Palin: No regrets, no plans for 2012

Dear God,

Please remember to set the deadbolt locks on that door in 2012.

I voted for Obama and was fairly horrified by Sarah Palin during the election. There were several times, however, when she seemed human and likeable. Now I find out that those were the times that she supposedly 'went rogue'. Her 'unscripted' comments about the wardrobe actually seemed like a very good point to me, and her saying that the robo-calls were irritating - well isn't that universally agreed upon? I suspect all this trash talk about her is Mitt Romney's people trying to disparage her in preparation for his run in 2012. He's just getting a head start on trashing his future opponent.

I hope Sarah Palin is the ticket 2012--she was such a breath of fresh air and not the same old-tell us what you think we want to hear-politician. She has the savvy to learn and the backbone to be a formidable candidate in the future---she still has more executive experience than all of the others concerned had and I think she (and Hillary) were biased against simply because of sex. I'll be hoping for her on the ticket with her in control and telling it like it is. Way to go Sarah!!!!!!

I hope for the priviledge to vote for you as president in 2012 or even 2016.

You can tell by the posts how powerful you truly are.

God Bless.

Amen, Chrysler. Amen.

In another unscripted moment, palin said she likes to campaign in "pro american" parts of the country. She bought right into the Rovian strategy of demonizing the democrats. America, hopefully, has had enough of this nonsense, finally. I hope that whoever the candidates are in 2012, they'll stick to the issues and let the chips fall where they may.

I hope she runs for President. Then we can all point and laugh at her ignorance;)

Lock that "open door" and throw away the key please!!!!

I've said before and will say again: The only thing wrong with Sarah Palin was the McCain campaign and the only thing right with the McCain campaign was Sarah Palin.

Everything she has said since the campaign disbanded has been right on. It's like getting to know a totally different person. She is intelligent, likable, hard-working, principled, inspiring. I'm looking forward to her future contributions to Alaska and to the nation.

I really hope you're right. That almost gaurantees a Democratic win.

That woman and her whole family are a horror!

Dear God,

Deliver us from the nightmare that is about to happen known as the Obama Administration.

she has no chance, none.

And four years from now, she will be four years older, four years "saggier" and four years less attractive. Also four years less 'novel and new'.

She will also have a record to stand on (or to fall flat on face off of) in her tenure in Alaska. Remember that big pipeline she 'negotiated'?? thats when Oil was $130/barrel and it wastnt built nor ratified. It was all in all a tentative agreement. Lets see how THAT turns out.

T

So, Palin was going rogue when she started inciting the crowds to shout Kill him, Terrorist and other despicable behaviour. And she says she has no regrets for that behaviour.
Good to hear directly from Sarah Palin that we saw the real person on those occasions.

Idiocy. This is Palin's way of conceding that she didn't do what they wanted her to. Her monumental ego refuses to accept that her job on the ticket was to STFU and do what McCain's campaign wanted her to. Who ever heard of a losing vice president speaking this way?

She is dumb as a rock and will sharply divide America- into the "stupids" and "not stupids". She may be ready for a run in twenty years, if the country shifts back to the right and she studies a lot. But right now her brand is very ruined.

People really enjoy trash talking Palin but she was only on the ticket for the last weeks of the campaign. John McCain had all the time in the world to make a case for his party for months and it wasn't until Sarah Palin joined the ticket that any life and enthusiasm appeared on his side.

What about Biden? Obama will need to lock the "gaffe machine" away and give him stupid tasks to do everyday - rubik's cube, Jenga, hula hoop... Maybe he can ask more paralyzed people to stand up.

Poor, delusional Sarah. So she thinks she could have helped more if she could have ad libbed more. Don't tell the secret service that as they already have indicated that her rhetoric resulted in an increase in threats against Obama. And...she says she did no harm!

Thank you Gov Palin for showing us your human side. What a teriffic person.
She certainly did connect with many middle class Americans. While she may not be on e of the scripted, manufactured slickly eloquent politicians we are so often fed by publicists and campaign managers, I think her potential as a leader in national hasn't been fully realized. No she's not an insider but she's one of us...

I fail to understand why the "liberals" were "horrified" by Palin. I believe that the race for the presidency has been too scripted for too long. The candidates don't appear to be running the show. I would much rather have the candidates speak from their hearts and minds, rather than repeat the words of a speech writer or a teleprompter. Obama did this a few times and we saw who he really was.

Chrysler: Amen to that.

kkschmell: what makes you suspect that the 'trash talk' is Mitt Romney?! The sources that were doing the talking were ex-McCain aides! Romney has been quiet as a church mouse since the primaries! As suspicious as ppl are of the Mormons, I think it's far-fetched to think Romney is capable of orchestrating such a grand-scaled attack, years early. If he were that pre-meditative, he would've won the nomination and the presidency this time around.

