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Palin: 'I'm engaged in the internal deliberations' for 2012 run

Do not want.
 
megaprogman said:
You wouldn't vote for someone because they are boring? :shock:
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The guy who plays guitar with his feet, 2012

Doesn't get more entertaining then a guy playing guitar with his feet.
 
roughdraft274 said:
I'll bet any member here 100 dollar donation in the other persons name that she does not run for president in 2012. She will say she spoke with God and she can help the country more in other ways yaddi yadda. I'm that sure of this. There is 0% chance that she runs for President in 2012.
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Wow, I really thought I was gonna get an influx of bets on this one. Maybe I'm preaching to the converted in this case?
 
She's saying she might run for two reasons, assuming she actually means she might run.

1) Speculation is constant news, if she says "I will run" right now it becomes news for a few days and then people forget about it. It losses all the excited which is more useful later during election time than it is now. So as long as its a "maybe" every time she does an interview and the interviewer asks her about her presidential run, she can drop hints or more maybes which will get onto the news. Or better yet maybe stronger hints as election year gets closer.

2) In case something happens between now and 2012 that ruins her reputation, whether among her supporters or other Americans in general, she can back out with less embarrassment and salvage her current role as a speaker/book seller/celebrity, etc than if she came outright and said she'd run.

Of course if she's not really planning to run at all, than its just for media attention.
 
Wiseone said:
She's saying she might run for two reasons, assuming she actually means she might run.

1) Speculation is constant news, if she says "I will run" right now it becomes news for a few days and then people forget about it. It losses all the excited which is more useful later during election time than it is now. So as long as its a "maybe" every time she does an interview and the interviewer asks her about her presidential run, she can drop hints or more maybes which will get onto the news. Or better yet maybe stronger hints as election year gets closer.

2) In case something happens between now and 2012 that ruins her reputation, whether among her supporters or other Americans in general, she can back out with less embarrassment and salvage her current role as a speaker/book seller/celebrity, etc than if she came outright and said she'd run.

Of course if she's not really planning to run at all, than its just for media attention.
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Cracking Post Wiseone.
 
The GOP will hand pick their candidate this time and use corporate donations to take down anyone who opposes. They arn't about to let Sarah Palin win in my opinion.
 
megaprogman said:
You wouldn't vote for someone because they are boring? :shock:
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Not if there's a better choice. We need new blood. These guys have had their chances. Time to give it up.
 
Barbbtx said:
Not if there's a better choice. We need new blood. These guys have had their chances. Time to give it up.
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So they are boring because they are already politicians?
 
Barbbtx said:
Hell no I don't want her to run. I want to win and we have tons of great guys who could win no problem.
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Would suspect the possibility of her actually running is minimal. Not sure why she baited the media with those two interviews this week but would guess "something" was calculated. (the new tv show, a book, whatever...) It did get her a lot of media face time..

And if by chance she did ever toss her hat in the ring, the chances of winning the primary would be remote. Lots of people like her (and a lot seem to hate her) but not too many consider her legit presidential material.....


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Aunt Spiker said:
I will savagely boost someone else's campaign against her - seriously - I'll get so active my face will be on the damned news if she steps into the ring.

I'll knock her out.
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But if she still happens to win the primary would you
a) vote for her?
b) vote for Obama?
c) vote for third party if there is one?
d) stay home?

I'd vote for her and I'd do whatever I could to help her win. I just hope I don't have to make that choice.
 
megaprogman said:
So they are boring because they are already politicians?
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No. I think all the ones on my list are also politicians.
None of them will bring any new ideas to the table in my opinion.
How many times do dems keep running their losing presidential candidates? Just curious. The republicans seem to do it a lot.
 
Barbbtx said:
No. I think all the ones on my list are also politicians.
None of them will bring any new ideas to the table in my opinion.
How many times do dems keep running their losing presidential candidates? Just curious. The republicans seem to do it a lot.
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Both parties have a certain orthodoxy that is created out of the necessity to appeal to moderates and centrists who care less about philosophies and more about results. So, what you complain about is inevitable.
 
I really hope that she does win. She is the de facto voice of the Republican party and it would be a shame if she was not a big part of the 2012 campaign.

