Could This Be the Week Sarah Palin Gets in the Race?

It’s an exciting week in politics because this is the week Sarah Palin will tell the world her 2012 intentions. Or not.
At least that’s what she indicated to ABC News’ Jake Tapper at the Iowa State Fair last month, telling him September was “practically speaking … kind of a drop-dead timeline” when it comes to “jumping in the ring.”
With only five days left in the month, that means this week is the “drop-dead timeline,” right?
Not exactly. Since her early August trip to Iowa, she’s backed off on her self-imposed date, but as the days, debates and campaign events creep by and the state filing deadlines loom, the window may be closing.
Since marking the September “drop-dead timeline” at Ames, she’s wavered on a date in interviews on Fox News. Two weeks ago, Greta Van Susteren asked Palin about a “drop-dead date” and the former Alaska governor demurred.
“I’m not going to let the media tell me or dictate when a drop-dead date should be. So I don’t have an answer for you on that one yet,” Palin said, adding that she’s “engaged internally with my family in discussions.”
“And I still have that same old dopey same old answer that I’m sure you guys are getting sick of hearing, and that is: I’m still thinking about it, praying about it, contemplating,” Palin told Susteren. “I’m sick of giving the same answer, believe me. I’m anxious to give an answer and get on with life one way or the other.”
Then last week, Palin told Sean Hannity that she’s “still considering the time factor,” but that “it is going to be an unconventional type of election process.”
When Hannity suggested to the former vice presidential nominee that November is the month she would have to announce because of legal filing deadlines, she conceded that “legally you do, because you have to start getting your ducks lined up to have your name on these ballots.”
So what does it all mean? Is she just stretching it out to stay in the debate without participating in the debates or is she going to jump in right before the filing deadlines at the end of next month and the beginning of November?
The answer: Only she knows. Not even her staff is aware of whether she will pull the trigger or not. According to a source with knowledge of the SarahPAC inner-circle, just as it was six months ago she has not made an announcement to her staff about her intentions. As the days creep toward state filing deadlines, no new staff has been hired. Her core group of about six staffers runs the organization while a volunteer group completely independent of SarahPAC called Organize4Palin or O4P tries to lay the groundwork in states, most notably Iowa.
The same source told ABC News that “there is a developing consensus among former aides with knowledge of SarahPAC that she has decided not to run.”
Of course, they also acknowledge that, like her decision to resign as governor of Alaska in July 2009, the decision is hers to make alone with her husband, Todd, and that she could decide the day before the first filing deadline that she wants to throw her hat in the ring.
Saturday’s P5 or Presidential 5 Conference Straw Poll sponsored by the Florida GOP was a clear rejection of the two frontrunners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Despite strong speeches by Herman Cain—who won the poll with 37 percent of the vote—the delegates were definitely looking for another candidate and that is sure to be another signal to Palin that she can still get in. Of course, Perry’s poor performance at Thursday night’s Fox News/Google debate is another sign that getting in to the race late isn’t easy.
Steve Bannon, who made the Palin documentary, “The Undefeated” and remains close to Palin, thinks it’s a “big opportunity” because “the current list of candidates have failed to catch the imagination of either the conservative movement or the general electorate.”
“She’s making her own decision. It’s exactly what she has said 1,000 times. It’s her own decision and it’s in consultation with her family and through prayer, and that’s what I’m sure she’s spending a lot of time thinking about in Alaska,” Bannon told ABC News. “This is a life-altering decision.”
Just last week, SarahPAC sent out a fundraising appeal asking for donations because, as the message put it, Palin was “on the verge of making her decision of whether or not to run for office.”
That money cannot be used for a presidential campaign and, although the PAC will need funds, whether she runs or not it could be seen as a sign that she’s not going to get in the race and the organization is trying to pad the coffers before she lets the world know. Of course, if she does enter the race, money is likely to pour in as soon as she announced.
Despite deadlines Palin has made or backed away from in the past, the state filing deadlines are not negotiable if she wants to get on the ballot.
The early state calendar is still in flux, with Florida making it clear it wants to play a prominent role in the nominating process. Its primary date could be as early as Jan. 31.
