Will Palin Run? She Already Is

Pajamas Media ^ | December 3, 2010 | AWR Hawkins

[Kaslin]

Just sit back and watch her go, because she’s running for the White House right now.

>Questions about Sarah Palin’s future political plans are ubiquitous. From the left and the right, political pundits wonder aloud if she’s really thinking about running for the office of president in 2012. And depending on the pundit, the questions over whether she will run are usually tied to reasons why she should or shouldn’t.

But missing in all this guesswork over Palin’s intentions and the weighing of the pluses and minuses of her possible candidacy is the simple fact that she’s already running for president, and so far, she’s beating Obama and the mainstream media at every turn.

While I’ve suspected that she was already running for some time, it dawned on me with near certainty after she released her “Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States” last week. Her willingness to mock Obama’s 2008 claim that he’d campaigned in “57 states” proved that she has absolutely no fear of running against him. It also showed that she meant what she said about running against Obama in 2012 when she told Barbara Walters she could beat Obama.

I believe she started running for the office on the first weekend of February 2010, when she stood before the Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee, and asked: “How’s that hope-y, change-y stuff working for you?”(It doesn’t seem a great stretch to reach back to 1980 and juxtapose this with then-candidate Ronald Reagan’s famous question about the Carter years: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”)

At that same Tea Party convention, the mainstream media seized on the fact that Palin had written speech notes on the palm of one of her hands before ascending the podium. Groups like ThinkProgress.org and media figures like Andrea Mitchell mocked Palin for this, so Palin simply mocked them back by showing up a few days later at a campaign stop for Texas Governor Rick Perry with the words “Hi Mom” written on the palm of her hand.

Since then, she’s continued to dismantle the assaults of the mainstream media while simultaneously taking Obama to task on point after point.

For example, she seized on Obama’s April 2010 statement that “the United States will not use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear country” as being indicative of his ignorance about nuclear weapons in the first place. She then mockingly added that it was just more proof of “the vast nuclear experience [Obama] acquired as a community organizer.”

More recently, she told Fox News that her reality show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska, could soon be followed up by a sequel titled Barack Obama’s golf courses. The implication being that the current “commander in chief will have plenty of time on his hands after the 2012 elections.”

Counting her time on the national stage as a vice presidential candidate with John McCain, America has had over two years to watch Palin speak from the heart, while listening to Obama speak from a teleprompter. They’ve heard her relentless calls for a strong military, while watching Obama try to appease (instead of destroy) terrorists the world over. They’ve heard her defend the free market, while living with the ramifications of Obama’s stimulus package, nationalization of industry, and takeover of health care.

The American people have even seen a microcosm of a Palin-versus-Obama matchup via the 2010 midterm elections in which 30 of 43 of the House candidates she endorsed won, as did 7 of the 12 Senate candidates she supported. Moreover, those elections proved that while rank-and-file citizens largely support Palin’s worldview, they are rejecting Obama’s.

No wonder CBS News’ Nicolle Wallace said of Palin: “She is one of the shrewdest political figures in our country at this moment. She’s also one of the most electric.”

So while the pundits guess, stabbing blindly into the air in an attempt to come up with proof of whether Palin will or won’t run, the rest of us should just sit back and watch her go, because she’s running for the White House right now.

And if I had to place a bet on who wins in 2012, my money would be on Palin.

[Mojave]

Rebecca Mansour

The ghost writer?

[who knows what evil?]

Can she miss any of the primaries?

I'd love to see her blow off the New Hampshire primary...unless the NH GOP closes their damn primary.

[Al B.]

Thanks onyx. I sure missed that one.

[Democrat_media]

Make a law or constitutional amendment that will make all laws expire after 3 years, even laws already passed.

I know that would work. I know what the problem is . Most people don't even know the problem is too many laws . 99% of laws increase government power and grow government and take away our freedom and rights. Sunset laws and then only laws needed are kept.

See I'm a thinker and smarter than anyone. Yes I could solve problems and fix this country if I were president. many of you , all you can do it criticize and ridicule . Yes but for people like you who don't want to see solutions I'll leave you all to rot in your socialism :enjoy it.

[Democrat_media]

Yes your solutions are great too.

To explain mine a little further: Make a law or constitutional amendment that will make all laws expire after 3 years, even laws already passed.

I know that would work. I know what the problem is . Most people don't even know the problem is too many laws . 99% of laws increase government power and grow government and take away our freedom and rights. Sunset laws and then only laws needed are kept.

[Democrat_media]

Most government spending is mandatory.

Even if what you say were true that congress can defund social security etc and thousands of other government programs then they would have to do it every year. Repeal the laws that mandate those programs and spending or better yet make laws have an expiration date of 3 years so that laws repeal themselves every 3 years and then only laws that are really needed are passed again.

