Monday, July 26, 2010

Apparently it is not just rabid Right Wing Teabaggers who want Sarah Palin to challenge Barack Obama in 2012.


From TPM:

Well, it's official. Progressive Democrats want President Obama to face off against former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in 2012 as the battle for the ages.

An early release of the Netroots Nation straw poll taken from Thursday through Sunday and obtained by TPM shows that attendees of the convention in Las Vegas overwhelmingly want Palin to mount a presidential bid.

Respondents were asked who would they "most like to see" as the GOP nominee to challenge Obama for reelection two years from now. Netroots attendees preferred Sarah Palin, with 48 percent of them choosing her. The next closest vote-getter was libertarian Rep. Ron Paul with 11 percent, followed by former Sen. Rick Santorum with 10 percent and former Gov. Mitt Romney with 9 percent.

You know I always get two very different requests from my visitors regarding Sarah Palin.

Most people want me to "take her down" so that she is completely discredited and no longer has a political future.

However there are also those who want me to leave her alone, and allow her to be nominated as the GOP candidate in 2012 so that President Obama can easily crush her and win re-election.

So tell me, which side are you on?

70 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:18 AM

    When I thought she was just an idiot, I wanted her to run. But now that I see how dangerous she is, I want her gone! Elections are too easily stolen, as we well know!
    Patty

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  2. You know how I vote, Gryphen. There are two kinds of risk factors. The first is the risk that very likely something bad will happen, but if it does occur, it's not really that bad. The second type is the very slight risk that something very bad might happen. We are already too close to the edge of the cliff. I don't think America can afford that risk, that although very small, would be so disastrous on so many levels.

    http://palinbabygate.blogspot.com/

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  3. Anonymous5:19 AM

    it would be most entertaining to watch her klutz her way around a campaign, but the way americans seem to be right now also dangerous.
    either way is fine with me just as long as she is embarrassed, humiliated and mocked her entire way to the bottom!

    bill in belize.

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  4. Anonymous5:20 AM

    "However there are also those who want me to leave her alone, and allow her to be nominated as the GOP candidate in 2012 so that President Obama can easily crush her and win re-election.

    So tell me, which side are you on?"

    Both
    Let SP get the nominated.
    Then take her down.

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  5. Aussie Blue Sky5:21 AM

    She's going to go on attracting international ridicule to the US anyway, so she may as well have a stab at bringing the country to its knees. Laughing.

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  6. Anonymous5:27 AM

    Palin can not survive the primary process and the debates involved. She can not win the GOP nomination.

    Palin's faked pregnancy needs to be exposed for other reasons. Palin feeds the hatred of extremists. When her voice is silenced, more moderate leaders will have a chance at educating the right-wing.

    So pls continue with the investigation.

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  7. She needs to go down now.

    If she ends up losing to Obama a 2nd time, she and her sheeple will go berserk and people will end up dead.

    I've no doubt she could/would start a civil war.

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  8. one word...Diebold.
    Take her down....

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  9. Anonymous5:34 AM

    I would deprive her of even the fleeting satisfaction of thinking she's capable of running for such an important office.
    Dan Quayle would be a far better candidate, and believe me, I never thought I'd say that -ever!

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  10. Anonymous5:39 AM

    I want to crush her in 2012. I want Obama to easily win reelection. I also don't want the public to "forget" about her. If she goes down now, there is plenty of time to spin her into something possibly electable. The only way to finish her off for good is an disastrous presidential campaign.

    Carrie

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  11. Anonymous5:40 AM

    I don't want this creepy family anywhere near D.C.



    PVAZ

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  12. carol from Minnesota5:43 AM

    She is too dangerous. Stop her now before she REALLY has a chance to divide the country.

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  13. Anonymous5:46 AM

    I vote NO.

    I don't know why anyone wants to play this game. I don't underestimate The Stupid in this country and I don't underestimate Palin's ability to mobilize them.

    People like Palin do nothing but diminish the quality of debate. She does it now, with her mad grabs at hysteria and dishonesty.

    Palin has never demonstrated that she can SOLVE problems. What she has shown is that she WILL RUN from them.

