Palin suited for talk shows, not politics
She’s charismatic. She’s attractive. She plays by her own set of rules and has a massive following. Will she cash that in on a serious run for the White House? Of course not.
Anyone who thinks Sarah Palin is setting the stage to challenge President Obama in 2012 isn’t paying attention. Governors, two years into their first term, don’t resign if they plan to run for higher office three years later. Sarah Palin didn’t leave office to run for president, she left office for a career change.
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Palin is the next Oprah Winfrey, not the next Hillary Clinton. She’s a beauty queen turned hockey mom with a tremendously sharp tongue. In other words, she’ll be perfect on television.
Her recent decision to sign on as a contributor for Fox News has spurred all kinds of debate about her future. The speculation is coming from all directions including Republicans who want her to run, Republicans begging her not to, Democrats who are licking their lips at another chance to throw mud at the former governor and a hungry group of journalists looking to discuss her family history or her meteoric rise to fame.
Unfortunately for most of those people, Sarah Palin doesn’t want the presidency. Why would she? She spent about two years governing Alaska and running for vice president and then about six months writing a memoir, signing books, and talking to anyone who would listen. Which of those roles do you think was easier on her family? Which of those careers is more fun? More profitable? Heck, which of those roles is she better at?
Consider this. Palin has struck a chord with millions of people across the country and you can’t go anywhere without seeing a copy of “Going Rogue.” If you were a major network, wouldn’t you want to fill your Oprah void with Sarah in two years? Think of the audience, all of Palin’s loyal followers and everyone who feels the need to challenge every word that comes out of her mouth.
“The Palin Book Club?” “Sarah Magazine?” She could command a media empire without the stress of the being the leader of the free world. The Republican Party has dozens of more qualified candidates to run against President Obama in 2012, but none more suited to take the fight to the airwaves every afternoon.
If Governor Palin had her sights set on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., her actions since the 2008 election would have been very different. She would have gone back to Alaska and gained experience. She would have run for reelection and entered the national game every election season to stump for worthy candidates in tight races. She would have won the 2012 Republican primary in a landslide.
But Governor Palin took a different course because she didn’t want the job. She got a taste of Washington and didn’t like it. Lawsuits, backstabbing, and gamesmanship weren’t her idea of the American Dream.
She saw a chance to capitalize on her stint on the national scene and took it. Instead of brushing up on policies, she brushed up on snappy one-liners.
Would an Obama versus Palin campaign be exciting? Absolutely. Does Palin really want the job? No way. But, is she here to stay? You betcha.
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by pundit
Did you mean to pun going Rogue to going Rouge?
Flag for moderationby Justin
Palin didn’t leave office because she wanted a career change. She left office because the Demokooks and their constant harassment were causing too much of a distraction to the state of Alaska and costing the state money. She did it for Alaska.
Flag for moderationby Lee
The writer’s face will be “rouge” when they discover the incorrectly placed vowel.
Flag for moderationby lyle
“She’s charismatic. She’s attractive. She plays by her own set of rules and has a massive following. Will she cash that in on a serious run for the White House? Of course not.”
LOL it sounds as if you’re describing the female equivalent of Obama. Except that he did run, and he did win. Even though he had less political experience than Sarah Palin- Obama had never managed anything until he won the big one.
I don’t particularly care for Palin, but I am increasingly amused at the negative headlines liberals are spewing out about Sarah..why? Its a free country, she can do or say anything she wants. She isn’t running for anything and she isn’t elected to anything- so why all the attention? Liberals are so full of it. Go picket your boy Obama for sending more troups to Afghanistan
Flag for moderationby ow lafaye
Wonderful endorsement…too bad Palin isn’t too bright. I can see her chewing gum and wise-cracking while running a grocery check-out counter.
Flag for moderationby sheilamom
Why can’t anyone say what they are really thinking? Palin is a joke! The media has made her a star. This dunce has gotten a ghost writer to publicise her stupid life. There is not one single thing Palin can say she actually accomplished on her own. She was ousted from Governor because she has a big mouth and showed nepitsm by inviting her family to share her office. Her life is a soap opera and very uninteresting for anyone with some intelligence. So keep Palin off the role call. She really is a minus.
Flag for moderationby Dana
“I’m quittin’ the job you all here in the great State of Alaska elected me to do because I think I can make more important contributions to the country by workin’ with Fox News, and also too a lot more money.”
Flag for moderationby from Texas
You have got to be kidding, still bashing this women. Are you that bored now that the fatherless leader has shown what he is made of. You remind me of the jouneralist that said, “He did not know a single person that voted for Nixon”, but Nixon won the presidency 2 times. That writer should have had more friends or maybe just acquintances that did not go to his liberal ALma, maybe you should as well. Of course you are still attacking this women years later so I have just wasted my time, I am afraid.
Flag for moderationby OhioGuy
“From Texas” – yes, you have indeed wasted your time. And ours. Next time, just don’t post, OK?
Flag for moderationby Kimmy0289
She just used politics as a vehicle to get her to other things. She was not sincere as Gov. She’s a very fake and evil Republican who only cares about herself and the money she can make. I saw through her a long time ago.
Flag for moderationby Kenneth Barna
This woman is another example of what Fox News (and I use that last word loosely) wants as its so called news commentators. People devoid of any actual knowledge of history, facts, government, you name it. All they do is attack with stupid ideas, like whether President Obama is an American citizen, or how a former administration official is still the greatest influence to the detrement of America.