The "unscripted" parts when she inflamed her crowds into yelling "terrorist" and "kill him", and "off with his head"...aimed at Obama?? She doesn't see that as negative, and something that not only hurt McCain, but was responsible for actual DEATH THREATS against Obama? What is WRONG with this woman?

Good Lord, Sarah, you absolutely need to go back to college and get a few courses in US and World History and Economics under your belt so you don't make a fool of yourself in front of the entire world again. As a CEO of a small company, I am certainly not Joe the Plumber but the only difference between your "executive experience" and mine is that I at least know not to try and run for the second highest office in the country!!!

Chrysler is "dear God" a prayer to Obama?

Perhaps there is a national political future for Palin but she was certainly not ready to be one heartbeat away from the oval office. I don't know if she knew about Africa but I do know she couldn't name a periodical that she reads often. Not that it's important that she reads, but she said she did then couldn't name a magazine. I sure hope she isn't the best the GOP has to offer come 2012.

Should the door open I know what to do, "Burn My University Degrees and adopt a folksy lingo, bet-cha."

"I suspect all this trash talk about her is Mitt Romney's people trying to disparage her in preparation for his run in 2012." --kkschmell

Dear God,

Please open that door for Romney.

Pretty please? I don't think he could carry a majority of the Republican Party, let alone the nation.

If the door is open you just walk through it.
You can't plow through an open door.

In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro was the first female in history to be the VP candidate of the Democratic Party. Twenty-four years later, she was followed by the first female Presidential candidate in history for the Democratic Party, the high powered, Ivy educated attorney, Hillary Clinton. Ferraro was also an attorney.

In 2008, Sarah Palin was the first female in history to be the VP candidate of the Republican Party. At some point in the future, a high powered, probably Ivy educated female, will be the Republican presidential candidate.

Will this future person be Palin? Who knows. However, every election that passes produces a more competitive environment and highly educated candidates. If Palin wants to be taken more seriously in the future, perhaps she should consider returning to school and getting a law degree, or another appropriate degree.

We all know that there were many...MANY MORE QUALIFIED folks to run with John but, interestingly enough, the Republican party was able to overlook that obvious fact and tried it's best to blind the American public that "just" and I mean "just being a woman" could compensate for any political incompetence. Let's throw any woman in there (Palin) to get the votes that fell after all the Clinton confetti settled. This move was tantamount to objectifying all woman....it was insulting even to Sarah and in the long run even she may realize that it stunk worse than halibut.

With all due respect to Sen. John McCain, an American patriot,
I do not believe Gov. Palin deserves a comment.
When some - admittedly a few - of her rally attendees shouted ' kill him' toward Obama, she smiled ! and went on with her speech - I believe that was tacit acceptance of their message of hate. As a voter whose faith is an important factor,
how would she explain this? She may be Gov. of our largest
state - in geographic area/moose inhabitants - but I do not
believe she deserves our respect..

I'm going to look at what's left of my 401k and invest into companies that make deadbolts. I have to look to the future too.
Oskar, San Diego

I hope there is a long steep drop on the other side of that door

Its funny she now says she went off script when not more than 2 days ago she denied that same charge. No one scripted her interviews, and that tells you a lot of just how educated she is, or presumes to be. For fun, you should find Sarah Palin's pastor and listen to his "fiery" sermons. No wonder she changed churches.... it was arguably worse than Obama's and will make her run in 2012 or later, much easier as she knows she will be targeted on that front having made that exact connection on Obama.

I'm going to look at what's left of my 401k and invest into companies that make deadbolts. I have to look to the future too.
Oskar, San Diego

How can this headline read "*NO* plans for 2012?

Sarah *CLEARLY* said she *WILL* "plow through the door", if there is one,
in 2012.

Sounds much more like a "yes", than a "no".

Sarah Palin's treatment by the mainstream media (Obama's Press Secretaries all) is sickening. That the American people will tolerate such heinous personal destruction is depressing. Obama's followers (those practitioners of a "new kind of politics") taking delight in it is revolting. Truth and basic decency lie dead in the street. We the people are getting the leaders and the culture we deserve. Our corruption is nearly complete. God save us when we utter the words, "That's not the Barack Obama I thought I knew."

JOE THE PLUMBER:

Not a licensed plumber.
Real first name is Samuel.
Has collected welfare three times in his life.

Soooooo typical of the Republican hate machine just making up a story and ignoring reality.

P.S. Anyone who thinks Sarah Palin is smart or even remotely qualified is a moron. You are the reason the rest of the world thinks we are so dumb. She's a disgrace and so are you if that is the vision you have for America.