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  14. Anonymous5:48 AM

    As an independent voter, I want to have a choice between good, viable candidates.
    I want her gone NOW - it's so frustrating to me that she's still in our faces like she is - she is a fraud and a joke and I just do not understand how this can be!
    JillinOH

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  15. Anonymous6:02 AM

    I agree with Patty and RG. Her toxic teflon exterior seems impenetrable. Maybe the 'lame-stream-media' could punch a crater in it if she runs. Hell, maybe even Wikileaks could get her. But the theory that 'if she runs and loses she'll finally be done for' is too risky. So I'll rely on you, dear Gryphen, be relentless and when that hard evidence surfaces, STRIKE!!! DSH

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  16. Anonymous6:02 AM

    I partly agree with @5:46 as far as Stupid diminishing the debate -- we have far too many almost insurmountable problems in this country for discourse to turn into the "Sarah Palin Show" where pundits and 'journalists' will talk 24/7 about how victimized Stupid is by the media and how EVERYBODY is always pickin' on her psychotic family.

    Pesky issues such as unemployment, wars and financial reform would end up falling by the wayside as we'd have to hear the never-ending saga that is this screwed up woman-child's mixed up life. Pres. Obama deserves better than that in a debate.

    My evil side, however, does want Stupid's deluded self to run, just so she can be smacked down.

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  17. Anonymous6:03 AM

    I see-saw back and forth. To see her on a national stage would me sad for America. There is no doubt Obama would win - she is simply not in his class.

    The animated clip you posted from the Taiwanese news show is a perfect illustration that even people outside our country know that she is an ignorant, trigger-happy fool.

    She is her own worst enemy. Sarah Palin will take Sarah Palin down.

    I suggest you take a very Aikido approach to your "opponent". Carefully and clearly observe all she does and says. Strip away the factual errors and misdirection, and document on this blog.

    Be open and gently encouraging to anyone that wants to share information with you. Continue to have absolute integrity regarding the confidentiality of your sources.

    One of the things we have learned about SP is that she wants lots of money, but she does not want to work hard or learn anything.

    Well, running a campaign is hard work, and you don't get paid $100,000 every time you open your mouth.

    We might see a half-hearted effort to run, so she can pump up her SarahPAC, but she will soon find a reason to quit.

    She is a loser, a quitter and a whiner.

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  18. Anonymous6:04 AM

    I want her gone. Now. She is helping Republicans like Rove and Crystal stir up hate and a sick kind of nationalism that won't go away simply because she doesn't win. Apart from which, there is always the risk that the Dark Side will engineer another 9/11 or rig the voting machines again--or any number of scenarios in which we could see her actually land in the White House.

    Plus, the thought of having to look at her smug smirk and hear that screechy, hate-filled voice for another two years is just too much!

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  19. Anonymous6:04 AM

    Rule of thumb, always use Sarah's words against her - society, and a thinking republic can not reward bad behavior. Those jokers that go for a cosmic laugh and donate to her shell corporations and encourage her to run only beef up her hubris.

    She should have NEVER outgrown the Valley. She's Sarah simple, she's simply Sarah, you better believe it she still thinks she's a great big dil.

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  20. I would have agreed with those who say that she could never survive the campaign process. But what worries me is the fact that a joke like her could never have gotten this far just a few years ago. There are some powerful people pushing her, and they have the media in their pocket. What they want her for can only be as a puppet dictator.

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  21. johnie2xs6:09 AM

    I think the best advice is to crush her now. I see no reason to believe that a fever is best left to run its course, when intervention could stop it sooner. The longer she holds court, the more damage she does to the greater country.

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  22. Anonymous6:11 AM

    I agree with Wes ben. Bring her down! So low she will never be able to voice a believeable opinion
    again. Down so low she is unable to make a living,lose her popularity, home ,husband and children and I must not forget her money

    I also, believe as Wes ben does, she could/would and like to start a civil war.

    Then we have the anony that said;"don't underestimate the Stupid in this country."

    Bring her down!!!!!!

