Posted on 04/18/2011 10:45:15 AM PDT by Anamnesis
As many of you know, Palin for the most part--other than the occasional foreign trip or Facebook post countering the Obama agenda-- has gone dark these past few months, up until her speech in Madison this weekend.
Pundits have claimed that she isn't running because she hasn't kissed the rings of GOP insiders from New Hampshire or Iowa, despite reports that her people have been talking to local tea party groups.
I will now make the argument, that Palin's 2012 campaign is soon to begin or is at least is all but confirmed. I will briefly begin with some of the obvious hints, but I will later go into some recent hints that I think most people have missed.
First piece of evidence:
She shored up her foreign policy credentials with her trip to India and Israel. That was one of the primary arguments against a Palin Presidency. (That oddly enough the media doesn't seem to bring up for potential canidates like Tim Pawlenty or Mitch Daniels) Why would she overcome this criticism if she wasn't planning a run?
Second piece of evidence:
Her latest facebook posts for the most part have ended with teasing line about 2012.
Commander in Chief’s Appalling Action with Our Troops: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150150273028435 "2008 seems like such a long time ago, but 2012 is just around the corner. There is a leadership vacuum in the White House right now, but that’s nothing that another good old-fashioned election can’t fix."
FLASHBACK: What We Were Saying One Year Ago About Obama’s Failed Energy Policy: "I have always been in favor of an “all-of-the-above” approach to energy independence, but "all-of-the-above" means conventional resource development too. It means a coherent, practical, and forward-looking energy policy. I wish the President would understand this. The good news is there is nothing wrong with America’s energy policy that another good old-fashion election can’t solve. 2012 is just around the corner."
Do you honestly see Sarah Palin sitting back and hoping that the GOP canidate will take charge on energy issues? Out of all policy domains, this is her personal policy baby. If you watched her speech in India, you would know that would be one of the central planks of her platform.
Third piece of evidence, SarahPAC:
The SarahPAC website has been recently updated (today I think). SarahPAC has also been making a big push for fundraising as it sent letters out in the span of less than two weeks. Check out this "hint" on the envelope from her latest letter: http://twitpic.com/4jrpq4
It should also be noted that this letter was the first time in AGES that she used her title of Governor on the letterhead.
Evidence Four: The Madison Speech
In case you missed it: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150157894008435
Let's look at the end of this speech:
And Madison, you defended the 2010 electoral mandate. You are heroes, you are patriots, and when the history of this Tea Party Movement is written, what you accomplished here will not be forgotten.
Your historic stand brought down the curtain on the last election. And the 2012 election begins here.
We will take the courage and the integrity that you showed all of America. We will take it and we will win back our country!
God has shed His grace on thee, America. We will not squander what we have.
We will fight for America! And it starts here in Madison, Wisconsin!
It starts here! It starts now! What better place than the state that hosts the Super Bowl champs to call out the liberal left and let them know: Mr. President, game on!
This was a direct challenge to the President. This was not the speech someone sitting on the sidelines would give.
What also needs to be noted is that attendance to this speech was pushed by Rebecca Mansour (Palin aide and original founder of C4P). She left messages on C4P to not miss the event.
Evidence Five: Speaking of Rebecca Mansour, she had also gone dark with Palin. Her tweets have lessend in the past few months and have ramped up since the eve of the speech.
What NEEDS TO BE NOTED is what she has been tweeting and retweeting recently:
First she's been retweeting tweets about Palin as President or as a 2012 canidate
From chipster1999 RT by RAMansour @SarahPalinUSA THIS IS WHAT A PRESIDENT LOOKS LIKE #madison
From JimPethokoukis RT by RAMansour Talked to someone other day who knows Palin. Said he didn't know if she'd run. Sounded like a candidate today #madison #palin
From JedediahBila RT by RAMansour For the "@SarahPalinUSA can't win in 2012" folks:Today was a sample of why she can. And there's a lot more where that came from. #mamagrizzly
From rebeccafeldman RT by RAMansour Palin boldly & directly challenges Obama to a duel in 2012. What is the rest of the field doing? And more importantly, who cares? #gameon
From Rusty1026 RT by RAMansour Just finished listening to Sarah Palin's speech. The woman is amazing! Run, Sarah, run!
