Scarborough wonders: Is Palin still a viable presidential candidate?

posted at 9:27 pm on June 10, 2009 by Allahpundit

Answer: Yes, but time’s running out. As much as you guys may hate Kathleen Parker, there’s some wisdom in her latest Palin-bash. Even Ann Coulter, in naming Palin 2008′s conservative of the year, acknowledged that she needs to master national policy before making another run at higher office. There’s been precious little evidence thus far that she’s done so; on the contrary, aside from a pro-life speech or two, most Palin headlines have been devoted to her photo op in front of the turkey slaughterhouse or the endless Johnston/Palin family drama or the “will she or won’t she” attendance sagas at GOP events, from the congressional dinner clusterfark to the CPAC clusterfark. No more drama. Either buckle down as a serious candidate or declare now that you’re not running and let the freak-show coverage run its course. Can we agree at least on that?

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Gotta believe your statements about hunting in Alaska are not based on any rational deduction.

Actually yes—-Maybe you in Alaska should be educated in what you are talking about—
-Just saying–

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:53 AM

Well, I see we have some of the old gang back. Joy.

AP, you left a few things out of your post.

There’s been precious little evidence thus far that she’s done so; on the contrary, aside from a pro-life speech or two, most Palin headlines have been devoted to her photo op in front of the turkey slaughterhouse or the endless Johnston/Palin family drama or the “will she or won’t she” attendance sagas at GOP events

Off the top of my head, Palin has addressed-

Obama’s “stimulus” package

North Korea and missile defense

Energy policy/ANWR/ natural gas pipeline

Hit Obama on “Special Olympics”

Used an “I told ya so” moment on higher debt/taxes

I’m sure I’ve left off several things, and several of these were addressed on this site. You don’t have to like her, or think she’s the best option for 2012. I will tell you directly that many of us can clearly see your thumb on the scale in posts like this one.

I haven’t seen you stating that Romney, Huck, etc. need to either get “more serious” or go ahead and declare they aren’t running. In 2009?

Oh, and if you want to bring up Ann Coulter saying she needs to bone up on policy (fair enough) maybe you could also mention the several complimentary things Coulter has said about Palin.

Or would that destroy your narrative?

cs89 on June 11, 2009 at 1:54 AM

Sure it is necessary to survive, but these predators enjoy the chase and the satisfaction of the kill just the same

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I am going to bed now, please educate yourself & then on the next ocassion we can speak on equal levels.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:56 AM

Again, (sigh) we have to feed more than 6 billion people & farms unfortunately are needed, whether we like it or not.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:51 AM

Hunting is needed as well. Like it or not.

Especially if you live in a remote Alaskan village, and your Native culture teaches you that to be one with your Gods, you hunt, and they provide for you and your family with a successful hunt.

You wouldn’t go against all that multiculturalism you learned in Holland, would you?

Who are we to change a culture that is thousands of years older than ours, and embraces hunting as a way of life?

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 1:57 AM

I am one of Sarah’s loyal supporters and advocates. There are hundreds of thousands like me, soon to be millions. And I can tell you we will never waver and desert Sarah, come hell or high water.

If Sarah runs for POTUS and doesn’t get through the primaries it will not because of the massive support she will garner and the tens of millions she will raise.

technopeasant on June 11, 2009 at 1:57 AM

I am going to bed now, please educate yourself & then on the next ocassion we can speak on equal levels.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:56 AM

Oh yes, by all means! I will try to reach your superior level where people are not part of nature and are not allowed to do what we’ve done since the beginning of time!

You need some education yourself, Wolfenstein. Goodnight.

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 1:58 AM

So, can you get the tie-in between the handles “The Wall” and “The Final Cut”??????????

The Final Cut on June 10, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Yeah, The Wall was one of the finest albums ever made. The Final Cut was good for cleaning the seeds out of your dope… back when albums were 12″ diameter, and weed had seeds.

JohnGalt23 on June 11, 2009 at 12:15 AM

Wrong. The tie-in is that The Final Cut was the next piece of genius work after The Wall. Consecutive pieces of genius. Thus, if I am banned again, I will come back as Amused To Death.

The Final Cut rules, JohnGalt23.

It rules much more than Atlas Shrugged. Even William F. Buckley thought that book blew. I read it and I couldnt believe what a piece of crap that book is. Pure stupidity and fantasy.

The love triangle and the absurdity of it all. All the charactars are black and white…not much humanity.

Athiest Rand what just a horrid writer. Ungodly even.

Now Waters can write. The Final Cut kicks Atlas Shrugged’s ASS!!! Me and Buckley and Romney all agree.

Thanks for trying though.

The Final Cut on June 11, 2009 at 1:59 AM

Can anyone here see Palin delivering that cairo speech?

God! I hope not. I don’t see Palin being the narccist Barry is.

Did you see his speeches? AMAZING!

He has a way with words.

I’ve not “seen” his speeches. I have, however, heard them. Too bad his mastery of his duties as President don’t match his mastery of being able to read a teleprompter.

Fed45 on June 11, 2009 at 2:01 AM

Good grief, these animal superiorists are so illogical!

That guy said Sarah Palin should be shot, but sheds tears over killer wolfpacks who shred baby caribou for fun.

He should go to Alaska someday and let the people there educate him on a few facts of life.

