Sarah Palin Book Tour Launches

Sarah Palin: I Want to Play a Major Role in National Politics, 'If People Will Have Me'


"There are a lot of decisions being made that I -- and probably the majority of Americans -- are not impressed with right now," said Palin, the former governor of Alaska. "I think our economy is not being put on the right track, because we're strayed too far from, fundamentally, from free enterprise principles that built our country. And I question, too, some of the dithering, and, hesitation, with some of our national security questions that have got to be answered for our country."

The former governor wouldn't directly address the burning question of whether she wants to be the president, but she did not completely close that door either.

"That certainly isn't on my radar screen right now," said Palin. "[But] when you consider some of the ordinary turning into extraordinary events that have happened in my life, I am not one to predict what will happen in a few years."

"My ambition if you will, my desire, is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict what that will be, what doors would be open in the year 2012," she said.

As for whether she will play a major role, Palin replied, "If people will have me, I will."
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MrBishop said:
59% think that she shares their values...but less than half of those think that she'd be good at the job. A rousing vote for Palin! ;)
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59% of the GOP. The GOP is on the small side now and only a little over half of them even think she'd shares their values.

I'd love to see her split the party. We gotta convince some more people she'd be good at the job.
 
Sarah Palin rox yer socks off!

Ah C’Mon dood it’s all part of the grand strategy
of the vast right wing conspiracy but since you are
part of the other side, you don’t get the memos.
 
spike said:
59% of the GOP. The GOP is on the small side now and only a little over half of them even think she'd shares their values.

I'd love to see her split the party. We gotta convince some more people she'd be good at the job.
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:rofl3:

58% Say Next President Likely To Be Republican

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of likely voters say it is at least somewhat likely the next president of the United States will be a Republican, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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45% for Obama, 49% Against – If Election Were Held Right Now

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% of adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to vote for Obama if he was up for reelection right now. Forty-nine percent (49%) say they would be unlikely to vote for the president’s reelection.
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2minkey said:
perhaps if she could actually answer a policy question with anything other that a pre-recorded bumper sticker she would not be the laughing stock of US politics.
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I still don't know what the hell that means. I watched the interview & it looked like Palin did fine. She didn't answer the questions the way that some of you, including Katie, wanted them answered. So what?
 
2minkey said:
she's interesting as a symbol of everything that is wrong with america. if thomas jefferson heard her mindless, repetitive and superficial blather, he'd vomit in terror.
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What exactly is wrong with her/America?
 
Gonz said:
What exactly is wrong with her/America?
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The left sees she attracts the Bible thumpin', gun totin' bitter clingers and they are making their presence known:


I would like to thank everybody who has signed up to follow this Facebook page. We are now over one million strong! Our voices have been heard loud and clear on issues ranging from energy to health care. Your support has made this unfiltered communication medium a success.

Thank you so much!

- Sarah Palin
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spike said:
I'm guessing something along the lines of trying to put mentally vacant people into positions of importance. Ever see idiocracy?
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it's one of the 4 dvds i own. the others are airplane! and a couple of higher grade girl-on-girl flicks.
 
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Updated November 17, 2009
AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact Check'

by Robert Shaffer, FOXNews.com

Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the Associated Press' treatment of Palin's book seems an unprecedented move at the wire service

Sarah Palin is no normal politician, and at the Associated Press, apparently "Going Rogue" is no normal book.

When the former Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor wrote her autobiography, the AP found a copy before its release date and assigned 11 people to fact check all 432 pages.

The AP claims Palin misstated her record with regard to travel expenses and taxpayer-funded bailouts, using statements widely reported elsewhere. But it also speculated into Palin's motives for writing "Going Rogue: An American Life," stating as fact that the book "has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto."

Palin quickly hit back on a Facebook post titled "Really? Still Making Things Up?" :laugh3:

"Imagine that," the post read. "11 AP reporters dedicating time and resources to tearing up the book, instead of using the time and resources to 'fact check' what's going on with Sheik Mohammed's trial, Pelosi's health care takeover costs, Hasan's associations, etc. Amazing."

The AP, an organization with over 4,000 employees and 49 Pulitzer Prizes earned for asking the hard questions, wouldn't comment on their own reporting for this story.

Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the treatment Palin's book received appears to be something new for the AP. The organization did not review for accuracy recent books by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, then-Sen. Joe Biden, either book by Barack Obama released before he was president or autobiographies by Bill or Hillary Clinton. The AP did more traditional news stories on those books.

The attraction to Palin doesn't appear to be partisan, since AP didn't fact-check recent political tomes by Republicans Rudy Giuliani or Newt Gingrich.

The AP, however, regularly writes "fact checks" for major political speeches, such as a September health care speech by President Obama.

Doug Underwood, a University of Washington journalism professor who covered Washington politics in the late 1970s for Gannett, said Palin brings some negative attention on herself with a history of bad interviews and misstatements. In addition, the press cannot ever be perfectly consistent or fair, he said.

Still, the media treated Biden and Palin differently, he said.

Biden's book "Promises to Keep" became an instant best-seller when he was chosen to be Obama's running mate, but was not fact-checked by the AP and only received passing interest. In a story last year on Biden's Vietnam War draft deferments due to asthma, the reporter notes Biden didn't mention the malady in his book.

Palin is not the standard presidential possibility for 2012, Underwood said.

"She's a figure who's a politician, but also a part of popular culture," he said.

Palin supporters believe 11 reporters poring over every word of her book is excessive- and further proof of the media's obsession and maltreatment of the hockey mom from Wasilla.

"They're obsessed with trying to discredit her," said Adrienne Ross, New York state organizer for the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee. "Because she's a conservative woman, they make fun of her accent, comment about her looks. She doesn't come in the package they want her to come in."
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