Could the Republicans be crazy enough to nominate Sara Palin?

[RollWithIt]

As crazy as she is. With her 3rd grade attack rhetoric. Her biker jackets. An Alaska reality show.

Is it crazy to think the Republicans could just be crazy enough to nominate her? How would she poll in Iowa? In New Hampshire? In South Carolina? On Super Tuesday?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. I sincerely doubt she has any interest in the drudgery of political office

She abandoned her elected office. She cannot survive much if any scrutiny. She is making tons more money doing what she is doing. Why would she ever want to become a nominee again?

[Chipper Chat]

13. I disagree. She has an ego the size of the Gulf oil spill.

If Michelle Bachmann is hinted as her running mate the old fart pub horney guys will be orgasmic in their support.

[3waygeek]

38. "an ego the size of the Gulf oil spill"...

and twice as toxic.

[mopinko]

2. oh, please, oh, please,

oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please, oh, please.

[oedura]

3. She's too busy making money on the lecture circuit, which is all she ever cared about...

However, you can bet that that cackling, winking harpy will be perched on the shoulders of whatever assholes they do nominate.

[pengillian101]

47. Agreed.

She's all about the money. That down-home-country, golly-gee-whiz talk is just phoney, and I have never trusted a person that winks like that.

[DesertFlower]

4. no, but i think some will use her for fund raisers.

as long as she's getting media coverage and giving speeches she's happy.

[scheming daemons]

5. Only in my dreams... n/t

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[theoldman]

6. The answer is yes.

Most of the Republicans I know in my area would vote for her.

[HughMoran]

7. If they realize they can't win anyway

Sure, might as well start another civil war versus another 4 years of teh Muslin.

[AlinPA]

8. Yes. W. PA is crawling with teabaggers, IMO, they have taken over the republican

party around here.

[Lil Missy]

9. 28% of them would. You betcha!

[DBoon]

10. They nominated Reagan and Bush the younger

need I say more?

[Cosmocat]

45. For the 100th time, she would crash and burn ...

she is not Reagan or Bush, as horrific as they were ...

First, they were men ... Still means something on that side with men and woman at that level. They like their presidents to be cowboys - all testosterone ...

Second, Reagen was a DECADES LONG republican advocate, I mean going well back into the 50s. He was the pentultimate insider - union president of actors guild or whatever it was ... Several terms as governor of the largest state ... Reagen also was a very strong public speaker and debater. He never looked the complete and total moron this lady does constantly ... Bush - was even more the ultimate insider than Reagen. The son of a former president and one of the keystone republican families - governor of the second largest state. He was not a great debater by any means, but allowed himself to be coached to the point where he has his BS DOWN PAT to get into the office at least. He is not as dumb as you think he is and again, let people help him to refine his BS ...

Palin is a vacuous nobody. Literally. She has no roots in the party at all more than two years. She has no family connections, no long standing connections or loyalties ... She is completely unmanageable - she knows nothing other than throwing bombs, and has no interest in refining his broader appeal.

You can't win a national election without having A LOT of people on board who know what they are doing. She has already burnt A LOT of bridges, and from what republican types I know that has some chops, they won't touch her with a 10 foot pole - she either won't listen at all, or go off on some tangent after being coached up. No real pro wants anything to do with that ...

She won't be able to be hid and propped up during the long haul of a primary like she was with a late VP entry and the way the McCain crew kept her under wraps ...

If she runs, she will end up a lot like Rudy Guilliani - even more hyped up going in, but her campaign will self destruct very quickly ... The other candidates will NOT attack her, they know they won't have to, and they will suck up to her after she crashes and burns playing the victim card for her trying to pick up the remains of her followers ...

[elfin]

11. I don't think she will run

Mo money on the circuit.

However she will tease the possibility.

By then even Piper may have a rap sheet of her own like her sibs making a real run less likely.

[JBoy]

12. She'd never survive the primary, and she knows it.

[Chipper Chat]

16. Who's going to beat her?

Romney's mormonism will render him unelectible. Gingrich is too goofy. McCain is too old. Pawlenty is too confusing. Jeb has a bad family image. Rudy's crossdressing will mute him. Here's the kicker: if RUSH and BECK both support her an avalanche of PalinForPresidentlapalooza will ensue.

