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Posted on 08/19/2011 9:56:45 PM PDT by Gargantua
Within the ever shifting landscape of the Republican presidential candidate pool has been a constant that is both the best and the worst kept secret of the 2012 general election cycle. That secret is whether or not Sarah Palin will throw her hat into the ring as a candidate for president this time out. As I have written in my previous pieces, “Revelation: The Arc of the Candidate,” “Sarah Inches Closer,” and “What Really Makes Sarah Special,” I believe her running for president in 2012 is and has for some time been a fait accompli.
Ceteris parabus, fortis fortuit brava
That’s Latin for, “All other things being equal, fortune favors the strong.” Never in the pantheon of American politics has there been quite so unjustly vilified or viciously set-upon a heroine as Sarah Palin. The digs, insults, attacks, and attempts at personal character assassination that this woman and her lovely family have endured since her being named as John McCain’s running mate three years ago transcend, or should I say, sink well below—by an order of magnitude—the vileness heaped upon any other candidate in the rough-and-tumble history of American politics.
Yet there she stands; strong, vibrant even, and smiling, always smiling. Unfazed by the very worst that the immoral, soulless Liberal Left and terrified RINO Right could hurl at her with the all-too-willing aid of a complicit lapdog media. Even absent her amazing record in Alaska as Governor, this remarkable woman is strength personified, a spine of steel with a heart of gold. Sarah Palin is perhaps the most gifted natural-born leader this country has ever known, certainly in the last hundred years.
Which brings us to September 3, 2011 in Indianola Iowa, which will mark the three-year anniversary of her having been chosen by John McCain, and her having spoken at the Republican National Convention that night when America was first riveted by this ever-ascending superstar. Organizers for this September 3rd event have already had to change the venue to the Wells Fargo Arena to try to accommodate the masses who will descend upon the Des Moines area for this once-in-a-lifetime historical event. Good luck. Best estimates so far are that scores, and more likely hundreds of buses of avid Palin supporters from all across America have already made plans to be there, to witness in person the kickoff of next “fundamental transformation” of the United States of America.
Sarah Palin is both brilliant and caring. She is aware of just how passionately her supporters cling to the hope that she will offer herself up in service to set this great nation aright. I don’t believe Sarah has it in her to allow all these people to travel all this distance only to be disappointed. I believe September 3rd is the day that the bright sunshine of hope bursts forth once again across this great land. This, I believe with all my heart, will be the day Sarah Palen announces her candidacy for president in 2012.
When, Not "If."
While there doubtless were extremely valid reasons why she might have chosen not to run this time out, I honestly believe that underneath it all she knew that she could no more avoid this fate than can the sun choose to not rise in the east on any given morning. This great secret about whether she will run has actually been a question all along of when, not if, she will offically announce. And of course therein lies an even greater truth.
When Sarah announces, life as we know it in this country, at least as we have known it for the past nearly three years, changes. Her announcement will be the equivalent of a political earthquake measuring twenty on the one-to-ten Richter scale. Many of the existing Republican candidates will drop out automatically, knowing that their continued candidacy is just a pointless waste of their and our time and money. Others who were planning to announce will start looking for work elsewhere. Sarah’s campaign coffers will explode with donations, probably in the tens of millions, as her millions of ardent supporters across America cut loose with a tidal wave of funding put aside for just this moment of moments.
On a recent call-in radio talk show from the heartland I heard a Sarah supporter telling the DJ that he had already booked a hotel room in the Des Moines area, believing in his heart that this would be the day Sarah would announce her candidacy. He made it clear that this was for him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see earthshaking, headline making history being made. Liberal heads from the upper East side of Manhattan to Union Square in San Francisco will explode in unison. Chris Matthews will forever lose his tingle. Republican and Democrat agitprop agents provocateur will begin a fevered scurrying, trying to come up with some new barb or arrow to fling at this Teflon Terror from Wasilla.
I could be wrong, but I’m not. As I state in “Revelation: The Arc of the Candidate,” the White House lies smack dab in the middle of the political path Sarah Palin has been on for the past two decades. This will only come as a surprise to those who really know nothing about her. It will however, come as an historic moment of shock and awe for every living American as we watch the beginning of the rebirth of the greatest nation in the history of all mankind. As we watch our rising star light up the future of our nation for the generations to come, and as we see America set back on her path of Manifest Destiny, to shine as a beacon of prosperity, hope and freedom to all the nations of the world.
When, not if. After all, this is still America.
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I wonder if she will seek orin hatch’s endorsement.
IMHO.
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Just kidding. Actually, Hatch has already come out in strong support of Palin.
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Cmon, you, can do better than the neighbor excuse. It is a legitimate question. Why would she endorse what is in essence the anthesis of the tea party movement?
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The only people who pretend not to know the difference are human excreta. Nobody listens to them... we can smell 'em, but we don't listen.
So, do you ever watch re-runs of "Tool Time?"
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Did she endorse Hatch? It seems she agreed with Greta that Hatch was for a BBA long before the Tea Party were raising noise about it. She never actually endorsed him, even those who raised hell against her about it, claim she non-endorsed endorsed Hatch which is a stretch . Btw that Chatzet guy running against Hatch endorsed Romney for President, go figure that out!!!
I’ve got bigger things to worry about..... such as will my Palin for President t-shirt arrive before I make the long drive to Iowa next week?
It will be the day we see an amazing campaign with the type of optimism that the late Reagan stood for--evoking reminders of "Morning in America" and telling people to return to the days of American exceptionalism.
Stuff it, will ya!
Yes, how amazing it will be to hear her announcement speech that gives us Actual Hope: of getting back to American Pride: our exceptionalism, brought out of our self-reliance, confidence in our G-d given rights and in the founding documents that explain them!
Make it good, Sarah! A lot of us will be reaching for our wallets when you finish!
Beautifully stated! You’re right, I can’t wait to send her the money I’ve set aside, “just for her”!
I hope she breaks all one day fund raising records!
What concerns me now is Sarah’s statement on Greta that Hillary is more Presidential than Obama, and that many wish they could have the choice again. Why only several months ago, Hitlery called Assad a “reformer”. She is a kook and a dunce, and while it may be good politics to speak well of Rotten Clinton, it’s time that someone unmasked this nutty, anti-Semitic Marxist as well. It’s possible at this juncture that this slimeball may be the nominee! There is nothing good to say about her whatsoever.
I will stuff nothing. fr is the place for answers to questions Your stupid comment does nothing to move the conversation forward and its more worthy for a place like the democratic underground.
She can't even count on having an inspired base against a dispirited opposition. While I have no doubt that Sarah's supporters will cross broken glass to vote foe her, I also have no doubt that she will inspire the same level of fervor in her opponents.
I could be wrong, and if she gets the nomination, I hope that I am wrong. But after more than 40 years of observing presidential politics, I don't see how she can win this cycle. And if she runs now and loses, she will be finished in national politics.
In much the same way Ronald Reagan was “finished” after the 1976 primary?
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