The former Alaska Governor and VP candidate sent the following letter to her supporters on Wednesday:
October 5, 2011
Wasilla, AlaskaAfter much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.
My decision is based upon a review of what common sense Conservatives and Independents have accomplished, especially over the last year. I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office – from the nation’s governors to Congressional seats and the Presidency. We need to continue to actively and aggressively help those who will stop the “fundamental transformation” of our nation and instead seek the restoration of our greatness, our goodness and our constitutional republic based on the rule of law.
From the bottom of my heart I thank those who have supported me and defended my record throughout the years, and encouraged me to run for President. Know that by working together we can bring this country back – and as I’ve always said, one doesn’t need a title to help do it.
I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets, including in the race for President where our candidates must embrace immediate action toward energy independence through domestic resource developments of conventional energy sources, along with renewables. We must reduce tax burdens and onerous regulations that kill American industry, and our candidates must always push to minimize government to strengthen the economy and allow the private sector to create jobs.
Those will be our priorities so Americans can be confident that a smaller, smarter government that is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people can better serve this most exceptional nation.
In the coming weeks I will help coordinate strategies to assist in replacing the President, re-taking the Senate, and maintaining the House.
Thank you again for all your support. Let’s unite to restore this country!
God bless America.
– Sarah Palin
Shit. I’m getting drunk.
The Crawdad Hole 
Fuck
Sarah Palin was the only Republican I could support.
Now I have to hope they nominate someone I could hold my nose and vote for.
Yup. Me too.
I’ll take Cain – the head explosions from the left will keep me from holding my nose all that much.
What you said
Ditto
I can’t blame her but I am disappointed.
Same here. It would have been great to see an outsider take on the R party machine. You usually can’t beat the party machine, so it wouldn’t have been fun I’m sure. And they really want their Obama/Romney (same thing).
Thanks for the “therapy” thread. She’ll be on Greta tonight, maybe G will talk her out of it 😛
If you consider “drink until you pass out” therapy then pull up a chair, first round is on the house.
Yes, a lovely bottom shelf vodka straight up 😉 Crushed Sarah Fans 2016 is in full mode, Steve Jobs death …. Obama couldn’t have planned this better.
I went to the liquor store and got a big bottle of tequila.
I bought the cheap stuff since I’m just gonna puke it up later anyway.
Don’t bogart it, take a swig and pass it.
Damn her. The only show in 20 years i fester a guilty pleasure for is Revenge and that is on against Greta.
I’m sure the Greta clip will be re-run all day tommorrow, enjoy your favorite show !
Revenge is pretty damn awesome. I believe in the value of achievers, but those rich people gotta go down!
Hot Air:
Please endorse me!!!!!! /perrmittcain
From an althouse commenter, who isn’t even a Palin fan:
Yup.
I lost faith in the USAmerican Corporate Media back in the 1990s, when the so-called “mainstream” media gleefully aided and abetted the VRWC’s witchhunt against the Clintons and their people. I then realized that the “liberal” media was actually just the merely-conservative propaganda media, as distinct from openly reactionary propaganda media such as Faux Noise and Rash Limpbough.
I posted my foil-hatty thoughts on the subject on the previous thread.
Crap. What a bad day. News just announcing that Steve Jobs has died.
😦
votermom, Palin will influence politics in ways that she couldn’t if she had ran. It’s not her time, but she will run in the future. I don’t doubt that. Her enemies are many and she’ll need to confront them in a way that she couldn’t if she had ran. It’s disappointing, but I know it’s a good decision right now.
Turned to FNC, O’Reilly bloviating on old news while the scroll is updating the news of the day. What a prick. Would love some live love right now 😦
Rough fucking day.
Steve Jobs died. Breaking on FNC. Sh*tty news day continues 😦
http://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/121735908079841281
I don’t know, I’m still digesting the news. On the one hand, it was like a knife to the chest at first. On the other, it was half-way expected and probably the saner choice right now at least. And months ago I think I realized that the one thing that would actually be worse than her actually running for the “permanent political class” as she calls it would be if she didn’t run.
Kind of falls under really, really being careful what they wish for because they just might get it. And then some. A monster of their own creation and all that jazz.