Chris Cate, the communications director at the Florida Department of State, said the date will be decided soon, but the state will be in line behind the traditional early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
However, no matter what primary date ends up getting chosen, Florida’s filing date for candidates is one of the first: Oct. 31. That’s the date it receives the candidate list from the state parties. Other states follow quickly after that in the first week of November.
These are the final dates Palin would be dealing with and the unsettled primary calendar doesn’t seem to have any effect.
The first primary state of New Hampshire traditionally has a filing period in the first three weeks of November, but with its primary date not set yet, Secretary of State Bill Gardiner has the power to move that date ahead or even later.
Other states require nominating petitions that would require teams in those states to get petition signatures, another filing step the organization would have to complete if Palin were to jump in the race.
At least in the first caucus state of Iowa, Palin has help outside of the network of grassroots volunteers. A longtime GOP fundraiser in the state who has become a friend of the Palins, Becky Beach is ready to start raising money if Palin pulls the trigger, but even she has no idea if she will get in the race.
“I don’t know if she will or she won’t run, but if she does decide to do it I’ve already had a state senator and a donor with another campaign say if she were to get in they would jump to her,” Beach said.
Becky added that she doesn’t see a deadline ahead of the legal deadlines that Palin needs to announce.
“I know she and Todd will decide what’ s best for them and their family,” Beach said. “If they would like me to be helpful to them I would be happy to.”
Beach added: “She’s a force in her own right. If she runs for president, that’s one thing, but if she doesn’t, she won’t just be in Wasilla or Arizona. She’ll be advocating positions and views and love of country in a different way. She will definitely be doing something.”
One thing sure to encourage Palin towards a yes decision is the McClatchy-Marist poll released last week that put her just five points behind President Obama, with a 49 percent to 44 percent spread in a potential head-to-head contest. That same survey of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents also reported that 72 percent of Republicans don’t want Palin to get in the race.
Peter Singleton, who heads up the volunteer group in Iowa, has spent almost a year in the state campaigning for Palin full time – unbelievably without being told to do so by Palin or SarahPAC. He left his home in California and his job as an attorney to attend county meetings and try to convince caucus goers that Palin is the person for the job, although she hasn’t said whether she thinks she’s the person for the job.
“We don’t care at all when she announces,” Singleton said. “I know some people care, but the people doing what I’m doing, the people doing this pretty intensely, we don’t care. What we care about is why she runs. How she would run.”
He said state activists have been telling him for months that Palin needs to get in the race and meet with them, but he added members of that group are not going to be the people who decide the election. Instead it will be the average GOP caucus-goers in the state.
“Out in the counties, the Republican electorate is wide open,” Singleton said, adding that the caucus-goers in counties and towns outside of the Iowa cities are still undecided. “I’m sure of this.”
Singleton is convinced the answer will be “yes” from Palin, but insisted that despite sacrificing almost a year of his life in the Hawkeye State he will be fine if she says she’s not in.
“I’ll be disappointed because I think she’s the best candidate, but disappointed in her, no absolutely not. She’s her own person and I have a lot of respect for her,” Singleton said.
He added that he thinks a late entry will help Palin because she’s been “leading” by weighing in on different issues through her speeches and appearances on Fox News.
“I’d rather be advocating for someone who has been leading than for someone who has just been running for presidency the last few years and absent from the fray,” Singleton said.

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Posted by: Jon | September 26, 2011, 6:33 am 6:33 am
This could be it! Palin may finally offer the American people the opportunity they have been crying out for. If she announces that her candidacy is now a reality, the American people will rise up as one and unite behind this dynamic woman as she takes back our country!
Posted by: americangiant | September 26, 2011, 7:06 am 7:06 am
WHO CARES?????? ABC why do you keep pushing this IDIOT woman????
Posted by: Julie | September 26, 2011, 7:23 am 7:23 am
Inaccurate reporting as usual from ABC. Unlike Perry, Romney did not participate in the Florida straw poll. In fact, many of his supporters voted for Cain. Instead of manipulating facts to fit your story, please try and accurately report. Remember when integrity used to exist in reporting.
