New York Post: Truman, Ike, Reagan: Next Up, Sarah Palin!

Citizen Palin 4 President ^ | Ralph Peters

[MaxCUA]

THE ISSUE: Whether presidential candidates today have character, as their predecessors did. In looking for a president with the character of Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan, Ralph Peters asks, "Will we ever again have a president who didn't go to an Ivy League school, who knows what it's like to struggle -- as so many Americans struggle every day -- and who's tasted defeat, but got back in the ring with his dukes up?" ("Why Our 'Post-Modern Presidents' Fail,").

The answer is "yes." Her name is Sarah Palin. etc...

[factmart]

IFILL: We do need to keep within our two minutes. But I just wanted to ask you, do you support capping carbon emissions?

PALIN: I do. I do.

Reagan was pro choice and was a democrat once but changed,

All I know is she's not for it now!

[Mojave]

Palin cheered on carbon caps as the Republican nominee for Vice President less than a year and a half ago.

All I know is she's not for it now!

Really? What about tomorrow?

[EveningStar]

The fact that it’s so hard to get an answer to that question from these people is probably the single thing that burns me the most. If you don’t like Palin, tell me who. “I don’t know” is not an answer. I don’t know what I Don’t Know’s policy positions are. Therefore, I can’t have an opinion one way or the other on I Don’t Know. I can’t cut checks for I Don’t Know. I can’t go door to door or make calls for I Don’t Know. And ultimately I can’t vote for I Don’t Know. And no, it’s not really that long from now ‘til November 2012, so waiting out in the patch until October 2012 for the Great Pumpkin to show up is not really an option.

1. There's nothing wrong with scratching a potential candidate off the list before picking someone you do favor.

2. You don't have to wait until October 2012 to make your decision. However, you could at least wait until late 2010 or early 2011 to see who's actually running in the primaries.

[Randy Larsen]

Come On!

She was following McCain’s lead!!!

Do your GD homework!

[wtc911]

Do you mean to say that she abandoned her position to play on the team? How is that a positive? What other principles will she abandon if it means she gets to play?

[Randy Larsen]

Of course she did!

McCain was a superstar to her, she followed his lead and handlers to a tee, then got hammered afterwards.

McCain is USING her again!

[wtc911]

McCain is USING her again!

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Fool me once...

[Randy Larsen]

Instead of hammering Palin, who would YOU pick as an acceptable contender?

I’ll wait.

[moonhawk]

Well, I believe I was sticking up for you...

[EveningStar]

See post 243.

[moonhawk]

I think she actually did say it, and the libs and Tina Fey made a big out of context deal out of it. I could be wrong, but I think I remember hearing Sarah say it.

[texmexis best]

Nope. Sarah never said it. It was written for a comedy skit for SNL.

[wtc911]

Hammering palin? Asking relevent questions is hammering her? Man you kids are soft.

[NavyCanDo]

“Well, I believe I was sticking up for you...”

I caught that, Thanks

[wtc911]

Palin did say that you could see Russia from Alaska (when talking about her FP experience). SNL morphed that into I can see Russia from my house.

[moonhawk]

Thanks for the more accurate recollection. :-)

[texmexis best]

You can see Russia from Alaska. You can even walk there from Alaska when the Bering freezes over in one spot.

[wtc911]

No kidding. What exactly does that have to do palin’s suggestion that this equates to FP experience? Please be specific.

[texmexis best]

Alaska has extensive contacts with Siberia and Russia for trade purposes.

Canada too.

[Mojave]

She was following McCain’s lead!!!

She still is.

Do your GD homework!

Look in a mirror.