Quote from traderNik:
Pigs will fly before Sarah Palin gets the GOP nomination.
Sarah Palin does not represent a return to common sense. She represents the depths to which the Republican party has sunk.
If anyone saw her comments in Michigan yesterday, outside a store where fans had lined up for the right to a bracelet which gave them the privilege of paying for a signed copy of her worthless book, they saw a woman completely devoid of any actual wisdom. Of course, all politicians spew platitudes, but it was painfully clear that Palin still has no idea what underlies any of the issues she spews about.
She spoke of a revitalization of the Michigan economy. One understands that if you were to ask her 'What do you think is the best way to accomplish that', you would get something like this
"Oh, well, you know, in this great country which is America, good folks just want a chance to work hard and make a good living for their families. And what we have today is a government that is working against the American people and up there in Washington and the Department of Law, they don't have your best interests in mind. So let's all pull together and do what needs to be done to get this great country back on track again!!'
Palin as President is a stupid joke and the longer the GOP allow her to associate herself with an actual run in 2012, the worse off they'll be.
Agreed 100%
She speaks in broad brushstrokes with absolutely know specific policy in mind . . . and when she does speak about policy, more often than not she is either terribly confused, or a hypocrite.
During the Presidential Debates, she said that she, "supported caps on carbon emissions." A few months later, she wrote an editorial that stated that global warming was a joke, and that a cap on carbon emissions would kill jobs and raise taxes on energy . . . and thus she did not support caps on carbon emissions.
Furthermore, the "Golly-Gee-Wiz" stuff might work in front of the camera for small sound "bytes" but in an actual debate, she'd get crushed by a bunch of teenagers from the local High School Debate Team that actually have a command of the facts.