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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:00 AM
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Palin eyes run for president if she has 'best shot'
Source: AFP

WASHINGTON — Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin said in an interview she would run for US president if she has the "best shot" on the right, and expressed confidence that she could beat Barack Obama.

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"I would run if I believe that other candidates willing to put themselves forward in the name of public service, if they don't have a shot at winning, I would offer myself up," she added.

On the prospect of preparing for the primaries, she said: "I'm looking at the lay of the land now, and trying to figure that out -- if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it's a good thing."

Asked if she could beat Obama, she said: "I believe so."

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At one point in the interview her husband Todd is invited to join her, sitting on the side of her armchair with a red basketball cap on.

Walters asked if he wanted his wife to be president. "She's definitely qualified to be president, and yeah, I'd love for her to be president, if she decided to run."

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gU9lq3HoW5PYT8FQ1oMYOpnPVGbw?docId=CNG.cfe6c4acc0dda194f79ab33a86b5be3c.481
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:05 AM
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1. Tawd thinks she's qualified to be Prez
must be so. :eyes:
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somone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:05 AM
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2. 'if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse'
and for the art of discoursing well
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:08 AM
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3. I find her to be highly discoursting!
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:08 AM
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4. Let me answer her questions for her -
Palin as candidate or (god forbid) president would:

- NOT be good for the country
- NOT be good for the discourse
- NOT be a good thing

But it WOULD be good for her family of grifters.
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Dakota Flint Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 02:57 PM
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27. also Palin would.......


-Not be good for the planet
-Not be good for the solar system
-not be good for the galaxy

and finally

-not be good for the universe.


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nykym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:11 AM
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5. I would offer myself up," she added.
As in sacrifice? One could only hopeychangey!
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:12 AM
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6. Palin could put Todd on a dog leash and bring him to all the
cabinet meetings. Wouldn't that be cute? There is something really creepy about him. He looks like a serial killer, imo.
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:14 AM
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7. I think we'd get some changey...
but not any hopey.
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Swampguana Donating Member (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:16 AM
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8. Embarrassing for republicans if she's their best shot. HAHAHA
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AC_Mem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:22 AM
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9. Run, Sarah, Run!!!
oh please oh please.....!

I would be glued to the television to see her debate President Obama - omg it would be PRICELESS!!!

Annette
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:29 AM
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10. She would have Tawd as her VP. Now, that's scary...n/t
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:30 AM
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11. The Quiterator! She'll be back! (kinda like herpes)
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:39 AM
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12. She should stick
to running a bath.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:41 AM
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13. "Sit down and shut up you hockey puck." - Don Rickles
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 11:44 AM
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14. "Best shot" must refer to sport kill the US Constitution and whole Country.
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Stuckinthebush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 12:15 PM
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15. What's a basketball hat?
Todd had on a basketball hat? Is it a hat in the shape of a basketball?

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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 12:19 PM
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16. Public service?
She quit serving the public of Alaska. Her interest is self service.
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SoapBox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 12:50 PM
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17. Hey...St. Crazy McMoneyWHORE, S...T...F...U!
...and go away forever.

I hate her.

Anyone else feel the same?
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 12:51 PM
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18. If she runs, and especially if she were to win
Someone else would really be calling the shots. Palin would just be a figurehead, even more so than Reagan was. It has the potential to do even more harm than Reagan's era. I think she would be used as cover to go after social security, using her supposed affiliation with the working class as cover.
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Fokker Trip Donating Member (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 01:11 PM
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19. Betcha' sumpthin'
Betcha that if she does run she'll release a personal swimsuit 'n guns calender 2 months before the 2012 election. Get all the fellas hot 'n bothered about her, don't ya know.

She'd be the hot MILF prez, folksy too.
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 01:11 PM
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20. WHAT? I'll run only if I can win? Sorry, Daddy can't fix that one Sarah.
Saw her shoot the caribou. Daddy picked the gun, loaded it, told her how to hold it, what to put it on, when to shoot.

Then Sarah's little girl, "I did it! So happy with my accomplishment!" type response.

She's gone from daddy to having other people doing everything for her, from governor to her facebook, tweets, books etc., while she convinces herself that she's the accomplished one.

What a total inadequate fake.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 04:24 PM
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28. And it still took her five shots.
And edited footage.
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Jeneral2885 Donating Member (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 01:18 PM
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21. Foreign Aid
She'll probably mistake foreign aid giving and give it to the wrong country since Alaska is all she knows in Geography
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denem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 01:23 PM
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22. Ooops I bombed SOUTH Korea.
I meant to get Hugo-il-Kim. Sorry also. Where's Todd. Say what?
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 01:37 PM
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24. That was after Chick Corea and Costa Rica n/t
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 01:28 PM
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23. Sarah Palin will never have "the best shot" in any country I call home.
I would NEVER consider giving up my U.S. citizenship--unless she were nominated and elected POTUS.
If that happens, I'll just stay in Germany and apply for political asylum due to my former homeland
having been possessed by incurable mass insanity.
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 02:26 PM
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25. the husband's name is "Toady"
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bongbong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 02:31 PM
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26. Her alternate
"... and if it turns out I don't run, I'll select my second choice, which is star in the new reality series 'Cougars Of DC'"
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 04:26 PM
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29. The Republicans had better hope she is not the nominee.
A second term for Obama might be in jeopardy, but not if he gets to run against Sarah Palin. Someone who quit her term as governor halfway through her first term doesn't have a realistic shot to be president.
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