Posted by: Eileen McDaniel | September 26, 2011, 7:49 am 7:49 am
Sarah – Please throw your support to Herman Cain. That would finally wake up the media and the pundits and get his message in front of the American people.
Posted by: n'erdowell | September 26, 2011, 8:16 am 8:16 am
Well according to the reviews of Perry’s debate performance (I saw the debate and I didn’t think he was as bad as the pundits proclaim) this just might be the opportune time for to jump in. She knows that she can’t win (unless she’s delusional) but it will definitely keep her gravy train rolling… and that”s what its all about, isn’t it?
Posted by: mytakeonthis61 | September 26, 2011, 8:17 am 8:17 am
From what I hear, Sarah is not good at organization and organization is very important in a national campaign. I doubt she will join this race. She may have the immediate recognition of Tea Party but America isn’t ready for hard right wing politics. Look what it has done to this country. No jobs. Government shutdown and near default. Cut, Cut, Cut. Balance the budget on the backs of the seniors and the poor so that money can be spent on overturning Roe vs Wade and forcing women to go to back alleys.
Posted by: Bob | September 26, 2011, 8:21 am 8:21 am
At this point, who cares? The woman cannot and will not debate, is terrified of any media not paying her a cushy salary, would have to show her finances (anyone still wonder why the Donald isn’t running?) and actually be a responsible woman. Right. And pigs fly. She won’t run. And if she thinks that she can suddenly show up at the convention and be nominated without going through all the hoops the rest of them have, she is even more delusional than she appears. It sounds so special to call this election ‘unconventional,’ but there are procedures and laws to be followed. I realize that her mantra in Alaska was to do something “until the courts tell me I can’t,” but that will not fly in the lower 48. Sarah is not running, and she will never be President. So find someone else to ruin these United States.
Posted by: Sally | September 26, 2011, 8:42 am 8:42 am
Where is the Herman Cain story? It didn’t even make it to Monday morning? Yet there is still the “Johnson stole the joke” story. Maybe if Herman did something bad, you would keep that in the news. Please give him is fair shake. People are really excited about his candidacy and would like to read it on your site instead of having to go elsewhere.
Posted by: heirloomfurniture | September 26, 2011, 8:50 am 8:50 am
She says she’s not going to let the media dictate a dtae even though is was she who first gave the media the date they are holding her to. And people really think this woman has a chance? The people who control elections are the independents, and this woman will NEVER garner the support of the independents. She far too stupid and they are far too smart.
Posted by: WorkingClass | September 26, 2011, 9:00 am 9:00 am
Oh please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please run, Sarah. RUN, SARAH, RUN!!!! We NEED you in this race. You are truly the Democrat’s dream candidate. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!!!! SARAH!!!!!!!
Posted by: Searambler | September 26, 2011, 9:10 am 9:10 am
Sarah Palin is already out of the race.
Posted by: ray | September 26, 2011, 9:15 am 9:15 am
“She’s a force in her own right.”
She is a controversial, polarizing figure. Those are not positive attributes.
Posted by: Aaron Ververs | September 26, 2011, 9:15 am 9:15 am
Sarah Palin is right.
Politicians should avoid the “lamestream media”. They are likely to ask you embarrassing questions or questions that can slip you up and cause you embarrassment.
She should know. She was subjected to hard trick questions when she ran for vice president..questions that made her appear unprepared , uneducated or two faced.
Sarah is spot on right. It’s better for conservative candidates to appear on Fox news, where they will be asked more meaningful questions like: Why is America a great country? Why is your opponent morally corrupt? Why do you love your country so much? Why should we support our troops? Why are illegal aliens hurting our country? Why do you love your family?
For example. When Palin criticized the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act — she stated that telling kids what to eat seeks to take away “God-given rights to make our own decisions.”
The liberal news media then attacked her by asking if she thought smoking pot, having an abortion, paying for sex, going naked in public were also God given rights.
That questions was uncalled for. It was meant to trip up Sarah and make her look inconsistent.
