What difference does that make? The fact is that Mitt Romney was her first choice when asked which candidate she liked. Just wanted to point that out when I saw some of you saying that Palin would never endorse Romney because it would supposedly ruin her conservative credentials. Apparently, she thinks pretty highly of him.

JA on July 14, 2009 at 8:02 PM

You’ve got to be shitting me, JA. I just watched the video. She said that she hadn’t even spoken to all of the candidates, but did confirm that Romney had contacted her, and that he “said all the right things” vis a vis developing Alaskan energy.

That doesn’t mean that she “prefers” Romney or that she would support Ron Paul for prez. The only passion I heard in that clip was for Alaska and America.

“Drill, baby, drill!” may well become her slogan.

A lot of people on this thread have commented that, as much as they like Palin she isn’t ready to be president. What everyone is forgetting is that she is already much more qualified than the current incumbent.

duff65 on July 15, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Are you talking about the current Potus, Totus or VPotus? .. Nevermind. It doesn’t matter, she is more qualified than ozero or plugs… or both together.

Me: I do it because I like doing it. I couldn’t give less of a sh1t about what other people do.

You: you call me out for name calling but give everyone on your side of the aisle a pass.

Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 12:22 PM

Whining liberal…that’s what you are…your argument is still, “they do it, so can I”, you just can’t take ownership, and yes you do care, because so far you only regurgitate what the left tells you too.
You even tossed around that straw man statement from Ifill’s interview “I do, I do”…you know what she meant, but you had to follow your parties line. So obsessed that you will lie…or you would say distort history to make it more accurate.
You are a whining little liberal, “they do it to me, so I can do it to them” wah, wah waaaaah.
Typical, and annoying, and still not an honest argument…just pointing fingers., look that poster did it to meeeee, waaaahhhhh!.
Like a baby squealing piglet at the teats of it’s mother…
See you at another post…and I will point out your lies again, as I have dozens of times in the past.

Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 10:23 AM

So your argument is someone else does it so I can…great thinking.
I was speaking of you…and you answer by pointing your finger at someone else…way to take responsibility, and perfect way to show “liberal think”.

right2bright on July 15, 2009 at 11:35 AM
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Me: I do it because I like doing it. I couldn’t give less of a sh1t about what other people do.

You: you call me out for name calling but give everyone on your side of the aisle a pass.

This is normally a thread about Sarah Palin, and she would be wise to team up with Romney on whatever issues their political views converge. Romney is a man whose time had not yet come in 2008, but may come in a classic “it’s the economy, stupid” election in 2012. Go back 32 years, and one could say the same about Ronald Reagan.

Steve Z on July 15, 2009 at 12:10 PM

I think you have it backwards, she has reached out to Romney, he needs to team up with Palin. He sat on his hands and let the dems attack her family, while this man of great “family values” sat, hoping for her take down.
And where, in his background, is any indication that he has some government economic prowess?
Show me where an private successful businessman has ever won a presidential election…the closest is Perot and winning 8%…Rockefeller? Forbes?
What you need to win is someone who can relate and speak to the people…Romney needs Palin a lot more then Palin needs Romney.
Economics you can hire…personality you can’t buy that.

like Romney more than I did. Frankly with the economic mess Obama is creating, a policy wonk that gets business and how things work would probably be a good pick for President. My only concern, as always, is whether Mitt can close the deal. It is not him being Mormon, I think that is actually a minor obstacle and probably less of a hinderance than people think, but Mitt not coming off as authentic. He has to run a better campaign.

Mr. Joe on July 15, 2009 at 10:01 AM

In 2008, Romney was unfortunately eliminated from the primaries before he became truly relevant. During early 2008, Democrat criticism of President Bush centered on the Iraq war, while the economy looked good at the time, except for sharply rising oil and gasoline prices. To counter that criticism, Republicans turned toward McCain, a military veteran who was one of the leaders of the eventually successful “surge” strategy, which saved Iraq from the rampant violence it had experienced in 2006. With the rising energy prices during the summer, McCain turned to Sarah Palin as a running mate, who is strong on the energy issue, but lacked experience with some other issues important in the Lower 48 but not in Alaska.

In 2008, Romney was the retiring Governor of Massachusetts, bluest of the blue states, and was veering toward the right during his campaign while trying to govern as a moderate, and the voters outside MA did not really know where he stood on many issues. He was certainly an expert on economic issues, but during the primaries the focus was on Iraq and energy issues, not the economy.

Then, in late September, “banking was tanking”, and both Bush and McCain bungled the situation by failing to blame the Democrats for forcing Fannie and Freddie to make risky loans to insolvent borrowers, and Obama skated into the White House by blaming “deregulation” and not being Bush. An economic expert was needed on the GOP ticket, and we didn’t have one.

Now, as unemployment continues to rise despite the massive bailouts, stimulus, and deficits, voters will increasingly blame Obama for failing to create jobs and for massive inflation or “stagflation”, and Romney will probably emerge as a voice of economic sanity and competence which is sorely needed. Even if Republicans re-take the House in 2010 and slam the brakes on Obama’s reckless spending, they will still need a President to sign positive, supply-side pro-growth economic policy, and can portray Obama as a lame-duck obstacle to true reform, especially if he vetoes lots of Republican-sponsored legislation.

