If she was, after the last election she would have gone back to Alaska, surrounded herself with foreign policy experts, boned up on domestic policy, and finished her term as Governor.
Myself, I'm a fan, but I have grown weary of all too cutesy fan dance ala Sally Rand.
It has turned into the political equivalent of a giant tease.
She soon will be.
Whoever wins is going to inherit a big mess and she is totally unqualified to do it, IMO,
If she was, after the last election she would have gone back to Alaska, surrounded herself with foreign policy experts.
You mean Michael Glassner (current campaign manager) and Peter Schweizer (foreign policy) of the Hoover Institute?
and finished her term as Governor.
What was there to finish? After the 2008 elections, the Democratic legislatures shut her off from any legislative intitiatives while the Republican legislatures wanted her out so they could return to the “CBC” system (corrupt bastards club).
In early 2009, she was doing nothing but fighting off bogus ethics charges (aka: “The Alaskan Mudflats”) and spending over 500k in legal bills. Some of the filers were out of state and some didn’t even used their real name. The cost to them if a charge was dismissed...zero. The state, on top of Palin’s expenses, had spent nearly 3 million in investigation expenses. In essance, they were driving Palin to bankruptcy while tarnishing her record.
Where was McCain? Where was the GOP leadership? Where was the rank-and-file? NOWHERE!!! They left Palin out to rot. Many supposed “conservatives” just turned their backs and walked away. This is one of the many reasons why Palin owes the establishment nothing!
If she stayed, it could of been over 1 million in legal fees. They were forcing her to bankruptcy. Also, the complaints were on page one but the dismissals were on page 35, section 3, paragraph 5. They were also trying to smudge her image. Ironic, the SAME people who wanted her out were now griping that she resigned!!!
Palin played a big role in the 2010 elections. She has earned a lot of IOUs. She has acted as a rally point for the Tea Party base and is the voice for those who crave for a conservative voice in the wilderness.
Palin has been wise to wait. The front runners are bashing themselves silly and getting vetted. The secondary players are getting squeezed out or imploding. Her time is coming.
She is running and it’s driving the esblishment nuts. They’re even trying to push christie into the fray. My GAWD, has it come down to this!!! Are the GOP elites that desperate to thwart Palin???
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/06/six-clues-palin-is-running-for-president.html
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/09/patience-paying-off-for-governor-palin.html
Sarah Palin was being bombarded by a bunch of frivolous lawsuits and ethics investigations in an effort to destroy her financially and politically. When she resigned as governor, she did exactly the right thing to raise the necessary cash to put an end to the bullshit.
All of the lawsuits and ethics investigations have subsequently been revealed to be bullshit.
To have remained as governor of Alaska was to remain a victim with a big V.
Her so-called incompetence in policy matters is a straw man that is simply not true. Every idiot in the federal government has listened to the advice of Harvard and Yale educated morons and the result has been to bring this country to financial ruin, virtually destroy American capitalism, create a generation of hopeless young adults who cannot find decent jobs with college degrees, destroy economic opportunity, create a national debt our descendants cannot possibly repay and create contempt for the country throughout the world.
Sarah Palin is exactly the right person at the right time in history and there is simply not a moment further to waste chasing after insiders who have been feathering their nests at the taxpayers' expense for far too long.
You would need a taste of being falsely and publicly accused of the worst kind of behavior by a vicious pack of animals and have your family threatened and slandered to high heaven to realize the class and strength of this woman.
This woman is going to be the toughest and smartest political opponent the world has ever seen.
The world is going to witness a great woman leading her country to victory not seen since the "unqualified" and "inexperienced" Queen Elizabeth I defeated the the vastly stronger Phillip II of Spain, in 1588, and sent a sizable number of ships of his "unbeatable" Spanish Armada to the bottom of the sea, saving the British Empire from a murderous Spanish invasion and bloodbath under a certain Catholic Inquisition against the Protestants of England.
I call Bravo Sierra on your “fan” qualities.