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  23. It is so very tempting to want her to run for that "easy" victory in 2 years - however the cost to our country for the so called "easy" victory I think would be too high.

    I trust that President Obama can win based on his record as president, his skill, his intelligence, and his other qualifications. He does not need to run against an unqualified "hockey" mom in order to win.

    As much as the campaign circus side show would be disturbingly interesting to watch if Palin did run (for those who like to watch things like car crashes), the hatred and anger level on the extreme right would have the potential of becoming extremely violent and boiling over even more then it is now; and I don't even want to give a second of thought to what dreadful potentiallly devasting outcomes that could cause.

    So I will have to vote for taking her down NOW and getting out of public view and bring the truth to light so her lies can no longer rip about our country. Sure we are never all going to agree on everthing - but the hate, anger and violence definitely needs to crawl back under a rock.

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  24. Anonymous6:28 AM

    I would love one of the bloggers to take her down but if that doesn't happen maybe her fellow Republicans will try and in the end the Democrats will finish her off. People know more about her this time around and she will not get to slide by on winking and not answering those gotcha questions.

    That said I don't believe she will run, saying she might is just a way for to keep being home the bacon, running is just to much work and there's no money in it for her. We need to keep her on her toes because the more she talks just lets people know how dimwitted crazy she is. Reality TV is the perfect spot for her and her dysfunctional family.

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  25. Anonymous6:32 AM

    I have no faith that the news media will "take her down."

    Like the Gulf Spill, she's too good for business. They will never allow this story to end.

    I just want her to go away, vanish into the wilderness from whence she came. The last thing this country needs is any more "dumbing down" of its politics.

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  26. I wonder how many people who worked with the McCain campaign and now work for, say, Romney, actually know EXACTLY where Sarah's bodies are buried, mainly because they helped bury them. Are we to believe that those same people aren't going to dig them up when it comes time to take down Queen Sarah? I think we might be surprised at exactly whom it will be that will have the long knives sharpened for the nitwit.

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  27. Anonymous6:54 AM

    Take her down now or as soon as possible. While it would be interesting to see her run for the GOP nomination and the other repubs tear her down, I don't want her anywhere near DC. Remember what happened with Bush 2.

    Scorpie~

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  28. mocha6:54 AM

    Gryphen, if you don't have the stomach to finish her off because you're worried what would happen to your sources, someone will before she ever gets close to a nomination. Sure she might win some primaries. She might even go to the convention looking like the nominee. But I have no doubt that Romney, McCain, Steve Schmidt and others know enough about Sarah Palin to end her political career and they'll do it in a way that she can never come back. I don't think it will be about babygate. I think when they finally need to, they will present her with the evidence that shows she is being treated for a mental illness like severe depression or bipolar and tell her to back out or it will be made public.

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  29. I want Sarah to be nominated. I want her to reveal her ugliness and all those who support it. Then I want her to be taken down, preferably at the last minute before election with no time left for their party to recover.

    I know this is a dangerous fantasy because, as someone mentioned earlier, elections are too easily stolen; but it's my fantasy, and I'm stickin' to it.

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  30. Anonymous7:20 AM

    DO NOT HESITATE TO RUIN HER ASAP.

    We can't afford another Palin-style election. 2 months of it was more than enough. Things are bad enough in this country already.

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  31. Randall7:22 AM

    PALIN/BACHMANN 2012!!!

    ...because Bush just wasn't stupid enough

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  32. Anonymous7:24 AM

    Even Politico admitted that they run Sarah Palin stories for the extra "clicks" meaning they have an increased readership. That means that they can ask for higher advertising rates. TV shows put her on, not be cause she could contribute anything, but because of ratings. A car crash attracts the same kind of attention.

    What is dangerous about Sarah is who is behind the curtain. She is too dumb to manage a campaign and run on her own. I am afraid the the Tea Party extremists, the Karl Rove Right Wingers who see her as another George Bush, an empty vessel for their agenda.

    Crazy Michelle Bachmann already told us what it would be like if the Republicans take back the House and Senate. She does not want to do any legislating. She wants to undo anything that Obama did and just issue subpoenas. That is the kind of thinking behind a Palin candidacy- hate Obama.

