Run, Sarah, Run!!! Please, oh please!!!!

[JFN1]

NASHVILLE — Sarah Palin said she would consider a run for president in 2012 “if I believe that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin family,” according to a television interview broadcast Sunday morning. link

Oh that would be just heavenly. Can you imagine the debate between Palin and Obama???? If she would actually consent to one - which I seriously doubt.

Please - run, Sarah, run!!!!!!!

[cali]

1. be careful what you wish for.

[JFN1]

6. Right. Sarah is soooo scary.

Do you really believe the country is ready for another Bush? Do you think the complete lack of substance this woman oozes will be enough to beat President Obama?

I doubt seriously Palin will actually run anyway. She is using this language as a means to cash in on her popularity among right-wing wackos.

But I want her to run. I want these Tea-Baggers to have their day - and lose - so that they'll go away (though I doubt they will - they'll be noisy until the "black man" is no longer President). But having Palin run and lose, after they work their butts off for her, would be sweet, sweet justice.

[leftofcool]

9. 50% of the voters are repukes and just stupid enough to vote for her

[cali]

11. yes. yes I think people could easily vote in another bush.

[pansypoo53219]

15. bushit could happen again.

the sheeple are easily managed in a world with gnews running everything.

[HipChick]

2. She gets away with not answering questions..and the M$M doesn't call her on it..

so why not?

[iceman66]

18. The other Republican candidates will certainly call her on it.

She will not emerge from the primaries unscathed, no matter how much the damn media fawns over her.

[theoldman]

3. If people were stupid enough to vote for Bush they are stupid enough to vote for Palin.

I think she would be an absolute disaster as president. Unfortunately millions of idiots don't think so.

[Zoeisright]

7. +100000000000000000

After seeing the Idiot Son installed in the White House, I have absolutely no confidence in the American public's intelligence anymore. Hell, my lawyer brother-in-law, although highly educated, is an idiot repuke and thinks Palin walks on water.

[Greenpeach]

10. It's unthinkable n/t

[timeforpeace]

22. Agreed.

[tularetom]

4. I don't want her to run. And it has nothing to do with fear that she might win

I'm just friggin sick of looking at her, at hearing her screechy voice and having her ignorant verbal flatulence portrayed by the liberal media as pearls of wisdom.

I just want her to fucking go away.

[emilyg]

12. Yes - all women have screechy

voices. Remember Hillary? :sarcasm:

[DonCoquixote]

13. Oh come now

You do disservice to Hillary by, even with the layer of sarcasm, putting Palin anywhere near her. If Palin was president, the GOP would open another investigation until they could get Hillary burnt at the stake, and sadly, the ones cheering the LOUDEST would the be conservative Soccer Moms.

[tularetom]

14. I took another look at my post - didn't see anything about "all women"

Actually I think it was pretty clear that I was referring specifically to Palin.

I like Hillary - now Bill Clinton has an annoying voice.

[iceman66]

17. +1000!!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Did you forget what happened in MA two weeks ago?

Do not underestimate these people.

[ginnyinWI]

8. I have confidence Obama will win a second term,

no matter who they put up against him.

[nickinSTL]

20. don't bet on it

if the economy isn't noticeably improved, it's no sure thing.

Yeah, Obama can wipe the floor with any Repub in a debate, but that doesn't matter, IMO.

And I fully expect that there are enough morons in this country to fall for Palin's BS - just like they fell for Bush's.

[reformist2]

16. She really is getting a swelled head.

The Republican party has created a monster!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

19. I've Been BEGGING For Sarah Failin To Run

Not only would I LOVE it if Sarah Failin' & Bailin' ran and got the nomination in 2012, I'm actually going to go out and vote for her in the primaries if she does (Ohio is a State that doesn't make you identify by Party--anyone can vote in any primary). Heck, I might even be her Ohio campaign manager. That's how much I want her to run in 2012. Obama would give her a beating that would make Walter Mondale laugh. I'd be shocked if she carried 5 States.

Say what you will, and yes, we know most Americans are ill-informed and riddled with A.D.D., and Republican voters are the stupid members of that group, but Sarah Failin is going to have a HUGE number of problems in 2012 that Fredo Bush didn't have in 2000.

1. All her gaffes from 2008 will come up again.

2. She'll have all new gaffes in 2012.

3. Her every thought is being aired by Faux News. Just think how many gaffes per week she'll have doing that. And they'll all be preserved on tape for Democrats to use in TV ads.

4. By 2012, she will have been out of political office for 4 years. And it's not like she had a wealth of political experience before that. Candidates who have been out of office for any length of time are not strong candidates. Particularly when they resign in the middle of a scandal investigation (yeah, like THAT won't come up in 2012).

5. She's a moron. That won't change. All the troubles she had preparing for her debate, and all the various interviews, and basically any forum where she wasn't allowed to memorize a script, those will all pop right back up. That kind of stuff doesn't just go away.

6. She got taken behind the woodshed by Joe Biden. Just think what Obama would do to her in an unscripted debate.

7. She's got a throng of people standing by waiting to torpedo her. That first book is just the beginning. There are members of her own extended family who've got the goods on her, and she knows it.

8. She's not an "unknown" anymore. Americans are more than familiar with her and what she stands for. And if there's any doubt, there's no shortage of tape to use when the Half-Truth Half-Wit starts lying again (and she will).


