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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!
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.
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%
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.
That was then this is now....she has got to enter by Labor Day...otherwise...she can be the cheerleader for the other GOP candidates OR be Perry’s VP pick. Time is running out...and people are losing interest in her...they aren’t fond of this game she is playing...Jack Wheeler has been a stanch supporter of Palin...he too has tired of her game playing and is now supporting Perry.
And she is correct. There are two types of candidates who need to start early and smack their opponents around:
The "Unknowns"
The "Unable-to-Raise Funds Quickly" types.
..and she is neither. And neither was Reagan, who declared at the very end of November.
Which is why her "running-without-running tease" is strategically brilliant.
Whether Sarah Palin runs for ‘12 POTUS or not, some will be very happy about it, while others will be very disappointed about it. I’m very concerned about how the majority of Sarah Palin supporters respond, if Sarah Palin decides to, officially, not run for ‘12 POTUS. Many believe that it’s a “sure thing” that Sarah will run for ‘12 POTUS. Will enough Sarah supporters, actually, vote for the final GOP choice for ‘12 POTUS (I hope)? Will too many decide to stay at home on November ‘12? Will too many “blank” or “write-in Sarah Palin” on their November ballot? Will too many vote for third party candidates for POTUS/Independent candidates for POTUS on their November ballot? Will Barack Obama be re-elected POTUS, partly because Sarah decided not to run for ‘12 POTUS, and causing too many Sarah supporters to do any of the above mentioned things that go against the final GOP candidate for ‘12 POTUS?
With respect, there is not ONE great line..not even a good line, in Godfather III..it should never have been made...all copies should be destroyed....compared to I & II it is sooooooooooobad...Coppola gave his daughter....who can’t act her way out of a cannoli, a starring role....she is still traumatized from the scathing reviews she received..
Sarah will announce in her own time. The media can’t force her and that frustrates them. Hahaha.