[JBoy]

18. As much as we trash the media, they would destroy her.

The shine has worn off, and it would be a feeding frenzy looking for the next stupid thing she said.

[Politicalboi]

27. Where was that feeding frenzy

For Bush? Where is it now? Nukular again????? LOL! I think Tina Fey scared more people out of voting for Magoo/Palin than any news media. We need Tina Fey back on SNL.

[Arkana]

40. To be fair, they did get after her pretty good when she was a candidate for VP.

She provides ratings--that's why they cover her every insane thought. Wingnuts love hearing her because she's their Joan of Arc, and we listen anyway just to hear what stupid thing she's going to say next.

But allllllllll her miscues will be trotted out if she makes herself a candidate for national office, and the famous Katie Couric interview will be at the front of the pack.

[Bravo Zulu]

14. The stupid people in this country, want one of their own to lead them!

You betcha!

[fishwax]

15. I think it's highly unlikely

She likes sniping from the sidelines while raking in huge cash for her appearances. As others have said, though, I'm sure she'll appear at plenty of fundraisers during the nomination process.

[GoCubsGo]

17. Remember, this is the party that gave us two terms of the male Village Idiot

What makes anyone think they wouldn't nominate his female counterpart? Look how she is being shoved down our throats by their MSM puppets. She has loads of fans here in South Carolina.

[hayrow]

19. Seriously

Sarah Palin is, and will always be, the Max Bialystock of politics. Dumb ass knucklheads will always be there to give her money for her next five runs for the presidency while she lives it up in style, always losing, and spouting garbage that will always bring in lots more money from the stupids. After all, Pat Robertson is getting awfully old.

[Cartoonist]

20. She will run

What she is doing now is just a prelude. She is also building up her bank account so that if she loses, she stills walks away rich. She has, without a doubt, more republican support than any other R. If the real powers that be think they can use her, they will get behind her. They seem to be using Obama pretty effectively, so they may not need Sarah.

[Pisces]

21. I hope so. That would be party suicide.

[jenmito]

22. She'll NEVER run for president. She'd have to answer real questions and have real debates. The

only reason she's pretending to be "open" to it is to remain relevant so she can sell books and make money giving speeches to friendly audiences.

[zulchzulu]

23. My RNC contact says they would destroy her if she tried to run in 2012

She knows she is nothing but a distraction and bait for the Religious Right for funding. She's set up to raise money for the next year or so.

There will be at least four former governors who will run in 2012. If you think they won't bring up how she quit and repeat over and over again that fact, you wouldn't be familiar with GOP politics.

Sh is not running in 2012.

[krawhitham]

24. no they are not that crazy, But

She is crazy enough to run as a 3rd party candidate (TeaBagger) and destroy the republican party in the process

[old mark]

25. With the GOP ANYTHING is possible - I remember being amazed that

they would nominate Reagan for president, and even more amazed when he actually WON - Twice!
Just because Palin is an ignorant, greedy bigot doesen't mean she can't be president of the US...but I don't think she will want to do it - too much work.
BUT...
Never underestimate the collective stupidity....etc.



mark

[BlueIris]

26. They'll go with a team who is 100% supportive of invading Iran:

Lieberman/Rice.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

43. Did Rice advocate invading Iran?

I thought that she fought against that when she became SOS (probably the only *good* thing she did during Bush's eight years in office)? Lieberman, I'm sure, is definitely hungry to invade Iran. Thank Ra he's not in charge of such a decision.

[BlueIris]

50. Condoleeza Rice is a dyed in the wool, Dominionist-loving, neo-conservative drone.

And they will look at her as an element that makes their ticket "progressive."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/washington/04diplo.html

[Proud Liberal Dem]

52. I'm not crazy about her by any means don't get me wrong

but, yeah, I see your point.

[besdayz]

28. oh please please please do that...

i could not hope for anything more....

while she would definitey get the solid right wing nut fringe and he christian conserv vote, her negative ratings are 57% while her positives are in the low 40s...that's worse than hillary. and people only get more negs the longer they stay in politics....will be 60% by 2012....

she wont win iowa or new hamps. she will win the south.

