'Draft Sarah Palin' Group Launches (UPDATED)

UPDATE: A previous version of this story, based off of an OpenSecrets article, incorrectly stated that a 'birther' by the name of Gary Kreep had co-founded Draft Sarah Palin. He did not. Kreep is "not connected to this group," Draft Sarah Palin's treasurer tells The Huffington Post. We apologize for the error.

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Sarah Palin's presidential prospects may soon be getting a monetary boost from a powerful independent expenditure committee called Draft Sarah Palin.

Though the newly created faction will technically be allowed to raise unlimited sums of money from a variety of sources thanks to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling earlier this year, Randy Goodwin, treasurer and co-founder of Draft Sarah Palin, told OpenSecrets that the group planned on homing in on small, grassroots donations.

"Sarah Palin is the single most effective leader in the Republican Party," he wrote to OpenSecrets in an e-mail. "When voters get a chance to know the real Sarah Palin -- not the unfair stereotype that bears no resemblance to reality -- we believe her support will increase to include independents, moderates and conservative Democrats."

Comments

[Luv2Purple]

11:04 AM on 12/20/2010

Sure - Go ahead - Draft Sarah Palin - and send her to Afghanistan w/ her Wolf shooting/ Moose shooting rifle!!!

[Mercedes]

08:28 PM on 12/17/2010

How does this quitter think she can become the Commander in Chief in 2012? She wouldn't even make it out of Boot Camp!

[doris 124]

08:24 PM on 12/17/2010

The quit bull should be drafted for the pit bull,grizzly bear association or the draft back to Alaska.

[Felicia France]

11:10 PM on 12/16/2010

"Sarah Palin is the single most effective leader in the Republican Party,"

It's like saying that the clown has the biggest feet in the circus...

[Felicia France]

11:09 PM on 12/16/2010

"Sarah Palin is the single most effective leader in the Republican Party,"

[ProChoiceGrandma]

04:55 PM on 12/16/2010

Just wondering, is it a new HuffPo policy that does not allow links? Or does HuffPo just not allow links to Palingates?

[loudyk58]

04:46 PM on 12/16/2010

Palin will never get elected. Once it's know whether she's running for sure all the truths about her will come out starting with the article below:

http://sarahpalintruthsquad.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/vanity-fair-discovers-sarah-palin-is-loud-and-secretive/#comments

[Mercedes]

09:48 PM on 12/17/2010

loudyk58: Thanks for posting the link to the 'Vanity Fair' magazine spread about Sarah Palin. Very interesting that she claims to be the North Star. When I was in school I was taught that the North Star was the symbol of Freedom for the slaves in the southern states during the Civil War, and that they should always follow the Star which would lead them North to their Freedom.

So, Sarah Palin now is the living incarnate of the North Star? No way, Jose...

Everyone have a Good Weekend...

Mercedes

[pizztov]

02:17 PM on 12/16/2010

After all these years I've heard that women need to get liberated, be a CEO, a mother, and a tough individual who can ride and shoot like what we see in the movies. That woman happens to be Palin but the Liberals are going nuts because they no one in their corner who fits the bill. Palin has my vote.

[Buhe]

02:40 AM on 12/17/2010

Palin is an act.

She wants you to think she's something that she's not, like with her visit to Haiti or her reality show.

I suggest you do your research and find a woman who's the real thing and not having a ego trip out of other people's expense.

[Chicagoperson]

02:07 PM on 12/16/2010

Wait..... Sarah Palin is the "single most effective leader in the Republican Party"? Are you kidding me? Even me, who is as far from being a republican as one can be, even I can come up with more effective leaders. The Republican party is in serious trouble if this is the best they can come up with.

[Ann Joyce]

01:07 PM on 12/16/2010

instead of donating to the "Draft Sarah Palin" campaign, buy a paper shredder and toss in your money

[axt113]

10:00 PM on 12/16/2010

No, because Palin running is great news for the Dems, so every Dem should donate to her, so she can be crushed in the general by Obama and drag the rest of the GOP down with her

[UpstateNY]

10:08 AM on 12/16/2010

Why not draft her for something she might be able to do - like into the Army?

[iconoclast6]

01:09 PM on 12/16/2010

Would you want her being the person who might be charged with getting you out if you needed it? If Quitterpants goes GI, they'd have to make her P.L.O. (Permanent Latrine Orderly)

Besides, the military is difficult to QUIT.

[ProChoiceGrandma]

04:54 PM on 12/16/2010

"the military is difficult to QUIT" unless, of course, you are Joe Miller who received a West Point education which would require a 5 year commitment. But he got out of that commitment, without recompensing for the free education he received. There was a HUGE and very detailed post about this at Palingates.

[bastalready]

09:51 AM on 12/16/2010

And so it continues....

[onecrazyprogressive]

09:00 AM on 12/16/2010

Sarah’s Lust for Attention – How Low Can She Go?
http://aksyrin.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/sarahs-lust-for-attention-%e2%80%93-how-low-can-she-go/

Sarah Palin’s disgraceful photo-op visit to Haitian cholera victims is a new low, even for this shameless publicity hound. Sarah Palin is obviously eyeing the highest levels of politics, quite possibly the presidency. She has spent the last two years building her image by keeping herself constantly in the public eye. Whatever credibility she may have achieved just got wiped out.

This Haitian fiasco shows how unfit she really is to hold public office. The nation doesn’t need this s ociopath in the White House..

[chris16]

04:26 AM on 12/16/2010

Has Former First Lady Nancy Reagan endorsed Sarah Palin? Palin's supporters' websites have merchandise that has the image of Reagan with Palin and a torch. The website also has a donate to Palin link. Did Mrs. Reagan authorize the use of her husband's image for Palin/2012? Is a portion of the proceeds going to one of Mrs Reagan's favorite charity?
Nov. 2010 Mrs, Reagan announced that she would host the first Primary Republicans Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Library. It doesn't seem likely that Mrs. Reagan would endorse Palin for President 2012 prior to the first debate.

[onecrazyprogressive]

08:43 AM on 12/16/2010

Good point. I doubt Nancy would like the use of this image at all. faved.

[jaschem1]

01:32 AM on 12/16/2010

I thought Sarah was supposed to fundraise for the RNC in exchange for them paying off her legal fees. How come the RNC is still in debt. How much did she raise for them? Something is fishy.