Posted on 09/16/2011 5:52:05 AM PDT by The Bronze Titan
In the final episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” on TLC — which Governor Palin herself produced and had complete creative control over — the Governor promised to let Bob and Mark know, on the air, when she decides to run for president. Since the Governor personally chose to have that bit included in the episode, there has to be a reason for this.
“The Bob and Mark Show” broadcasts Monday through Friday. Though tomorrow is Constitution Day, today’s when Constitution Day is observed in most of the country. It’s also a day when “The Bob and Mark Show” broadcasts.
Many believe the Governor will announce her presidential bid on the show today — since she appears to indeed be scheduled as a guest at 930am PST…which is 1130am CST and 1230pm EST.
I have no idea what will happen on the show, but I’m going to tune in just in case.
If you hear anything else pertaining to this, please share the info in this thread.
It sure is interesting the Governor is booked on this show, today of all days, since restoring respect for the Constitution is one of the main planks in what’s presumed to be the Governor’s presidential platform.
Tune into “The Bob & Mark Show” to see what happens!
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PS: I’ve been trying for a few weeks now to determine if Governor Palin has any public events scheduled for Constitution Day (observed today, or tomorrow 9/17/11). I have not been able to turn up anything, which is intriguing in itself.
We don’t know what this means yet — if anything — but I’m sure going to listen to “The Bob & Mark Show” to see if she’s really going to be on, and to listen to what the Governor says if she does in fact appear on the show.
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UPDATE: It looks like the source of this rumor is Simon Conway, who is a drive time radio host in Iowa, who said on Facebook that he saw something posted at a Palin supporting group about the Bob & Mark appearance before it was taken down. Conway seems like he wanted to be the first to say she was going to announce today, so he would get the attention that would come with that.
Looking at the GOP schedule of debates, though, I don’t know what to think to be honest. Rick Perry loses more steam every debate, and the next debate is not until September 22nd. It sure keeps with Governor Palin’s past announcements to declare her candidacy on a symbolic day like Constitution Day…but it also seems like part of her strategy to keep allowing Perry to further implode before she joins the race.
We all know the moment Governor Palin announces, she’ll be the sole focus, and guys like Perry won’t get the vetting and media attention they need as her opponents.
The debate after the 22nd is in October, on a day when the Governor is scheduled to give a speech on economics in Korea. Technically, she could fly back in time to participate in the debate, since she’d make up time on the 14 hour flight back to the States, though I don’t know if she’d be inclined to do this.
It seems odd for her to participate in the September 22nd debate, but then skip the one on October 18th, and then rejoin the group a debate after that…unless her intention is to begin participating in the debates after the 18th.
That would give her opponents two appearances on the stage without her to attack her, and I don’t see her allowing that to happen though.
I think even the Governor’s detractors need to admit she’s a masterful strategist who keeps everyone guessing. She really brings great excitement to American politics. Honestly, my boyfriend Justin asked what I was typing so late and I told him, and now he’s too excited to sleep and has actually woken his mother up in Arkansas to tell her to listen to this radio show. I told him not to do this, but he’s excited at the mere prospect of Governor Palin announcing today.
I don’t think even Mittens Romneycare’s own family are excited by anything he does. Let alone complete strangers.
Can you imagine someone like Justin calling his mother long distance in the middle of the night, waking her up, just to tell her there’s a chance Mitt Romney could be on an obscure radio show in Alaska later that morning — and that she would be excited and happy he did this?
Read more http://hillbuzz.org/2011/09/16/sarah-palin-on-the-bob-mark-show-in-alaska-at-930am-pst-91611/
I love Sarah, but I don’t think she’ll run...she has plenty of time to wait. Better to be an influence on the process this time around.
So, to boil it all down, in retrospect, the quitter was a no show.
History is a process, not an event.
Is that you Geoff?
Wow..... are you ever right
Cain for President
Where we disagree is I believe Palin is unelectable.
Palin is not a candidate and I don't believe she will be. I see 2 candidates with executive experience Perry and Romney. After 4 years of obama, experience will be on everyones mind. Perry has been a successful Gov. of the 2nd most populous state in the country. TX accounts for over 40% of all jobs created in the country in the last 3 years. He is conservative on the social issues. Romney is a former Gov. of a liberal northeast state. He signed into law the healthcare program obamacare was modeled on. He flip flops on issues depending on the polls. The choice is clear.
I think Perry is smart enough to see the importance of repealing obamacare. The question will be how, if the SCOTUS doesn't rule it unconstitutional.
If they did talk to the toddster and he is in fact moose hunting then I would think that he is not very deeply involved in putting together a serious run at the nomination.