And I didn't even get into her stances on policy (assuming she has any). Alas, I think that despite all my wishing, even Republicans are smart enough to steer clear of that train wreck. Not that they have anyone better, necessarily, because they don't. But I'm sure they'll find some new sacrificial lamb to prop up just like they did with McCain. And if you don't believe me, just think of all the empty suits they've all rallied behind as their "hope for the future".............for about 10 minutes. Fred Thompson was going to be the next Ronald Reagan. Mitt Romney was going to win back Michigan and Massachussetts for the Republicans. Bobby Jindal was going to steal the minority vote away from Obama in 2012. All of them fizzled. So who is it now? Unless someone bursts onto the scene in the next couple of years, they've got NOBODY. Heck, their strongest candidate might be Joe Lieberman, and how much of an embarrassment (and refutation of all their policies) is that?

[Berry Cool]

25. It's not true that "Ohio is a State that doesn't make you identify by Party."

It does. I had to affiliate with the Dems before I voted in the '08 primary or I wouldn't have been allowed to cast a ballot voting in the Dem primary. Ohio is semi-open, not open.

I agree with a lot of the rest of what you say, although I don't think you'd be allowed to be her Ohio campaign manager if you wanted her to lose. :-) But where I agree with you most is that "even Republicans are smart enough to steer clear of that train wreck." I think you are right.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

29. The Last Few Times I've Voted.........

.........I was never asked to declare a Party. The only time it even came up was back in (I think) 2006, maybe? When I went to vote that year, I was asked whether I wanted a Democratic or Republican ballot (because there were a lot of Ohio offices up for election, and many candidates vying for them). I remember this because I briefly considered asking for a Republican ballot (there were a few Republicans I wanted to vote AGAINST, while the Democratic primaries were pretty much all slam-dunks). In the end, I decided I couldn't live with the shame of having someone else think I was a Republican. But in 2012, there won't be a Democratic Primary for me to vote in, so I'll happily go down to my polling place and cast a ballot for the biggest joke of a candidate I've seen in my lifetime.

[spin]

21. Beware of what you wish for, It might just come true ...

I often wonder if John McCain really wanted to win the Presidency. He may have realistically looked at the situation and analyzed his chances of winning against a charismatic opponent who had overcome Hillary Clinton in the primaries. His decision to choose Sarah Palin was a bad mistake but he created a monster.

Despite relentless media attacks and jokes by late night talk show hosts, she still survives and is gaining a large following. Some recent polls show her as the Republican Party's leading candidate in the 2012 presidential race.

A new poll shows Republican voters are deeply divided over who they want to carry the party mantle in the 2012 presidential race. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leads the pack, a couple other names are close behind and a whopping 42 percent of Republicans are listed as undecided.

The numbers suggest the 2012 presidential primary is any Republicans' game. Republicans are expecting to pick up a lot of seats in the congressional midterm elections, buoyed by success in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections last year, and the Massachusetts Senate election last month. But while President Obama's approval ratings have dropped significantly since he took office, it's unclear who would be up to the task of challenging him.

The survey was conducted by Research 2000, a non-partisan firm that polls for the liberal Web site Daily Kos. It surveyed 2,003 Republicans between Jan. 20 and Jan. 31.

The poll showed Palin with 16 percent support, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 11 percent and former Vice President Dick Cheney with 10 percent.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/03/republicans-uncertain-challenge-obama/

She described herself as a pit-bull with lipstick. When she was picked for the VP role she was merely a pit-bull puppy and she made some messes on the political carpet. She was cute and energetic but she needed training as any pit-bull does.

If she surrounds herself with a shrewd group of political operatives and handlers, she has two years to become the full sized pit-bull she describes herself as.

If the economy is still in recovery as the election looms and we suffer a serious attack from a terrorist group, she may have an excellent chance of winning in 2012. When you watch her on TV, she talks like many people in the heartland. She doesn't come across as a Harvard educated scholar nor is she even trying to. But to many people she makes sense.

Obama was a GREAT campaigner. But if he doesn't stop listening to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and the advisers he has surrounding him, he could face serious difficulties.

I feel that one of the reasons Obama won the election was his promise of transparency and bi-partisanship in government. Americans really want to see change in how our government is run with the people they send to Washington working together in an open manner. I sense a growing movement to throw a lot of long term politicians, both Republican and Democrat, out. People are also upset that congress seems to be owned by big corporations and uninterested in what the voters want after the election ends.

But Obama has plenty of time to insist on transparency and encourage bi-partisanship. The effect of the recession should be over in three years.

Obama was the greatest political campaigner in my lifetime. He needs to drop that role and step into the leadership role that he was elected for.

If he does, he should be able to beat any Republican or Independent candidate in the next Presidential election. And I predict that Sarah Palin may well decide to wait another four years and would lose to Obama if she does decide to run.

[Berry Cool]

23. Sarah forgets one thing, and so do a lot of you, apparently.

The Republicans don't want her for a nominee. They would never want someone they have no little control over. She'll have to be a third-party candidate. Good luck winning.

[timeforpeace]

24. Not just that. She already lost the big one.

[backscatter712]

27. I'd love to see her run third-party.

That would be guaranteed to split the Rethugs and make it impossible for them to win!

[Motown_Johnny]

26. all of us in open primary states should vote for her to win the nomination

even if we need to write her in.

[Fire1]

28. Do not underestimate stupid. n/t

[Terra Alta]

30. I want Sarah to run, too

but as a 3rd party candidate -- the Tea Party. As my uncle(a die-hard Repuke) said today, the Republicans have thrown Palin under the bus; she isn't likely to get the nomination. If she runs as a 3rd party candidate, she will get votes from teabaggers like my uncle(who previously swore up and down that he would NEVER vote for a woman President -- apparently Palin has changed that opinion real quick) and split the GOP vote, guaranteeing an Obama win in 2012. :)