[pundaint]

29. Without significant recalibration of his right leaning leadership, that's Obama's best hope.

[Juche]

30. I think so

The problem is 'anti-incumbent fervor' might actually get her elected despite her being dangerously unqualified.

[Skittles]

31. they nominated bush

enough said

[Golden Raisin]

32. Certainly. They already

did nominate and run her for Vice President (which is staggeringly and almost incomprehensibly horrifying in itself).

[depakid]

33. Nope- Palin violated the 11th Commandment

among other things.

Her political career is over.

[saltpoint]

34. The longer she is let out to shoot off her mouth at political events

the more exposure voters will have to her, and that isn't good news for Palin.

She could make life difficult for the GOP nominee by running as a Tea Bagger party candidate, say, with Franklin Graham or someone even worse as her running mate.

Maybe enough fundies would bolt from the Republican ticket and vote for Palin-Graham. In which case Obama's margin of victory would be that much greater.

[craigmatic]

35. she'd win the south but blue areas of the country even in a repub primary would reject her.

The serious repubs in the race would kill her in a debate. She'll be the fred thompson of 2012 if she runs. She'll have all this hype going in but once the rubber hits the road they'll pick somebody else. She's just a political celebrity and even the repubs know that she's not qualified. Nominating her would be like them nominating oreily or glen beck.

[ima_sinnic]

36. YES, b/c "fear of palin" is ALL corporate party will have to keep a Dem in ofc by then

palin is just part of the props that keep the whole machine running.
she's great theater, she keeps the people entertained and divided at the same time, and she makes voters run screaming to the polls to vote against her.
by 2012, with Democratic voters feeling screwed over and betrayed in every possible way, she will be an extra boost to get whomever the corporate party REALLY wants -- the one to watch is the Dem candidate, if it's not Obama -- and even if it is--they will need her more than ever in that case.

[rasputin1952]

37. I hope so!

Serious defeat awaits them in the wings if they do...:D

[Arkana]

39. Nope.

Mostly because she doesn't want the job. She'd rather get rich by bilking her retarded fans out of their hard-earned money and lobbing verbal bombs at the White House.

[paparush]

41. There's no need to. She's doing perfect for them right now.

She's famous.
She draws a crowd.
She's COMPLETELY unaccountable for the insanity she spews from her food hole.
She's dragging the center further and further to the right.

[slackmaster]

42. No, they're not that crazy or that stupid

The sooner people realize that and start ignoring her, the better off we'll all be.

[greencharlie]

44. not a chance... in fact, she doesn't even WANT to run. The money's too good now. nt

[AlinPA]

46. NBC just had a fluff piece on her on the evening news (Sunday). The media is

pumping her up more than any candidate I've ever seen (yes, she is a candidate). It shows her going around the country endorsing candidates and bashing President Obama. She is gathering IOUs to turn in later for political support within the party. Claims that the base doesn't think she has what it takes can be turned around the closer they get to 2012. The base loves her. No republican fires up the party like her.

[Still Sensible]

48. Many republicans are indeed crazy enough

but most are not. The saddest thing is that even many of those who know how crazy she is still like some of the things she says. It's the trick that Limbaugh perfected in his radio show... intersperse a minimum amount of common sense with a heavy dose of wingnut and voila, a lot of people will listen. Start with a common sense truth and then you can make up just about any bullshit behind it because the dimwits are too busy nodding in agreement to comprehend the way you're turning shit around. ditto, ditto, ditto...

It is especially effective if you are able to maneuver the lies in such a way that the mushrooms are able to conclude that the source of all their woes is "them"... and it really doesn't matter which "them" one uses in each situation, although it is important that whatever "them" is being used is clearly defined as someone different than the target audience.

[bobhuntsman]

49. Palin/Rove 2012!!

That way, we get the Lipstick AND the Pig.

:puke:

[saltpoint]

51. There are some very one-minded wolves in the woods en route

to Red Riding Hood's grandma's house.

I don't think they have her best interests at heart.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

53. After 8 years of Bush, and the propaganda/rhetoric from The Right--with the help of a lazy,

complicit M$M--I have absolutely no faith in the average American mind.

I would not be surprised at all if Sarah Palin was not only nominated, but did well. Witness the manifestation of the dumbing down of the American mind.