    If Sarah runs, be afraid, be very afraid.

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  33. Anonymous7:44 AM

    Take 'er down. You deserve the credit. I don't trust the average American voters.

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  34. dancingthroughlife7:46 AM

    She needs to be shown for what she truly is. I would hope when that happens, she is 'taken down,' but we've seen that there are people who would support her no matter what comes out. As great as it would be to see her trip up now, part of me says it would be better timed during the primaries- no real time to fix an image, and there will be more eyes watching. If she officially kicks off a campaign for president and the truth- whatever that may be- comes out, it would be more damning than now, when she 'might' run.

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  35. Anonymous7:55 AM

    No, it wouldn't be wise to set her up for that. Usually, that can backfire in ones face, where the powers that be would have her "that" close to the WH - a debate with President Obaba? If she ever got to that point, her ego would be so huge, she'd refuse to answer any of the questions, and do her own talking points with a wink and a smile.

    Her psychopath ego might recharge her so much that she'd smoothly increase in the polls and then, "gotcha" - she'd be Madame President. Yikes.

    No, don't feed the animal(Grizzly).

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  36. Anonymous8:01 AM

    Take her down! We don't need to give her anymore attention. This country does not need to hear her BS. She has made way to much money from her appearances..which add nothing to the good of our country. She's mean, divisive, untruthful and many other things. Her days in the limelight need to be ended. Keep up the good work and bring her down!

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  37. Anonymous8:03 AM

    My vote is to bring her down now. The combination of Diebold and Fox news is too powerful for us to risk letting her get on the ballot with a fantasy of exposing her then. If Sarah were to be exposed as a fraud once she was the nominee the Palinbots/Fox News and the GOP would circle the wagons. It would all be a liberal blogger conspiracy. Sarah would be a martyr.When she stepped down, the power brokers would introduce a shiny new candidate - like they did with Sarah. It would be so close to the election that people would be dazzled and whipsawed by intense emotions - a very dangerous situation. Sarah basically defied the press to ask her questions or look into her past. No press conferences ! The public and the media seemed to accept those new rules. Sarah was the test run for a much more dangerous candidate in the future.

    Don't give a lot of weight to what a group of activists say when they get pumped up at a convention. I'm old enough to remember when we Democrats prayed that the Republicans would nominate Reagan. We all know how that worked out.
    Sarah's many lies need to be exposed in a way that brings down the Teabaggers, Fox News and the power brokers behind them all.
    I'm in Texas and I see the madness every day. It's getting stronger. There is no time to lose.
    Thanks for all that you do !

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  38. emrysa8:09 AM

    put me on the side of the sooner she goes down, the better.

    sure I admit that it could be amusing to watch her get crushed, but frankly the thought of her running around the country for another 2 years stirring up hate and anger makes me sick.

    this country does not need this, as amusing as it might be for some.

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  39. I want her OFF the political stage.
    Yes, it would be a laugh riot if she runs, but she will gather large crowds who will become extremely violent and dangerous (stirred up by her hateful, divisive spews).

    I believe this monster aka Palin is capable of causing bloody riots in our streets. Like the queen herself, her followers are angry and irrational.

    Thanks, but no thanks, to the dingbat from Hell.

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  40. Enjay in E MT8:21 AM

    As much as I wan't to see her crushed in another national election - lets not chance her getting out of the primary.

    Let her go through the first few primary states - then destroy her.

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  41. lwtjb8:26 AM

    Is it even possible to kill a political career no matter how bad? Newt Gingrich thinks he's rising again, same old spiel even.

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  42. carrieoki8:32 AM

    You cannot reason with a rabid dog. If you and your sources can, bring her down now, before she does more damage.

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  43. Anonymous8:39 AM

    She MUST be discredited. period. Elections are too easily stolen and this person is insane.

