Is Palin running for president in 2012?

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Community college has prepared her well to run a state, but if she is going to be President, maybe she ought to take some of those adult education courses. Ballroom dancing and floral arrangements will supplement her existing skillset nicely. *nod*

[Pepe Dominguez]

MILF4PRES

Doesn't the "ILF" part imply that Palin's actually attractive???

Despite the usual hype (and inevitable subsequent disappointment), the average voter is still a middle-aged or older white man/woman. Palin's still a spring chicken to that crowd. The youth vote has yet to matter. Well done, (most of) us.

[Pepe Dominguez]

Community college has prepared her well to run a state, but if she is going to be President, maybe she ought to take some of those adult education courses. Ballroom dancing and floral arrangements will supplement her existing skillset nicely. *nod*

Careful, now: insulting community college students is getting dangerous as more and more universities are cutting enrollment and/or only accepting transfer students. My alma mater (Cal Poly, a 4-year) did this recently, along with eliminating summer classes completely. Here on the West coast, community college attendance doesn't actually bespeak low intelligence or lack of academic success - it's actually a wise decision, financially. Just a tip, even though Wiki says Palin did graduate from a proper four-year university (after transferring).

[Your Mum and Yo Mamma]

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Community college has prepared her well to run a state, but if she is going to be President, maybe she ought to take some of those adult education courses. Ballroom dancing and floral arrangements will supplement her existing skillset nicely. *nod*

Careful, now: insulting community college students is getting dangerous as more and more universities are cutting enrollment and/or only accepting transfer students. My alma mater (Cal Poly, a 4-year) did this recently, along with eliminating summer classes completely. Here on the West coast, community college attendance doesn't actually bespeak low intelligence or lack of academic success - it's actually a wise decision, financially. Just a tip, even though Wiki says Palin did graduate from a proper four-year university (after transferring).

True enough, She went to 4 schools total. The middle 2 were community colleges. This is not a detriment. Not everybody handles the stresses and rigors of college life well. This doesn't make you less intelligent.

But we aren't talking about the manager of a bowling alley or a corporate executive. We're talking about the President of the United States. My standards are a bit higher. I don't want a President that did ok at life. I want a President that excelled at everything he or she put his or her energy into. Are my standards too high?

[Rathaeria]

Community college has prepared her well to run a state, but if she is going to be President, maybe she ought to take some of those adult education courses. Ballroom dancing and floral arrangements will supplement her existing skillset nicely. *nod*

Careful, now: insulting community college students is getting dangerous as more and more universities are cutting enrollment and/or only accepting transfer students. My alma mater (Cal Poly, a 4-year) did this recently, along with eliminating summer classes completely. Here on the West coast, community college attendance doesn't actually bespeak low intelligence or lack of academic success - it's actually a wise decision, financially. Just a tip, even though Wiki says Palin did graduate from a proper four-year university (after transferring).

True enough, She went to 4 schools total. The middle 2 were community colleges. This is not a detriment. Not everybody handles the stresses and rigors of college life well. This doesn't make you less intelligent.

But we aren't talking about the manager of a bowling alley or a corporate executive. We're talking about the President of the United States. My standards are a bit higher. I don't want a President that did ok at life. I want a President that excelled at everything he put his energy into. Are my standards too high?

Depends on whether we compare your standards to what may be, or to what has been.

So far, it's not looking good...

[Pepe Dominguez]

But we aren't talking about the manager of a bowling alley or a corporate executive. We're talking about the President of the United States. My standards are a bit higher. I don't want a President that did ok at life. I want a President that excelled at everything he or she put his or her energy into. Are my standards too high?

Of course not. That's perfectly reasonable and I expect the same, assigning the greatest weight to practical, real-world achievements over the more "on-paper" or SES-predetermined criteria such as school choice or status within professional associations. My comment was just related to the rapid changes in the public education landscape that I have witnessed in the past decade or so. I never would've considered a community college when I matriculated just that long ago, but today is a whole new ballgame, especially out here. Community colleges aren't the punchline they used to be: that's all I meant.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Is Palin running for 2012? I've heard that she wasn't going to run for Governor anymore and if she is running for president,who do you think would win Obama or Palin?

If she runs, I will lose the sliver of respect for that woman. I just can't believe that she could be arrogant enough to believe that she has a fraction of the intelligence to become president. There's no way she could think that. The scary part is, she would get a fair number of votes in the primaries. Shows how many Americans really are <snip to save myself from modly wrath.> But I kinda do hope she runs because that would secure the democrats a win!

