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Sarah Palin considering Senate Run

You guys can make fun of here all you want. Her strongest selling point is that she is a real person. Not some power maniac with life long ambitions of political power. She understands what the people really want and need.

We all have faults. How many of you wouldn't be made to look worse than her if you had the media and enemies looking for dirt on you?

I don't thinks she's a real person. She uses her celebrity to enrich herself. Fine,but then I can't take her seriously. In 2008,I was a big fan. Even afterwards after she resigned as governor. Now she's simply a joke. Her act is a better fit with the Democrats,who cherish the low info voter.
 
then why was so much effort put forth to dig up dirt on her?

part of the reason she quit was because of the shear amount of public records requests from folks looking to dig up dirt ( along with the costs incurred to her personally and the state, for battling alleged ethics violations).
wiki notes that 239 requests were made.. 189 after she was chosen as McCains running mate... that's a lot of requests that state attorneys had to sift through and decide on.
(it was entertaining when her emails were released.... and there was no evil "dirt" was found... partisan witchhunts are entertaining to me, especially when they end in a whimper instead of a bang))

her being chosen as a running mate is what ultimately doomed her governorship

So if she couldn't handle the "dirt digging" so to speak, how do you think she can handle this? It's the same thing.

If she runs, she is going to be clobbered polticially.
 
Why would running for a higher office, without resigning first, give you more comfort than resigning to pursue another course in life? You must have a pretty high opinion of politicians - I generally think they're mostly as self-centered and egotistical as pretty much any successful person. The difference for me is that I'd rather see someone seeking higher office from a current office to resign their current seat and run, not hold onto their seat, use the perks of that office, the comfort of that fallback position, and if they lose just slink back into the position they held.

Doesn't matter to me what party it is - I have the same criticism of McCain, when he ran for President, Governor Perry, when he ran for the nomination, etc. etc. Why should the American people keep giving you a salary to perform particular duties in an office you hold while you snub your nose at the people who voted you in and run for an office you think is more worthy of your time?

I guess maybe we're just more used to it. Almost every Presidential candidate has to resign his old position to take the Presidency. Clinton and Bush both left Governor's offices to become President. Gerry Ford left the House to be appointed VP and eventually President. Even Bush Sr. was Veep when he ran in '88. There's very few people who became President without leaving a different office to do it.

Heck, almost every election there's a Governor that becomes a Senator or vice versa. Some states will even allow a person to be on the ballot for two different offices - when Lloyd Bentsen was Dukakis' running mate in '88, he was also up for re-election to the Senate (which he won).

Palin left to be on TV and now 5 years later is saying "Maybe I'll run for Senate." Honestly, I don't think she'll actually do it. Just saying it puts her back in the public eye.
 
Well people are speculating Rick Perry might run for prez again.....

Maybe this time he'll remember which departments he's not actually going to get rid of when he's elected.
 
So if she couldn't handle the "dirt digging" so to speak, how do you think she can handle this? It's the same thing.

If she runs, she is going to be clobbered polticially.
Actually for her, a Senate run makes the most sense because no matter how bad she gets "clobbered" nationally, it really doesn't matter for her. The only thing that matters is how she is perceived in Alaska. In the end all she has to do to win is to be perceived as slightly less disgusting than her opponent. It's kind of like being chased by a bear. To get away you don't have to be faster than the bear, you only have to be faster than the guy next to you.
 
Actually for her, a Senate run makes the most sense because no matter how bad she gets "clobbered" nationally, it really doesn't matter for her. The only thing that matters is how she is perceived in Alaska. In the end all she has to do to win is to be perceived as slightly less disgusting than her opponent. It's kind of like being chased by a bear. To get away you don't have to be faster than the bear, you only have to be faster than the guy next to you.

True, but you don't think her opponent doesn't have that dirt? You seem to think she is an "icon" in Alaska. She pissed many of her allies off with leaving mid-term.

Only time will tell, but this won't be the landslide people are thinking if she runs. She has more baggage than LAX
 
Seeing how she did not complete her term as governor only a dumbass would vote for her.

Guess I am a dumbass. :mrgreen: I would vote for her before the other twits running except for Gary Johnson.
 
then why was so much effort put forth to dig up dirt on her?

part of the reason she quit was because of the shear amount of public records requests from folks looking to dig up dirt ( along with the costs incurred to her personally and the state, for battling alleged ethics violations).
wiki notes that 239 requests were made.. 189 after she was chosen as McCains running mate... that's a lot of requests that state attorneys had to sift through and decide on.
(it was entertaining when her emails were released.... and there was no evil "dirt" was found... partisan witchhunts are entertaining to me, especially when they end in a whimper instead of a bang))

her being chosen as a running mate is what ultimately doomed her governorship

If she would have turned Mcain down I think we would probably view her in a different light especially if she completed her term. But alas you cant change history.
 
