Sarah Palin Says “It’s Time A Woman Became President of the United States”

gateway pundit ^ | 3/19/2011 | Jim Hoft

[ProtectOurFreedom]

No politician ever answers the question directly. They normally use the question as an intro to say what is really on his or her mind. They never let a trope like a Yes/No closed-end question stop them.

[Polybius]

Sorry, she is far from being the most qualified. That is absurd.

Interesting! Who of the other republicans that appear to be going to run are some of the more qualified? And how and why?

Anybody who had a clue who this man was in 2008.

"Palin couldn't explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations. ..... Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank. Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: 'I wish I'd paid more attention to this stuff'."

That would include just about every single Free Republic poster in 2008.

The final Republican nominee has probably yet to throw his hat in the ring.

[tsowellfan]

That would include just about every single Free Republic poster in 2008

There's a difference between a Free Republic Poster and a possible candidate for President of the United States, wouldn't you say?

[itsahoot]

I think we should just declare everyone a RINO, and then we wouldnt have to worry about it.

You don't have to worry about it now, you get one vote just like everyone else, unless you have a lot of dead relatives.

If you don't think the Republican Leadership is left of center, then I hope you don't vote.

[tsowellfan]

No politician ever answers the question directly. They normally use the question as an intro to say what is really on his or her mind.

Yeah, mostly by democrats who have no grasp of the issue. It's called evading the question. Definitely a turn off for the average voter. Somehow Obama got away with it this time. I think he got away with it because after 15 minutes of talking and using college words in his "response" people had already forgotten what the question was and assumed he had answered it at some point.

[itsahoot]

of not being a good father

Not even the ones cheating on their wives publicly.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Quoting an anonymous source from a hit piece book. Get a real quote and maybe somebody will take you seriously.

[Polybius]

PDS manifests itself in irrational personal assaults or baseless attacks the Left and RINOs engage in whenever Sarah Palin’s name is brought up.

I totally agree with all the personal attacks the media and the Left used. They did the same thing to Dan Quayle and we did the same thing to Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy.

But what about when any FReepers dare to post a single discouraging word about Sarah Palin?

As others on the thread have posted, it has become almost impossible to rationally discuss Sarah Palin's qualifications on Free Republic because anybody that posts anything that does not feed into the endless chanting of adoration is labeled as a RINO and is accused of having Palin Derangement Syndrome.

Discussing the use of the Gender Card is a legitimate conservative issue. Yet, the P.D.S. Card was automatically thrown out.

That does not work for the Far Left when everybody that disagrees with them is labeled a "Fascist" and it will definitely not work with the 72% of ALL American voters that currently believe that Sarah Palin would NOT be a good President.

FOX News Poll (February 7-9, 2011)

Question 3: I am going to read you a list of names. Tell me if you think that person would make a good President or not.

Sarah Palin:

.................YES.........NO.......DK.....Never heard of

ALL...........23%.......72%.........4%.......1%

Dem ...........7%........87%........5%.......1%

Rep ...........40%.......56%.......3%.......1%

Ind ...........25%........69%.......3%.......1%

The following is not "baseless". It was reported by the very people who were trying to get Sarah Palin elected Vice President of the United States:

"Palin couldn't explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations. ..... Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank. Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: 'I wish I'd paid more attention to this stuff'."

"Oh, that! Well that came from John McCain's people and John McCain is a RINO so that is baseless and that is the end of that!"

[Polybius]

there is a lack of that “decision making” process that goes with the Presidency. (Sorry Sarah...just my opinion)....Sacajaweau

Let’s look at a current foreign policy matter, Libya. On Feb. 22nd the rebels were gaining and Ghaddafy was threatening to use his air force against them. On Feb 22nd, Gov. Palin reacted to the rebellion in Libya by saying that Ghaddafy needed to be replaced and that the people of Libya needed protection from his thuggery and aerial assault by imposition of a no-fly zone by NATO. ...excopconservative

Repalced by whom?

Does she know?

In 2008, Sarah Palin did not even know what the al Sadr militia was:

"Palin couldn't explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations. ..... Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank. Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: 'I wish I'd paid more attention to this stuff'."

