Mona Charen has an editorial explaining why Sarah Palin should not run for President in 2010.
I have to say there’s a lot reasons in this article I don’t much care for. Among other things it reeks of that snotty elitist disdain for popular culture.
Nonetheless I agree Palin shouldn’t run in 2012.
Numero uno – John Bolton is talking about running. It would be insane not to run Bolton if he wants to.
Claire Berlinski noted in an ‘Uncommon Knowledge’ interview in a world where North Korea is nuclear and Iran is about to go nuclear, it makes little sense to elect someone who may be ready to lead the country in 2012.
It is of course true that Palin is better prepared than Barack Obama is every likely to be. But this is, shall we say, damning with faint praise.
Palin is nonetheless showing a genius for connecting with people in flyover country, at a time when Washingtonians can’t seem to keep from showing their aristocratic disdain for us common folks. This by the way, shows in Charen’s obvious distaste for Palin’s travel show about Alaska, and her disgust with Palin’s daughter Bristol’s appearance on Dancing with the Stars.
Tell me Mona, if you don’t like the example of a single mother bumping and grinding to the tune of “Mamma Told Me Not To Come,” can you suggest another way that single mom can make $50 grand per show to support herself and her kid? It’s better than public assistance, more praiseworthy than living off your parents, and it ain’t The Pole honey.
In my humble opinion what this amounts to is – Sarah should run for Republican National Committee chairman.
There is a great deal of discontent with current chairman Michael Steele – which probably wouldn’t translate into support for Palin though. Whether Steele will go for another term is still unknown.
On Friday, Steele issued his own memo, trumpeting the historic Republican victories this month and claiming the RNC’s share of credit. He argued that it was the RNC that helped achieve “what was, by far, the greatest turnout by any party in any midterm election in U.S. history.”
Bullshit. It was the Tea Party and Sarah Palin fighting the ossified Good Ole Boy Republican oligarchy.
Remember Palin made her bones in Alaska doing the same – to the extent that some of the native Corrupt Ole Boy Republicans are now wearing orange jump suits?
As I’ve said, there’s something about the U.S. system that limits us to two major parties. To take this country back we have to take over a major party. I’ve reluctantly come to the conclusion that a third-party strategy isn’t going to work. We need to take the GOP and Sarah might just be the girl to do it.
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