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POLITICO: Palin plans to stay visible
Politico ^ | 7/3/2009 | Mike Allen

Posted on 07/03/2009 5:26:05 PM PDT by GVnana

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To: beckett

Screw you, Beckett. And that goes for all the ‘other’ Dummies (and other leftist cesspool trolls).

And I mean that sincerely.


81 posted on 07/03/2009 7:34:39 PM PDT by XenaLee
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To: GregH
She is quitting the job because she is just tired of it and fed up attacks on her family, her political career is over and that about sums about it.

I was watching Sarah's full remarks on FOX and in my opinion she believes her political career is just starting.

82 posted on 07/03/2009 7:37:19 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: redgolum
But this is a horrible move. It suggest that she is either weak or has something to hide.

You're not alone. That was my first instinct, too. Then I thought it through and came to the exact opposite conclusion.

I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised by how this plays out.

83 posted on 07/03/2009 7:39:26 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Again, I wouldn't mind being wrong.

But quiting on your first term of governor isn't the way to go into the big show.

I don't wear blinders, and ask yourself how you would react if this was anyone other than Palin.

There is more to this, but I fear it isn't the pie in the sky hopes of many here.

84 posted on 07/03/2009 7:42:17 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: XenaLee

BWAHAHA!


85 posted on 07/03/2009 7:46:17 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: SeekAndFind

You should add Rubio to that list.


86 posted on 07/03/2009 7:47:37 PM PDT by benjibrowder (For Neda. May God bless those fighting for freedom.)
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To: janipa

“I thought the very same thing. Anxious to hear Rush next week.”

Rush is off golfing next week.


87 posted on 07/03/2009 7:50:30 PM PDT by unpartisan
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To: FreeReign

I think Reagan did atleast 2 terms of governor in California before concentrating full time to run for President.

Palin has served just a bit more than half her first term, so I dont know what political career she has in mind but definetly it doesn’ look like a Presidential run.


88 posted on 07/03/2009 7:50:36 PM PDT by GregH
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To: GregH
She could hit the Cable Tv circuit and stay as a commentator but not as a politician.

No offense, but you are so off-base. Palin won't join the talking heads. She's going to walk right over the top of them.

89 posted on 07/03/2009 7:50:53 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: hoosiermama

I had the same thought. It’s a perfectly natural alignment.


90 posted on 07/03/2009 7:52:12 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: dhs12345

So change and stop dribbling here...


91 posted on 07/03/2009 7:52:33 PM PDT by mtntop3
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To: redgolum
But quiting on your first term of governor isn't the way to go into the big show. I don't wear blinders, and ask yourself how you would react if this was anyone other than Palin. There is more to this, but I fear it isn't the pie in the sky hopes of many here.

I think you are mixing two different ideas. If you think Sarah quiting her first term will hurt her politicaly, fine.

If you think Sarah is quitting because she is tired of politics or there is some hidden scandal and her political career is over, then you haven't heard her full comments that she made today.

I believe she is keen on running in 2012 and I believe she thinks that today's decision will free her up to pursue that goal.

92 posted on 07/03/2009 7:55:47 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: redgolum
I don't wear blinders, and ask yourself how you would react if this was anyone other than Palin.

I wasn't a big Palin supporter before today. I liked her, but I generally agreed with the advice she was getting from the Krauthammer's and Goldberg's of the world. I was actually losing faith in her before today.

I had no blinders on... my first reaction was very negative. I just thought it through and reached another conclusion... one that made me see her in an entirely new light. I think this was a brilliant, very calculated, game-changing gambit.

93 posted on 07/03/2009 8:01:27 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: FreeReign

I think she’s about to open a can of whoop ass on Zero.
Can she not say that she stayed in office longer than he did before running?


94 posted on 07/03/2009 8:01:45 PM PDT by sandpit
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To: GregH
I think Reagan did atleast 2 terms of governor in California before concentrating full time to run for President. Palin has served just a bit more than half her first term, so I dont know what political career she has in mind but definetly it doesn’ look like a Presidential run.

Eight months ago, with eight months less of Alaska governing experience, and teaming with a real dud, she ran for VP and came within six or seven points of winning that office.

Perhaps you think that serving as a lame duck Alaska governor for another 18 months will make Sarah more qualified to run for President. Watching her speak today, I don't think she thinks that way.

95 posted on 07/03/2009 8:05:44 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: sandpit

She said the Wounded troops she just visited helped her make up her mind. mmmmmm would like to have been a fly on the wall.


96 posted on 07/03/2009 8:07:31 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Jeff Head

Great post, Jeff! (#10)


97 posted on 07/03/2009 8:07:55 PM PDT by nutmeg (Sarah and Todd Palin and the Deadliest Catch captains should run this country)
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To: saquin

Hey you’re on it. I saw the list, what can I say. I can say this, some of the best trolls on internet forums are ones that sign up, let it simmer and try to fly under the radar. Longevity means nothing. One of my friends has been posting on DU for a long time. He flies under the radar, gets called out once in a while, then plays nice again. I didn’t make the list, I just saw it. Sorry, your name is there and I don’t know why.


98 posted on 07/03/2009 8:12:07 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: mojitojoe

Oooh, there’s a “list”. Didn’t know there was such a “list”, wouldn’t know where to find it and frankly couldn’t give a damn. I don’t deal in “lists”. Seems like an easy cop-out for people who can’t engage in serious discussion. (”Bah! I disagree with you! Instead of proving my point, I’ll put you on my “list”. So there! Then I’ll take my ball and go home!”) I say what I believe and stand behind every single thing I’ve said here for the past nearly 12 years. If it makes you feel better to yell “troll” than to engage in an argument (maybe because you can’t?) then that’s your prerogative.

Not my problem, dude.


99 posted on 07/03/2009 8:27:19 PM PDT by saquin
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To: married21
Ronald Reagan was “unqualified”, too

Reagan was an honestly serious and thoughtful man all his life, even when he was a "B actor." Palin is a lightweight clearly uncomfortable dealing with serious issues. Sean Hannity's interview of her from several weeks ago was just re-aired on his show. I literally watched her cobble together trivial thoughts in her mind in an attempt to sound like she knows what she's talking about. It's just sad that anyone would compare this woman to Reagan.

Her rise is a complete fluke stemming from McCain's devilish desire to shake up staid presidential politics, sort of like a schoolboy prank that backfired.

We just had a lightweight Republican president who just about destroyed the party and the economy, and then handed the country to the Democrats. The last thing we need is another lightweight, superficial thinker leading the ticket in 2012.

100 posted on 07/03/2009 8:29:43 PM PDT by beckett (Amor Fati)
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