Posted on 10/10/2011 4:56:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin wasnt ever really going to run for president, was she? Thats Donald Craig Mitchells guess. In an Op-Ed that discusses Palins decision not to run, Mitchell says shes long prioritized her celebrity career over her commitment to public office, reminding us of Palins lucrative deals that followed after she quit as Alaskas governor, including a seven-figure contract with Fox News.
After three years of tweeting, hinting and eyelash-batting, on Wednesday Sarah Palin announced that she was not running for president. Her Facebook friends are disappointed. But for Sarah-watchers in Alaska like me, the announcement was long expected, old news. [ ]
For the past two years that's how Palin has spent most of her time: promoting books, making paid television appearances, giving paid speeches. During that time she made no effort to establish campaign organizations on the ground in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Nevertheless, with the filing deadline for the New Hampshire primary election less than a month away, until Wednesday millions of Americans were still wondering about her intentions.
While some readers on our discussion board side with Mitchell and also express relief that Palin isnt joining the race others have used the space to support Palins decision. Heres a sampling.
Props to Palin for choosing high-paying gigs obviously something lazy liberals dont understand
As someone who supported Sarah Palin and wished she had run I can assure you I don't feel scammed....
(Excerpt) Read more at opinion.latimes.com ...
following is an article that makes a lot of sense to me:
The Long March
October 10 2011 - Guest Submission by Irish Coins - http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/10/the-long-march.html
Here is part of it:
“I offered up the following explanation. Gov. Palin was planning a strategic late entry, and the Establishment GOP, supporting Gov. Romney, had advanced the primary dates a month or so. This turned three months of preparation for the early primaries to two months, which included at least three holidays. There was all of one million dollars in SarahPAC. And in a short race, although Iowa was perhaps ready, NH, SC, and FL were not, and there was insufficient time to effectively organize the one-on-one ground game of o4p in the shorter time frame. So ad money would in part become the means of winning perhaps 2 or 3 of the early states, and the previous survey of expected O4P financial support, including the money bomb, was not deemed sufficient to prevail. Faced with these difficult and seemingly unsolvable challenges of being squeezed for time and money in the early state primaries, another door was closed. The establishment-controlled GOP made it clear they would not be supporting her candidacy, in the primary, or in the general.
This last point of no support, or even quasi-neutral support, from the GOP Establishment, even if Gov. Palin were to secure the GOP nomination, would ensure Obamas victory, as would a ruled-out third-party candidacy. And Gov. Palin, first, is a problem solver and coalition builder. She has successfully reached out to liberals, with a track record for governing as a social libertarian. And she is joined by conservative Democrats on cutting spending and a balanced budget. But not having the backing of her own party is lacking a key element of her coalition. Indeed, some state filings require the party to certify her candidacy, and that event itself may have been clouded or subject to delay. In any case, the GOP was bought and paid for and locked up against her, working actively against her in the primary, and offering no support in the General. So, given all this, there was no clear path to the presidency, and her entry would increase the likelihood of an Obama reelection, given the present status quo.
Challenging the status quo of an entrenched enemy on the left and on the supposed right is a many faceted exercise. Gov. Palin, just by threatening to enter the race, has already perhaps effectively prevented the entry of other GOP establishment figures more formidable than Gov. Romney, as it would split the GOP establishment vote, while Gov. Palin would gain most of the conservative and independent vote. A survey of how the dynamics of the campaign would likely unfold weighed on the decision. Had Sarah announced on October 5th, the heavy lifting would have fallen to her. But the heavy lifting is ours.
Yes, we had 60 coming out of Texas to Indianola, but that is not the 800,000 or so needed for the FL Primary, or the 60 million needed to clean the Senate and House in November 2012. Sarah Palin can not restore this nation. Only Americans can restore this nation. And when Sarah from Alaska closed the door on a presidential campaign, on October 5, she did indeed feel a sense of relief, and a confirmation, as the realization is now hopefully stark and clear, the burden truly falls to each of us to raise the banner of restoration for this nation.”
“Rather than sell her soul to the GOP establishment, Sarah Palin has stood in the St. Louis arena, and declared, Palin is not for sale. And she has taken what was to be a presidential campaign to the next level and done what only Sarah Palin can do. She has upped the volume. It will not just be a campaign for the presidency, but a campaign for every office in America. It will be a campaign for the ideas of Sarah Palin. Relentless Reform, Fighting Crony Capitalism and Pay for Play, the Five Point Plan of Restoring States Rights, Repealing Obamacare, Reigning in Spending, Restoring Energy Resources, and Lowering the Tax Rate, and implementation of the Palin Doctrine.”
True, it would be jaw-dropping.
As far as I’m concerned, no Sarah, no GOP. I’m sitting this one out and hope that obama gets another term. Then maybe Sarah can form a new party and turn things around.
The people who worked against her so much are to blame. I doubt Ronald Reagan himself would make it through a Republican primary these days. They would work against him too. Who exactly is in control of the Republican party ? WHO ?
If you're afraid to fight, you might as WELL be dead.
I agree completely. It's impossible for me to get excited, or even INTERESTED in the likes of Perry & Cain.
The Tea Party can't work within the GOP. They are at cross purposes.
We have to play the hand we're dealt...
I think she kept stalling and stalling, hoping Christie would get in, reasoning that Christie would split the RINO vote with Romney.
Sarah knew that Perry would eventually implode, and that Cain had no chance. (IMO, Cain would be in single digits if Sarah was in the race.)
Willing to sacrifice your children for that principle?
no. but i don’t believe her kids were in direct danger..if people never took risks, this country would have never existed
Good answer
but i dont believe her kids were in direct danger
Your belief, and reality, can be two completely different things...and most likely are.
“As far as Im concerned, no Sarah, no GOP.....I agree completely. ....It’s impossible for me to get excited, or even INTERESTED in the likes of Perry & Cain.....The Tea Party can’t work within the GOP. They are at cross purposes....
Sorry to say but I agree.....No fire in the belly for any of them.....And I think Obama does win another term.....
I’m kinda thinking the same thing if we can get a filibuster-proof Senate, House, and increase the Conservatives at state levels.
Although another 4 years of having to hear and see Zero is sickening to say the least.
Palin is not running because she knows that she cannot win. The left has been very successful in destroying her political opportunities at lease for 2012. She is a tremendous communicator and strong conservative. I wish that the left had not been so successful. The silver lining on the left’s successful misinformation campaign is that the left has neglected other candidates.
While many think this is Sarah cashing in, it is my take that she was/is fighting back. What better way to get your message out than in mediums where you can control the message. And, btw, whatever happened to that favorite liberal phrase, "speaking truth to power"?
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