Posted on 02/17/2013 5:49:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I should add to my post that Palin would be my ideal Tea Party choice, due not just to her solid ideological credentials, but her incorruptable history. Virtually all politicians tend to be beholden to varied interests from Party machines to unions to corporate donors to special interest groups and the whole plethora. It’s such a rarity to find one like Palin who isn’t, and who even had a record of fighting corruption within her own party, resigning from a high-paying, high-power commission over it. The only things Palin showed herself beholden to were the Constitution first and the people second. She’s the epitome of the kind of reformer/leader the country desperately needs.
But the likelihood of that happening admittedly looks a bit dim to me. The country has become far too degenerate, far too corrupt, with a deep-seated moral bankrupcy and a culture akin to an open sewer. Hard to see Palin making headway in this decaying, degraded environment. She’s more a reflection of the country and culture as it used to be, when it both asprired to and displayed greatness. I’d still support her, and a Tea Party agenda, of course. Big time. At very least as one last gesture, one last effort, against what appears to be an unsalvageable country in its waning end-days.
I think somebody just needs a big hug.
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Please tell me who you’re looking at for 2016, and don’t “I haven’t really thought about it” or “time will tell” and all that. You’re rejecting Gov. Palin out-of-hand, so you must have someone in mind.
NBC then?
We need to see who does what for the next several years.
As an example, there were those who thought Chris Christie might have been a front runner for 2016; however, we all know better now that we've gotten to know him.
There is no super rush to endorse at this early juncture. The true conservatives (among the active governors, senators, and members of congress) will rise to the top. One hopes.
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My comment about Palin referred to her decision to resign as Governor in 2009, not to her decision not to run for President in 2012.
And let me emphasize this: I do not question her decision to resign as Governor. She put family, and family finances, ahead of her office. Nothing wrong with that.
But to save this poor country, we need another Reagan, or perhaps an American Churchill. Palin is a fine person, and she is a real asset to the conservative cause. But she is simply not a Churchill.
IF.......you could get Palin TO run, I don’t think there is ANY chance in the world that you’d EVER get her to take the VP slot again; and I would not blame her.
I don't believe in denouncing and discouraging folks who might want to run. Even if they do not win a lot of primaries, their ideas can get out there for folks to mull over.
Precisely why we need to term limit the ba$tard$ out, insist that congress be subject to all the laws they pass and eliminate all congressional perks except those needed to perform their jobs.
I love Sarah Palin and I hope she runs in ‘16.
Regrettably, until she proves otherwise it appears that you are right.
Who is presidential material? Rubio, Ryan and Chris Cristie? Palin will kick all of their butts if she decides to run and I hope she does.
Palin-Newt 2016. Now is the time for Palin.
” Please explain to us why that should be? Because she is female, perhaps? “
Nothing at all to do with being a female . No sense repeating what others who agree with me have already said in this thread .
i was thinking the same thing recently ...
Obama became president, am i to assume he’s presidential material because he is president?
Just curious,had you been Govenor of Alaska would you have allowed state affairs to come to a standstill due to trumped up FOA request and further would you have allowed your family to be destroyed under bankruptcy,be carefull your answer will indicate what kind of leader you are and what kind of guardian you are for your family. It’s easy to cast stones when you don’t have to bear the brunt of them.
It would be nice - probably take a lot of flak for “being a quitter”, “misleading people about her intentions for 2012”, etc, etc., and that’s just from our side...
We can cast our wishes on others but at the end of the day they are just our wishes.
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