That’s why Conservatives should stick to Fox News. Fox news won’t ask Conservative tough questions that are hard to answer.
Fox news will make sure that Conservatives get to rehearse the questions beforehand so that they won’t make any slip ups.
Fox news will protect Conservative candidates and make sure they don’t look stupid
Posted by: Achillies | September 26, 2011, 9:45 am 9:45 am
I hope so! She is awesome, plus maybe we’ll finally get some of these liberals to move to Canada where they belong!
Posted by: Steve | September 26, 2011, 10:00 am 10:00 am
So, Steve, what exactly makes Sarah Palin “awesome” in your eyes?
Posted by: WorkingClass | September 26, 2011, 10:45 am 10:45 am
Don’t Forget That President Obama got Osama Bin Laden, and Much Of his Leadership. What Has Sarah Palin Done except QUIT!!!
Posted by: charity0316 | September 26, 2011, 10:48 am 10:48 am
One thing about Palin is she’s refreshingly genuine and straightforward. They all told us how smart the current guy is, but why is everything getting so much worse? We can’t take four more years of this!
Posted by: Megaman | September 26, 2011, 11:09 am 11:09 am
Sarah, do the USA a favor and sit down and SHUT UP!! You are a joke and haven’t got the foggiest idea about national and ESPECIALLY International politics. As for the media having no integrity left, perhaps that’s because there is NO integrity left in the candidates either. She won’t get into the race anyway because it isn’t something that will bring in lots of money AND her purpose since quitting as Governor has been to get rich and keep on making WAVES in the country without ever having to answer to her dumb statements!
Posted by: demnme | September 26, 2011, 11:11 am 11:11 am
One thing about Palin is she’s refreshingly genuine and straightforward.
Posted by: Megaman | September 26, 2011, 11:09 am
Can you please cite a few examples of this for the class? Thank you.
Posted by: Searambler | September 26, 2011, 11:14 am 11:14 am
“e thing about Palin is she’s refreshingly genuine and straightforward.” — Yeah, this whole waffling on the “drop-dead date” really exemplifies her straightforwardness….
Posted by: WorkingClass | September 26, 2011, 11:20 am 11:20 am
Can you please cite a few examples of this for the class? Thank you.
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She says what she believes and shoots from the hip. Just listen to her speak any time. You don’t get the sense that everything out of her mouth is a political calculation. In fact, just the opposite. Seems very authentic to me, even though I obviously don’t agree with her on everything.
Posted by: Megaman | September 26, 2011, 11:39 am 11:39 am
LOL! …. Sarah Palin is just “STRINGING ALONG” what’s left of her minion followers so that they continue to contribute to “SarahPAC” as long as possible.
It’s guaranteed…eventually, she’ll announce that she’s NOT running, who wants to bet?. Why? Because all the polls show that she doesn’t have a chance in hell to become the Republican nominee. And although SP is too stupid to understand this, you can “betchya” that her financial advisers have advised her that if she does run and loses, she will then lose a lot of credibility AND prospective future paid-speaker invites… i.e., groups don’t invite a “2 time loser” to come and speak for them.
So, Palin’s financial advisers have instructed Palin to keep “STRINGING ALONG” her minion, shallow-brained followers, “as long as you possibly can Sarah”, so that SarahPAC continues to receive donations from them. Then, when the deadline to file your candidacy comes close, announce that you’ve decided not to run.
Posted by: Georgie_Bushie | September 26, 2011, 11:57 am 11:57 am
I’m just amazed at how DUMB Sarah’s rabid followers are. She has had 3 YEARS too many on the national stage without a CLUE!! How to make mucho money off a pile of idiots that actually THINK this numbskull could EVER be the Leader of this Nation and I have to mention that the media gives her this FAKE credibility by putting stories like THIS one in the news every few days. Will She?? Won’t She?? Who gives a crap!!!