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:01 AM

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 1:57 AM

Last I checked the natives were not killing the wolves, actually they hunt with them. The Natives hunt seal, whales, Caribou & Moose. Sarah is not native— I love her to death but please do not pretend to have first hand knowledge as to the way of live there—

Ladywolfnl on June 11, 2009 at 2:01 AM

Dutchwolf, you should see my cat play with a mouse. Right before he bites its head off. My cat also loves to play with and kill birds, yet never eats them because his dish is always full of cat food. Trolls should think of themselves as mice. They don’t last long.

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:02 AM

Ann Coulter:

Palin may not have changed the election result, but she killed what otherwise would have been a rout.

The biggest red flag proving her popularity with normal Americans is that liberals won’t shut up about her.

There’s a reason there’s no “Stop Olympia Snowe before it’s too late!” movement.

The combination of Palin’s attractiveness as a candidate and her ability to expose liberals made her a celebrity among Republicans. The only thing I have against her is that she threatens to surpass me in attracting the left’s hatred.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1894289_1894287,00.html

A few more of Coulter’s thoughts on Palin.

cs89 on June 11, 2009 at 2:03 AM

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:02 AM

AAhhh Yes, one should look in the mirror—surprising what we see…

Ladywolfnl on June 11, 2009 at 2:05 AM

The pipeline deal will be huge to gain Sarah more credibility. It will be very difficult to make Sarah out to be a bimbo after that, although the MSM will still try. And the book will be very revealing and help establish her reputation as a solid leader, I predict.

Sarah is in really good shape. SarahPAC, I predict, will be very flush with funds when the amount is announced in July.

technopeasant on June 11, 2009 at 2:06 AM

Last I checked the natives were not killing the wolves, actually they hunt with them. The Natives hunt seal, whales, Caribou & Moose. Sarah is not native— I love her to death but please do not pretend to have first hand knowledge as to the way of live there—

Ladywolfnl on June 11, 2009 at 2:01 AM

I said exactly what you just said. Moose, caribou, seal and whales. No they do not hunt the wolves. This discussion brosdened out to Wolfenstein’s disdain for people hunting at all in the 21st century.
The Natives of Alaska hunt for their lives, not a sadistic bloodsport as he liked to characterize it.

Who’s pretending?
Can’t I be well informed of the lifestyles of other cultures?
I thought that was supposed to be a good thing?
You act like I don’t know what I’m talking about, pretending to have first hand knowledge, but you said exactly what I told him the Native people hunt for.
What’s the problem here?
Was I wrong about something?
If so, please correct me, in detail.

By the way, Sarah’s husband is part Native, so her children are Native Alaskan, U’pinak I think it is.

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:09 AM

Fed45 on June 11, 2009 at 1:51 AM

Yeah I’m sure she answered a dozen other questions which CBS didn’t air perfectly. But the newspaper one is the only one people care about. I know all the arguments in her defense like “if she said the Wall Street Journal she would have been quizzed on everything ever mentioned in it”. But even that would have been better than saying she reads “all of them”.

Speedwagon82 on June 11, 2009 at 2:09 AM

If one would have any knowledge of cats—they indeed hunt & torture their prey. Do your self a favor & research the facts about hunting behavior of cats—

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:11 AM

If one would have any knowledge of cats—they indeed hunt & torture their prey. Do your self a favor & research the facts about hunting behavior of cats—

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:11 AM

Contradicting yourself now.

Predatory cats like hunting and killing, but wolves do not?

Does not make sense.

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:13 AM

I mean once she reads a newspaper and looks up the word “credit” in the dictionary and spends a few weeks trying to understand what an Investment Bank like Lehman Brothers does.

Or, McCain couldve been less of a loser a-hole and picked an intelligent VP…..NAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

The Final Cut on June 10, 2009 at 10:07 PM

Hell, Turbo Tax Tim and Barry don’t even have that level of financial knowledge. Why raise the bar for Palin? All she has to do is show she’s smarter than Barry in this area. Which should be fairly easy to do.

Show of hands…how many people base their Presidential vote on who the VP candidate is? Does anyone really think Algore being on the ticket was what put Clinton over the top? Biden sealed it for Barry? Seriously, with all the scrutiny Palin got, you would swear she was the Presidential nominee. Somebody remind me when any other VP candidate got the scrutiny Palin did.

Fed45 on June 11, 2009 at 2:16 AM

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:11 AM

No one has more experience or knowledge than this hypocritical ignorant troll.

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:17 AM

Sarah!/Cheney 2012 – the unbeatable ticket.

The silence of NOW and the feminazis will be priceless.

platypus on June 11, 2009 at 2:18 AM

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:13 AM

No actually wolves do not “like” to hunt & kill it is done out of necessatity.—surviaval–

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:18 AM

I will eat what I shoot, while treehuggers eat bark.

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:18 AM

Also, when I see a Govenor shooting at animals from a helicoptor, she deserves the same.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:30 AM
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You won’t be around long. See you in the next………..

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:19 AM

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:17 AM

hmmmm can’t sleep? lol

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:19 AM

You won’t be around long. See you in the next………..

& that is why your party is gone & Socialism is taking over your country—-too busy arguing with pople you disagree with as opposed to coming up with solutions—lol

Bye Bye

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:21 AM

I

will eat what I shoot, while treehuggers eat bark.