It appears to me that nobody in the palin camp pays any attention to Free Republic, or, if they do then they sat back and watched as her most ardent acolytes twisted themselves in increasingly childish knots.
The defense you set out, while well intentioned, actually makes the point that an unconventional, go-it-alone, close-to-the-vest, outside-the-box management style is no way to run a successful enterprise, whether a presidential or PR campaign. An executive delegates authority.
The Sarah Palin enterprise, of whatever nature, needs a spokesperson who can speak authoritatively on her behalf to prevent exactly this type of hysteria. In the meanwhile, her failure to communicate her intentions has set up a horrible situation among camps of people whose ultimate goal is identical.
“I have issues with Perry, including the Dream Act and Gardasil, which I believe everybody around here would be screaming about if a Rat had done the same things, but the real problem I have is with his supporters.”
Naah. The problem in a nutshell is Rick Perry. Not that he is evil or even anti-conservative. He isn’t. He’s probably even a nice guy. He just represents the insitutional mediocrity that the gop has come to embrace over the last 20-30 years.
To have the opportunity to select an outstanding conservative like Herman Cain or Sarah Palin and to have to settle for Rick Perry as a Presidential candidate would be an extreme disappontment. To say the least. I’m done with the “lesser of two evils.”
“The permanent political class will not give up zero care.”
DING DING DING! We have a winner folks!
“We need to win this election.”
Please define “winning.”
If what you mean by “winning” is electing another gop establishment mouthpiece that will bring about the same ends as the other side would but at a slower pace, then I don’t much care for it.
“I think Perry is smart enough to see the importance of repealing obamacare.”
I don’t. And it’s not because he isn’t smart, but because he is something of a knee-jerk supporter of business interests and will most likely carry their water whenever there is a set of conflicting interests. While he may or may not be accurately labeled as a corporate whore, that is clearly where his sympathies lie.
The dirty little truth is that obamacare is loved as much by large business interests as it is by the socialists. Even if they don’t profit from it directly. Why? Because it gives them a way to push healthcare costs onto the taxpayers.
I say these AH’s Bob & Mark just lied to their listeners and probably think it is funny that someone believed them and started spreading the word that Sarah would be on their show.
If I lived in Alaska, I would certainly boycott their show!
I'm no Ross Perot fan. But Ross Perot had a pretty good chance to defeat both Bush and Clinton in 92 had he not flamed out and did the I'm in, I'm out, I'm in flip flop.
Even after that, he still got over 20% of the vote. A guy self destructs and still gets 20% of the vote.
The times are more ripe now than then for a third party. (I think they were more ripe in 2010) Sarah's ego is big enough to want this. I think she's more savvy than to pull a Perot. But I think she will believe 3rd party will be the way to go.
Avoids the blood letting and throat cutting of the primary process. She stands to become damaged goods if she goes through that process.
Allows her to control her candidacy and her "party". Allows her to be a free agent until the last possible moment. That means more money in her pocket for her future security. Allows her to be viewed as the savior candidate.
If this were a normal election cycle, I'd say you're right.
Parroting leftist propaganda, go back to DU! You'll feel more at home there!
Today is perhaps the most important day in American history and Gov Palin’s announcement of her running for POTUS could arguably be the most crucial announcement, for the future of the world.
Today is perhaps the most important day in American history and Gov Palin’s announcement of her running for POTUS could arguably be the most crucial announcement, for the future of the world.
Exactly,
I streamed their show for about ten minutes and a caller from Texas got on the line and though they had been playing it up, obviously, they told her in no uncertain terms that it was a “media” event. Some supposed reliable source had said she would call but it was a tabloid or some such that had started the whole rumor. As to the other mentioned topic, Sarah did what was financially best for Alaska. That is the measure of a true patriot.
Ravenstar
You have no basis for such a statement. She has never done such a thing.”
Ok.
Let’s see what we know in two weeks. I hope she has either announced, or announced that she is not running. Either of those will be a positive event for America (ie, either she adds to the competition to the GOP field, which is good, or she lets her supporters determine if they can support another candidate, which is also good).
I suspect, however, that she will not give such clarification, and that come two weeks from today, her die hard supporters will be saying “October” or “sometime in November because that is what Reagan did” (as if there were ever any doubt back in 1979 that Reagan was running).
For the good of the country, it would be best for her to stick to her September timeframe. That’s not “pushing”. That’s just acknowledging that there is a bigger picture here than her needs/desires/timeframe. If she doesn’t stick to her originally offered September timeframe, which is what I fear is going to happen, I think that is bad for a host of reasons.
We’ll know soon enough. This is one of those instances where I will be delighted to be wrong....
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