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I wonder what it would have been like if we had Free Republic back during the Carter years?

Because this thread, along with all the other Palin threads, sounds so similar to the arguments I heard from fellow Republicans about how Ronald Reagan could NOT win against Carter. He was dumb. Just an actor. Too old. A cowboy. An old-fashioned, unabashed lover of John Wayne’s America, an America that never truly was and everyone was leaving behind.

And yet look what happened.

I lived through all this; was a big Reagan supporter against the RINO Ford in 1976, going so far as to vote for Carter over him to punish the Repubs for kicking Ron to the curb (and I admit, a big mistake on my part)...

So when RWR came back in 1979, we knew in our hearts it was HIS election to win, while all else, even fellow conservatives, had a list of all the reasons he wouldn’t, couldn’t win. I very much remember the, “I paid for this microphone, Mr!” moment in New Hampshire that year, and am getting the same feeling about Sarah.

I think doing Rolling Thunder is a GREAT opportunity for her and will set her right with those real Americans out there who are not afraid to unabashedly love their country.

Another thing about Sarah’s negative numbers....

Could they go any lower? I don’t think so. Will they start to go up? Yes, I believe so, especially if she starts doing things like Rolling Thunder. We Americans need that SPIRIT. Reagan had it. I hate to say it, but so did Clinton, to a much lesser degree. Bush, GHW and GW, didn’t. Obama does NOT.

We’ll see, no matter what anyone says.

If she runs in Alabama’s Republican party, I will vote for her. If she wins the nomination, I will certainly vote for her in November, 2012.

I can tell you of a sure, absolute scenario where Sarah Palin doesn’t win the White House. It’s when she doesn’t run.

Run, Sarah, Run!