Buh bye.
Posted on 02/07/2010 9:54:20 AM PST by Steelfish
February 07, 2010 Palin 'Would Be Willing' to Take On Obama in 2012
By Judson Berger - FOXNews.com Sarah Palin has President Obama in her sights, telling FoxNews.com she "would be willing" to challenge him in the 2012 presidential race. Sarah Palin has President Obama in her sights, telling FoxNews.com she "would be willing" to challenge him in the 2012 presidential race.
The former Alaska governor, in an interview Saturday on the sidelines of the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, said President Obama's "lack of experience" has held him back his first year in office and that she would put her credentials up against his any day.
"I would be willing to if I believe that it's right for the country," Palin said when asked if she would run for president in 2012. She qualified the statement, adding that she sees "many" other potential candidates who are "in as strong or stronger position than I am to take on the White House and if they're in a better position than I in three years, I'll support them."
But the former GOP vice presidential nominee told "Fox News Sunday": "I won't close the door that perhaps could be open for me in the future."
She delivered the keynote address Saturday at the tea party convention, using it to hammer Obama as soft on terrorism. When convention organizer Judson Phillips mentioned the idea of "President Palin" in a question-and-answer session afterward, audience members leapt to their feet and burst into a chant of "Run, Sarah, Run."
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There wasn’t the same kind of patronizing, ‘Let me ask you what you know about government, honey’ tone to it.
But without the Internet the Walter Cronkites of the world just authoritatively ran their own narrative. There wasn’t a need for them to even bother with gotcha questions. I remember one book that was published in the early 80’s, “There he goes again!” (with a later edition titled “Reagan’s Reign of Error”), that compiled all sorts of Reagan’s supposed distortions, misstatements and made up facts. “There he goes again” was a phrase Reagan had used during his debate against Jimmy Carter.
Buh bye.
Typical “troll”, but still I am amazed that some on the left continues to rally around the racist Marxist Kenyan Anti-American that occupies the W.H. despite what he’s done to U.S. and our economy over the past year! Apparently the trickle down effect of our nation’s destruction hasn’t yet reached them.
It doesn’t seem liberals recognize the value of their personal freedom, or the consequences of relenting to the continued usurpation of power that O attempts to have over U.S.
I was encouraged by the MA. miracle, but astonished that there are still some who would prefer to live in bondage to our Govt. and it’s “rulers” rather than fight with all we have to hold on to each of the freedoms that have made U.S. who we are as a nation.
The differences between O and Sarah Barracuda are the difference between night and day, and it is in fact stark differences between candidates that cause people to flood the polls... it would be a very bad day for O, who has proved to all of U.S. that his affections are not for U.S., but against U.S.
It would be amazing to have a truly authentic American woman in the W.H! In particular, one who esteems U.S and who has the support of so many Americans, because of her love for U.S., and her willingness to stand up in defense of our individual rights and freedoms.
Yet another reason reinforcing my suspicions that FR does indeed have deep-cover trolls. *yawn*
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They don’t accomplish anything and are wasting their time. They might as well go back to DU or other nasty place.
I believe Ron Reagan had far more going for him than Lincoln had at the time. Except for his stint in Congress, Lincoln had failed more than once to gain public office, both locally and nationally. In addition, he was far less 'properly' educated than many in the political class of his day, and was an unknown entity to much of the public.
It wasn't until the Lincoln-Douglas debates that he gained national notice. Yet, what really gained him the office was the fractional situation of the democrat party, and the issue of slavery in the election.
It was all in the pamphlet that came in the mail when you signed up for FR. You have to be careful and follow the instructions exactly, though, or.......
You betcha! (See tag line...)
are you a Paulite or a Romney bot? Those are 2 proven winners no? Take a walk
Just as a factual point, both Clinton (1988) and Obama (2004) gave the keynote address to the DNC convention four years before they ran for President.
