Palin Madness

Thanks to euphgeek, my most prolific commenter, for pointing out this gem of a thread. It seems FOX News took a poll that found that 74% Of Republicans don’t want Sarah Palin to run for President.

What happens to a Freeper dream defered? It explodes every time.

Responsibility2nd knows only some votes really count:

Republicans, eh? Like Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and so on.
Who cares? They should poll some CONSERVATIVES

SamAdams76 also has nontraditional ideas of how to choose a candidate:

I'm not buying it.
Put Palin, Romney, Perry and Bachmann in a crowd of people and see who gets swarmed by the masses

Yeah, the Justin Bieber administration is gonna be awesome!

Rapscallion blames the pollster:

Fox ought to sue Doug Mataconis - He is not Fox News as the title implies.
He is a democrat pig wallowing in Pig Stuff.

rintense has a different villain: in mind:

That whole fiasco was orchestrated by a know Perry wonk named Ken Crow.
These little acts of subterfuge will only further Palin's resolve to eliminate 'cronyism' in the political system, and galvanize a decision to jump in the race.
It's very telling that Palin's camp hasn't said ONE WORD about that whole goat rodeo Crow caused...

yefragetuwrabrumuy notes Palin needn't run for office to be awesome:

As a non-candidate, not trying to take over the patriarchal US government, she is like the Indian “chief” Crazy Horse, able to keep the Tea Party riled up, but at the same time she is not part of “the system”, backing no candidate.
Thus, if it comes to her endorsing a RINO, she can do so, but it won’t matter because the Tea Party will not support a RINO, but if she supports a solid conservative, it will be a tremendously important endorsement, and may guarantee him the nomination.
And before and after, she can be a huge obstacle to Obama and the Democrats, as well as a lightning rod for the MSM, who seem to be impotent against her.
But it is not just her. Michelle Bachmann has a similar role, much like another Indian “chief”, say Geronimo, and the MSM are going bonkers trying to attack her. But it does not matter, it achieves nothing.
And most of the Republican candidates are also playing in this situation like other Indian chiefs. Yet their enemies, the Democrats, the leftists, and the MSM, cannot figure out who to attack, or who to try to endorse, figuring they would lose.

Yeah, those Indian Chiefs totally kicked ass! Wonder where they are now?