7 In 10 Republicans Still Want Palin To Run In 2012

lauren49
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:33 am: [report]

I am as conservative as they come, both socially and fiscally. But—how does Sarah Palin think that quitting her job will add to her experience for pres/vice pres? I agree with her views and think she is a good speaker but she is NOT experienced enough to be pres/vice pres. Apparently experience isn’t important to Americans though, considering who our sitting president is.

sadie
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:49 am: [report]

This Dem says let her stick around. She has no hope of wining a national election and she’s an amusing joke.

sadie
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:51 am: [report]

winning*

Jessica Wakeman
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:51 am: [report]

I highly recommend Friskies read the epic “Vanity Fair” article about Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign. I learned so much about what small-town and Alaskan politics are like, compared to the lower 48, and how that seems to have influenced how Sarah does business. The piece also describes how she has a reputation of taking criticism very personally and emotionally and that the McCain campaign even brought on a “Palin whisperer” to try to get through to her, because she would get upset when other people tried to advise her.

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/sarah-palin200908

I’m not saying it’s the most fair piece of journalism ever — Camille Paglia called it a hatchet job on Salon.com — but Palin DID decline to be interviewed for it, so she didn’t even try to inject her own voice into it.

Riley
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:02 pm: [report]

@lauren - Modern-marketing has trumped experience.

Personally, I think the two-party system is terrible.  All you get is radical promises that appease either side enough to vote, then nothing happens.  Gay-rights anyone?  I remember that was promised by someone.

It is all white-noise for a few years; but go ahead and get worked up over Palin and how terrible she is; it is such a fresh topic.

Raugiel
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:03 pm: [report]

It shows how sorry a state the republican party is in when Sarah is the “best choice” in the eyes of the voting base. She’s probably setting herself up for a job that suits her tastes and talents better - right wing commentator.

Hop2it
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:16 pm: [report]

I think someone more qualified will eventually come along, and her 15 minutes will be over.

Meggie
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:32 pm: [report]

I wish that those 7/10 fellow GOP members would realize they’re not voting on whether or not they agree with what she has to say, but are electing a *candidate* who is supposed to execute administrative powers.

Meggie
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:33 pm: [report]

My vote is going to Tim Pawlenty…a significantly better candidate. Why isn’t he getting any press? He’s still the governor of his state…

joyy
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:39 pm: [report]

@Meggie - my guess is because he isn’t a scandalous media whore who is likened to a sexy flight attendant ?  maybe your guy should throw on a pair of designer heels

avalari
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:48 pm: [report]

If running a state is too exhausting for her, how on earth is she going to handle running a world superpower? I read that Vanity Fair column and thought that even if it was extremely biased, it was dead on. The people that support her are generally the same people who get all of thier worldly intelligence force fed to them from Fox News.

People, unfortunately, like my mother.

FootnotesFaulkner
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 01:50 pm: [report]

And I’m guessing close to 10 out of 10 Democrats want her to run…she’ll never win, and the more visible she is, the more she splits the wingnuts off form the rest of the GOP.

I say go for it, and pass me the popcorn.

shannac02
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 01:52 pm: [report]

You all know I’m frequently supporting my GOP peeps,but if Sexy Sarah were to run in 2012, I would not be voting for her for one of the reasons that I wouldn’t vote for Barack: Not enough experience. There are already many other much more qualified people in the GOP that are in line for a run for Presidency. They are NOT Palin, Sanford, or Crist. Unfortunately, many Repubs see Palin as a fresh start, and therefore a decent choice, but hopefully they’ll open their eyes in the next few years.

fallonthecity
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 01:58 pm: [report]

*sigh*  I’m very conservative, in the sense that I want someone to pop the giant bureaucracy balloon that is the federal government, but so far, it’s a no-win situation for me at the voting booth.  The dems want to get their hands on my paycheck to fund all their great new programs, and the repubs seem entirely too preoccupied with what goes on in my bedroom.  The two-party system sucks.  And so does Sarah Palin.

writergirl
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 02:18 pm: [report]

She’s not the only governor to quit in preparations for a national run at the presidency.  Mitt Romney did the same thing.  Being out of office allows them to be able to raise money and campaign.  Since the next election will be in 2012, that means *campaigning* will actually start next year.

