It was recently reported that 64% percent of Republicans want Sarah Palin to run for President in 2012. And after I thought that this level of stupidity was only found in the Deep South. In 2002, Georgians proved themselves to be that stupid by electing Sonny Perdue as governor just because he said that he'd let the people of Georgia vote on whether or not the rebel shield would be put back on the Georgia state flag. It's that same mentality that wants Sarah Palin to run in 2012. Commentators say that she "energized the base," and maybe she did, but it's not because of anything substantive that she said. The base was "energized" because she said "God," "Guns," "liberal bias," and "overturn Roe v. Wade" in rapid succession. You're talking about people who are too busy hating "liberals" to listen to any real argument. All you have to do is sound like you're one of them, like Palin (and Bush before her) did. These people are known as "values voters," which makes them tons easier to lie to.
Everyone else, or as I like to call them, "People with sense," is/are going to need a little bit more than that to actually cast a vote for her. What are some of Palin's ideas (aside from book-banning and hunting wolves with a helicopter)? What kind of America does she want to bring forth (besides one with no abortion)? Does she have any plans for anything or any original thoughts to speak of (that don't involve firing people with dissenting opinions)? Or is she just going to bring us more of that typical right-wing mudslinging (I'm betting on this one)? Because if that's all she's got, her Presidential bid is going to last about as long as her Vice-Presidential nomination did.
As of right now, no one takes her seriously and even her own party's media arm (Faux News) is turning against her. She couldn't beat me in a debate and she's more closely associated with Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live, and being out-foxed by Katie Couric than anything involving politics. If that's the horse the Republicans are betting on, the Democrats can go ahead and put the 2012 election process on cruise control right now, because Cynthia McKinney and the Green Party will pose more of a threat than this chick will.
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If Palin runs for President in 2012, at least she has name recognition going for her... she just has a lot of cramming to do for the next few years
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