Is Sarah Palin positioning for 2012?

[PresidentObama]

I really think she knows McCain is going to lose, and was looking ahead when McCain pulled out of Michigan and Palin openly said she disagreed with her decision and would love to go back. She is hoping to keep good faith with the people of MI for 2012. I'm convinced her appearance at the VP debate was less about damage control, and more about looking as a viable candidate for '012.

Anybody else getting the vibe that Gov. Palin is working the spotlight to get the nod in 2012?

Hey, I'm all for it. President Obama will defeat her like Clinton did with Dole in 1996.

PALIN 2012!!! Because we don't need just four years to fix this mess, we need eight--and she as the nominee in 2012 will lose and that gives us eight!

[Historic NY]

1. yeah okay?

[PresidentObama]

3. .....? n/t

[Historic NY]

25. Meaning the Gorilla from Wasilla hasn't got a snowballs chance.

[breadandwine]

27. Palin is being controlled by McCain handlers.

She's being used exactly the way the campaign wants to use her, as an attack dog. Her lamenting leaving Michigan proves very little. To assume that Palin will be allowed to pursue her own agenda overlooks how brutal the McCain campaign now is in savaging Obama. It's a scorched earth campaign. To say Palin is just pursuing her own agenda ignores this. She will also probably continue to get away with her savagery because the Obama campaign is still being too polite with her and McCain.

[cliffordu]

What, Playmate of the year in Guns and Ammo??

[PresidentObama]

5. *winks*n/t

[tblue]

2. I saw a bumper sticker today: "NO ON SARAH" LOL!

[Bluebear]

4. Yes. For Big Brother 29 or Survivor 36. nt

[JI7]

6. so is she going to avoid debating and giving interviews throughout the Primary season

does she know how long the Primary season is ? and how many debates are held ? and in a Primary and places like Iowa, NH, SC etc the voters there demand the candidates answer questions.

[PresidentObama]

10. She'll wink her way through them, and the GOP pervs at home will touch themselves in delight.

[JI7]

17. yuk

:puke:

[BlueIdaho]

7. Only one problem...

When you run for president - you have these - um - primaries where you have to talk to reporters, participate in debates within your own party, and convince voters you have some - um - qualifications for the job... Somehow I just don't see that working out for the one term governor of Alaska.

[PresidentObama]

11. They did nominate Bush.

[BlueIdaho]

43. True - but Bush had to participate in the Primaries. nm.

[CoffeeCat]

8. Yeah, she's positioning for 2012...

...positioning to run for "World's Most Dimwitted Has Been."

I hear she's heavily favored over Joey Butafucco.

[Andy823]

9. She might be thinking about it

But she doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell of ever getting it! Even the republican party can't be that stupid!

[PresidentObama]

12. They did nominate Bush n/t

[grasswire]

13. she may yet challenge McCain to drop out NOW and let her take the slot

She's got the guts and the motive to do it. She's already challenging his decisions. She's got the backing of the neo-cons and the fundies.

That's my prediction.

[BrklynLiberal]

14. Perhaps if she gets a brain transplant she could be considered a viable

candidate...unless,of course they use the brain of Abby Normal.

[TheKentuckian]

15. By 2012 she'll be Jessica Hahn 2.0

Possibly get caught stealing Jan Crouch's old man (or Jan??)?

Maybe making Swaggart sin again?

Or just getting caught with Buchannon, Morning Joe, Mika, and Hannity in a little Drill, baby, dril action in a public place.

[Tutonic]

23. Oh this is precious! Right on the money! Jessica Hahn 2.0 Hahaha

[cbayer]

16. Deleted

[izzie]

18. I read the Nation and it is interesting about her.

You get the feeling she is ready to walk on any one to get up in the world. I do think she will have to take the blame if McCain does not win. After all does any one think McCain will take the blame? One problem with that. I do not think she will do it with grace. That it self will be interesting. I can see the little smile on Cindie McCain's face already.

[ShortnFiery]

19. No way! That vacuous woman will fade into relative obscurity a la Dan Quayle.

Palin doesn't have the brain power and in four years, her gams will need a lift lest the "wink" will not work the same magic. :shrug:

[casus belli]

20. Nah. She's positioning for a better view of Russia. n/t

[NV Whino]

21. And what position is that, Charlie?

[Bryn]

22. No, she's already a failure

I don't want to see her face again after Obama becomes President. She will disappear into black hole.

[Hippo_Tron]

24. Obama wouldn't even need to leave the White House to campaign

Just let Palin self-destruct.