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:18 AM

& enjoy the Arugula & Grey Poupon—

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:22 AM

& that is why your party is gone & Socialism is taking over your country—-too busy arguing with pople you disagree with as opposed to coming up with solutions—lol

Bye Bye

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:21 AM
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Bye bye is right.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:24 AM

Lalalalalala I will wait while the “Educated” & whitty long time bloggers come up with something they think will smack me down —–lol you have no leader you have no choice—-you are destined to Socialism!!!!

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:25 AM

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:24 AM

Yes to you—–

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:26 AM

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:13 AM
No actually wolves do not “like” to hunt & kill it is done out of necessatity.—surviaval–

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:18 AM

Something done out of survival, necessity, can also be enjoyed while doing it. Wolves, as all other predators I’ve ever seen, enjoy doing what they were born to do. They like the hunt, the chase, and the kill. It is fun to them, and necessary.

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:26 AM

Lalalalalala I will wait while the “Educated” & whitty long time bloggers come up with something they think will smack me down —–lol you have no leader you have no choice—-you are destined to Socialism!!!!

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:25 AM
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Good speller too.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:27 AM

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:24 AM

Yes correct me when you can at every opportunity to try to make yourself look better—but English is my 3rd Language unlike you…..OBTW I know 5 languages

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:28 AM

Lalalalalala I will wait while the “Educated” & whitty long time bloggers come up with something they think will smack me down —–lol you have no leader you have no choice—-you are destined to Socialism!!!!

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:25 AM

Frustrated with your epic failure in this argument?
Sounds like it to me!

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:28 AM

Lalalalalala I will wait while the “Educated” & whitty long time bloggers come up with something they think will smack me down —–lol you have no leader you have no choice—-you are destined to Socialism!!!!

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:25 AM
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Thrall me then. Pig latin does not count.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:30 AM

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:28 AM

Not Epic fail as you call it at all—–I think I smell inadequesy

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:30 AM

Yes correct me when you can at every opportunity to try to make yourself look better—but English is my 3rd Language unlike you…..OBTW I know 5 languages

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:28 AM

Oooh, I’m impressed! You are so superior to all of us ingoramus Americans!

Maybe you should do a little more thinking on the subject of mankind’s place in nature throughout history, and what the future might bring if there were suddenly no supermarket infrastructure to support our modern lifestyle.

Wolverines!

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:32 AM

I am waiting. No fair using google translater function.
Oops gave you a hint.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:33 AM

Not Epic fail as you call it at all—–I think I smell inadequesy

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:30 AM

Don’t know what you are smelling, but it ain’t me!

You clean your wolf pens out lately?

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:33 AM

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:28 AM

I can recognize ignorance in six languages. Go back to school Dutch, you have much to learn.

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:34 AM

Yeah I’m sure she answered a dozen other questions which CBS didn’t air perfectly. But the newspaper one is the only one people care about. I know all the arguments in her defense like “if she said the Wall Street Journal she would have been quizzed on everything ever mentioned in it”. But even that would have been better than saying she reads “all of them”.

Speedwagon82 on June 11, 2009 at 2:09 AM

Again, you need to see the unedited interview to get the contest of both the question and the answer. Couric clearly intended to make Palin look bad. Her Barry interview was a bj compared to her Palin interview.

Fed45 on June 11, 2009 at 2:35 AM

OBTW I know 5 languages

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:28 AM

Dude, you can be anyone you want to be on the internet. You have absolutely no way of proving you “know 5 languages”. So don’t even bother trying to advertising your supposed credentials.

BTW, you only know 5? Hell, I know more languages than that. Can I speak them? No. But I certainly know more than 5.

Fed45 on June 11, 2009 at 2:39 AM

It takes along time to go back & forth from google to here.
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Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:39 AM

Mouse snapped.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:43 AM

No more hind tit for him. Mama wolf sent him to his den.

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 2:46 AM

Is Ebonics a language? How about jive? Owhay aboutway Igpay Atinlay?

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 2:50 AM

Wow I can fee the love tonight—Palin subjects are verboten-
As for what we all know or do not know—-do we all believe all commentators???? The ones who claim they are in Iraq, or Afghanistan? We take it on face value because we want to believe, it fits into our narrative, let’s just hope we are what we say we are & het along —-we are on the same side—Are we not???

Ladywolfnl on June 11, 2009 at 2:52 AM

What you have documented here is an inferred assault upon a sitting U.S. governor. You will be banned & expect a knock on your door just too see how your doing & ask why you wrote.
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Also, when I see a Govenor shooting at animals from a helicoptor, she deserves the same.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:30 AM

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 2:52 AM

Alright. This has been fun. I do enjoy the hunt, the chase, and the kill when it comes to trolls!

Goodnight, and good luck.

You sir, are worse than Hitler.

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:53 AM

Just kidding about that
Hitler part, don’t ban me. :)

Brian1972 on June 11, 2009 at 2:56 AM

Good News for Palin
Exxon Mobil enters talks to help build Alaska gas pipeline

Exxon Mobil is in discussions with TransCanada to help it build a massive pipeline to move natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska to U.S. markets, according to a source familiar with the deal. The move could undermine a competing effort by ConocoPhillips and BP.

Irving-based Exxon would not be just a passive customer of the pipeline, which could cost as much as $30 billion and run 1,700 miles, but would likely be involved in the design and construction, according to the source. Exxon has deep expertise with large construction projects, including in harsh climates like Alaska.

“As a matter of practice ExxonMobil does not comment on market rumors or news stories,” the company said in a statement.