From jjmnolte RT by RAMansour CORRECTION: Last night on the great @HeyTammyBruce's podcast I suggested Palin wait till Winter to announce. No. ASAP.
From jjmnolte RT by RAMansour GREAT photo of the next President of the United States -- http://bit.ly/i6ygsf #Palin
From RAMansour *must resist commenting* RT @whitneypitcher I also had a T-Paw fan tell me Palin shouldn't be president because she's too honest. What!?!
Second, she has been pushing Organize4Palin:
From Valerie RT by RAMansour I'm READY! RT@O4Palin: Spring Training begins with Organize4Palin! #gameon Put me in, Coach Palin! Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/33r7fg8
From RAMansour Thanks @O4Palin for all you do! You guys are the best! Folks, this is a great grassroots group to join. Visit www.organize4palin.com
Why would Palin's aide be rewteeting tweets about her Presidential prospects and encourage us to join for O4P? What should not go unnoticed is that RAMansour had not been doing this until VERY recently.
I don't know how soon Palin is going to announce; however, I think the evidence shows that a run is seriously being considered. I suspect she is still getting her ducks in a row; however, she has been giving us a "secret" "Go Light" to get her grassroots organizing underway.
If that is the case, I will be sitting out the first presidential election since I have had the privilege of voting.
Wrongney is Obama Lite. Under either candidate, the country is headed for collapse.
Born February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, ID (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Charles R Heath, born in ID
Sarah Sheeran, born in WI
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of her birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Sarah Palin is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Comrade Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
The interview with Couric was edited more than Obama’s life story.
Trump challenging anyone from the right is an outright fraud.
I don't think so. We are in the process of taking over the Republican Party. This next election is crucial in our fight to take back and restore our constitutional government. Palin for president as a Republican is a must in our endeavor to reach that goal, along with a host of new tea party minded congressmen and senators getting elected.
Some may ask why Palin? Because I believe she is the only one who understands the problem and has the desire and ability to take on an entire ingrained Washington DC establishment. This will truly be a reform movement by, for and of The People.
By the way, that Couric interview is no longer an issue. Palin has grown up and become more media savvy since that interview. I don't believe you will ever see her mess up like that again.
I’m guessing she announces at least to the exploratory committee level sometime next week—just in time for the first debate.
Forget Romney... Obama care is modeled after Romney Care in Massachusetts. That alone will torpedo Mitt’s chance of winning. Furthermore, Romney will be attacked again for being a Mormon and called a radical Fundamentalist (just like last time). Finally, Romney is a moderate at best and not a conservative. It would be just be more of the same $hit from Washington a different day. In other words George Bush III. As most of us already know we cannot continue to go this route if our Nation wants to remain a Super Power.
Comments like yours ultimately say that she shouldn’t be allowed to throw her hat in the ring and prove herself. They tell her to sit-down, shut-up, unless she just sits on the sidelines and cheerleads.
I believe Palin has earned the right to make her case before the nation. Her speech in Madison facing the union thugs, showcases her potential power as a candidate.
If she’s such a flawed canidate, like you make out, will not the primary season eliminate her?
I’m just asking, folks, and I am deadly serious.
If she can make the case for her vision of America, and she can rack up the victories early on, what does that say about her would be voters? Are they just Palinistas who are idol-struck and non-thinking?
Everyone seems to forget that the primary process isn’t just a couple of weeks of intense ad campaigns and then ZAP, off to the voting booth. There are going to be debates, dozens of them. Interviews with the various local medias will be held by all contenders. There will be local campaign headquarters and precincts all over the fruited plains filled with loyal volunteers doing all that they can to see that their candidate comes out on top in their respective states.
Palin will not be able to win by hiding out on Facebook, Twitter, Fox News, or any of the friendlier talk shows. She is going to have to move beyond her base and tackle those souls who don’t pay attention to politics to the same degree as those of us on Free Republic, Hot Air, Ace of Spades, Red State, and all the rest of the blogs. And if she were to WIN those voters, what speaks louder, the fact that she can capture such votes or that the rest of the GOP voters in that state were not sufficiently motivated enough to vote for anyone else?
The candidate Palin becomes after emerging from the primary process (assuming she enters and wins) won’t be the same Palin that everyone is talking about in this thread. She will be a battle hardened, well versed, b@lls-to-the-wall competitor who won’t be a wallflower in the fall campaign season.