On Drudge, her comments about the No-Fly Zone are being hyped as "The Palin Doctrine".

A No-Fly Zone is not a "Doctrine". It is merely a single tool in the military arsenal which was used by George H. W. Bush, by George W. Bush prior to 9/11 and even embraced by Bill Clinton as a fig leaf that he was actually doing something about Saddam Hussein during his entire 8 years in office.

To describe the mere mention of the No-Fly Zone tool as a "Doctrine" is analogous to labeling a surgical operation "The Smith Procedure" because Dr. Smith suggested starting the operation by cutting the patient's skin with a scalpel.

The term "Doctrine" means "A principle or body of principles". The term "Procedure" means "A series of steps taken to accomplish an end".

The use of those terms implies a coherent series of principles and steps that say, "In situations such as X, we will use the tools at our disposal to accomplish Y goal because of Z reasons"

Neither one of those terms just simply means "Let's use Tool X."

"Okay, (Doctor/Governor), after using the (scalpel to cut the skin/No-Fly Zone in Libya), then what? Why are we entering (the patient's abdomen/Libya) in the first place? Why are we doing it at all? What, exactly, are we hoping to accomplish and why? What are the stakes involved if we succeed or fail or stay out of (the patient's abdomen/Libya) altogether? What, exactly, are the issues and potential problems involved? What are we doing beyond that first step? "

In regards to the idea of a No-Fly Zone in Lybia which Palin mentioned on Hannity on 23 February, if such a thing is going to be inaccurately called a "Doctrine", it should be called the "Ibrahim Dabbashi Doctrine".

Ibrahim Dabbashi was the Libyan deputy Permanent Representative to UN and he called for the implementation of the No-Fly Zone on 21 February, two days before Palin repeated his suggestion:

Monday, 21 February 2011 20:06 ...... "We are calling on the UN to impose a no-fly zone on all Tripoli to cut off all supplies of arms and mercenaries to the regime."

What this means is that Sarah Palin, or at least one of her staffers, was actually bothering to read the daily news in regards to foreign affairs before that Hannity interview. This, at least, is a great improvement in comparison to 2008:

"Palin couldn't explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations. ..... Asked to identify the enemy that her son would be fighting in Iraq, she drew a blank. Later, on the plane, Palin said to her team: 'I wish I'd paid more attention to this stuff'."

Unfortunately, that did not appear to be the case before her Christian Broadcasting Network interview.

When asked by David Brody, "What would YOU have DONE DIFFERENTLY in the Egyptian Crisis?", here is Sarah Palin's evasive, rambling answer that TOTALLY dodged the question, "What YOU would have DONE DIFFERENTLY in the Egyptian Crisis?":

“It’s a difficult situation, this is that 3 AM White House phone call and it seems for many of us trying to get that information from our leader in the White House it it seems that that call went right to um the answering machine. And nobody yet has, no body yet has explained to the American public what they know, and surely they know more than the rest of us know who it is who will be taking the place of Mubarak and I’m not real enthused about what it is that that’s being done on a national level and from DC in regards to understanding all the situation there in Egypt. And in these areas that are so volatile right now because obviously it’s not just Egypt but the other countries too where we are seeing uprisings, we know that now more than ever, we need strength and sound mind there in the White House. We need to know what it is that America stands for so we know who it is that America will stand with. And we do not have all that information yet."

If you can find a "Palin Doctrine" in there somewhere and can explain what Sarah Palin would have "done differently" in regards to Egypt, feel free to point it out.

All I see is an unprepared politician totally blind-sided by a simple, softball question tossed by a friendly interviewer. All I see is that politician furiously tap-dancing to avoid actually answering the question of what she would have "done differently". All I see is a politician killing time until the interviewer says, "Thank you. Next question ...."

That is not a politician articulating a "Doctrine". That is just Obama without a TelePrompter. That is just an "Empty Suit".

You want an example of somebody who was NOT an "Empty Suit"?

