Iowa Palin group to run ad encouraging her to run

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Danzig

she wouldn't have a shot in hell at winning the white house, thank goodness. if she's the republicans best bet, they need to go the way of the federalist, whig and know-nothing parties.

as for her strengths....the only reason she remains on the radar at all is she's good looking, which isn't typical of a pol.

Winning the White House? Only if unemployment spikes! But she is popular (if you are a right wing Republican) and has been wise enough to stay on the sidelines and watch the circus thus far. Obviously far from an intellectual but to be branded such is not a way to connect with the average Joe who is more interested in her breasts than her mind. She needs to temper her "bitchiness" and concentrate on being seen as a kinder, gentler soul but compared to Newt and Romney (the only two left standing at this point), she is more likeable!

[hi_im_god]

i know this entire thread is a bad joke but am still surprised that partisans on both sides still think the general election is a slam dunk for them.

i cheer every time i see a post about obama being dead meat. and shudder with every post that a republican nominee has no chance.

romney's being attacked by the dnc now because they know he's a formidable candidate in a bad economy. and it'll still be a bad economy in 2012.

it's easy for an obama supporter to have a few cheap laughs at the clowning in the republican primary now. but if romney is the nominee he won't carry tea party baggage and will have a lot of appeal to independent voters.

it's going to be a close election with a lot going against the incumbent.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i know this entire thread is a bad joke but am still surprised that partisans on both sides still think the general election is a slam dunk for them.

i cheer every time i see a post about obama being dead meat. and shudder with every post that a republican nominee has no chance.

romney's being attacked by the dnc now because they know he's a formidable candidate in a bad economy. and it'll still be a bad economy in 2012.

it's easy for an obama supporter to have a few cheap laughs at the clowning in the republican primary now. but if romney is the nominee he won't carry tea party baggage and will have a lot of appeal to independent voters.

it's going to be a close election with a lot going against the incumbent.

I certainly agree with that! If the economy doesn't significantly improve, Obama is in for a tough battle....that's my point, while Romney appeals to independents and more traditional Republicans, he will receive minimal support from the radical right (Tea Party and religious right). It remains to be seen if that would be enough to beat Obama. The right has one candidate left imo and that's Palin...flawed to be sure but these folks will not see past the talking points and blame Obama rhetoric, can someone like her win? If independents and the Democratic base stay home, she could make it damn close. I think it unwise to discount someone just because folks find her amusing...this will be a very unique election given the closed minded nature of both sides. Our history is not without unlikely winners....Reagan was an actor in mostly B movies, Truman was seen by the media as a hot headed hayseed and Obama came from nowhere to capture the nomination and then the presidency. Folks here get their panties in a twist and act like I'm supporting Palin...I repeat, I'm a stone-cold leftist and her point of view is completely foreign to me. Then again, Obama is far to the right of me...honestly I have no candidate to passionately back so I can look at things without the political bias of most.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

I certainly agree with that! If the economy doesn't significantly improve, Obama is in for a tough battle....that's my point, while Romney appeals to independents and more traditional Republicans, he will receive minimal support from the radical right (Tea Party and religious right). It remains to be seen if that would be enough to beat Obama. The right has one candidate left imo and that's Palin...flawed to be sure but these folks will not see past the talking points and blame Obama rhetoric, can someone like her win? If independents and the Democratic base stay home, she could make it damn close. I think it unwise to discount someone just because folks find her amusing...this will be a very unique election given the closed minded nature of both sides. Our history is not without unlikely winners....Reagan was an actor in mostly B movies, Truman was seen by the media as a hot headed hayseed and Obama came from nowhere to capture the nomination and then the presidency. Folks here get their panties in a twist and act like I'm supporting Palin...I repeat, I'm a stone-cold leftist and her point of view is completely foreign to me. Then again, Obama is far to the right of me...honestly I have no candidate to passionately back so I can look at things without the political bias of most.

i want to start by saying i like you. i think we probably have some traits in common. i think i'm one of the few posters here that can say i like both you and coach. and clyde. group hug?

anyway, no one mistakes you as a palin supporter. but based on this thread dell on a 5 day bender is possible.

your theory is that romney will receive minimal support from the the tea party and is vulnerable in a general election. while at the same time democrats and independents will stay home if palin is the candidate.

it requires someone who is drunk or insane to hold both those ideas in their head at the same time.

my theory is that the tea party is far less than 33% of the electorate in the general election. and that no candidate other than palin would motivate the >67% to vote than the hot idiot extremist.

stop it. she's probably busy filming another reality show anyway.

[Danzig]

regardless of how the far right will feel about the eventual nominee, they'll vote for that person. they'd rather even have romney than four more years of obama.

as for palin....i'd hate to think this country has stooped to that point. she's a fraud, a lightweight, a pretender.
far better suited to reality tv than to a position of power.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

regardless of how the far right will feel about the eventual nominee, they'll vote for that person. they'd rather even have romney than four more years of obama.

as for palin....i'd hate to think this country has stooped to that point. she's a fraud, a lightweight, a pretender.
far better suited to reality tv than to a position of power.

Eric Erikkson (Red State) and Rush have both aggressively attacked Gingrich, and neither like Romney, either. Who knows what they want any more - Ron Reagan would be denounced as a liberal by this current bunch of crazies.

