Since when is evaluating a situation - in one’s OWN TIME - considered something to laugh about? Do you prefer people who can be pressured into making a decision? If so, you aren’t looking for a leader but a someone who leads by the finger in the wind.
Look pnsn, I believe you are more intelligent than most that have responded to my post. First, I did not say Palin was a laughing stock ....NOT BY CONSERVATIVES (she’s always been a laughing stock by liberals...do YOU dispute with that??) But if she suddenly decided....oops, I made an error, and now throws her hat in the ring, she WILL become a laughingstock in conservative circles.
I wrote a letter/post to Gov Palin which sums up my position completely. I was behind Gov Palin...completely and totally; until 07/04/2011. It was during the organization of her appearance, in Iowa, that my doubts started creeping in. The treatment of Christine O’Donnell and the ‘wishy-washy’ decisions regarding her (she was invited, then disinvited, then invited, THEN disinvited) that it became apparent that this woman was NOT running.
I began to go back and research just who I’d been supporting and what I found is Palin knew FULL WELL IN JUNE that she was not running. Bristol spilled her guts on TV and stated a decision had been made.
I’m not like alot of the Palin supporters...I was (and am) looking for an individual that can handle the Presidency and the mess we are in. I was convinced it was Palin; sadly it was not. She instead issued a lame ‘written’ reason why she decided to NOT RUN.
Whatever the case I am not hooked on a person but rather what the person will do in office. Palin took herself out and nothing she will ever say or state will mean sh*t to me; no credibility what-so-ever.
If you’re interested, here is the letter I posted to her FB account and posted here on FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2789120/posts?q=1&;page=201
I’m not interested in her reasons why she declined to run. She knew full well how people/supporters felt and she allowed the illusion of her running to continue. She made her millions. She did indeed, fought like a girl.