6 Quotes From Sarah Palin That Will Make You Shake Your Head

Sarah Palin was in Iowa Saturday at the Iowa Freedom Summit,?and what she said is sending a few waves through the media and Republican Party.

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This recent announcement was brought to my attention by politico. When asked if she was interested in running for President in 2016 she said, ?Without putting any words in my mouth, you can absolutely say that I’m seriously interested.?

This would add her name to a big list of Republicans who have expressed interest in running for president. So far, potential presidential contenders for the Republican nomination are Jeb?Bush, Rand Paul,?Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker, and Donald Trump.

The thought of a Palin presidency is enough to make any sane person go mad. Check out a few of these “Palinisms” compiled?by Daniel Kurtsman.

 

1. On Paul Revere’s midnight ride (June 3, 2011):

 

“He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin’ sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.”

 

2. On how she would handle the current hostilities between North and South Korea (November 24,2010):

 

“But obviously, we’ve got to stand with our North Korean allies.”?

3. On opposition to offshore oil drilling (June 13, 2010):

 

“Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven’t learned enough to dismiss common?sense.”

 

4. On why it is okay for Limbaugh to use the word “retards” but not Emanuel (February 7, 2010):

 

“They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh was using satire … I didn’t hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with ‘f-ing retards,’ and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there.”?

 

5. Suggesting we are at war with Iran (November 1, 2008):

 

“We realize that more and more Americans are starting to see the light there and understand the contrast. And we talk a lot about, OK, we’re confident that we’re going to win on Tuesday, so from there, the first 100 days, how are we going to kick in the plan that will get this economy back on the right track and really shore up the strategies that we need over in Iraq and Iran to win these wars?”

6. On journalism (November 22, 2010):

 

“I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism. And I have a communications degree.”

 

Kentucky Political Consultant/ Political Manager