Sarah Palin - It's time for you to stand up!

[danbeaulieu]

sarah palin was an egoist and an establishment tool

 

[Cap]

Looking at it politically, I think that a Palin endorsement would make it harder to get independents and disenfranchised democrats to jump on the Liberty Express...or it might just turn out to be a wash.

 

[osan]

All of these personalities just bubble up out of the quantum vacuum with no prior existence?

Not all, but in point of fact many indeed do. Obama is an excellent example, as are Kissinger and Eisenhower. They both came out of comparative nowhere and rose meteorically and with no apparent qualifications. So yes, many of these sorts of personalities are manufactured from essentially nothing and packaged for public consumption. This is the way of modern technology- and media-enabled politics. Mr. Smoke, meet Mr. Mirrors.

Were it to be revealed in earnest candor by even credible sources, the extent of this shell game would prove so great that huge swaths of the public would simply have to reject it for the violence such truth would do to their minds. The average sub/urbanite has been molded into such a mental weakling that they simply could not accept that their realities have been so utterly and profoundly manipulated into hollow ignorance. In this case, ignorance truly is bliss.

 

[osan]

Palin is like the girl who all of a sudden gets invited to sit at the cool table in high school and now she'll pretty much do or say anything to keep her new status. She has no principles. When she said on hannity the other day something like " I obviously have disagreements with ron on foreign policy", i wanted to slap her, no you don't sarah, you have no opinions, you just want to fit in and have sean hannity like you.

This. Way this.

 

[Publicani]

Not all, but in point of fact many indeed do. Obama is an excellent example, as are Kissinger and Eisenhower. They both came out of comparative nowhere and rose meteorically and with no apparent qualifications. So yes, many of these sorts of personalities are manufactured from essentially nothing and packaged for public consumption. This is the way of modern technology- and media-enabled politics. Mr. Smoke, meet Mr. Mirrors.

Were it to be revealed in earnest candor by even credible sources, the extent of this shell game would prove so great that huge swaths of the public would simply have to reject it for the violence such truth would do to their minds. The average sub/urbanite has been molded into such a mental weakling that they simply could not accept that their realities have been so utterly and profoundly manipulated into hollow ignorance. In this case, ignorance truly is bliss.

What qualifications? If you are an adult citizen it's not enough? You have to be a senator, or governor, or professor? Publish papers? Be on some unproductive job for many years?

Also, we are smart to see through the media biases, but other people are stupid?
Certainly the traditional media role has diminished with the advance of the internet.

 

[69360]

You are all foolish to think a Palin endorsement isn't going to be very helpful. I personally witnessed thousands of registered enthusiastic GOP voters line up for hours to see Palin speak. She would be a huge asset to the campaign if she stumped for Ron. You're all kidding yourselves if you don't think that's true.

 

[seapilot]

Sarah Palin has been an ONI operative since she was 22. Her and her hubby were dropping off and picking up US agents on the Russian shores opposite Alaska..Hence you hear her say she can see Russia. She is good with firearms and survival techniques..hint hint..and for a housemarm she sure handled alot of good ol boyz with a velvet glove knockout. How did that happen??

Something to ponder.

Rev9

I can tell you have never visited or lived in Alaska. US agents on Russian shores? I have a few conspiracies myself but that is stretching it.

Most people in Alaska are good with firearms and survival techniques. Its a basic requirement for living in rural Alaska. She fished in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Working on a fish site takes a lot of determination and hard work.

I have seen Mrs Palin closeup and in person a couple of times (before she ran with McCain). She is genuine. She has gotten somewhat a lot of attention than she probably deserved by running as VP. Here are some things that I know from her being Gov of Alaska that I respect about her.

She unseated an unpopular Governor in a nasty republican primary. The guys name was Frank Murkowski a Washington insider establishment. The GOP establishment in Alaska hated her. One of the things was Gov Murkowski bought a jet(with state money) for personal travel. People in the state were angry because at the time they were cutting budgets due to revenue shortfall. Palin promised to sell the jet if she became Governor, which she did shortly after.

I was at the state convention last go around where she made a speech. The GOP establishment did not get up to applaud her and seemed very irritated that she was there. There were plans to oust the current GOP chairman at the convention who despised her. It did not happen unfortunately as it got tabled and probably the establishment would have walked out. Is she part of the establishment now? I doubt it from her recent actions and she is not shying from taking advantage of her popularity to make money and influence elections.

Recently she helped a completely unknown guy in Alaska(joe miller) run against an incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski. He beat her in the republican primary. Mrs Murkowski was so angry that she got the establishment money (big banks that she supported with TARP) to help her win a write in Campaign. So either Sarah Palin has something against the Murkowski family or she does not support establishment candidates (this is also shown in her endorsing Rand).

Things I did not like about her being governor were that she tried saving a Dairy farm by getting the state to run it. Very socialist act. The dairy was bought by the state and eventually sold off. She did not finish her term and quit. When the going gets tough you do not quit. She should have not ran with McCain out of principal of being an Alaskan. McCain is very unpopular in the state of Alaska for voting to keep ANWR closed among other things. She also raised taxes on the oil companies doing business in Alaska.