TransCanada did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Scott Jepsen, spokesman for Denali, the joint venture of Houston-based ConocoPhillips and London-based BP, said Denali officials had no comment because they hadn’t seen an announcement about an alliance between Exxon and TransCanada and couldn’t speculate on what it might be.

Jepsen noted that Denali spent $55 million in 2008 to advance the project and aims to spend twice that this year to prepare for an open season in 2010, which involves soliciting commitments from customers to use the pipeline before spending billions to build it.

“That’s where our focus is, and that’s where we intend to stay focused,” he said.

TransCanada was granted a license from the state of Alaska in January 2008 to build the long-sought companion to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, which has been moving oil to U.S. markets since 1977.

The license followed a public bidding process initiated by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who canceled a pipeline deal that her predecessor, Frank Murkowski, had negotiated in closed-door sessions with the three major North Slope producers. That deal was an issue in the Republican gubernatorial primary where Palin defeated Murkowski.

The three producers, Exxon, BP and Conoco, did not take part in Palin’s state bidding process, saying it did not provide the kind of tax and tariff assurances they needed. ConocoPhillips announced its competing project shortly after, and BP joined in that project in April 2008.

Many were skeptical of the state-backed project from the beginning, saying it cannot proceed without cooperation from the producers. Dwindling state coffers in Alaska, which relies heavily on royalties payments and taxes from oil and gas production, also undermined support. Some state lawmakers even pushed a resolution asking Palin to revisit the $500 million in incentives given TransCanada.

But a TransCanada-Exxon partnership would bolster the state-backed project, since Exxon holds many of the largest natural gas fields on the North Slope.

Members of the U.S. Congress may be briefed on an Exxon-TransCanada agreement as early as next week, with a formal announcement expected soon after, the source said.

The Denali and TransCanada projects have been moving forward with planning work. TransCanada said it plans an open season for its project next year. Denali has started some survey work. It also has awarded engineering contracts to Fluor WorleyParsons for a natural gas processing plant in Prudhoe Bay, where the pipeline would begin, and a pipeline engineering contract to Bechtel.
When ConocoPhillips and BP unveiled their Denali venture in April last year, they invited Exxon to join them. Exxon declined, and said publicly that it wasn’t aware of that proposal until a few days before it was announced. Exxon said at the time that it would evaluate the Denali plan as well as that of TransCanada, which was the only one of five in the Alaska bidding process that was chosen for further review by Palin’s administration.

Steve Rinehart, a spokesman for BP in Alaska, declined comment on a possible partnership of Exxon and TransCanada because the company hasn’t seen a proposal linking them. And when asked if Denali has since had any talks with Exxon, Rinehart said there wasn’t much more to say beyond the companies’ comments last year.

“Our goal is to get North Slope gas to market. That’s why we formed Denali with Conoco—to take advantage of both our companies’ financial and technical strengths,” Rinehart said. “We did invite them to join our project, and since then our position has been that we are open to any other participant in that project who can share risk and add value.”

Rinehart added that as gas producers and prospective shippers, BP and ConocoPhillips “will consider any viable project to deliver gas.”

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 2:57 AM

Also, when I see a Govenor shooting at animals from a helicoptor, she deserves the same.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:30 AM

That will get you banned my friend.

No death threats against a sitting Governor.

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 2:58 AM

I can recognize ignorance in six languages. Go back to school Dutch, you have much to learn

Well, I only speak Dutch, German, French, English,and Afrikaan, maybe my ignorance goes in all languages?

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:58 AM

http://twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin/status/2110695531

@AKGovSarahPalin Here’s a great article re: why & how ANWR should be opened responsibly. http://tinyurl.com/ljhv82about 6 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Here’s the source to the article I posted up.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6469570.html

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 3:02 AM

Time traveler, I’m not making a death treath, there you get me wrong. Totally wrong. I only mean to make a point that Mrs. palin is not the messiah as neither Hussein is,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:02 AM

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 2:58 AM

I think the only language you speak is stupid.

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 3:02 AM

Timetraveler: Stupidity is the language of the ignorant.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:04 AM

And time travel is not posssible yet…is it?

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:05 AM

Also, when I see a Govenor shooting at animals from a helicoptor, she deserves the same.

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 1:30 AM

AMTime traveler, I’m not making a death treath, there you get me wrong. Totally wrong. I only mean to make a point that Mrs. palin is not the messiah as neither Hussein is,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:02 AM

Dude if you don’t see a death threat in your 1:30 AM post, you need a new translator. For a self proclaimed smart guy you’re not so smart.

infidel on June 11, 2009 at 3:07 AM

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:05 AM

Soon anything will be possible for you!!

Limits are nonexistent in my world.

Imagination is rocking the nation!

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 3:08 AM

I am reporting you to http://www.sarahpac.com/

They will soon send the white men in black suits after you.

Why do you think folks donate to her pac? It’s for protection baby…. She controls the world like the mafia controlled staten island…

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 3:13 AM

Time traveler…………WWWHHOOO, you’re scaring me now……

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:16 AM

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:16 AM

BOO.

I SEE DEAD PEOPLE.

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 3:21 AM

If she’s shooting at tasty animals from a helicopter then what’s the problem besides choosing between grilling and smoking?

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 3:22 AM

I think I should reconsider myself to be a supporter of the republicans, when you are like this way in a disciussion, you guys are totally out of the world……..stupid, ignorant, and again stupid……WOW
Goodnight

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:28 AM

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:28 AM

She needs to shoot some deer!!!