I dont know...I like Sarah, I really, really do. But I wonder if she can win. Like it or not, she allied herself with John McQueeg, who put her on the ticket to try to save his failing, Bob Dole “its his turn” type campaign. Then he put her out on an island and made her first national exposure less than ideal. They walked her right into that trap intereview with Katie Curish, allowing Katie a 9 hour interview, that was edited to make Sarah look like a moron.
As a result, there are a lot of people in the middle, and even who should be on our side, who have written her off. As unjust as that is, first impressions count. Those of us who pay attention to this kind of stuff know better, and I am convinced that the Daily Kos, People’s republic types know (otherwise, why keep trashing her?). But the middle of the road types, who today are more concerned with whether Howard Stern will replace Simon Cowell, I dont know if they can be won back to her. To conservatism, of course, they can be won back, but to Sarah, I dont know.
She is a good speaker when it comes to speeches, but I’m not so sure how she would do against Zero in a debate, once he starts in with the fast talking, black preacher negro dialect stuff (its okay to say that, Harry Reid does. The effin retard. Okay to say that too. Thanks Rahm.)In that respect, Rudy would be good, because I am convinced he would make Obama look like a fool in a debate.
I would, however, much rather see her run than Newt, or some other retread. We do need some new blood, I think Cantor or Pawlenty might be the ticket, but I dont know them well enough to know...which is what the Republicans really, really need to start doing. They need to get these young guys out and speaking in public, even before the campaign, to give us an idea of who might have it. I dont know what “it” is right now, but we need to see them to know, and I suspect we will know “it” when we see “it”. We just need the opportunity.
I love it!
History will show that it was a really smart move for her to short-circuit all of her enemies, resign, and emerge, like a Phoenix, with a bestseller and a huge following. Like it or not she is the leading candidate for the GOP nomination for POTUS.
Heck you don't even have to wait for history to realize this; just pick up the Sunday paper and read about her appearance yesterday in Nashville. She is for real.
AMEN!
From your lips to gods ears.
Sarah has gone full retard.
>Maybe it’s better to set them off now and let them use up all their ammo long before the election. By the time the election rolls around they will have nothing left. Not that they have anything but nonsense anyway.<
Well it doesn give them time to dig, but they have been doing that forever anyway. Filing all those allegations against her in Alaska to beat her down. It cost her a fortune. But That IMO gave her more resolve than ever.
What I am most afraid of is them fabricating something in that amount of time. It is a long lead and they can do a lot if they chose to set her up. I don’t know if you ever noticed but people like Obama, Hillary, all deny that they will run, until almost the last minute. I think it is politically smart.
But then again, Palin isn’t a politician in the normally accepted terms of today. I have a lot of faith in her. I think she is genuine and smart. I would love to see her as president of our country.
As such all I can say is I trust her judgment, reasoning and am behind her at this point. If she thinks this is the right time to make these statements, all we can do is have faith that she knows what she is doing.
I have no doubt she would be the nominee if she runs. She will pick up early primary wins and go on to win the nomination IMO.
Some things you may not know about Sarah Palin:
What A Fisherman Says About Sarah Palin
by Dewie Whetsell, Alaskan Fisherman
As posted in comments on Greta Van Susteren’s article referencing the MoveOn.org ad about Sarah Palin.
The last 45 of my 66 years I’ve spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here’s the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets it. It’s not about persona, style, rhetoric, it’s about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I’m about to mention here.
1- Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governor’s office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republican’s “Corrupt Bastards Club” (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing “la la la la” (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. But while you’re thinking, I’ll continue.
2- Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So, she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called “ACES”. Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them “don’t let the door hit you in the stern on your way out.” They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar.
3- The other thing she did when she walked into the governor’s office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as “pork”. She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the “when-hell-freezes-over” stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, we’ll pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governor’s jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor’s cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning-I imagine-that she’s packing heat herself). I’m still waiting to hear the names of those other governors.
4- Now, even with her much-ridiculed “gosh and golly” mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn’t impress you, then you’re trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand.
5- For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn’t start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. This summer, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again.
6- President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewable by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona . Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But that’s just a cover-up. I’m still waiting to hear from liberals the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years. I won’t be holding my breath.