I'm afraid that she won't though. If she runs and for some reason (namely the power players in the GOP are successful in keeping her down)....it will hurt her in the pocketbook as well. She won't be as marketable as she is today.
 
pbrauer said:
The GOP will hand pick their candidate this time and use corporate donations to take down anyone who opposes. They arn't about to let Sarah Palin win in my opinion.
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I think you are right on. Nobody speaks for the GOP better than Sarah Palin...but the corporate elite of the party will try to silence her. Its up to the good people of the GOP to help Sarah defeat the corporatists.
 
megaprogman said:
Both parties have a certain orthodoxy that is created out of the necessity to appeal to moderates and centrists who care less about philosophies and more about results. So, what you complain about is inevitable.
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Well, last time ya'll got a fresh new face and we got stuck with a boring old moderate fart. It didn't work out too well for us, did it?
 
Barbbtx said:
But if she still happens to win the primary would you
a) vote for her?
b) vote for Obama?
c) vote for third party if there is one?
d) stay home?

I'd vote for her and I'd do whatever I could to help her win. I just hope I don't have to make that choice.
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I'd vote for Obama, and I know my libertarian, Jewish friend would too... He wasn't even paying attention to the election and had no intention of voting until Palin got involved, then he had to vote for Obama. He seems to be really turned off by the evangelic this is our country stuff, because he isn't Christian..

I just think of her in those interviews and think President Palin.. OMG. Nooo. I won't let it happen!
 
liblady said:
First Read - Palin: 'I'm engaged in the internal deliberations' for 2012 run

GOODY!
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Well, from the bottom of my heart. I hope she does well

I have a feeling it would become as good as the 08 election to watch as a bystander
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And believe me, I thought the 08 election was a hoot and half with the drama of who will win the Democrat ... Hillary, then maybe Obama but then Hillary again and then the shock arrival of Palin and rise in polls and then the mistake after mistake of Palin. Bravo US, bravo. Next to US elections, ours is like watching paint dry :2razz:
 
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Laila said:
Well, from the bottom of my heart. I hope she does well

I have a feeling it would become as good as the 08 election to watch as a bystander
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And believe me, I thought the 08 election was a hoot and half with the drama of who will win the Democrat ... Hillary, then maybe Obama but then Hillary again and then the shock arrival of Palin and rise in polls and then the mistake after mistake of Palin. Bravo US, bravo. Next to US elections, ours is like watching paint dry :2razz:
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At least your paint dries in a few short weeks, ours is a tacky mess for a year and a half +
 
Wiseone said:
She's saying she might run for two reasons, assuming she actually means she might run.

1) Speculation is constant news, if she says "I will run" right now it becomes news for a few days and then people forget about it. It losses all the excited which is more useful later during election time than it is now. So as long as its a "maybe" every time she does an interview and the interviewer asks her about her presidential run, she can drop hints or more maybes which will get onto the news. Or better yet maybe stronger hints as election year gets closer.

2) In case something happens between now and 2012 that ruins her reputation, whether among her supporters or other Americans in general, she can back out with less embarrassment and salvage her current role as a speaker/book seller/celebrity, etc than if she came outright and said she'd run.

Of course if she's not really planning to run at all, than its just for media attention.
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That, and if she says she WILL run, she has to give up her Fox News contract.
 
disneydude said:
I really hope that she does win. She is the de facto voice of the Republican party and it would be a shame if she was not a big part of the 2012 campaign.

I'm afraid that she won't though. If she runs and for some reason (namely the power players in the GOP are successful in keeping her down)....it will hurt her in the pocketbook as well. She won't be as marketable as she is today.
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I agree. Its going to be a major bloodbath between the choice of Wall Street and the GOP establishment versus the tea party darling - be that Palin or somebody else should she decide to not chance it. I would say that if Palin gets in and Romney does well in some early primaries, it could well rip the GOP in two very ragged and bloody factions.
 
haymarket said:
I agree. Its going to be a major bloodbath between the choice of Wall Street and the GOP establishment versus the tea party darling - be that Palin or somebody else should she decide to not chance it. I would say that if Palin gets in and Romney does well in some early primaries, it could well rip the GOP in two very ragged and bloody factions.
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not gonna happen. the gop power struture knows a palin run would be a disaster, and they will stop it. despite the ego feeding going on right now, most people know she's a lousy choice.
 
Cole said:
Would suspect the possibility of her actually running is minimal. Not sure why she baited the media with those two interviews this week but would guess "something" was calculated. (the new tv show, a book, whatever...) It did get her a lot of media face time..

And if by chance she did ever toss her hat in the ring, the chances of winning the primary would be remote. Lots of people like her (and a lot seem to hate her) but not too many consider her legit presidential material.....


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Doesn't she have a new reality tv show starting soon (or just started?). She's very good at getting press which is what this all is IMO.

I'm sorry but no one quits their job as governor and expects to run for president. And if they do, a vast majority will not support them.
 
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