Have at it ping.
((ping-a-ling-a-ding-dong))
Sarah is far and away my first choice. I'm not even sure I have a second choice at this point.
Even if I have to write them in.
Is she even running? Thats a question right there.
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....”
I would thoroughly enjoy watching her continue to do it all from the WH for eight years.
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!!!
Both my wife and I will vote for Sarah Palin!!
Be Ever Vigilant!!
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.
She would win if the press pointed out obastard’s stupidy (57 states, etc.) and leave Sarah alone.
She is running. You can conclude that from the fact that she has not said she won’t. If she wasn’t interested she’d have said so by now. There is no reason to wait to say no, only a reason to wait to say yes.
Undecided? — that is not a Palin quality.
I’ve been skeptical on Palin, both on her chances to win if she does run, and on her intentions to run at all.
However, last week, I witnessed a rather interesting conversation, that could be taken either way.
One of my coworkers (female, Hispanic, and generally Democrat but with some conservative tendencies), was talking with another coworker I know to be a conservative.
The coworker mentioned that she was “no fan of Sarah Palin” but that she LOVED “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” and that it showed how beautiful the state was, that she really loved her state and was impressed by her on that show.
He chuckled and said “Well I’m no Palin fan either” but then agreed how beautiful AK was, and that she did a good job with the show.
So, it could either mean that, simply, they like what they saw of Alaska and the show itself, or, perhaps, that deep down, maybe they could warm up to Palin over time, but still feel it’s socially important to add that “I’m no Palin Fan” disclaimer when speaking positively of her.
My guess is neither one would vote for her at this point, being Maryland and all...but who knows?
Here’s the money-quote:
On the issues, Palin’s conservatism combined with her small-government libertarianism will make a stark contrast to Obama who will now be forced to defend his policies rather than run on emotion ad-hominem attacks and catchy phrases.
Like Reagan said, we need to paint our differences with liberals with bold colors, not faint pastels.
1. Reducing the size of government by removing overlapping bureaucracy, reducing the size of agencies in general and streamlining regulations.
2. Overhauling the income tax system to make it less expensive to comply with and make it more business friendly in order to encourage savings and capital investments staying in the USA.
3. Aggressively going after the "fat cats" on Wall Street to stop the speculative excesses that caused the 1929 and 2008 stock market crashes.
Just these three steps alone will go a LONG way towards fostering a revival of America in general.
I believe that the Palin appeal is like the Perot fervor of 92’. I believe it will work for her better than it did for Perot if she gets the nomination as a Republican. She has an excellent chance of winning in a 2 party election. The 19 million votes that went for Perot will be mostly hers if she gets the #1 spot on the Republican ticket. The MSM is doing their best to divide an conquer, even their pseudo support of Romney and Bachmann is nothing more than trying their best to wipe Palin of the ticket. Damn, she has got to win!
Run Sarah Run!!! Ping!!!