Posted on 10/06/2011 7:00:39 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman
The absolutely incredible and historic opportunity presented to you has now been squandered. Governor, what was the point? You accomplished great things (for which I thank you) after resigning but keep in mind that the reason for the support was that people believed you were going to run for President yourself. Do you honestly believe that people and supporters surfaced for any other reason? You allowed the 'illusion' to continue knowing full well you were not going to run..
Some people uprooted their lives and some, spent their savings because of the belief they had in you. You would have been one of the greats Governor; you could have help to right this magnificent ship we call the United States of America, but instead, like any other politician, you hide behind others and use them as your excuse to not run.
Your fellow countrymen/women called on you and you led all of us on a wild goose chase ending with a wimpish letter declining to run. I'm sorry for you; I’m more sorry for my country. I’m glad & eternally grateful that men going into World War II didn’t refuse because their children begged them not to go; we’d all be speaking german now and ignoring the slaughter of undesirables if they had.
Family loyalty is a wonderful thing Governor, but without our mangificent country the family unit will be reduced to nothing.
President Palin would have been far more effective than Citizen Palin. In the end it turns out that you are just another politician.
I moved on weeks ago but still, I was holding out hope; willing to change my position. A Palin/Perry, Perry/Palin was my dream ticket and was my tag line for a while because in my heart, I truly believe they could right this ship. Energy, Individual freedom, the american dream are concepts both of these individuals truly grasp.
It is what it is. However, Governor Palin, from the day she resigned, allowed the illusion to continue.
Speaking with some of her supporters today (myself included) I saw disappointment (an under-statement) and disgust. Now some one here may flame that remark but it's true. Just talk to your neighbors and friends and family and you will see.
She was the bright spot in the darkness we are in. Now that is gone and her credibility is diminished.
Like Drudge said: it's a sad day in America...
She turned away from power, because she wants to be a regular person.
This is the Sarah Palin we’ve known all along, and it’s the same quality we’ve always loved about her.
You know, I'll bet real money that you were one of the folks in this forum that called me everything from an idiot to an Obama supporter in the past couple of years for saying similar words. LOL
This is exactly what I was trying to articulate last night only I was way too worked up and it looked too harsh
Family loyalty is an important component, since the press would have hounded her family mercilessly.
But there was another component — not worth Palin’s mention because family loyalty is enough — and that is this:
She.
Could.
Not.
Win.
And she’s smart enough to know that.
So get over it.
She couldn’t win, she knew it, and she decided not to go down to certain defeat.
So get over it.
If she couldnt have won, we don;t deserve to win. You know ?
She was our best leader for 3 years.
It’s pretty easy to demand somebody sacrifice their lives, their careers and their family peace for a principle when it’s somebody other than you. And it’s pretty cheap to criticize them for not wanting to when they’ve already made more sacrifices for the cause than most of the folks on this site. Including myself.
Screw all of you.
It's a sobering thought to admit that the Left and the MSM were better judges of a Conservative's character than I was.
I say that because she representd conservatism better than anyone. If our best conservative leader couldn’t win, what is the point ?
personally, I think she could have won,. She way only 5 points behind Obama.
The truth is, they're ALL just another politician...and we should never forget it.
I don’t get the connection. If Sarah Palin had no realistic road to the WH in 2012 why does it mean “we don’t deserve to win”?
What does that even mean?
It’s just not her time, that’s all. She needs to be a big force in this election and then a big player in the coming Republican administration.
She could still be President some day. It’s just not now.
And the problem is with her, not with us.
She has two major quits behind her — Oil & Gas, Alaska Governor — and there was just no getting past that in this election cycle.
It doesn’t have a d*mn thing to do with us not “deserving” to win.
She’s got faults that knocked her out of the running, just like Perry.
They are not the same faults and I’m not equating Palin with Perry, I’m just saying that, like Perry, SHE is the reason she cannot win in 2012. It’s not WE who are lacking. It is SHE who is lacking.
And she’s smart enough to see that.
She way only 5 points behind Obama.Pretty fancy cherry-picking of polls you've done there, young conservative.
And didn't you hear what Sarah Palin told you about polls?
Don't go putting a whole lot of stock in polls, young conservative.
If you spent your life savings on her, or any other politician or possible politician, I am very sorry for you.
It hurts.
It hurts the movement, and hurts everyone’s enthusiasm.
Plenty of time to recover, but I for one, felt yesterday like I’d been punched. Very bad news.
I’d hope she comes to some sort of senses, then endorses Cain, and Cain in return IMMEDIATELY makes a point to say she’ll be his VP nominee.
That would recapture the energy, she would not the in front getting all the mudslinging, and Cain is awesome.
And Cain would win. Big.
That’s what I would hope.
That would re-ignite the base. A win/win as they say.
Considering how much I’ve been looking forward to a Palin run, I’m amazingly content with her decision. And I still support her today as much as I ever did.
How can I truly fault her decision? She and her family have been put through 100x more hell than any other politician, enduring such white-hot hatred deliberately ginned up by the media. It’s truly inconceivable to imagine what this must be like, even with a family as obviously strong as the Palins. The endless smears, the death-threats, the expensive security, and having to endure such vile crap as what Bristol went through two weeks ago.
The savagery of the past month seemed to portend that the headwinds were too impossible to fight. I truly believe Palin wanted to run, and had even decided for a while to run. But between the non-stop lies/smears from the media and the (threats?) from the GOP establishment quarters, it really became an insurmountable task, a virtual suicide mission. One has to bow to a certain reality. It might appear evil has won the day, and in many ways it has.
But it was her decision, and I believe it will ultimately prove to be the correct one.
Here ya go, just for you. But only because you REALLY need it.
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Please name me ONE prominent republican or conservative that substantially came to her defense while she was attacked 24/7/365 since September 2008. Would you want to fight the Obama White House, ACORN, unions, nutroots, academia, DNC, media, Hollywood, cable TV and Soros machine all by yourself?
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