You know when Sarah Palin come in view of the American people she sparked something in alot of us. She seemed to be and I believe is a down to earth person. I like her from the start. But what think is that the Dem. and other in Congress was scared of her openess. Remember in McCann campaign he said if they where not getting problem's solved in Congress then we are going to let the American people know. Then to constantly complain about her clothes, glasses, and other B.S. stuff, well I guess the Dem. had nothing better to do. But you know I realy hope the Change will happen.We deserve it.
Dave Grimm

Sarah Pallin's future wiil be decided by the people of Alaska, the Oil co's she opposed and the Republican legislature controlled by the oil interests. She will be catapulted into public office by an adoring constituency or relegated to obsecurity by the infusion of vast amounts of money by Oil corporations to defeat her in in an attempt to seek public office. Her success depends on her popularity with the people and her failure for her insistence of excluding "BIG OIL" from pipeline contracts. She will get no "kidos" from her brethern Republicans.

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When all the dust settles you have to admit that the only thing Sarah Palin has in common with Hilary Clinton is a chromosome.
The uncommon was that Hilary was a leader who could unit; Sarah was very divisive. We have already had too long a time for the latter.

Before she runs, she should be required (along with all other candidates) to go on "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" quiz show. The loser does not get to run for the most powerful office in the world.

Newton31 - What part of Sarah Palin strikes you as "intelligent"? This is the woman who couldn't name more than one Supreme Court case, and she thought Africa was a COUNTRY. She wouldn't survive past the second question on "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader".

Nobama, Nosocialism - I always enjoy when Republicans equate president-elect Obama to some kind of diety status as an insult towards Democrats. Didn't you guys do pretty much the same thing with Ronald Reagan? Isn't he the one all of you bow down to, giving him thanks and praise and rejoicing at his name?

I voted for McCain in the primaries. But after his choice of Palin and all the embarrasing stuff that followed, I couldn't in good concience vote for him anymore. Instead I voted for the two attorneys who had paid the price to prepare with years of expensive education, Obama - Biden.

She showed such grace and poise in what was a vast left wing conspiracy to try to quiet decent Americans during the 2008 election. How foolish America showed it can be when they elected Obama. What a step backwards it is when a person who has ties to radicals like the pastor who hates white people and ties to the mob and domestic terrorists is elected president of this country. Imagine what kind of a feeding frenzy it would have been if it had been turned around and a white candidate had all those sorts of ties to mob and people who hated blacks. It wouldn't have been tolerated, nor should it have been tolerated for Obama. God Bless Sarah Palin

Just because a desperate John McCain campaign selected her as a running mate doesn't meant that is, was or ever will be a good presidential candidate.

Sarah simply is not very well educated, nor intellectually curious enough about the world around her. My 14-year-old daughter knows more about international foreign policy than she's demonstrated. She also holds views that are frankly quite radical -- only 10% of Americans believe that abortion should be illegal under all circumstances. George Bush's deeply evangelical christian standpoint will make it very difficult for another person of that far-right faith to be elected, in my opinion.
I will never vote for Sarah Palin.

Jeremiah - "Truth and basic decency lie dead in the street." Are you saying that your own Karl Rove has had NOTHING to do with the breakdown in American political discourse? That man practically invented the dirty smear campaign. I seem to remember a lot more lies flying around about Obama (he's a Muslim, he's a socialist, blah blah blah) than there were about McCain in this campaign...

she's an insult to the American public as a candidate for ANYTHING. Obama got in so all of you people who posted here praying for things to work out - look around you and watch the country crumbling fast and remember it's the Republicans who caused this mess. Give me a break about being worried - you should be praying prayers of Glee and happiness that we finally have someone in there with a brain - something Republicans have always been afraid of because their candidates never have one.

The only reason you liberals persecuted Gov Palin was because you were threatened by her. You'd rather stick with a candidate that does what you know best, lie through your teeth, like Palosi said, anything to get elected! I think it's downright inhumane how the media/critics treated Gov Palin and her family. Obama/Biden's family were never dragged through the press but yet everything the Palins did was scrutinized! Who cares how much was spent on her clothes? As women we're always criticized more for how we look; that's why so much of this campaign was a double standard. Whenever something bad was said towards Obama it was considered racist but what about all the sexist comments regarding Palin? Democrats are famous for dancing around questions but Palin/McCain answered with honesty and both of them have faith in God, which is hard to come by these days. I have nothing but the utmost respect for Gov Palin and her family and hope she does run in 2012; of course she'll have to pick up Obama's mess just like Bush had to with Clinton. And for all Obama's talk about education, never once did he mention help for special needs children. I'll pray for you Gov Palin and your struggles yet to come with your little one. From a mother who has a special needs child, you'll need your faith more than ever.