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  44. Anonymous8:41 AM

    I would love to see Obama cruise to an easy victory in 2010, but at what cost? She would so infuriate her base that Obama would get less done in the next four years than he can get done today.
    That said, I don't think she will run because it's too much work. She does not have anyone on staff who can run a presidential campaign. Would she endure the rigors of a full complete campaign? NO.
    She's too lazy and a quitter. She wants the easy job with easy money. She gets paid to talk. She won't get paid at all on the campaign trail.
    I think we will she her continue with the lecture circuit and only crowning candidates.

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  45. imnofred8:48 AM

    She needs to be brought down. She is dangerous and can do a lot of damage to our country. If she gets the Republican nomination and the economy is still bad and if the right wing scares enough people, you never know what can happen. With her power hungry attitude, she could possibly start a world war.

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  46. Anonymous9:02 AM

    Trash her NOW!!! PLEASE!!!!?!?!?

    We, as a people, cannot stand for this loon to be out and about EVERYDAY slinging trash, garbage and lies from every corner grocery store in Kentucky or Bellview texas or east Hobokin...

    There are people out there that actually like hearing her speak but 2 full years of that squeak every day we'll collectively need more mental institutions than can be built or staffed!!

    PLEASE!!!!!

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  47. She has already done so much damage. As long as she has a national stage she will continue to do damage. She needs to be exposed as the lying hateful fraud that she is to as many as can be reached as quickly as possible.

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  48. It says a lot that Sarah Palin did better in the Netroots straw poll than she did in the polls taken at the Tea Party Convention and the earlier conservative gathering in DC. My opinion of Netroots just went down the toilet.

    I'm with the others who want productive debate and qualified candidates. If we want someone to run, we should be willing for them to hold the office. I'm sick of the games.

    So...in case it isn't clear, I'm in the 'take her down now' group,

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  49. Take her down9:23 AM

    Palin is replaceable. Take her down and let them bring on the next nut case.

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  50. Anonymous9:27 AM

    I want her to go.

    I worry about the kids. Is ruffle still living? Is he in a dreadful place and needs to be rescued? What about poor Trig? If Heather and Molly have families and lives they may stick him in some weird day care. He could be institutionalize and missing the quality therapy he needs.

    Get her done!

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  51. nswfm9:38 AM

    Expose the fraud. That's where I stand.

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  52. Anonymous9:49 AM

    One word: NO! I think it's a horrible idea to have $arah come that close to moving into the White House.

    As a political gamble it would be incredibly risky and stupid. Sure, it would be interesting to watch that bee-hived freak show get discredited into obscurity by the Obama campaign, but there is no 100% certainty that she would lose.

    Look at it this way, would you risk your entire life savings on the role of a die where you had a 1 in 10 chance of losing. Sure, it would be highly unlikely, but it could happen.

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  53. Anonymous10:03 AM

    I have too much respect for President Obama. I would not want to see him forced to be on an "equal playing" field with her. What a disgrace for our country to have her further mar our elections. Think Bush and Diebold, think how stinky McCain-as a poor vetter candidate-was. A 2012 Palin candidate makes American a joke, pathetic and weak. NetFroots just lost it!

    TAKE HER DOWN.

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  54. Anonymous10:38 AM

    I say take her down - the sooner the better!!

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  55. Anonymous10:51 AM

    Considering the hatred and threats that she engenders, do the Netroots folks really want to visit almost two years of intensive wall to wall Sarah onto this country with the heightened anger that would come with a well financed national campaign?

    And if she ran and lost, it would make the Watts riots look like a cake walk, because it would the white heavily armed Tea Baggers and probably a lot of police (see aftermath of Katrina) shooting, beating and murdering. And some of their first targets would be people like the ones at NetRoots, and the politicians we support.

    Never never forget that the Republicans are very successful at cheating elections.

    And remember all of this will be going on in an economy that will be staggering for a decade or more.

    I hope the votes were a joke, because Sarah as a presidential candidate would be as serious as the Black Plague -

    Even if she lost.

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  56. TAKE HER DOWN NOW!!!

    She has done so much damage already and it is still 2 years away. As someone else noted, I don't want our President forced to an "equal playing field" with this grifter bitch from hell. He does not deserve it.

    Diebold .... (thanks for mentioning it, SJK).

    She doesn't deserve to be in our history books as the first woman candidate to run for President. Period.

