Sarah Palin Will Attend Iowa State Fair, Continuing Flirtation With 2012 Run

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will continue to stoke speculation that she may run for president by attending the Iowa State Fair later this week.

Palin is likely to attend the fair on Friday, though a specific date has not been set. Her appearance will come as all the other Republican presidential candidates debate on Thursday night and then some take part in the Ames Straw Poll on Saturday.

In an email to supporters, Palin said she was "excited to try some of that famous fried butter-on-a-stick, fried cheesecake-on-a-stick, fried twinkies, etc."

"I'll enjoy them in honor of those who'd rather make us just 'eat our peas'!" she said, in a dig at President Obama.

By attending the state event, Palin will insert herself into the news cycle in the context of the 2012 primary just as Texas Gov. Rick Perry also gets closer to announcing his own run for the Republican nomination. Perry himself will not be at the debate or in Ames, but will travel to Iowa on Sunday after trips to South Carolina and New Hampshire -- the third and second primary voting states, respectively -- on Saturday.

Palin's email also included a link to her political action committee's website, which showed a 60-second video exhorting the values of middle America:

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[Jim281]

12:53 AM on 08/15/2011

Who?

[zelduh]

05:51 PM on 08/13/2011

She IS running (for Vice President.)

Perry/Palin 2012!

(LOL)

[JSullvn3]

02:27 PM on 08/13/2011

Sarah Palin has a secret plan, and we’ll find out what it is when the GOP’s Presidential Nomination Convention convenes next year.

Why announce your candidacy now and have to slog through all of those debates, caucuses, straw polls, primaries and god forbid have to answer media questions?

It’s easier to just helicopter into the fray like a wedding crasher, snipe at the candidates then board the bus and re appear for another day of the same. No financial disclosure statements needed, no accountability required and the ability to still collect a paycheck from FOX News……

Yes, Sarah’s secret motive and plan is to disrupt the nominating and primary process just enough to guarantee deadlock at the GOP Convention, and then offer herself as an alternative to delegates without having to go through the time consuming and grinding process.

“Draft Sarah” posters will blanket the convention hall as the draft effort takes hold, and Sarah “reluctantly” accepts. The GOP is “saved” and Sarah again will avoid scrutiny.

Sound too farfetched? Just remember Sarah Palin plays by her own rules; so don’t discount her will and ability to make this a reality.

[indy girl]

01:55 PM on 08/13/2011

Bitter Twitter Quitter™ says what?

[hatenomor]

12:55 PM on 08/13/2011

Sarah will not run for president, but she sure likes to stir the pot. I believe she likes watching your progressive big brother lover''s heads explode, at the mere mention of her name.

[anniesez455]

09:19 AM on 08/13/2011

Psalm 109:8 ~ "Let his days be few and brief; and let others step forward to replace him."

[ProChoiceGrandma]

02:56 PM on 08/12/2011

Oh Lard, Sarah Palin's "Fried-butter-on-a-stick" schtick is gonna replace her hand-prompter schtick for the next year!

I want world peas!

[Ziggy RueJoulet]

11:51 AM on 08/12/2011

What a perfect anology for her to put forward. President Obama told congress to 'eat their peas' meaning do what you should do to be healthy, even if you don't want to. Sara mocks that philosophy touting that we should be on a ruinous fried butter diet.

[anniesez455]

09:56 AM on 08/13/2011

Burger and fries Obama. DON"T be telling people what to eat when you eat the very junk you wife supposedly protests!

[msblynne]

02:32 PM on 08/13/2011

Well, "smartypants", the idea is that if you make healthy choices the vast majority of the time, a burger and fries very occasionally won't hurt you. That is the idea. It is not reasonably possible to eat an extremely healthy diet 100% of the time. It you make the right choices most of the time, it is OK to indulge. That's the opinion of most specialists in the field of nutrition, and it is the viewpoint that Mrs. Obama, to her credit, encourages. You can go eat fried butter with Palin and yell about the government "HOW DARE THEY!!!" encouraging women to breastfeed their infants, but you will be even more identifiable as an Ideologue. It is better politically to support an empty headed fried butter eating wack than to be realistic about the obesity epidemic affecting kids today? Weird world you Ideologues live in.

[hatenomor]

12:02 PM on 08/13/2011

You must be one of those truely ignorant progressive big brother lovers, to not know what "eating ones peas" means. Hint: he was not talking about eating healthy.

[Gestas]

11:14 AM on 08/12/2011

"Flirtation" Now thats, funny....What we have here is a narcissist, money grubbing, scrounge, working the crowd outside the tent.

[msblynne]

02:34 PM on 08/13/2011

$he knows that $he can't even compete with Bachmann in a debate, so doesn't dare enter (fearing that with every unscripted word her ignorance glares more obviously) yet is so pathetically desperate to be relevant. It would be sad if it were not so narci$$i$tic.