[raysr]

26. Missionary??

[Wapsie B]

31. Doggie

[A-Schwarzenegger]

28. AGNEW 1976!

[Hekate]

29. Yep yep. She's needed to usher in the new US Theocracy. Never forget who actually vetted her...

DO NOT underestimate the scope of this woman's ambition nor the people behind her.
Hekate


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x380446380446
Ultra-Secretive Right-Wing Group Met In Minn. To Vet Palin
Posted by DogPoundPup on Mon Sep-01-08 11:17 AM

Last week, while the media focused almost obsessively on the DNC's spectacle in Denver, the country's most influential conservatives met quietly at a hotel in downtown Minneapolis to get to know Sarah Palin. The assembled were members of the Council for National Policy, an ultra-secretive cabal that networks wealthy right-wing donors together with top conservative operatives to plan long-term movement strategy.

CNP members have included Tony Perkins, James Dobson, Grover Norquist, Tim LaHaye and Paul Weyrich. At a secret 2000 meeting of the CNP, George W. Bush promised to nominate only pro-life judges; in 2004, then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told the group, "The destiny of the nation is on the shoulders of the conservative movement." This year, thanks to Sarah Palin's selection, the movement may have finally aligned itself behind the campaign of John McCain.

Though Dobson and Perkins reportedly attended the recent CNP meeting in Minneapolis, a full roster of guests would be nearly impossible to require. The CNP deliberately operates below the radar, going to excessive lengths to obscure its activities. According to official CNP policy, "The media should not know when or where we meet or who takes part in our programs before or after a meeting." Thus the CNP's Minneapolis gathering was free of reporters.
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The members of the Council for National Policy are the hidden hand behind McCain's Palin pick. With her selection, the Republican nominee is suddenly -- and unexpectedly -- assured of the support of a movement that once opposed his candidacy with all its might. Case in point: while Dobson once said he could "never" vote for McCain, he issued a statement last week hailing Palin as an "outstanding" choice. If Dobson's enthusiasm for Palin is any indication, he may soon emerge from his bunker in Colorado Springs to endorse McCain, providing the Republican nominee with the backing of the Christian right's single most influential figure.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?pid=352178

[polichick]

30. She's perfectly positioned for Mrs. White Trash Governor

[endthewar]

32. She's muddying up her reputation for McCain

Not a smart move for 2012. Hillary is viable for 2012. Even though she campaigns hard for Obama, she doesn't do anything that further polarizes people against her.

[Riddler]

33. By 2012, she'll be nothing but the punchline to endless jokes about stupidity and incompetence

which is really too good for the miserable bitch

[DeadElephant_ORG]

34. You betcha. Here's winkin' at cha'.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

35. 2012, the movie?

2012: Doomsday (2007)
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809957230/info

The end is nigh in this apocalyptic disaster film that mixes Christian values, Mayan mythology, and scientific theories about polar shifts. When four strangers journey into Mexico in 2012, they are drawn into ancient mysteries that foretell the coming of the End Times.

[ladjf]

36. Sara Palin is a "Political Pyromaniac". n/t

[tomg]

37. I think she has a future

on Reality TV: SnowMachining with the Stars

[terrya]

38. She sure is.

It's over for her and McCain this election. She's laying the groundwork for 2012.

[bklyncowgirl]

39. Oh I do believe so. If McCain loses the civil war in the GOP will be brutal

The economic conservatives and the Fundies will go at it with a fury that will make the post 2004 Democratic infighting look like a pillow fight.

[JTFrog]

40. Only if they've found a cure for stupid by then. n/t

[MissDeeds]

41. She's egotistical enough to try it

Palin and Katherine Harris would be the Repub's dream team.

:rofl:

[Orsino]

42. Yep. Just like Dukakis' running-mate Whozamacallit came back in '92 to win the presidency.

I think Sarah's going down in defeat, and may even face impeachment back home in the Republic of Alaska.

A year or two from now, we may not remember her name. The GOP might be willing to give a loser another shot, but not a ludicrous one.

[LynneSin]

46. I think even Guiliani got more delegates than Dan Quayle ever did.

I think

[Orsino]

47. Yeah. Giuliani got nine hundred eleven delegates, right?

That's the number that sticks in my mind.

[zulchzulu]

44. By the time the scandals emerge and are vetted, she will be a footnote

I can't imagine the Repigs allowing such a lightweight to emerge in 2012. They have a new crop of younger faces to pimp, although they always tend to go with the next heir... Jeb?

[LynneSin]

45. Yes, 2012 as the new conservative nutjob on 'the View'

Her career will go as well as Dan Quayle's has.

[wowimthere]

48. I think she and Bush have something in common. They believe you can be inept and lead this nation