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September 5, 2011
10 Reasons Palin's in the Race
Palin's running for President as a free market populist,and the only questions that remain are when she is going to formally announce and if the electorate will opt for a message of free market populism above those of big government and crony capitalism. -- Sarah Palin Announces What a Future Presidential Campaign May Look Like
Posted by Vanderleun at September 5, 2011 1:30 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Excellent summary & analysis; anxiously waiting the announcement. . .
Posted by: Sandy Daze at September 5, 2011 4:43 PM
The answer to the second part is no, because the voting system is corrupt and Americans are still stuck on stupid. Obama will win if Palin gets the nomination or runs as a third party. There was a time, back in the Trump phase, when I thought a third party was feesible.. and perhaps it is. But as Obama's ratings sink among potential voters and as his dyed-in-wool supporters make bigger and bigger fools of themselves, I am more hopeful that "Anyone But Obama" can win on a Republican ticket. I want an America that can see the value of a President Sarah Palin. I'll be honest, I think she is too good, too gifted, too American for the job. She'll always have my vote, but McCain and Bush 41 did as well. The change needs to happen at the grass roots level and that is where her gift is. I know she's hot, but we can't afford to climax prematurely. TOO MUCH IS AT STAKE NOW.
Posted by: RedCarolina at September 6, 2011 11:37 AM
You may be right, Red, but in my opinion she is far and away the best potential candidate we have, and the situation is so dire that it's time for a Hail Mary pass. Put our best hitter at the plate with the game on the line in the bottom of the ninth.
OK, I'm mixing my sports metaphors, but you know what I mean.
Posted by: rickl at September 6, 2011 4:20 PM
Being "far and away the best potential candidate" is not a mixing of metaphors, but of hope with democratic politics. We do not have a single contender to stand and commit to dealing with the necessary things--that is to say those things that are coming down on us in any event--so we look to project that quality on the least worst of them.
But it is not an impossible task to return to known and well established paths, and that is what offends. It is only an impossible task for those who have continually submitted their intellect and courage to be shaped by universal suffrage.
While Perot demonstrated that he was not suitable for the task, he also demonstrated what was possible.
Posted by: james wilson at September 7, 2011 9:00 AM