LF: Could Trump be preparing to name a running mate who makes him look like a safe pair of hands? Rumors swill that Sarah Palin is in the frame

Title: Could Trump be preparing to name a running mate who makes him look like a safe pair of hands? Rumors swill that Sarah Palin is in the frame - despite 2008 disaster
Source: Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... ame-despite-2008-disaster.html
Published: Aug 29, 2015
Author: Khaleda Rahman For Mailonline
Post Date: 2015-08-29 09:17:40 by cranky
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Comments: 176

Sarah Palin could be joining Donald Trump’s presidential ticket in a dream celebrity pairing for the Republican Party.

The gaffe-prone former Alaska governor has heaped praise on Trump in recent interviews, adding that he is doing a great job of ‘shaking it up the way it should be’.

Now, it appears Palin, 51, could be entering another presidential race, returning to the same role she had in 2008 alongside John McCain – but this time as Trump’s running mate.

Speaking to Extra TV, Palin said: ‘He is just getting crucified out there just for telling the truth. He’s doing a good job of that.’

She added: ‘He’s leading other candidates and having to talk about the issues that average Joe Six-Pack American wants to hear and wants to talk about.’

The Donald sparked rumors last month by saying he would ‘love’ to have Palin as a running mate.

‘She really is somebody who knows what's happening and she's a special person.’

And Palin fueled speculation further by deflecting questions on whether she would like to join the Trump ticket.

Trump also spoke about a tax crackdown on hedge fund managers and pledged to simplify the tax code for the middle class, who he said are being 'treated horribly'

‘Well, there are so many good potential female running mates out there, and male running mates,’ she said.

Republican Party strategist Rick Wilson described the Trump and Palin's pairing as a 'singularity of celebrity politics'.

'Donald Trump is not a rational political actor and so the things you might expect of a rational political actor are not the sort of thing you should expect of Donald Trump, he told The Telegraph.

Palin also leapt to Trump’s defence recently, when she hit out at Univision anchor Jorge Ramos during an interview, branding him a 'dangerous activist'.

Speaking about Ramos being ejected from a press conference for shouting questions about immigration, Palin told Trump: 'You sure schooled that radical activist. He's not doing that again.'

Palin made her remarks while asking Trump about the unfair treatment she claimed conservatives receive from the media, asking him whether he felt he was treated badly over the incident.

Trump reminded Palin that he is currently suing Univision for $500million after cancelling his Miss Teen USA pageant following his remarks on Mexicans when he launched his campaign.

He added: 'The press was actually quite good to me on that one, he was screaming and ranting and raving. I actually didn't know who he was at first.

'I would gladly have answered his question but he spoke out of turn. He was hurting the rest because the room was packed and they were waiting for questions.'

During another bizarre exchange, Palin asked Trump how he became 'strong' enough to deal with harsh questions - including when he was asked about his favorite Bible passage.

He replied: 'I love the Bible, I'm a Presbyterian. They were hitting me with questions one after another and then they said “what's your favorite verse?”

'That's a very personal thing, I don't like giving that out to people I hardly know. There are certain things that you and myself and a lot of other people like to keep personal.

'But I love the Bible. Somebody once held up The Art Of The Deal and I said "that's my second favorite book".'

The former running-mate to John McCain was quizzing GOP frontrunner Trump as part of a segment on One America News this evening.

As well as reiterating his pledges to properly support American veterans, Trump also spoke about plans to decrease taxes for the middle class.

The business mogul, who has previously boasted of his wealth, said that he would back a crackdown on hedge fund managers, who he says make huge profits 'but are hardly paying any tax'.

He added: 'We have a complex tax code that nobody understands. People have to spend tremendous amounts of money for accountants and lawyers.

'I'm in favour of simplifying the code and getting rid of reductions. You have to simplify the code.

'We have to help the middle class, the country was built on the middle class. They have so much to do with what we have now and they are being treated horribly.'

THE QUEEN OF BLUNDERS: SARAH PALIN'S BIGGEST GAFFES

Sarah Palin's (pictured with former running mate John McCain) campaign in 2008 was filled with gaffes

Sarah Palin's vice-presidential campaign in 2008 was riddled with highly embarrassing blunders - mainly for her running mate John McCain.

She notoriously failed to name a single newspaper or magazine that she reads in an interview ith Katie Couric.

Palin said: 'I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.'

But when Couric pressed for specific publications, Palin flubbed: 'Um, all of 'em, any of 'em that, um, have, have been in front of me over all these years.'

In another notable faux pas, she floundered through questions on the price of oil and the economy in Thanksgiving interview - in front of a man chopping off turkey heads.

Geography is definitely not Palin's strong suit.

In October 2008, she told supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco: 'They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan.'

Palin waded into the controversy over a mosque planned near Ground Zero in New York in 2010.

She took to Twitter to say: 'Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.'

The tweet was later deleted, likely when she realized 'refudiate' is not a word.

In a radio interview in November 2010, Sarah Palin was asked how the United States should respond to the escalating tension between North and South Korea.

She replied: 'Obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies.'

My problem with Palin is a singular issue. Why would a potential US government official wear a flag demonstrating solidarity to another nation?

I wonder if Trump is going to bow down to Israel covering up his infamous hair-doo with one of those ridiculous Jewish skull caps, too?

First, I see two flags there. Second, do you think the Vice-President sets foreign policy?

Yes, Bucky actually believes Veeps set policy AND that Sarah Palin would because an Israeli satellite state.

The degree of effective brainwashing of our own citizenry, and political myopia makes ANY chance our Republic is once again governed by the sane extremely low.

Are the two of you so slow that you don't understand that VP's have a history of running for president,or that VP's from successful administrations even win elections? That's how that evil bastard Poppy Bush got into office. He rode Reagan's coattails.