Sarah Palin is not brainy but very good at giving speeches and has a glowing personality that captivates people to listen. I believe she learns as she goes. She has learned a lot about Constitution being big proponent on states and individual rights. I think she has not been exposed to any foreign policy other than what is regurgitated at FOX news or people that surround her. If she sat down one on one with Ron Paul for an hour she would probably change her views. She is no different than thousands of other republicans that have been misinformed by the misinformation media and the MIC.

 

[RonRules]

Her screwing around with a basketball player (right before marriage) and snorting coke on an oil drum during a snowmobile trip won't help her political aspirations.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...airs-Glen-Rice-husbands-business-partner.html
http://gawker.com/5840227/
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=157779

That fact that this story got very little traction in the news leads me to think that she's an establishment candidate.

 

[jcarcinogen]

If Palin did come around and say she learned from Ron Paul I would like to see a Paul/Palin 2012 ticket. It would unify the party and easily take from Obama's votes.

 

[muh_roads]

If Palin did come around and say she learned from Ron Paul I would like to see a Paul/Palin 2012 ticket. It would unify the party and easily take from Obama's votes.

That's going a little too far. I don't think I'd want her on the ticket. An endorsement is enough.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

She's not going to endorse Ron.

She ran with John McCain for fucks sake.

^^this^^

let's not be delusional

 

[nbhadja]

She's not going to endorse Ron.

She ran with John McCain for fucks sake.

+1

Some people here are so naive. There is ZERO chance she endorses Paul.

Palin is a status quo establishment neocon. She will endorse Newt or Romney.

 

[nbhadja]

I would run with McCain

Who turns down a VP job?

Who gets offered a VP job by a establishment neocon's campaign? A fellow establishment neocon that's who.

 

[nbhadja]

By the way, many of the Republicans that we are most likely to win over to RP DO like her.

She endorsed Rand and when I was calling for his campaign, quite a few people mentioned that this was a positive.

She only endorsed Rand Paul when it became quite clear that Rand was gonna win the senate race with or without her. She merely tried to latch on to try and boost her credibility.

The only way she will ever endorse Ron Paul is if Ron Paul dominates the race and is assured victory, then she will latch on and endorse Ron Paul after it is irrelevant.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

She only endorsed Rand Paul when it became quite clear that Rand was gonna win the senate race with or without her. She merely tried to latch on to try and boost her credibility.

The only way she will ever endorse Ron Paul is if Ron Paul dominates the race and is assured victory, then she will latch on and endorse Ron Paul after it is irrelevant.

^^this^^

Watch, I bet she jumps on the Ron Paul wagon after his win in Iowa. She wants to be the VEEP again and she letting everyone know she wants it. She participated in NO debates yet constantly draws media attention by teasing the masses of a "possible" run. All the while not quite coming off as seriously being viable yet seriously credible by cheerleading the GOP establishment mantra.

 

[jcarcinogen]

You Palin fans should let her know how you feel...

 

[cdw]

Palin is not going to endorse Paul in the GOP primary. Palin abhors the constitution's foreign policy, stands for endless wars, and considers Judah aka Israel more important than any state of the US. She takes a stand against something only when it's politically convenient, otherwise you wouldn't know she was still alive. There is nothing political to gain in her eyes by backing Ron. To back Ron is to fully separate yourself from the establishment, and she is not going to burn those bridges. I'm sure she feels she'll need them later. Unless it benefits her career - she stands for nothing, which is in some ways worse than standing for tyranny. She's spineless and complicit in all of their actions.

I firmly believe that there were only two reasons why she stood up for Rand, none of which were noble. One - to maintain her faux role as some tea party darling (and maintain the neo-con's grip on the movement), and two - because she, like Hannity and other conservative pundits, believe that Rand is much more corruptible than his old man and thus considers him one of 'them'. You can bet anything you own that if they had even a hint that Rand was anywhere close to being as much constitutionalist as Ron that they would toss him to the dogs (and it will happen - and sooner than Rand thinks. I hope he's preparing for it).

My last thought on Palin. Before she would back Ron, I think she would sooner steal the nomination from him in a brokered convention scenario. I'm sure that idea has been thrown around a time or two by the Machine. Nothing would surprise me.

 

[Xenophage]

This is a second time in recent history the media is killing a good candidate.

Sarah, you've been there. You know what it's like to be blindly unfairly media-mob attacked.

After Iowa, whether Ron Paul wins or loses, you will not have a greater chance to live your trace in history. Speak now or forever hold your peace.

Stand up for Ron Paul defense!

How will you feel when Palin endorses Romney?

 

[Matthew Zak]

You are all foolish to think a Palin endorsement isn't going to be very helpful. I personally witnessed thousands of registered enthusiastic GOP voters line up for hours to see Palin speak. She would be a huge asset to the campaign if she stumped for Ron. You're all kidding yourselves if you don't think that's true.

I personally have never met anyone that likes her. The only people who talk about her (that I know) are progressives who hate her more than anything in the world. I can see a Sarah Palin endorsement ruining the chance at getting any help from people left of center.

 

[69360]

I personally have never met anyone that likes her. The only people who talk about her (that I know) are progressives who hate her more than anything in the world. I can see a Sarah Palin endorsement ruining the chance at getting any help from people left of center.

You're kidding yourself. I personally stood in a line literally blocks long two separate times to see her address a crowd of thousands of screaming adoring GOP voters. I'm a longtime Republican, I go to lots of GOP events.