Posted on 07/03/2011 7:57:06 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Rick Perry and Sarah Palin aren't stupid, no matter what you might think of them. They are riding a comet, and they are in no hurry to get off.
I'm talking about the possibility of running for president.
Neither one will probably take the plunge. Given the realities of modern campaigning and fund-raising, they'd already be in this thing if they were serious about it. Both are content in their real jobs - Perry as governor of a huge state, Palin as a money-making-machine and voice of the hard Right.
But why stop the fun?
As long as they are referred to as "possible" candidates, they have an influence that just can't be beat.
Every speech and political move they make is followed with enthusiasm by the 24-hour news cycle. Witness Palin's earlier bus tour of the East Coast. If she were officially a non-candidate, she'd attract little or no coverage for a stunt like that. But her bus was eagerly followed by packs of reporters who hung around her just in case something happened, like an announcement that she was running.
Turns out nothing happened, except she muffed the reason for Paul Revere's ride. ("Hey, you British! The British are coming!")
It's possible that a wavering candidate can attempt a what-the-heck late fling that defies all the conventional wisdom about how to run for president, but that's risky. It probably won't succeed, and you will probably look like an idiot when your candidacy inevitably craters.
That undoes everything that the earlier tease built up - that you are a serious person who deserves to be considered for the most important job on earth. In the case of Palin, who is wavering on the edge of respectability, that's a mistake you don't want to make.
No, this is something you want to stretch out as long as possible. You give major speeches on important issues. You go to meetings and conventions you'd otherwise blow off. If national interest is waning, you hint that you might be jumping in after all.
And it's always possible, of course, that lightning will strike and party elders will beg you to ride to the rescue if no strong contender emerges. In Perry's case, this raises his stock for a VP selection, though he probably doesn't want that either.
Eventually, the game will end. A front-runner will emerge, or the primary season will be so close that the Hamlet act runs out of steam.
But for a few weeks, or a few months, you are one of only a handful of people who might someday be ... the president of the United States. That's a heady feeling, and in fact you'd almost be a fool not to flirt with the idea.
Besides, if nothing else, you can always tell the grandkids about it some day.
It’s an editorial — and it is so designated at the top.
Some HAVE said that they would only vote for Palin. I will likely vote for any nominee, but I will always feel as if we blew our chance to elect the best if Sarah is not the nominee. And I will vote with a heavy heart. Bob
Many are saying they will write her in if she does not get the nod.
If she runs and wins the nod I will devote 24 7 to help her get elected as ousting that disgusting commie wretch obama is of utmost importance to me.
Speaking of gibberish which country are you from?
It took me less than three minutes to find the full video...if you want to see it google it yourself.
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It was Palin() herself who described it as a "gotcha question". And, there is no such thing as a "gotcha amswer".
you provided the quote back it up with your link.
Do it youself. I don’t owe you a thing.
whatever. so i guess the link is one you don’t want to post for some reason most likely the website it is coming from. no skin off my nose you don’t want to prove what you say that’s up to you.
It was Palin() herself who described it as a "gotcha question". And, there is no such thing as a "gotcha amswer".
You quote the phrase "gotcha answer" as if it came from my post. Don't do that. I didn't say that. I did use the the slang "gotcha". I did use the slang gotcha to describe what was done by some to an appropriate answer by Palin.
As I did say....
A question was asked and then answered appropriately, although slightly disjointed. The answer was then turned incorrectly into a "gotcha".
Bull, “the question ask was, what have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take away from you visit. “ it has been posted hundreds of times.
And the answer rinded me of this,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALIARHHLII
Reminded, damn Droid.
If you aren’t interested in the facts then don’t take the three minutes to find it for yourself...it’s all over the web. Don’t expect me to do your work.
>>but she (Palin) is still a lightening rod among the general public.<<
Well, yes, that’s certainly the way the MSM has tried to condition us to think, but is it true? Or is it just one more fable created by the MSM? After all, Reagan was just an ill-informed, second-rate actor, with views way to the right of the general population at one time, according to that same MSM. Now that he’s gone, they’ve relaxed somewhat, but that was exactly how he was portrayed both before and after his election. And after he won re-election by a landslide, he was just a doddering old man with early stage Alzheimer’s, except that he was sharp enough to be fully complicit in the Iran-Contra dealings.
We’ll find out soon, I suspect, just how that “lightening rod” is perceived by the general public, and I have a feeling the MSM will once again be disappointed.
Now our current President on the other hand, there’s a lightning rod for negativity if ever I saw one, even to many of his presumed base at this point.
Wouldn't it be fair to say Bachmann was as right about John Wayne as Palin was about Paul Revere?
Wayne's parents lived in Waterloo shortly before he was born. Revere warned the British but not with bells.
Unbelievable.
Of course it has been posted numerous times, and that includes several times by me. I've now said several times that Palin was asked what she is going to take away from her visit.
And I've responded now several times saying that the question obviously leads one to respond with new information one has learned from such a visit.
Which is extactly what Palin did.
Yes "bull", as in you are full of it
And BTW, the past tense of the verb "ask" is "asked". Nothing wrong with making mistakes, but you keep repeating yours.
What does a rainy day fund have to do with *doubling* the size of government?
The choice will boil down to Romney and Perry. There won’t be any other choice in the end, in my opinion.
>>If you ask a kid in school about Paul (Revere) and what he did, an improper answer would be he rode out to warn the British. I do not care what planet you are from, that is the fact.<<
No, but if you had just finished going through a historical presentation on his ride, for example, and you were asked what you learned, you’d sound pretty damned stupid saying “I learned that he rode out to warn that the British are coming.”
See how this works?
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