Deer meat is very good ahahhahahahah

TimeTraveler on June 11, 2009 at 3:32 AM

Wow Allah you are so brave to even attempt to not praise Palin! I’m quite impressed. It can get pretty scary if you don’t tow the line.

petunia on June 11, 2009 at 3:37 AM

Dutchwolf on June 11, 2009 at 3:28 AM

Winning more friends as usual I see.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 3:40 AM

Only eight pages of comments folks? About a potential candidate for an election that’s 3.5 years away?

They just don’t make Palin threads like they used to…..

Hawkins1701 on June 11, 2009 at 5:11 AM

Joe Scarborough??? Kathleen Parker??? Surely you could piggyback your views on more viable conservative commentators, allah. Or can you?
Palin has the political and executive cred to run. Would she be effective given the liberal controlled media? Tough job since she’s been so thoroughly trashed, but not impossible if she has developed the guts and savvy necessary to reach the American people directly, AND if the conservative media give her a fair and supportive platform. Since I’d like a conservative to win – a real conservative – I have to worry that some on our side would just rather win, more on personality, than principle.
Conservatives have many good Pres. candidates to vet as yet, but trying to hustle Palin out the back door would be a major strategic error.
Randy

williars on June 11, 2009 at 5:37 AM

I always thought it was pretty simple.

Palin promised to clean house against corrupt officials, in her own party, and did so.

Palin promised to spend government money wisely, keep taxes at bay as best she could and still make sure the poorest would not freeze to death… and did so.

Palin has negotiated with Canada on a pipeline for US energy concerns. She actually has an office for consultation with foreign governments, which was put in place years prior by other Governors because of the high amount of trade Alaska gets with foreign countries and its proximity to Canada, Russia, China and Japan.

Palin actually visited the troops before running in the VP slot, when she was just a Governor, carrying out her duty as Commander for the militia.

That is being fiscally conservative, enforcing the law, performing her duties and otherwise acting in a conscienable manner cognizant of her responsibilities in office while not seeking to impoverish her constituents through money ill-spent by government. She apparently has a better handle on this concept as a Governor than the other three running in 2008 had, period.

As for wildlife: until you are stalked by a large predator capable of taking you down in one swipe, it is best not to talk about how good and nice such predators are. Its far more than just wolves in Alaska. As Instapundit points out that a bear breaking into his house has a good chance of becoming a rug… and he is in Knoxville with that happening in the western portion of it, you cannot say that being nice to such animals is a good idea. They come to see you as prey.

Mike Huckabee, in contrast, put taxes on top of taxes to pay for ‘good things’ from government, and had problems seeing a tax he didn’t like when he was Governor.

Mitt Romney can’t figure out off-shore tax havens while having money in many of them… yet he wanted to tax money in them, as Governor and had to have it explained to him why that wasn’t possible. There is something seriously wrong with that.

I like Mark Sanford and Bobby Jindal, and the more they back federalism and keeping the federal government from trying to take power from the States the better. Republicans can’t figure out federalism after being free spenders for decades and increasing laws and regulations that intruded on the States. I’ll support any candidate from any party who backs that, so the States can make small scale boneheaded decisions that will not put the Nation at risk. That is a very good thing. An excellent idea. It would be nice to have a few elected Republicans actually come out and back that, but they are scarce.

We are heading into the time of Paine.

When you have to call for ‘common sense’ government, that points out how insane the current arrangement is. Common Sense is a call to revolution, not reform. We have forgotten the basics… and finding them out has one cost, and one cost only. The minutes tick, Republicans dither and the age of Paine beckons. Let us avoid that to step back from the brink, please. You will not like what happens when Americans see government as the tyrant. The last time most people tried to stay on the sidelines: they couldn’t. The cost was high. Support what you support, do not run down each other and speak for sanity in spending now… time is growing short.

ajacksonian on June 11, 2009 at 6:06 AM

As much as you guys may hate Kathleen Parker, there’s some wisdom in her latest Palin-bash.

So kathleen “I hate attractive women” parker is now privy to all of the Governors reading material and phone conversations? So you are willing to accept these childish bs washington insider games as reflective of Palin? You accept the medias portrayal of Palin? I knew you voted for hillary but I bet you voted for chuck schumer also.

peacenprosperity on June 11, 2009 at 6:20 AM

I am one of Sarah’s loyal supporters and advocates. There are hundreds of thousands like me, soon to be millions. And I can tell you we will never waver and desert Sarah, come hell or high water.

If Sarah runs for POTUS and doesn’t get through the primaries it will not because of the massive support she will garner and the tens of millions she will raise.

technopeasant on June 11, 2009 at 1:57 AM

I’m there.

Onager on June 11, 2009 at 6:52 AM

Palin may be more fun to watch, but Gingrich dominates on the battlefield of ideas. –K.Parker

No one’s arguing Newt’s performance skills in professional debate. But Newt’s “battlefield of ideas” is a twisted platform that flip-flops in and out of Gore’s Global Warming and the Heritage Foundation’s living legacy of Reagan. As such a man with malleable principle, America’s experience with Obama leaves a very wary eye on the likes of Gingrich the Other Opportunist as some sort of Hero for today’s Loyal Opposition.

A Newt-Palin coupling would be very interesting. But again, as with McCain, Palin would be the ticket bait; Newt would be the official dominator in the Oval Office.