By the way, she was content to return to AK after the national election and go to work, but the haters wouldn’t let her. Now these adolescent screechers are obviously not scuba divers..
And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off. Shoulda known better.
I support Sarah Palin.
Dewie Whetsell, Alaska
Everything I Need to Know About Sarah Palin, I Learned From Sir Ernest Shackleton
On July 3rd, 2009, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska, and nailed the following sign to her door:
“Men Wanted For Hazardous Journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.”
This, the most famous newspaper advertisement ever penned, placed its original author, Sir Ernest Shackleton, in the position of having to select the crew for an Antarctic expedition from among the 5,000 men the ad brought to his office. Comparing Sara Palin to the greatest explorer in history might appear to stretch the limits of metaphorical license, even for an Irishwoman given to hyperbole. I contend, however, that it pales when compared to likening a revolutionary idealist with two weeks of Presidential experience, to Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I believe that Sarah Palin, will be the next President of the United States, and that the secret to her success can, oddly enough, be found in characteristics she shares with one of the greatest Explorers of modern history, Sir Ernest Shackleton.
On December 5th, 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail for the Weddell Sea in a ship that was fate-temptingly named, “Endurance.” Having participated in two unsuccessful expeditions to reach the South Pole, the immortal British explorer was returning to the land of ice that he loved in order to traverse Antarctica. Though Shackleton would not ultimately accomplish the crossing of the frozen continent, his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, would honor the parchment of history with some of the most awe-inspiring events ever recorded. The Endurance, belying her proud name, fell victim to the treacherous ice floes that clawed their way earlier and further north than usual. After weeks aboard the ice-encased ship, Shackleton gave the order to abandon Her, and the crew established camp on the ice. They watched in anguish as their only means of returning home was finally crushed and sought its place in the graveyard of the sea.
Having presided over the funeral of his ship, Shackleton addressed his crew, “Men, since our ship and supplies are gone, I suggest we go home.” The evident absurdity of this proposal was apparent to all, and perhaps to the “boss” himself. But, ice, freezing temperatures, lack of provisions, impending winter, and absence of transportation, were just logistical details to be navigated. Shackleton’s men trusted him implicitly. They instinctively perceived that elusive quality we rarely apprehend in our fellow man, that combination of sound judgment, courage, moral rectitude, and empathy, that are the unmistakable elements of a true leader.
Shackleton determined that he was “not going to let his men bloody die.” Having made their rescue, and no longer a stroll across Antarctica, his unique goal, the minor trifle that his endeavor was hopelessly unattainable was simply not worthy of consideration. The crew of the Endurance lived on the ice for four months, spent five days rowing three small lifeboats across the open ocean, and set up camp on Elephant Island, a small cluster of rock and thin beach. Knowing that his men would never be rescued from Elephant Island, Shackleton set out in one of the life boats with four other men, in a desperate and utterly ludicrous attempt to reach South Georgia. For fifteen days, five virtually frozen, starved men rowed preposterously towards a speck on the map.
No one could actually survive in a lifeboat for two weeks on the frozen ocean. Nor could they land on a speck, and undertake thirty-five hours of highly technical mountain climbing and hiking, before reaching the South Georgian whalers. Even if such mythology could come true, one could not arrange, in the middle of winter and a war, a successful rescue of the men left on Elephant Island who, by any sane estimation, must have long passed to a warmer world (hopefully, a world not too much the warmer!)
But you see, Shackleton had decided that not a single man in his care would die, so his certain failure, at any stage of this breathtaking mission was simply never a factor in his calculations. Shackleton did arrive at the whaling station, he did return to Elephant Island, and “he did not let a single man bloody die.” The crew of the Endurance would have undoubtedly perished on the ice of Antarctica, were it not for the leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton. I sincerely believe that Sarah Palin possesses those same characteristics and that she will press forward, ignoring obstacles, inspiring her supporters and, as President, not let the Country “bloody die.”
