The Problem With Palin

American Spectator ^ | April 19, 2010 | Quin Hillyer

[rbmillerjr]

Favre? Another reductio absurdum argument?

Come on, you’ll be moaning about Romney the RINO and Romney the aborter if he wins the nomination.

[JohnnyM]

1) You are not quitting when you have been elected to higher office. So if a Governor gets elected Pres, then leaving the Governorship is a given and is not quitting.

2) Leaving the office in the run up to an election is also not quitting. If I am a Governor who is running for President, then it is ok for them to leave office, within reason. If I leave the Governorship 4 years before a general election so I can run for President, then that is stretching the bounds of reason.

Palin did neither. She did not quit because she wanted to run for President, she quit because the other side was playing dirty. She also quit 4 years before the next presidential election, which is way too soon for any presidential run.

She only had a year or two left on her term. Why not just ride it out and say she is not running for reelection? It would not have effected her run for the Presidency at all.

She quit because she couldn't take the heat and she could make much more money doing what she is doing now.

JM

[JohnnyM]

Romney IS a RINO, which is why I wont vote for him, and if either he or Palin win the nom, then you can say hello to 4 more years of Obama.

JM

[onyx]

[al baby]

I bet she would produce Her COLB

[rbmillerjr]

“Leaving the office in the run up to an election is also not quitting. If I am a Governor who is running for President, then it is ok for them to leave office, within reason. If I leave the Governorship 4 years before a general election so I can run for President, then that is stretching the bounds of reason.”

That’s incorrect. The unofficial campaigns have already started...see Mitt’s organization, reference Palin’s multitude of speeches regarding national issues.

“She only had a year or two left on her term. Why not just ride it out and say she is not running for reelection? It would not have effected her run for the Presidency at all.”

You’re showing your lack of political knowledge here. It’s really an ignorant comment.

[DLfromthedesert]

Look, we’ll never know so all we can do is speculate. I like a lot of what Bush did, but I also think he missed some opportunities, like better protection of our borders.

[rbmillerjr]

“Romney IS a RINO, which is why I wont vote for him, and if either he or Palin win the nom, then you can say hello to 4 more years of Obama.”

So you rule Palin out with Romney. So you obviously have another person you thnk that is both a conservative and has the credibility to beat Obama.

Who is it?

[al baby]

he whistles because he has a pea brain that rolls around in his mt head when he reads aloud

[al baby]

OMG post of the day

[JohnnyM]

anyone who thinks a quitter can run for the presidency and win has rose colored glasses on.

JM

[rbmillerjr]

You didn’t answer the question...who is it?

[SoCalPol]

If you think Sarah Palin is not qualified to be President, than that also leaves out, Romney, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Pence, Thune, and all the other second and third tier wannabies.

Wasn’t much in Lincoln’s background that made him qualified to be President especially with no real Military background.
Yet, he was the only one who could and did see us through the Civil War and saved the Union.

[al baby]

Oh Johnny your so funny

[JohnnyM]

I like Paul Ryan, but you said he is out, so I am a man without a candidate right now.

The Republican side is pretty weak. I dont like Pawlenty at all. I like Jindal, but dont think he could win a general election right now. I like Ron Paul on the domestic agenda side of things, but his views on foreign policy make me sick. I could see myself voting for Newt, but he has a lot of political baggage that could hurt him in the general.

JM

[onyx]

We’ll live to see her deplane from AF1 as our Madame President!

[RipSawyer]

“But I would like to see more of what she could do in a capacity such as a senator.”
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Being a senator is possibly the WORST background for president! Traditionally it has been nearly impossible to go from sitting senator to president. Of course this last time both major candidates were sitting senators so the rule didn’t apply. I don’t know offhand of a single person who went from the senate to the presidency and became a great president.

[rbmillerjr]

Listen Paul Ryan reminds me of Kasich back when he balanced the budget, a great budget wonk, one of the smartest guys on the GOP bench.

But he’s taken himself out of the race. If you’re a purist, there are plenty of 1-3% vote getters out there but you won’t be relevant to the election.

There’s hope and then there is reality.

[VideoDoctor]

not any reasoned argument against her

Pretty much the CORE issue with all Liberals who attack her.

[VideoDoctor]

Personally I'd rather have Sarah than the current resident.

AMEN!