    Please, please take her down!!

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  57. Anonymous12:07 PM

    With or without Palin, 2012 is going to be very ugly, but with her, it's bound to be very, very ugly. If you think the saga of Mark Williams et al are signs that the right is showing its true colors, you haven't seen anything yet.

    Palin is actually doing a lot of good this country already, believe it or not. Ugly issues, when dealt with head on are, well, bound to be ugly. Racism and hatred would exist in our country with or without her. But by having her fan the flames, she encourages it to become big enough not to ignore any longer. In other words, Palin HELPS the country face its issues with racism and hatred by encouraging those who harbor such views to come out of the woodwork.

    Just like racial equality did not exist before there was racial inequality, so too will improved race relations not exist until we are faced with an obvious need for improving them.

    By being a source of our country's problems, Sarah Palin may force this country to actually deal with its problems.

    In this sense, although not a pretty sight, Palin may actually help this country in the long term. Of course, her lightbulb is too dim to realize it... but that's the way I see it.

    Malachi

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  58. Anonymous12:37 PM

    I was surprised when W. won the first time.
    I was flabbergasted when W. won the second time.

    This country is far too important to play games and to take a chance, by having Palin on the ticket.

    Bring her down now - let's see her behind bars, NOW !!

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  59. emrysa12:58 PM

    one more thing - those people at netroots nation who voted for her as the candidate are total assholes.

    these people want slime politics. these people aren't interested in having a presidential campaign that deals with the real issues, they want tabloid campaign.

    and these people are supposed to be progressive? pathetic.

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  60. Anonymous1:31 PM

    It's Monday and you pose a tough question like that?! I have to come down on "take the bi*ch down as soon as possible". She's too divisive. Too destructive. Hurts too many people. My worst fear is that one of her slobbering psycho followers will hurt somebody if for no other reason but to get the attention of the Queen. "Look at me, look how much I love you. I'm powerful too". Remember John Hinckley, Jr. shooting Pres. Reagan to attract the attention of an actress!

    If anyone holds back on any info on Sarah until "the time is right", it's going to be easier for the rightwing to claim that it's just politics. We all know that Rove, et al, will be doing everything they can to defeat Pres. Obama. When I consider Fox, Beck, Limbaugh, Rove as well as Palin, they're coming at the Dems and Obama from every direction.

    She's powerful enough already. Why purposely wait until she gains strength and followers? If legitimate / honest opportunity presents itself to remove Palin from the game, I say go for it.

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  61. Anonymous1:38 PM

    She needs to be stopped now. Even though she will lose to Obama if she runs against him, she will even more deeply divide the country in the process. I wouldn't put it past her to ignite another civil war when she loses. I care more about stopping her from injecting more poison in this country than I do about ensuring an easy Obama victory.

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  62. Anonymous1:51 PM

    Having her be the GOP nominee for fun?! Are they F-in insane?! Look, sane, intellectual people look at her and see a joke. Others don't. The majority of the population is lazy and they can't even name the major branches of government. If Sarah Palin wins (and we know damn well it will be because of the political/economic team behind her and not her pea brain), they are foolish if they think that they can control her. Bush was inept. That is not the same as being insane. People can control Bush, but with that much power, Palin would destroy people and relish it. Gryphen, God opened a door for us. Instead of giving us a devious, smart, enemy, he gave us Sarah Palin. And if we as a group cannot rise to the challenge and open that door that has been open for us to shut Palin down, then may God help us all. Running for President is serious. It is not a joke, and those who think it is (our supposed "journalists") are even lamer and more defunct than I originally thought.

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  63. Anonymous2:19 PM

    The bigest mistake and risk democrats are making is to allow Sarah Palin to face off with Barack Obama in 2012, especially that media and Jornalist finds Sarah Palin,appealing, I would not take that chance. Keep hammaering this lier Gryphen.
    This country voted for George Bush remember?
    Alaska voted for Sarah Palin remember?

