07-16-2016, 12:58 PM
Sarah Palin will not attend GOP convention because 'Alaska is too far away' says Donald Trump
Mary Papenfuss
International Business Times ONC UK•July 14, 2016
The woman once thought to be a possible running mate for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not attend the GOP convention because her home state of Alaska is a "long ways away," explained Trump. Trump insisted in an interview that he had invited Palin to come to the convention in Cleveland, 3,000 miles (nearly 5,000 km) from the state where Palin used to be governor. "She was asked," Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner. "It's a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it's a long ways away." The former governor of Alaska has managed throughout her political career to travel long distances. She endorsed Trump
Another interesting tidbit I found….(sam)
Speaking of Ivanka, I think her speech may be the most important of the convention besides Trump’s and not because of what it’ll do for his polling. If Trump goes down in flames this year, there’ll be a power vacuum at the top of his nationalist movement. There’s no obvious inheritor to lead it: Jeff Sessions will be 70 this fall and doesn’t have Trump’s charisma, and a guy like Chris Christie would have to not only reinvent himself politically but become a lot more likable. Palin would be a good match on policy, at least at this point, but not enough people take her seriously anymore. Given the Le Pen precedent in France, it’s not nuts to think that Ivanka could establish herself as a political player if she impresses next week. I get no sense from her that she’s committed to dad’s agenda, just to dad himself, but since she’s a political cipher it’d be easy for her to reinvent herself as a Marion Marechal Le Pen — if she wanted to. I think Trump’s hardcore fans would dig having her at the head of the movement too, not only because she seems smarter and certainly more charming than the old man but because Trump’s cult of personality logically requires another Trump to take the reins after he leaves the scene. Who else is fit to wear the crown of King Donald except his true heir? We’ll see how she does. Maybe, after the election, she’ll get bored with politics and go back to hobnobbing with power players in Manhattan and donating to Democrats. The apple doesn’t roll far from the tree.
Mary Papenfuss
International Business Times ONC UK•July 14, 2016
The woman once thought to be a possible running mate for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not attend the GOP convention because her home state of Alaska is a "long ways away," explained Trump. Trump insisted in an interview that he had invited Palin to come to the convention in Cleveland, 3,000 miles (nearly 5,000 km) from the state where Palin used to be governor. "She was asked," Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner. "It's a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it's a long ways away." The former governor of Alaska has managed throughout her political career to travel long distances. She endorsed Trump
Another interesting tidbit I found….(sam)
Speaking of Ivanka, I think her speech may be the most important of the convention besides Trump’s and not because of what it’ll do for his polling. If Trump goes down in flames this year, there’ll be a power vacuum at the top of his nationalist movement. There’s no obvious inheritor to lead it: Jeff Sessions will be 70 this fall and doesn’t have Trump’s charisma, and a guy like Chris Christie would have to not only reinvent himself politically but become a lot more likable. Palin would be a good match on policy, at least at this point, but not enough people take her seriously anymore. Given the Le Pen precedent in France, it’s not nuts to think that Ivanka could establish herself as a political player if she impresses next week. I get no sense from her that she’s committed to dad’s agenda, just to dad himself, but since she’s a political cipher it’d be easy for her to reinvent herself as a Marion Marechal Le Pen — if she wanted to. I think Trump’s hardcore fans would dig having her at the head of the movement too, not only because she seems smarter and certainly more charming than the old man but because Trump’s cult of personality logically requires another Trump to take the reins after he leaves the scene. Who else is fit to wear the crown of King Donald except his true heir? We’ll see how she does. Maybe, after the election, she’ll get bored with politics and go back to hobnobbing with power players in Manhattan and donating to Democrats. The apple doesn’t roll far from the tree.
