I was there with my daughter. Hate to say it, but Sara was flat and a bit disappointing. Today was a perfect opportunity for her to dig deep into her knowledge and experience of energy issues in light of the gulf oil spill. She really only spoke in sound bites and phrases we have all heard before. Nothing new, nothing exciting. Part of me wondered if Sarah was just going through the motions. If you think she is going to run in 2012, you’d be wrong, her heart just ain’t in it.
The real stars of the show today were:
#1 J.C. Watts, Absolutely awesome! The crowd was cheering for him to run for Pres in 2012. Looking for a true star of the GOP? Look no further - it is JC. If the video of his speech today ever comes out, it’ll go viral and people will be claiming he is Obama in an alternate conservative parallel universe.
#2 Kris Kobach (co-author of the new AZ law). This guy doesn’t talk in repetitive sound bites and when he speaks you listen because he probably knows more about the constitution, the law and conservative values than all of Free Republic combined. He is like a male Michele Bachmann but with an IQ of 180.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGV64s9ZJ3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-ChvKS7HU
http://www.kriskobach.org/
#3 Fred Thompson, Fred had some good things to say and even joked about his lack of commitment early on in the 2008 Pres race.
I’m sorry you found Sarah a bit flat. It was her second appearance of the day.
“Governor Palin’s Doubleheader in Michigan and Kansas City” - she’s a very busy patriot, yet she took time to personally meet with students after the event.
Al B. can better tell about that part.
Well you seem sold on JC and Kris
It’s a little early, but good luck with your guys
Sarah has had several back to back in different states speeches along with being on FOX News a number of times
in the past days.
The other folks, this was their big day as their time has come and gone and haven’t been heard from in a long time or very little.
I lost a lot of respect for JC when he couldn't decide whether or not he would vote for Obama in 2008. Apparently color was more important to him than his convictions
Like anyone else, JC Watts is free to run in 2012, if he wants to of course. But should he run, we'll give JC Watts the same thing he gave the GOP in 2008, when he backed the Marxist 0bama, because of his color, instead of the GOP.
I have no time whatsoever for idiots like Colin Powell and JC Watts, who when push comes to shove, almost always decide to back skin color instead of principles. He will get quashed like a bug if he runs.
Gateway Pundit had a different take on it. They said "Sarah Palin lit up the Independence Events Center tonight." There's a video of the last 2 1/2 minutes of her speech at their website. Hard to hear her speak over the applause and cheering, but they did the best they could. Check it out.
In the last 60 days Sarah Palin has given 23 speeches in 12 different states, including 2 speeches in Canada.
She has made 5 TV guest appearances and has had her own 1-hr. special on Fox. She has helped raise hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars for charities and politicians, including $500,000 for Michele Bachman alone.
Yeah, her heart's not in it. Get with the program, Sarah!...LOL.
Ronald Reagan had the benefit of not having the internet spotlight shed on his every utterance, yet during his 1980 primary run he had a person on his team whose sole job was to rearrange words and phrases in his campaign speeches to keep it as fresh as they could. Sarah, however, is not running for anything and is simply trying to motivate and inspire people to get involved and fight back against the commies taking over our country.
She's doing just fine.
You have no idea that Sarah isn’t going to run....that’s you opinion...which I’m glad is just an opinion.....we have to wait and see, but she is leaning towards running just by the fact of her new “organization” that has been under wraps for months and her getting daily international briefings and her defending her record in Alaska......BTW one of the reason for getting money is that if she runs, she will be facing Mitt who already has his own money to get out there on TV in those states once he declares and one does need to counter-balance him
“If you think she is going to run in 2012...”
RC, if you think youre a freeper, you’re wrong; your heart just ain’t in it!
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“I was there with my daughter. Hate to say it, but Sara was flat and a bit disappointing.”
If that is what you consider “flat and disappointing”, you need to have your hearing aid checked. Fortunately, the internet makes it impossible to spin crowd reactions, so anyone with eyes and ears knows that you either weren’t at the speech or you have someone else in mind.(J.C. Watts?? Give me a break!!)
She was splendid as anyone with eyes and ears can tell. Nobody hits a grand slam with every speech, but Sarah Palin has the best batting average (by far) of anyone, in my observation of American politics, over the last 40+ years, and that includes “The Great Communicator” himself.
This speech was a three run homer.
Cut the Cuda some slack.....she’s a busy lady.
I was there at the event. Everyone is different with different subject matters. JC was wonderful so was Kris....but people came to see the Cuda becasue she is the defacto face of the opposition.
Look, when she resigned as governor of Alaska, people said she was done. She resurrected her career in politics in a unique and stunning way.
Personally, I have faith that Sarah Palin will be out there working for the good of this country, no matter what. She’s a patriot with common sense and, obviously, a great sense of timing.
And I think you’re wrong about her running. Look at the cover of her book: she’s wearing a running suit. Why did she pick that photo? It was a tongue-in-cheek message to her supporters, in my opinion.
JC is a good man and I love his passionate speeches, but he hasn't held a political office since January, 2003, and he seems content with giving speeches. If he decides to run he will have the chance to compete with the rest of the GOP field – that's the beauty of primaries.
You mentioned that Sarah won't run because her heart isn't in it. I read your post and I see you are biased against her. First your impression of her speech is inaccurate, and second, you seem quite taken by the male politicians. All three of your picks are men. To say that Sarah doesn't have her heart in it and then suggest Fred Thompson as your third choice when Fred was a lackluster candidate in the 2008 primaries, and despite his wife's and advisers' best efforts he couldn't garner the passion needed to rally the base. Somehow, you find Thompson a potentially strong candidate and yet you tell us that it is Sarah who doesn't have her heart in it. You don't make a very compelling case.