Romney’s economic expertise will probably be sorely needed and appreciated by 2011 and 2012. Any doubts about his Mormon religion will probably fade, after voters have watched Obama bow and pander to Muslims while denying America’s Judeo-Christian heritage, and Romney still has three years to position himself as a solid conservative on social issues, without having to worry about what voters in Massachusetts may think. Unless he wants to run for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat in 2010.

This is normally a thread about Sarah Palin, and she would be wise to team up with Romney on whatever issues their political views converge. Romney is a man whose time had not yet come in 2008, but may come in a classic “it’s the economy, stupid” election in 2012. Go back 32 years, and one could say the same about Ronald Reagan.

Ahh, can’t wait for you to call out 95% of the posters on this site for calling Obama this and that – you know, being juvenile.

Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 10:23 AM

So your argument is someone else does it so I can…great thinking.
I was speaking of you…and you answer by pointing your finger at someone else…way to take responsibility, and perfect way to show “liberal think”.

Correct. Quit to run for the nomination.
Palin quit for….for…well, nobody really knows.

Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 10:06 AM

Well looks like you can’t read very well….she has already started the attack on the insane energy policies of your boy Obama.
Pretty apparent to all but a few, why she quit…first to begin bringing the energy debate out to the open…after all it is your party that wants not to debate or even read the bills they vote on.
And looks like you didn’t read the part where it was apparent that Alaska wasn’t going to get their fair shake from the administration…you know the one that threatened to take away programs from Arizona, unless they muzzle their Republican Senator…thuggery at it’s best.
She couldn’t attack the administration, knowing they would take it out on Alaska…you don’t understand that? You haven’t figured that out yet? You aren’t too bright, or well read…just read the threats against one senator who opposes Obama’s spending….sheeesh.
But then liberals can’t even read a bill they vote on…we shouldn’t expect you to read the every day simple news. Just report what the liberals tell you, you are doing just fine…don’t think, just regurgitate what they tell you.

That you believe one side of the aisle throws more mud than the other is both hilarious and utterly predictable.

Would you like a million links to people oozing over Palin’s looks? Would you now?

I would just want some shatterproof plexiglass between us because I Know your head is going to ’splode.

Hey right2bright –

Bullseye just typed “Thugs like jugears ” in his history essay.

I will assume you take offense to this juvenile “personal attack”.

Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Hey Drywall… Just learning from your messiah… You know the follower of Alinsky… and the other democraps like the bloated sack of Garbage democrap blogger in Alaska who thought it was clever to photoshop a baby in a particularly nasty way.

You didn’t respond to the gist of the post though.. Namely that strategic withdraw works.. right out of Sun Tzu. As I say, OZero and his sycophants wouldn’t have the capacity to understand that.

What do you take exception to??

THUG? – Gee, I think we have seen ample evidence of this. Look at the attacks on Joe the Plumber. “Lipstick on a pig” Making fun of a disabled vet, giving the finger to hillary and MCcain, the special olympics jab at palin. Putting a guy as his henchman who stabs a table saying “Dead Dead Dead” and mails people dead fish…. Thug is about right.

Or do you take exception to Jugears?? Obama has set the level of, of lack of class. I’m tired of a media oozing bodily fluids over their description of Michelles’ toned arms and ‘wonderful clothes’. She looks like something that wandered out of the sideshow. If Letterman can blubber about Palin being a ’slutty flight attendant’ then I feel free to say whatever I want abotu obama.

Bullseye just typed “Thugs like jugears ” in his history essay.

I will assume you take offense to this juvenile “personal attack”.

Yes, so quitting on them is an awesome move.

Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 9:35 AM

Yep, it works time and time again. In 1683 the Polish King, Jan III Sobieski came to the aid of the besieged city of Vienna. There were 140,000 turks against 30k Poles and 30k Austrians. The Poles attempted a charge of 3000 of their Husaria against the left wing of 30,000 turks. They turned back in the face of overwhelming canon fire. (Quitters).

However later that day, Sobieski had managed to maneuver things so that conditions were more favorable. At about 5 pm, 3000 husaria attacked the 30,000 turks again (each winged husswar was armed with 18′ lances, a bow or carbine, two pistols, a mail piercing sword, a battle axe and a saber along wiht musket proof armor)

This time the Poles smashed the left wing and carried the charge right to Kara Mustapha’s Tent. About 15,000 turks died at that Battle. Sobieski had his victory parade and nailed another 15k at the battle of Parkany

Thugs like jugears don’t understand the concept of a strategic or tactical withdraw. Most of his sycophants don’t either. I don’t know if Mustapha laughed at Sobieski when he withdrew after the first charge but if he did, he must have been thinking about that when the Turkish Janissaaries strangled him with a silk cord for failure because the second charge worked.

That isn’t an isolated incident in history. Pickett knew the charge at Gettysburg was insane..

After Iquitarod bailed on her state, Alaskans are going to vote her into congress. Yeah, right.

Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 7:49 AM

Nope. She won’t get voted into congress because she won’t run. However, one of the two following situations (or both) will occur. Carry your blankie davie because you should wrap it around your head to minimize the expense when your liberal cranium explodes.

Speaker of the House – Mrs. Sarah Palin

The President of the United States of America -
Sarah Palin

Oh, and if that doesn’t do it, try “The disgraced former president of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, now being held at an undisclosed location on charges of……”

Make sure you can wrap your blankie tightly around your head with a minimum of hesitancy.

right2bright on July 15, 2009 at 9:45 AM
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Ahh, can’t wait for you to call out 95% of the posters on this site for calling Obama this and that – you know, being juvenile.