As the heat between GOP presidential candidates continues to rise, one person getting a kick out of the whole drama playing out on TV is Sarah Palin.
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| Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks during a Tea Party Express rally on September 5, 2011 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Hundreds of people attended the rally that is part of the 'Reclaiming America' bus tour traveling through 19 states and visiting Credits: Justin Sullivan/ Getty Images |
Palin appeared on 'On the Record with Greta Van Susteren' Monday night after Monday's GOP presidential debate and weighed in on the candidates and the deafening silence when it comes to the issues that the candidates should be addressing, many that Palin has confronted on her Facebook page, and in speeches across the country.
“I’m getting kind of a kick out of getting out there, giving a speech, making some statements about things that must be discussed and then the very next day watching some of the candidates get up there and discuss what it was that we just talked about like the corruption, the crony capitalism, the waste, the fraud – some of those things that are going on right now. It’s like, come on, candidates, it’s about time you started talking about that," Palin said.
Palin pointed out that any of these candidates would be better than Obama, but that we also have to hold them accountable for their actions, a move that should raise even more speculation of a Palin run.
"I think though and I'm going to take some heat for saying this,Greta, but I think some of them don't want to go there because they have been participants in some of the waste and casting votes for budgets that are full of waste, just to go along to get along," Palin said. "Or in their own states, they haven't tackled debt and deficit spending to the degree that they should. So they don't have a real strong record to stand on."
Just as a potential presidential candidate would, Palin stressed her own record of calling out the corruption in government and the issue brought up by Bachmann regarding the mandatory innoculations by Rick Perry in Texas and the possible tie-in with a party donation.
"I was Governor of Alaska at the time that issue came down and I told our health and human services department, Alaska was not going to mandate immunizations for our teenage daughters and there had to be something more to that issue," Palin said, directing people to the mass e-mails from her time in office that were recently made public.
With every interview Palin engages in, the media will continue to obsess over any possible insight that the former Governor of Alaska will throw her hat into the ring or not and Van Susteren stealthfully addressed the CNN poll that lists Palin in third place, having not even announced an official candidacy.
Palin's reply was that she has no drop dead date and will not let the media dictate when she gives an answer.
"...I still have that same ole' dopey same ole' answer that I'm sure you guys are getting sick of hearing and that is I'm still thinking about it, praying about it, contemplating, talking to my family," Palin said. "I'm sick of giving the same answer believe me, I'm anxious to give an answer and get on with life one way or the other."
Although Palin is still not ready to reveal whether she’ll get into the presidential race, this interview with Van Susteren was fascinating because she critiqued the current GOP field, and pointed people to her own strengths and record--something we'd definitely expect from a potential candidate.
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