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This is from another poster on another site - but I sure sat up when I saw it as it expressed exactly what I think of the pubs in this election--->>>> re palin: .... they (the republicans) were so desperate to win that they would inflict this level of unintelligent doltish idiocy on the American people speaks to how little they think of Americans and their country. jp

I hope, with all my heart, that -- if we have to hear more from Sarah Palin -- that she learns to speak English properly and educates herself as to basic political and historical facts, including what the U.S. Constitution says. It's one thing to be an attractive, popular, savvy politician; it's another to be able to govern effectively.

Do we really know who Obama is? I think not and in the weeks and years to come, I believe those who voted for Obama will wonder what happened to their "no tax increase" for those making 250k or was that 200k or was that 150k or was that 120k, or wait, maybe that was really 42k? I don't think you know what you've really done. Where do you think all the bail out money is going to come from? Oh by the way, good luck in holding on to your 401ks. Nancy and the gang are already trying to figure out how they can get their hands on that. Hang on!!!

Interesting. It isn't Obama's Press Secretaries that are maligning Sarah Palin, it is McCain's aides. That the Republican Party would recruit this poor, unprepared woman from Alaska and USE her, albeit badly, and then not only tolerate, but spearhead a campaign to lay all blame for the lost election at her feet is not just depressing. It is reprehensible. I have been an Obama supporter since his first senatorial campaign, so maybe I'm just not Republican enough to understand how a party can justify this use and abuse. My goodness. The lady has earned the right to keep her clothes and the party got off cheap for what they got from her!

Palin...What an unworthy and arrogant dope. Enough said. If she runs in 2012, the Democrat victory is assured. Her comments about believing in God (as the vast majority of us genuinely do) is her smokescreen to hide her vast incompetence...in Alaska or elsewhere.

Good grief! just go back to your La La land and stay there... It's a waste of my breath just to talk about Sarah Palin!

Yes God,

Please make sure that the door is bolted. In fact do use dead-bolts.
I find Sarah Palin dissuasive in her words. I can totally see why some people are so attracted to Sarah Palin - they are as ditsy as her! All of you who doubt Obama's administration are always cynical of change. You are the ones who like to always stay in the comfort zone (which is what makes you a conservative too). In today's generation and global economy people like McCain and Palin would not have survived. The fact that Obama's campaign strategy paid off is proof itself of the success that is yet to come to this country. We have always been the one to take the step that everyone else fears. It is what made USA. Under Bush we lost some of it and we all know the consequences. So let us once more take that step with Obama and support him and believe in him and his administration. For once stop being cynical and be optimistic. For once be a good loser in your life!

Republicans can sleep in a few more years If Sarah Palin is the RNC's best choice of winning back the presidency. A few of my friends have MassComm degrees and now own their own businesses. If asked, they would all agree that that does not qualify them to run for Prez.

T&A also doesn't qualify someone to run for office. Stick to porno, not politics.

Love the deadbolt comment from Chrysler...I think that sums it up really well, dog goneit

Wouldn't it had been great if obama would have ever just once got off script and said something that he could actually back-up with a tract record.

Jeremiah, how can you be such a hypocrite. Talking about "new kind of politics" from Obama's supporters. I guess it's okay for Sarah Palin to incite anger and rage in her supporters and have them "kill" Obama and "off with his head". Sarah Palin got exactly what she deserve. She went back to Alaska with her tail between her legs. I guess we got rid of the stupid,corrupt Governor. By the way, where is Johnny these days? I thought he would be defending his dumb pick of a running mate instead of letting her take the rap for all the stupid Republicans.

Palin's major weakness was/is lack of experience. If she survives the next governor's race, you may see her again (..rolls eyes..). There are many here in Alaska that were surprised at Palins 'Mrs. Hyde' alter ego as the attack dog for the republican party. Additionally, watching her being interviewed by the press was difficult (and quite frankly embarrassing) to endure. She is good in front of crowds, but shaky when cornered. I don't think this is a good formula for anything higher then a senate seat for sure.

No one EVER said "kill him" at a Palin rally. That's confirmed by every media agency and the feds. One reporter thought he overheard it, and none of the other reporters of that same rally did. For this, she is to be blamed? This lie is as bad as the "Obama is a muslim" smear, except that when left-wingers smear, no one corrects it.

Meanwhile you have her entire career in public office, in which she has gone after and brought down more Republicans than Democrats. But Palin is the far right extremist? Yeah right, and Obama is that Marxist all the right wing nuts say he is. Get a grip people and don't buy this garbage.

She was the fresh new one for Washington we desperately needed, the woman of the moment for America. I voted for her and hope she runs in 2012 ..... and wins! It gives me hope in this bleak world.

A Palin interview on Fox News? Now there is a combination that screams "run for cover".

people should try putting themselves in her shoes. Well done!

God in vain. . .just govern alaska. . .no for POTUS. . .there's a lot better out there who can. . .it's reality. I think you r a good person but. . .