’t tolerate any more Wacos or voter fraud as that’s the way he got elected. Grow up, or call yourself something with Yomama in it…
use her huge influence, especially with Tea Party members, to get a good conservative Republican elected who can win.
I admit that I am a fan of J.K. Rowlings’ “Harry Potter” books. But I do not believe in the “Cloak of Invisibility”. And that is the only place this “good conservative Republican who can win” has to be, under the Cloak. There ain’t so such critter around, because if he or she existed, Sarah would not have been the only Republican standing up and fighting back against the Obama regime. In fact, she has had to fight against the Institutional Republican Party as much as against the Democrats, because they have made common cause against her and the Patriot Movement.
I would be more than willing to be corrected, but I do not believe there is any such “good conservative Republican who can win” that is hiding like the Iranians’ 12th Imam, waiting for the moment to emerge and usher in Paradise. If you have someone in mind, please name them; and we can talk about it. Until then, I [and I suspect others] will stand with the Sarah-cuda.
Subotai Bahadur
Lord Pao An-
That is the truth. The RINOs and false conservatives on this and other forums keep parroting the “she can’t win” trope. It is getting old and getting older. I think the truth will be put to their lies soon enough.
The real message folks is that the supposed ‘elites’ got us into this mess and we need the bi-partisan Tea Party as a national movement to remain intact and active to defeat the cancer that has grown in American Gov’t.
Your humble servant & LC….
shes a gifter too;that all we need a bush in pantie hose
I thought trolls were supposed to be more articulate than this. Must not be a card carrying union member of the Professional Underground Bloggers and Editors Society (P.U.B.E.S.).
For a stupid comment, you did get one thing right: She is a gifter. I attended a fundraiser in Missoula, MT and watched as she raised money for a women’s half way house (Teen Challange) and gave of her own monies as well as packing the place out. I know you meant “grifter”, sometimes ya’ gotta just screw with the trolls.
For all you quasi-conservatives, It’s time to buck up or stay in the truck. Make the 2012 election about the failed leftist stupidity and the plans to get america back on track and make no apologies – go for the jugular. This fight is for the survival of our great nation. As another poster says ” learn the truth and then speak the truth”. The left can’t handle the truth.
Sarah 2012!
Governor Palin is the un-Obama: open, honest, proud of her country, her family and her heritage. She not only has nothing to hide but appears to want to make sure that everyone knows who she is and what she is about. Such open, unfettered honesty is sending the elitist political class to climbing the walls. In their minds it isn’t about what you do that counts, it is whether or not you get caught. Ms Palin says “go ahead, find out everything about me, I have nothing to hide.” I hope she runs, when I heard her acceptance speech on the nomination by McCain, I thought then, “we are witnessing the first woman president” and nothing I have seen since has changed my mind.
Also, I can only say “bravo” for her comments on “wasted time” talking to catty Katie–now there is an empty head for you!
Governor Palin is not afraid of the MSM nor the corrupt Republican party of Alaska and DC–what a refreshing stance!
couldn’t have said it better my self Siam. and I too along with my friends and family will be voting for Sarah, when she was McCains running mate I didn’t vote for McCain I voted for Sarah as did a hell of a lot of people,
It’s interesting.
The interest the “elite” show, and MUST or they’ll burst,demonstrate / SHOUT to the wide world with vicious personal assaults on Sarah Palin and her family. It started I believe at her challenge TO THEM in her acceptance speech for Vice-President.
Look back and reflect on the timing of the public announcement about the “banking crisis”. Wasn’t it just after Sarah Palin’s appearance on the political stage threatened the CERTAIN election of Obama. Certain definitely AFTER the nationalisation of banks. Some banks. WHICH banks?
These hate- mongers can dish it out but can’t take it. AND THAT is why they hate her.She doesn’t fold at their twisted mouths, their arrogance, their stance as royalty/elite. She just is forthright,energetic, honest, compassionate, and successful in their game WITHOUT THEIR IMPRIMATURE. THUS NOT one of their trained monkeys. And if that’s not a sign of intelligence I’m the Empress of China.
She’s that most awful, that most monstrous creature an OUTSIDER to their gang of self anointed. Therefore free to be what she is and let people know. They as the MASSAs cannot permit freedom in anyone to be individual. They only allow clones of their anointed, or those who bend the knee, doff the hat and cheer them to the rafters in expectation of the promised payments.
Don’t forget Obama,their messiah, never ran a candy store,was a carpenter or fisherman AND did not in his vaunted intelligence,in addition to not knowing english pronounciation of corps, visited all 57 states in the USA. Not a lot of sneeering at those bloopers in the elite media.
Sarah Palin, whether or not knows North from South Korea, managed as one of the most successful governors of all time the largest State in the USA. THAT’s AMERICAN.
It’s known as competence. Something no doubt those who so easily sneer at and dismiss her, need other people to provide. As intellectualoids, needs must, putting the world to rights. (as in Hitler, Stalin, Mao-tse-tung, Mugabe, Kofi Annan, the Kennedys, Carter, and of course their models of probity and competence the Clintons.
BRAVO JOJO. well said and very much to the point and OH SO true,
What people need to understand ids that conservatives NEED a lightning rod. Someone to take the heat, someone to keep expressing conservative view points. Sarah Palin does this in a what that is unique from Rush Limbaugh and others. She is Everywoman, and she is not a media person (despite her relationship with Fox). An Everyday Mom expressing her views and this hits home in ways no one else can.
Ms. Meister:
“I say that if she wants to go for it, go for it — and the “stupid” American voter will ultimately decide if she is ready for the big time.”
And THAT’S what the “elites” and their sycophants are deathly afraid of.
Attending an Ivy League, or any school for that matter, is no guarantee of competence in any field that I’m aware of. All it really seems to be is an admission ticket into an employment lodge.
So when a “natural” comes along, that person’s very existence threatens the entire vested interest of the order…thus the resentment from THAT quarter.
The greatest personal reason Mrs. Palin should run is very simple:
She cannot win if she does not run…and if she doesn’t win, someone else will.
you summed it up very well. and I must say prety much as I have felt all these years. one thing you failed to mention. those very brilliant elitist who thought the clown in the oval office now was so well qualified with his vast experience as a community organiser are the same IDIOTS who now think Sarah who governed the largest state in the world. a state much bigger than many countries. yet she is unqualified to be commander in cheif of these united states. so far as meghan McCain is concerned who elected her to decide who is or is not qualified? she should sit down and shut up and let the grown ups make the decisions, when McCain and Palin ran I voted for Sarah Palin. I sure as hell didn’t vote for amnesty rino McCain. IF SARAH PALIN RUNS I WILL VOTE FOR HER. I would love to see a HUCKABEE PALIN OR PALIN HUCKABEE ticket,
Why are member of the Ruling Class so fearful of free-market competition?
Pre-selecting the winners and the losers is what the Ruling Class on both sides of the aisle do to maintain their place of power they consider is their entitlement.
Much like the Union Thugs ruling Government Motors or Princess Murkowski- adored daughter of Ruling Class tyrants- it is no wonder the reason why Parker, Noonan, Rove, Krauthammer along with the multitude of endless Ruling Class whiners are so easily threaten by free-market competition; they all know that they are losers in this game called life.
Well, I’m sick of the elites and ruling class myself and favor most of what Palin favors. But I really, really hope that Palin doesn’t run.
Among the things I hope American voters learned from Obama is that the presidency is no place for on-the-job-training. Palin needs much more seasoning and some solid accomplishments — let her come back in 2016 and we’ll have a look.
We totally agree. We like Palin, but she still gives the “impression” of not being ready. She is in a powerful position where she is, people listen to her.
If she runs for president at this point, the left will pour out their hatred and the right will just sit by and let it happen as usual…and never retaliate. I dislike Rove etc and would never pay attention to them anyway. Look what they did to help Christine O’Donnell…exactly!!!..nothing but dissing her on national TV..
Hillary will run, and she’s a freakin disater waiting to happen. She will have Carville and Bill out in full force and it will be DIRTY.
However, Palin and Hillary are both more qualified than the first black president, who is a total disaster. He’s an embarrassment to America in general and black people in particular.
. Barbara Walters sure is trying to start cheap gossip with palin’s comment on her show about beating Obama..witch. Boycott her show!!!
there was a comment here that we were replying to …it’s gone…where is it????
Please, please, don’t run for president Sarah! America doesn’t need, want you to lead us!
So, Harpo, speaking for the U.S. again? I don’t recall what election you won.
Sarah Palin is just as qualified to be president as Barak Obama. Which is why NEITHER ONE OF THEM SHOULD BE PRESIDENT!
Look, she seems nice, honest, and has many good qualities which I admire her for. But she shouldn’t be president.
Come on, people. We CAN do better. We CAN find someone who has these same qualities, AND the experience necessary for the job.
I love Sarah for being the only conservative who will say things like “Profiling, Bring it On!” regarding airline security.