[The Romulan Republic]

If she runs, I will lose the sliver of respect for that woman. I just can't believe that she could be arrogant enough to believe that she has a fraction of the intelligence to become president. There's no way she could think that. The scary part is, she would get a fair number of votes in the primaries. Shows how many Americans really are <snip to save myself from modly wrath.> But I kinda do hope she runs because that would secure the democrats a win!

She's already run for VP, presumably (hopefully) with the awareness that the VP will take over if anything happens to the current President. Hence, she has demonstrated willingness to put herself in a position where she might suddenly be thrust into the Presidency in a time of national crisis.

[South Lorenya]

Will Palin run for president? Most likely.

Will she do even worse than Kucinich and Ron Paul? Most likely.

[The Romulan Republic]

Will Palin run for president? Most likely.

Will she do even worse than Kucinich and Ron Paul? Most likely.

First, Kucinich and Paul weren't in the same league. Paul almost won some states in the GOP primaries. I think Kucinich hovered in the single digits the whole time.

Second, Palin has a fair amount of support from the racists and socialism fearing nuts who went to her rallies last time around. There's a certain fraction of the population who are bigoted religious nuts (some of them likely potential right-wing terrorists), and who praise Bible Belt nut Palin like the Second Coming.

Remember, 60% of Americans don't believe in evolution, and near 30% still approved of Bush. That's a rich source of narrow-minded fanatics for her to exploit. She's to stupid to win a general election against any competent competition, but she could at least score in the double digits in a GOP primary I think.

[South Lorenya]

Will Palin run for president? Most likely.

Will she do even worse than Kucinich and Ron Paul? Most likely.

First, Kucinich and Paul weren't in the same league. Paul almost won some states in the GOP primaries. I think Kucinich hovered in the single digits the whole time.

Second, Palin has a fair amount of support from the racists and socialism fearing nuts who went to her rallies last time around. There's a certain fraction of the population who are bigoted religious nuts (some of them likely potential right-wing terrorists), and who praise Bible Belt nut Palin like the Second Coming.

Remember, 60% of Americans don't believe in evolution, and near 30% still approved of Bush. That's a rich source of narrow-minded fanatics for her to exploit. She's to stupid to win a general election against any competent competition, but she could at least score in the double digits in a GOP primary I think.

Kucinich didn't win any delegates in 2008, but he picked up 40 in 2004. Of course, that was the same primary where Kerry carried 46 states, but...

[Rathaeria]

Will Palin run for president? Most likely.

Will she do even worse than Kucinich and Ron Paul? Most likely.

First, Kucinich and Paul weren't in the same league. Paul almost won some states in the GOP primaries. I think Kucinich hovered in the single digits the whole time.

Second, Palin has a fair amount of support from the racists and socialism fearing nuts who went to her rallies last time around. There's a certain fraction of the population who are bigoted religious nuts (some of them likely potential right-wing terrorists), and who praise Bible Belt nut Palin like the Second Coming.

Remember, 60% of Americans don't believe in evolution, and near 30% still approved of Bush. That's a rich source of narrow-minded fanatics for her to exploit. She's to stupid to win a general election against any competent competition, but she could at least score in the double digits in a GOP primary I think.

You make it sound like Palin is comparable to the Baroness

[New Mitanni]

The fact that liberals in general and the Dishonest Liberal Media in particular view her as a threat to their entire world-view, are terrified by her, hate her and thus will stop at nothing to trash her is reason enough for me and millions of others to back her in 2012.

[Milks Empire]

The fact that liberals in general and the Dishonest Liberal Media in particular view her as a threat to their entire world-view, are terrified by her, hate her and thus will stop at nothing to trash her is reason enough for me and millions of others to back her in 2012.

She couldn't give an intelligent answer on even one of the questions about actual issues during the election. I wouldn't trust her as the local animal control officer, never mind President of the United States.

[Farnhamia]

The fact that liberals in general and the Dishonest Liberal Media in particular view her as a threat to their entire world-view, are terrified by her, hate her and thus will stop at nothing to trash her is reason enough for me and millions of others to back her in 2012.

Terrified? Hate? Stop at nothing? Please. If the "Dishonest Liberal Media" didn't cover her, you'd be crying in your beer about that, too.

It still amazes me that someone as politically savvy as John McCain let himself be talked into picking her last year. The Republican Party ought to investigate the people who made that decision if they want to find out why they lost so badly.

[The Black Forrest]

All that broad is good for is a reality TV show.

Even conservatives will not elect somebody who up and quits before her job is done.

