Mmmmm, mmmmmm, mmmmmm. You guys make the Daily Kos look tame. For exercising my First Amendment rights and expressing an opinion, I have been castigated as "vile and hateful", the "Media" and, now, Pontius Pilate. Man, you guys put the "HISS" in hysteria.
Sarah is a very popular figure with conservatives. Her book sales (I own and have read both of them) and personal appearances have drawn the kinds of crowds that Obama can only dream of, today. Were she to have run for elected office, her popularity would make her a shoo-in. I would have LOVED to see candidate Palin "nuking" not only the other 'Pubbies in the field we had, but her opponent Obama during the debates. But she didn't because she wasn't a candidate.
She chose to say little about him during the election and, most important, she chose not to run. Then, AFTER the dust has settled, the election has been held between Obama and a lackluster candidate like Romney, she comes out and "nukes" her would-be opponent. That's not a position statement, that's sniping.
Some here have postulated that 2016 is HER time. I don't think so/ After 4 more years of Obama, all she will have left is to sweep up the ashes of a once great country and toss them into the dustbin of history. We needed Sarah now. America needed Sarah now. By 2016, we will be broke, militarily weak and just one more third world country thinking it has significance in the world.
In case you haven't noticed, we have already become the America that Ayn Rand described at the end of Atlas Shrugged. Corrupt, bloated government, union thugs, anti-business environment and phony environmental concerns. Our Constitution has been fed into the shredder as has the rule of law. All that's missing is Galt's Gulch. After another 4 years of Obama, what will Sarah be able to do except fall short of our needs and expectations. Our money will be so valueless that bread could end up costing about $25/loaf. We already have been warned that milk may rise to $6/gal. NEXT YEAR So, what will there be for Sarah to fix? We will either be in revolt or in absolute chaos.
If she wants to position herself to run for some office in 2016, she needs to stop sniping at Obama. That's a Democrat tactic (campaigning against the past). She needs to start expressing her vision for America, what she would do as POTUS to restore America to that "shining city on the hill" as Reagan described it.
Sorry Romney deserved to be as you claim “nuked”.
And I supported him.
I was originally going to vote for Palin. Enthusiastically. Stand in line, whatever the weather going to vote for her!!
She stood down at the last minute. I was absolutely, positively crushed.
When she stood down, I settled on Romney as the person left in the race who was most likely to win.
BUT MY HEART WAS 100% FOR PALIN.
Romney more or less, excluded Palin from the entire process.
That was a terrible mistake, and very well could have caused Romney’s defeat.
So not minimize the results of that. Palin was as popular as anyone in recent history, has been.
Equal with Reagan.
To stand her down, was a terrible, terrible mistake.