What nobody has mentioned is the power of beauty in a powerful woman. Even as a VP candidate, she had Karzai gushing over her beauty. Men are slaves to the visual attractiveness of women. This is part of the hatred of her… she holds this biologic advantage, Look at magazines. Both women and men enjoy looking at women.
I don’t think you would see a Moscow receiving line shun shaking her hand like they did Obama. She won’t be bowing to Saudi kings, because they didn’t pay for her education, and they know she will open up domestic oil production instead of choking it off for their benefit.
I just can’t wait for President Sarah Palin! I exhort all PJ readers to repudiate, again and again, the falsehoods and hatred directed at her by ignorant, Comedy Central programmed liberals.
It is absolutely flabbergasting to me, and to millions and millions of others, that the so called elites who have botched their political positions (does anyone recall “Read My Lips” or “I did not have sex…” or even Bush II’s pronouncements on TARP,let alone the massive failures of “hopey changey”) have the balls to criticize Ms. Palin. She had more executive experience in 2008 than Obama yet we elected a smooth talking empty suit who has bankrupted the country and placed our security in grave danger.
As you noted, “Run Sarah Run” We, the people, will decide.
The Ivy League elitists have screwed things up so badly that a “regular” person couldn’t help but do a better job than they do. A straight talker would be a welcome change from the word parsing, dim-witted relativists, who run things now.
wasn’t it buckley who said he’d rather be governed by the first 1000 names in the boston phonebook than the faculty of harvard?
I get the anti “liberal-elite” thing, (although in truth, the entire concept has been manufactured by corporate interests).
Palin takes it too far even for those apt to fall for her shtick. “You betcha!” is kind of endearing. But, “I like to ride my snow-machine!” OK….so you’re a Northern Red-Neck…but with this recent whopper -”This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms of our national security policy. But obviously we’ve gotta stand with our North Korean allies.” Ummm…Sarah, our allies would be those in the Southern part of Korea….
The last one was in an interview with soft-ball thrower Glen Beck. There was no reason for her to be nervous or jittery. She’s just a ninny, I’m sorry.
You must be believing what the press is feeding you. She corrected herself within SECONDS of her verbal gaffe. We’ve upped our standards, up yours.
Sorry Nate, you’re the real ninny for falling for the MSM slime.
Palin did seven (7) interviews that day about the Korean situation, and in ONE of them, had a slip of the tongue. In fact eight seconds before that slip, she correctly stated that North Korea is the enemy.
It’s a totally manufactured story by liberal bloggers…don’t fall for that BS.
Have you ever noticed that there is all this criticism about Palin regarding her not having any policy depth? Yet, when she gives umpteen interviews discussing things in some depth, the only thing they mention is her misspeak?
And it was clearly a misspeak, not the repugnant thing some politico said, but then has to walk back. Try to do it some time. Have long convos about something like North and South Korea. and see if you do not at some point swap them? Your mind is racing ahead to its next thought and… oops. No biggie, though… unless you are Palin, for whom there is absolutely no slack allowed.
They are not interested in her policy views. They are only interested in her destruction. Because she is THE threat.
Whether Palin runs or does essentially what she is doing now, she will be a force in the 2012 election. What I like about her is her ability to remain positive, her unquestioned love for this country, her sense of humor, and support for other candidates, she worked pretty hard on the campaign trail to help others get elected in 2010. She is a woman of action, so much more than “just words”. What a wonderful contrast she is to the humorless, self-important, “it’s all about me”, scripted blow-hard who currently occupies the WH. And everyone likes her spouse.
I would like to see challengers from both parties but the Dems will probably stick with BO. In addition to Sarah, it would be great to see Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels, and Liz Cheney on the trail. Marco Rubio is without question a superstar in the making and 2012 is too soon for him. I would be surprised if Rick Perry does not throw his hat in and Bobby Jindahl would be terrific as well.
If any Republican Party leaders are reading this: many women are still very angry about 2008 and the treatment received by Hillary and Sarah. If the economy continues to underperform, thanks to the hostility and uncertainty generated by Boy Wonder’s statist policies, the gender gap will flatten out. Many women learned a tough lesson in 2008, the Dems may include us as a voting block but will do little to support a leader from this block.
The Question should be if the people who voted for OBAMA are qualified to continue to vote knowing they voted for this empty suit with a few catchy phrases out of his mouth and no substance in his brain. Give me a candidate who has read the Constitution and agrees with it, and they will get my vote. No hopey changey for me thanks!
BEST QUESTION EVER!!!!
They should all be barred from voting, for reasons of misinformation/stupidity/lack of looking beyond skin color…
Palin wields a lot of power just being who she is and doing what she does.
There are other conservatives that would be a better fit> Whomever…runs will be torn apart by the left and they best be ready and ready to attack back with a vengeance. The conservatives need to groom an army of
James Carville drones with a sassy mouth not afraid of the devil or god…..
Hello, from Costa Rica. I hope all my fellow US citizens enjoyed Thanksgiving. Few acquaintences here understand a day of gratitude: welcome to the socialist state.
Municipal elections occur the first week of December, in the oldest democracy in the Isthmus. As a North American, I am encouraged to find that CR´s TSE {Tribunal Supreme Electoral} must allow the candidacy of each person, for any position. La Nacion recently reported that over 80% of those standing for local office had neither debts to the State, bankruptcies, nor past convictions. Even more had never been incarcerated.
http://www.nacion.com/2010-11-24/ElPais/NotaPrincipal/ElPais2585950.aspx
When I read complaints about Sarah, I tend to laugh: I know I should be serious; Palin´s qualifications are evident, and persuasive. Rejoice in an energetic, informed, Anerican woman and her campaign.
Thanks, Pam, for your good work.
Frankly, I like her too much to want her to run. I would rather see her run the Republican Party and be a force to reckon with – de-RINO-fying the party, solidifying its principals (really), and doing for conservatives what Newt did for the neo-cons. I think she would make a long and valued contribution to our nation if she could rebuild a true Partriot’s Party bent on destroying the Socialist/statist/Tyrants that have taken over.
Another condescending remark by a cajoneless Rino who is afraid of the coming struggle.
Stay home then, but stay off the blogs. We’ll do the work.
Sapwolf, your reply is perilously close to what one would expect from a Democrat Troll. Assuming you are not said Troll, cannibalize not one who maybe of the same tribe, as in the end it may be just thee and me, and I would not be so certain of thee. If you are said Troll, heed your own advice!
I want her to run
1. Because she will boil Obama in oil. She will pull no punches.
2. She is not an entitlement pimp like the Bush-Romney wing of the party.
3. Palin has the will to brake the hold Greens have on our ability to mine, drill and dam.
4. Paul Ryan would be her vp.
5. The party has to have a woman in the primaries. I hate demographic politics but Rove-Obama era is all about groups.
Just do it Sarah. Once free of the McCain camp you have been brilliant, lets see more.
Are you crazy? She would get clobbered and start crying. She is an imbecile.
Please cite your evidence for calling Palin an imbecile. The dictionary definition of imbecile is; a person born with such a weak mind that she can be trained to do only very simple tasks and will probably never learn to read. Now Sarah Palin has been a Mayor, a Governor, a Vice Presidential Candidate; she has five children one of whom is special needs. She has made appearances all around the country giving speeches. In addition to, of course, having a university degree. What part of “imbecile” does Sarah fit in? Perhaps you should quit being a lemming and start using your mind. Or are you trained in only very simple tasks.
great essay. SP has more then proved herself above all other contenders at this point. I have no doubt if she was president today the economy would be doing really well and there would be optimism instead of pessimism everywhere but in those marxist corners (elite university corners).
I also think she may be better being the kingmaker instead of running in 2012. not that she could do the job …she surely can.
I love SP and would love to see her run and win. But as mentioned in the other article here today, I don’t know if I can tolerate one result – Tina Fey will be all over the place. That would be just too much to take. So, maybe not to SP running.
Are you out of your mind?
You’re gonna let a comedian control who is President of the United States?
Unbelievable.
By the way, why are you watching Tina Fey anyway? I never see her on Fox News, The History Channel, TLC, Discovery Channel, The Military Channel, etc.
You CAN switch the channel.
I support Sarah’s run and I’d love to see her do something characteristically out-of-the-box in her candidacy: secure a veep, and perhaps even a few Cabinet members, ahead of her announcement. It would be great to see her sweep in with a brilliant partner and perhaps some team members who would show America what we could have with her at the helm.
I’ve often thought that myself. It’s one way to counter the “stupid and unqualified” meme. Everyone knows that a president depends on a staff, so present your staff and compare it to collection of tax cheats and Marxists on Øbama’s staff.
If Palin runs the Left will demonize her by accusing her of being a racist and compare her to Adolph Hitler. The Rep. Party should just snatch some black woman out of obscurity and with no experience to fend off such things and then, once she’s in office, give her instructions. It worked really well just recently.
i am aware that journalists use loaded words to frame an opinion.
i want to point out what was missed, and that is palin does not hyphenate what type of american she is. she has a family that could play the victim card, but they don’t. her husband is a native american; her child is mentaly and physically chalenged;and her daughter is an unmarried parent; but none of them are on government assistance. she also was put in the vice-presidential run to defeat her before she became a threat.