[Ranzar]

But we aren't talking about the manager of a bowling alley or a corporate executive. We're talking about the President of the United States. My standards are a bit higher. I don't want a President that did ok at life. I want a President that excelled at everything he or she put his or her energy into. Are my standards too high?

Republicans are skilled in turning mediocrity into a virtue. You remember how Palin went on about soccer moms and Joe Six-packs in the last election? It failed then, but I think there are still a lot of people who can be convinced that a person may be too smart to get elected.

[The Black Forrest]

The fact that liberals in general and the Dishonest Liberal Media in particular view her as a threat to their entire world-view, are terrified by her, hate her and thus will stop at nothing to trash her is reason enough for me and millions of others to back her in 2012.

Terrified? Hate? Stop at nothing? Please. If the "Dishonest Liberal Media" didn't cover her, you'd be crying in your beer about that, too.

It still amazes me that someone as politically savvy as John McCain let himself be talked into picking her last year. The Republican Party ought to investigate the people who made that decision if they want to find out why they lost so badly.

Politically savvy? Not really. John McCain is nothing more then the fuck up son and grandson of famous admirals.

Read the Rolling Stone article about him and he you will loose your admiration of him.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... rick/print

[Steam Steam East]

One one hand I hope she does run so that the Republicans can commit political suicide, finally start to move away from the religious right, and guarantee Obama a second term.

On the other hand there's still a chance she could actually win. Even if they're a dying breed, there still are plenty of ultra-conservative religious nuts who still blindly worship her. There's still plenty of Christians left for her to exploit who might sympathize with Palin's persecution complex.

[The Black Forrest]

But we aren't talking about the manager of a bowling alley or a corporate executive. We're talking about the President of the United States. My standards are a bit higher. I don't want a President that did ok at life. I want a President that excelled at everything he or she put his or her energy into. Are my standards too high?

Republicans are skilled in turning mediocrity into a virtue. You remember how Palin went on about soccer moms and Joe Six-packs in the last election? It failed then, but I think there are still a lot of people who can be convinced that a person may be too smart to get elected.

Indeed.

Education is a bad thing for that crowd! You aren't an intellectual now are you?

[Grave_n_idle]

The fact that liberals in general and the Dishonest Liberal Media in particular view her as a threat to their entire world-view, are terrified by her, hate her and thus will stop at nothing to trash her is reason enough for me and millions of others to back her in 2012.

Yep.

Who needs a candidte with stuff like good policies, intellectual honesty, moral behaviour, consistency, or a clue - when you can vote for a candidate just because you think Liberals don't like her.

You, sir, are what makes Democracy great.

[Luchsandria]

I am a Democrat who would, in fact, love Sarah Palin to run, because she'd get squashed since she can't even verbally defend her poor stances. If the GOP actually wanted to challenge the Democrats, and possibly even a chance to let America decide on the issues, they'd go for Bobby Jindal. But they want the hot chick, because they know that they'd be in shambles if America decided on the issues.

[Farnhamia]

The fact that liberals in general and the Dishonest Liberal Media in particular view her as a threat to their entire world-view, are terrified by her, hate her and thus will stop at nothing to trash her is reason enough for me and millions of others to back her in 2012.

Terrified? Hate? Stop at nothing? Please. If the "Dishonest Liberal Media" didn't cover her, you'd be crying in your beer about that, too.

It still amazes me that someone as politically savvy as John McCain let himself be talked into picking her last year. The Republican Party ought to investigate the people who made that decision if they want to find out why they lost so badly.

Politically savvy? Not really. John McCain is nothing more then the fuck up son and grandson of famous admirals.

Read the Rolling Stone article about him and he you will loose your admiration of him.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... rick/print

I don't admire McCain, not in the least, but I thought he might have said, "Sarah who? No, my friends, that's not who we need on this ticket." I guess not, huh?

[Farnhamia]

I am a Democrat who would, in fact, love Sarah Palin to run, because she'd get squashed since she can't even verbally defend her poor stances. If the GOP actually wanted to challenge the Democrats, and possibly even a chance to let America decide on the issues, they'd go for Bobby Jindal. But they want the hot chick, because they know that they'd be in shambles if America decided on the issues.

Bobby Jindal, another faux good ol' boy, just like W. was just another simple Texas lad who had the good luck to get into Yale. Jindal's parent came here so his father could take a post-graduate degree in civil engineering at LSU. His mother is an IT director for the State Government. He attended an elite high school in Baton Rouge, went to Brown University in commie New England, then to effete Oxford University (a US school wasn't good enough, Bobby?). He sounds a bit too intellectual and elitist for the base, wouldn't you say?