I love how certain people around here think Sarah is some sort of threat to the democrats. She is the grizzly mama and she has dems running scared. yeah, perhaps they are scared they might wet themselves with laughter.

Sarah is not going to run. if she wanted to be in politics she would have stayed as governor. Sarah realized if she finished her term her popularity would have been **** by the time she ended. Even if you think she was great in Alaska after a few years no one would remember her because no one but alaska pays attention to the governor of Alaska. She had to use her popularity from her VP run when she was hot, and that is what she did. if she wanted to run for something her best time was when she was hot. Now she is just some faux news person with some loyal fanboys. It is great for getting some ratings and perhaps a TV contract with faux, but how many of those fanboys are able to vote in Alaska senate elections?

this is what Sarah does. She is like some tease who keeps telling you she is going to put out if only you give her just a little more time. meanwhile every time she is in a place to commit to it she has a headache, or she just isn't ready yet. No no, but keep on being a fanboy and send some money to sarahPAC and maybe she will decide to run. This is how she strings along her fanboys. Oh yeah, there is sarah sticking it to those dems by threatening them with her running in the next election. There they are wetting themselves. they are so afraid they are laughing out of control. it makes her fans think that they are winning, but the reality is she would never even win a primary in her own party after what she has done. She is just there to toss her small legion of fans at a candidate, and to toss insults at the dems.

But don't let me step in the way of any of her fanboys. No really, people are afraid of sarah. You keep telling yourself how scary she is and maybe someday it might come true. Oh, and don't be too disappointed when she decides it just is not time again.

I would love to see her run just because of the **** storm she would stir up on the Republican side of things. Those weasels could use a good **** storm. I think it would be entertaining as hell especially if she goes "rogue" as it were. I say bring the Grizzly Mama out and see if she's turned into a bearskin rug or she eats and craps out the inside the belt way weasels. Go Sarah go. :lol:
 
Who would vote for a quitter?
 
Moving to Alaska soon, are you?

Actually yes. California is becoming too wussified for me. I like my privacy and I can move my business up that way I found out. So yea Alaska may be the place I move to.
 
Palin "apologists" realize she has faults and like her nonetheless.

Palin's shortcomings surface everytime she opens her mouth. that's why she will never be elected to anything other than an office in Alaska.
 
CJ, you know this isn't true ... Why do you persist on posting this same post day after day, week after week, month after month ... for at least two years now? That truly is pathetic ...

I haven't been a member of this forum for two years, since I only joined in late January of this year, so your post is a lie on its face, making your interjection here incredibly pathetic.
 
You know what i love about her?

Liberals hate her!

She's got to be doing something right for liberals and RINO's both to hate her.

Liberals don't hate her. She has almost singlehandedly done what the Dems haven't been able to do.....bring down the GOP. Sarah Palin is the best thing for us Liberal Dems.
 
I would greatly prefer that she run for president on a third party ticket. I that is not going to happen, this may be the next best thing.

I agree....but even an idiot like Palin is smart enough to know that this would only ensure a Democratic landslide in the Presidential election.
 
Palin's shortcomings surface everytime she opens her mouth. that's why she will never be elected to anything other than an office in Alaska.

I'm pretty sure she could move to almost any state in the union and be elected to office, not just in Alaska - New York and parts of California may be exceptions, but then who'd want to run there anyway.
 
Spoken like a true Palin apologist.

I don't apologize for her. If she wants or feels the need she can do it herself, she don't need me. But I sure hell think it would be funny to watch her piss in more than a few peoples cheerios. Rattle the cage so to speak. I think its hilarious the reactions she engenders.
 
I agree....but even an idiot like Palin is smart enough to know that this would only ensure a Democratic landslide in the Presidential election.

these people are True Believers......... they live on the extremist margins and are detached from political reality....... as long as they continue to believe in their whackjob nonsense, reality and political pragmatics never ever enter their decisions.
 
I haven't been a member of this forum for two years, since I only joined in late January of this year, so your post is a lie on its face, making your interjection here incredibly pathetic.

you posted the same crap on politico.com my friend ... so the pathetic ball is back on your side of the net ...
 
you posted the same crap on politico.com my friend ... so the pathetic ball is back on your side of the net ...

Prove it!

And prove that you were on Politico and conversed with me, not hiding behind a new user name and no reference to your political preference etc. And please refrain from reference to me as your friend - I have far higher standards.

What are you hiding from BJ?
 
Gosh, Cupcake...are you running for the U.S. Senate in an attempt to reduce the term limit to 2 1/2 years?
 
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