Palin for President? Not Much Support, Poll Finds [View All]

[sabrina 1]

A few days ago I saw a couple of TV pundits talking seriously about Sarah Palin running for president in 2012. They showed clips of an interview with her being asked about it. In the clip, a teaser for the 'interview' she was shown an article saying she probably would run. She giggled and claimed she had not seen it before. I think that interview is 'coming up' somewhere next week.

If she is planning to run the only possible reason has to be for the money she and others would make. Because according to polls, she doesn't stand a chance.

Palin for President? Not Much Support, Poll Finds

Sarah Palin said this week she'd run for president in 2012 "if there's nobody else to do it." But a new ABC News/Washington Post poll suggests her candidacy wouldn't be very popular.
The telephone survey taken Oct. 25-28 of 1,202 adults found that two-thirds of registered voters say the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate is unqualified for the job, and more than half continue to rate her unfavorably overall, ABC News said. The poll has a 3.5-point margin of error.

From the same link, a report from ABC:

"Palin appears to have gained little luster from the success of the Tea Party political movement with which she'd aligned: Just 39 percent of registered voters see her favorably, the most basic measure of a public figure's popularity. That's essentially the same as her lows, 37 percent, last winter and spring. Even fewer, just 27 percent, see her as qualified for the presidency."

I doubt those numbers will stop her. But if the media would just ignore this irrelevant woman and stop making a mockery of this democracy by pretending to take seriously these clowns who are far more suited to reality TV or the Jerry Springer Show, they might eventually stop using our electoral process to enrich themselves.

Matt Damon's reaction to her says it perfectly. For those who never saw his opinion of a Palin presidency you can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6urw_PWHYk

'Terrifying, absurd' a few of the words to describe how he felt about it. That we have come to the point where it could even be a possibility shows how far we have sunk, he says. And it looks like he's in the majority.

Now, could everyone just stop paying attention to her so we can get on with the business of this country?