Posted by: demnme | September 26, 2011, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm
If you’re going to post negative comments about Palin, get caught up on what she’s been up to since stepping down from her cherished position of Gov. of Alaska. You can find the information without too much effort, by reading her Facebook posts and watching youtube videos of her speeches. If you don’t know your enemy, how can you convince others to agree with your position? Just think of all the intelligent arguments you’ll be able to make against her when she announces in the near future. You’ll be way ahead of your peers, armed with knowledge instead of tired talking points.
Posted by: relyvics | September 26, 2011, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
@ Workingclass and Searambler
Can you two please tell us why anyone would have voted for Obama? And if you don’t mind, can you cite examples?
You have access to the same exact media we do. Palin is straightforward because she is not beholden to anyone — especially corporations as Obama is to Goldmann Sachs,
She ousted Republicans in Alaska. She went after Obama because of his ties with crony capitalism and is currently holding the current crop of GOP candidates to the same fire.
The latest McClatchy Poll shows Sarah Palin beating Obama 47-43 with Independents. This is because she is irritating all the right people including liberals and establishment RINO’s.
Palin is unafraid to shake those up. So why do you tell me why those independents are picking Palin over Obama?
Posted by: Steve | September 26, 2011, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
Can you please cite a few examples of this for the class? Thank you.
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She says what she believes and shoots from the hip. Just listen to her speak any time. You don’t get the sense that everything out of her mouth is a political calculation. In fact, just the opposite. Seems very authentic to me, even though I obviously don’t agree with her on everything. Posted by: Megaman | September 26, 2011, 11:39 am.
OK, I just googled “Sarah Palin quotes” and found these: “He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin’ sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.” –Sarah Palin, on Paul Revere’s midnight ride, June 3, 2011 —- “Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.” –Sarah Palin, defending her fiery campaign rhetoric in the wake of the Arizona shooting massacre by invoking a phrase (“blood libel”) that typically refers historically to the alleged murder of Christian babies by Jews, Jan. 12, 2011 —- “But obviously, we’ve got to stand with our North Korean allies.” –Sarah Palin, after being asked how she would handle the current hostilities between the two Koreas, interview on Glenn Beck’s radio show, Nov. 24, 2010 —- “I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism. And I have a communications degree.” –Sarah Palin, Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Nov. 22, 2010 —- “‘Refudiate,’ ‘misunderestimate,’ ‘wee-wee’d up.’ English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!’” –a follow-up Tweet by Sarah Palin, proudly mistaking her illiteracy for literary genius, July 18, 2010 —- “Unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable, the public will not trust them to drill, baby, drill. And we must!” –Sarah Palin, Facebook note, June 8, 2010 —- “We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn’t that ironic?” –Sarah Palin, admitting that her family used to get treatment in Canada’s single-payer health care system, despite having demonized such government-run programs as socialized medicine that will lead to death-panel-like rationing, March 6, 2010 —- Sarah Palin, on writing notes on her hand during her Tea Party convention speech: “I didn’t really had a good answer, as so often — is me. But then somebody sent me the other day, Isaiah 49:16, and you need to go home and look it up. Before you look it up, I’ll tell you what it says though. It says, hey, if it was good enough for God, scribbling on the palm of his hand, it’s good enough for me, for us. He says, in that passage, ‘I wrote your name on the palm of my hand to remember you,’ and I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m in good company.’” (March 5, 2010) —- “The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.” –-Sarah Palin, in a message posted on Facebook about Obama’s health care plan, Aug. 12, 2009.
People who ‘shoot from the hip’ tend to miss a LOT. Palin misses a LOT. Can you honestly tell me that you respect this woman’s positions, speaking style, presentation, attitude, and general mien when it comes to shat comes out of her mouth? Because I gotta say, you sure seem to set the bar awfully low with her. Low as in, on the ground……………
Posted by: Searambler | September 26, 2011, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
Steve | September 26, 2011, 12:47 pm post ———– Why? This article and discussion is about Sarah Palin. Why ask us to defend voting for Obama here? Can you not defend Palin without trying to change the subject?
Posted by: Searambler | September 26, 2011, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
@Searambler –
Your incessant posting on Palin displays an agenda. I’m not too worried about as her poll numbers keep going up. It is why Joe McGinniss’s book flopped. It is why Frank Bailey and Geoffrey Dunn’s books are now serving as lining for bird cages everywhere. And poor Levi Johnston, not even worth mentioning.
