Sarah Palin Lays Out Her Views in Tea Party Speech, Without Formally Announcing 2012 Candidacy

International Business Times ^ | September 3, 2011

[Sea Parrot]

And you have vast experience in that commodity?

[grey_whiskers]

Just watched and reflected on a bunch of the speech.

Allow me to correct myself.

She's no longer sauntering.

She's either striding (purposefully) or stalking.

Cheers!

[SoJoCo]

And you have vast experience in that commodity?

Not as much as most of the politicians in this country have.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The longer she delays announcing her candidacy, the longer she keeps the ruling-class RINOs, state-controlled media, DemocRAT and Republican opponents, etc. in complete and total disarray.

Why should she give up her strategic advantage?

To make it "fair" for the RINOs and 'Rats?

Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.

[Sea Parrot]

” If she had stayed as governor of Alaska, I’d feel more confident,...)

Concern troll much?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I’m stealing that argument from you. Do you mind?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Far better even than the speech, was the autographs afterward - 45 minutes of Palin signing autographs.

2:30 onward in the following video:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/PartyofA&showFullAbstract=1

That’s hour 2, minute 30. Watch it full screen, this is quality television.

Obama is toast. So may be Perry, frankly. Never saw such natural political skill before

Again hour 2 minute 30:
(45 minutes of autograph signing)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/PartyofA&showFullAbstract=1

[DTogo]

Was thinking more of the tactical disadvantage of not announcing anytime soon. Looks she’ll be backing a Perry/Bachmann ticket instead. IMHO.

[tarotsailor]

Palin and Cain are so much the Yin and Yang of Tea Party principles...Palin/Cain, even the rumor of the two of them together would be the shock heard round the world...

[RoadTest]

“*“Let’s enforce the 10th amendment. Devolve powers back locally.””

That’s what Geert Wilders just told the Germans, in a speech in Germany. Do it like Switzerland and let the power reside in the local canton, not far-away Brussels. (They pack pistols, too)

[smoothsailing]

GW, if you're going to repost my comment, repost the entire comment, please. What I said was she wasn't running yet. It doesn't mean she won't, I know I want her to!

Here's some twitter humor for you;

Sarah Palin saw Rick Perry's shadow, so... at least six more weeks of campaign announcement teasing.

http://twitter.com/#!/OneTruthHunter

I hope she runs, she and Perry make a fine team and an attractive General Campaign Ticket!

:o)

[riri]

That's what Fred Thompson thought.

Timing was not what did Fred Thompson in. Fred Thompson is what did Fred Thompson in. I like the guy, don't get me wrong but he was lacking in passion and focus.

I think announcing late will be beneficial to her. She owns this process and has no need to play by the establishment rules. The longer she waits, the worse things in the country get, the longer people have to focus on that. The minute she enters all focus turns to her--we don't need focus on her, not yet.

[Sea Parrot]

“Having said this she is a master tactician”

Tactics follow strategy, and she is a master strategist. By continuing to speak, she is actually using the LSM to go around them. By not announcing as of yet and getting maximum exposure for free, the people get a second chance to see and hear what she has to say.

[Ladysforest]

I know it was a play on words - we all know how the media will snatch up even crumbs like this to try and make her look like a goofball.

As to: “but she seems to take up things and then drop them.”, other than resigning as Gov. I am not aware of her dropping anything else.

As to why she did that, she needs to be strong on messaging about why. It’s not enough to say “it’s in the book” (Todd did that) but to clearly explain.

The fact is simple. There were so many bulls**t lawsuits and actions filed against her that were costing the state itself a ton of money. Taxpayer money. The cost to the state from the Gov. staff having to focus time addressing that junk, and not strictly the business of the state, was also an issue. That is so super simple to understand.

Haters like to pretend that she quit just to make money - but she could have done that while in office. Haters like to ignore that the baseless suits were on target to bankrupt her family. Remember that Sarah absolutely KNEW those were baseless, and that has been proven now. So, she had NO moral obligation to protect her family? From utter financial ruin? She had no moral duty to take the controversy that was constructed out of whole lies, and the tremendous costs, the distractions, and the negative discourse, out of the office of Gov.?

I don’t like one bit that she was placed in that position, and was forced to make the only choice that a moral person could make, but she has been vindicated. They never found a dam* thing on her, though she now carries this single black mark on her record. How many of us would have done differently?

She has proven that she did not leave out of cowardice, nor from shame. She has proven that many times over.

[grey_whiskers]

What I said was beautifully consistent with your post.

One strides (purposefully) (or even better, one stalks) prior to breaking into a run.

Mama Grizzly on the hunt.

Cheers!

[GeronL]

bump

[Springfield Reformer]

LOL!

[livius]

No, I would have known exactly why she was being attacked. I like her and I’d vote for her, but she does seem to be willing to decamp, either for personal or political reasons, when the going gets rough.

It’s true that the Dems were chatting about assassinating her and doing many other awful things, but I wish she had stuck it out.

[smoothsailing]

You missed my point, but you want her in the race, that’s all that really matters.