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“But as far as presidential candidate.. not so much! “
You’re in a minority here on FR, but thanks for your opinion.
If you don’t like Sarah Palin as a candidate, then who? Romney, Huckabee, Pawlenty? Which one of them do you actually consider to be a conservative that we can count on? Demint and Ryan are not running so our options seem to be limited to squishy liberal Republicans or one libertarian that never gets support higher than single digits. If those are our options then I would prefer Sarah Palin go the third party route and give conservatives a choice. Why raise money and build excitement for candidates that will continue the same polices as the Democrats under the belief that that makes them “compassionate”?