Posted on 09/04/2011 10:15:27 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Her Restoring America mantra is exactly the way she would run a campaign - no special interest groups “owning” you when you get elected. Speak directly to the people. Totally opposite of Obama.
“If you think that a 1/2 term governor who was run out of office by the DNC machine can win then you are equally crazy.
See the name calling can go both ways.”
Hey, Carville,... you STILL hanging around the Palin threads?
In other words, she did it fair and square and not on the back of any voters or taxpayers.
More power to her.
“I think her calling him out on his ‘hobbit’ remark let him know, she drew the line in the sand...
Everybody has a limit to what they will take from a so-called friend...sounds to me like that hobbit deal was the last straw...”
Even though this may have been the intent, nobody can call it a betrayal or even disrespect of the guy who approved her for the VP slot in ‘08, because the hobbit remark did not even originate with McCain; it was just read on the Senate floor by McCain, an attributed editorial quote from a newspaper. It was one of four labels thrown at tea-partiers meant to be pejoratives she mentioned in her speech.
Amazing how even this small detail in a 42 minute long speech is being analyzed and discussed.
I wasn't 10 minutes into it before becoming convince I was watching and listening to Candidate Palin.
I’ve always been a Sarah supporter, SoCon, but I don’t have to trash my own governor with lies to be one. I live in Texas in great posperity, thanks to the help of Perry’s very conservative leadership. In fact, if Sarah doesn’t run, he’ll get my full backing. He’ll get the job done. But he’s a plodder, and a persuader.
But no other candidate will damn the torpoedoes like Sarah Palin will. She’ll not only clean the house, she’ll use their butts for a mop to do it. And that’s going to be a pleasure beyond measure after watching government and politics deteriorate to what it’s become.
More power to her.
Absolutely true. I personally think she would make a great President and more so than anyone one else who might be nominated, she be the right person at the right time.
Her biggest negative is that she resigned her elected position at a time when she was being persecuted by the media that was out to destroy her and then went on to make a fortune.
She will have to adequately explain her actions before she can be put into another elected executive position. S
he did a very good job as Gov before she resigned and showed an ability to take on cronyism and corruption while in office.
Maybe she’ll be the October Surprise.
Was trying to draw out the liberal lurkers. Looks like it backfired on me. LMAO~
It would have been a Romney backer!
“Or maybe we will hear the pealing of the bells if she announces.”
I know my bells will ring!
I like Palin a lot. But I dont think she can overcome the “half-term govenor” moniker. That big mistake will do her in. Very sad actually.
Excellent.
"Where were you when Sarah announced?"
Fantastic analysis! I see it all so clearly, now that he did explained it so perfectly. Woo Hoo!
Cant think of any other candidate in history who had such a grasp of issues
She's got a plan. She's running!
Seriously, with this speech, she crossed the Rubicon. Even if she didn't come right out and say it, she smacked McCain, dissed Perry, dumped all over Obama and declared war on the Permanent Political Class (which I call the Cocktail Party) and laid out just how she expects to change things.
One interesting aspect of her speech is her promise/threat to break the back of crony capitalism by severing the money links between the political interests and industry. Eliminating corporate income tax and deregulating the industries could be very appealing to corporate boardrooms, who obviously realize that the current model is doomed in the long-term.
Game on!
Game on indeed! I for one APPRECIATED her quitting the Governorship in the way she did. She was under attack, causing her personal financial hardship, the State of Alaska was having to spend enormous time and money investigating each and every allegation, and it was disrupting time-wise to both the Governor’s duties and the State as well.
Her quitting and leaving the job to her next-in-line with the same goals and leanings, to me, was tactically brilliant. She may have gotten a “quitter” tag from the faithless, and ignorant, but it was sheer genius from where I sit. She cut her opponents off at the knees, was able to recoup her personal expenses and then some, retain the spotlight, leave her State in capable hands, and dominate the news from her Facebook page. How is this in any way a “quitter?”
On the contrary, her out of the box thinking is taking everyone by surprise, keeping everyone tilted and off balance. Even as an unannounced candidate she dominates Washington’s attention.
I’ve never been excited about a Presidential Candidate, and I’ve never sent money to one. Sarah I will support with cash. When McCain announced her for VP, I threw my hands up in the air and got all excited. I’m still that enthusiastic for a Palin Presidency. She really is one of the People.
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