Elect Sarah Palin for President 2012
Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016
Posted on 01/13/2011 10:24:25 AM PST by Kaslin
This is a free country. If Sarah Palin wants to run for president in 2012, she is free to try. But she will not win the GOP nomination because Republican voters are not going to choose a middle-aged version of Britney Spears -- a figure whose most evident talent is to attract attention to herself -- to challenge Barack Obama.
It's this simple: Republicans are too smart to nominate a candidate with a 50 percent unfavorable rating, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, before she has declared for office.
Cue to Palin's latest video, in which she countered left-wing nuts who, with no proof whatsoever, tied her to the Tucson shootings.
"Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn," she said.
For close to three days, Palin had handled the brouhaha tastefully. On Saturday, she issued a short statement offering her condolences to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the other victims and their families; then she kept her mouth shut. By Tuesday, cooler heads prevailed. News coverage rightly focused away from the blame game and turned to reporting on Giffords' recovery, the other victims and information on the man -- I won't name him; that's what he wants -- charged in the crimes. Without saying a word, Palin had won that round.
That is, until Wednesday, when Palin released her video, which turned the spotlight back on her and added a new element. Now cable TV news can noodle over whether Palin was deliberately provocative or clueless in using the words "blood libel" -- a term coined to describe the spurious and ancient charge that Jews murdered non-Jewish children and then drank their blood in rituals. (And yes, I know a Wall Street Journal opinion piece used the same term Monday.)
The sorry episode confirmed the suspicion that Palin is addicted to getting attention, while her boosters are addicted to defending every thoughtless utterance she releases. And even her boosters know what most Republicans know: Palin is not a serious thinker.
It always makes me sad to think about what Palin might have been. What if, knowing she might be chosen, she had done a better job of preparing to be a presidential running mate? What if John McCain had not asked her to join the GOP ticket? What if she had entered the spotlight without having her personal life smeared on the Internet?
I think back on her as the Alaska governor, with a 90 percent approval rating and a maverick's commitment to taking on the corrupt elements inside her own party. I think of the pragmatic Wasilla mayor who championed a sales tax to pay for law enforcement. If McCain had chosen someone else, in a couple of years, Palin might have become a seasoned politician, a smaller target and more surgical debater.
Instead -- as pundits dissected Palin's performance as a mother and feasted on her daughter's teen pregnancy -- an ugly trial-by-fire brought out the worst in Palin. With her tweets and Facebook pronouncements, she's become a virtuoso at pressing liberal buttons. It's too bad that, like the people who live to hate her, she doesn't know how to stop.
LLS
Good Lord. Sarah is awesome, but she is not perfect. Why is it that some Freepers cannot tolerate the slightest criticism of her? Just yesterday Charles Krauthammer was a hero around here for his column attacking Krugman and others who tried to pin Arizona on the right. Today he is a villain for suggesting Palin’s video response was unnecessary.
And there is a difference between keeping a lower profile and being silent. And it is not just the media keeping Sarah in the spotlight. She is an active participant.
Again, this is from someone who loves Sarah but recognizes there is no such thing as earthly perfection. She can make mistakes.
This arrogant jackwagon can go pound sand.
After the defamatory hell and the resulting threats Palin has to endure, the only contribution this idiot can make is to kick Sarah as she regains her footing.
>> Saunders: It’s too bad that, like the people who live to hate her, she doesn’t know how to stop.
If not for the living Saunders is making off the hate for Palin, Saunder’s name would remain unknown.
No, they are begging to become a third party member. Like Charlie Crist in Florida or Lisa Moo-cowski in Alaska.
And you think all Obama all the time served him well? The more he spoke the less people liked him. Remember when he tried to claim that he had not been aggressive enough in selling Obamacare, hence the public dislike for it? We all laughed ourselves silly because we knew the number of appearances he made in support. Obama has not worn well.
Reagan knew the power of controlled access. Sarah needs to learn that. I will say it again. Sarah’s campaigning for conservative candidates was brilliant. The rest of it, not so brilliant.
while I certainly wouldn’t vote for her the next primary, I would vote for her is a heartbeat against any dem candidate in the general election.
sickening what has happened to her in the past week.. just sickening... I think she is a serious thinker, no doubt about that...
She’s a Romney fan if Im not mistaken. It amazes me that she calls herself a Republican because she is clearly committed to living by the rules the left define. Notice how she parrots the leftist style of accusation without bothering about the facts at hand. Sarah was under attack for days and she responded with restraint. She is not responsible for the nutty response of the left nor should she just sit back and take it. We didnt win this last election by sitting back and being quiet victims of leftist aggression.
LLS
I stand corrected.
...which begs the question of how to ctrl-alt-del Debra. (Among others.)
So we should not expect to read anymore Palin stories from "Ms" Saunders?
No Off Button on Sarah Palin.The good old boy club fears Sarah and is calling out it’s army of idiots to do and say anything to stop Palin from ending to club,yes both party’s
are in it to block her.
Keep your sheiy shoes on Sarah D.C. needs a lot of a$$ kicking.
OVEREXPOSURE served obama so well that he kicked the living crap out of mccain and the republican machine. Just today here on FR... Gallup has a poll that states that obama is back to 53% approval... man his exposure is just killing him isn't it?
I worked for Reagan's reelection in my State... TWICE. It was a different time and place... and again... I state that you are absolutely, positively without a doubt... wrong. She will be our next President... whether you ever support her or not.
LLS
Sheeesh, unbelievable.....where in my post did I say Sarah Palin was perfect? That seems to be the stock answer whenever people defend Sarah Palin against unfair criticism, instead of defending the criticism they just made. Not much reason and logic in that.
This from Townhall?? I’ve never read anything from them so vicious toward one of our own.
Laz, your “CHRONOLOGY OF ANY EVENT” needed here.
Envy is such an ugly emotion.
Elect Sarah Palin for President 2012
Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016
“Shoot him with a .44 caliber Bulldog”
Is Spike Lee trying to signify his gangsta cred? With the same weapon used by the Forty Four Caliber Killer in the 1970’s?
Of course, the NRA president just might shoot back with a .45 caliber Kimber, just sayin’.
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