Here he is:

From 1975 to 1979 Ronald Reagan gave more than 1,000 daily radio broadcasts, the great majority of which he wrote himself. .... These addresses .... revise our understanding of the late 1970s - a time when Reagan held no political office, but was nonetheless mapping out a strategy to transform the economy, end the Cold War, and create a vision of America that would propel him to the presidency. These radio programs demonstrate that Reagan had carefully considered nearly every issue he would face as president.

[itsahoot]

And that is why I support Sarah Palin for president because I believe she, like me, wants to chase those evil bastards out of our government.

She said at one time, it does no good to go to Washington and keep all the cronies that are there, which would change nothing. That is paraphrasing, but it was to that affect.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Who are you working overtime for, really? Fess up. Mitt or Huck?

[jla]

Anecdote: I just returned from the gym. When I had pulled into the parking lot I saw, sitting in his truck, another guy who works out there. I parked across from him and when I got out of my Jeep he approached me, asking, "do you mind if I take a picture of that sticker?" (I have two stickers on my rear window. The one he referred to reads Remember when America had a real President alongside an image of Reagan. The other sticker reads Palin for President 2012 alongside an image of Palin.)
So I then asked him if he'd like one of the stickers, I had more at home. He said "sure" and I inquired if he'd like one of each. He said, "no, just the one with Reagan".
When I give it to him I am going to ask him why he turned down the Palin sticker.

[itsahoot]

When has a male governor brought up their family? When has one put them on national tv?

You mean like when the queer brought his family o stage to be humiliated as he apologized for promoting his gay lover to homeland security? Ones like that? There are others but you get the idea......

[itsahoot]

I thought that was the media’s role.

The medias roll is to elect the most Marxist candidate.

[Polybius]

Quoting an anonymous source from a hit piece book.

The sources were the John McCain campaign staff that was trying to get her elected Vice President and sources within her own staff.

(McCain!!! RINO!!!! P.S.D.!!! That's the end of the debate!!! I win!!! I win!!!)

If the claim is false, she could have denied it.

If the claim is false, she could have started doing interviews outside of the safe softballs interviews with Hannity and Barbara Walters and impressed everybody with her fund of knowledge.

Yet, she hasn't.

You want to entrust the safety of the United States to somebody that allegedly had no clue what the Yalta Conference was or what the al Sadr militia was even though her own son was headed their way in 2008.

You BELIEVE in Sarah Palin!!

You have FAITH in Sarah Palin!!

You have HOPE in Sarah Palin!!

You have all that no matter how many potential Red Flags have been hoisted.

I'm sorry but such unquestioning and blind faith is nothing more than trusting the irrationality of a Cult of Personality.

America has already been there and done that:

I am Old School and follow the dictum of Ronald Reagan:

"Trust but verify."

The only thing that Sarah Palin has verified to me is that she absolutely refuses to risk anything but safe, softball interviews. It is impossible to verify if she can coherently discuss 20th Century American History because she absolutely refuses to risk doing so.

You might want to risk the future safety of America to such a person.

I refuse to take such a reckless gamble based on HOPE.

[shield]

Jack Wheeler says she is running...he completely supports Sarah Palin...an original self made woman...

[sarah palin rocks]

Sarah is right! As Rush said, the women on our side are the only ones with balls (paraphrasing).

The PDSers on this thread whine with petty comments while Sarah is becoming a bigger international sensation. Get a life.

Sarah was a smash in India! She is on to Israel to meet with Bibi where they will love her too.

Palin 2012

[9YearLurker]

Her host was grateful for her, as he noted, “answering all his questions”.

Again, it’s crap that only a female candidate would have to put up with, asking if a woman can and should be president. To make an issue of near-candidate Palin answering yes, it’s time for a female president is absurd.

[sionnsar]

That would be NM Gov. Susana Martinez, who already has done away with drivers licenses for illegals.

Very good.

[FreeReign]

All them that were Governors completed one or more terms. That is for starters.

I don't know what your list of qualifications are.

But Christie, Daniels, Romney, Huckabee, Barbour are five former governors that don't meet my qualifications.