Ann Coulter on Sarah Palin: She’s become “the Obama of the Tea Party – the One to a Certain Segment of Right-Wingers” – Video 9/6/11

Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham are right on this one…as someone who was actually on the Draft Sarah for VP movement in early 2008, and who turned when she abruptly re-signed as Governor, I have come up against the people Coulter cites, for even daring to pronounce the most modicum of divergence of opinion or a slight difference in tactics Palin should of utilized.

We need a candidate who can win a general election and if you agree with that person 70%, like Reagan used to say, that individual is an ally…frankly, I am with Perry but if it is Romney (I think those are the two viable candidates now), so be it.

We need to WIN in November 2012 and acting like reverse purist Talibans (oddly Perry and Palin are close persona friends but you should see the vitriol against him being waged by Palinistas on Facebook) is counter-productive.

Good analysis, Carlos. Other GOP Candidates are going to try and go after Perry on immigration, and he needs to make it clear he is for securing the border as the first and most important step.

Personally, with regard to the “will she or won’t she” issue, I don’t
see Palin behaving as a “tease” or being “coy.” If Palin even hints at
announcing at a certain venue, and then fails to do so, then I’d say those descriptions
would most definitely apply. In so far as I know, she hasn’t done that.
She has said on more than a few occasions that she’ll be announcing her
decision in the late September/October time frame. Fine. Seems clear to
me. What isn’t clear is, if the boat has already sailed for Palin, how is Christie, who has stated he isn’t running, supposed to get on board that very same boat?

It strikes me that if Sarah Palin is truly as irrelevant, toxic and non-electable as so many are insisting, then these individuals should simply sit back and allow Palin, should she chose to enter the race, to campaign, make her case to the voters, and then let the natural order of things proceed. She’ll fail, right? Right?

So, other than to create traffic, I fail to grasp the motivation behind why some very public talking heads feel compelled to toss obstacles in the path of the clearly broken-down, rambling wreck of entrant Palin as she (possibly) moves up to the starting line. What are these people afraid of? Why the need to persuade? I mean, this particular race is already decided, right?

Palin issued a statement, *probably* in response to Rove’s and some others predictions that she would announce September 3rd, that it would, and I’m paraphrasing here, “come as news to her.”  As a result, she was treated to the “being thin-skinned” pejorative from Mr Rove. With the volume of fire aimed at her, I’d say Palin would have bled out years ago if that description was appropriate. (Q. Which candidate, or potential candidate, has been better vetted than Sarah Palin?)

But, to answer your question, no, I had NO expectation whatsoever that she would announce her candidacy last Saturday. And, I’d go on to say that the current meme within the general media is to attempt to marginalize her further by characterizing her decision to wait to announce as simply some sort of game she is playing with them. I take the woman at her word when she says she has not yet decided.

I don’t see Palin as a Senator, and I doubt she would embrace that role, herself. And, I don’t view our national situation as one that can wait until 2016, when someone like Palin, Perry or some others, might possibly have an opportunity to get this situation turned around. This isn’t a time for long-term political strategy that these gas-bag
pundits love to pontificate about; it’s a time for somebody with some
courage to go in and put the fire out. Now.

I also don’t see Palin simply as someone merely consumed with being President, regardless of circumstances or how long it might take. That isn’t who I feel she is, or what she is about. Rather, I see her as someone who genuinely loves this Country, and is deeply concerned about it’s future. If she declares, I truly believe that is what will drive her.

And, I love the notion that it’s OK for her to be a cheerleader, but to enter the primaries? Nah, not so OK… If she gets in, and self-destructs, then everyone can congratulate themselves on their political insight, and can dance merrily on the grave. I’d like to see the friendly fire withheld at least until she declares, and begins campaigning.

Again, what are people so afraid of?

Time out! I insinuated absolutely NOTHING about or towards you. If you feel otherwise, you’ve grossly misinterpreted what I wrote. Not trying to be disrespectful, but I don’t care in the slightest about your personal background or political associations. Neither is any of my business.

I’m not ignorant about what is required to win the election, so hold the lecture. I also have both immediate and extended family in Alaska, so I’m not in the dark as to what the mood is there.

I’m quite satisfied with the judgement Palin exhibited with her endorsements. I’m pleased that the majority of candidates she endorsed were successful in either their primary or in the general election.

I have little confidence in polls conducted before a candidate even announces, much less campaigns for awhile. If Palin indeed has nowhere to go but up, I say let her try. What’s the harm?