You would think by now you’d have learned. Since 2008, the same hysterics have been railing on. The reason for bringing up Obama is the unavoidable reality that it is who we have now and how horrible things have been.
With or without Obama, I can (and did) explain why I believe Sarah Palin is effective. She proved it in Alaska. The worst things said about her are disproven by the 24,000 e-mails released.
The only thing you have are possile gaffes, like for example the Paul Revere scuffle (as if your crowd really gave a hoot about Paul Revere before Palin). If you want to talk gaffes, sweetie, look no further than Pennsylvania Avenue.
Until then, I implore you to examine records on spending, accomplishments, and reforms. That’d be a good place to start.
Sadly, voting present more than 100 times as a junior Senator does not count.
Posted by: Steve | September 26, 2011, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
“The latest McClatchy Poll shows Sarah Palin beating Obama 47-43 with Independents”
LOL! A Republican ONLY cites polls when they favor the results. You left out that Obama still beats Palin 49-44 among ALL voters. AND that Obama STILL beats every announced Republican presidential contender……….
Posted by: Searambler | September 26, 2011, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
A very simple fact,the reason I voted for Obama,John McCain stated that he wanted his presidency to be four more years of George W. Bush,I was almost able to swallow that,(knowing that spending was an issue then as now) then came the “bomb,bomb,bomb, Iran comment,then Sarah Palin was choosen,or was forced on McCain,that was more than enough reason to vote for someone else,than McCain. Plus I liked what then candidate Obama was saying,get rid of trickle down economics,health care,sensible tax policies,and a rebuilding of America,now President Obama has dropped the ball on most of those issues,but the Republican candidates have no new ideas,no new plans,just trickle down economics will work this time cause we’re gonna cut taxes.
Posted by: a sane txn | September 26, 2011, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
“LOL! A Republican ONLY cites polls when they favor the results. You left out that Obama still beats Palin 49-44 among ALL voters. ”
49-44 means = 93. According to history, undecided voters always go to the challenger when the incumbent’s approval is below 50. Obama cannot even hold onto 40.
So you’re looking at a statistical deadheat at best for Obambi. And we have a whole year left.
The biggest news is Palin gained 15 points in one month. And you’re crying wolf, and you should be, because it is people like you who are making it happen and I cannot thank you enough.
Posted by: Steve | September 26, 2011, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
“the reason I voted for Obama,John McCain stated that he wanted his presidency to be four more years of George W. Bush”
I agree. Bush was terrible. But Obama only qudrupled his worst attribute — THE SPENDING. Now he wants independents to believe suddenly he wants a “balanced approach” which entails taxing investors and job creators that he’s trying to get middle class Americans like myself mad at? He could have passed any tax increase he wanted in the first 2 years when he had a liberal House and Senate. But no. He was more interested in using that time to cram massive spending down our throats only to wait until Republicans took over one branch of Congress in 2011 to blame them for a credit downgrade after being in power for only six months? NOW he wants a balanced approach which includes “shared sacrifice,” “eating peas,” and “keeping the keys?”
What kind of moron buys in to this stuff?
Posted by: Steve | September 26, 2011, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm
quadrupled*
Posted by: Steve | September 26, 2011, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
“We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn’t that ironic?” –Sarah Palin, admitting that her family used to get treatment in Canada’s single-payer health care system, despite having demonized such government-run programs as socialized medicine that will lead to death-panel-like rationing, March 6, 2010
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This lengthy list was clearly compiled by someone with an agenda. Canada didn’t have socialized medicine (single payer) back when she was talking about going there.
It makes me wonder what else is wrong with the rest of your quotes and “explanations” that I may not happen to know about. Sorry.
Meanwhile, am I better off than I was in 2008? Heck no!!!! Not even close.