    And usually a debate between a woman and a man, interviers will be more softer to Ms Palin, just like they are now.
    If Racheal Meadow or Hillary Clinton was the one who was to face Palin in 2012, then I will be confortable, because no one will cry gender bias when she is asked tough questions.
    Eith the hate music on President Obama from both some Dems and Repus, I would not take that risk for sure.

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  64. Anonymous2:26 PM

    Couple of weeks ago, Sam Stein wrote this article about Rove, Jeb Bush and 2012.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/15/the-bush-revival-how-jeb_n_647403.html

    The very next weekend, Jeb Bush showed up at a Rand Paul rally - apparently courting the Teaparty people.

    The game is on.

    There were also little blurbs here and there about George W. maybe not being such a disaster, other "forgiving" little comments that in my opinion are orchestrated to clean up the Bush dynasty name.

    Then there's the constant drumbeat of Fox. One distraction after another keeping us from concentrating on the real problems facing the country.

    I think that Palin is only one card in the Rove deck. She's out there to distract with outrageous behavior - Belmont, on-going family trashy stories, she's playing the mean-girl part, throw in stupid and she's perfect for it. Palin is too lazy to run, too greedy to give up the money but she's serving an important purpose right now and will happily quit when it's time. If we're distracted by her antics, they're going to run Jeb at the last minute and the semi-reasonable in the GOP will be relieved and will go for it.

    So my answer to your question of "take her down now or later", remains the same as I said in my comment at @1:31. Take her out of the game ASAP. Even if she's just one card in their deck, do it now before she whips up the stupid any more than she's already done. Palin's natural attributes made her perfect for her part. There's no under-study who can do it as well Palin - not even Sharron Angle or Bachmann. Do it NOW.

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  65. I'm w/ RG - let the idiots get her to run, then take her down!

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  66. Forever Anonymous4:25 PM

    Gryphen, very seriously, YOU will get tremendous backlash if YOU don't do everything possible to stop this horrific speck of human.

    Why do you test me this way?

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  67. Anonymous4:37 PM

    Interesting point, Anyonymous 2:26 PM. If I recall correctly, the idea for that whole "Pallin around with terrorist" attack came from the McCain campaign. They asked her if she was comfortable delivering it. She said that she was. She relished her role as "pitbull" - then as she does now.

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  68. ginny5:31 PM

    I want her brought down. Winning an easy election against a completely umqualified opponent is not a real win for Obama, for one thing: though, if the Repubs chose her as their candidate, I guess they get what they deserve. But, I don't think like BP/Exxon, etc. I see a 1 in a 100 billion chance that SP could win the election, and then I think of the horror and destruction that would happen if that were to happen: and I know we must do WHATEVER is necessary to make sure that that 1 in 100 billion chance is ZERO chance!!!!

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  69. Anonymous4:05 AM

    I have to take this question very seriously.
    For SP to even be considered as a candidate would drive respect for the US around the globe into the ground.
    She is a nobody whose fans are blinded by sex appeal and her shoot 'em up cowboy blather. She reduces the discourse to meaninglessness and her candidacy at any level would mean the election process in 2012 would be wasted. We don't have the luxury of spending time in that way.
    As my #1 favorite performer sings, "This ain't no party, ..."
    We must support getting her out of the picture as soon as possible.

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  70. Anonymous11:50 AM

    What are you, or anybody for that matter, waiting for...if you have any evidence that will "bring her down?" It is beyond any rational thinking to just wait. Wait for what? If you have information that incontrovertibly true, then expose Palin now! These games of hide and seek do nothing but drag out the drama and certainly encourage Palin to continue her charade. It sounds like one big game.

    Palin is a stupid, racist, bitter liar and a fraud. Why would you Not divulge damning information? Give it to the Enquirer if you are so afraid. But get it out!

    Get Palin out of our country's affairs and off the national stage where she continues to spew dissent. She continues stirring the pot of hatred. She continues to have a stage because nobody who has any "real information" is afraid to use it. Ridiculous! HOW LONG DO YOU WAIT?

    Hopefully someone will bring forth information that will take her down--and soon. When that happens, you are off the hook with your sources. But then you can smile and nod knowingly and say, "I told you so." By then, who cares what you knew or didn't know?

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