[Ronin]

Reposting and updating from a different thread:

I've been a Palinista since I first learned about her in 2007, but my thoughts and opinions follow yours closely.

What infuriates me at this stage was the cutsie-cutsie "Now you see me, now you don't. Maybe I will, maybe I won't..." game she has been playing with the media and US for the last several months.

There's an uncouth word for girls who like to play that sort of teasing game and leave their men panting in agony -- I won't repeat it here.

Sigh...

Suffice to say it would have been so MUCH better if she had decided and announced this months ago. Better for the country, better for Conservatives, better for the Republican Party -- and for her own credibility -- which has now been shot to pieces.

She is never going to regain the level of trust and passionate dedication that was hers until yesterday. That's a fact.

She's finished as anything more than a celebrity at this point. No one is ever going to consider her seriously for office at the national level again.

[Outlaw Woman]

Agreed 1000%.

We now have to move on. Personally I hate it because with Palin, I truly believed that there was someone who ‘got it’. Apparently not...

She has crippled herself and will find that out when she goes out and tries to rally people in the same way she did this summer.

[Moorings]

Yea, she has lost a lot of trust and credibility, atleast with me. She is now just a pundit and cheerleader. We have more than plenty of those to go around. Not paying anymore attention to what she has to say.

I wish we had another actual candidate who generates enthusiasm. But we will go with our next best troops.

[Polybius]

I've been a Palinista since I first learned about her in 2007, ... What infuriates me at this stage was the cutsie-cutsie "Now you see me, now you don't. Maybe I will, maybe I won't..." game she has been playing with the media and US for the last several months. ... that sort of teasing game ...

Suffice to say it would have been so MUCH better if she had decided and announced this months ago. Better for the country, better for Conservatives, better for the Republican Party -- and for her own credibility -- which has now been shot to pieces.

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There was a financial benefit to the teasing game. Money kept flowing into SarahPAC. Book sales kept going. Speaking fees kept coming. "Exclusive interviews on FOX" kept brinding in big ratings and big paychecks. The movie may have been a box office hit.

What is very troubling is that the "teasing" appears to have been deliberately prolonged.

It all boils down to the following questions:

Was Bristol Palin lying in her June 28, 2011 interview? Why would Bristol lie about having discussed the final decision with Sarah?

VIDEO: Bristol Palin -- "Some Things Just Need To Stay In The Family"

June 28th, 2011 ..... "She definitely knows," Bristol said Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News. "We've talked about it before. Some things just need to stay in the family."

The warning flags were there for those willing to at least look at them.

1.) A decision had "definitely" been made by June 28.

2.) The decision was discussed with Bristol and Bristol knew what that decision was back in June 28.

3.) The decision had to "stay in the family". (Note the extremely awkward tone of voice Bristol uses when she says that.)

4.) After the "loose lips" OPSEC breach by Bristol, damage control was performed to claim that what Bristol had said was false.

5.) Business oriented actions such as trademarking the "Sarah Palin" name and "Bristol Palin" name were taken for, among other things, "entertainment" purposes according to the application.

6.) No preparations associated with a serious Presidential campaign (No staff, no infrastructure, no courting of major donors, no serious interviews on policy outside the safety of FOX News with Sean and Greta) were undertaken.

7.) The obvious lack of serious Presidential campaign preparations was rationalized by some supporters by grandiose talk of Sun Tzu.

In the end, the deception in play was the Palins playing the game of "Some Things Just Need To Stay In The Family".

Unless the claim is made that Bristol, for some inexplicable reasons, lied when blindsided by an unexpected question, the Palins knew what the decision was back as far as June 28 and decided to deliberately withhold that decision from her supporters.

Whether that deception was motivated by financial reasons, only the Palins know.

[One Name]

Take a deep breath ( you probably already have, I’m a day late here)

You have always from my perspective been quite reasonable and insightful. And will remain so.

SP faded the heat for the last 3 years, countering every move by this godforsaken aadministration with a well-timed counterpoint, that resonated and drove the left and the administration absolutely nuts.

I am disappointed, but am encouraged to maintain the attack.

Francis Marion was known to retreat to the swamp on occasion...