Assuming Palin runs, how likely is it that she could win?

[Pashnish_Ewing]

@Recovering_Republican

We could also talk about the predetory nature of Planned Parenthood in poor communities, but I usually try to avoid the sinkhole of abortion discussions.

What a shame. I’m sure we’re all dying to hear you state your un-cited anecdotes as gen-u-ine proof of this ‘phenomenon’.

[PandaBear77]

Assuming Palin runs, how likely is it that she could win?

I haven’t read the rest of the thread but since the OP asked … I think she has 0% chance of winning against Obama, and I say that as someone who will throw a bigass party if Obama loses the next election. There is absolutely no way she’ll beat him and I hope to God she doesn’t get the nomination.

[Ca3799]

@Recovering_Republican

NOw, where do you read “race” into anything I said above.

Oh, that’s right. Mention “welfare” or “illegitimacy”, those are obviously “racial code words”.

I have no problem taking care of the disabled, but if you are able bodied, and you are collecting government assistance for years because 1) you don’t want to work and 2) think the world owes you a living, that’s part of the problem.

I’d have no problem replacing welfare with workfare. You still get a check, but you show up and you do work. This is what that raging right winger FDR did during the Great Depression with the CCC and WPA. He didn’t say, “Here’s a bag of money, go have some kids!”

“Racism” is the last refuge of a liberal scoundrel.

How do you feel about Briston Palin receiving ‘welfare’ for her son?

[Recovering_Republican]

@Ca3799

How do you feel about Briston Palin receiving ‘welfare’ for her son?

1. I wasn’t aware she did.

2. Pretty unacceptable, given that she’s getting paid to speak about “abstinence” and appear on reality TV.

3. We know who the father is, he’s been making money in his 15 minutes of fame, they should also go after him.

4. The whole tawdry episode makes me long for the days of shotgun weddings.

[Bryan_Ekers]

So, about Palin… I always figured the other Republican hopefuls, themselves ambitious and energetic, would rip her to shreds during the long primary process.

[Typo_Knig]

@Bryan_Ekers

So, about Palin… I always figured the other Republican hopefuls, themselves ambitious and energetic, would rip her to shreds during the long primary process.

I just saw on Google news that Pawlenty is tearing into fellow-Minnestotan Bachmann. The inward-facing firing squad begins.

[Rhythmdvl]

@Typo_Knig

I just saw on Google news that Pawlenty is tearing into fellow-Minnestotan Bachmann. The inward-facing firing squad begins.

If that was the same link I saw, it sounds like the firing squad is armed with marshmallows. Not even stale marshmallows, but the freshest, softest mini-marshmallows possible.

“Well, I like Congresswoman Bachmann. I’ve campaigned for her. I respect her, but her record of accomplishment in Congress is non-existent. It’s non-existent,” Pawlenty told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

It is a shot, but not the sort of thing that would tear into a snot-soaked tissue.

Maybe later?

ETA: Wait, this is the Palin thread, not the Bachman thead. We should stick to the topic, and discuss how awful public schools are and cast vague and barely-denialable insults at black people.

[Chimera]

Tim Pawlenty has NO SHOT at anything here. He’s an opportunistic chameleon who wouldn’t hold a single position if there wasn’t money to be chased in having it.

[Rhythmdvl]

@Chimera

Tim Pawlenty has NO SHOT at anything here. He’s an opportunistic chameleon who wouldn’t hold a single position if there wasn’t money to be chased in having it.

At least we’re back to talking about Palin. Or rather, the Palin Approach to Politics.

[Recovering_Republican]

@Bryan_Ekers

So, about Palin… I always figured the other Republican hopefuls, themselves ambitious and energetic, would rip her to shreds during the long primary process.

Always risky to do that, because you alienate her supporters, who you need to be your supporters after the process is over.

Huckabee and Romney supporters are STILL angry with each other over the mud-fight they had in 2008.

[tnetennba]

It doesn’t matter if anyone attacks Palin. She will say she’s being attacked, and her sheeplike followers will believe her. Remember, all you have to do to this woman to earn her eternal hate and distrust is ask her what she’s reading.

[Bryan_Ekers]

@Recovering_Republican

Always risky to do that, because you alienate her supporters, who you need to be your supporters after the process is over.

Well, if the devout Palin-supporters sit out the 2012 election (because I assume they’re not going to vote for Obama), is it really enough to matter?

[Merijeek]

@Rhythmdvl

It is a shot, but not the sort of thing that would tear into a snot-soaked tissue.

“And if you want to see what I’ve accomplished, why, Minnesota has a brand new bridge over the Mississippi!”

-Joe

[Recovering_Republican]

@Bryan_Ekers

Well, if the devout Palin-supporters sit out the 2012 election (because I assume they’re not going to vote for Obama), is it really enough to matter?

Maybe, but unlikely.

I think, first and foremost, that it’s unlikely Palin will get in to it. She simply isn’t doing what Perry is doing right now, lining up support. So really, this whole discussion is academic.

But these guys do want Palin to show up at their rallys and work up the crowd.

[Chronos]

You don’t need to attack Palin to ensure she doesn’t get the nomination; you just need to replace her. Haven’t most of her supporters moved over to Bachman?

[Chimera]

@Merijeek

“And if you want to see what I’ve accomplished, why, Minnesota has a brand new bridge over the Mississippi!”

<snerk>

Yeah, about that. No one can claim credit for it. It was going to happen regardless of who was in office, and it was going to happen FAST. A major bridge over an iconic American river, in the middle of a major city, on a Federal Interstate, and it goes down? It is going to rebuilt as quickly as possible even if Hatey McFuckthisland was in office.

[Chimera]

Honestly, I think it is pretty clear that Palin isn’t going to run. But I would bet money that in the days between the Republican nomination being sewn up and the party convention, she is going to be all over the place trying to get in her name as a possible VP nominee.

[Recovering_Republican]

@Chimera

Honestly, I think it is pretty clear that Palin isn’t going to run. But I would bet money that in the days between the Republican nomination being sewn up and the party convention, she is going to be all over the place trying to get in her name as a possible VP nominee.

Why would she want to do that? Seriously, sit in the Senate all day and watch people argue?

[Oldeb]

I know Palin thinks that’s what the VP does, but that doesn’t mean she’s correct. You don’t have to believe her; you could instead look at what the last 47 have actually done.

But as to why she wants it that’s obvious. It’s a prestigious position with minimal required duties. But even more important to her it keeps her name in the paper and promises that she’ll be talked about in the next presidential election regardless of how her term as VP goes. It’ll also raise her speaking fees later on. Former Vice President earns you a lot more cash than Governor who quit part way through their term.

[Merijeek]

@Oldeb

But as to why she wants it that’s obvious. It’s a prestigious position with minimal required duties. But even more important to her it keeps her name in the paper and promises that she’ll be talked about in the next presidential election regardless of how her term as VP goes. It’ll also raise her speaking fees later on. Former Vice President earns you a lot more cash than Governor who quit part way through their term.

MOST half-term governors. I suspect that Palin is already pulling down more than the vast majority of ex-veeps. I doubt most governors can compete with her on income - ignoring the already incredibly wealthy like Romney and the like.

-Joe