The ridiculous length of election cycles aside, she made the same move Romney did, in essence.  The difference is, he has a significant amount of experiences from other offices, where as she really doesn’t have any.  YOu can’t go from being Mayor to Governor to President.  Doesn’t work.

I really cannot believe the R’s are that…ignorant.  The woman is not fit to be President.  Regardless of the articles written about her *without* her voice, the statements she’s made on the record are clear indicators that she is not fit to be president.  YOu can’t run a country if you refuse to listen to your advisors.  And that is exactly what she does.

Again.  I swear she is going to wind up costing the Republican party a tremendous amount of moderate Republicans and it will be a long time coming before they can reallign themselves.

I Go To 11
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 03:02 pm: [report]

@writergirl: I agree, it seems like the more radically right are the ones gaining the most ground in their party, and is almost forcing out anyone who’s more moderate in their views. It’s like, “If you don’t agree with us, you’re against us” is the message they’re sending. As I’ve mentioned before, my dad’s a big GOP supporter, but I know he wasn’t thrilled with McCain’s campaign last year. He’d said that even though he “cannot” vote anything other than Republican, he wishes the GOP had come up with something better, and seemed torn over whether or not to even vote because of it.

I can’t even stomach listening to the rhetoric of the rabidly right wing; it’s just nonsense. (I read a blog post by Victoria Jackson yesterday where she rambled on about how Obama=Hitler, that universal healthcare is a giant government conspiracy, and more ridiculous conclusions, complete with sycophantic comments from readers. It made absolutely no logical sense.) I’m more apt to hear out the views of the moderates, because at least then there’s a hope that there’ll be some intelligent ideas, which is all too lacking from the extremists that are hijacking their party. What’s scary is that the constituency they’re appealing to is loyal to a fault and are thus gaining more ground than people realize.

writergirl
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 03:59 pm: [report]

@Igoto11—when Bush started courting the right wing conservatives for the 2000 race, I said, constantly, that it was going to ruin the party and that it was going to scare off moderates.  Of course, everyone told me I didn’t know what I was talking about and that it was a “one time deal” and he didn’t have to “do” anything to support them once he got their vote.

HA!  I love being proven right.

Because that is exactly where we are.  And you are correct as well.  The people taking over the party are closed minded, cloistered extreme conservatives who can’t think beyond the very basic issues.  There is no “grey” area on any issues. It is either black or white; Democrat or Republican. There is no in between.

As I said in a previous discussion, the right wing conservatives have pictures of Karl Rove screwing the devil.  They HAVE to.  Something has to account for their fast rise and assumption of power in the party.

And if you are a moderate Republican, well, then, you’re about as close to a sinner as one can get, so they don’t want to know you.

I am a moderate Republican.  At least I was.  This is no longer the party of Reagan.  It is the party of extremists exactly as you said.  And as we saw with 9-11 and the war in the Middle East….extremists of any persuasion are not a group you want within your organization if you want cohesiveness.

The party is being pushed too far to the right.  I’ll hand it to the Democrats, at least they don’t let too many of their radical, left-wing liberals come to power.  They keep putting forth candidtates who appeal to both sides of the aisle and are moderate.  Who do you think is going to win the elections?

Thyrone_P
wrote on July 11 2009 @ 02:29 am: [report]

Former vice-presidential candidatate Sarah Palin has been interviewed by Runner’s World Magazine for the August issue of the magazine. The interview took place just recently after she announced her resignation for the governorship of Alaska. The Sarah Palin Runner’s World interview is getting attention especially since the news broke just after it ran that Palin Quits, as governor of Alaska, same as the Palin Vanity Fair spread.  Some claim it’s so she can concentrate on a Palin 2012 run for President.  Her comments in the articles get a bit confusing – although many people have come close to throwing unsecured loans into distilling anything Palin has said into something that resembles a statement that makes sense.  Still, a lot of people might look into pay day loans to get their own copy of the Sarah Palin Runners’ World interview. http://personalmoneystore.com/payday-loans/pay-day-loans/