[Democrat_media]

Thanks.Someone should definitely tell Sarah.

To explain my ideas a little further: Make a law or constitutional amendment that will make all laws expire after 3 years, even laws already passed.

I know that would work. I know what the problem is . Most people don’t even know the problem is too many laws . 99% of laws increase government power and grow government and take away our freedom and rights. Sunset laws and then only laws needed are kept.

[hosepipe]

[ Most government spending is mandatory. ]

Nothing is mandatory.. thats why we have a Congress..
Theres a thing called de-funding and another thing called Under-funding..
Both could/should be used.. and other places freezing of funding..

Government Unions are also not mandatory.. they can be disbanded with a stroke of the pen..
Congress, its perks, and retirement(past and present) should also be revisited..
I would say start there and then after that put the Executive Branch on a leash..
The federal courts should be reigned in as well..

Its all about the money.. congress controls the money..
CORRUPTION hides when no/less money is available to steal..

[Windflier]

I’m here. Sorry I’m late ;^)

[Windflier]

When she announces money pours in.

And the whole country pops a cork. Her announcement will be front page news for a week, and from then until the swearing in, she will dominate the headlines and global internet traffic.

On the day that she announces, you will see a campaign volunteer response like nothing ever witnessed in this country. Palin HQ is going to be overwhelmed with offers of help. That's how much the American people believe in this woman. As well they should.

[Windflier]

Actually the smartest move of Sarah Palin would to NOT RUN for President.. BUT leverage who WILL RUN..

That makes about as much sense as keeping your first string quarterback out of the game when you're in the Super Bowl.

[Windflier]

Frank, that one is a KEEPER!

Kudos!

[Democrat_media]

U.S. is a nation of laws.

You have the notion , implanted by the media that congress Runs things. No . Congress writes laws ( which is the problem) and the President is supposed to see that those laws are executed. Neither can say oh this law says spend this amount but I don’t feel like it.There is discretionary spending which is a small percentage of the federal expenditures. Most spending is mandatory not discretionary.

[hosepipe]

[ That makes about as much sense as keeping your first string quarterback out of the game when you're in the Super Bowl. ]

Not if you got many good quarterbacks.. your metaphor is weak..
Soccer is "feetball", American football is "football"..
Politics is a game with competing Octopi.. and Squids..

[Windflier]

Palingenesis: from the Concise English Dictionary: “a new birth; reincarnation, a second creation, regeneration, unmodified inheritance of ancestral character, the new formation of a rock by re-fusion.”

[hosepipe]

[ Most spending is mandatory not discretionary. ]

NOT True.. The House of Reps. decides how much is spent.. overall.. how much is borrowed if any is allowed at all.. They can easily limit total spending.. forcing downsizing..

The Senate can reject it.. and the President can Veto it..
But all spending originates in the House..

They can pass a budget and let the Senate and President fight it out..
Exposing all involved..

[Windflier]

I am going to find her Texas campaign headquarters the minute she announces and volunteer.

I'll sign you in when you show up ;^)

[penelopesire]

Let’s make the codeword...’authenticity’!! I worry about moles...only because a big part of me wants to infiltrate their nasty nests and expose them for all the world to see.....rotflol!

I will have to weigh the options. If I think I can better serve the conservative cause by posing as a brain addled liberal..then that’s what I will do....lol.

[Democrat_media]

So you want us to believe that every year the Congress goes through the hundreds of thousands of pages of laws that mandate all these thousands of government programs and agencies and decides how much to fund these? Don't make me laugh.

No wonder this country is in trouble .The liberal media controls most people like puppets.

The first category we'll address is called Mandatory spending. This is the type of spending that as the title implies is mandatory. Why is it mandatory? Well, it has been written into law that certain parts of the government must be provided for in the budget every year. Such programs include social security and medicare and medicaid. Social security and medicare and medicaid make up roughly half of the US Government's Budget as of 2010 as they have for the last several years.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Understanding-The-US-Government-Budget-Mandatory-vs-Discretionary-Spending

[Windflier]

Not if you got many good quarterbacks.. your metaphor is weak..

No, your twisting of my metaphor was weak. The fact is, we don't have another quarterback who can hold a candle to Sarah Palin. Not one.

What we have, is a stable consisting of a few decent QBs, and a bunch of back-ups who will never play. But we have only one Hall of Famer, and that is Sarah.

My original point is, we would be foolish to insist that the leading conservative, with the greatest level of recognition and support, stay out of the running in order to push lesser lights forward.

We are in the midst of a much-needed revolution that is pushing this country back toward its founding ideals. That revolution requires a leader who is of the same mind as the people, and who will not shrink from the enormous battles to come. We need someone who will not be corrupted or compromised by the cess pool that is Washington. Of all the most likely candidates for 2012, only Sarah Palin fits the bill.