Sarah Palin's Earthquake
The day after Palin announced that she wouldn't be running for president, she called in to the Bob and Mark radio show to answer questions about her decision. When asked what kind of metaphorical earthquake would be required for her to run, she said "it would have to be at least a 10.3..." With that, a movement (otherwise known as a Facebook page) sprung up among Palin supporters called "Sarah Palin's Earthquake."
This is an attempt to round up all of the Sarah Palin supporters to see if we can create the "Earthquake" that she said it would take to get her to reconsider running for President. If nothing else, it will show her we will support her and have her back.
As of this writing, the page has 3,200 members. Are they delusional? Will there be enough of them to alter the nomination process by dividing the conservative vote? Why won't they just go away?
I ask for your answers. I have my own, for, alas, I am one of them.
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Dec '10
Re: Sarah Palin's Earthquake
I suppose that puts her way ahead of Rick Perry, who didn't know that he couldn't win and that, having tried and failed, his bankability has plunged to zero.
I'd suggest that the example of Rick Perry actually demonstrates that conventional wisdom about electability may be conventional but is rarely wise.
I also hope that Obama is not elected to a second term, because it will be sick-making to see how many people that declared Sarah Palin unelectable will then declare that Sarah Palin let down the Republican Party by not running in 2012 when she was (in retrospect) so clearly more electable than the ultimate nominee.
Nov '10
Re: Sarah Palin's Earthquake
Palin is the only one that I thought has the right instincts to reverse course and turn the country around, to restore us to a self-governing people. All the other GOP candidates (except Bachmann) will be too busy apologizing for conservatism to do anything positive.
Bring on the earthquake.
Edited on Oct 9, 2011 at 7:24pmNov '10
Re: Sarah Palin's Earthquake
I agree with Jim W. A week ago here I advocated Palin coming in with a team intact: Gingerich for Vipe, Cain for Sec Treas, etc. For precisely Jim's point 2 I did not think Cain/Palin was a good ticket.
Two things have changed in the meantime.
1. Palin announced she's not running and followed up by maintaining her momentum with a rousing stemwinder restating her, and the Tea Party's, guiding principles eloquently and forcefully. The lady is not going away any time soon, and is sure to play an important role in the next year's events.
2. Cain got identified by the Progressive Media Complex as target #1 and sustained vicious broadsides: two attack interviews dripping with contempt and "gotcha" questions. He not only survived, he made the interviewers look stupid and petty. Then I read his resume. He had me at "BSc in Mathematics". The man's got the goods, and Romney isn't even a factor anymore.
I fear that Palin might be stumping for the VP spot. That would be unfortunate; we don't need both on the ticket. Better Gingerich, She should continue doing what only she does well.
Mar '11
Re: Sarah Palin's Earthquake
This much I am positive about, Craigen, You'll never see Palin in a VP slot again. Shackles and all that...
Nov '10
Re: Sarah Palin's Earthquake
Correction ... it was a B. Arts in Math. No matter. For anyone disparaging Cain's MSc in Computer science: pay attention to the year -- 1971. When I took Computer Science at UBC in 1977 the ONE computer there was an IBM 360 that cost $10M (and it was a relatively modest machine). A Computer Science degree in 1971 qualifies one as a cutting-edge pioneer. Nowadays they are a dime a dozen. Back then, VERY impressive. Also, he was already employed by the Navy doing ballistics computations before that, Cain was hot intellectual property and programming talent as a reading of his early career amply demonstrates.
Gus, I think you're right about VP. But I fully expect Cain to get in, and to last exactly 4 years (He'll either alienate the left and throw the nation into panic with his sensible economics, enraging them, of course, because it will work, or simply limit his own time, "My work here is done" and ride off into the sunset). At that time look for one, or both, of Palin and Bachmann to battle it out in the primaries...to take on a "past-her-best-before-date" Hillary.
Nov '10
Re: Sarah Palin's Earthquake
Oh, and while I'm playing Nostradamus ...
In 2016 comic relief will be provided during the vicious presidential race as the completely discredited Barack Obama launches repeated appeals in his attempts to secure early release from prison, where he has languished for most of 4 years on charges of corruption, racketeering and influence peddling.
Dec '10
Re: Sarah Palin's Earthquake
I expect her to be the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Energy in the next Republican Administration.
I need to work up my bumper sticker: a pair of rimless ladies' eyeglasses with the caption "20/20".