Posted on 09/17/2011 1:03:44 PM PDT by SamAdams76
BUMP!!
Analyzing the political situation and coming to a conclusion you don’t like isn’t PDS.
You guys play the PDS card more than barry the zero’s followers play the race card.
You can hold your breath until you turn blue and that doesn’t change the fact it is too late. Period.
“Anyways, awhile back, I decided that what she really wanted was...........”
So you’re telling Sarah what she wants now? (You’re fired!)
Are you sure you’re Conservative with a big C?
I thought most closed minded people were more to the left of the political spectrum.......
The one thing I can say, looking at past election cycles, is that the front runners now will be distant memories in Nov. 2012.
The 2012 election cycle will begin when Sarah formerly announces her hat is in the ring. From that point on we’ll see just what is what, and who is who.
Polls at this stage of the game are refuges for folks who prefer to remain blind to future developments. Polls at this time in 2007 indicated that Hillary was the clear choice of Democrats and that on the GOP side, McCain didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the nomination. Polls are subject to, and used for, manipulation. You are being manipulated — or perhaps you are attempting to manipulate. Either way, your poll arguments are thin gruel at best.
“This gal saw the millions to be made down here in the lower “forty eight” and a a result of that revelation dumped her job as Governor and came down here to make millions telling decent people what they want to hear.”
Pure projection on your part.
>>Agreed with the exception that RINOS ARE the enemy!<<
A reminder of the current de-facto rules:
1) “My” candidate is the only Conservative candidate.
2) All other candidates and their followers are RINOs.
3) If you say anything “I” perceive as “bad” towards “my” candidate, you are a Romney-loving, DU/KOS posting, Socialist/Commie TROLL.
This is what passes for “discourse” these days on FR.
>>People who are real conservative love Palin like they loved Reagan.<<
Platitudes are the way people with weak minds are controlled.
In strictly technical terms, the "starting bell" would be the Iowa Caucus on February 6, 2012. That is the first contest in which actual delegates are won and lost.
Obviously there are filing deadlines involved in order for a candidate to be part of those contests. Not sure when the filing deadline for Iowa is but I assume the candidates and potential candidates (including Palin) would have a handle on that.
Yes, candidates do have a history of announcing their candidacy well in advance and expend a lot of money and resources doing so. Usually it is candidates that have a strategy of building early momentum so they can generate some buzz and get themselves at the front of the pack early on.
I believe that it would be wasteful for Palin to do this. She already has near 100% name recognition. She is one of the few candidates that is capable of coming into the race at the last minute and make a big splash. Hell, in Palin's case, I think it will be more on the magnitude of a nuclear bomb. If she gets into this race, by the time of the Iowa caucus on Feb 6 (still almost four months away) - people will have seen so much of her that nobody is going to remember that she waited until late September or October to get into the race.
Until writing this post, I had no idea that Clinton himself waited until October to enter the 1992 race. All I know is that I was already sick and tired of him by that Christmas!
So while many here seem to have their panties in a wad over the fact that Palin hasn't deigned to inform them one way or the other on the status of her running, it will all be forgotten about in a few short months.
Your question was a dodge in any case -- WHY do you think it's so important to convince Palin supporters more than a month before the first official filing deadline for candidates to be on the ballot in any state primaries, that Palin isn't going to run?
Your opinion is that Palin supporters aren't dealing with reality because of being emotionally invested in a person whose political acumen, record, and judgment they admire: fine, fair enough. You decline to admit that it's your opinion that Palin won't run; instead, you don't just say, you repeatedly SHOUT it as fact that she won't. Which is fair enough as well, I guess. All I'm asking is: WHY, when we have yet to know if Palin will run or not, and she is on record saying that she'll announce one way or the other sometime in September (or early October, if I remember correctly) is it so important to you to convince people she won't? What is your purpose in doing so?
I don't like Santorum, Romney, Huntsman, Pawlenty and their ilk. I do like Cain and Bachmann but they haven't done well IMO in the debates.
Newt is not a RINO but no start for other reasons.
Perry seems to copy W too much for my liking. Not that W wasn't a good manager but the country needs a leader now.
As far as your #3 goes, I am not calling people who disagree with me DU/KOS posting, Socialist/Commie TROLLs. Others have their opinions and I have mine.
In fact I would wager that no matter what our political alliances are most FReepers are on the same page.
That said I will not vote for anyone who even smells like a RINO. I've held my nose and pulled the lever too many times before.
“In strictly technical terms, the “starting bell” would be the Iowa Caucus on February 6, 2012. That is the first contest in which actual delegates are won and lost. ‘
Are you claiming that she can announce the day before and suddenly she will win the next day?
“already has near 100% name recognition. “
She sure does. She also has a huge negative rating.
But she is a game-changer and perhaps just the person we need at this point in our history to lead our nation out of the abyss that it is currently in. Can she win if she get in? Yes, you bet she can! It probably won't even be close.
Palin's coattails will be huge! Sarah Palin, coupled with the tea party grassroots will result in an overwhelming landslide. I'd hate for our nation to miss out on that because too many were being too small minded to understand the possibilities.
Then don't.
Then don't.
You are vastly incorrect. The only thing foul is your thinking. It stinks.
I'm not claiming that. I was simply responding to your query as to the starting bell. The NFL starting bell was last week but that didn't mean that the players weren't in training camps for the 4-6 weeks prior.
Palin herself is on record as stating that she will need to make her decision known in the September/early October timeframe. So we won't have to wait too much longer.
As for the negative ratings, that didn't stop Reagan, Nixon and Clinton from getting elected which is mentioned in my article. Palin is going to be just as polarizing if not more so than those candidates so her negatives are always going to be high. In fact if her negatives weren't high and even liberals liked her, I wouldn't be such a big supporter of her.
I wouldn’t be so quick to lump Santorum in with Romney/Huntsman/Pawlenty. He hasn’t gained traction, and he’s not going to get the nomination, but he’s FAR from a “RINO” in just about anyone’s book.
Santorum was fiercely targeted in his ‘06 race by the left, especially the gay lobby, for his very vocal support of DOMA. He ended up losing in a big Dem year to what has become a totally ineffective senator who ran on his late father’s coattails. I’m not so sure PA wouldn’t like a do-over.
Maybe next time!!
Another member of the Clinton wing of the Republican party heard from. Let's replace Obama but continue the corruption!!
Assessment? This is an absurd statement with no factual foundation.
This is merely your opinion.
.And mine is, you're way off-base and very ill-informed, probably purposely.
Thank you for contributing nothing to the conversation.
Finished grinding that axe yet?
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