Posted by: Megaman | September 26, 2011, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
President Obama did not quadruple the spendind….HE ADDED THE WARS TO THE BUDGET,that makes it look like he increased spendind……according to the GAO government spendind has increased only 2% since Obama took office…..so tell me now what are the wealthy sacrificing or sharing?……and the next time you call me a moron,or anyone else a moron,for that matter, I’ll see about getting you removed from this board….now go back and listen to right wing radio and Fox news. Am I mad that somebody that never worked a day in their lives can make millions at a tax rate of 15%, while I work 65-70 hours a week and if I make anywhere near $250,000 I pay 35%, you bet I’m upset,how is that fair,Fox listener…..oh I know ,the government is punishing them for their success.
Posted by: a sane txn | September 26, 2011, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
Searambler,
Your Google search/list is a good one but doesn’t go far enough. Now if you go back and look up each one individually, you’ll learn that aside from an obvious miss-statement like saying N. instead S. Korea, they are all true and correct. Much to the chagrin of the “gotcha media”, Palin keeps on proving what a strong leader she is. Her knowledge and honesty should be admired by all, in a good and free society. Unfortunately, there are still those of us who are impressed with slick, meaningless words, read from a teleprompter, with a backdrop of styrofoam Greek columns. Let’s help shed light on the truth instead of propping up the false information out there. Oh, and just to prove she does know the difference between N. and S. Korea, she’ll be speaking about U.S. leadership, at the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul on Oct. 11th, along with several other “World leaders”. Her speech at the forum will be her third one there and will probably be the most memorable since she’ll more than likely be a candidate for POTUS by then.
Posted by: relyvics | September 26, 2011, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm
Hope so! He’s a class act!
Posted by: relyvics | September 26, 2011, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm
@Sane Txn
Nice try. The Debt was at 10T when Bush left. By Obama’s second year, it increased to 14T. Sure, he had a budget in place. But how does a budget get passed?
In Bush’s last two years, wasn’t then Senator-Obama part of a liberal House and Senate who passed these budget issues?
That same liberal Congress only increased in size when Obama actually won the White House in 2008.
And all along you still want to blame Bush?
The time has come where Democrats and their love of big-spending MUST be confronted in a way where they don’t get away with blaming it on Bush. They WILL take responsibility for their fecklessness. They have to. They have held the majority of the U.S. Government since 2007.
Posted by: Steve | September 26, 2011, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
“Canada didn’t have socialized medicine (single payer) back when she was talking about going there.”
Sure they did, look it up. The Medical Care Act of 1966, which also set up their Medicare system. Are you calling Sarah Palin a liar?!?!?
Posted by: Searambler | September 26, 2011, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm
What….and give up the lucratrive niche she has going with her legions of ‘dumbed down’? LOL…I doubt if she is that stupid….but who knows? LOL…LOL
Posted by: CND FOX | September 26, 2011, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm
relyvics | September 26, 2011, 2:09 pm…………and since this is a gathering of business, not politics, I guess her main mission is to seek campaign contributions from our global competitors.
Posted by: Taintedbylies | September 26, 2011, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
Sure they did, look it up. The Medical Care Act of 1966, which also set up their Medicare system. Are you calling Sarah Palin a liar?!?!?
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I believe you’re the one who may be fibbing. Canada didn’t have single payer until a 1984 act revised the 1966 act. You either know this and are intentionally obscuring the truth… or you don’t know it, in which case you just learned something.
Posted by: Megaman | September 26, 2011, 3:13 pm 3:13 pm
Megaman – So YOU are also calling Sarah Palin a liar? Wow. With friends like these………………
Posted by: Searambler | September 26, 2011, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm
Megaman – So YOU are also calling Sarah Palin a liar? Wow. With friends like these………………
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Sarah Palin didn’t say her family used to run across the border for socialized medicine. She said she used to go when the healthcare was better there, back when it was still more like a “free market”. And her point was the irony in that they’ve spent the last twenty plus years coming here and yet now we’re trying to imitate that failure.
Shouldn’t be a hard concept to understand for someone as open-minded as you clearly are.
Posted by: Megaman | September 26, 2011, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm
And all along you still want to blame Bush?