If the right doesn't like their candidate, they will stay home - that's the fear on the right. The downticket fallout.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Winning the White House? Only if unemployment spikes! But she is popular (if you are a right wing Republican) and has been wise enough to stay on the sidelines and watch the circus thus far. Obviously far from an intellectual but to be branded such is not a way to connect with the average Joe who is more interested in her breasts than her mind. She needs to temper her "bitchiness" and concentrate on being seen as a kinder, gentler soul but compared to Newt and Romney (the only two left standing at this point), she is more likeable!

wise is not a word i think of when it comes to sarah. and i don't find her likable at all. i'd compare her to fingernails on a chalkboard.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Danzig

wise is not a word i think of when it comes to sarah. and i don't find her likable at all. i'd compare her to fingernails on a chalkboard.

Well, I never considered you a right wing Republican either. Likeable compared to Newt and Romney, Cain as well and certainly Bachman. McCain tried to show he wasn't just another Washington insider and a rather nasty man at that by drafting the young, unknown Palin to be his running mate. She was hardly ready for national politics and it showed immediately but even with her lack of knowledge and inexperience with the media, she gained a fair number of supporters. McCain would later blame her for his loss which was totally unfair and showed him to be the trite, angry man he was/is...all this did was endear her to the right (which was never comfortable with McCain anyway). Aside from her fights with the media, she has done little wrong since the election in the eyes of the right and who else do they have at this point? She is better prepared this time and I don't buy the notion that she is stupid...besides how many recent Presidents have been Mensa members? Could she govern? I don't know, would depend on whether she had the wisdom to surround herself with qualified folks. Don't get me wrong, she won't get my vote but I think it unwise to simply dismiss her.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

...besides how many recent Presidents have been Mensa members?.

G.Dumya Bush?..


Bubba Clinton...

[Riot]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

She is better prepared this time and I don't buy the notion that she is stupid...besides how many recent Presidents have been Mensa members? Could she govern? I don't know, would depend on whether she had the wisdom to surround herself with qualified folks

Palin was Mayor of Wasilla, and Governor of Alaska, so I think we know exactly how she would govern ... and it left alot of ethics charges and lawsuits in it's wake, aside from the financial ruin of Wasilla.

And I think the books written about Palin's time on the campaign trail prove she's not very mentally capable, in an IQ sort of way.

Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar. Obama was President of Harvard Law Review. Dubya Bush was an alcoholic and a cheerleader, which is why Cheney was our real president.

Herman Cain doesn't know anything about foreign countries and mocks their long names. Rick Perry thinks the voting age is 21 and barely passed college. Michelle Bachmann is a crazy loon. Mitt Romney is the Ken Doll of a presidential candidate. Palin was Barbie. So it goes.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Riot

Palin was Mayor of Wasilla, and Governor of Alaska, so I think we know exactly how she would govern ... and it left alot of ethics charges and lawsuits in it's wake, aside from the financial ruin of Wasilla.

And I think the books written about Palin's time on the campaign trail prove she's not very mentally capable, in an IQ sort of way.

Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar. Obama was President of Harvard Law Review. Dubya Bush was an alcoholic and a cheerleader, which is why Cheney was our real president.

Herman Cain doesn't know anything about foreign countries and mocks their long names. Rick Perry thinks the voting age is 21 and barely passed college. Michelle Bachmann is a crazy loon. Mitt Romney is the Ken Doll of a presidential candidate. Palin was Barbie. So it goes.

save Huntsman the Republicans are a disaster but intelligence hardly equals leadership in any way.
Some of O's writings as the Pres. of Law Review. Perhaps he isn't that bright after all...
"Since the merits of the Law Review's selection policy has been the subject of commentary for the last three issues," wrote Obama, "I'd like to take the time to clarify exactly how our selection process works."
"Approximately half of this first batch is chosen ... the other half are selected ... "
"No editors on the Review will ever know whether any given editor was selected on the basis of grades, writing competition, or affirmative action, and no editors who were selected with affirmative action in mind."

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/...#ixzz1fKCH3FjL

[Danzig]

they might not all be mensa members, but i would have a hard time with a leader who can't even name a magazine she reads. all of them is what she said she reads. really? sarah palin reads every magazine? that's a lot of reading.
then, who's her favorite founding father? why, all of them too! amazing. sheer brilliance.

everyone needs to stop pretending that sarah is anything more than a pretty face. we need more than that in the white house.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

save Huntsman the Republicans are a disaster but intelligence hardly equals leadership in any way.

I think Huntsman is the only chance for the GOP to beat Obama.

Some of O's writings as the Pres. of Law Review. Perhaps he isn't that bright after all...

That article has nothing to do with evaluating innate intelligence, ability to reason, basic factual knowledge or grasp of issues. It is only an assessment of adherence to the rules of grammer.

Should a candidate for President of the United States:
Know that Africa is not a "country" (Bachmann)
Know the national voting age is 18? (Perry)
Know what "Libya" is? (Cain)

I think it's touching to learn that there are still a small cadre of Palin supporters who think that she's qualified for anything more than grifting money from them.

[clyde]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Well, I never considered you a right wing Republican either. Likeable compared to Newt and Romney, Cain as well and certainly Bachman. McCain tried to show he wasn't just another Washington insider and a rather nasty man at that by drafting the young, unknown Palin to be his running mate. She was hardly ready for national politics and it showed immediately but even with her lack of knowledge and inexperience with the media, she gained a fair number of supporters. McCain would later blame her for his loss which was totally unfair and showed him to be the trite, angry man he was/is...all this did was endear her to the right (which was never comfortable with McCain anyway). Aside from her fights with the media, she has done little wrong since the election in the eyes of the right and who else do they have at this point? She is better prepared this time and I don't buy the notion that she is stupid...besides how many recent Presidents have been Mensa members? Could she govern? I don't know, would depend on whether she had the wisdom to surround herself with qualified folks. Don't get me wrong, she won't get my vote but I think it unwise to simply dismiss her.

You have lost your mind,Danny.