Posted on 08/11/2011 12:51:59 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
Sarah Palin and her One Nation bus tour are making a surprise trip to Iowa, if you haven’t heard. In an email sent yesterday to supporters of her political action committee she said she’s going to “meet folks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines this week.”
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Sarah Palin has proved that she is the quasi-political attention-getting master of the US media universe.
That’s because there just happens to be a debate in Ames, Iowa tonight among declared GOP presidential contenders. A straw poll follows this weekend. So hundreds of political reporters are already in Iowa – pre-positioned for a Palin drive-by. Pure genius.
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Plus, SarahPAC has posted a new one-minute Palin video that makes pretty much every other Republican contender’s commercials look underproduced.
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The sound track is Palin’s speech at the 2008 GOP convention. The overall impression it leaves is that Michele Bachmann is a good speaker, Michele Bachmann is a former tax attorney, Michele Bachmann is a tea party favorite, but Sarah Palin is still way better at lighting people on fire with words.
Does all this mean Palin is going to run for president? She’s still not saying. But it sure looks like she’s running for something, even if it’s only Queen of the Midway.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Just why do you think she shouldn’t be jumping in now (or in the next couple of weeks) and somehow should be in a supporter or future role instead?
She’s the best we’ve got and we need the best we’ve got for president.
>> “BTW, did Obama or McCain win?” <<
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Bill Ayers.
Palin can wait till October but she already said that it will be late August or September when she makes public her decision.
I believe that she will honor that.
Rubio might be an alpha male. Perry? He was a cheerleader in college.
It’ll be interesting to see what she does. I do very much hope she runs. And I will repeat what I said on another thread: I think she’s getting close to her sell-by date. She needs to decide and announce soon. Not today. Not necessarily this week. But soon.
At a certain point the toe-in-the-pool, toe-out-of-the-pool routine gets old. Prudent consideration is perceived as instead as indecisiveness. Supporters and potential staff peel off and support other candidates.
She needs to decide and announce soon.
If true Rick the PRIC will be trading up.
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Actually, I don't see that happening.
I flipped on the evening propaganda today and on ABC there is the runt I have been waiting six months to hear from.
George Stephanopoulos.
He is over in Iowa with his little grin and the usual BS.
When asked who his pick is he responds his number two guy is...
Mittwitt. Ok, understandable.
Who is the little bastard's number one guy that he gave a two minute positively glowing speech for?
You got it.
Rick the PRIC.
Right there is your communist's officially approved “opponent” designated to lose to the One.
I watched Little George do the same thing for Juan McCain. Kept talking him up, night after night, Juan is "having a great night," telling the world how much it just loves little Juan.
I have been waiting over six months to see who his pick was going to be this time and I am not the least bit surprised.
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You are 100% correct
And to the person that said about we wouldn’t of had as many 2010 wins without Palin. Well that too is true she was setting her congress.
My guess is that Perry and Palin will both get in. If they can garner the support to be in the top 2 spots, then the one in second place becomes VP for the other. Win-Win and a strong ticket either way. They appear to like each other. It is a guess, but something is up. I feel it in my political bones.
LOL!
A craving for corn dogs and cotton candy? ;^)
She is running,,,She is bypassing Iowa and New Hampshire. Going straight for South Carolina,Florida and Super Tuesday. Genius indeed.
You’re being so illogical here that someone cynical might question your sincerity: Gov. Palin’s chance passed when she didn’t get in many weeks ago, but we should hold out hope for some other great, unidentified candidate who hasn’t entered the race?
She doesn't care for him at all now. His affection for open borders is a big reason. Making statements like you made are disingenuous.
Governor Perry has put more law enforcement on our southern border than the federal government whom we PAY to protect it.
We know the federal policy is to roll out the welcome mat, gang bangers and hardcore criminals included. So are we supposed to cheer because Perry is just a little less extreme?
He never supported amnesty, nor even the North American Union.
Not in those exact words. But he has supported the NAFTA super highway, letting Mexican trucks on our roads and was enthusiastic in denouncing Arizona's enforcement law which the ObaMao administration is working to stop.
Perry has no problem whatsoever with the federal open borders policy nor their interference with Arizona state law in trying to enforce borders which fedzilla refuses to enforce.
Actions speak louder than words. Perry's actions have disqualified him from earning my vote.
Well, fine and good, Sir.
But again, you OBVIOUSLY don’t know much about Rick Perry, because he never favored open borders NOT ONCE. And in case you didn’t know it, the Trans Texas Corridor was ordered by the US Congress, not Rick Perry. As we speak they are building it anyway. DUH! If you would like an explanation of what happened in the I-35 TTC, ask me. I was on my county’s ad hoc committee on the issue in the event it came up our US highway instead.
And those Mexican trucks driving into Texas are shipping back our goods that we are selling to freaking Mexico! We are one of this country’s biggest exporters! DUH!
He DID NOT denounce Arizona’s 1070. All he said was that there are PARTS of it that would not be good for Texas. AND, he tried to push through the Sanctuary Cities bill in the special session that had THE MANY of Arizona’s 1070 clauses in it.
As a matter of fact, Rick Perry got the Texas Attorney General to file an amicus brief in that lawsuit IN SUPPORT of the Arizona SB1070.
http://www.rickperry.org/media-articles/texas-governor-rick-perry-arizona-immigration-lawsuit
The only statement that is correct in your BS is that actions speak louder than words, and how important it is to know what you’re talking about. If you buy every piece of democrapic propaganda, then Obamajaad is going to get another four years. So I suggest you do the RESEARCH and stop carrying their water for them.
I've also got to question the motives of people who declare "Vote for my RINO or you'll re-elect Obama." Mittens backers could say the same thing, and some do, but I'm still not ready to buy what they're selling.
When you have to get into nuanced discussion of what Perry intended about his criticism of SB 1070 or Mexican trucks plying U.S. highways, then you've lost the argument.
Common sense tells us that Mexican trucks haul in imports just as easily or more so than they haul out U.S. exports. That really isn't the point. Free trade, as long as it is fair trade, benefits both importer and exporter. Letting trucks with substantially lower safety standards than what is required of our own trucks compete on an equal basis, kills our jobs and, even more importantly, will kill Americans driving on our highways.
That's what the Chamber of Commerce/Cheap Labor lobby never understands. To them, cheaper is always better when they can privatize the benefits and make the public eat the cost.
There is a reason this lobby is switching their support from Romney to Perry and it ain't because Perry is more conservative-- even if he actually is on certain issues.
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