Oh, and in that vein, Hillbuzz’s Kevin has put out an interesting warning:
http://hillbuzz.org/2011/10/05/a-warning-to-palin-supporters-expect-horrific-hatred-directed-at-you-over-the-next-several-days-from-both-the-left-and-the-cocktail-party-gop-establishment/
2008 redux
Actually, not exactly. It all depends upon one major factor – just how much she means it when she says that one doesn’t have to have a title to make a difference.
Put it this way, imagine that the GOP candidate does manage to defeat Obama. Would you want to be President with Palin wandering around the country making a difference? o.O
Or would you rather she was in your cabinet, nice and contained? And that’s the ones she supposedly agrees with…
Like he said, 2008 redux. Hillary is Secretary of State not outside the tent.
Hillary and Palin have different philosophies, different approaches to solving problems. Hillary has always worked for the common good, the good of her party. Palin is much more of an independent, a rogue.
The last time somebody tried to tuck Palin into a political appointment it was the oil and gas commission and it resulted in some people going to prison. She’s not going to silenced and she has never had the same kind of loyalty to Republicans that Hillary has towards Democrats.
Agree, ralphb, but that’s kinda my point. Sarah isn’t Hillary and it definitely remains to be seen whether she would accept a cabinet position after all this.
Not saying she wouldn’t. Depends which one. Just that it’s going to be interesting how it all plays out.
Heh, great minds, yttik.
That’s bittersweet. I’ve always been concerned that Palin has too damn much integrity to run for president. I guess I was right.
On the bright side, you don’t need a title to be a leader. Most of this country’s most memorable leaders never held public office at all. In fact, for a couple hundred years, women not only couldn’t run for office, we couldn’t even vote. That never stopped people like Sojourner Truth or Susan B Anthony. Sometime being a rogue and a rabble rouser is far more effective way to bring about change than holding public office.
this breaks my heart. But I can understand it. The sound and fury that would be directed at her by backtrack and bunch and some dumbass republicans would overwhelm the message that must be gotten out. The country is in trouble and much of that can be layed at backtrack and bunch”s doorstep.
She still and will call out on his BS and still be a voice for the people
Lonely Conservative:
Her book sales just obamaed
Nicole Wallace = Ann Coulter = Dick Morris. The only thing they have going is envy, a poison eating away their inside.
Nicolle Wallace = Joe Klein.
Jeralyn:
F*ck her….and I don’t mean that in an aggressive man dominates woman type of way (which, just the thought of with regard to Jeralyn, makes me ill).
Jeralyn recognizes that Palin is powerful. I have no problem with that.
Let’s just hope she means it.
By which she means, if she doesn’t the Dems are toast. Though she’d never admit that.
One of the nice things about Sarah is, when she says she intends to do a thing she means it. Tragic in this context, but one of the charms of her character.
“In the coming weeks I will help coordinate strategies to assist in
replacing the President, re-taking the Senate, and maintaining the
House.”
In the coming weeks without the burden of campaigning and fundraising, I will be focusing all my attention and energy on replacing the President and retaking the senate.
Obama is probably crapping his pants.
Okay, is it just me or does that-
“In the coming weeks I will help coordinate strategies”
-sound odd to anyone else? Out of everything she said, that was the one line that jumped out as me as being a What?!? Or rather Who?!? As in who are we talking about?
The GOP? Right.
Well, they’ve gotten their cheerleader but they have minimal to no control over her. Like I’ve said before, this could be even more interesting than if she ran.
Could be a soft landing for supporters. Let’s face it, you can only do so much from the sidelines.
I don’t believe that to be true. There are things that can be done from the sidelines that cannot be done if the politician is running. The opposite is also true. Remember Palin’s political life was pronounced dead when she quit the governorship in AK.
I’m not giving up on Palin.
Actually, I expect Obummer is happy that the GOPer with the best chance of beating him has chosen not to run.
If you are right, it only proves that Obummer is dumb.
Obama will likely win. Prepare yourselves.
I don’t believe that. The economy will worsen by December, and really deteriorate in 2012. Not that it’s something I want, but it’s just how it is. It’s the result of having an empty suit in the WH.
Damn, this is like getting punched in the face two elections in a row. But my heart really goes out to all those at O4P, C4P, and all the other Palin blogs who’ve put so much hope and time into her potential candidacy for the past years.
