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Posted on 08/14/2011 2:58:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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This is getting old. She said she was announcing after Labor Day.
Ross Perot entered the race February 20, 1992.
Have you a point to make?
Yep, Reagan announced quite late.
Sarah is saving us a lot of money already, by not announcing with the rest of the pack. Every week she waits, saves who knows how much in costs? Let the other guys blow their wad now. We’ll save our ammo for a while longer.
Cheers!
Blah blah blah.
There was a funny quote in a thread yesterday, I wish I could attribute, but I’ll paraphrase.
“The day ofter your own preferred candidate announces, becomes ‘too late’”
Methinks your preferred candidate is already running... :)
Palin is a hunter. Hunters know that the second shot is the killer.
My vote will ALWAYS be for her.
America needs her and Todd.
Was that the first time or the second time? ;-P
Media cannot help their poor selves. They have to write about her, never mind what she says...lol.
ONCE SHE ENTERS, THE OXYGEN BELONGS TO HER!
Oh yes, and she is running, you betcha!
HAY! I missed you today on the Freepathon thread! I got there late, (Church & lunch) but will you come give us a big nice bump?
I personally think her sense of timing is right on the mark! Up to a point, the longer she waits to declare, the more attention is focused on her as the "OTHER", the "INDEPENDENT", the "OUTSIDER" -- and those are important aspects of her candidacy.
The longer she waits, the more nervous the other declared candidates must become. She saves campaign money by not wasting it early on, and she maintains high media interest (tension, in a sense).
I agree with you -- once she declares, she immediately moves to the head of the pack! I'm looking forward to it...
Not just the oxygen, but the media hit jobs.
Let Perry take the heat for a while. Once the MSM is done with him, Sarah can declare.
With this sentence the writer, Rick Moran, lived up to his name.
Well, I'm extremely cynical when it comes to Palin but, by next Spring .... (notice how I did not say "soon after Labor Day") ..... we will all see if I am right or if I am wrong.
There is nothing in the above quotes that does not fit into the scenario I have posted on another thread. Until proven wrong by Palin actually going, whole hog, into the first few primaries, I will stand by my theory, as outlined in that previous post. (Below)
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Knowing Perry is in the race now and the last likely candidate, how is Sarah not stringing people around?! She blew it. She should just announce she isn’t running NOW rather than another month of her confusing BS. .... Posted by another FReeper
(My response)
The decision about the run was made a while back and Palin did not "blow it". Things are going exactly as Sarah Palin intended them to go and her objectives are being accomplished.
Bristol Palin spilled the beans last June 28 when she said on Fox and Friends, "You know, she definitely knows. We've talked about it before. Some things just need to stay in the family."
"Some things just need to stay in the family"?
After Bristol's "tell-all" book (which will be highly embarrassing to her son 13 years from now when he reads a copy), what could possibly need to "stay in the family"?
The fact that Palin is playing her supporters like a cheap fiddle, that's what.
Sarah Palin ceased to be a serious politician long ago and is now a media celebrity. It is a very lucrative gig.
April 15, 2010: Sarah Palin income 12 million dollars since leaving office
Palin's current profession is that of a very well paid entertainment celebrity whose main focus is maximizing her personal income and Bristol's income in the business of Reality TV shows, book sales, paid speeches, paid appearances and paid interviews.
The primary goal that Palin has is to maximize the profitability of her Sarah Palin™ Brand.
Why did Donald Trump pretend to be running for President, why is Newt Gingrich still pretending to run for President and why does Sarah Palin keep teasing and teasing and teasing about running for President?
Because it "enhances the Brand" and that translates into more money.
Palin and FOX NEWS also has a very lucrative game going on:
Due to the "Equal Time" provision of Section 315 of the Communication Act, TV networks cancel the contracts of employees that are serious Presidential candidates. Yet, Palin and FOX News continue a very cozy relationship that is very lucrative for both of them:
1.) Sarah Palin spends a week here and a week there pretending to, maybe, run for President. Such a fake "teaser" campaign does not trigger Section 315.
2.) FOX News hypes each of her fake "teaser" campaigns.
3.) At the end of each fake campaign, Palin's loyal supporters and the curious Palin non-supporters then drive the FOX ratings as Palin appears in an "exclusive FOX interview of Sarah Palin" where one FOX employee (Palin) is being paid to be interviewed by another FOX employee that is paid to toss Palin cream puff questions.
4.) Palin cashes her paychecks and FOX News gets their ratings bonanza.
5.) Rinse and repeat, again and again and again for as long as the game keeps generating money for Fox and Palin.
The longer Sarah Palin keeps playing the teasing game, the more money the Sarah Palin™ Brand brings in. Therefore, Sarah Palin will play the teasing game as long as she can possibly get away with it.
If that is "stringing people around", ...... Well, too bad, so sad, ....... That is what needs to happen to keep the money rolling in.
Palin may even be able to keep playing the game until the first primaries because, since she is not hiring any professionalstaff, a fake "campaign" (where she actually declares but spends no money on staff to actually win) will not put her into debt like the campaigns of Hillary and Gingrich put them in personal debt. Newt Gingrich has been playing that game since his staff quit.
Whatever she does, I predict that the end result will be a maximization of the Sarah Palin™ Brand income.
As far as actually winning the general election in November of 2012?
Well, let's just say that there are none so blind as those that absolute refuse to see.
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FOX NEWS Poll released on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
FOX News Poll: (August 7-9, 2011)
Question 25. Sarah Palin - Do you think this person would make a good president or not?
.................YES.........NO.......DK.....Never heard of
ALL...........19%.......75%.........4%.......1%
Dem ............7%........89%.........3%.......1%
Rep ...........34%.......58%.......7%.......1%
Ind ...........20%........74%.......5%.......1%
Former Alaksa Governor Sarah Palin greets guests following a television appearance at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa August 12, 2011. Palin rolled into Iowa's state fair on Friday, stealing the spotlight from the party's presidential contenders and sparking a new round of speculation about her plans for 2012.
Caleb Schierkolk, a supporter of former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin shows off her autograph on his forehead at Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, August 12, 2011.
Precisely, and Sarah Palin has this in her strategy.
She's the only one who's been media vetted, trashed, slashed and bashed, for over 3 years now.
Sarah will do things in her own good time. I trust her judgement and either way, I will support her decision.
Save your energy for the campaign and subsequent eight years. It’ll be one heck of a fight to get this country back.
Seek help.
I loved those wonderful photos and SARAHPAC HAS SEVERAL MORE posted.
I will be able to devote a more of my FR time to Sarah Palin once our FReepathon reaches its goal.
Thanks so much for your posting!
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