Sarah for President? (There is no one more qualified for the White House. But is she electable?)

Pajamas Media ^ | 12/30/2010 | David Solway

[aphid]

Dear Lord, I pray you either enlighten this cretin or sterilize him.

[Gargantua]

"No one more qualified? Really? "

Yes, really.

Name one person, strict constitutionalist conservative who has better credentials/experience/track record, and explain why you think so. Were I to list here all of Palin's unique, "only she has done this" accomplishments while a Statewide elected executive, it would take several pages.

It seems the only people who don't feel she's qualified are those who remain unaware of her unbelievable list of results delivered in half a term as Governor during which she also ran for Vice President and had a baby.

Get real, dude. You may have personal-opinion-type objections, but there is no current-day pol who comes close; who is even in the same league. Them's just the facts.

So, let's hear it; who do you think brings more actual qualifications to the table, and why?

8^D

[Gargantua]

"Next year’s focus will be serious policy and the direction she would take the country, and when she starts campaigning she will walk away with the nomination and win the White House in a landslide."

Period. As well considered, and said, as is possible. Nice.

8^D

[Balding_Eagle]

Dear Lord, I pray you either enlighten this cretin or sterilize him.

Evidently that's not the Lord of the Kings James Bible you're praying to.

[aphid]

How dare anyone dismiss half of the human race as unworthy of leadership.

[Balding_Eagle]

How dare anyone dismiss half of the human race as unworthy of leadership.

You'll have to take that up with our Creator, the Lord, as those calls are well above my pay grade. And yours too.

[The Wizard]

bttt

[excopconservative]

I’m not sure that there’s no one else more qualified. I like Herman Cain, for one. He has real-world experience and good ideas. I’m just not sold on Sara.

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He is a talk show host who has some good experience as a CEO in private business. He has no voting record as he has never held office nor ran for office. What he would do in office when confronted with political pressure is an unknown. A CEO of a closely held corporation can do mostly whatever they wish. A president has to be a politician in order to accomplish anything. If Cain would like to be President, shouldn’t he make an effort to be a mayor or a governor first? These are the stepping stones that Gov. Palin took over a period of 20 years, PTA, City Council, Mayor, Oil & Gas Commission Chair, Governor, VP candidate. There’s really no comparison in qualifications.

[excopconservative]

To me her public actions are confused. She takes one step forward which increases her image as a serious candidate, but then takes another backwards which makes her appear non-serious.

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Her fusion with the average voter must be completed before the policy wonk stuff can go full steam. The media created a separation by identifying her as the anti-Obama, and a threat to all things democrat. She has gone beyond politics to show herself as a normal person not unlike yourself. Next, you’ll probably see Palin, the international traveler. While Mitt and Huck are pounding the pavement in Iowa, she’ll be meeting foreign dignitaries and creating herself as a star on the international stage. Then she will declare, and it’s time to be serious and to prove that she is the anti-Obama and a threat to all things democrat. A time to every purpose...

[excopconservative]

The 40% in the middle, many of whom respect and like Palin, will not see her as presidential material. Period.

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Is that the 40% that keep getting us such wonderful candidates as Bob Dole and John McCain? There is absolutely nothing in common between Obama and Palin except one ancestor back 9 or 10 generations. Obama was elected because his record was hidden from us. Palin will be elected because of her record.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Finding a positive article written about Sarah is often difficult, but this article is a good example of positive analysis about her.

“But is Palin electable? The next two years will determine whether she will be able to counter the slanderous media campaign against her candidacy and her competence, and so convince enough people that she has the right stuff to lead the country in perhaps its most perilous historical moment since the Civil War. Clearly, she suffers more than her share of antagonists among the megabuck left and their myriad satellites, Ivy League academics, mainstream journalists, public intellectuals, union impresarios and henchmen, and the entitlement-addicted segment of the public. They are terrified of her. She even has the panjandrums in the Republican old guard shaking in their Guccis.

