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Why Palin Can Win
The American Thinker ^ | 6/25/2011 | Robert Eugene Simmons Jr

Posted on 06/25/2011 6:09:09 AM PDT by Lakeshark

One of the most talked about subjects in politics is whether or not Sarah Palin will run for the presidency. It's frankly anyone's guess which direction she will go with her decision and when she will make the decision. However, if Palin doesn't run it will be a disaster for the Republican Party and quite possibly the country
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In watching the coverage of the announced candidates, the alarm bells should be clanging violently.
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If Sarah Palin doesn't run for president, the operatives in the media and Beltway establishment will have learned a fool-proof method of destroying any political opponent.
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When the political calculus is done, it is clear that Palin is the only real conservative with libertarian leanings that can possibly be elected in the country. Although there are other conservatives with promise such as Bachmann, Cain, and West, they have not been subjected to the vetting that Sarah Palin has and there should be no doubt that the media will do everything they possibly can to destroy them should they win the nomination.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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A worthwhile article. I've thought the same things for some time now. I hope she runs, because she's the best candidate to take on the media. There are a host of other reasons she's our best candidate, but this is the biggie IMHO.
1 posted on 06/25/2011 6:09:14 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: onyx; Virginia Ridgerunner; Clyde5445; grey_whiskers; Brices Crossroads; sarah fan UK; ansel12; ...

Have at it ping.


2 posted on 06/25/2011 6:13:50 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: onyx; 2ndDivisionVet; Virginia Ridgerunner

((ping-a-ling-a-ding-dong))


3 posted on 06/25/2011 6:14:04 AM PDT by misharu (FB: I Stand with Sarah Palin)
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To: Lakeshark
I agree. To a certain extent, Palin is immune to the depredations of the press. They can complain and criticize her (or course) but we know they have nothing substantive to say and there are no surprises that will suddenly appear.

Sarah is far and away my first choice. I'm not even sure I have a second choice at this point.

4 posted on 06/25/2011 6:14:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Palin Ping


5 posted on 06/25/2011 6:15:48 AM PDT by CT Hillbilly
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To: Lakeshark
The problem is Gov Palin is attacked
by the MSM and backstabbers Romney,
Bachmann and Rollins
and their paid ilk.



6 posted on 06/25/2011 6:18:41 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Nothing surpasses the complexity of the human mind. - Leto II: Dar-es-Balat)
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To: ClearCase_guy

show me someone else that has gone after pork not only in the opposing party but their party as well, and i’ll consider them


7 posted on 06/25/2011 6:19:40 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Lakeshark
I am voting for Sarah Palin on November 6, 2012. More precisely, I am voting for four electors from New Hampshire who will vote for her on December 11, 2012.

Even if I have to write them in.

8 posted on 06/25/2011 6:20:47 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The Constitution is overthrown. The Revolution is betrayed.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
If she runs, she has the capacity and courage to run against the media, as well as the moral stature with how they have covered her in the past.

If she brings a campaign to the people of the USA that goes over the heads of the media, the ground will shift big time and she will have the opportunity to demonstrate just how wrong they have been.

There may not be a more important thing to do than bring down the media in the eyes of the American people.

9 posted on 06/25/2011 6:21:32 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

Is she even running? Thats a question right there.


10 posted on 06/25/2011 6:22:09 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (The brain is the weapon; everything else is just accessories. --FReeper Joe Brower)
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(((((PING)))))


11 posted on 06/25/2011 6:23:48 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Lakeshark

With the rise of new media and the decline of Katie Couric and Dan Rather, etc. I think it is indeed possible that a smart politician can run against the MSM and actually open people’s eyes. If we get Voter ID in a few states, and if people realize that the MSM is a propaganda arm of the DNC, then the whole world of electoral politics will never be the same. Palin can do this and no one else can, I think.


12 posted on 06/25/2011 6:25:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: Lakeshark; onyx; Virginia Ridgerunner; Clyde5445

Excellent post.

