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Changing My Mind On A Sarah Palin Presidential Run (Must read!)
Mediaite ^ | January 18, 2011 | John Ziegler

Posted on 01/18/2011 9:34:34 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: JaguarXKE

Really funny that you write that because I have really been sensing that myself, that if she does run, I must be all in.


61 posted on 01/18/2011 10:14:58 AM PST by Obadiah (BHO -- out the door in 4!)
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To: okie01
I just can't comprehend how any Republican challenger's chances against Obama can be so easily dismissed.

Well, let's see. In 2000 Bush's driving history became a molotov in the media's hands. In 2012, it would not surprise me in the least if the media borrowed a fresh cadaver from some city morgue and put it in Palin's campaign bus undercarriage. If they have to, they'll plant evidence, commit violence, you name it. PDS is to BDS as ebola is to chicken pox.

62 posted on 01/18/2011 10:15:19 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe the naysayers and hand ringers are right about Palin’s poor chances of winning the Presidency, but it will be the country’s loss if the next President of the United States isn’t as solidly conservative, and as dedicated to preserving those traditions and values that make this a great country, as Sarah Palin is.


63 posted on 01/18/2011 10:15:58 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: americanmother

See my post at #61.


64 posted on 01/18/2011 10:16:13 AM PST by Obadiah (BHO -- out the door in 4!)
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To: hoagy62

untied = united

Though it still fits...they are mentally ‘untied’....


65 posted on 01/18/2011 10:17:27 AM PST by hoagy62 (.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; onyx; Al B.; Lakeshark; sarah fan UK; Brices Crossroads; Sarah Barracuda; ...
The reality is that I am probably one of the few people to tell her to her face (after our January 2009 interview) that she can’t win in 2012

Heh...that answers the questions of why she unceremoniously dumped him from her circle of advisors.

66 posted on 01/18/2011 10:17:42 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: SunnyUsa

As SHOCKING as THIS is the ENTIRE NorthEast is RINO Central.


67 posted on 01/18/2011 10:19:09 AM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I still think she will run and it will be against Hillary. Obama will either not run or bow out during the campaign, tapping Hillary as he has been instructed to do.


68 posted on 01/18/2011 10:22:42 AM PST by MomwithHope (Wake up America we are at war with militant Islam and progressives - 2 fronts.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I too share that trait.


69 posted on 01/18/2011 10:23:01 AM PST by packrat35 (America is rapidly becoming a police state that East Germany could be proud of!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just for the fun and enjoyment of it....in the event Ms. Palin wins the primaries and receives the republican nomination for President (very nice to be able to capitalize the word when it's associated with a confirmed natural born, conservative person)....who do you think she will (or should...or both!) pick as her VP running mate??

How about....Condollezza Rice?
Or maybe Star Parker?

But enough from me! IMHO...the chosen candidate MUST appeal to the Tea Partiers, the independent voter, and the true conservative and be very clearly anti-left.
Further, they must add name recognition, have a very "thick skin", and be an incredible public speaker. (I would also add that they must be a natural born US citizen. This didn't even come into play before the office of president was userped by a foreigner).

It is time to put the left firmly and completely on the defensive. Given that the economy appears to be finally turning around....taking the "trash" out of this country come 2012 is going to be a huge hill to climb.

With Ms. Palin (assuming it IS Ms. Palin) and a superb running mate...it will be one hell of a battle.

So...who's your pick??

70 posted on 01/18/2011 10:24:21 AM PST by Logic n' Reason ("Don't start coloring until you know where the lines go.")
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To: Eska

Good points! I wish she’d talk more about energy. Unlike most pols, she actually knows a thing or two about it; and it would be helpful if more Americans got themselves educated on the subject of domestic energy sources, particularly in Alaska. Right now, most of what people know, ain’t so. They’re spoonfed misinfo by the media and the educational establishment; in a general election some folks will actually learn facts, if only incidentally.


71 posted on 01/18/2011 10:24:21 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
PALIN No Fear
72 posted on 01/18/2011 10:27:31 AM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: ZULU
She is twice the “man” he [Chris Christie] is.

Now THAT'S impressive...
73 posted on 01/18/2011 10:28:40 AM PST by adingdangdoo
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To: All
I don't get why this guy thinks that Obambi is unbeatable in 2012. Has he bought a tank of gas lately? Did he not see the election results from November?

I must also note that Governor Palin is famous for saying, "Don't Retreat, Reload." I think that the Tuscon thing is a reminder of this pugnacity worthy of the Minbari Warrior Caste.

It has occurred to me that Sarah Palin has the attitude that George Washington and Ronald Reagan had towards power-- they didn't really "need" it. But they would serve if they thought that the nation required it. Thus, if Sarah Palin can help someone else who shares her values and priorities become POTUS, then that is fine by her. But if she has to do it herself, then she will try to do so. I think that her political biography shows this from the local PTA to the 2008 campaign.

What I fear may deter her from running for the Presidency are the very real threats to her own personal safety and that of her family. If anyone is concerned about the level of death threats against Mr. Obama, then they should get ready for some really kooky action.

74 posted on 01/18/2011 10:30:24 AM PST by Lysandru
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To: okie01
But, in 2012, none of these advantages will be present. 1. The MSM will stand behind Obama...but their power, influence and credibility is severely diminished. 2. The "First black president" act carries no weight any longer. 3. The Bush administration is no longer in the rear-view mirror. 4. Thankfully, John McCain will not be the candidate. And, hopefully, nobody like him. 5. Obama owns the economy now. And, after the GOP sweep of the House in 2010, his first two years have been judged a failure. Nothing has happened to turn the economy around and his job approval is generally in the toilet. So, why do the pundits now consider Obama's re-election a given?

You have to put yourself in the mindset of an apolitical independent.

They get their politics from the Daly Show, Saturday Night Live.

Obama will be an incumbent.

The independent will make the decision on what president will suck less and vote for the incumbent.

Unless there is some foreign crisis, or the price of gas-travel is so ridiculously high.

75 posted on 01/18/2011 10:30:38 AM PST by cicero2k
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To: Logic n' Reason

Her Vice President needs to be someone who will give her “gravitas” — like Cheney did for W.


76 posted on 01/18/2011 10:32:22 AM PST by RonDog
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Not a single word describing her qualifications to actually do the job. No need to wonder why.


77 posted on 01/18/2011 10:36:15 AM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’ve noticed that many FReepers in California are negative about a 2012 run by Gov. Sarah Palin for the White House.

I've been on board with Mrs. Palin since she burst on the scene in 2008 (I admit, I never heard of her before her name was tossed out as a possible VP candidate for Mr. McCain). I even voted for her in 2008 (true, she had an old RINO attached to her ticket - but I voted for Mrs. Palin - not the old baggage), and I'd be happy to vote for her if she decides to run in 2012.
My only 'reservation' has been the concern that she and her family would be continually excoriated by the communist/atheist media ... But the last couple of years have shown that it doesn't matter whether or not she runs - the scum in the media will attack her and her family anyways. So if she runs, she has my vote.

78 posted on 01/18/2011 10:36:33 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Logic n' Reason
So...who's your pick??

MRS. PALIN

79 posted on 01/18/2011 10:39:03 AM PST by duckln
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
I wish she’d talk more about energy. Unlike most pols, she actually knows a thing or two about it

Wait until gas hits $4 or $5 per gallon. Our Sarah will have a LOT to say then.

80 posted on 01/18/2011 10:41:29 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (The future? Imagine Cass Sunstein's boot stamping on Lincoln's beard, forever.)
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