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Palin’s Poker Face
us4palin.com ^ | September 29, 2011 | Jelayne Sessler

Posted on 09/29/2011 6:39:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Last night I wrote my thoughts on just what might possibly be going on in the Palin camp (which we know is comprised of Sarah and Todd):

Have you watched her interviews over the past few months? The commentary she uses to defer the “BIG question” is either, “still contemplating the huge life-changing decision” or more famously – “do I need a title to make a difference?”

It seems to me these statements are more like her “I can’t announce right here and now” rebuttal – and it’s absolutely brilliant. She keeps the world guessing, gives the media the runaround, and formulates a strategy to give her competitors the shock of their life.

The purpose of this verbiage is to create an atmosphere for complete and total surprise. It’s her “poker face,” her “expressionless face,” a face without any interpretable expression – as that of a good poker player, someone who doesn’t show any emotion of reaction so that people don’t know what they are planning.

Tonight Governor Palin spoke with Judge Napolitano on the Fox Business Channel. When asked about her plans for 2012 she replied, “You know, I hold my political cards close to my chest, I’ve certainly learned lessons along those lines and I’m going to continue to do that until I’m ready to make an announcement – this is a serious decision and I’m engaged in serious deliberations and within the next 24 hours don’t look for me to make a decision.”

All I have to say is, remind me never to play a hand of poker with the Governor.



TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freedumb2003; palin; palinpredictions; palinpunditry; runsarahrun; sarahpalin
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To: freedumb2003; Windflier; Lakeshark

Get the chopper fired up Lake, Windy slipped his programming again ;)


121 posted on 09/29/2011 9:54:57 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: freedumb2003
I now leave your thread for you

Why not? You've done what get paid to do, which is track down every Palin thread on this forum and vomit all over it.

Good work, as usual.

122 posted on 09/29/2011 9:57:40 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Sorry, Obama would never work that hard.
123 posted on 09/29/2011 9:59:12 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Liberals, Useful Idiots Voting for Useless Idiots...)
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To: Windflier; Norm Lenhart
LOL!

I think you may have single handedly put freedumb in a padded cell............

:-)

124 posted on 09/29/2011 10:01:30 PM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: Norm Lenhart

‘scuse me while I diss this guy...heh...


125 posted on 09/29/2011 10:02:01 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Lakeshark

“I think you may have single handedly put freedumb in a padded cell............”

Nope...team effort ;)


126 posted on 09/29/2011 10:04:59 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Windflier

Move over Rover...And let Windy take over ;)


127 posted on 09/29/2011 10:05:42 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Lakeshark
I think you may have single handedly put freedumb in a padded cell............

Well, he needs one, that's for sure. I've rarely seen a poster so single mindedly obsessed with railing against Palin. It's my guess that he's slimed 98% of Palin threads posted on FR over the last year. It's lunacy.

I'm sorry, but that's an indicator of some sort of deep psychological issue. Dunno.....maybe he just needs a woman. He sure needs something.

128 posted on 09/29/2011 10:08:44 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Lou Budvis

Serious question. If you wanted to reach the “Wal Mart” people who never think about politics, never vote and have no idea who you are, what would you do to get their attention and make yourself known? Sarah’s Alaska was a stroke of genius.


129 posted on 09/29/2011 10:09:49 PM PDT by WVNan (!)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Freedumb...that’s what I want now,
Freedumb...that’s what I need now...


130 posted on 09/29/2011 10:10:21 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Hatin’ Palin!
Was in my brain

PDS!
Makin’ me insane!

Votin’ Perry,
But I don’t know why...

She runs,
Think I’m gonna Die....

HELP ME!!!

(With apologies to Jimmy....;)


131 posted on 09/29/2011 10:16:33 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Norm Lenhart

LOL!

I just knew you’d come up with a great re-write of one of Jimi’s songs. That’s a keeper.


132 posted on 09/29/2011 10:26:24 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

PDSers inspire me ;)

Over the last 48 hours they are getting pretty confident....gonna hate to see their little fantasy toppled...really I am ;)


133 posted on 09/29/2011 10:29:09 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Norm Lenhart
PDSers inspire me ;)

Over the last 48 hours they are getting pretty confident....gonna hate to see their little fantasy toppled...really I am ;)

I don't know......I'm reading their new tone as one of desperation and panic. Tonight, someone with a terminal case of PDS claimed that we have no rational arguments to support Palin, and that we've all resorted to ad hominem and childish attacks. Huh?

That's a whole new talking point (and a reversal of reality). I'll have to see if the rest of them start spouting it.

Whoever these guys are secretly shilling for, it's pretty clear that things aren't looking all that good for them. The race looks like a tossed salad right now. It's in a state of disarray, with candidates impaling themselves on their own words, running out of money, sinking in the polls, trying to suddenly reshape their messages. What a mess.

If I were Palin surveying this battle field, it might look like a good time to come in and overwhump all of them with shock and awe. But, that's just me. I'm done second guessing Sarah. Her instincts on these things have proven far better than mine. She'll move when the time is best for her.

134 posted on 09/29/2011 10:39:54 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Here’s my rational argument about PDS...full Jimmy version ;)

Hatin’ Palin

Hatin’ Palin all in my brain
Make up things, just like it’s a game
I’m deluded, but I don’t know why
‘She’s gonna run, And I think that I’m gonna cry

PDSers, all around
Don’t know if we’re droolin’ up or down
Are we stupid or in misery?
Whatever it is, that girl has made life hell for me

Freep me Freep me
Oh no no... no

Yeah
Hatin’ Palin, all in my eyes
Don’t know if it’s today or night
She’s not announcin, blowin my mind
Maybe tomorrow or at the end of time?

No, Freep me aw yeah! oh no no oh help me...

Perfectly rational I think ;)


135 posted on 09/29/2011 10:43:35 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Norm Lenhart

OMG....I’m laughing my azz off at that. Gotta save it to post later (with attribution, of course!)


136 posted on 09/29/2011 10:46:02 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Attribution not required ... Any time a PDSer goes off the rails, everyone should sing’em a song. It’s right neighborly ;)


137 posted on 09/29/2011 10:50:37 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Norm Lenhart

LOL!!!


138 posted on 09/29/2011 11:15:39 PM PDT by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: freedumb2003

Oh, so NOW she’s unsupportable?????

So, what has she been all these past 6 months or so that you have been dumping on her every chance you get?

What a crock to come in here acting like all of a sudden, you can’t support her.... that stance is really no different for you now than it was last month, is it? Because to you, she’s always been unsupportable and her inactivity and mixed messages have had nothing to do with it. Pffft!


139 posted on 09/29/2011 11:52:37 PM PDT by DrewsMum ("I abandoned free market principles to save the free market." -GWBush)
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To: freedumb2003

Ha! You don’t anything about Sun Tzu then or The Art of War.... a huge facet of the AoW is having your enemy underestimate you AND he teaches to create an appearance of confusion while being very organized behind the scenes....


140 posted on 09/30/2011 12:01:54 AM PDT by DrewsMum ("I abandoned free market principles to save the free market." -GWBush)
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