"Fear" is a funny word in this context. And "they" is hopelessly vague.
Do "they" (Obama's handlers) fear Sarah Palin as a potential opponent for Obama? No -- they're drooling for that. If Obama is going to get re-elected, they need an opponent like Sarah Palin, about whom they can make endless unflattering strawmen.
Do "they" (the media) fear Sarah Palin as a potential opponent for Obama? No -- not only are they complicit in supporting Obama, they live for the opportunity to destroy people, and where Sarah Palin is concerned they've been working on it already.
Do "they" (people like me) fear Sarah Palin as a Republican candidate? Yes -- the country literally cannot afford for the GOP candidate to be destroyed Goldwater-style, and that's what would happen if she were the nominee.
Do "they" (the political middle) fear Sarah Palin as a GOP candidate? Yes -- because they've been convinced that she's a nitwit and a harridan, and they don't want one of those as president. (It doesn't matter if she actually is those things: she's already been tarred with that brush).
There are plenty of other "theys" and plenty of other "fears."
Your post deserves a response. This is mine.
Do "they" (Obama's handlers) fear Sarah Palin as a potential opponent for Obama? No -- they're drooling for that. If Obama is going to get re-elected, they need an opponent like Sarah Palin, about whom they can make endless unflattering strawmen.
That is absurd and neatly conforms to the left's meme that Sarah Palin is so weak/tarnished/unsophisticated/disliked, etc that Obama would roll right over her in an election. The left's attacks don't begin and end with Sarah Palin. The reality is that the left will demonize, mock and disparage any Republican candidate, not only Sarah Palin. Today, the left finds little to criticize about Mitt Romney but should Mitt become the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, the left will quickly portray him as a greedy, evil, ruthless businessman that hates the poor. This is practically guaranteed.
Do "they" (the media) fear Sarah Palin as a potential opponent for Obama? No -- not only are they complicit in supporting Obama, they live for the opportunity to destroy people, and where Sarah Palin is concerned they've been working on it already..
See above.
Do "they" (people like me) fear Sarah Palin as a Republican candidate? Yes -- the country literally cannot afford for the GOP candidate to be destroyed Goldwater-style, and that's what would happen if she were the nominee.
I fear another RINO such as Romney playing the part of sacrificial lamb to Obama. To assume that Sarah Palin and only Sarah Palin will be unmercifully attacked on every front by the left is simply naive.
Do "they" (the political middle) fear Sarah Palin as a GOP candidate? Yes -- because they've been convinced that she's a nitwit and a harridan, and they don't want one of those as president. (It doesn't matter if she actually is those things: she's already been tarred with that brush).
Again, this mindset fits perfectly with the left's theme. They bash Sarah Palin for two+ years and then claim that she is seen as a loser by the almighty 'independents' and so, Republicans had better abandon her because she's 'damaged goods'. You are mimicking the lefts anti-Palin alking points a bit too well.
There are plenty of other "theys" and plenty of other "fears."
Indeed. Some of us fear that the only unequivocal conservative who might run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination and that has a decent chance to defeat Obama is going to be derided and summarily dismissed by Republicans that all too quickly buy into the lefts strategy to make Sarah Palin appear toxic to voters - a lie. Yet these same Republicans will happily back someone with little-to-no chance to win the general election and whine when another establishment RINO secures the nomination and, more likely than not, loses to the Marxist agitator in the White House. Sorry, but I'm not on board with that.
Sarah Palin has withstood some of the most vicious, relentless attacks in political history yet she continues to energize Americans who fear - not this gutsy lady - but the rapid erosion of our nation's economy and, ultimately, our freedom. Sarah Palin sees it the same way and will fight to defeat Obama with a passion the other lukewarm Republicans can't begin to emulate. She has more fortitude and charisma than all of the current GOP presidential wannabes. She can defeat Obama. That some on the political right are eager to accept the leftmedias assertion that Palin 'can't win' and that the left is 'drooling' for her to be Obama's opposition in 2012 because she is sooooo easy to beat is both puzzling as well as sad.
For someone who the left supposedly wants to run against Obama they sure have worked awfully hard to smear the lady. For someone who the left supposedly thinks is a big joke, they've (collectively) spent a lot of time and money demonizing her. Why? If Sarah Palin is supposedly so inconsequential, why bash her 24/7 for over two years? That makes no sense. I haven't seen much bashing of Romney. Ever since he threw Paul Ryan's budget/Medicare proposal under the old metaphorical bus the left loves Newt Gingrich. Yet Palin 'can't win'? I find your argument against Sarah Palin unconvincing. Unless Palin chooses not to run, I will support and vote for her. I believe millions of Americans will do the same.
“There are plenty of other “theys” and plenty of other “fears.”
I agree..... we should get rid of all those that the MSM smears and run the candidate that they select for us! /s