Palin is doing right for Alaska, which as I’ve stated previously, is doing right for America’s national security with the official executive powers she currently holds. She, more than any other could, keeps America’s eyes aware of our REAL vulnerabilities from the Asian continent (Russia, China, N.Korea) due to Obama’s administration. Palin is fighting specific battles that the media are ignoring and dismissing as ludicrous: our missile defense system, our domestic oil-energy production, and the integrity of the America family that includes Conservative Women as political contributors to be respected, the care and promotion of quality lives for our disabled populations including the development of children, and the support for our military troops who VOLUNTEER to protect us and our Constitution.

No more drama. Either buckle down as a serious candidate or declare now that you’re not running and let the freak-show coverage run its course. Can we agree at least on that?–Allahpundit

No. There’s no mature reason to demand anything of the kind today. ‘Play by your rules on your time table at your whims or go home‘ smacks of a demanding juvenile who knows exactly what he wants and how to nag it from his parents. At least you previously admitted your DEPENDENCE on Palin for keeping (half) your following’s interest intact at HotAir.

America has completed 5 months of Obama’s 4 year stint. Deciding WHO will get the GOP POTUS ticket is detracting from the details of legislative demands required right now from Washington. It is the CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM that deserves everyone’s attention, whether media, bloggers, Newt or any politician, or every citizen interested in preserving our Constitution, Liberty and national integrity.

No more drama. Either buckle down for a serious political union of conservatives or declare now that you’re not giving up the progressive jabs and let the freak-show coverage run its course. Can we agree at least on that?

maverick muse on June 11, 2009 at 6:53 AM

There is no way of knowing who will or will not be viable in 3 years.

Terrye on June 11, 2009 at 6:58 AM

Kathleen Parker should run for office instead of whining about who Palin is or who Palin should be.

Parker could launch a thrilling campaign for office at the Airport Inn to a tipsy throng of five while the piano player is taking a pit stop.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 7:05 AM

ajacksonian on June 11, 2009 at 6:06 AM

Excellent.

Last night we began reviewing the John Adams videos, with the historical referential footnotes on screen this time. Our Founding Fathers represented a wide spectrum of personalities and special interests, but UNITED with the purpose to determine what sort of government they would give their children, realizing their unique and novel place in history. We, in turn, are at today’s subsequent crossroads determining whether to retain their magnificent US Constitutional legacy for our children (requires legitimate battles to elect Conservatives to office), or cowardly submit to Marx’s impoverishment of mind-body-spirit instead.

maverick muse on June 11, 2009 at 7:06 AM

Terrye on June 11, 2009 at 6:58 AM

Yes. Furthermore, I sincerely hope there are a multitude of politicians battling the good fight against Marxism now and an even larger number every year. For any battle plan to succeed, it must be coordinated via PLATFORM and adherence to conservative principles.

If enslaved over fiscal legislation, then tackle that first! How can a slave battle against social issues if enslaved in debt and Constitutional Rights denied, having been transferred to non-citizen terrorists?

The “now, now, now” mantra must focus on defeating the Socialism in office today, halting and RESCINDING horrible legislation ruining America, literally selling our nation to the global Marxists; all proceeds denied to citizens, all payments required of citizens via unfathomable taxation, debt and inherent obligations to foreign interests with antipathy for our Constitution.

maverick muse on June 11, 2009 at 7:16 AM

Allahpundit, our own resident drama queen, cites fellow drama queens Parker, Scarborough and Coulter as critics and then tells Sarah Palin “no more drama.”

Some days I just can’t take it.

BigD on June 11, 2009 at 7:21 AM

Frankly, I’d agree with AP’s analysis … except for the fact that the nasty personal attacks on Palin are serving to simultaneously keep her in the spotlight and turn her into the struggling underdog … which makes her eminently electable.

Yes – there is no doubt she needs to dive into the policy arena and earn some street cred. And gain some political and personal gravitas.

But here’s the thing: she was damaged after 2008. Probably not a viable candidate in national elections. But now … after what the mainstream media is doing to her?

Americans love the challenger, the Rocky, the Rudy, the little guy tilting quixotically at windmills, fighting vainly to defend hearth and home against the heartless heathens (wow – mixed metaphors and lots of alliteration. Coffee must be strong today).

The point is that liberals are now doing what they always do: proving that they don’t understand – or like – what America stands for. And they’re proving clearly that Palin DOES understand her country and its people. They’re turning her into a symbolic whipping horse for all the amoral, apathetic forces in this country …

It’s not just earning her victim sympathy. It’s earning her admiration.

Liberals – Letterman and his friends – are taking a tarnished politician and turning her into a viable national candidate. Watch and see. Americans love the righteous underdog. And I love them for it.

Professor Blather on June 11, 2009 at 7:29 AM

ajacksonian & maverick muse
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You are both very good.
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I have a good memory of past positions and flip flops.
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Research these gentlemens past records———
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Currently Huck, Mitt & Newt are center & right depending the direction of the perceived national leaning consensus.
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I interpret their positions to reflect what a windsock does. They are good men for cabinet positions, but they are not the Ronald Reagan types for leadership. We need a solid candidate and one who can’t be bought and who is consistent on their message and not a windsock. We will not win if we don’t stay strong on stressing the point of reverting back to the message of small government, individual rights, cutting taxes, drill here drill now, getting government out of the way and out of private businesses, appropriate military spending, kicking out the cafe standards in the auto industry and so on………………. Reform our America back to what was designed acccording to the U.S. Constitution.
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NO WINDSOCK CANDIDATES

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 7:31 AM

Reagan’s political career was considered over in 1977. Then something different happened for him in 1980 though being twenty-nine years ago I forget exactly what it was.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 7:34 AM

Absolutely not. I’ll say it again: Palin’s model for running at this point is Hillary. Palin had a choice to make in November: 1)go back to Alaska, hunker down, and build up the chops and the resume to appear plausible as a Chief Executive. 2) Upgrade her instant-celebrity status to “permanent resident”, and let the Fox/RushCo machine promote her gratis.