I sincerely hope their blog homes stay open and they hold to one another while the storm passes. The Confluence made it much easier for me in 2008 and I can’t thank RiverDaughter, katiebird, and myiq enough for that. Just in case I haven’t said it before, thank you. I am very grateful.
So no more women with any real shot at the Presidency. They’ve all been shut down. I blame Progressive men. Fuck em. I will not forget.
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1913 Women get the vote
I hope it doesn’t take 50 years until a woman becomes president. It’s up to the women of this country to change the status quo. I really believe that because there are enough men who will join the women to elect the first woman president.
I’m disappointed, too. However, it might be a smart move on her part. My impression has been that, while keeping in the public eye, she’s developing a network of media surrogates (fundraisers, people she’s helped elect, etc.) who, in response for her efforts on their behalf, can be deployed in place of just herself to advocate formally and behind the scenes on behalf of herself and her views. It’s not surrender…it’s a strategic move that’s good for her and her family. She sees herself as either a candidate or major back-scene player.
Palin is going to be very influential in 2012. She’s going to be the king maker, and may very well be the V.P. again.
I’m not giving up on Palin.
Just a thought
Could this be the end of the Establishment parties?
– The establishment GOP gets in power.
– Does not fix anything.
– She runs indy in 2016.
Or,
– She helps GOP, Obama still wins.
– GOP majority in house & senate.
– They still go along and give Obama everything he wants.Nothing improves.
At that point people will be ready for third party, a true centrist party.
The Undefeated emphasised her working with democrats and her moderate governing.
Possible?
Both parties, or should I say the one real party, are beyond saving. They both need to be burned down and we need a fresh start. The problem is we need it now, not in 2016, though it’s not gonna happen.
True. Would she be successful running third party this time?
GOP would blame her for a loss.
On the other hand, even if she won the presidency as the GOP nominee this cycle, congress will still be controlled by the establishment.
But, if she starts 3rd party in 2014 elections?
She said on the Levin show that she will not run third party this year, because it will guarantee Obama a second term. Note that she did not say she just loooooved the GOP and would never ever go third party. Just that doing it now would be really stupid.
If she tries to form a 3rd party, it will be after the 2012 election.
“Shit. I’m getting drunk.”
And this differs from other nights how? 😛
Mood
Just got the SarahPac letter, I guess it’s official 😦 I’m on the mailing list because I first donated to her legal fund, which was shut down and they returned my check, but I signed it back over to SarahPac.
I think Sarah Palin is going to sue at least one writer, and that’s part of why she didn’t run. We’ll see.
Dario–I agree. I don’t think we’ve heard the last of her yet. She may try to play the kingmaker role? She might benefit Romney, if she chooses to do so, by appealing to the rank and file. I think that she can also do that for Perry and Cain, but I can’t quite pinpoint how just yet.
Still, a sad night given Palin & Jobs.
The death of Jobs is really sad. He was the Zen master of the gadgets. The designs and the way they work are truly Zen.
Palin may not support a candidate before the nomination. I think she’ll concentrate on candidates for congress and after the nomination she’ll give her full support to the Republican nominee to see the doors of the WH hit Obama’s ass. I don’t believe she likes Romney, so she might work behind the scenes to see someone else be the nominee.
Dario–my comment was meant to refer to my earlier comment to which you replied. Sorry if there’s any confusion! I’m still a newbie at this commenting stuff!
I figured that out.
Today was a good day for Palin to announce that she won’t run for president. The death of Steve Jobs will take the media time and the PDS won’t be as noticeable. It’s the upside I see.
two things were made public today that will get overlooked because of the death of Steve Jobs ( a great loss to the world) and Sarah saying she will not run( a great loss to the USA).,
hidden in obamacare,government access to all citizens medical information, the loss of doctor/ patient confidentiality. And in the so-called jobs bill a 2nd bailout for GM under the guise of a tax but it is only on the people that paid back the tarp money or those who did not take any of it
http://biggovernment.com/jberlau/2011/10/05/obama-tax-plan-hides-2nd-gm-bailout-as-responsibility-fee/
The Republicans in congress won’t pass any bailout for GM. Obama is only interested in talking points to use in his campaign. He knows the jobs bill is dead, dead.
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