Posted on 07/15/2009 3:11:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin still won't say whether she's building towards a presidential campaign in 2012. But she does plan to stay involved in national politics and appears to be casting herself as the possible leader of a new movement in American politics, one that would welcome Republicans and Democrats.
"I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation," she said in an interview with the Washington Times on Sunday. "People are so tired of the partisan stuff - even my own son is not a Republican," she added. Her son, Track, 20, who is serving with the US Army in Iraq, and her husband, Todd, are registered as 'non-partisan' in Alaska.
She also claimed that her decision to stand down as Governor of Alaska - which was revealed in a bizarre press conference on July 3 - was because the barrage of press attacks and allegations about her conduct and ethics had undermined her political programme.
The decision has bolstered her popularity among Republicans. A USA Today-Gallup poll found two-thirds of Republicans questioned wanted her to remain "a major national political figure".
It also seems to confirm the thoughts of those commentators who suspect that the prospect of national fame rather than ideology is her guiding star.
Andrew Sullivan, writing in the Sunday Times, said: "I love the idea of Sarah Palin: a brassy no-nonsense enemy of bloated government and corruption. That was probably John McCain's rough idea of who she was in the five minutes his staff vetted her, and on the one occasion he'd met her, before offering her a chance to be leader of the free world. The idea of Sarah Palin, though, is sadly not the reality of Sarah Palin.
"The reality of Sarah Palin is that politics is a means to her higher goal: celebrity. Every action she takes is designed to make sense... if you believe that government is really a version of a reality show.
"The remote, David Lynch-style location, the family often in trouble with the law, the pregnant teenage daughter and her impossibly handsome redneck boyfriend, the boyfriend's angry sister, an ornery Alaskan trooper, a few moose and mysterious pregnancies... and, well, the mini-series never ends. The best guess I've heard of the real reason for her abrupt departure is: 'I'm a celebrity... get me out of here!'"
One of Palin's first engagements after leaving office on July 26 comes on August 8 when she will address a Republican women's rally in California - in an aeroplane hangar that houses a retired presidential aircraft Air Force One, prompting more questions about her ambitions. Media will be banned from the meeting.
If “Conservatives” are still stupid enough to vote for personal preferences again instead banding together for what is best for America, then the left will win again anyway. Sarah Palin represents what is right about this country and is right now the only voice that is speaking out succintly about the consequences of our current lack of leadership. Besides, there is not one Republican in office today that stands a chance of getting elected based on the public distrust of the Republican party after 8 years of GW’s left leaning globalist policies.
“before offering her a chance to be leader of the free world”
I had no idea the Vice President was so powerful.
I dunno about a 3th party... How can you have a 3rd party when the Republicans don’t really constitute a 2nd party?
Thats exactly the point. The GOP is a MINOR party headed for the dust heap of history...
The void will be filled by a new party evolving from the Palin principles socially, morally and fiscally.
I've said it many times... the GOP is DEAD... RINO mentality has compromised it into oblivion... The McCain candidacy was the terminal blow.. the McCain "machine"<---- (oxymoron) ... attacks on Sarah Palin after the election were the death throws indicating the GOP's rapid slide into insignificance.
As many times as I have watched it occur, 3rd party will only ensure dem win. I think Palin can change repub party, no joke; that’s how good she really is.
Stupid headline, has no relation to reality.
And any article that uses Andrew Sullivan’s words on Palin will be out-of-orbit as well.
LOL. She only had one meeting with him, which doesn't equate to her being a globalist.
Rush Limbaugh is a member of the CFR, by the way.
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