She’s obviously chosen door number 2. After all, if Obama was elected predominantly on personality (“His Gift”), why surely, Sarah Beauty Queen can compete in that arena.

When the Republican primaries begin to heat up publicly, instead of shelling out dough to appear plausible by the first couple of races, Palin, like Hillary, will hold back, receive massive (free) coverage and commence a very public “will she/won’t she” game. The other candidates will be starved for oxygen and bleeding cash. She may even pass on the early debates and blow off a couple of states, as the uncommitted Republican voters pile up and the base’s lack of enthusiasm for the announced becomes a drumbeat.

Then Palin will emerge to rescue the party and lead them to victory, ironically once again as the fresh face.

Unfortunately, here’s where her whistle stop train leaves the tracks.

Once she’s in, she (and her numbers) will settle into the windmill-tilting role of a Huck, the spoiler/pain in the butt to whomever does emerge as the frontrunner (Hint: It won’t be someone the base is thrilled with).

“She deserves the nomination!!” will be the rallying cry. “We’ll vote for Obama if she doesn’t get it!”. Sound familiar?

And when the dust settles, should the politically miraculous happen and Obama blows it in ’12, you’ll be looking at your brand spanking new Secretary of the Interior – complete with sensitive Ansel Adams-knockoff prints of snowy Alaskan peaks on her office wall.

sanguine4 on June 11, 2009 at 7:43 AM

Someone is forgetting that the media strongly supported McCain as the GOP candidate until the instant McCain became the candidate. That the old Liberal media consistently fear Palin and attack her from every possible angle, even three years in advance, should tell you something.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 7:55 AM

There is no way of knowing who will or will not be viable in 3 years.

Terrye on June 11, 2009 at 6:58 AM

+100. We have no idea what policy issues we’ll need to run on, although I have a guess or two.

But I agree she needs to “stick to her lasts” for now.

DrSteve on June 11, 2009 at 7:59 AM

What the hell is with all these “wolf” names

blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 8:03 AM

Sounds to me like some people here are actually buying into the media’s “she’s done!! stick a fork in her!! she can’t win!!”

Don’t give in to what the media WANTS you to think, come on, be smarter then that.

I have no real idea what will happen in 2012, but I have some theories.

I actually see Palin as the next Obama just with experience and real acomplishments under her belt.
Meaning: The DNC and democratic establishment was banking on Hillary. When the tide turned in Obama’s favor, they turned with it. They went with the winner.

The RNC/ rich wealthy “insiders” will do the same for Palin.
The mainstream “R’s” just want to force the public to discard Palin because she would try to turn DC on it’s head.
As soon as Obama was exposed (to people in the DNC who paid any attention) as a fraud, the DNC went with him.
They knew they didn’t have anything to worry about “change”-wise.

So surprise-surprise the media and RINO’s want people to forget about Palin having any chance.
Yeah, right. I hope people don’t fall for that bs.

B Man on June 11, 2009 at 8:03 AM

Reagan’s political career was considered over in 1977. Then something different happened for him in 1980 though being twenty-nine years ago I forget exactly what it was.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 7:34 AM
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Pretty much the same perception and projection by big three news networks back then I guess. Reagan lost is bid of the 76′ primaries to Ford. But those power brokers back then of the Rockefeller small (r) republicans. What Reagan did was was the build the party into his image and the rest is history. I was overseas at the time and all we got to read was the pre-filtered Stars & Stipes newspaper.
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What Sarah Palin is up against is the type of small (r) power brokers and she’ll probably do what Reagan did. Talk directly to the American public whereby the power brokers of today will have be for Sarah & the American people or screw the people over again and give it to another WINDSOCK candidate.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 8:06 AM

BB, a clue!!!

Upstater85 on June 11, 2009 at 12:01 AM

I think I found her

blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 8:08 AM

I have a few ideas what the next president will inherit. Most of them involve re-privatizing half of the economy, addressing massive debt to the Chinese Communists and rebuilding our defense capabilities to deal with usurers in Beijing to whom Obammy sold us out. The there will be the getting the IRS out of the health care business, the EPA out of the airline business, and the Department of Education out of the daycare business.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 8:12 AM

Upstater85 on June 11, 2009 at 12:01 AM

definitely found i think

blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 8:12 AM

What the hell is with all these “wolf” names

blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 8:03 AM
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What wolf… I don’t see any …….

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/s

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 8:12 AM

Absolutely not. I’ll say it again: Palin’s model for running at this point is Hillary. Palin had a choice to make in November: 1)go back to Alaska, hunker down, and build up the chops and the resume to appear plausible as a Chief Executive. 2) Upgrade her instant-celebrity status to “permanent resident”, and let the Fox/RushCo machine promote her gratis.

