No Joke, Not Kidding, Not Joshing Ya, Not the Onion: Sarah Palin for GOP Nominee in 2016?

The Moderate Voice ^ | November 18, 2012 | Joe Gandelman, editor-in-chief

[2ndDivisionVet]

No, this is jot a joke. Not kidding, not joshing ya, not The Onion. Esto no es un chiste y yo se que Vd. no puede creerlo. As the GOP is now reeling from an election campaign where it’s clear failed Presidential candidate and increasingly self-discredited-by-mouth Mitt Romney ignored, turned off, or neglected to woo key growing groups the GOP needs to survive….as the GOP is soul searching about ways to offer a more affirmative and positive form of politics that offers solid specifics rather than warmed over talk radio riffs or lines seemingly grabbed from blogs… Charlotte Allen in the L.A. Times suggests what it really needs is: Sarah Palin as its 2016 nominee.

"The Republican Party has been doing a lot of hand-wringing and finger-pointing since the presidential election. Half the conservative columnists and bloggers say the GOP lost because it overemphasized social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. The other half says the party didn’t emphasize them enough. And everyone denounces Project ORCA, the campaign’s attempt to turn out voters via technology.

But I’ve got a suggestion for cutting short the GOP angst: Sarah Palin for president in 2016.

You think I’m joking? Think again."

She makes her case in detail and says:

"Some Republicans will say Palin has too much baggage from 2008, and we need to look for a new Sarah Palin."

Sarah Palin has so much baggage TSA is opening a new office to inspect it.

"But I don’t see what’s wrong with the one we’ve got. Ever since the 1990s, Republicans have been looking for the next Ronald Reagan. Reagan is now revered in bipartisan circles, but during his presidency he was, like Palin, ridiculed by liberals. They cited “Bedtime for Bonzo” and sneered at his no-name college degree.(continued)

[kevkrom]

I think she would be a great President but the MSM would rip her so much she could never win. They have an irrational hate for her.

That's a nonsensical approach. The media will tear apart any GOP candidate -- for goodness sakes, they got a huge part of the country thinking Mitt Romney was a raving right-winger -- so by letting that be a barrier to entry, all you are doing is letting the media pick the candidate.

[basil]

Yes.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I agree.

[SarahPalinForPresident2012]

We need Palins in the WH — that’s this country’s ONLY hope. Maybe we can have Todd as the nominee in 2016 and Sarah takes over after his second term — that way we have 16 years of repair.

[NMCicero]

I couldn’t have said it better myself.