Sarah Palin is not 'committed to running' for president in 2012, White House bid not her 'focus'

NY Daily News ^ | 8/4/10 | Nina Hartenstein

[pissant]

Sarah Palin may be a popular pick for Republicans in 2012, but the former Alaska Gov. is staying cagey on her presidential plans.

"I've never committed to running for president," Palin said on Fox News Sunday. "That's not where my focus is."

Instead, Palin says she is devoting her attention to getting Republicans back in office this fall.

[mkjessup]

More than a few FReepers have questioned whether Sarah Palin is ready to serve as President presuming she can get nominated, and assuming she can actually win the general election. The fact is, in comparison to past Presidents, Sarah Palin falls woefully short in the area of experience, and exceeds only one occupant of the Oval Office (the current one) in terms of political experience.

To that end, a summary of Presidential experience beginning with Comrade Zero and going back all the way to Harry Truman:

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Barack Obama

Military Experience: None

Political Experience:

State Senator (Illinois) 1997 - 2004 (7 years legislative experience)
U.S. Senator 2005 - 2008 (3 years federal legislative experience)
President 2009 -
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pre-Presidential Experience 10 years


George W Bush

Military Experience: Texas Air National Guard / Air Force Reserve
1968 - 1974 (6 years total)

Political Experience:

Campaign Advisor to GHWB 1988 & 1992 (2 years cumulative campaign experience)
Governor of Texas 1994 - 2000 (6 years executive experience)
President 2001 - 2009
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pre-Presidential Experience 14 years


William Jefferson Clinton

Military Experience: None

Political Experience:

Attorney General (Ark) 1976 - 1978 (2 years judicial experience)
Governor of Arkansas 1978 - 1980 (2 years executive experience)
Governor of Arkansas 1982 - 1992 (10 years executive experience)
President 1993 - 2001
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pre-Presidential Experience 14 years


George Herbert Walker Bush

Military Experience: United States Navy - Combat Naval Aviator & Trainer/Instructor
1942 - 1945 (3 years total)

Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1966 - 1970 (4 years legislative experience)
U.N. Ambassador 1971 - 1973 (2 years diplomatic experience)
GOP Chairman 1973 - 1974 (2 years political management experience)
U.S. Liaison to PRC 1974 - 1976 (2 years diplomatic experience)
CIA Director 1976 - 1977 (1 year national security/intelligence experience)
Vice President 1981 - 1989 (8 years executive/diplomatic/managerial experience)
President 1989 - 1993
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pre-Presidential Experience 22 years


Ronald Wilson Reagan

Military Experience: United States Army - Cavalry / Army Air Force / Public Relations
1937 - 1945 (8 years total)

Political Experience:

Screen Actors Guild
(President) 1947 - 1952 (6 years executive/management experience + 1 yr/1959)
Governor of California 1967 - 1975 (8 years executive experience)
President 1981 - 1989
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pre-Presidential Experience 22 years


Jimmy Carter

Military Experience: United States Navy - Nuclear Power Plants, submarine service
1946 - 1953 (7 years total)

Political Experience:

Georgia State Senate 1961 - 1966 (5 years legislative experience)
Governor of Georgia 1971 - 1975 (4 years executive experience)
President 1977 - 1981
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pre-Presidential Experience 16 years


Gerald Ford

Military Experience: United States Navy - Navigation, AntiAircraft, Instructor
1942 - 1946 (4 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1949 - 1973 (25 years legislative experience)
Vice President 1973 - 1974 (-1 year / 11 mths to be exact)
President 1974 - 1976
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pre-Presidential Experience 30 years


Richard Nixon

Military Experience: United States Navy - Logistics, Operations, Cargo Handling
1942 - 1945 (3 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1946 - 1950 (4 years legislative experience)
U.S. Senator 1950 - 1952 (2 years legislatvie experience)
Vice President 1952 - 1960 (8 years executive/diplomatic experience)
President 1968 - 1974
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pre-Presidential Experience 17 years


Lyndon Johnson

Military Experience: United States Navy - Pacific Survey Team, Presidential review
1942 - 1945 (3 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Senator 1948 - 1960 (12 years legislative experience)
Vice President 1960 - 1963 (3 years executive experience)
President 1963 - 1968
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pre-Presidential Experience 18 years


John F Kennedy

Military Experience: United States Navy - PT Boat Commander, Pacific Theatre
1941 - 1945 (4 years total)
Political Experience:

U.S. Congressman 1946 - 1952 (6 years legislative experience)
U.S. Senator 1952 - 1960 (8 years legislative experience)
President 1960 - 1963
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pre-Presidential Experience 18 years


Dwight D. Eisenhower

Military Experience: United States Army - Supreme Allied Commander, European Theatre
1911 - 1952 (41 years total)

Political Experience: None
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pre-Presidential Experience 41 years


Harry S Truman

Military Experience: United States Army - Missouri National Guard, AEF, World War I
1905 - 1918 (13 years total)
Political Experience:

County Judge 1922 - 1924 (2 years judicial experience)
Presiding Judge 1926 - 1932 (6 years judicial experience)
Director Federal CWA/MO 1933 - 1934 (1 year executive/managerial experience)
U.S. Senator 1934 - 1944 (10 years legislative experience)
Vice President 1944 - 1945 (-1 year total)
President 1944 - 1952
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pre-Presidential Experience 33+ years


Sarah Palin

Military Experience: None

Political Experience:

Wasilla City Council 1992 - 1996 (4 years local municipal experience)
Mayor of Wasilla 1996 - 2002 (6 years local executive experience)
Oil & Gas Commission 2003 - 2004 (11 months state experience, Feb '03, resigned Jan '04)
Governor of Alaska 2006 - 2009 (3 years executive experience, resigned July 2009)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pre-Presidential Experience 13 years 11 months


And in conclusion, the above data in graph form:


Sarah has less experience than did Jimmy Carter when he took the Oath of Office in January '77, and we all know how that slow motion train wreck turned out. Sarah is a great cheerleader, can motivate people to vote, but the unpleasant reality is that 13.9 years of experience simply isn't going to cut it.

[pissant]

I’m not big on “experience” in general. Clinton and Jimmuh had plenty. Wisdom, backbone and consistent conservatism along with military experience, however, is essential. There too, she falls short. Yet, if she does win, I will take her in a heartbeat over that communist stooge pretending to be president.

[mkjessup]

Truth be told Pissant, nobody in their right mind would choose 0bama over Sarah Palin, yours truly included.

I do believe however, that the Republican Party can do far better, and hopefully will.

[pissant]

That will be our objective for 2012. Get the right man, yes I said MAN, in the whitehouse.

[mkjessup]

Agreed. We’ve already seen what it’s like to have too much estrogen in the Oval Office, just look at the p****y we got in there right now.

[stephenjohnbanker]

We’ve already seen what it’s like to have too much estrogen in the Oval Office, just look at the p****y we got in there right now. “

You are perhaps referring to the

Whiny Little Bitch?

[mkjessup]

No, Robert Gibbs doesn’t actually work in the Oval Office, lol

[stephenjohnbanker]

;-)

[editor-surveyor]

This is fodder for fools.

No candidate that has a ‘Media’ job can commit to being a candidate without putting that job at risk.

The RNC elite supporters here would love for this to have substance, but alas, it is vapor!
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[editor-surveyor]

“This could get ugly quick.”

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Whenever the RNC elite start grasping at straws like this, its already ugly, and they are just picking at their loose stitches.
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[SmokingJoe]

Yet another idiotic article from the notoriously loony let New York Daily News?
Its good to see the lefties quaking in their communist boots over the prospect of the by now almost certain Sarah Palin run for president in 2012.

[editor-surveyor]

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You Betcha!
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[editor-surveyor]

“Hope you’re not getting paid by the word.”

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Send him your agent’s phone number, then he can get on your payment plan.
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[deport]

Your help maybe needed.....

[Tennessee Nana]

Sarah Palin is not ‘committed to running’ for president in 2012, White House bid not her ‘focus’
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So Mitt Romney wrote this ???

HEY !!! MITTY WITTY !!

Ya scared of Sarah, boy ???

[ReneeLynn]

I could really have lived without being pinged to this Sarah Palin hatefest. Pissant knows how to do anything else. Same crap, different day.

[MaggieCarta]

Excellent graphic! Thank you for taking the time to put it together!

[mkjessup]

Send him your agent’s phone number, then he can get on your payment plan.

My agent only deals with top quality talent, not rank amateurs.

[MaggieCarta]

...I’ll tell the WORLD!

Thanks!

[Lower55]

“I’ve never committed to” and “is not committed to” are not the same. But you know that. It’s easier to just make crap up, isn’t it?