Sarah in 2012!
ABC reports:
Gov. Sarah Palin suggested that if the Republican ticket is defeated on Tuesday she expects to be a player in the next election four years from now, saying "I'm not doing this for naught."
In an interview with ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas, the Republican vice-presidential nominee was asked about 2012, whether she was discouraged by the daily attacks on the campaign trail, and would instead pack it in and return to her home state of Alaska.
"I think that, if I were to give up and wave a white flag of surrender against some of the political shots that we've taken, that would bring this whole & I'm not doing this for naught," Palin said.
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KT
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I just put that comment in the thread below this one. I think this will have the effect of giving Obama a landslide. I think a lot of the "base" was going to hold their nose and vote for McCain just to be loyal. But now they can vote for Obama knowing that with the economy the way it is whoever gets in is going to have a rough four years AND they know that four years from now they get Sarah Palin. I ll bet McCain is LIVID! What effect do you think it might have? -
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Ha! I can't stop laughing. She should try and squeeze a Town Hall Meeting for her 2012 campaign between McCain/Palin stops. Would that be rude?
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I can't imagine her being a viable player in 4 years. The upheaval and chaos that would have to take place is beyond my fathom.
If she's a contender in 2012, the Republican party will be a joke.
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Very dumb. Gives social conservatives who hate McCain a good reason to stay home on Tuesday.
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I don't think any social conservatives would vote Obama in great numbers sgw. They will stay home.
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her comment is so deliciously banal
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she also is not campaigning Monday, but heading to Alaska a day early.
That is kind of weird. She could campaign on the left side of the country, say in Montana and North Dakota which are slipping into battlegrounds. Then fly out from Seattle Monday afternoon.
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KT:
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You are our che and our liberator! Hail the liberator!
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Off with the High Sheriff's head! -
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I don't think she will have a shot in 2012 because she's in for a rough ride when she gets back to Alaska
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Good golly. McCain is running anti Obama robocalls now in ARIZONA according to TPM.
That is a bit sad.
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I think the moderates and the wackos will part ways after this election.
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Romney, et al, will lead the moderates, and Palin will lead the idjits... -
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Honestly, how hysterical is this? Did she give any clue about who her running mate might be? I hope she thanked McCain for teaching her so much about this great country. and how to lose graciously.
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Currently Palin is seen as such a joke in most circles. Is it possible for Palin to gain any depth of understanding about the issues that American's in the lower 48 states care about; such as health-care, the economy or foreign policy? While anything is possible, her current dismal grasp on any topic suggests otherwise. I just don't know if I can take hearing about her or listening to her again. Even after a 4 year break.
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trifecta,
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there are some social conservatives that are not fools. They know that Obama has the better plans and they hate McCain anyway but they have a sense of loyalty to the Republican party. I am not guaranteeing it but it is a very plausible scenario you would have to admit. They will be thinking that in 4 years Palin will have mroe knowledge and a higher profile. I personally think thats a pipe dream but Im not talking about me -
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Let's all donate some money to her campaign -- kill the Republican party with kindness.
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if she runs in 2012 obama will almost be guaranteed a second term
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Let's all donate some money to her campaign -- k!ll the Republican party with kindness.
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I don't think she'll be able to find enough Pro-American, Real Americans to vote for her in 2012.
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I suppose the hope is that in 4 years everyone will have forgotten about her horrible interviews with Couric, the SNL skits and her witch doctor among other things. But if we have learned anything in this election is that while fame is fleeting, You Tube is eternal.
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Does my suggestion of Gov. SP's banality make me elitist?
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If so, then she's so salt-of-the-earth refreshing. -
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"Ladies and gentlemen I promise you, although your vote means absolutely nothing this Tuesday, if you can hang on for eight years I will make it worth your while. Yes, this race has gotten so out of hand that even your attention to it is completely meaningless, but you should know that I am already thinking about our redemption. So, let's let Tuesday happen and then regroup. Could someone get me a soda and some new shoes?"
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Let me say this. I am strictly talking about the mind of a wing nut. I have said since last week that if they lose McCain will bury her deeper than Jimmy Hoffa and I stick with that. McCain knows how to cut people off at the knees and he will blame everything on her and the two idjuts that suggested her Schmidt and Davis. Ask yourself when wsa the last time you saw Davis any where? He used to be on every cable station. He has been disappeared like Fiorina
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That ominous music that McCain hears playing in the background is the theme to Jaws V:Barracuda.
This is really astonishing; I can only guess that Palin is so unschooled as to know not to do something like this.
On the other hand, if the Jimmy Choos fit...
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Personally I think if McCain loses then he is done as a force. The Democrats hate him for the vile campaign he has run and the GOP never really liked him anyway. I doubt he would have the clout to bury anyone.
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The small sector who love her will probably feel even more strongly when she's all growed up, but that doesn't make her presidential material. I wouldn't say she's done this for "naught" either - the $150,000 wardrobe and becoming a household name will certainly boost her future endeavors.
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