Well said. The current climate of Palin-bashing is essentially based on discrediting her because she is a threat. That’s why they need to stomp her out now before she gets popular.
Back in the day before he got the Republican Presidential Nomination Ronald Reagan was often referred to as “Ronald Ray Gun” by the Wonderful People who insisted at every opportunity that he was a stupid Neanderthal who could never be elected.
History repeats itself. It is best to be wary of Progressives and RINOs who give you advice about who to run for office.
Being brutally honest, can Obama hold a candle to Palin?
Believes private industry capable of creating far more jobs than government Sarah
Despises private enterprise Obama
Ordered Clinton to UN to complain of US civil rights violations in Arizona in front of communist mass murderers of own citizenry Obama
Best fisherman Sarah
Best marksman Sarah
Best hunter Sarah
Best basketball player Sarah
Best golfer Obama
Best bowler Sarah
Most courage Sarah
Best liar Obama
Most integrity Sarah
Most athletic Sarah
Most natural leader Sarah
Biggest blowhard Obama
Most corrupt politician Obama
Most trustworthy Sarah
Most frugal Sarah
Most wasteful Obama
Most proud of America Sarah
Most self pride Obama
Most vain Obama
Acts much more effeminate Obama
Most character Sarah
Totally supportive of infant slaughter Obama
Capable of most bench presses Sarah
Capable of most chin-ups Sarah
Capable of running sub 7 minute mile Sarah
Ever fired a shotgun Sarah
Wants to repeal second amendment Obama
Wants to repeal ObamaCare Sarah
Capable of dealing with foreign leaders without apologizing for America Sarah
Ever fired an automatic weapon Sarah
Thinks automatic weapons should be destroyed Obama
Ever sent a son or daughter to war Sarah
Is aware that the “s” in Marine Corps is silent Sarah
Agrees with 70% of Americans that ground zero mosque is highly offensive Sarah
Believes 9/11 savages should be tried in military court Sarah
Starting to confuse the race card for aces and eights Obama
Believes border-securing needs immediate action Sarah
Believes national defense is the priority Sarah
Would lie when taking the oath of office Obama
Calls fellow Americans who disagree with him racists and enemies Obama
Wants to close down news stations that disagree with him Obama
Pewed with a racist pastor for 20 years then pleaded ignorance Obama
Desires to bankrupt America Obama
Believes in free speech Sarah
Would be delighted to be President of Russia
Obama
Believes in the second amendment Sarah
Believes in the United States Constitution Sarah
If Obama were a candle, I’d say Sarah has the qualifications, the will and the duty to blow him out.
Born Christian Sarah
Born Muslim Obama
Believes, educated in free market
Believes, educated in Marxism
… then there was the mountain climbing
Her credentials are well known, what are his?
‘Best basketball player- Sarah”
Just goes to show how willing you are to delude yourself, where this Alaskan charade is concerned.
Your Senseless. You are like a revolting old cockroach feeding on rotting scraps in some dark, smelly corner of a neglected dirty kitchen in order to emerge frequently and dump your excrements in the middle of the floor.
You can keep kissing the a**e of your idol and god Obama for the next two or six (or whatever) years but in the end that criminal, thief and wastler shall run out of the other people’s money and there shall be no dollar for the PARASITES like you to feed on.
Gee, Dan o’ the Bog, allI said was I believe Barack Obama is a better basketball player than Sarah Palin, that anyone who believes otherwise is willingly deluding themselves. Are you so enamored of her tight little caboose that you can’t see the truth OR the future? I think so. Save your ire for when she wildly disappoints you. She doesn’t really care about values or principles or family or truth or equality or justice. You know that, right? Well, you might if you weren’t so distracted by all the heat and flies down in the godforsaken pit of anti-Americanism.
why is obama better at basketball?
obama is a terrible athlete
seen him throw a ball?
when he b’balls– no one guards him and his opponents are like the team that plays the globetrotters
Born Liar sleazits Persons Galore, how about your PJM Liar “charade”?
No, not you, of course not. You have alllwways posted as…
Whatever.
who do you think busted his lip today
go sarah go
interesting you’d bring that up. Obama caught an elbow. Now big deal. No apologies expected or given. Palin and all of Fox News and every other pussified pantywaste conservative would have beens creaming “Palin was ATTACKED on the basketball court today!”
Face it, conservatives don’t have the balls or the backbone to do anything but blow gas and claim foul.
A stitch in time saves nine!
Oh golly gosh Born Liars sleazits Persons Galore, what a man riff! You must be that thing that had the 5 on 2 on a blue boat with a bottle of caramel water. Wow Really!
108. sleazits
“I have a date with a boat. Big one. Blue and white. Four or five friends finally free from their work-a-day week. (Poor bastards.) Tequila. Poker. Couple of hookers.”
July 9, 2010 – 1:16 pm
“Poker.” “Big one” “…with a boat.” The Freudian Dora speaks. Do you still have that trophy the ladies made for you, that Tonka Toy boat you had bronzed? Oh well, on to serious business.
So Mr. President got an elbow to the mug. The Funhouse Mirror must know that the elbow was shaped quite like the Korean Peninsula. Why, one might conclude that Karma has arrived and let it be known that Mr. President needs to use something other than his mouth for the defense of the USA. But then again, the mouth has always worked where the GuiltyWhiteSchooled Numb (Comfortably) have been targeted, why not the North Koreans?
Are North Koreans white too? Their leadership must be, after all, they are rich, wear cool clothes, and do rule. Mr. President must be able to relate to something. This could be it! Tell Mr. President. He loves the Ones that he uses and discards. Ask Rahm.
A stitch in time saves nine!
Did the Kick Me sign riveted to your ass get basted again? And again? ‘Tis the season.
Whatever.
SP herself stated that Obama could beat her at basketball. It doesn’t mean he is a better player. It mean he is male and she gives up about 75 lbs. and a foot in height. Men have a huge advantage over women in that game. However, she LED a championship team. Him? Not so much.
I’d like to see them play. I bet she might beat him anyway through sheer grit and endurance. Wow. Just think. You would see it on pay-per-view, (Heck yeah, you would! Think Rocky!) and it would be the greatest sales event ever! If she did win, he would NEVER live it down… which is why it would never happen. (The event, not the win.
The chance of her winning would be small, but Obama would be politically destroyed by it. Can’t you just see the black community turning away from him if a little white mother-of-5 beat him at basketball? Or if he gave her a cheap shot, how the rest of the country would react? Especially if she got back up and kept playing hard, took it like a man? Her return hard-foul to the groin would be the end of him!
Lacks the intellectual capacity to hold the postion of a national office… SARAH!
Stewart P. and Senseless are the dimwits who put the empty suit in office..The One who is bankrupting our country..The One who thinks we have 57 states and is catching up with his V.P. who has a million gaffes to Sarah’s one..The One who was a community organizer vs. Sarah who ran a business AND a State.. The One who has to have a teleprompter to give a speech at an elementary school..Bwahahahahah! And they think Sarah is a dim wit? hahahahaha!
Do you have all that written on your palm?
StewartP,
If anything, that one’s a tie.
Dear Pam Meister
“Let the voters decide if Palin is qualified” ?
The voters decided that Obama is qualified.
Somehow I am missing the internal logic of your reasoning.
I don’t think she will run but I doubt she will, because she is a smart woman and she knows that her candidacy will cause many problems for the forces arrayed against our marxist rulers.
But if she does decide to run, there can be only candidate for the Republicans and it might not be her.
So keep your heads on straight. It can’t be Sarah or nothing, or Huckabee or nothing, or anybody or nothing. Because nothing is Obama…and that ain’t nothing, it’s the end of this country.
Be passionate but also be sensible. 2012 is for all the marbles. And it’s game over if the Soros-created criminal wins again.
How about this. Instead of running for President (and having to fight the biased media and the democrat dirty tricks and the get out the vote efforts for undocumented workers and felons) how about run for the chair of the Repulican National Committee (where Michael Steele is right now). What better way to get out the true Republican policies? Or maybe she becomes the head of the RRNC (reformed RNC). Having her as head of the RNC would also help get rid of the RINOs who are more moderator socialists than conservatives.
Are you out of your freekin mind? The deep pocket ultra-rich who donate to the RNC don’t like her.
Look, any time somebody makes that suggestion, it is generally assumed that the poster is a Rombot.
Stuffy Mittens would be perfect for the RNC head. HE can take that job.
His flip-floppin won’t hurt us as much there.
You misuse “friggin” with your “freekin”,which ever then would be wrong as it would be “freakin”. Friggin is preferred an original word. This edifies you so that you can go forward and be a better communicator.
Holy crap, what exotic patois does this guy Stew speak?
