Posted on 10/06/2011 5:18:21 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
I feel 100% sure that she really wanted to run, and will feel pangs of discomfort about her decision--even though it was probably the right one to make. She knows more than any of us how pathetic our current field of candidates are--hence why she constantly reminds us that she's focused on House seats, Senate seats, and not just putting all the cards on expecting change to come out of the Presidency.
Who knows what the LORD has in store for her and our country next--but all I know is, it's OUR loss, this NATION's loss, this WORLD's loss--not her's...and all the haters and doubters who have "breathed a sigh of relief" that a person they so greatly fear and ENVY has made this decision for now---will not in any way ever be rewarded. They can laugh in comfort now, but the righteous will always have the last laugh and the final victory--in ways we don't always see beforehand.
...you are wrong. This was a straight up political decision.
Yes THOSE people will go on to lead lives destined for mediocrity while holding a constant inferiority complex. And our country is destined for mediocrity and self-destruction with those kinds of people around. I'm not even talking about the Hollywood haters--I'm talkin the GOP insiders, the Romney folk, the traitor McCain aides, the Faux News honchos, and the all the so called conservatives and Christians in this country that turned their backs on "the real deal" when they had their chance.
Huh? So what she said means nothing to you, so strange.
You can ‘believe’ all you want. But without facts it’s only conjecture. So, why the vanity?
I think it was pretty simple.
The GOP establishment would have fought her and split the party badly. THe only way she could have contended is to go 3rd party.... which would ensure Obama’s re-election.
Haard to defeat two political parties in a presidential election.
Fact is, it's Myth's turn and the GOP ruling-class will anoint him as the candidate.
And he will lose, big time.
There is no difference between Myth and Ubama.
At least Ubama will finally shoulder the blame which he so richly deserves.
*PING*
I believe thre are some pretty bad things going on right now that need attention. This saga is over for now.
I believe PDS applies to both her detractors and her followers.
I believe...
this is some sort of Sun Tzu “war is deception” kind of kung fu to throw us off because of superior intellect and strategy... I read it here on FR
Maybe she’s going to endorse and support Cain in exchange for VP slot, lay low for 8 years then take the top of the ticket, after most of the fixes are started.
Myself, it doesn’t matter what a persons complexion is, but perhaps there is a thought that another “black” candidate against Obama will split the “black” vote and Palin can deliver most of the TEA party (the ones that aren’t hatin’ on her).
No matter what Palin does, it’s wrong. Her enemies her followers are angery, her detractors are gloating. Yet, I believe that she made the decision that was best for her family. I agree with much of your assessment.
Sarah is not the savior of this country any more than Obama. If she would have run, I think she would have won, but who knows. Maybe you’re right. Our country is so far gone we don’t deserve a godly leader. I hope you’re wrong.
THANK YOU, Sarah, for bringing so much to the light of day. Keep up the fight.
You’re getting a lot of mileage out of some guy’s Sun Tzu’s analogies....though it may make sense in the not to far distance pass.
I believe this is yesterday’s news.
IMO (take it for what it’s worth) Rick Perry getting in weighed on her decision.
Yup. She made a political calculation, probably long ago, that she couldn't win and wasn't going to run. Palin kept her options open and teased this out way too long to keep the spotlight on herself, but it became obvious she wasn't really likely to run a long time ago.
All this talk of something changing in the last few days, or that she was under some new threat, or any of these other conspiracies are just fantasies dreamt up by people who were dead wrong about Palin's intentions and are looking for ways to explain how they misjudged the situation so badly.
*PING* to CynicalBear.
My thoughts are that up to the Iowa State Fair, and the speech, she was "probably" running: the only disconcerting thing I saw was in the famous video "Iowa Passion" at 1:16-1:17 where her remarks sounded canned: but this was balanced by the segment at 0:52 - 0:53 where there is a voice-over questions "Are you going to run for President."
The other thing is that during her interviews with (I think) Greta van Sustern about a week or so before the McGinniss book came out, she looked -- not just tired, but internally drained, like a tree hit near the roots with an axe. I don't know if this was after she had prayed and God said, "No!" or (as I have heard reported today) two of her kids vetoed the run; or whether the first hint of the attacks prepared against her had been passed to her by the inner circle.
But at that point, something inside me said (even as I hoped it were not true) -- "She might not be running."
But, to be fair, even in the Iowa Passion video, she talked about the need for ordinary Americans to get involved and take the country back. People were more than willing to crawl over broken glass to fight for the Country with her as the head: but you never know what happened. Had she been rebuffed by GOP moneymen? Had her strategy been based on "one more RINO" entering to split the lib vote, giving her a chance against a divided enemy? Did the moving up of Primary deadlines within the GOP change the calculus?
I wish I were at peace with this: but I fear dark days ahead as I watch Obaama and his Orcs move the pieces towards a classic Marxist takeover: monopolizing energy and transport (attempted); establishing the right to KILL AMERICANS WITHOUT TRIAL (WTF???); demonizing political enemies and accusing them of terror in direct contradiction of the evidence; Harry Reid moving to remove the filibuster from the Senate and legislation being introduced to permanently seal Obaama's records; our enemies, including a nuclear North Korea, China, and possibly soon a nuclear Iran, emboldened.
Let us PRAY; let us work together to OVERTHROW the wiles of the enemy: "Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good."
See also this vanity from yesterday, while the pain was still fresh:
Sarah Ringbearer, or, A Gift From Frodo
g_w
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