It is obvious that the election of Sarah Palin as the next President is absolutely impossible. Not only is she consistently attacked and misrepresented in the media and by the majority of “opinion makers,” but even in the Republican Party, her own ship, she is considered something of an Jonah, better to be thrown to the sea. The Endurance is a perfect image of Sarah’s political career, as it sank beneath the weight of external belligerence and the unrelenting, grinding pressure of her opponents. Her prospects were also mangled by the internal betrayal of former supporters and promoters because of their desperate need to pin their own failures on a woman they underestimated and deemed expendable. Like Sir Ernest, one can literally picture Sarah surveying the wreckage, and it is precisely in this moment that we see her leadership emerge.
Sarah knows what the “Tea Party Patriots” know. Only a real conservative will reach the harbor of the White House, if there is to be a new administration in 2012. The concepts of love of God, love of Country, love of family, love or our troops and commitment the War on Terror, fearless denunciation of Communist China’s human-rights violations, faith in our free-market, faith in American self-reliance and independence were not “slogans” she used to get a job in Washington, but deeply held personal values. These values are the future of our country. Sarah, without a moment wasted on disdain for those who tell her that her endeavor to bring these values to the White House is futile, has already started dragging the lifeboats of American conservative principles across the frozen wasteland of a triumphant Marxist administration, and her own virtually-emasculated Party that wants nothing to do with her cargo of gritty, Reagan conservatism.
When the ice disintegrates, that is, when the last remnants of support from the GOB (Good Old Boys Party) finally abandon her, Sarah will put to sea in her boats and go on alone, alone, that is, with those millions and millions of supporters who were brought by her, in 2008, from a state of near despondency, to a storm of enthusiasm, the expression of which shocked the Nation and eclipsed the vapid haranguing of the opposition. Sir Ernest’s conviction that he would not fail was so clear and strong, that his men believed that he would bring them home. The crew also loved and followed Shackleton because they saw that he was one of them, that he shared their sufferings and their hard work.
One day during the campaign, Sarah got off the bus, went into Wal-Mart and bought store-brand diapers and a toy for her little boy with Downs Syndrome. I compare this to Michelle Obama, in numerous Antoinettian vignettes, wearing five hundred dollar sneakers to serve soup, shutting down the Beltway to put organic lettuce in her market-basket, and donning a New York fashion-week belt to commiserate with women who could not afford Tylenol for their children. While the elites wrote Sarah off as unsophisticated, the ordinary people reveled in her leading by example, sensing a simple life that embodied her spoken principles.
It is impossible that any political figure can withstand the battering from elements, both external and internal, that Sarah Palin has endured, yet unlike Shackleton’s ship, she remains. Like Sir Ernest, she continues, she follows her own compass. I am looking forward with veritable glee to the next months. Constantly given up for lost, she will continue the “hazardous journey.” Fellow Republicans will look, not only to GM (Goebbels Media,) but to their own moth-eaten, comfortable Admirals, back in the officers’ club, and shake their heads at her “doubtful safe return.” They will have their wigs powered and raise money for both the plastic and the absurd chameleons we, a dozen times, cringed to call “leader,” and only tolerated as the lesser of two evils. At their rallies, all two hundred compromisers will take a pinch of snuff and congratulate themselves that they have someone that will not upset the independents and the moderates.
Meanwhile, the people will answer Sarah’s advertisement and sign on for the “hazardous journey.” She will continue to draw thousands of willing “crew members”, as she did during the 2008 Campaign, when venues needed to be enlarged to accommodate those who wished to express their support for all she represented. Of course, we hope that the leaders of the GOB will get off the ice before it is too late. Hopefully they will not be left behind to sink into the oblivion of history because of petty jealousy or because they were so ignorant of what the “Tea Party Radicals,” truly want. It will be good if they have enough love of country to leave their personal effects at camp, get on board and help row.
“As for the honor and recognition in case of success,” the only honor and recognition we hope for, in supporting this intrepid woman, is that of our children and all those who will benefit, because of Sarah Palin’s leadership, from the safe harbor of a truly free America.
Palin – Shackleton 2012.
If she runs, SHE WILL WIN!
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