She’s obviously chosen door number 2. After all, if Obama was elected predominantly on personality (”His Gift”), why surely, Sarah Beauty Queen can compete in that arena.

When the Republican primaries begin to heat up publicly, instead of shelling out dough to appear plausible by the first couple of races, Palin, like Hillary, will hold back, receive massive (free) coverage and commence a very public “will she/won’t she” game. The other candidates will be starved for oxygen and bleeding cash. She may even pass on the early debates and blow off a couple of states, as the uncommitted Republican voters pile up and the base’s lack of enthusiasm for the announced becomes a drumbeat.

Then Palin will emerge to rescue the party and lead them to victory, ironically once again as the fresh face.

Unfortunately, here’s where her whistle stop train leaves the tracks.

Once she’s in, she (and her numbers) will settle into the windmill-tilting role of a Huck, the spoiler/pain in the butt to whomever does emerge as the frontrunner (Hint: It won’t be someone the base is thrilled with).

“She deserves the nomination!!” will be the rallying cry. “We’ll vote for Obama if she doesn’t get it!”. Sound familiar?

And when the dust settles, should the politically miraculous happen and Obama blows it in ‘12, you’ll be looking at your brand spanking new Secretary of the Interior – complete with sensitive Ansel Adams-knockoff prints of snowy Alaskan peaks on her office wall.

Yeah, except nothing in Sarah Palin’s campaign or governance history backs up your scenario.

Not only has she gone back to Alaska and governed, she’s governed effectively and in a conservative manner.

She hasn’t been Hillary at all, she hasn’t been a diva, expecting others to carry her water. Once the Exxon/TC deal goes down, that will be another feather in her cap.

The notion that Palin would hold back and let the Romney and Huck people dominated the early going of a primary battle beggars belief. That’s Losersville.

victor82 on June 11, 2009 at 8:15 AM

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 8:12 AM

I did my best to acclimate to the human world after I left my wolf pack that I was raised in.

Now I have to deal with all the horrible memories of leaving because of all these wolf names

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:D

blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM

Isn’t the legislative session done for now in AK?
So she’s got some time on her hands, and oh btw Letterman was just acting like a total Dick to her and her family.

I’m glad she fought back at that. I used to like Letterman but what he said was simply F’d up.
The more the media beats on her, the more she’s helped.
They’re all so stupid they think they’re killing her, in fact it’s the opposite.

B Man on June 11, 2009 at 8:20 AM

blatantblue on June 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM
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I sorta ran the last wolf off. If you had not noticed.
See above exchange of comments. Plus, I had a little help fron Time Traveler.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 8:25 AM

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 8:06 AM

Remember that Palin was in many ways undercut by McCain himself and McCain staffers after she began stealing his thunder. McCain became the startup band and Palin became the main event. Palin took her politics local with massive individual success at consistently attracting massive turnouts and inspiring people. Reagan did the same thing as candidate and president by attracting huge crowds and bypassing an activist media no less activist yet less explicit about their biases at that time. The activist press couldn’t stand Reagan who laughed them off. The activist press can’t stand Palin who routinely one-ups them.

About the only thing I wish Reagan may have considered differently would have been Jack Kemp as VP. That’s debatable though because of VP GHW Bush’s needed strengths at rebuilding CIA following the destruction wrought at CIA by Carter’s abysmal Stansfield Turner. Debatable also is how GHW Bush may have complicated Iran-Contra risks versus the importance of limiting Communist expansion in Central America and the Caribbean.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 8:25 AM

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 8:25 AM
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I agree about Kemp. In 78′ when I got back to the world it was finding a job, keeping it and the rest of my time chasing tail more than anything. Oh that little head of mine. Kind of like BB.

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 8:36 AM

I have to ask …just who made Joe Scarborough the timekeeper for the Presidential electoral process? What does “is time almost up for Palin” mean? For God’s Sake the woman is only 44 years old!! I tend to agree with Ann Coulter, she needs to be a good governor in Alaska..then maybe the Senate. There is plenty of time for her. She has a LONG LONG political life ahead of her. And I agree with other posters here…We will never turn our backs on Sarah…EVER. Even if 2012 isn’t her time, I want her out there, standing up and talking for me.

And Mr. Scarborough…just a piece of advice (to someone who probably sees Sarah as a threat 8 years or so from now )….Neither Sarah…nor our admiration and support of her have EXPIRATION DATES!!!

Sarah Palin for Governor, or President, or Secretary of Energy or WHATEVER THE HELL SHE WANTS…in 2012!!

Dan Pet on June 11, 2009 at 8:44 AM

Americannodash on June 11, 2009 at 8:36 AM

I think of Kemp mostly as being better suited to take the reins in 1988 but GHW Bush as being better suited to helping Reagan win the Cold War and rebuilding national security and national defense. Reagan seemed to have his economic blueprint already worked out so I think that’s why he chose Bush. Remember how the press tried to diminish Reagan’s intelligence or blame him for sleeping through meetings? In my experience sleeping through meetings is typically a better use of the time.

When I read Reagan’s “Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation” and then read many of his letters and diaries I realized why Sam Donaldson was so testy. Donaldson and most other reporters couldn’t hold a candle to Reagan in terms of intelligence, insight and what Disraeli called constancy to purpose. I see the same simmering unease of reporter-dolts like Couric when Palin elicits endless pangs of fear in their cold Marxist hearts.

viking01 on June 11, 2009 at 8:50 AM

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