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Sarah Palin: My Endorsement "Doesn't Amount To A Hill Of Beans"
RealClearPolitics ^ | December 1, 2011

Posted on 12/01/2011 9:53:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO AT LINK)

When asked if she has a candidate she would like to endorse in the 2012 GOP field, Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) said she hasn't made up her mind as of now, and that it wouldn't matter. Palin said her endorsement would amount to a "hill of a beans."

"I think today, my personal endorsement, probably doesn't amount to a hill of beans today, at this point in the race," Palin said on FOX News' "Hannity" program.

Palin said later in the race perhaps her endorsement may have more weight, but admitted at this moment it doesn't matter. Referring to herself as a pundit, Palin said voters have to do their homework and shouldn't rely on the endorsement.

"I am leaning toward the candidate who can best articulate he being the antithesis of Barack Obama. He understanding what it takes to reform our country and not allow it to be fundamentally transformed away from the exceptionalism that is America. But, he who can promise to because he has experience in doing so," Palin said when asked what kind of candidate she would endorse. Transcript below....

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TOPICS: Alaska; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2012; casablanca; elections; gop; obama; palin; primaries; sarahpalin
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To: patriot preacher

Amen!


41 posted on 12/02/2011 4:40:41 AM PST by Josephat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Palin will endorse the GOP nominee against Obama.

And campaign for that nominee.

Whoever it is.

42 posted on 12/02/2011 7:36:30 AM PST by Notary Sojac (Gingrich/Cain 2012)
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To: wardaddy
Post 23 is dead on target.

There is a small group of ranters here (aided and abetted by a mod or two) who think that FR should consist of only those who agree with them, on every issue, 100.0000%.

Arguing with them is just like wrestling with the apocryphal pig, except that here, the pig can sometimes get you kicked out of the arena.

Ignoring them is the only rational response.

43 posted on 12/02/2011 7:44:03 AM PST by Notary Sojac (Gingrich/Cain 2012)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Your “Compassionate Conservatism” analogy/connection to the “Crony Capitalism” nonsense is an excellent one.

Bizarro World indeed. Fundamentally, the Left and its subsidiary, the smelly counterculture movement, have in just a few short decades turned traditional Western concepts of normal civilization upside down:

Good is bad, yes is no, etc.

I remain hopeful that there is a vast undercurrent of Americans (despite the election disasters of the past few years), who recognize this destructive trend and will act and vote accordingly in the future.

44 posted on 12/02/2011 8:52:51 AM PST by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She thrives on being underestimated, as we already know. Just another thing I like about her.


45 posted on 12/02/2011 9:04:41 AM PST by Wyoming Cowboy
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To: TBP
I don't think freepers realize how small her following is out in the real world. I liked her and could have voted for her but I don't know anyone outside of freepers who felt that way.
46 posted on 12/02/2011 9:05:12 AM PST by Ditter
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To: A CA Guy

Trump’s endorsement is way more valuable.


47 posted on 12/02/2011 9:09:04 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Ditter
I don't think freepers realize how small her following is out in the real world.

I don't think some freepers realize that FR is a segment of a segment of a segment of a segment of the American public.

48 posted on 12/02/2011 10:56:28 AM PST by Notary Sojac (Gingrich/Cain 2012)
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To: humblegunner; onyx; ExTexasRedhead; Lakeshark; Josh Painter; DBeers; reformed_dem; ...
"She should go make Todd a sandwich or something."

Yeah, 'cause we all know there's only three things women are good for, right? What're pissant and jla up to these days? Post a photo of your clubhouse sometime, will ya?

49 posted on 12/02/2011 11:18:54 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: Ditter
I don't know anyone outside of freepers who felt that way.

You must travel in very restricted circles, because I know plenty of them.

50 posted on 12/02/2011 11:23:25 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Post a photo of your clubhouse sometime, will ya?

Can't do it. All my establishment elite cocktail circuit
buddies would be mad. OPSEC, you know. Especially Rove.

That guy is a pain about such things sometimes.

51 posted on 12/02/2011 11:24:04 AM PST by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: wardaddy

bttt


52 posted on 12/02/2011 11:31:24 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, 'cause we all know there's only three things women are good for, right?

I demand to see a list!

53 posted on 12/02/2011 11:34:27 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Ditter
but I don't know anyone outside of freepers who felt that way.

I suppose it all depends on who you surround yourself with. I know many people who are as excited about Sarah Palin today as they were Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. They have been completely unaffected by the negative image given her by the leftist media and base their opinions of her on her politics and what she stands for. I can't say I agree with them or her on every issue -- but when it comes to Sarah Palin being representative of the conservative cause she remains second to none.

54 posted on 12/02/2011 11:36:39 AM PST by South40 (Just say NO to pro-ILLEGAL alien RINOS!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Palin 2012. I’m not going to say you’ve got nowhere else to go. The other guys’ performance is saying it for me.


55 posted on 12/02/2011 11:37:53 AM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: wardaddy

Excellent post#23, wardaddy.

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

I’m going to print it out and post it up on my wall over my computer screen.


56 posted on 12/02/2011 11:50:10 AM PST by samtheman
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To: humblegunner
She should go make Todd a sandwich or something.

I peeked in the lunchbox ... We should be so lucky.
A grilled salmon sandwich, a hot thermos
of moose chili and an apple. mmmmm - mmmmm - mmmmm ;o)

57 posted on 12/02/2011 11:58:03 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: A CA Guy

As a formerly patently avid Sarah supporter in the last couple of years, I have come to realize she is not what I’d have expected. Her endorsement, or condemnation for that matter, means relatively little to me at this point. I can make up my own mind, Sarah, thank you very much for the dashed hope you once offered.


58 posted on 12/02/2011 12:01:34 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah shouldn't endorse anyone at this juncture. She should keep quiet until the convention. Then make a speech praising whoever the RNC selected.

Then we lock the doors and don't let her out until she's drafted. BAM!

59 posted on 12/02/2011 12:04:44 PM PST by McGruff (Hold the House, retake the Senate.)
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To: RichInOC

I think its hilarious how she baits then kills hope with her crony capitalism tweet. Now who did she equate to crony capitalism???

Honestly, she’s right. Her endorsement doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. People should make up their own minds and not rely on someone else to make the decision for them.

Of course, there’s still one very vocal group that’s living under the illusion Palin will endorse their guy...


60 posted on 12/02/2011 12:05:21 PM PST by rintense (ABO is not a winning strategy.)
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