Note to GOP contenders

Ponder the underlying truth in the old movie cliche,

“It’s quiet out there. Too quiet. I don’t like this”

Excerpt:

“....Assuming that Sarah Palin doesn’t run the campaign will go sort of like this: the media will talk up the largest RINO they can find in an attempt to split the Republican Party from within.  However, the real dirt will be kept securely under wraps.  As the Republican primary nears its close, the research effort will go into full force.  They will send squads of lawyers to go into every tiny detail of the candidate’s personal and professional life.  They will examine every detail of the life of the nominee from the day of their birth.  The researchers will talk to every ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, every business partner, and any employees they can find.”

“After the primary is over, they will start to dump the juiciest tidbits in carefully edited and scripted special stories.  National interviews will be granted to jilted lovers and business acquaintances that felt wronged by the candidate, or perhaps could be persuaded to feel wronged with a little interview stipend.  The candidate will be mocked for their lack of intelligence and any microscopic mispronunciation or slip of the tongue will result in a weeklong national news cycle about why that candidate is too stupid to be president.  The candidate will not have time to counter the perception and, combined with the media adoration of Obama, likely Obama would get another four years....”


13 posted on 06/25/2011 6:25:34 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Lakeshark
Since leaving the governor's office and acquiring her political freedom, she's gotten better, stronger and more adept at running the MSM in circles. All the while she's dishing policy and fine-tuning her image. She manages to keep the media loopy while taking on the serious stuff, all at the same time. Amazing.

I would thoroughly enjoy watching her continue to do it all from the WH for eight years.

14 posted on 06/25/2011 6:29:49 AM PDT by floozy22
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To: Lakeshark

Yep, the article speaks my words exactly: Sarah has to run now, whether one calls it fate, divine calling or whatever else because if not, then the media and the Establishment Republicans will win and win big I mind you. We will not hear the end of the gloating and musing about how “They” were right about Sarah running away and how “They” were able to stop her because “They” hold the power to raise people up or to bring down people they don’t like down. We will then see the media and anonymous Republican sources backstabbing other candidates so that Obama gets his 2nd term and Jeb Bush gets “his turn” in a open 2016 election.....they don’t think about the country well being but of who’s turn is it!!!


15 posted on 06/25/2011 6:30:22 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Lakeshark

Both my wife and I will vote for Sarah Palin!!

Be Ever Vigilant!!


16 posted on 06/25/2011 6:30:28 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Celtic Cross
It's a good question, but no one other than her is going to answer that.

There is plenty of time, she could wait until Labor Day if she chose to. If she has decided to run, she has also considered her timetable. I trust her instincts, and hope she runs, but won't be shattered if she does not.

The fight ultimately is against Obama and his minions, he must lose or we're screwed.

17 posted on 06/25/2011 6:30:39 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark
Although I'd vote for an inanimate carbon rod for president over zer0, I'd much prefer a real small-government conservative such as Sarah.


18 posted on 06/25/2011 6:32:08 AM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
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To: Lakeshark

This is an excellent, measured and spot on article IMO.

Too little is made of Palin’s libertarian-conservative leanings and the pitfalls of the more fundamentalist-style conservatives otherwise in the race. (E.g., the Bachmanns’ ‘Christian counseling business’? Bachmann’s opposition to gay marriage as her signature issue? Just wait until the Dems decide it’s time to make hay with that.)

Palin has been steady and forthright in her entirely conservative social positions and she has obviously walked the walk. But you never, ever hear her sounding hateful or hatefully judgmental about those who disagree with her. Throughout her career she has been consciously aware of reaching out to independent/libertarian types who are so prevalent in AK (and her family). You don’t see her compromising away her socially conservative principles, but they don’t get in the way of her focusing on the central economic issues that unite her constituents.

She has far more potential to be embraced by moderates and independents than does even the more big-governmentally and Establishmentally moderate Perry, who chooses to adopt a jarringly affected macho-conservative communication style.

She’s the real deal.


19 posted on 06/25/2011 6:32:32 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: floozy22
Since leaving the governor's office and acquiring her political freedom, she's gotten better, stronger and more adept at running the MSM in circles. All the while she's dishing policy and fine-tuning her image

BTTT for your post. Well said.

20 posted on 06/25/2011 6:32:32 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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