"Sleazebag backstabber Willard Mitt Romney and his Team attack Gov. Palin
or her handicapped child every single day of the week with the letter "y" in it."
Posted on 07/24/2010 12:41:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Like her or not, Sarah Palin will play a decisive role in who gets the Republican nomination in 2012. Since being plucked out of relative obscurity by 2008 GOP nominee John McCain, Palin has emerged as a celebrity in her own right. Anyone longing for the nomination will have to deal with her persona, her influence, and her supporters.
Along with Palin’s notoriety, the rise of the Tea Party movement has created a number of inviting venues for the Palin message. She is now a regular commentator on Fox News, adroitly uses social media to comment on current issues, and has a knack for picking eventual winners, even among opponents of Republican incumbents (the only exception being New York’s 23rd district, where Democrat Bill Owens benefited from a GOP party split ).
Does that make her the obvious Republican pick for 2012? Not quite.
She certainly has the celebrity status to threaten even big-name Republicans like Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich or Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. But she still has significant credibility problems with establishment types like George Will, Kathleen Parker, and David Frum, and her politics fuel skepticism and doubt in independent voters. Palin also defends the controversial Tea Party without reservation,.
Moreover, she has been sheltered by her handlers. Palin is very smart in the venues she chooses and avoids any forum where her views can be debated or challenged. Much is still made about her inability to handle tough interviews on policy and her occasional mangling of the English language. Some pundits believe she is running for president; others claim she is angling for the role of kingmaker.
Palin’s best option for the presidency may be to wait for 2016. The requisite star status, she has already; becoming presidential timber, however, requires time and the ability to handle a sharp learning curve. Either way, Palin has managed to make herself the person to watch out for this November.
John Parisella is to be ignored because he is a deceptive commentator of sorts.
I post a LOT of threads, but I don’t recall seeing the name before...
You can read some more of his dribble here:
“http://www.americasquarterly.org/user/3067";
Will Palin run?
I hope not.
WOW they are obsessed with her aren’t they..I mean if she is such a flake and a joke, they should be begging for her to run, instead its constant “OMG is she gonna run” and taking polls every week. They are terrified she can beat Obama..heck at this point my dog Nesmo could beat Obama in 2012..dog treats for everyone!!
This line of reasoning is so ludicrous that it shouldn't even warrant a response.
Her critics harp that she's not ready now - using their logic how will she be ready in 2016? Especially if she still holds no office?
Barring a catastrophic natural disaster to her state or a family tragedy, Governor Palin is running for POTUS in 2012.
I don’t understand it either, but that’s liberal logic for you. If she’s truly divisive and has no chance then why shouldn’t she run and make a fool of herself? Instead we hear all this talk about how she needs to sit out or she’s not ready....that tells you right there how serious a threat she is.
I tell ya what, if Sarah Palin were President right now I’d have a job..our country wouldn’t be headed down a road of socialism and even worse then that. I would feel safe. All the baloney about her not having enough experience, I wouldn’t trust Obama with a lemonade stand..yet SHE doesn’t have enough experience..they are full of crap
They only want her to wait til 2016 because by then we won’t have a country left..they want Romney or someone else to run to ensure Obama’s re-election so he can finish the job..if he is able to do that, it won’t matter who becomes President, the damage is done, no one will be able to fix it
Who’s your candidate, then?
Plus I like it when all the PDS is exposed and refudiated.
"Sleazebag backstabber Willard Mitt Romney and his Team attack Gov. Palin
or her handicapped child every single day of the week with the letter "y" in it."
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