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brooklynite

(94,493 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:22 PM Nov 2013

Sarah Palin 2016: Former Alaska Governor Laying Groundwork For Possible Presidential Run

The Inquisitr:

Sarah Palin may be once again dreaming of the White House and a run for the presidency in 2016.

After a long absence from the political arena, Palin appears to be strategically increasing her appearances and speeches while also taking solid aim at President Obama. This has led many political experts to conclude that she is aiming to enter the 2016 presidential race, or at least is trying to test the waters for a potential run.


The rumors kicked up a bit this week when a spokesman for the Rev. Billy Graham announced that Sarah Palin will be a guest for the reverend’s 95th birthday. Graham still carries great political sway, so much in fact that Mitt Romney carved out time to meet with Graham in the final days of the 2012 presidential race in the hopes of earning a public endorsement and assuring conservative voters.

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Sarah Palin has also taken her political tour to Iowa, one of the most important states for Republican hopefuls. On November 9 Palin is slated to speak at the annual banquet for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, an important conservative and evangelical group.


You know how, when you dangle a string in front of your cat, they keep leaping at it crazily, even though they never catch it?
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Sarah Palin 2016: Former Alaska Governor Laying Groundwork For Possible Presidential Run (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2013 OP
Please proceed. arcane1 Nov 2013 #1
WINNER! WinkyDink Nov 2013 #2
Your grammar is wrong. Correct usage is "Please proceed, half-term Governor." (n/t) Jim Lane Nov 2013 #63
An M$Mgasm. Hillary v Sarah leftstreet Nov 2013 #3
She going to run against Obama, I just know it. TheCowsCameHome Nov 2013 #4
Could be fun, IF we can retain our senses of humor. elleng Nov 2013 #5
As long as Tina Fey comes back maddezmom Nov 2013 #21
A confidence artist in love with matching funds and she will probably run until 2046. CK_John Nov 2013 #6
^^^THIS^^^ Lochloosa Nov 2013 #24
That's about the size of it. n/t Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #46
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Nov 2013 #48
O God Yes gopiscrap Nov 2013 #7
Palin will never make Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #8
LOLOLOLOLOLOLololololol, Lolololololololololololololol, Lololololololololololol... TheDebbieDee Nov 2013 #9
we can only hope for a palin-cruz ticket beachbum bob Nov 2013 #10
Love the thought...love the idea...love the reality! Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #31
Please, oh please let this happen...nt SidDithers Nov 2013 #11
Pardon me while I laugh.......... Beacool Nov 2013 #12
YAY! Mike Nelson Nov 2013 #13
Kruz/Kardashian 2016 - 2018½ ! IDemo Nov 2013 #14
hasn't she learned her lesson? Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #15
Absolutely. She learned that stupid people will give her money if she wiggles her hips and winks Ikonoklast Nov 2013 #50
funniest thing I've read all day....let it be so! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #16
She's looking to fill her coffers before the inevitable bail before commitment . . . Journeyman Nov 2013 #17
I hope she runs Renew Deal Nov 2013 #18
HELL YEAH! Trajan Nov 2013 #19
Go Palin!!!! I will even contribute! Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #20
The grifter thinks she can fleece some rubes in 2014-15. JBoy Nov 2013 #22
You betcha! madamesilverspurs Nov 2013 #23
When she realizes that running for president requires spending money instead of-- eridani Nov 2013 #25
She just want people to send her big money so she can tour around in a big bus. Coyotl Nov 2013 #26
She misses her big tacky slogan-covered bus. pacalo Nov 2013 #37
It's the larger-than-life high that she craves Coyotl Nov 2013 #40
Run, Sarah, run! femmocrat Nov 2013 #27
Loading up the clown car early. Go-o-o-od! longship Nov 2013 #28
Yes please do and help stimulate the economy by sucking more fool money from repukes on point Nov 2013 #29
Oh, please let it be so. HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #30
Haha, what a hoot! City Lights Nov 2013 #32
yes please zappaman Nov 2013 #33
Palin/Cruz 2016 = Hillary/Generic VP Candidate 60% (450 EV's). Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #34
They're making this too easy. Phlem Nov 2013 #35
Palin/Cruz 2016!!!! workinclasszero Nov 2013 #36
Good! Suck up the money, Sarah. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #38
Can she wade through the swamps of Santorum, first? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #39
Pain vs. Cruz vs Christie vs Paul....it's a 4-way Idiot-Off. TeamPooka Nov 2013 #41
where do I send the check? DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #42
Oh Yeah! Cross your fingers for Cruz/Palin! ck4829 Nov 2013 #43
She's in it for financial gain - not a serious contender for the nomination. n/t Lil Missy Nov 2013 #44
Yeah, she will collect all the donations, hold the media at bay, and then at the last minutes mfcorey1 Nov 2013 #45
Hell YES, run Sarah run! B Calm Nov 2013 #47
I hope she does davidpdx Nov 2013 #49
sure hope she does - it guarantees many fresh SNL laughs DrDan Nov 2013 #51
Grifterella is only in it for the money. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #52
Yep, that sounds like the corporatist formula. woo me with science Nov 2013 #53
"horrible, looting, corporate-fascist, police/surveillance state candidates" brooklynite Nov 2013 #54
Growing the surveillance state, fast-tracking the TPP assault on democracy, woo me with science Nov 2013 #60
... she wants to rake in more money from her uninformed delusional flocks. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #55
Thar's gold in them thar morons! tanyev Nov 2013 #56
Palin couldn't beat Clinton if ... SummerSnow Nov 2013 #57
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #58
Palin...working to shrink effective government til it can be abandoned on an ice flow. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #59
She's just milking it for appearance money. nt rrneck Nov 2013 #61
This bitch... JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #62