I will give you this: My writing has been sloppy and not my best on this blog, but why are you down on Patois? It’s great on sesmame water crackers.
Manhattan – Battery Park City
Nice area of NY, Stew. Are you all in for the Islamist victory center?
Thanks. I live on Rector Place.
That site is FAR ENOUGH away from GROUND ZERO to be conidered sacred ground. Trust me. With that said, I am against the mosque unless it is a pluralist community center honoring all three great religions.
Now back to Palin, I have never encountered one of her supporters before. I am fascintated.
How much attention is given to Obama’s 57 states, or practically anything
said by Joe Biden, by the crowd who is second guessing the Momma Grizzly from Alaska?
Methinks I smell something is still rotten in Denmark. For they contine
to provide for the 21st. century what the Bourbons were about: They forgot nothing, and they learned nothing.
Everything they are saying against Sarah were said against President Reagan, now that he is dead some of the elites are coming around and admitting he was a great President. Run Sarah Run, you will make a great President.
Not everything. Ronald Reagan successfully governed California for eight years. Prior to that he had been president of SAG for several years and before that he had a solid career as an actor.
I like Sarah Palin and admire her in many ways but she does not have the experience or the accomplishments of Ronald Reagan or any number of other presidents except, of course, Barack Obama.
The last is a mistake I hope we don’t repeat. I’m not encouraged that Palin is writing the same sort of books Obama wrote.
Hey, read both her books before you compare her to O.
That might be useful if she’d written either of them.
Huxley,
First off, nobody said she was as qualified as Reagan. They said the same things were said about the two.
Second, How does being SAG president compare to being on the politically influential Oil and Gas commission in Alaska? SAG is a union. Not to take away from Reagan, but Palin’s experience is different from his, no better and no worse.
Richard said, “Everything they are saying against Sarah were said against President Reagan.”
I am hardly the only person to say that Palin is inexperienced; no one said that about Reagan. QED.
From Google Books Ronald Reagan, Volume 1, page 166:
“Onto the stage strode the unlikely candidate conservatives lusted for but mainstream Republicans merely tolerated and Democrats welcomed as “easy pickings” – seemingly too old, too ideological, and too inexperienced to be elected or to accomplish the job.”
Sound familiar?
Boy is this entertaining. MSM / ‘Elites’ / Ivy Leaguer heads exploding all over the place.
One thing that is certain – if SHP decides to run, there will be no hidden embarassments or revelations to derail her since by now, all the dirty laundry is out there. I can’t say I have ever seen a public figure so attacked than she. It is unprecedented. And yet, she is stronger now than ever. Very impressive.
As for whether she will make a good president, it is impossible to know. Circumstances often have a way of deciding such things. But she does have character. She is real in a way that beltway pols are not. I know i would trust her with my back and she easily passes the foxhole test.
By the way, in a contest between SHP and BHO, I think SHP would win. But I don’t think BHO will run again. He has clearly lost interest in the job now that the fawning and leg tingling phase is over. The real question is who the Dems will put up in the race. Not many popular figures to choose from.
Could be very interesting.
DD
I am an ivy-leaguer and Republican, and I think Sarah Palin is an imbecile. We need to have standards. She is a nincompoop, like Noon write two weeks ago.
See ya Sarah!
That is indeed the problem with Ivy-Leaguers. You illustrate it so well. Did you get there by Affirmative Action, or because your Mummy or Duddy went there before you? You think that makes you special?
Perhaps you are, much like people who compete in the Special Olympics are special.
The Special Olympics are special, indeed. I volunteered three years in the early 2000s for the organization, and I highly recommend it. Now I give financially as I don’t have the time I once had.
Why do you say that the Special Olympics are special, in a pejorative and sarcastic way? You are classy.
I never saw an ivy speak or write in this bizarre Stewartian dialect before.
we dont need standards ffs!!!
we need principles
Surely an Ivy leaguer would write “like Ms. Noonan wrote two weeks ago.”
Also, aren’t you Ivy leaguers the problem? You’re big government types, just conservative ones. You believe in expanding the government. Palin does not, and that freaks you out.
Hell yes she freaks me out, but not for the reasons you describe. I think she could be dangerous by being capricious. I like her policy on oil and natural gas, though. But, she is not presidential material.
Capricious? Where do you get that? One of the knocks on Reagan was that he was a cowboy that would get us into WWIII, a nuclear exchange. Instead, he defeated the USSR without a shot being fired.
I don’t see anything in her past that could be called capricious. She worked her way up through Alaska politics, sat on the oil and gas commission, ran her own business with Todd, and is raising five children. You don’t do those things without being level-headed.
Well, Palin has shown that she can take the heat without breaking a sweat-in the cruel world of politics that says alot!
As far as being ‘stuoid’- bring it on. I’ve seen the harvard elites with their fancy degrees-they want nothing more than to nanny the masses and all of their policies are leading us straight into the third world.
Can she win over the disillusioned Dems and independents that voted for the Marxist? Heck, they should be kissing her feet after what they’ve done to their country. Forget about them, if the tea party and regular folks can rally, maybe we can make them insignificant.
Mr. and Mrs Denial in the WH won’t stop lying until they are out of there in 2012.
Well, Palin has shown that she can take the heat without breaking a sweat-in the cruel world of politics that says alot!
As far as being ‘stupid’- bring it on. I’ve seen the harvard elites with their fancy degrees-they want nothing more than to nanny the masses and all of their policies are leading us straight into the third world.
Can she win over the disillusioned Dems and independents that voted for the Marxist? Heck, they should be kissing her feet after what they’ve done to their country. Forget about them, if the tea party and regular folks can rally, maybe we can make them insignificant.
Mr. and Mrs Denial in the WH won’t stop lying until they are out of there in 2012.
Sarah will run if no other GOP champion steps forward who has:
Common-Sense
Convictions
Courage
Charisma
She will not let the nomination go to Mitt, Huck, or Newt, the current four-letter words.
If she is David vs. Goliath, so be it.
If she runs, she has the McCain states out of the gate plus the one lone Nebraska vote will flip back red as Obama only got it by a thousand votes.
Therefore, Sarah can be the POTUS by merely winning the following:
Indiana – already won
Ohio – campaign there but indies have abandoned Obama and Sarah will retail politic her way to the 60% of union members who dislike their union leaders. No businesses no jobs. Ohio would go Sarah.
Virginia – Their current governor confirmed Indies have abandoned the far left policies of Obama/Pelosi/Reid.
North Carolina – Obama won this state by a handful of votes. Sarah will have it out of the gate.
Florida – Key state that finished 51-48 for Obama. Put Rubio or West on the ticket and this should flip RED.
That means you only need ONE more state and that would likely come from the following:
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Iowa
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Campaign as a common-sense constitutional conservative and don’t get wrapped too much in hot social issues that are not addressed by the Constitution and she wins this thing handily.
Remeber, you don’t need 100% of the vote, or the approval of Jazz “DKOS” Shaw to win this thing. You ONLY need 270 electoral votes.
Think about the words above for a minute to let it sink in.
If the economy is still sluggish and we are still bogged down in Afghanistan with no clue, and if Obama still is pulling hard left with the executive branch, etc., I see no reason why Sarah does not defeat Chicago Jesus.
I hate to burst your bubble, but it is simply not as easy as you say. If she wins all McCain’s States (a given) and flips NC, VA, OH, FL, and IN to Red, NH still gives her a 270-268 loss. NM gives her a 269-269 tie, which would give her a loss, because the Dems control the Senate. The other States would give her the win, but IA stayed Blue this election, as did the others.
(MI didn’t, though. Nor ME. They might be the key to a victory.)
That said, EVERY Republican has the same problem. The problem is all these deep-Blue States whose voters think that voting Dem is a family birthright. Party-line voting cannot be overcome with reason. My Party, right or wrong! The Dem Party is a religion! Combined with all the skullduggery, it is amazing that a Pub ever wins the Presidency.
The reason the Left so aggressively tries to knock out Sarah is because they know through internal polls, she is doing better than people think. They know she can beat Obama and they believe she will push Congress to reduce federal spending to close the budget gap as opposed to raising taxes. They know she will replace Kennedy’s spot on the SCOTUS with the 5th vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade thereby letting the states decide abortion where it should be absent federal legislation or a Constitutional amendment.
Fear is driving the attacks. They KNOW she will defeat O given the chance, but more important, she will govern as her principles dictate.
Meghan McCain said she was “scared” by the fact that someone like Christine O’Donnell could just wake up one day and decide to run for national office.
Actually, I’m a lot more concerned when ordinary people CAN’T just wake up one day and run for office. When it takes tens of million of dollars and the backing of a major party to have even a credible candidacy we end up with exactly the sort of governments we’ve been getting in recent decades. As Palin herself says “How’s that working out for ya?”.
And how many of us would be holding our heads as high as she is after being viciously attacked by friend and foe alike (and supposedly unbiased media) for well over two years now? Unless it’s about what kind of toilet paper she buys or what the fiber count on her bed sheets is, what else is anyone going to dig up on her or her family?
