A Map-Based Answer to the Palin Question

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 6 July 2009 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[3niner]

It doesn’t do her any good to lay the whole plan down today for all to see. Otherwise, the State Run Media will be blowing up the road in front of her.

So instead, they are having to guess, and blow up all roads out of town, just in case.

I just couldn't resist extending your metaphor. :-)

[Reagan69]

My personal speculation? I think Levin & Rush were advisors.

[Species8472]

As an Alaskan that travels frequently to the lower 49 states. I absolutely concur with your analysis. The trip back and forth can be brutally long and with the 4 hour time change, exhausting.

[Louis Foxwell]

Thanks for your insights, prodigous as usual.
I wondered at first if Sarah was simply rejecting the punishment of public office for the more serene life of mom and cfommunity leader. She seems, however, to be made of sterner stuff.
I am in hearty agreement that she has shiftede in the balance to be able to carry a heavier load with an eye to greater accomplishments.
Indeed, we shall see what all this portends. I suspect that you and Ann Coulter are correct, however. This is a brilliant tactical move that will give her the opportunity to speak on the platform the media has already made available. They may not love her but they cannot get enough of her.
So say we all.

[revtown]

I think she should work on forming the Free States of America. The States and provinces roughly between Alaska and Texas.

I’d move there in a heartbeat.

[3niner]

I'm sure that the people of Alaska will be thrilled to learn that being their governor is so low on the pecking order.

They knew that, when she ran for VP, and didn't seem to be offended then. She can do far more good for Alaska (and, incidentally, the rest of the country) if she gains substantial national power.

[johncocktoasten]

very observant. This is why she will run and will be the nominee IMHO. All this ridiculously pitched level of attack is going to end up furnishing her with a high level of immunity to last minute attacks derailing her campaign.

The media reaction reminds me of the scene at the end of Terminator 2 where the machine is dropped into the vat of molten steel. The State Run Media are wigging out uncontrollably because Sarah Palin has just checkmated them. The frivolous ethics complaint has been the SRM main attack line. Now its gone.

What kills me is that the folks of FR can’t see this and have a tremendous level of respect and joy for what a skilled political move this is, and that she is pulling it off, compared to the dunces we have in Washington with their heads stuck in their arse or the nearest tanning bed.

[Plutarch]

The rationale you give is plausible. She had an opportunity to present a coherent explanation during her speech, but didn't. She could have explained by taking Q&A, but didn't. Palin’s coyness has led to a lot of interesting speculation and livened up the weekend news, but in terms of a 2012 run, hasn't exactly allayed any concerns skeptical voters may have about steadiness, experience, and political professionalism.

[Logical me]

Believe you to be 100% correct. Also believe that Palin’s attorney is very anxious to hit some of the false charges with the full force of the law.

[azcap]

Billybob is absolutely right. This isn't rocket science or deep strategery. In the next 16 months two people will be speaking at every rubber chicken in America, Mitt Romney and now Sarah Palin. They'll be at every congressman and governors fundraisers, every County Party fundraiser and any event with a couple of hundred breathing GOP activists and a TV camera. The nomination is theirs to lose.

[TomGuy]

Statute miles distance

Anchorage to

Seattle - 1422
Dallas - 2998
Los Angeles - 2311
Houston - 3218
Chicago - 2801
Nashville - 3153
Atlanta - 3365
Miami - 3945
Washington, DC - 3322
New York - 3332
Boston - 3328

source: Flying Distance Calculator

[ForGod'sSake]

Your guesstimate is the same as mine so I say, well done!

The dinomedia will have a decision to make: Based on nothing more than their visceral hatred of what Sarah Palin stands for and the danger she represents, will they continue their unbridled attacks on her giving her large amounts of "face time" or do they slink away and bite their tongues? My guess is they will be unable to contain themselves as their need to trash the lady will override all other considerations, but we should know more about that within the next few months.

[ml/nj]

Even with her own aircraft in an airforce one configuration

I don't know. The acting President was at Camp David yesterday and today he hit the ground running in Moscow giving away the house to his Communist buddies.

ML/NJ

[numberonepal]

I think Levin & Rush were advisors.

Boy if she's that smart, then she really is the real deal. Maybe next shell have a sit and spit with Cheney. And if he's lucky, maybe she'll meet with Bush.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I recall Rush talking about a “high-level” confab he had with Levin last week. He said he was hoping to reveal it soon. The next day (I think) Palin said she wasn’t running for the Gov. again.

Friday she make a huge announcement at 1600 (eastern). This is known as the “news-dump hour” because discussion won’t heat up until Monday (and the person has been incommunicado all weekend). Actually, Rush discusses this quite often - pointing another finger toward ElRushbo.

I have also speculated that Levin may be helping Palin “legally”. One of her Alaskan detractors made a spurious comment and Sarah said she would look into “legal procedings” in the future; no sitting governor would attempt or threaten a constituent with a civil suit. This means Sarah will be playing real hardball politics and use the methods of the left when necessary. She’ll need a lawyer of Levin’s stature and “insider” knowledge.

Was the “high-level” confab a strategy planning teleconference with Sarah Palin? Who knows? Interesting though. We may find out a week from today.

[numberonepal]

Very interesting. I like the tag line too.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I stole it.

[tarheelswamprat]

I think that is correct, but the problem is that this was only a minor part of several reasons she actually gave in her speech for quitting. It's the other reasons that make her seem less strong, and raise more questions.

No, they don't. The reasons she gave in her speech are perfectly logical, ethically justified, and do not in any way make her less strong. To the contrary, they show she has the integrity and courage to put her family, her state and her country first and do what had to be done to deal with the situation facing both them and her.

As for your comment about "raising more questions", so what? Questions are fine, they're part of the process. So is speculation. It's pretending we have all the answers that is the problem. It's far too soon to know how all this will play out.

[calex59]

I agree with you. When I first heard that she was resigning I feared it was for good, but after listening to her speecehs, the one on Friday and the one on the 4th, I became convinced she is planning something very similar to what you outline.

I find it very funny that she took the news media to task in her July 4th speech and that the media immediately started attacking her again, once again proving she was correct.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I know I would love it if she came as a keynote speaker at the Mall. I am going to be there come hell or highwater.

My fear is that the MSM has made clear it will resort to ANYTHING to ruin a viable Republican and protect Hussein. And it will bury any story or evidence of dirty and/or illegal actions by Dems to ruin her. Look at Joe the Plumber. They could have thrown firebombs at his house and it wouldn’t have been reported.

They absolutely despise this woman. Nothing is off the table as a means of ruining her.