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My Gut Tells Me Cain-Palin Ticket Will Happen
Vanity | 10/6/2011 | Ocarterma

Posted on 10/06/2011 10:07:54 AM PDT by Ocarterma

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To: Publius Valerius

If I believed what you say I would write off America as dead and not bother with any of it. Might not even vote at all. Better to spend the time and energy preparing my kids for a life without America, because it’s what will happen if we keep the status quo of lawlessness - which is how the establishment got where it is and what it will ALWAYS fight to keep.

If the establishment underestimates how much it is despised right now, they will seal America’s demise.


121 posted on 10/06/2011 10:56:03 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: JosephMama

Since both Rubio and Palin have said they would turn down a VP slot, it seems unproductive to wish for either.


122 posted on 10/06/2011 10:58:57 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Ocarterma
My Gut Tells Me

Take two aspirin and call me in the morning

123 posted on 10/06/2011 11:01:12 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

But the courts have consistently claimed that it’s nobody’s business if the ticket is unconstitutional.


124 posted on 10/06/2011 11:01:47 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Netizen

Yeah.... I don’t see much chance of Cain picking Palin. Cain really needs someone who knows how to get things done in Washington, and that is Newt Gingrich.

...and if you think about it, people always say that being a governor is the best executive experience for running the country. While that is partially true, knowing how to get things done in Washington is also extremely valuable. I’m guessing congressmen who want to try to pass an important bill are not calling Rick Perry or Mitt Romney for advice.... they are calling Newt Gingrich.


125 posted on 10/06/2011 11:04:26 AM PDT by jageorge72
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To: Ocarterma
Well, I won't be getting my hopes up on that scenario.

However, consider the delicious irony of a Cain/Palin ticket to counter an Obama/Clinton ticket.

My gut tells me that if Obama's polling numbers stay in the tank, he'll either be pressured to drop out of the race (clearing the way for Hillary) or more likely, to drop Biden from the ticket and put Hillary on it instead.

If the latter happens, a Cain/Palin ticket will effectively cancel out the "historical factor" of the first black man/woman ticket that the Democrats will likely play to the hilt.

I hate race/gender based politics but if we are going to play that game, we could do much worse than Cain/Palin.

126 posted on 10/06/2011 11:06:00 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Publius Valerius

It’s the “how to get things done” that is screwing this country. Obama knows EXACTLY how to get things done: by executive order and unaccountable czars/regulators.

The left has nothing to gripe at Obama about. What they are mad about is that he did everything he said he would without being able to hide the putrescence of it all from the common people. He wasn’t sneaky enough about it. And nobody will ever be able to be sneaky enough about it, because what the left is after just plain stinks.

The gal who suggested that the elections be called off basically admitted that the left can never accomplish their goals as long as the people involved have to be worried about what the little people think. The left is finally figuring out that what they want is poison to most Americans.

Contrast that with Reagan, who wasn’t supposed to be electable because he was so different from the establishment - but who accomplished what the country needed, and was loved for it by the little people (even though despised by the elites).


127 posted on 10/06/2011 11:10:49 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion
The left has nothing to gripe at Obama about

You're kidding, right? Other than Obamacare--the version of which that passed was decidedly NOT what liberals wanted--Obama doesn't have much to point to as far as signature liberal accomplishments.

Obama has been a very bad President for a lot of reasons. One of which is that he's been terribly ineffective at doing anything and then blames Congress for lack of leadership. He is a joke. Everyone knows he is a joke, including liberals. One of the reasons why he is a joke is that he is over his head.

128 posted on 10/06/2011 11:20:54 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: JosephMama
If not Florida, then look to Ohio.

As an Ohioan, I can honestly tell you that we have nobody suitable for the 2012 ticket.

129 posted on 10/06/2011 11:21:21 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: chainsaw
Cain is unelectable, at this time, because of his skin color and the connotations obama has infused into racial politics.

I'm not so sure.

We will have to convince some folks
to send their sheets to the laundry.

We might be able to convince some
others to leave the plantation porch.


130 posted on 10/06/2011 11:23:42 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: GraceG

Jindal is ineligible for the same reason Rubio is. Ditto Nikki Haley.


131 posted on 10/06/2011 11:25:16 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: GraceG

I like the last one.

There’s a lot of viable VP candidates out there. Doesn’t have to be someone currently running for prez...


132 posted on 10/06/2011 11:25:17 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: chainsaw

Based on what?


133 posted on 10/06/2011 11:27:24 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: butterdezillion
And if he did I would not vote for that ticket unless we had a specific court ruling that Rubio is a natural born US citizen.

Too right! Just because the left broke the rules with Obama, doesn't mean we get to do it too.

134 posted on 10/06/2011 11:29:09 AM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: butterdezillion

“If the establishment underestimates how much it is despised right now, they will seal America’s demise.”

They think they can ride this out. I think the seal has just about set.


135 posted on 10/06/2011 11:29:34 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Netizen

“Cain team up with Gingrich”

At this point, that doeesn’t sound half bad.
And as for the perry contingent that keeps insisting that Cain supports romney, do a search. You will find a whole lot of criticism of romney from Cain. So they lie. Trying to smear Cain isn’t gonna help rick perry. It just isn’t. Perry is his own worst enemy.

Jul 19, 2011 – (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claimed Monday Mitt Romney cannot beat President Obama in the 2012 election


136 posted on 10/06/2011 11:30:28 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: Psalm 144

Might be that voters, after the Obama experience, will want solidity, stability, predictability and experience for the next president. We won’t be seeking another president powered into our hearts by their interesting-ness, potential, way with words, what have you.

Thus, Palin and Cain are out of the picture for now. Maybe next time around.


137 posted on 10/06/2011 11:32:16 AM PDT by frposty (I'm a simpleton)
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To: Mr. Silverback; Pan_Yans Wife

Newt has lived in DC for decades. That is his residence.


138 posted on 10/06/2011 11:35:03 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: frposty

Cain seems very solid, stable and predictable. That said, I just don’t see the executive authority, the hardness. We’ll see as the campaign progresses.


139 posted on 10/06/2011 11:35:50 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: JosephMama
However, that position is quite important with the electorate. A swing state candidate with political experience and some moderate views will push Cain over the top.

Agreed. Someone from Florida or Ohio. How come no one has mentioned Gov. John Kasich? Moderate, but he would win Ohio, and Ohio always decides the general.

140 posted on 10/06/2011 11:42:41 AM PDT by America_Right (Beat 0bama With a CAIN 2012)
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