A small nit to pick with the first sentence. I believe sheets have thread counts, not fiber counts. The last time I looked at bedsheets in a store, the label said something about “thread count” but nothing about “fiber count”.
Based on resume, Palin is more qualified than Obama (any successful governor is more qualified than even a very successful senator [which Obama was not, but that's neither here nor there]).
However, one needs not only be qualified (or even capable), but also *electable*, and I think that ship has sailed for her.
And if you doubt me that electable matters more than qualified or capable when it comes to who sits in the Oval Office, consider this: Obama won.
I don’t know of any current hypothetical GOP contender that could really beat O. The GOP needs to start grooming (actually, they needed to start in 2006) a sort of solid, “dark horse” candidate (perhaps someone like Rubio, but he’s still too new…I think the American people have had enough of people light on experience).
What we need in an Unbama…surely there is a competent, experienced governor out there who could be convinced to run…
Then how do you explain McCain’s loss? Surely he was more “electable” than Øbama.
mccain lost because he wimped out on bringing rev wright and treasonist ayers into the forefront and his wishywashiness made obama look like a leader
daxypoo,
I know, but Patrick’s point was that electability matters. I think McCain was infinitely more electable than Øbama, so I would like to know how Patrick squares that with the results of 2008.
McCain was unelectable. Weren’t you paying attention? The GOP voters were disgusted–and they said so. It was all over the internet. Blogs went on endlessly about not voting for McCain. His only saving grace was Sarah Palin–and even that couldn’t get the voters motivated enough. When he started taking pot shots at her because she was taking shots at Obama it became all too clear who the next president was going to be.
It sounds like some are crazy to have a female president at whatever cost to the republic.Just two years ago some were crazy to have a black president at whatever cost.Have we learned nothing? This dingbat is focused on the miniscule and her data banks are not overcrowded.
I thought Jimmy Carter was the worst president ever, until Obozo came along.Palin would certainly be worse. She has no military experience. She thinks the North Koreans are our allies. She’s a quitter. She has been coached to repeat certain statements repeatedy, but couldn’t explane the rationale for her answers because she doesn’t really understand the full import of the questions. She functions by rote; not by reason.
“She has no military experience.”
Neither did Clinton,(at least not in the US Armed Forces; he MIGHT have been a lieutenant in the Viet Cong or something), and neither does the Alleged Hawaiian.
Jimmy Carter had military experience, though…Annapolis ring-knocker and Admiral Hyman Rickover’s Submarine Nuclear Navy.
See where THAT got us?
Actually, Palin had the highest security clearance of all 4 candidates in 2008.
Critical aspects of our national security came under Palin’s purview while she was Gov. of Alaska.
tD
She misspoke on North Korea and corrected herself nine seconds later. By continuing to push that as if she really thought that, you expose yourself as a concern troll.
As a strong supporter of the Republican Party, I truly believe that Sarah Palin’s running for President will be the greatest train wreck in polical history. This woman IS NOT QUALIFIED to be President. Spunky, yes. But does she command the respect? NO. Does she have the experience? No. Does she have the leadership and management skills? No. Does she have the gravitas and decorum of POTUS? No. I am sorry, I am so tired of this woman’s screeching, her 15 minutes of fame — raking in the cash, her dysfunctional family, her inability to unite – she divides. If Palin is a true patriot, she will join the GOP leadership ranks and find the best possible candidate. Right now, she is becoming a joke, one that will absolutely cruxify her should she run.
America is sick to death of the current faux President; Sarah would just be the Republican’s version of Obama II. Sorry, I could not vote for this woman, I would not vote for this woman.
I don’t think she’s qualified either. Republicans are putting her on an undeserved pedastal in the same way that the Dems put Obama on one. As you said, she would be Obama II.
Hmm, does she command respect? Yes, she does? YOU may not respect her, but foreign leaders take her very seriously indeed. She spoke in Hong Kong, and no one there thought her empty.
Not qualified? Says who? It starts with character. Words like God, Duty, Honor, Country, Decency, Shame, Integrity and Principle actually mean something. Show me even ONE Dem with those attributes. Is she light on experience? Yes, a bit, but she has sensically and successfully carried out all the duties she has assumed. (Don’t start on “quitting”. Nonsense. She went national.) I do not want the kind of experience those others have, because it is the wrong kind.
There might be others out there, but I doubt they could even win the Primary. Another establishment, faux-conservative pol would win. That is NOT an option for me. Still, I am open to others, just not the same vanilla candidates. Bold colors, not pale pastels.
Pam Meister – God bless you. You are one brave lady. After all, what would Charles Krauthammer Say? Or Ron Radosh? Or, (gasp!), George Will.
Why does PJTV have all these leftists spouting wannabee Trotskyite analyses? Not that they aren’t good at it (analyses).
Pam, what an appetizing piece of writing. You, girl, take the cake. rachel
Palin posts sure do bring out the trolls, moby’s, and concern trolls.
We see right through your lies and see the fear underneath.
Boo!
Sarah will be a great one out there in the arena of ideas, she will be able to easily get the leftists to reveal their real true racist, sexist, bigoted ways. Hooray for Sarah, the left hates her, that must mean she is a damn good person.
you got that right …all those lefty bureaucrats will be seeking asylum in Canada. they would not be able to contain themselves.
they wont be seeking asylum
when the bubble bursts their delicate psyches will crumble and they will go to the asylum where they should have been the whole time
Sarah quit the AK governor’s office ostensibly because the flood of ‘ethics complaints’ made it too difficult to continue.
That will all pale by comparison to the onslaught of abuse Sarah will experience should she announce a candidacy next year.
She can’t win.
What can they throw at her that they haven’t already?
“I resigned because of frivolous ethics complaints filed through a loophole in Alaska’s laws that enabled opponents of my Administration to pin down over 80% of the time of government workers, force me to spend my own money to defend myself while governor, and cost the state over two million dollars. Since I finished EVERY major objective of my first term early, and knowing these attacks were because of me, I stepped down to allow the Executive branch to function properly and then stepped UP and took the fight NATIONALLY against the most leftist President and administration in US history knowing full-well that it may destroy my political future. There are other things more important than me, including my state and my country and I chose to STAND UP and do something about it.”
Making people account for their views and opinions, instead of them firing off baseless accusations from behind the wall of twitter, opinions is not abuse.
Except, it’s never about her VIEWS, is it? One never hears about them from the Media, does one? Instead, all we get is them pouncing on some perceived gaffe, real or not. It’s never about the issues with her, when it comes to her detractors.
The funny thing is, if she really is as dumb as they say, they should ignore all the personal stuff, and focus exclusively on the issues, and she would be discredited. If she really IS dumb, that is. Of course, they would have to stop hating her so intensely first.
What gaffe wasn’t real?
The experience necessary to be a successful president is no longer an issue. First we nearly had Hillary Clinton crammed down our throats and then we had Obama; neither had enough experience to fill a thimble. Now we have Sarah. At least she has managed a state as well as various lesser offices. It would be nice if we actually had a candidate who was older and wiser to lead the nation. I am fed up with minorities and young people who are not nearly knowledgable enough to make sound decisions.
Love her for her enemies.
The bottom line is, there are two overriding truths to consider regarding the 2012 presidential election:
1. At this point every prospective GOP candidate has various warts and shortcomings.
2. Every conceivable GOP candidate is head and shoulders above the current charlatan in the White House.
I agree with the premise of the article! Let’s just get this thing over with! Right now! Run Sarah Run!! Let the Revolution begin! I believe she can win! And all of you “I like Sarah, but…” suckers are just abject chickens**ts who likely are Romneybots and and McCainiacs still living in 2008. Even if she loses (which I don’t believe, but let’s say for argument’s sake that she does lose)that will just give this country a kick in the ass of another four years of totalitarian rule by Hussein and his gaggle of Communists to look forward to. Which will lead to the REAL Revolution…that is, the breakup of the United States, Civil War 2.0, State secessions galore! I say, let it happen!!
She should stop with the illusion that she is in the hunt; she is not and nor should she be. She is a half-wit, at best. I am someone in the middle- a dreaded moderate with an MBA in the big city. And I am Jewish. So, if the GOP wants to win, NO PALIN OR HUCKABEE.
I am a conservative with a M.D. degree, I am not a Jewish, I am not stupid, and I will support Palin.
You need to keep up with the times, friend: http://www.jewsforsarah.com.
There’s no place for sexism in the 21st Century.
Thank you for the link, Irene. I lean conservative (philosophy-not relgion), but I have a problem with the Christian Right that stems from my family’s dislike of Moral Majority and Jerry Falwell during the 1980s. As for the Palin-lovin’ Jews, that is a secular minyan that I will not be able to make.
Stew writes: “…I am Jewish. So, if the GOP wants to win, NO PALIN OR HUCKABEE.” And further: “…I have a problem with the Christian Right that stems from my family’s dislike of Moral Majority and Jerry Falwell during the 1980s.”
