You Betcha I Was Wrong About Sarah Palin

Daily Beast ^ | 01/28/2015 | Matt Lewis

[hinckley buzzard]

Exactly. Talk about "moving on." She already has, her critics have not. In case some people have not noticed, she is a private citizen and can do what she wants, owing nothing to anybody.

[OneWingedShark]

Well, I for one soured on her when she did the whole “maybe I’ll run/maybe I won’t run” dance in 2012.

Then there's her defense of John McCain, which I found reprehensible and [honestly] chock full of lies.

[CrazyIvan]

“Maybe also because I’ve been told many times that I look like her ;).”

Big deal. I don't know how many times I've been told I'm as handsome as Abe Lincoln.

[sparklite2]

Sarah Palin will be is this generation's Phyllis Schlafly.

FIFY

[Boogieman]

“I still like Palin a lot, but if SHE isn’t sure she should be president, it makes it hard for others to think she should be.”

Pretty much. If you want to figure out whether you should run, you could form a committee and do some polling/caucuses like all the other candidates. Don’t get peoples hopes up and then dash them, especially as we are in such desperate straits these days.

[Bigtigermike]

Notice that a lot of “serious “ potential candidates spoke at the Summit but they aren’t getting attack from the left and the Establishment who have their favorites or getting hit pieces targeting them from the media

Strange that only the joke, the ‘reality show’, the idiot is getting the attacks. Maybe because the joke can win, maybe because the idiots message will resonate once she competes against one of their precious candidate be it left or the right (moderate right)

[TWhiteBear]

Sarah Palin gave a great and very well received speech, irrespective of the spin Liberals are trying to give it.
This is the time for Sarah Palin and her good, clean government platform. She is clear, competent, and confident.
Mz Clinton is out of the picture getting her face lift tweaked and the Liberal Mainstream Republicans do not have a majority to allow putative male Republicans to pee while they are standing up.
Sarah Palin is the best and most articulate leader of the Conservative movement.
Honest government, lower taxes for everyone, a sane foreign policy are all positives for Sarah Palin.
TWB

[gaijin]

Are you from Lake Tahoe?

[miss marmelstein]

So what’s the problem with her building her brand? Every other pol does it without criticism.

[Osage Orange]

You sound just like a N.Y. Liberal..........

[Resettozero]

Strange that only the joke, the ‘reality show’, the idiot is getting the attacks. Maybe because the joke can win, maybe because the idiots message will resonate once she competes against one of their precious candidate be it left or the right (moderate right).

Also, strange that FR has been stacked in recent years with not only PDSers but also new Palin political flamers.

Does anyone here really need a reminder from Mr. Thompson that this is a forum for Constitutional conservatives, one of whom is most definitely Sarah Palin?

[Cicero]

None of the whiners that he names are real conservatives. And we can assume that the anonymous sources—if they exist—are pretty much the same.

[meadsjn]

For the past few years, Sarah has been taking a stack of notes in a binder to the podium for her speeches, and for a good reason.

This time, like at the RNC speech in 2008, she trusted the venue and people, and her teleprompter did not work. However, there were no "teleprompter failures" for the other speakers.

These RINO operatives are snakes; slimy reptiles, just like their Democrat counterparts.

[alstewartfan]

Who are these great governors? Aside from Walker, who is out there really?

[JaguarXKE]

"I love Sarah Palin, but..."

Ah, the ever present "But Monkey..."

[lavaroise]

What is worse is they think they are educated, when Sarah’s probably better brought up in terms of industriousness in the Alaskan rigors. City conservatives like Ben Carson are like that, even though he revised his stance on guns of late. They are not in touch with the need for maneuverability.

[Bigtigermike]

And notice that they all say “she isn’t serious about running” well ok, if she isn’t then why focus in on her as though she’s a low hanging fruit? The “real serious” ones should get the attacks then and she should be ignored like typical bottom of the barrel candidates we have every election cycle. It makes no sense unless there is sense about it

[gdani]

So what’s the problem with her building her brand? Every other pol does it without criticism.

Heck, I have no problem with her making as much money as she wants & becoming as successful as she can be.

The problem is she deliberately strings people along, making them think she will run for president (or any other elected office) because she knows it keeps her name out there. Meanwhile, she knows she will not run for anything.

It got old several years back & she keeps doing it.

[gdani]

You sound just like a N.Y. Liberal..........

And you appear to be someone who slimes people simply because they disagree with you.

Wake me when Palin actually runs for something instead of coyly teasing it.

[C. Edmund Wright]

only a liberal would actually think that running for office is more important than building a business, or a brand. Sarah Palin, unique in all of history, is in a position to build that brand while she has a positive impact on the national conversation. That’s not half bad for a life’s work.....

Why do you worship at the altar of government?