Oh, but wait -- according to YOU, Palin would turn the US into Israel's vassal-state, and create an EO that enforces all Americans to wear a Yarmulke.

Gotta give you credit. When you hijack the Crazy-Train, the cliff is never far away.

Gotta give you credit. When you hijack the Crazy-Train, the cliff is never far away.

That would be YOU -- the one who believes EVERYTHING was created out of....NOTHING.

Maintaining your "faith" not only requires you to believe in lies,it also requires you to tell them youself.

Since you seem to think you know it was God because there is no other explanation, would you care to tell us who created your "God"?

The Creator...God...always was, has been, and will be. This physical world and its rules and laws do not apply in the Hereafter.

That said, Robert, your equation and question ("Who or what created the creator?") is a conundrum and mystery that cannot possibly be answered OR understood by the finite mind of man. How should man be expected to understand an Infinite, Omnipotent God's mind?

Look at it from this simple perspective: Can a 2 year old read, let alone understand your books?

If God is supposedly eternal, why can't the vastness of the universe be eternal? Why does it need to be created?

Because ALL that exists...IS created. By an Infinite Being. Why must there be an insistence or entitlement of demanding an understanding of the Infinite? You're not capable, nor programmed by God the Creator in this dimension of Life.

So you arbitrarily decree one thing for which you have no evidence to be eternal while another to be arbitrarily not eternal.

Bottom line AGAIN; You deny your innate knowledge and logic that a Creator exists, as well as overwhelming physical AND intellectual proof that all life is programmed with reason and purpose...

And again, you and your finite mind could not ever hope to understand the Infinite mind. Scripture gives you hints of enlightenment; God gives you enlightenment and guidance. But to demand some kind of Blueprint from the Creator is a special kind of hubris and entitlement.

It is a wise man who fears the Lord. The reward eternal. Why keep on rejecting God's grace? It's there for the taking.

It seems to me that in your advanced years you ought to be un-hardening your your heart and opening it; humbling yourself and seeking the wisdom of attempting understanding the Gospel and cultivating whatever seed of faith you possess.

Especially an Infinite mind which represents the product of primitive hysteria dominant during the time of biblical speculation and still persists today. Blind trust without reproduceable evidence is the mark of an idiot.

I wonder if all those Chinese babies impaled on stakes by the Bushito Japanese warriors trusted them.

Distorted Bushito. I can see that from examining the history. However, for some reason you believe a fantasy Christianity.

Most of Christianity is fantasy. Most societies speculate on the origin of the universe and reality. Christianity believes in one God while the norse believed in 25 Gods. I don't belier that people can be swallowed by whales and live to tell about it. I don't believe the hokum about Adam and Eve and the apple in the Garden. I don't believe the entire Earth was covered five miles deep in water and that it suddenly evaporated. From a study of Jesus I find no evidence that he was divine. He was a Rabinical student rabbi who didn't make it but cultivated attention by preaching some Talmidic verses to a previously unacquainted population. I find no evidence to believe Jesus had any knowledge of economics or any other modern thought.

I have tried to be civil in discourse with you people. In return, you harangue me with gobbledegook that violates every standard of logic and disciplined thought then claim I'm doomed to go to hell if I don't believe it. It's pissing me off. You have lost every argument or confrontation with the counterculture for years and are destroying the country with your outmoded incompetence. We as ass deep in casual abortions, free sex, drugs, immaturity, and infantile self absorbtion while you lamely quote biblical nonsense. You are killing us with your pretense of being the only other alternative.

Well I realize you don't believe. That's quite clear. But the illogic is truly something came from nothing. Produce some evidence of such. You can't.

It is also not illogical for a Creator to be Master of His own creation. We observe such often with the things we create.

I understand there are a host of man-made garden variety philosophies and religions out there. Most are focused on temporal and temporary self improvement or self gratification. That is where Christianity is different.

The "doomed to hell" message you pick up on is what you really want to hear to reject the actual loving message of God in the Bible. There are more words, chapters and books on God's Grace and Mercy than fiery hell.

The OT and NT record actions and words of God's love, Grace and longsuffering so that no one would perish. Just as a loving parent would never even see a child go down the road to destruction. Even taking back and forgiving an offending child.

However, most are comfortable in our human race to be the lump of clay contending with the Potter.

Your comments are nonsense on the counter culture. The culture of "me" started in the 50s when people started worshipping objects and money while becoming cold to their neighbor and own families. The 60s spawned out of this ever increasing pursuit of self gratification and coldness to neighbor. The counter culture took the next step towards self destruction and delusion. They had no place to go but there because they rejected what this nation was built on...

So you can rage away that somehow Christians caused the decline of our nation. That would be most illogical. The message has been the same for thousands of years and the direction taken by most is to oppose the message because self gratification and self centeredness has always been mankind's downfall.

History is full of examples of nations rising and falling. We had something good here in the US for almost two centuries. Then most slapped it away to pursue their ambitions at any cost to family, neighbor and community.

Best described: "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever."

The burden of proof is not on me. You make as assertion then back it up with circular reasoning. We go round and round the circle based upon your belief.

"Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society." For many people that is true because of their limitations and that is why I have been reluctant to criticize religion as they will be left with nothing. There is an alternative way. I am a psychoanalytic(in the broad sense), logical positivist realist, who believes in a modernized form of Bushido. Morality is determined by healthy empathy and integrity.

The next time that nice lady creates a kimono for you compliment her on the work and design. She will thank you.

If RLK doesn't actually SEE the lady designing and sewing, does that mean she didn't design and sew it?

(I guess the TOOF Fairy is busier than any of us imagine. She did a HECKUVA job creating the DNA in the whole egg/sperm "accident" that just happened to create...you...me...and RLK. Author: TOOF Fairy?!??)