I see Stew, you are just carrying on the old family tradition of religious bigotry, though I don’t see the connection between Palin and Falwell and the 1980s were a long time ago. If you don’t want a Christian President, just say so. Why the old family feud? This is, or was, a free country after all.
“I am someone in the middle- a dreaded moderate with an MBA in the big city. And I am Jewish. So, if the GOP wants to win, NO PALIN OR HUCKABEE.”
Yes…Lord knows you can’t win without the urban Jewish advanced post-secondary degree holders’ vote.
So you made your money, but feel guilty over it.
Sucks to be YOU, but the rest of us who do not fit into your narrow demographic of “traditional Conservative voters” have our OWN crosses to bear, see?
For all his good points, Joe Lieberman, (your demographic representative standard bearer), was little more than a hood-ornament on John McCain’s jalopy of a campaign. Which means he hit the electoral wall FIRST.
He couldn’t even get it done as Gore’s understudy.
And he STILL caucuses with the O-bots, in spite of it all.
It is what it is…and what it is is the marginalization of your demographic by the DemocRat party.
The increasingly Islamophilic and Marxist Left has little use for you, and if you want “in” over here, you come ’round with your hat in your hand, not like you’re the new “Golden Boy” CEO appointed by the Board of Directors, see?
No corner office, no reserved parking space, and no company car. Round these parts, you start in the mail-room.
Get in it and pitch in for the good of the Company, or hit the bricks, Jack.
I wanted very much to respond to this. I am a Jew who has been very impressed and moved by Palin’s obviously sincere solidarity with the Jewish people and the people of Israel. I pray for the day when a majority of American Jews will embrace our real friends, who are mostly believing Christians, and disengage from what has become a masochistic relationship to our increasingly open enemies–the Left.
Pam Meister is outstanding.
Yet, I don’t like the populist fashion presented here, which is evident amongst our own conservative side these days. “Elites”, “Ruling Class”, etc., is not an attractive offering. In fact, recently to rebuke the elderly Mrs. Bush Sr., a very regretful Mrs. Palin used the ugly term “blue blood”. This is just not sound conservatism. The use of such ugly language is not American. It is pure class warfare – and terribly divisive.
As it stands now, Sarah Palin is not going to win a National Election even against a disastrous Obama. She has as much chance as the hapless McCain or O’Donnell. She is the weakest offering we have today. And part of it is her own making, playing the Base with a simple stereotype.
The irony remains, Sarah began her political career moderate reformer in the mold of McCain – sticking it to the Republicans to appeal to the independents and Democrats while offering very un-conservative policies. She raised populist taxation on Oil Companies, and even built ‘climate panel’ bureaucracy in Alaska. Worse still, she embraced one of the most liberal platforms in the GOP’s history with the Maverick, which called for mindless Cap and Trade Taxation and debased the best efforts provided by the Republicans in the GWOT. The McCain-Palin ticket was a predictable disaster, and was similar to much of the Democratic Party’s platform. Sarah Palin is not the ‘icon’ of conservatism she often plays on TV – or even as she is portrayed by many devotees. The association is one of simplistic Image and Identity, Mrs. Palin benefits from the desires of our fine Base seeking an ideal.
And still we see so many glaring concerns. Her inability remains evident in even the most sympathetic interviews: the recent “North Korean” gaff is a sincere problem. Credibility is shrinking, not growing with each effort. During the BP Spill, Mrs. Palin ironically mimicked the terrible Obama mantra, of only “holding the companies accountable”. With Bret Baier, Mrs. Palin recently failed to answer the question of “what do you cut on the federal level?”, and opted instead for calling for just “freezing” spending – hiring. The failure to admit her “reality tv” program is indeed a “reality tv” program, becomes just another warning sign of a thin skin and a less then honest approach. Repeatedly hiding behind the heroic Ronald Reagan’s early acting career to defend her “reality tv” venture is truly weak, as Mrs. Palin should stand on her own two feet – and be able to defend her own decisions. The Palin Franchise effort to defeat Murkowski was truly ugly, as the emails sent out really reflected the tiresome personal vendetta – far from principled or Conservative. The abandoning of the Governorship – her sworn responsibility in Alaska was not conservative, nor was it responsible. It has ruined her credibility as a serious Leader. Selling the Celebrity may have been wise financially, but it does not grow confidence in a Candidate.
The more we see of Mrs. Palin, the bubble shrinks smaller with each appearance. Even if the most devoted, or the fashion playing Conservative Pundits will never admit it. Certainly the ugly treatment of Democrats has made Mrs. Palin a victim, and the efforts to defend are often commendable. But the hype is simply far too overt, and serious Conservatives who want to empower a strong movement, never select Candidates out of sympathy, but on the record and the substance of the offering. The reality is the fashion has flopped dramatically in Alaska with Miller, in Delaware with O’Donnell, etc. The signs of weakness are overwhelming – but many Conservatives won’t be honest about it. Conservatism is based on facts, reality, substance, objectivity, honesty, etc. But many are simply more interested in following some popular winds these days.
The issue is not whether she has a better offering than the terrible Democratic Party. Anyone of the GOP Candidates will be better than a Democrat. This argument is not convincing at all. The Race will be determined by so many Americans beyond Our fine Base and we need a Candidate who will grow – attract all to the good cause. Your personal favorite is not always the most sound choice. Sometimes we are stuck in a tunnel of like minds, and we are blinded by emotion. Right now, Mrs. Palin would be as big as a gift for the Democrats, as Mr. McCain or Ms. O’Donnell.
We simply cannot be this foolish again. We have to get the best, or we are going to enable the opposite.
Old Crap. You have been chased away from GATEWAYPUNDID already. Now you come to PYJAMAS to defile this blog and continue your digusting rants against Palin. Your arguments are as silly here as they have been on Gateway.
Go away! Take your crap with.
P.S: Aren’t you HUCKABEE by accident? Your diatribes strangely resemble the weasely jabs Huck occasionally throws at Palin.
Excuse me, your slip is showing…
Blue Blood is an ugly and divisive term? That’s rich. Of course, you fail to include the fact that she was responding to something that Mrs. Bush said. It wasn’t disrespectful, certainly no more so than what Mrs. Bush said. They disagree, that’s all.
And with your barely shrouded contempt for Mrs. Palin quite evident to me, you should have no problem whatsoever encouraging her to run, for in your mind she wouldn’t last it through the first week of the campaign given her very significant shortcomings. In fact, if you had the courage of your convictions, you should be first in line to offer her encouragement.
But you are not. You suggest, as many do, that she should not run because she would have no chance to beat Obama. How is it that we can know this inviolate truth two years before the election? How is it that we can know she would not withstand the punishment of a presidential campaign?
I say she should run. If she is as strong and as principled as I think she is then she will most certainly rise to the occasion. If she is a phony, she will wilt and wilt quickly.
Nothing that I have seen of her suggests that she will – in fact, the unprecedented media attacks upon her have galvanized her. If the media thinks they can defeat her, they are gravely mistaken.
There are plenty of problems with Palin–I also have noted that she use cliches and stereotypes to dismiss criticism that she is not yet ready to address. I have also noticed, though, that she places herself on the front lines and hences exposes herself to a lot more criticism than any of the other potential candidates; and that when she does misfire when faced with some new tactic, she goes back to school and comes back ready next time. She understands the new rules, that you can’t let media attacks go answered, even if you seem to be “lowering” yourself. At the same time, you need to have a method for responding in a timely and proportional manner, which her Facebook post citing Obama’s many gaffes displays in an exemplary manner. If her political positions continue to be as solid, and her attacks as well targeted as they have been, all, the stuff about her TV show (Gosselin, etc.) will be forgotten. Will there reall be voters fed up with Obama and largely in agreement with Palin’s views and impressed by her advisors who will nevertheless refuse to vote for her for fear that–what, that Gosselin will be invited to a State Dinner at the White House?
Dear “Thought_Criminal” Please go back into the cave and check to see the Sabre Tooth tiger left.
thanks your pal Lefty!
Who else is out there that tells you exactly where they stand every day?Maybe Rubio.
I want someone for President who talks American exceptionalism and promotes us throughout the world.
Both parties are scared of her because they know she won’t play ball.Let’s not let the media nominate another Mccain.
Sarah Palin is not qaulified to be President because she doesn’t have enough experience. She quitted as the Governor of Alaska last summer and didn’t finished out her term. Sarah should study geography and learn about other countries name because she made a mistake about the name like South and North Korea other night during her interview on Fox News Network. She should have stay in Alaska.
“Sarah should study geography and learn about other countries name because she made a mistake about the name like South and North Korea other night during her interview on Fox News Network. She should have stay in Alaska.”
Hmmm. I wonder what rare locale, revealed only by a detailed and laborious study of geography AND linguistics, you hale from, m.
Best reason for voting for Palin: The people who hate her.
Second best reason: The reasons the people who hate her hate her.
Third best: The alternatives – Mitt, Mike and whoever’s coming down the pike. Jesus wept!
Reasons for second thoughts:
She’s Teddy Roosevelt without the fetching facial hair and becoming paunch; an environmentally aware, musket-wielding adventurer who probably thinks invading Cuba is a bully idea.
Maybe she’s not out of her depth, but she’s up to her chin. Maybe a wave will come along. Heck, we know a wave will come along. Any landlubber can sail the boat in gentle breeze, you elect for the storms not the calms.
The alternatives. Surely to God there’s someone out there with the ability, the policies and the brains who can unequivocally wipe the floor Barry the Bake. Why settle for Annie Oakley when you can get Buffalo Bill?
The reasons why her devotees love her; she’s can take the eye out of a wren at 500 yards with an Amazonian blowpipe; she can field dress a moose; she’s – wait for it – a MOM who LOVES her KIDS.
Obama the Ostrich wasn’t qualified either. And your point is?
She’s unapologetically pro-Israel. Is this the 51st state or just a dependency like, say, Guam?
She’s distractingly hot. Very true.
Her husband’s kinda hunky. Also true. Inevitably follows from above. Birds of a peacock’s feather, as it were.
He snowboards to the North Pole and back for fun and cash prizes. Calm down, he’s taken and his better half will field dress your ass sure as spit.
The Democratic half of the electorate hate her like the Bell Curve. So do the Republican “blue bloods”. Surely they can’t all be, like, tee-totally wrong? Wait. Scratch that.
The Democratic half of the electorate hate her like she’s the spawn of an unnatural congress between Joe Mac and Gingrich, the world’s smartest newt evah. The Republican Establishment fear her like Superman fears Kryptonite. The nasty green stuff, not the panty-waist red kind. She’s the only real chance the BO of Pennsylvania Avenue has of hanging on.
She’s Barry Goldwater without the granite jaw and reassuring horn rims. Remember the ad with the ittle wittle girl, the cute flower and the mushroom cloud?
Go ahead, nominate her. Then sit back and enjoy the Great Society II: This Time There’s No Turning Back. A great movie and it will have a full four year run.
Diarrhea of the mouth you have! That is meant in all forms.
Since BO I have become convinced that common sense mixed with love of country, a strong value system, and the character to do what is best via love of country are the best credentials to bring to the presidency. SP has all these and more. She has my vote.
After seeing BO in action destroying this country, I have come to believe that love of country, mixed in with some some basic common sense, and a strong value system to do the right thing via love of country are the best qualifications for pres. SP has my vote.
Being a decent human being and mother of many does not qualify one for the Office of President of the United States.
No more so than, oh, say, an affirmative action Manchurian candidate from Chicago.
Go thee into a learning zone, Mrs. Palin. Study, travel, and please stop trying to cash in on your son’s service. It’s so, oh so, Cindi Sheehan-ish.
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Do better.
Old Fan,
Look,I respect what you say but the problem is the economy,the deficit and Palin is a gift for you and the U.S. economy.
If only 4% of the 5 millions viewers of Sara Palin’s Alaska go
to Alaska,Its a economic miracle for Alaskans.Jobs !
She is already a miracle for Harper Collins and for the U.S. books edition ( 2.7 millions copies of Going Rogue and the first print of America by Heart is 1 millions copies ).Jobs !
Because she was also the Head of the oil and gaz commission of Alska she
know something about oil and gaz.Jobs!
Look,they have a budget surplus and unemployement is under 8% (…) in Alaska.
If you talk to her and say you want her to bring touristes in America,export books or a 8 hour tv show about Alska,Oil and gaz production,fishery,sport,cut spending,she as already been there,donne that with the Midas touch.
To those who believe in Sarah. Learn the truth, speak the truth to the Lame Stream Media lies. Do this, one on one, in the Brick and Mortar World. Never surrender, never retreat! Truth to lies! Truth to LIES!
What Sarah Palin is enduring is the same that all people menacing the power of the political elites must endure when they become a real present danger. In Italy this happened to Silvio Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi.
Berlusconi is hated because he derailed the project of the leftist to take the power for having their enemies destroyed by the judiciary. In a few months, he filled the vacuum left from the governing parties and won the elections. Even if politicized judges (prosecutors) have investigated him for 15 years and after many trials, they were unable to convict him. The people, in the mean time, started to distrust the prosecutors attacking him, the journalists attacking him, the politicians attacking him.
The only way the left was able to win the elections was with a forced alliance of all the leftists, some center and the sabotage of some “moderate” , “centrist”, allies (our RINOs). Now the Italian government is near to fall because another ally is showing his real face (and now Mr Fini is exalted by the leftist press, where until yesterday it was called fascist for his past party affiliations).
The same was done to Bossi (fascist,racist, secessionist, violent, whatever) when he founded and bring to electoral successes and then to the government his party that oppose the centralism of Rome and of the national government. The Lega Nord Party is the Italian equivalent of the Tea Party. A revolt against the tax and spend in pork of the governing elites.
“Let the people decide if she’s qualified, not the elites.”
We already have. She’s not. Quitting your job, spouting meaningless platitudes from a Twitter account and starring in a fising show are not was rational, thinking people look for in a president.
Conservatives, on the other hand, would be happy with a toaster for president so long it has “tax cuts” written on it.
Libruls, on the other hand, would be happy with a thrice-used condom for president so long it has “tax increases” written on it.
All candidates who run for the GOP Presidential nomination will be subject to savage attack by the Democrats and their allies (e.g., 98% of “mainstream” media reporters and commentators). The stronger the candidate, the more vociferous and vitriolic the criticism. If Sarah is willing to take the heat (which she withstood with grace in 2008), I hope she gets into the primary battle. She’s not as slick as Mitt or as Washington-savvy as most of the other prospects, many of whom have already spent too much time in the District of Columbia.
The public seems to want to cut the influence of “special interests,” which includes everyone from Think Tanks to defense contractors to trade groups to unions, et al. The only real way to decrease the influence of these groups is to shrink the size and scope of the federal government. Sarah “gets it” in this regard, even if she’s not the most sophisticated and rhetorically nuanced speaker. She can “refudiate” many of the arguments for ever-growing federal control with plain spoken common sense. Run, Sarah, run!
Sarah Palin hints to the contrary, but she has given us two unmistakable signs that she will not seek the nomination. The first sign was when she resigned as governor. I was fine with her resignation, but resigning is not compatible with a quest for the Presidency of the United States. She knows full well that one cannot argue thus: “Being governor of Alaska became too much of a hassle but oh, by the way, I want to be President of the United States.” It doesn’t make sense. She knows this, and she knew it at the time she resigned.
The second unmistakable sign is that Kate Gosselin (former star of “Jon and Kate Plus Eight”) will be a camping guest on Palin’s TLC show. Because I am not inclined to use the b-word, let me simply say that Gosselin is an insufferable harpy, as well as a perfect guest for a show similar to Jerry Springer’s. An aspiring leader of the free world does not yuck it up with the likes of Kate Gosselin.
Hanging out with Kate Gosselin is only a mistake if you intend to run for President of the United States. Palin has no such intentions.
—Tom Nally
Did it not occur to you that Palin’s show is on the same network as Gosselin’s? Do you think the network might have had a hand in hooking the two up with each other?
Quitting the governorship was a matter of financial survival. It says a lot about her enemies and their fear of her that they chased her back to Alaska and continued to attack her there.
“Did it not occur to you that Palin’s show is on the same network as Gosselin’s? Do you think the network might have had a hand in hooking the two up with each other?”
An aspiring leader of the free world cannot share a stage with a contemptuous tabloid star like Kate Gosselin. Gosselin diminishes whoever she appears with. It matters not why Palin and Gosselin are together, or who arranged it.
If Palin was interested in higher elective office, she wouldn’t let the producers of TV reality shows make decisions about the people with whom she shares a stage. The fact that Palin is comfortable with this is a clear sign that she is no longer interested in elective office.
Look, I’m glad Palin is on the side of conservatives and conservatism. She’s savvy. She has pretty good instincts. But she’s not positioning herself for elective office. She’s developing her status as a celebrity. I expect her to drop hints from time to time that she will run, because it makes her interesting as a celebrity. But I think it is highly unlikely that she will run.
—Tom Nally
Perhaps she is not comfortable with this, but if the choice was to have her series with Gosselin or not have her series, she could have made the calculation that the former was better for her than the latter.
Beyond that, I think it is quite clear that she is pursuing a different path to the presidency than most take. Whether or not it works remains to be seen but I think it is a mistake to underestimate her political skills.
Obligatory: Øbama had long-standing, close relationships with Marxists, terrorists, and America-haters, yet he got to the presidency just fine.