The time has come where Democrats and their love of big-spending MUST be confronted in a way where they don’t get away with blaming it on Bush. They WILL take responsibility for their fecklessness. They have to. They have held the majority of the U.S. Government since 2007. Posted by STEVE
!!!!!! Try THIS on for size: Sept 10, 2004: By SCOTT LINDLAW – The Associated Press – COLMAR, Pa. – President George W. Bush on Thursday blamed President Bill Clinton’s administration for the loss of hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs. Bush warned against backing the Democratic ticket in November because of a “hidden Kerry tax plan.” “In the last six months of the prior administration, more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost. We’re turning that around,” said Bush, who cited the addition of 107,000 manufacturing jobs this year. According to the Labor Department, the number of payroll jobs has grown by 1.7 million in the past 12 months, but the economy still has lost 913,000 positions since Bush took office in January 2001. In manufacturing alone, the number of job losses under Bush stands at 2.67 million, recovering by 107,000 factory jobs since January…
Posted by: achillies | September 26, 2011, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm
I like Sarah, but I’m not that interested in her as a president. I think she’s got other things she can do to help and make a difference. President though? Nah. We already have an incompetent, but otherwise nice person in the White House and that’s turned into a national tragedy.
Posted by: TexBork | September 26, 2011, 5:35 pm 5:35 pm
I would love for Palin to run…she’s the only one that isn’t a Washington insider. Comeon Palin, run for president gives a chance to try to get rid of washington crooks.
Posted by: You know it is true | September 26, 2011, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm
Either way, Palin is a dolt and is delaying her announcement so that she can avoid GOP debates.
Posted by: Dan | September 26, 2011, 6:47 pm 6:47 pm
Anyone who backs Palin is a fool or is getting paid to write positive things about the woman.
Lots of BS here from her fans, but no links. There is nothing she has contributed to society but fear mongering, and she’s good at it and is comfortable at Fox.
Canada wouldn’t give Fox a license because they aren’t really a news outfit, but an entertainment outfit. Google it.
Someone in her “inner circle” started talking and it’s not good for Palin, who is going all out to try to discredit them. Her friend Andrew Breitbart who has a “sterling” character as we may all know, is on the trail of the renegade but it won’t work. Lawyers already involved.
Palins not always nice to “her people” and that’s not smart, and she is regretting it right about now. In her own words, “game on”!!!
Posted by: Jeanabella | September 26, 2011, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm
Some commentators here don’t know Palin. Know what you ridicule. During her recent speeches and postings, she does the expected direct attack on a certain Obama policy and why, but she then points to the bipartisan crony capitalism of D.C.
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There are a lot of the richest suburbs around D.C. for a reason. Sarah Palin said 7 out of the top 10 richest districts in the United States. Homes of many of the permanent political class. Btw – She often focuses on crony-capitalism from the Republican side. Ask Perry.
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Many that she fired/fined/jailed were Republicans, because she keep her word as a candidate for governor and she cleaned up the party. The Republican party. Some of her most vicious opponents are Republicans.
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Her goal now is to restore all of D.C. to what it is supposed to be. If she wins, I don’t think she will discriminate on an R’s and D’s basis. Just a honest, hard work basis. That’s all we want from our very well paid servants. There will be one government. Two parties – doing the jobs we hire them for.
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Their job is to serve the people. To protect the people. Not to become millionaires with their billionaire capitalist friends.
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If you’re one that dislikes her, research about her before you comment. Know what you think you hate.
Posted by: Bill589 | September 26, 2011, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm
How could anyone support Palin? She QUIT as governor of Alaska. Here’s a great bumper sticker for Plain’s 2012 presidentail run: WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, SARAH PALIN QUITS!. What an impressive resume! “Excuse me, Mrs. President, but the US is under attack. What are your orders?” “Me, well, I quit!” Great leadership abilities indeed!
Posted by: robert | September 27, 2011, 3:13 am 3:13 am
Palin will get in last , so that she will avoid all debates, interviews and all those questions and anwers. Because her IQ is “0″ and she herself knows that she cannot compete with other smart Republicans. When she opens her mouth , i don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Posted by: Milton | September 29, 2011, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm