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Betting the Farm on Sarah Palin
C4P ^ | Posted on July 02 2011 - 8:32 AM | Guest submission by: “Mark America”

Posted on 07/02/2011 8:39:06 AM PDT by onyx

The country is running out of time. We’re broke, nationally, and as the spendthrifts in Washington, D.C. try to discover new and increasingly dishonest, disguised methods by which to hide the scope of the impending disaster, we should be considering what it means for we, the people.

There can be no doubt that they are driving us to complete and unrecoverable collapse. I can describe to you what I believe their motives to be, but that doesn’t change the reality, and I’d rather focus on what we can do about it. Time is getting short. It’s possible that there will be no elections in 2012, because we may have collapsed into chaos and anarchy. If hyperinflation strikes, as some now believe it will, the country is over as we have known it.

Let’s imagine, for the sake of argument, that we can stave off complete collapse at least long enough to hold the 2012 elections. What should be our electoral goal, as a people? We must first stop the hemorrhaging and apply a tourniquet to this nation’s deep, spurting, arterial wounds. That tide of blood, the lifeblood of our economy, and our future, cannot be stemmed by band-aids and a series of well-meaning but undisciplined politicians. We need a determined practitioner who is willing to crack the chest and do the serious, nation-saving surgery. As it stands, there is only one Republican under consideration who fits that description: Sarah Palin.

My own farm is slowly failing. While part of it is the drought, and part of it is the stupidity of the Texas legislature, and its unwillingness to put Texas horsemen on par with those in neighboring states, but more importantly, it is the general economy. The price of fuel, the shrinking value of the dollar, and the general lack of disposable income nationwide is killing the horse industry in Texas. Nobody buys horses when they’re choosing between fuel for their vehicle, and food for their table. Soon, at my farm, it may be a choice between feeding horses and eating them.

Barack Obama is gutting this country, and he’s doing it by intention and malice aforethought. There can be no more claim that he is accomplishing this all due merely to gross incompetence. I don’t think it’s possible to be that incompetent. Even a blind pig finds an acorn occasionally. This guy doesn’t seem to notice a truckload of them. He sees them, but he evinces the willingness, the naked determination, to ignore them.

There’s not much desire on the GOP side to do anything better, or at least no willingness to fight to press these issues. Boehner and Cantor may be ‘really good guys,’ but that’s not enough. We need fighters. We need warriors. We need somebody to realize that the person whose ass needs kicking is the guy boasting about being the guy who says he will “decide whose ass to kick.”

We cannot compromise or otherwise weasel our way out of this mess. There is no short-cut back to prosperity. It’s going to take daring, disciplined leadership. It’s going to take a leader that can look to all the people in the country and say, approximately: “You, the people, must lead us out of this mess, and it starts with a commitment to what is right, rather than what is easy.” Too few of our politicians are willing to get tough in the name of the country and its future.

This is why I am betting the farm on Sarah Palin. Her shortened term as Governor of Alaska stands as empirical evidence that she knows how to lead, is willing to confront difficult problems, combat the media, fight entrenched interests, and rally the people to demonstrate the better angels of their nature.

I will support Sarah Palin, if only she will run, and I am holding on, a little longer, with all I can, for the future of my country, and the future of my farm, in the hope that she will shortly answer the call.




TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: farm; notrunning; palin; palin2012; sarahpalin
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To: newfreep; FreeReign
That's John Wheeler....Jack Wheeler is the one man who helped Ronald Reagan complete the Reagan Doctrine...you might do a search and see what an outstanding conservative he is. He has sources most would die to have. Jack Wheeler's web site.
41 posted on 07/02/2011 11:00:32 AM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 "Woe unto those who say they are Judah and are not, but are of the synaGOGue of Satan.")
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To: onyx

Sarah Palin or bust!!! I`m in, farm and all!

ALL the others are... same old same old. Bachmann hires Ed Rollins, wont be honest enough to tell Iowans that subsidies are not the way to go etc etc

Sarah Palin or bust


42 posted on 07/02/2011 11:02:49 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN OR BUST!!)
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To: carjic
I have not heard these examples from anyone conservative.

So, all these Republicans in the Alaska House and the Republican governor aren't conservative, either?

http://www.adn.com/2011/03/31/1786045/house-approves-massive-oil-tax.html

JUNEAU -- The Alaska House of Representatives voted Thursday night for a massive rollback of the oil profits tax that the lawmakers put in place four years ago.

Neal Foster of Nome was the only Democrat to vote in favor.

Gov. Sean Parnell supported the oil tax when he was her lieutenant governor but is now leading the effort to weaken it, saying he's since become convinced that it hurts oil company investment.

43 posted on 07/02/2011 11:03:32 AM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: Melian
We need lots of Palin and Prayer!

Amen! Keep praying!

44 posted on 07/02/2011 11:05:52 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: Big Giant Head

I know. But, she is going to run!


45 posted on 07/02/2011 11:07:15 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Give um’ Hell Doc’ take no prisoners....They need to be held accountable for screwing us all. I am sorry, I am not in a forgiving and loving mood at the moment..


46 posted on 07/02/2011 11:10:04 AM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: taildragger

I hear you!


47 posted on 07/02/2011 11:13:06 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: biggredd1

I am with Sarah 150% regardless how late she waits.

I can only imagine that the media will be pretty rough for her if she is not in the Aug debate on Fox...I still feel that despite the internet,facebook etc, that the MSM/Fox (Fox is MSM NOW IMHO) still have the ability to affect the masses.

Do not get me wrong, If Sarah wants to wait until Early to mid 2012 I am with her, whatever!!!

Now she did say the other day that IF she got in, she would give 110 % and go through the motions in Iowa,I paraphrase from memory. I assumed from that she would be in the straw poll etc.

She also said Months and months away.

She might get some backlash if she was not in the Fox debate in Iowa..

Sarah Palin or bust...maybe she can skip that also??


48 posted on 07/02/2011 11:13:33 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN OR BUST!!)
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To: RINOs suck

Here’s a clue. Do not come to Sarah Palin threads to hijack the subject of the thread. For your very short time here, you’re already a known PDSer.


49 posted on 07/02/2011 11:13:47 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: onyx
You know the first questions they will ask - "Sarah, (they won't call her 'Governor') you said that you would only enter the race if you think no one is satisfactory - do you think you're better than all the other declared Republican candidates?

Are you better than Romney?

Are you better than Michele Bachmann?

What makes you think you are better than these?

50 posted on 07/02/2011 11:17:03 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (We will fight for America and it starts here in Madison, WI. It starts here. It starts now.)
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To: onyx

No offense, but the Alaskan republicans repealed a oil windfall profits tax that Sarah sponsored. Thats the facts.


51 posted on 07/02/2011 11:18:43 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: catfish1957

...and as far as my affilitation. My choices are now: (1) DeMint (2) Palin


52 posted on 07/02/2011 11:23:54 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: imfrmdixie

>> How strange....I just posted the following on another post...you must be in my head, Onyx....

That is because Onyx knows all and sees all! You listen to Onyx and you will never go wrong about Sarah Palin!


53 posted on 07/02/2011 11:26:13 AM PDT by TrumpisRight (President Palin sounds so good....)
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To: catfish1957
affiliation rather...
54 posted on 07/02/2011 11:27:36 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: newfreep
So, opposing tax increases on oil companies and TARP makes me a socialist!

The point here is that Palin is no more or less ideologically pure or politically ambitious than Michele Bachmann.

Conservatism will be alive and well if Bachmann were the nominee.

55 posted on 07/02/2011 11:29:37 AM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: RINOs suck

I work for an Oil Company so that is why i choose DeMint over Palin. Seems she might be pro business, for just certain businesses.


56 posted on 07/02/2011 11:35:09 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: newfreep

RINOsSuck constantly attacks Palin supporters on ALL Palin threads. He told me 2 weeks ago that his first choice was Palin.

But then a week ago said perhaps we should all get behind Bachmann because of the Zogby poll and the Ras poll. I explained to him that Zogby interactive polls are not even taken seriously by Huff Post pollsters.

And that Ras, was only polling for Rep Establishment...not to mention that both polls omitted Gov Palin.

He also thinks the Dem Reg poll is more evidence that we should consider moving from Palin to Bachmann...Again Gov Palin is not in that poll..

I also explained to him that Romney is the most surprised person on the planet to learn that he leads in Iowa.

Fact I said...If the Dem Reg poll is good, why are we not reading that Romney is reconsidering basically skipping Iowa???? BECAUSE his own internal polling shows that Dem Reg poll is garbage.

Romney is NOT leading in Iowa, and neither is MB, the poll can`t be wrong for one person and right for another.

He is very suspicious to say the least. Forgetting the fact that he attacks little ole me, no big deal...but he attacks regularly some of the Conservatives here that I respect the most.

I am very suspicious of him...if you got 5 minutes to kill check out his in forum posts, it`s an eye opener .

He basically claims to be some type of RIGHTEOUS guy that God put on the earth to make sure nobody says anything the least bit unkind of Bachmann or her record etc

He basically says that he is a very righteous person, and that he was put here on earth to make sure that Palin supporters do not say a unkind word about anybody other candidate


57 posted on 07/02/2011 11:37:46 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN OR BUST)
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To: shield
That's John Wheeler....Jack Wheeler is the one man who helped Ronald Reagan complete the Reagan Doctrine...you might do a search and see what an outstanding conservative he is. He has sources most would die to have. Jack Wheeler's web site.

That's a relief. I thought it was the Reagan guy, Jack Wheeler who was murdered.

I guess it doesn't help that this John Wheeler guy was also referred to as "Jack". It also doesn't help that a search on "Jack Wheeler" nowadays, returns mostly stories about the murdered John "Jack" Wheeler, instead of the apparently very much alive, Jack "Reagan Doctrine" Wheeler.

58 posted on 07/02/2011 11:38:23 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: catfish1957

DRILL, BABY DRILL

YOU BETCHA, SHE'S SURE ANTI OIL! /S

59 posted on 07/02/2011 11:44:58 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: RINOs suck; troll

This thread is not about you, troll, or about Michelle Bachmann!


60 posted on 07/02/2011 11:46:19 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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