Other than Palin, which Republican (prospective Presidential candidate or otherwise) has been in direct and cogent opposition to Obama from Day 1–who never for a moment stopped to ask whether we need to get along with him, or avoid attacking him? And which other Republican has shown that they understand that the Left is the enemy, and is willing to fire back when fired upon? And which other Republican has already been running a sustained, complex and effective political campaign–if she has not made herself an expert in economics and foreign policy, she has done what is more important: shown good judgment in selecting conservative allies and advisors who are.
If you can name another Republican who fits these criteria, let’s hear the name. Otherwise, it’s better to hope Palin runs, becomes the front-runner quickly, and puts the nomination away quickly enough to unite Republicans and start to work on everyone else.
^^ you are right
and let us not be fooled by the “complexity of the issues” crap
the complexity arises as a fog to muddle and confuse the simple which is usually correct
the complexity of the world is our gordian knot constructed by statists to be the straw man to their existence
this is why the lefties and wussified rinos hate palin— she can cut through their deceit with a swift stroke
“No, if Palin really cares for this country, she would recognize the fact that she can’t win and use her huge influence, especially with Tea Party members, to get a good conservative Republican elected who can win.
Pray tell, who might this good conservative Republican who can win be?
True, Pagar as opposed to Romney, he’ll get around to a statement on Korea, QE2, the Somali terror arrest, any day now. The first chapter of her book opens with a description of “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” and that’s the image I have of her, when she campaigned near and far, enunciating McCain’s message better than he ever could, and what she has done on the internet, in speeches and other appearances to check the various Obama administration initiatives
I don’t think she will run this time around but she is sure having fun tweaking liberals and getting them frothing at the mouth over the prospect. She can push their buttons like no other. She is like their puppet master and she does it with a smile on her face and an “aw shucks” attitude. What’s more they are absolutely terrified of her and are completely obsessed with her every thought and activity. That in itself tells us all we need to know about her. Personally, I think she is freaking awesome. I would be proud to call her President . She is good and true and is not ashamed of loving America. I would go door to door for her if she ran. She is very smart and very powerful. And not in the old tired Ivy League elitist fashion. She is one of us and makes no bones about it and does not apologize for being an ordinary American. She embraces it.
Sarah Palin is, AS ARE ALL politicians, a public figure.There is very litte that can be credited about ANY of them, from information “communicated” via public information media. Their glorified pets, the present and before him the “democrat” incumbent in the Oval Office in the 1990s, now a “pillar” of the “Democratic” Party. As well as their villains of that “vast right wing conspiracy” named by Hillary Clinton, e.g Bush Reagan, Nixon.
In 1979, Great Britain, then an economic basket case had an election. The Labour Party candidate favoured by the bien -pensant, the “elites”, of Oxbridge, the BBC, the Guardian and other leftist journals. The Conservative Party leadership contest was between the former Conservative Prime Minister who had taken Britain into the European Union, with attendant loss of national sovereignty.
That election was fought by these organisations with virulent comment about the Conservative Party candidate who had against bitter opposition won the Party Leadership. A leader for the first time in its history a FEMALE. The antagonism escalating in virulence from the “elites” in both major political parties as she became ever more acceptable to large swathes of the population. Pertinently to many they depended to vote Labour.
As is the Democratic Party in US,the Labour Party in Great Britain has in its leadership few, if any, who ever worked in a real job. Which as now in the USA THE eminences from Oxbridge and private schools
The MAJOR criticism was her “social class”. She was “only a grocer’s daughter”. That she also had eminent degrees in Chemistry and Law from Oxford carried little weight in their battle. Giving HOPE to others that a CHANGE in Great Britain that talents, intelligence and integrity now counted more than “established Class” for persons in attaining public office.
Even today these bien-pensant elite hate her with hardly believable energy. OF ALL the graduates of Oxford Colleges/University who are given honorary posts when they retire from their offices SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN DENIED SUCH AN HONOUR.
And YET, she is recognised WORLDWIDE, EXCEPT in Great Britain, as the
BEST PRIME MINISTER since Winston Churchill in service to her nation and its people.
You remember her name don’t you ? Margaret Thatcher : ONLY A GROCER’S DAUGHTER.
Thank you. I did not know that side of Lady Thatcher’s history.
What will we do when she steps down from the presidency to do a reality show or a fox news talk show? After all, she did have to leave her position as governer of Alaska (literally her only political experience) early to pursue other things.
No, the governorship was not literally her only political experience. She was a city councilman, mayor, and chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas commission. Those also count as political experience. You probably meant something like “her only real experience or “her only applicable experience,” in which case I would probably concede that point on her service in Wasilla but would still argue about chairing the commission. I would also be obliged to point out that Øbama has never run a lemonade stand, much less a small town.
Also, again, she did not leave to pursue other things. She left to protect herself financially from the haters that would not leave her alone even after she lost the election. Since Alaska does not provide legal counsel for its officials, why is that so hard to understand?
Good points — although she seems aware that even if she only serves as a stalking horse, it will help the party. Until a stronger candidate emerges, we could do with a John the Baptist.
The Case for Canning Clinton
So the title, “The Case for Canning Clinton,” does not refer to Bubba but rather to his blushing bride, presidential-ever-hopeful, now Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, laughably America’s top diplomat.
The former commodity maven who miraculously, artfully, turned a pittance of a thousand bucks into a $100,000. windfall within a year due to her speculative expertise in cattle futures, the same Hillary who, even more miraculously, said she was named after the famed Mount Everest explorer, Sir Edmund Hillary, even though she was a gleam in her daddy’s eye about 5 years before Edmund set foot on the mountain, may finally have met her Waterloo, her long overdue comeppance, thanks to WikiLeaks.
See “The WikiTsunami,” http://tiny.cc/wxv51
The case for canning Secretary of State Clinton is a simple, straightforward one and comes to us directly from the U.S. State Department website which spells out her general mission and which Hillary surely had a hand in composing.
Hillary’s own page on that site defines her duties: ”The Secretary carries out the President’s foreign policies through the State Department and the Foreign Service of the United States.”
The website, (Hillary?), further states, “[T]his work starts at home, where we have rejected the false choice between our security and our values. It continues around the world, where human rights are always on our diplomatic and development agendas, even with nations on whose cooperation we depend for a wide range of issues. . . A lot has been said about our 21st century statecraft and our e-diplomacy, but we really believe that it’s an important additional tool for us to utilize.”
Sounding even more Hillary-esque, it goes on to say, “We must use what has been called “smart power”: the full range of tools at our disposal–diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural–picking the right tool, or combination of tools, for each situation. With smart power, diplomacy will be the vanguard of foreign policy:” http://tiny.cc/p2x62
And there you have it folks, the State Department’s cogent delineation of the bases for the removal from office of the Secretary of State: an abject failure to fulfill her assigned mission.
Thanks to the revelations of Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks, it is clear that Clinton arrogantly rejected both “our security and our values,” she incompetently misused and failed to use “the full range of tools at our disposal–diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural,” and she obviously picked the wrong tool and “combination of tools.”
In brief, since diplomats, even inept diplomats, love their briefs, Hillary Clinton authorized, ordered, our diplomats and our foreign embassies to spy on other world diplomats and even to look for dirt on U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Prostituting our worldwide diplomatic corps might better describe what Secretary Clinton mandated.
Not content to spy on enemies, . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=2880)
Pay close attention to posts like these. They show you some interesting truths.
The biggest, of course, is that the Democrats do NOT want to have to run against Sarah Palin. This is where the incessant drumbeat comes from–’she’s not qualified’, ‘she’s a quitter’, ‘she’s an imbecile’ and the best–reverse psychology–’she’s Obama’s dream opponent’.
But that drumbeat isn’t aimed at those of you who can think–oh, no. It’s aimed at those of you who need to be recognised by others as ‘being intelligent’. The same crop of intellectuals and elites that are running this country into the ground.
And if you look at the comments you can watch it do it’s damage. Add that to the GOP establishments hatred of the upstart and you’ve got a whole herd of bleating intelligentsia telling you to keep away from Sarah Palin.
Fortunately, they are not a majority of anything.
Nor are they particularly intelligent.
They’ve made it clear that Romney is the candidate. He’s the one the old-line GOP wants, he’s the one the intelligentsia wants, he’s the one the media wants.
And he’s the one that Obama wants.
Like McCain, he’s a RINO(at best). Like McCain, he disgusts the conservative base as well as the Tea Party. And, like McCain, he will lose to Barack Obama.
We know this. We know this now. Act on it-now. Let’s nominate our candidate this time.
I think the democrats would love to run against Sarah Palin. She’s a lot less experienced, much less well spoken and lot more ignorant to foreign policy than other republican options such as Mitt Romney. Where in my previous post did I claim that Obama was an experienced polician? He isn’t, we all know that that. Would I rather have him that Sarah Palin as president though. The answer is yes.
In what ways does Obama embarass himself? By traveling around the world with his respectable family? The way pretty much every other presidental family has? At least he can speak properly to the people he meets instead of looking like an unevolved ape as GWB did any time he attemped talking to someone foreign. Oh, I’m sorry you are probably too ignorant to believe in evolution. Duh.