Flag for moderationPalin fits in perfectly with that group. Sheliamom is correct she is a joke. And so is Fixed News.
by shaun
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by RKO
Justin,
With all due respect, there has not been a single shred of objective evidence that the Democrats orchestrated the ethics complaints in AK. All but one were from Alaskans and most were from a Republican, Andree McCleod; onetime Palin supporter who found out Palin was trying to backdoor open records laws by doing state business via a personal e-mail account. Her claim that the complaints were costing millions was also a lie, as the cost was actually just under $300,000, with 2/3 of that cost being for Pain’s attempt to derail legislative probe of Troopergate by filing complaint against herself. The state lawyers were being paid their normal pay rate; nothing more. No overtime, no extra cost. Her choice to hire Tom Van Flein as a private lawyer was hers alone and responsibility falls to the responsible. She did so to avoid communications disclosure and to have Van Flein act as her personal henchman, threatening bloggers Shannyn Moore and Jesse Griffin. I am glad they told the troll where he could go with his threats, Moore being especially feisty. And, the troll Van Flein has not made good on one threat.
Palin constantly looks for others to blame-Couric, Schmidt, Wallace, Levi Johnston; is not intellectually curious; can only offer soundbites and buzzwords instead of policies or even reasonable discourse; refuses to go on any media other than Fox, Limbaugh or Oprah (for puff pieces) nd answer real questions based on the merits. Her actions in 2008 caused the Secret Service to have to increase their protection of Obama and his family as she whipped crowds into frenzy over Bill Ayers, which turned out to be a lie according to FactCheck and
to the specific paper and edition she was citing, the October 4, 2008 New York Times.
She is much like Mickey and Mallory Knox, the antagonists of NATURAL BORN KILLERS: The media made her a star.
Flag for moderationby bill garrett
Pdalin got one thing right. Obama has no common sense. He should have started on jobs.
Flag for moderationby Katie
It’s so weird that Palin fans use all criticism about Palin as an opposing argument about Obama. This article is about Palin, not Obama, and when people point out her flaws, they are not endorsing Obama. Nobody is saying Obama is not without flaws – do you get that???
Former governor Palin is perfect for Fox news. Neither cares about facts and neither thinks depth of knowledge is very important. Fox wants ratings and Palin wants stardom and money. She wasn’t altruistic about quitting her governorship and she isn’t taking some sort of high road. She has already shown she’s capable of slinging mud and has the arrogance, vanity, ambition, thirst for power that most politicians have. She knows how to cover her tracks and blame the other guy when things don’t go her way. My guess is she will run, and it will be a seriously negative campaign, and she will play the victim card the entire time for sympathy votes from her worshippers who care little for facts, knowledge or consequences.
Flag for moderationby JL
Palin doesn;t need a title to be relevant in American Politics..unlike NoBama…he was an irrelevant, radical thinking, nobody (Jr Senator with no experience voting present on many issues in Congress..ie, MIA) before he ran for President..and will be again after he gets voted out in 2012
Flag for moderationNobama is all talk and little action…except when he gets it wrong (like HC, Stimulus, Cabinet nominations, Terrorists treatment,etc)..hes easily on his way to becoming the worst president in US History (move over Jimmy Carter).
by JL
Nobama has the ACLU as his counter terrorism adisors……he listens to Rev Wright on the state of “fairness and equality” in America….he thinks change must be accomplished in a radical and overwhelming manner (ala Bill Ayers only without the bombs)..no wonder his head is screwed on wrong. It was a sad day in the US when we decided to let this left wing nut occupy the Oval Office.
Flag for moderationby Kenneth Barna
To JL,
Flag for moderationI love it when right wingers like yourself always use the “guilt” by association tag. Wow, he met this guy at a fund raiser, so he must be a terrorist.
If your kind of people ever argued on the facts of any issue you would lose every time, because you don’t understand facts, logic, history, anything!
Oh, one more thought, we as Americans just got rid of the worst president in our history – George W. Bush.
by Gary Burnaska
Palin, is probably better suited as a organizer for conservative grassroots events and as a face for public relations.
If GW Bush is the worst, what the heck is Pres. Obama. He is sure no longer lighting a fire under anyone’s ass anymore.
Pres. Obama and Pres GW Bush to a lesser extent does not have advisors but yes men that agree with every idiot brain fart he had. I real advisor would say:
“Mr. President, going into Iraq will be a political and tactical mistake, shore up the situation in Afghanistan then deal with Saddam.”
“Mr President, take Health Care off the table, I know this is your pet project, but people need employment. Concentrate on the economy and then we will deal with health insurance.”
Pres. Obama does not have supporters but sycophants who are too busy blindly agreeing with him because they would not have their high paying govt jobs without him, so like some Movie Studio exec’s underlings they are afraid of challenging him in sake of their own jobs.”
“A Prime Time show for Jay Leno, great idea boss!”
Scott Brown’s election may be the best thing to happen to health care. Now it can be brought back to the drawing table and tweaked. Pres. Obama is trying to shove what is the equivalent to a first draft spec screenplay that needs several dozen rewrites including proofreading.
Pres. Obama is trying to shoehorn everything through because he knows the clock is ticking in his agenda, he no longer enjoys a filibuster proof congress in a majority he is likely to lose this November, his re-election in 2012 is likely up in the air unless the economic situation improves in two years.
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