Former George W. Bush aide Ari Fleischer says Sarah Palin's got no chance in 2012

The Politico ^ | March 16, 2011 | Juana Summers

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ari Fleischer says there's no "way, shape or form" Sarah Palin can lock the Republican nomination.

"I cannot see any way, shape or form that she can win the Republican primary," Fleischer, the former press secretary to President George W. Bush, said as reported by the Idaho Mountain Express.

Fleischer, who was in Ketchum, Idaho to speak as part of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts' Lecture Series, said he'd never seen such a wide open Republican field, but that the former Alaska governor was not among the serious contenders....

[proudpapa]

She has no chance...

She’s part of the 99.99% that didn’t go to Hawvard or Yale.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Makes about as much sense as what these RINOs are saying about her.

[fightinJAG]

How does that have anything to do with Palin’s electability compared to others in the field?

[fightinJAG]

I don’t understand how it is an “attack” to offer one’s opinion on the electability of a particular politician.

[Tax-chick]

My point exactly.

[meadsjn]

Fleischer, who was in Ketchum, Idaho to speak as part of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts' Lecture Series, ...

Another gay communist RINO chimes in to tell conservatives how to think.

Sun Valley is one of two counties in the whole state that vote Democrat; chock full of the gerbil people, so it's reported.

[SharpRightTurn]

The Bushites have certainly made their opinions about Palin pretty obvious.

Even more obvious to conservatives is that if the Bushes are against her, then she has to have something going for her.

[going hot]

Every friggin one of them.

[Polybius]

She especially has no chance with all that support she has managed to build. Not a chance.

Sarah Palin certainly DOES have a good chance to win the Republican nomination.

Forty percent of all Republicans believe she would be a good President. (See FOX News Poll, February 7-9, 2011, below)

If the other 60% of Republicans split the vote among two other candidates, Sarah Palin will be the Republican nominee.

Then what?

Republicans only make up 29% of all voters and, whether you like it or not, the other 71% of all voters have a right to vote in the 2012 general election.

So, how does Sarah Palin do when ALL voters are in play?

SEVENTY TWO PERCENT OF ALL VOTERS believe that SARAH PALIN would NOT make a good President.

FOX News Poll (February 7-9, 2011)

Question 3: I am going to read you a list of names. Tell me if you think that person would make a good President or not.

Sarah Palin:

.................YES.........NO.......DK.....Never heard of

ALL...........23%.......72%.........4%.......1%

Dem ...........7%........87%........5%.......1%

Rep ...........40%.......56%.......3%.......1%

Ind ...........25%........69%.......3%.......1%

In short, Sarah Palin has a good shot at being the Republican nominee in 2012 but your neighbor's pet cat has as much chance as Sarah Palin of being elected President of the United States.

That is why I try to get the Sarah Palin Adoration Society to stop drinking the Kool Aid and face the realities of Sarah Palin.

A Sarah Palin Republican nomination, with 72% of ALL voters believing that she would NOT be a good President, is Barack Hussein Obama's "take it to the bank" guarantee of being reelected President in 2012.

[buccaneer81]

How does that have anything to do with Palin’s electability compared to others in the field?

Refer to Reagan's 11th Commandment.

[PROSOUTH]

IMHO I believe he is right, but I don’t agree with why he thinks so.

You and I both know that both parties have offered a potential candidate the day after any recent presidential elections and started campaigning for their next attempt at electing their party for the next term. What is also apparent is the person of interest during this time is usually not the intended candidate but someone to distract from the real candidate to be presented at a later time. This allows the real one to be shielded from the pot shots of the media and opposing parties jabs just as they have Sarah until time to present the real candidate for election.

It is because of this theory that I really don’t think Palin was ever intended to be picked for the next election. As for the statement about the Bush / Palin encounter.

I agree that there may be something to the disagreement of the candidate choice between the blue-bloods and the TEA Party as to just who will be the next candidate.

“Palin likened the Bush clan to “the blue-bloods who want to pick and choose their winners instead of allowing competition” after the former first lady’s much repeated suggestion that Palin should “stay in Alaska.”

A little internal struggle? Yeah........

Sarah Palin being the intended candidate? Nahhhhhhh

Has she been entertaining? Oh Heck Yeahhh!!!

Now,just who is standing behind the Wizards curtain???????

[CharlesThe Hammer]

ELITE ALERT! ELITE ALERT! ELITE ALERT! ELITE ALERT! ELITE ALERT!

[taxcutisapayraise]

JUST SAY NO! TO RINO’s

[forgotten man]

“Ari who? I’ve heard a lot about Sarah but who is this Ari guy?”

He is a quitter.

[Bitsy]

Believe me, being a Christian, Sarah should be the least of anyones worries except marxists who are trying to change the very core of our values and our constitution. No, my friend, much less to worry about with Sarah.

[factmart]

Let's pretend you have every GOP candidate within a 30 mile radius including Sarah Palin, all at difference places and there was enough room for as many as want to come, who would have the most voters at the event?

Game, Set, Match!

Sarah Palin would have more then the others combined!

[excopconservative]

A Sarah Palin Republican nomination, with 72% of ALL voters believing that she would NOT be a good President, is Barack Hussein Obama’s “take it to the bank” guarantee of being reelected President in 2012.

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Why don’t we just have a campaign and see who wins?

[Polybius]

I don’t understand how it is an “attack” to offer one’s opinion on the electability of a particular politician.

When dealing with Sarah Palin infatuation, you are dealing with a Cult of Personality.

The object of adoration must not be challenged in any way as that constitutes an "attack". Instead of discussing practical matters such as electability or qualifications, all discussion must be nothing but ceaseless praise of the object of adoration.

Even the cold hard realities of the Planet Earth (see Post 29) seem to have absolutely no effect upon the members of the Cult of Personality.

What matters is the endless worship.

They would rather see Barack Hussein Obama guaranteed reelection as President in 2012 rather than admit that their object of adoration would make some of the least informed posters on Free Republic in 2008 look like geopolitical experts by comparison.

"Palin couldn't explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations. ..... Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank. Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: 'I wish I'd paid more attention to this stuff'."

[nolongerademocrat]

The problem lies with the fact that many Christians are unaware of the history of forced conversions, Jews being burned at the stake, forced ghettos outside the vatican etc. There is a long history of this behavior. This country is very young, it does not share most of that guilt. But remember, many Jews here are either first or second generation Americans. They still feel that fear. It makes them hypersensitive and afraid. I always try to take that into consideration. I’ve seen Russian Jews who are new arrivals here stand in Shul and cry with wonder over the fact that they are now free to practice their faith.

[drypowder]

Trash Palin is the ruling elite's mantra, that's why she will win if she runs. Unless of course our votes are once again nullified by fraud.