Palin: What's the Big Gamble?

AndreaTantaros ^ | 07-07-09 | AndreaTantaros

[euram]

You can’t turn on a television set lately without seeing some commentator or pundit talking about the riskiness, harping on the hazards, or listing the potential liabilities of Palin’s symbolic in nature, Independence Day decision to bail from her position as Governor of Alaska.

Someone please tell me: what’s the big gamble?

Let’s see: she might write a book, make millions and raise even more for the GOP? She could end up giving killer speeches on issues of national importance that bring the house down and command the attention of a national media that only our current commander in chief can boast? Or wait – she might actually run for the White House and er, um, lose? (That worked out horribly for Hillary, Secretary of State, “18 million cracks” Clinton, Nobel Prize winner/filmmaker Al Gore, and icon Ronald Reagan, to name a few).

[SolidWood]

There needs to be a rule on Andrea Tantaros:

[SolidWood]

Good read!

Palin PING!

Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.

[ABQHispConservative]

Damn!!!!!!

[sheikdetailfeather]

“Win, lose or draw, Palin is, and likely will remain, a wildly popular figure in the Republican Party, a movement that currently lacks a leader and is devoid of direction (besides “the opposite of whatever the tall guy with the teleprompter is saying”).

[SolidWood]

How come that all the beautiful ones are on our side? Hmmm?

[ABQHispConservative]

Don’t know, but I take it as a sign from God.

[AFreeBird]

Dang - Andrea gets it. Glad to see some women come out for Sarah. I’m sure Andrea will get grief for being atractive and conservative too.

[ebshumidors]

Pass!

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Well, there’s Kirsten Powers, for one.

But she’s the only one.

[hoosiermama]

Did you hear Ann C the other night. She said something like Palin’s strongest enemies are the liberal women whose husbands say: “But she is SOOOO good looking!”

[sheikdetailfeather]

I have seen her on Fox. She is sharp as a tack and holds her own in any debate. LOVE IT!

[SolidWood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvE6KiN3OYs

Vidoe of Andrea Tantaro on Palin at FOX!

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

This is a woman who decided not to abort a child she was told would likely have down syndrome, hardly what I'd call someone who retreats over impending adversity. Mothers of special needs children are the epitome of courage. I should know, I was raised by one.

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." Winston Churchill

[Ranald S. MacKenzie]

"We don’t know precisely how Palin's wager will play out, but we do know that she pulled the political ripcord to advance her career as a Republican rock star, move conservatism forward, and harness her power to propel the problematic Grand Old Party back to greatness. Now that’s a bailout I can get behind."

"...pulled the political ripcord..." What a cool metaphor.

[UCANSEE2]

Thought you might like to read this article about Sarah Palin.

[Deb]

It’s a good one, thanks. I would have missed it.