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There is much speculation about whether or not Sarah Palin will enter the 2012 GOP presidential race. Those who admire and respect her believe she wields a tremendous amount of power with regard to the choice of the candidate who will eventually end up facing Barack Obama in what can only be the most important election of our lifetime. But that candidate should not be Palin. And the reason is blatantly obvious. She can't win. It has nothing to do with any lack of political gravitas. Despite how her critics and detractors have attempted to portray her, Palin is intelligent,...

Conservative icon Rush Limbaugh has confirmed the rumors -- he's addicted to prescription pain medication. It's obvious that he has broken our nation's drug laws. Which poses an interesting dilemma for his fellow conservatives. According to Rush and other conservative drug warriors, "Drug users ought to be convicted and sent up" as Rush himself put it. *Sent up, as in sent to prison. *So here's the conservative dilemma: Should Rush, a self-admitted "drug user," be "convicted and sent up"? *If they say yes, they're advocating silencing the most powerful and influential conservative voice in America -- imprisoning a man they...