Posted on 04/28/2014 6:53:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hillary Clinton is running for President. Oh, sure, she hasn’t announced it yet. But all the signs are there: speeches to certain groups, third-party money-raising apparatus, little hints dropped by Bill Clinton on Twitter. Hillary can play coy, but no one in the Democrat Party believes for a second that she did not walk out of the offices of Secretary of State and right into a campaign meeting.
But what about the other big female name in American politics? No, not Elizabeth Warren. She is going to run with Hillary for the VP job.
We’re talking about Sarah Palin.
Ever since John McCain plucked Palin from Alaskan obscurity and thrust her into the spotlight of big league presidential politics, Palin has been the darling of the Tea Party.
Every time Palin turns up at some convention or another or even just on television or radio, speculation starts about whether or not she is running for some office again.
And she always teases it.
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When asked if she is running for (fill in the blank), Palin’s usual answer is couched as “considering it because people have asked me to.”
She has said that she would “never say never” to a presidential run. It depends on what “Americans really, really want in a candidate.”
And now Sarah Palin has flashed that bit of political skin once again, this time before the NRA. Saturday during a Stand And Fight rally at Lucas Oil Stadium, Palin had choice words for anyone who thought guns should not be allowed in schools (“stupid on steroids”).
She threw red meat to people who still believe that kids are not allowed to pray in schools — despite that myth having long been busted (students are free to pray in schools, only administrators may not lead prayer during school hours.)
She said that all liberals are hypocrites.
But her most incendiary line of the evening was about terrorists.
“If I were in charge,” Palin said, inserting a pregnant pause for applause from the crowd, “[our enemies] would know that water boarding is how we’d baptize terrorists.”
It was shocking enough on the surface of it, with it’s linking of water boarding torture with the Christian practice of baptism. But that pause was what she was masterfully playing.
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Sarah Palin likes to tease the idea of running for office. She likes to hear the applause of those people who buy tickets and fill seats and like her Facebook rants. But Sarah Palin will never run. Because if Sarah Palin actually put herself on the line again, she would have to answer questions, and not just the “gotcha” questions about policy and what newspapers she reads.
She would be outside the bubble of her fans, and Americans who find her statements like this to be offensive would want her to be called out by a responsible press.
It’s a pretty nifty career setup. Wink and hint that you might be, possibly, depending on what “the people” want, thinking about maybe running for something. Then collect speaking fees, write another book, and head back to the safety of a fan club.
Contrast this with Bobby Jindal, a Republican who is making no bones about the fact that he is running. A man who breaks protocol to speak out against the President to further his own political aspirations. Whether you like his approach or not is subjective. He may be preaching to the choir, but he isn’t hiding behind it.
Andrew Kaczynski ✔ @BuzzFeedAndrew
Being forced to transcribe Sarah Palin speeches
is how we baptize journalists.
3:15 PM - 28 Apr 2014
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she’s so irrelevant that they can’t stop talking about her
Oh dear God, imagine that administration? Hitlery and Phonyhontas.
I have had somewhat of a theory that Wide Load would run in 2016. What better way to both keep the slim ball in the white hut for 8 more years but to also crap in Hillarys Wheaties!!! Obama screwed her once before in 08 but to do it again in 16!!!!!!
Just think, we could all in chorus say to Hill; “at this point what difference does it make?”
I am praying Palin runs because she will not hold back one iota against Hitlery666 in a debate, but she needs to run as an independent because the Democrat-lite party, formerly known as the Republican party, would never nominate her in a million years. They would rather nominate Pelosi than Palin.
I love the woman, she has never ever done anything to make me feel otherwise
Well, she could use a run to slim down that fat caboose of hers. ;)
I will pray for you
loser
Her voice is great
I totally agree with you, she sounds like Judy Tenuta when she speaks, but her strong point is she holds nothing back plus her voice annoys the freakin’ hell out of liberals, drives them absolutely up the wall which is good because then they stick their foot in their mouth, they expose themselves as the sick pukes they are.
Her voice is music to my ears.
Google: Palin, industrial sump pump association. . I’d be amazed if they haven’t weighed in yet.
Flame on? No thanks. You prefer style over substance. My support for Palin is solely based on slaying the federal monster. Piddley ass crap doesn’t interest me.
So your wife has been disappointed for years.
WHAT?
Oh, my God! I’d never seen side-by-side images of the 4 of them. It’s heart-rending.
I agree with you. We DO have a one party system. As far as Palin, I am tired of the coyness and the voice.
FMCDH(BITS)
It is scary. Nothing like cutting your head off.
Romney’s voice? McCain for chrisesake!? Her voice would not be discussed but for the fact that she is a she. Sarah has never been wrong on the issues, she has an army waiting in the wings, and she carries a gallon of whoopass where she goes. If she runs, she wins.
Sarah is too good for corrupt D.C. politics. I hope she continues to be a world-wide influence for good by her Christian life, devotion to family, and support of conservative candidates.
And she can do all of this while enjoying her life in beautiful Alaska.
If she could be elected President, I would be happy beyond measure. But this country is beyond reasonable elections, sadly. Sarah and her family would be scorned and ridiculed by the media, and the voters “persuaded” to vote for a more liberal candidate.
She is wise not to put her family through such pain.
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