My pleasure.
Posted on 11/18/2010 4:41:49 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Joe Scarborough has a decidedly cynical take on Sarah Palin's public musings about the possibility of a 2012 presidential run. The Morning Joe host asserts that Palin knows she can't win and won't run.
According to Scarborough, Palin is in it for the money, and is engaging in open speculation about a run for the mercenary purpose of keeping her brand alive.
Joe offered his jaded view on today's Morning Joe after the show aired a clip of Palin telling Barbara Walters that she believed she could defeat Pres. Obama.
View video after the jump.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Yeah, but I thought we were talking about Scarborough...?
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I don’t think it is a lib talking point at all. True conservatives should not and do not abandon their duty for personal gain.
Just my opinion.
Come on
Guys like Scarb and Oberm and Chrissy make statements to goad the conservatives ( who they know tune in to hate them )cause controversy and up their poor ratings —that is all they are really about—it is an old time proven tactic and conservatives fall for it and watch including too many on this site
Would you stay in a job that started costing you twice what you made? She didn't have the wealth to withstand the frivilous ethics charges. For that matter, neither did Alaska.
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Same to you Gargantua! Have a great day.
The sharp instincts of a rock.
Just my opinion.
All major office holders take some sort of oath of office swearing that they will uphold the office/laws/regulations, do their job, serve with honor, etc and blah blah. Implicit in running for office and accepting it by being sworn in is the obligation to faithfully serve the full term.
Palin willfully chose to walk out on her sworn duty. For my part, that means she broke her oath of office.
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Exactly.
There is a hard-core Palin fan club here that, based on postings, numbers in the dozens (maybe). The FreeRepublic is a lot of things but it is not an accurate bell weather for the mindset of the American voter. For most of us character counts and quitting is not a sign of character.
Yeah, and Joe Scarborough works for free...
“But it’s it doesn’t appear she has solid support and across the board, I hope she doesn’t run. People like you lose elections. “
I can’t quite reconcile your statements that people flock to see her, yet she “doesn’t appear [to have] solid support.” For heaven’s sake, look at people phoning in for her DAUGHTER on “Dancing With The Stars”... just to stick it to the left. Do you honestly think someone with a year in office as Governor of New Jersey (of all places) is going to catch on with the voting public? Sorry, I can’t see it happening.
My pleasure.
Amen
Well said. Every time one of these jerks attacks Sarah Palin I get more solidly behind her.
For someone who has been on Free Republic since 1998, you sure are naive.
Partial test fromSarah’s resignation speech- Maybe you can point to inconsistencies with the facts of the situation at aht time!
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...Some say things changed for me on August 29th last year - the day John McCain tapped me to be his running-mate - I say others changed.
Let me speak to that for a minute.
Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I’ve been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations - such as holding a fish in a photograph, wearing a jacket with a logo on it, and answering reporters’ questions.
Every one - all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We’ve won! But it hasn’t been cheap - the State has wasted THOUSANDS of hours of YOUR time and shelled out some two million of YOUR dollars to respond to “opposition research” - that’s money NOT going to fund teachers or troopers - or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the “politics of personal destruction” ... Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn’t cost them a dime so they’re not going to stop draining public resources - spending other peoples’ money in their game.
It’s pretty insane - my staff and I spend most of our day dealing with THIS instead of progressing our state now. I know I promised no more “politics as usual,” but THIS isn’t what anyone had in mind for ALASKA.
If I have learned one thing: LIFE is about choices!
And one chooses how to react to circumstances. You can choose to engage in things that tear down, or build up. I choose to work very hard on a path for fruitfulness and productivity. I choose NOT to tear down and waste precious time; but to build UP this state and our country, and her industrious, generous, patriotic, free people!
Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: “Sit down and shut up”, but that’s the worthless, easy path; that’s a quitter’s way out. And a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just hunker down and “go with the flow”.
Nah, only dead fish “go with the flow”.
No. Productive, fulfilled people determine where to put their efforts, choosing to wisely utilize precious time... to BUILD UP.
And there is such a need to BUILD up and FIGHT for our state and our country. I choose to FIGHT for it! And I’ll work hard for others who still believe in free enterprise and smaller government; strong national security for our country and support for our troops; energy independence; and for those who will protect freedom and equality and LIFE... I’ll work for and campaign for those PROUD to be American, and those who are INSPIRED by our ideals and won’t deride them.
I WILL support others who seek to serve, in or out of office, for the RIGHT reasons, and I don’t care what party they’re in or no party at all. Inside Alaska - or Outside Alaska.
But I won’t do it from the Governor’s desk.
I’ve never believed that I, nor anyone else, needs a title to do this - to make a difference... to HELP people. So I choose, for my State and my family, more “freedom” to progress, all the way around... so that Alaska may progress... I will not seek re-election as Governor.
And so as I thought about this announcement that I wouldn’t run for re-election and what it means for Alaska, I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks... travel around the state, to the Lower 48 (maybe), overseas on international trade - as so many politicians do. And then I thought - that’s what’s wrong - many just accept that lame duck status, hit the road, draw the paycheck, and “milk it”. I’m not putting Alaska through that - I promised efficiencies and effectiveness! ? That’s not how I am wired. I am not wired to operate under the same old “politics as usual.” I promised that four years ago - and I meant it.
It’s not what is best for Alaska.
I am determined to take the right path for Alaska even though it is unconventional and not so comfortable.
“I actually supported Romney when it came down to him or McInsane. I ended up voting for McCrazy in the general election. Something I swore I’d never do. We tried it the RINO way, I’ll never stoop to that level again.”
Me, too. 100%.
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