[cornflower]

05:27 PM on 08/16/2011

Look, she has to keep her mug in front of media cameras regularly or her cachet dries up and she will lose her Fox contract! She doesn't want to be president - that might entail real work! She's in it for the money. Come on, if you can't see that, you need to have your political vision checked!

[Tonkoq]

09:42 AM on 08/12/2011

Governor Sarah Palin is " The Undefeated "....In Select Theaters NOW....

For more information VISIT:

www.theundefeatedmovie.com

[anniesez455]

09:10 AM on 08/13/2011

Sarah is one thicked skinned Patriotic Political figure. I admire her strength and fortitude. She reads the congressional bills too!

[RED BONE]

11:00 AM on 08/13/2011

SNARK

[Tonkoq]

09:41 AM on 08/12/2011

Breaking NEWS:

Governor Sarah Palin Will Talk to Sean Hannity Tonight August 12th 2011 from the Iowa State Fair

9:00 P.M. Eastern

Fox News Channel

[crivera2354]

06:26 AM on 08/12/2011

You libs remind me of that lame movie "ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES" But instead "ATTACK OF THE KILLER LIBERALS" LOL

[Mercedes]

01:23 PM on 08/12/2011

crivera2354: Kind of makes you feel bad, doesn't it, that your Republican Tea Bag party is full of wimps who signed Grover Norquist's tax pledge rather than obey the US Constitution and who believe that GOD only loves rich aggressive, greedy, evil people who h8te the poor, working class and middle class. Got a bunch of ripe bananas there, bless yore heart!

[anniesez455]

09:12 AM on 08/13/2011

Feel bad with this comment you have made ? No! Proud! America is best center right in its political party. We are sooooo far left we need a hard tug to the right!

[indy girl]

02:03 PM on 08/13/2011

"Attack of the Thinking Americans Who Abhor Deliberate Ignorance."

[jayjay4142]

10:52 PM on 08/11/2011

Maybe Sarah Palin will keep herself in the limelight by aggravating Romney which would probably help Perry and Perry would be grateful and when he wins the nomination he will appoint her as his running mate. This is such a nightmare I just scared myself.

[anniesez455]

09:13 AM on 08/13/2011

Romney/Palin A ticket you can TRUST!

[RED BONE]

11:09 AM on 08/13/2011

if you want to be a corporate fascist slave, then yes

[anniesez455]

10:01 AM on 08/13/2011

The real nigtmare is trying to reelect Obama. Essentially the Oval office was empty either physically or through leading! We cannot survive another 5 years of this. Stop defending a man that is ruining your childrens futures!

[RED BONE]

11:10 AM on 08/13/2011

It was raygun , and both bushes who ruined this country.

[jayjay4142]

12:23 PM on 08/15/2011

Rick Perry and Sarah Palin are the ones trying to ruin the futures of our children. Maybe you are independly wealthy and can afford to send your children to private schools. If people think that private schools are expensive now just wait until they have no competion from the government to keep tuition down. Wait until every major road or freeway has a tollbooth that charges you to use it. Wait until your children pay $10.00 for a stamp instead of 44 cents. Wait until milk costs you $10.00 a gallon instead of $4.00. Rick Perry governs a state that is 4th in illteracy . He has almost single handedly destroyed the educational system. The jobs he did create were almost all minimum wage jobs. All of this will come to light when he enters the race. Sarah is just too stupid to be President. She thinks Paul Revere warned the British that the Colonists were coming.

[David305]

10:36 PM on 08/11/2011

Can we just make her a judge for American Idol so she can leave us alone please?

[Conjoe]

10:21 PM on 08/11/2011

Sarah is like that flirtatious girl in high school that wants to hang out with you to be in the in crowd but is to affraid to put out. I say hop on the wagon or buzz of sister Sarah. Your time has come and gone.

[indy girl]

08:34 AM on 08/12/2011

too afraid to put out? You must not know the Palin family history very well.

[anniesez455]

09:14 AM on 08/13/2011

You are a doctor? Seriously..do you support Obamacare or have you previously retired?

[Conjoe]

09:42 AM on 08/13/2011

41 year old family practice doctor for 12 years, board certified, full practice. Obamacare is great! Thats why its endorsed by the AAFP, the AMA and nearly every state medical association and patient advocacy group. I see it everyday in my practice. Annual comprehens­ive physicals for seniors that were never before paid for by medicare. Tightening up on medicare fraud and abuse. Young people are still on parents insurance until they finish school. The extra revenue allows me to hire more staff. Its working well. Name one specific thing wrong with Obama care and if you say individual mandate well if thats not in there then your taxes go to pay for the healthcare of those indigents that won't buy insurance or your premiums go up, so there! People that actually work with and understand Obamacare are all for it, only conservative ideologs don't like it because they don't like the thought of Obama being successful.