leftstreet

(36,103 posts)
3. An M$Mgasm. Hillary v Sarah
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:25 PM
Nov 2013

omg

They could sell soooooooooo many burgers and smartphones and cars and beer and laundry soap and omg

 

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
9. LOLOLOLOLOLOLololololol, Lolololololololololololololol, Lololololololololololol...
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:34 PM
Nov 2013

[Inhales deeply] Lolololololololololololololol!

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
50. Absolutely. She learned that stupid people will give her money if she wiggles her hips and winks
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 08:40 AM
Nov 2013

at them, while babbling gibberish.

Journeyman

(15,031 posts)
17. She's looking to fill her coffers before the inevitable bail before commitment . . .
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:45 PM
Nov 2013

Doesn't cost her anything to "test the waters" while she reels in the big dopes and their money, and when she exits before the road gets gritty she'll keep the cash and the option to do it again to the same rubes next time.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
25. When she realizes that running for president requires spending money instead of--
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:16 PM
Nov 2013

--raking it in, she'll promptly quit.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
26. She just want people to send her big money so she can tour around in a big bus.
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:20 PM
Nov 2013

And, can't you keep the extra money when you do your quitting thingie?

longship

(40,416 posts)
28. Loading up the clown car early. Go-o-o-od!
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:21 PM
Nov 2013

Keep 'em comin'. Load that car up. The more, the merrier. (Literally!)

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
30. Oh, please let it be so.
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:32 PM
Nov 2013

The money and media attention she'll suck from other GOP candidates will only help Dems. Plus, it'll be entertaining as hell watching her pour gas on the flames of the GOP civil war.

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
35. They're making this too easy.
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:51 PM
Nov 2013

That is just red meat for any Democrat who has the balls to chew on that. Unfortunately it will be another lost opportunity for the Democratic Party.

These assholes can be all linked together like a giant shit wreathe and burned in effigy.

Hey, I can dream can't I?

-p

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
36. Palin/Cruz 2016!!!!
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:55 PM
Nov 2013

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hillary will sweep all 50 states...well maybe not Texas? Cant wait!!!!

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
42. where do I send the check?
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 03:01 AM
Nov 2013

We owe the GOP for their little stunt where Rush Limp Balls urged people to write check to Nader back in 2000. Divide and conquer.

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
45. Yeah, she will collect all the donations, hold the media at bay, and then at the last minutes
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 06:13 AM
Nov 2013

announce that she is not running. Then she walks away with all the money. It seems the fraud has begun.

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
53. Yep, that sounds like the corporatist formula.
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 08:52 AM
Nov 2013

Run a batshit crazy extremist against a Democratic Third Wayer. She won't get the nomination, but she'll provide plenty of distracting Kabuki theater to keep the NSA surveillance state, continued austerity assaults and banking deregulation, and the new Trans-Pacific Crush and Subjugate the Working Class agreement OUT of the media while election season gets underway and candidates are being selected in the primaries.

Then we will be left with two horrible, looting, corporate-fascist, police/surveillance state candidates, as usual, and they will proceed to enslave/finish us off.

brooklynite

(94,493 posts)
54. "horrible, looting, corporate-fascist, police/surveillance state candidates"
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 08:58 AM
Nov 2013

The includes any Democratic candidate who's to the right of Dennis Kucinich?

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
60. Growing the surveillance state, fast-tracking the TPP assault on democracy,
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 12:23 PM
Nov 2013

gutting Wall Street legislation, supporting cuts in Social Security and Medicare...

I knew you would respond to this post.

The truth is extremely ugly...and extremely threatening to the corporate Third Way.

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