Lest we all forget, it was about this time in 2006 when we all thought that the 2008 Presidential run was going to be a New York affair between Rudy and Hillary. My, that seemed like an ice age ago.
Clinton was tough, but she never got the anal exam that Palin got.
So before we all start dismissing that “Caribou Barbie” as being a) unintelligent, b) unqualified, and c) unelectable, remind yourselves as to what they were saying about Reagan back in 1978. They were far worse on him than even on Bush-43.
For my money, I will entertain no such talk about how Palin can’t win, so she must be stopped before she even decides to run. That kind of thinking is for half-hearted Conservatives who don’t dare recall the stakes involved, and how this country can’t handle another four years of Obama or even another RINO. If we are going to correct the mistakes of the current administration, we don’t need a wimp, but a warrior who has already been baptized by the fire of unrelenting assault by just about everything in the universe.
If she throws her hat in the ring and wins it all during the primary season, it will be through the sweat of her efforts, and the hard work of the people who will walk through fire on her behalf.
Palin is no goddess, nor perfect. But she is a patriot, deserving of the same chance to run for the highest office in the land if that is what she chooses. Let’s see what happens, and let history attend to itself.
I think the ONLY Republican candidate that can get elected (if he runs) is Trump. A lot of people already know him. Moreover, with the current state of our economy who do you think the voters would trust more to run the U.S. like a Business? I know Trump is not the “ideal” candidate for conservatives or even Republicans, but is very electable (meaning Independents/Sing Voters coming over). We have to get Obama out of office or he will destroy our Republic. Look what Obama has done in his brief time. We have to do this even if this means electing not the ideal candidate.
Trump can handle the media and press too. He has been doing it all his life. Trump is not afraid to say anything. He has NOTHING TO LOSE (unlike other Politicians) since he is already a Billionaire. I believe Trump can point us in the right direction. I certainly would trust Trump more than Obama on the economy. You can counter balance Trump and bring over Tea party voters by putting Bachmann on that ticket. Trump/Bachmann in 2012 I believe would easily roll over Obama/Biden.
Again just my opinion.
Who is this RA mansour person? Reason I ask is that name rings a bell as the person who helped get uhbama into harvard. Just curious. If so-this makes no sense.
This post is 2 cool!!! :D
Palin has always taken on the GOP. Famaliarize yourself with her actions in Alaska, where she was involved in politics.
That doesn't make her a candidate for running third party, but staying in the Republican party and working to bring it back to what it used to be (and should still be.)
And fighting the corruption in the party as she did in Alaska.
I think that Trump will be the candidate with Romney as his VP, and Palin will win with write in votes.
I'm making a point of this as a significant component of taking the Republican Party back.
As an analogy, look at the budget battle. Republican Party leadership began with a cutback number of $100 Billion. But, during negotiations, the leadership took their main bargaining chip off the table, the shutting down of the Government. As a result, the final compromise number was $352 million.
The budget battle not only reflects how weak Republican Party leadership is, it also indicates they don't truly take the Tea Party seriously.
Like the budget battle, if we want to take back the Republican Party, I believe our strongest bargaining chip is the possibility splitting off as a major Third Party.
I know the conventional wisdom says, a Third Party will likely give Obama another term. I also know that another “Moderate” Republican nominee, whom the Party Leadership seems destined to support, will definitely us the same.
GO SARAH!!
If gasoline prices are still in the $5 range, and the economy is having a Carter malaise deja-vu, you could be elected president.
Anybody could be elected president. Even Alvin Greene!
It’s the economy stupid, and no magic halo this time.
It has never been easier for a candidate to run against this socialist usurper of our freedoms. If Palin wants to be president, this is her time to run.
Uh I think you’ve got a mix-up going on.
She’s a Palin aide that has been described by the NYT as her “cyber messenger”. She founded and wrote for Conservatives4Palin before she was hired to work for SarahPAC.
Rebecca Mansour was initially an Obama supporter, but quickly quickly converted once his record was known and she saw the savagery of the left against Palin.
Behind Sarah Palin, a low-profile but high-impact aide
Sarah Palin's Secret Asset: Cyber-Messenger Rebecca Mansour
Top Sarah Palin Aide Unmasked: Rebecca Mansour Comes Out Of The Shadows
All you got to say is,
“Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?’
Worked like a charm for some guy that trounced Carter.
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