As Victor Volsky writes in American Thinker, “in the eyes of the political/cultural aristocracy, [Palin] is the embodiment of its worst nightmare: the revolt of the masses against their masters.” And she knows that the master class will mobilize its considerable reserves against her. The question is whether, by sheer force of character, will, and charisma, like an American version of Delacroix’s Marianne leading the charge at the electoral barricades, and by pursuing a tireless itinerary, she can prevail against overwhelming odds and bring to the American people authentic change and genuine hope for the future.

I would just add that it takes more than just will and charisma to gain people's trust and earn their enduring support.  It also takes the power of good ideas, communicated well, in addition to a well defined message/plan to counteract the policies of destruction created by Obama and his liberal-leftist accomplices.

If Sarah can communicate such ideas and make a compelling case for how she would implement policies to bring stability to the economy and usher in prosperity which will generate good jobs, chances are she will be able to undermine the barrage of criticism and ridicule directed at her by her enemies and detractors.

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!! Well, maybe the New Castrati (as Rush calls them) has a serious lisp and a Barney Frank way of speaking that forces him to post endless drivel as a way to minimize his own inadequacies and deficiencies. 

[Clara Lou]

You don't know anything about Herman Cain, except that he is a radio host and businessman, and you are wrong-- he has run for office. In 2004, he ran for the US Senate. Just as a starting point, here's the bio he has posted at his website:
* Radio Talk Show Host, "The Herman Cain Show", News Talk 750 WSB – Atlanta, Monday - Friday, 7pm-10pm EST
* FOX News Business Commentator and Columnist with World Net Daily
* Chief Executive Officer and President of THE New Voice, Inc., a business consulting company, and Head Coach of HITM
* At a nationally televised Presidential Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform (1994), challenged President Bill Clinton's health care proposal when he said, "Mr. President, with all due respect, your calculations are incorrect…"
* Former Chairman of Godfather's Pizza, Inc. after serving as CEO and President for ten years, 1986 - 1996. In 1988 he bought the company from The Pillsbury Company
* Past Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
* Former Chairman and President of the Tax Leadership Council, the public educational component of Americans for Fair Taxation
* Past Chairman of the Board of the National Restaurant Association (1994-1995), and former full time CEO and President of the Association (1996-1999)
* Member of The National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform (1995), chaired by former Republican Vice-presidential candidate, Jack Kemp
* Serves on the Boards of Directors of AGCO, Inc., Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Hallmark Cards Inc., Whirlpool, Inc., and Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
* Recipient of eight Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Morehouse College, New York City Technical College; Suffolk University, Johnson & Wales University, Creighton University, Purdue University, Tougaloo College and the University of Nebraska
* Recipient of a 1996 Horatio Alger Award and the 1991 International Foodservice Manufacturers Association's Operator of the Year/Gold Plate Award
* Graduated from Morehouse College with a B.S. in Mathematics in 1967. Earned his Master's Degree in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1971
* Author of four books, Leadership Is Common Sense (1997), Speak As A Leader (1999), CEO of SELF (October, 2001), and They Think You're Stupid (May, 2005)
* A native and current resident of Atlanta, Georgia. Married for over 40 years with two adult children and three grandchildren
Impressive, I'd say.

[excopconservative]

I didn’t see Cain’s run in the GA primary for Senate on his resume. He got only 26% of the vote in the primary running against the moderate Isaacson. A presidential candidate needs to prove they can win elections and raise money.

[Prince of Space]

Arizona got hit hard by the housing debacle. My daughter lives 4 houses away from me...she bought her house in 2007 for $198,000; it's now worth $115,000.

Mrs. Prince of Space

[Prince of Space]

I don't see why Sarah could not run for office in Arizona if she chose to move here. Maybe that's the plan, lol. Heck, we have a lot of Canadian snowbirds here in Maricopa, so why not an Alaskan one?

Mrs. Prince of Space

[aphid]

High five!

[Clara Lou]

Cain probably can’t win (or even be considered) simply because he’s a fair tax proponent.

[LibLieSlayer]

IF SHE WERE NOT ELECTABLE... THE LEFT WOULD IGNORE HER... LIKE THEY IGNORE ALL OF THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE A CHANCE. They attack Sarah so viciously because they know that she will be the next PRESIDENT.

LLS

[Cpl. Dwayne Hicks]

High five!