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.
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.
IMO (take it for what it’s worth) Rick Perry getting in weighed on her decision.
*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
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Don't explain, your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe you anyways.
I’ve been feeling much the same way as you. SOMETHING happened that we may never know about, or maybe there may have been truth to the Glen Rice episode. I don’t know, but the whole thing is nauseating and depressing, and smells. I simply am not in a “rah rah” mood about any of the prospectives, and certainly not about Sarah right now. America’s decline will continue.
Right now I have to vent, but I may well disappear here for a bit. I think that I have little to contribute, and there is a war that must still be won without our finest general. I have no desire to bring everyone else down with me. Thanks, Bob
Can’t disagree with any of it. I believed she could run and even win, but this last month proved to me that there were just too many (evil) forces at work aligned out there for the latter scenario to succeed. I still thought maybe at least she could get in and promote her issues, going all-out against that “permanent political class” that leeches off of government, and such. But even then, would her ‘message’ get out while she was enduring a 24-hour-a-day hate-fest from the lefty media, the entertainment industry, and more importantly, the GOP establishment which would be constantly backstabbing her? The very same filth that would be sliming her children on a daily basis? It would be a horrible, untenable position to be fighting from.
The whole country is pretty much upside-down. Up is down and down is up. Good is evil and evil is good. Obama running up the debt is considered ‘fiscally responsible’ by the media, while the tea-party position of halting deficit spending is deemed ‘fiscally irresponsible.’ Total insanity, coupled with a putrid culture that promotes vileness and condemns decency. It’s a poisonous, caustic environment right now, and it’s going to get worse and worse as the economy and the country continues to deteriorate.
Thus, I’m surprisingly content with Palin opting not to run at this moment (even though I doggedly admit waiting almost three years anxiously waiting for it to happen). I think it’s going to prove to be a wise move, and will be widely recognized as such in fairly short order. There’s no need for her to take on the suicidal role of ‘magnet’ for all the angst and intense hate that the media would direct right at her feet had she gotten in. There’s going to be a better and brighter moment for her, and I think she’s aware of this. It might arrive sooner than we even realize. Anyway, I still support her an unwaveringly 100%. Her decision did absolutely nothing whatsoever to alter this.
Sarah is our North Star.
Please spare us.
CP...
She looked like heck on Greta over a week ago, like shot out of a cannon. Something about that didn't sit right with me, she looked worried. My gut feel somethin' going on we may or may not ever be privy, did they threaten her, her kids, or did she just finally had enough of them verbally and otherwise accosting her family. That wack-job at the bar in . LA was way over the line, can you imagine what it would have been like for her kids if she ran, even with SS protection. These evil B@$t@rd$ are ruthless.
We didn't like the Clinton's or Carter, but we never picked on the kids and if and when someone did they apologized...
If she wants to drift off into obscurity after what they did to her, it's o.k. with me, she deserves peace...
However, I cannot blame Sarah. I can only blame myself. She has stated all along she has not made a decision....but I CHOSE NOT to believe her.
That was my choice. I truly believed she was going to run and put all my eggs in one basket (like I did with Fred Thompson).
It was I who made both choices, on my own. You would think I would have learned from Fred, but no, I did not.
I cried for both announcements......actually, I cried and threw myself around when Sarah said she wasn't going to run.
I still have my “bag o Sarah change”, which I will cash in. Can't say how much is in there, but I will say part of it will go to FR.
The one thing I remember Sarah saying is that if she felt there was no other candidate running who could turn this country back to where it should be (not exact words), she would throw herself in.
Perhaps she saw Cain as the candidate who COULD do it. I haven't followed anyone else, except a little here and there on Cain.
However, I refused to support anyone else until I knew what Sarah's decision was (again, I thought she'd be in it).
Now that she isn't, I'm taking a deeper look into our current candidates. Mittens can leap off the Empire State Building for all I care. Perry and his illegals can go take a hike.
So I'm focusing on Cain. The more history I read about him (a rocket scientist!!!!) and earning his way up the corporate ladder because he has the ability to get things done, the more I like him.
Even the “girls” on The View were respectful towards him. The audience applause was more than I expected.
I've decided to cash in my “Sarah bag o change”. For my FR and for Cain.