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If Palin runs for president: Her strengths won't be a lot of help
The Chicago Tribune ^ | September 12, 2010 | Steve Chapman

Posted on 09/11/2010 1:25:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It turns out Sarah Palin left the governorship of Alaska for a better position. She's become king — King Midas, to be exact. Everything she touches turns to gold.

Her memoir, "Going Rogue," was the best-selling hardcover nonfiction volume of 2009. She's got a TV gig with Fox News that reportedly pays $1 million a year. She commands $100,000 for a speaking appearance.

But it's not all about the money. Palin has also become the fairy godmother of the Republican Party. In the Aug. 31 primaries, all five candidates she tapped with her wand came away victorious — including Joe Miller, who upset incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Those she passed over turned into pumpkins.

"Sarah Palin has special medicine," wrote John Dickerson of the liberal online magazine Slate after the primaries. "The Palin brand now grows ever stronger because other Republicans will want to access that magic."

All that looks like the perfect prelude to something even bigger. After steadfastly refusing invitations for political gatherings in Iowa, site of the first presidential contest in 2012, she's going to Des Moines on Sept. 17 for the Republican Party's annual Reagan Day dinner. To run for president, one local GOP official was quoted saying, "She needs to be here — and she's doing that with a big, high-profile event."

If she enters the race, Palin will have the inside track. A recent Gallup poll found that among Republican voters, she's more popular than Abraham Lincoln, with a 76 percent favorable rating — higher than any other potential GOP presidential candidate listed by Gallup. The nomination is starting to look like it's hers for the asking.

But appearances are deceiving.(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010; 2012; alaska; iowa; iquitarod; joemiller; kingmidas; lisamurkowski; midas; obama; palin; palin2012; polls; romney; romneybigdig; romneycare; romneydirtytricks; romneymarriage; sarahpalin
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To: STARWISE

Do you think that’s a blog/site of his?
Apparently, he has a site or frequents a site where he laughs about FReepers.
That would make him an anti-FReeper.
I had no idea he was still around. Infamous troll and hater.


301 posted on 09/13/2010 7:59:26 PM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: onyx; Non-Sequitur

Don’t know.

Perhaps he’ll say.


302 posted on 09/13/2010 8:11:46 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: onyx

If all of a sudden someone named “little jeremiah” started posting leftist claptrap on leftist websites, no one would think it was really me.

When - ahem - “other” names that are also on FR have been found spouting liberal claptrap elsewhere, sometimes verbatim what that name posted on FR, then it does give one pause...

heheh


303 posted on 09/13/2010 8:22:01 PM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: Lakeshark

Leftists may dominate the upper echelons of institutions, but many of these institutions are hollow shells with numbers of rebellious underlings. The institutions of government are particularly vulnerable, since we still get to vote, and even though leftists excel in voter fraud, they can’t overcome large wins. They may run the media (regular MSM style), but fewer and fewer people believe the not-even-subtle propaganda - and even some of the MSM are become disillusioned with 0thugga and all that he typifies. More and more people get their news and views elswhere - like on FR!

More and more young people are becoming pro-life, for one thing, and for another, whenever same sex marriage is put to the people, they turn it down, over and over again.

I say an all-conservative ticket it grounded in reality, and will give the regular people a reason to get enthused, get to the voting booth and be energized as you haven’t seen them energized before.


304 posted on 09/13/2010 9:00:43 PM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: Candor7
Sarah Palin has vast experience in National Security matters , because as Governor of Alaska , and commander Chief of the Alaska National Guard of Land , Air and Sea forces, she was tasked with assuring the efficient array , training and equipage of the Alaska National Guard, THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES BY RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA AND CHINA.You must be incredibly ill informed, or a strategic idiot.

Please tell me you're joking. That's so dumb on so many levels it's giving me a headache.
305 posted on 09/13/2010 9:29:42 PM PDT by The Pack Knight (Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and the world laughs at you.)
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To: STARWISE; Las Vegas Ron; LucyT; Red Steel; onyx; little jeremiah; manc; Candor7; MHGinTN; BP2; ...

Oh he’s quite the hero over at Politijab. In fact, they consider him an excellent troll on FR. They love him. Just go there and search for his name.

How can anyone be a conservative if they hate Palin, both Bush’s, Beck, Fox news, anyone that is in the Army, loves Jon Stewart. Keep in mind he lives in Kansas City and that is a liberal hotbed. He also despises anyone in the South and anything in the South. He hates Baptists, has made many derogatory comments about the South and especially Texas, referring to inbreeding etc. Now does this sound familiar? Does this sound like a typical FR conservative? I think not.
He can’t deny any of this because he knows his past posts verify it and he knows if he denies it they will be posted.


306 posted on 09/13/2010 9:50:07 PM PDT by mojitojoe ("The Arabic call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." punk in chief)
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To: WKB

Oh I know. Don’t forget Baptists, the Army, and he especially hates Texas.


307 posted on 09/13/2010 10:05:27 PM PDT by mojitojoe ("The Arabic call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." punk in chief)
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To: Candor7

Bingo!


308 posted on 09/13/2010 10:06:55 PM PDT by mojitojoe ("The Arabic call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." punk in chief)
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To: Non-Sequitur

I never said I personally outed you. Several found you there and passed the link around via FReepmail. I posted the links on FR as did others. Face the facts, you are considered a troll and you are fooling no one.


309 posted on 09/13/2010 10:12:06 PM PDT by mojitojoe ("The Arabic call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." punk in chief)
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To: STARWISE

Not mine. I don’t have a blog.


310 posted on 09/14/2010 4:15:27 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: onyx
That sounds very close to threat to me.

Statement of fact. If suddenly liberal posts under the name of 'onyx' appeared on DU would that mean that you and only you had to have posted them? Screen names are not copyrighted. Anyone can use them.

311 posted on 09/14/2010 4:18:20 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: little jeremiah
Even weaker. No pulse, actually.

If you say so.

312 posted on 09/14/2010 4:20:13 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: STARWISE

You so hang out on some...interesting websites for someone who claims to be a conservative.


313 posted on 09/14/2010 4:20:57 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: mojitojoe

I’ll read all of this later today.
I see the liberal troll is still on here.


314 posted on 09/14/2010 4:30:23 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: little jeremiah
I don't think we disagree so much, although we do disagree that moderates need to be used to help bring conservatives to office. That way conservative principles can be implemented rather than just talked about.

Have a good day and thanks for the conversation.

315 posted on 09/14/2010 9:20:30 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

We will see - and thanks for the conversation and I hope I wasn’t too - loud...

I just have such horrible memories of the Repubs putting up McCain, Bob Dole, the first Bush and so on. The second Bush turned out not very good either. The list of moderate Repubs (ie RINOs) is stomach turning and so many of them lost anyway. Who wants milk-and-water? Pabulum? If someone wants a liberal, they’ll vote for the Dem anyway.


316 posted on 09/14/2010 10:27:06 AM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: mojitojoe

Good to pull out the history.
An elephant never forgets!


317 posted on 09/14/2010 11:03:28 AM PDT by Gemsbok (Dead men tell no tales!)
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To: mojitojoe

Good to pull out the history.
An elephant never forgets!


318 posted on 09/14/2010 11:03:33 AM PDT by Gemsbok (Dead men tell no tales!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Note: this topic was posted 9/11/2010. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

319 posted on 11/09/2014 10:08:43 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I believe you are correct..


320 posted on 11/09/2014 10:25:32 AM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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