Sarah Palin Explains Why She Would Run For President (VIDEO)

Building on a flurry of hints about a potential run for president, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took to Fox News last night to lay out a situation in which she would take the leap and announce her quest for the White House.

"A reason to run is if nobody else were to step up with the solutions that are needed to get the economy back on the right track and to be so committed to our national security that they are going to do all that they can including fighting those on the extreme left who seem to want to dismantle some of our national security tools that we have in place," Palin explained to Fox News's Greta Van Susteren. "If nobody else wanted to step up, Greta, I would offer myself up in the name of service to the public."

Palin went on to clarify that she would never seek the office for any selfish desire:

"I don't need the title, I don't need -- for any kind of self-gratification, any personal power seeking of my own -- to run for office," Palin said.

Asked if she was any more likely to run for president than she was six months ago, Palin responded: "I am in the same place I was."

Last week, Sarah Palin gave a similar presidential prognosis to Fox News, telling them that she'd "give it a shot" under the right circumstances, but providing no real certainty.

WATCH, presidential comments start around 6 minute mark:

 

 

Comments

[Mike Shay]

04:31 PM on 11/20/2010

OK, I know this is old news but I feel compelled to comment on Sarah Palin's lies/misrepresentations concerning the Alaska Senate election, which I have been following closely.

First, Senator Murkowski did lose the Republican primary, anything after that is fabrication:

Senator was courted for the Libretarian ticket but declined. She was ready to call it quits but the people of Alaska, myself included, contacted her and asked her to please run for office. At that time she declared herself as a write-in candidate, something she has the right to do.

Senator Murkowski is not doing anything necessary to win at any cost, that is what her opponent Joe Miller, Sarah Palin's anointed one, is doing with her financial encouragement.

So I same saying that she has outright lied in this interview, and is not fit for public office. If she runs, Obama has a good chance at reelection.

[Jason Mekeel]

10:10 PM on 11/07/2010

Sarah Palin isn't smart enough to open a jar or peanut butter much less be president

[SaraSH]

09:54 PM on 11/06/2010

so....I guessed I missed it...what has she done in order to get economy of anything back on track???? Running a rich state of like 100,000 people for ONE year, and quitting in the middle of her term has qualified her to run the free world and get our economy back on track? So, the Harvard elites haven't been able to fix the mess, and now the barely graduate of 6 tier 3 colleges, a wanna be beauty queen from Wassila is the solution????

[Buhe]

09:00 PM on 11/05/2010

All this woman has done is create chaos, even in the elections.

She careless, doesn't think before she speaks while using the 1st amendment as a excuse, and could become the worst president in U.S. history who could cause a major incident, especially since she wants a holy war with Iran. And let's not forget her disrespect for other cultures.

This woman seriously needs psychiatric help, especially the way she handled with Obama beating her in 2008 and the world knowing, because all this was obviously revenge at the expense of the people's well-being since most of the propaganda came from her.

[Luv2Purple]

12:16 PM on 10/02/2010

Because after she QUIT as a half term ex governor she needs more experience actually working (also too you betcha). Let's be real folks - this woman KNOWS NOTHING about the real world or real politics. She has been proven to be ruthlessly ambitious, a SERIAL LIAR, tried to BAN BOOKS from the PUBLIC Library, was GUILTY of ETHICS VIOLATIONS & ABUSE Of AUthority the few months she "served" the voters of Alaska before QUITTING her job. So who cares what she says or things - winners NEVER quit and QUITTERS never win! Oh yeah - and she QUIT just to make money for herself...which makes her a well paid M E D I A W H O R E and nothing more.

[me again]

09:34 AM on 09/28/2010

As I have said before, she's political herpes, didn't want her and can't get rid of her.

[Freesia2]

11:16 PM on 09/27/2010

Good luck with that. You couldn't even get out of your comfort zone at Fox, Sarah,  to watch your daughter strip tease for abstinence without getting booed. (Go figure!)

http://www.theimmoralminority.blogspot.com

[Cooday]

10:27 AM on 09/25/2010

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[AI Seth]

09:13 PM on 09/25/2010

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Scotland the Brave
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[YeilRaven]

07:24 AM on 09/26/2010

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[Brian Gilmer]

08:33 AM on 09/25/2010

Governor Sarah is fun to watch. For comic value a Palin for President campaign would be priceless. Some say the Palin and Beck should be ignored. I find their antics entertaining, dancing bear entertaining, but entertaining.

[exile]

02:13 AM on 09/25/2010

"If nobody else wanted to step up, Greta, I would offer myself up in the name of service to the public."

Palin went on to clarify that she would never seek the office for any selfish desire:

lol
LOL
what an idiot

[Whymeee]

11:49 PM on 09/24/2010

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Gov. Palin and Rush Limbaugh will be Greta's guests Monday September 27th
*
According to Fox News Insider, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh will be Greta's guests Monday night September 27th"On the Record":
"The Tea Party impact: Is the grassroots movement signaling a changing of the guard in D.C.? Former Governor Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh have expert insight."
10 PM Eastern Time, with a replay at 1 AM.

- JP

[demimckingwoodtx]

02:21 PM on 09/27/2010

I don't care if Sarah is playing on Big Screen I do not watch Fox News!

[OgreDaddy]

11:39 PM on 09/24/2010

The only thing scarier than Sarah Palin
is that there are people in this country
who actually think she is qualified by her
religious delusions to run this county.

[Freesia2]

05:58 PM on 09/24/2010

Hi Sarah!

While you contemplate starting WWIII  running for office, you could pass the time watching this movie about your greatest con "blessing":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZSVMzeR5jU&feature=player_embedded

[Fidel Kabassu]

05:11 PM on 09/24/2010

I still don't understand how she even became governor of Alaska.

[Freesia2]

06:02 PM on 09/24/2010

I asked some Alaskans here one night about that. They said that the incumbent governor was so unpopular that your dog could run against him and win. So it was not a hard race. They also said that Alaska didn't really do a whole lot of press about the election, there was I think one debate and no coverage as she's had since the McCain campaign. Alaska has so many rural areas that people just really didn't know her that well. She hit a few talking points, was attractive and no one knew of her record really. They said people were really surprised when they realized who she was after being elected.

[Jug and Shine Man]

07:52 PM on 09/24/2010

Look no further then her moose hump hair doo.

[Scent]

05:05 PM on 09/24/2010

Why she would run for president?

The same reason Bush, Bush, Reagan, and many others did: because she is dumb as a post and has the people profitting from ruining this planet using her as a parrot.

[Brian Gilmer]

08:37 AM on 09/25/2010

You have to take Reagan and Bush out of that group. Reagan was politically active for many years and by any measure was dedicated to public service. George H W Bush falls into the same category. George W Bush is another matter. It was never clear what drove him into public service.

[Scent]

08:34 AM on 09/27/2010

Sorry. Bur Reagan may have been active - but not for a second with the people's welfare in mind.

And Bush sen. was AND IS worse. He gave us almost everything his son then went to make wars out of. - Bin Laden, Oil dependency, Saddam, ... - You name it, Bush sen. did it.

Did You know that on the frigging day of the 9/11 attack he sat in the offices of Carlysle Group with none other than the head of the Bin Laden clan?