Sarah Palin releases campaign-style video about Iowa trip

Sarah Palin is out with a slick new campaign-style video that very much casts her as a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination.

The video spotlights Palin's recent visit to the Iowa State Fair, which just happened to coincide with a visit to the fair by many of the GOP presidential candidates. The visit was presented as the kickoff to the Midwestern swing of her bus tour, which ended after four days.

The video, "Iowa Passion," shows Palin swarmed by citizens attending the fair, as well as media. (This reporter even makes a cameo at the :45 mark.) "She's a normal person, just like every one of us," one fairgoer tells the camera. "And I like that, 'cause I'm a farm wife." Others are shown calling Palin "down to earth," "solid" and "awesome."

Palin is shown promising to eat the fair's (in)famous "butter on a stick" and pointedly taking time to answer questions from the media.

Sarah Palin appears at the Iowa state fair in this still from her new campaign video, August 19, 2011.

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"How nice of Sarah Palin to stand there and take all of your questions," CNN's Wolf Blitzer observes; reporter Don Lemon responds that Palin urged those around her to "talk from your heart."

Later, Palin is shown calling for the country to be "put back on the right track," adding to cheers from fair-goers: "You all know better how to spend your own money than politicians in Washington, D.C., know how to spend."

"I think we're seeing a great awakening of the American public, the individual Americans who want the exceptionalism put back into our country," adds the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential nominee.

The video closes with a shot of a roaring grizzly bear silhouetted against the sky and a promise that Palin will return to Iowa, the crucial first state in the caucus and voting calendar, in early September. (She will address a Tea Party rally in Waukee on Sept. 3.)

Palin has vowed to make a decision on a presidential run by next month. The high production values in her new video, which was produced by her "SarahPAC" political action committee, suggest she very much wants to be seen as seriously considering entering the race.

Palin has not, however, taken the traditional steps to lay the groundwork for a run, such as hiring staff or developing organizational and fundraising networks. And polls suggest she remains a polarizing figure - even among Republicans. In CBS News polling in June, a majority of Republicans said they did not want to see her enter the race.

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[mountainstates1]

The right wing Tea Party "nuts" are about the only ones still paying attention to Sarah Palin these days... yawn....

[dexterdunk]

The bible says the anti-christ will be a male,who will be a great orator,who will decieve the people with his silvery tongue (words,speech). Yep, sounds like Obama to me.

[mountainstates1]

I think you just described Ronald Reagan.

[zenia5]

No matter how many propaganda films are produced about Sarah....she is still a narcissistic, irrational bimbo who lacks the intellectual capacity to be President of the United States. Simple.

[dexterdunk]

Sounds more like Obama to me.

[Zann-Zel]

Does the Bible ever say if the Anti-Christ is male or female?

[wardove]

adam and eve : the serpent corrupted eve and then eve corrupted adam.Somethang to think about.

[Lindag10]

From what I read in Wikipedia, I don't think the Bible actually states the sex of the Anti-Christ but most Bible scholars seem to think it's a male as Christ was male. It might also be that in the past men have been in leadership roles that make them always refer to the Anti-Christ as "he". Whatever the sex of the Anti-Christ, this person leads everyone to believe that he/she can solve ALL the world's problems and is allowed to take over. Interesting as Sarah believes SHE can solve all problems.

[Zann-Zel]

by JV1970 August 19, 2011 11:55 PM EDT
You haven't seen Obama's approval rating lately have you?
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Actually I just read this morning that his approval rating among his base was, I think 77% - higher than ANY other democratic President, including Clinton & Kennedy!

[zenia5]

I read that as well Zann-Zel....you know, JV1970 completely ignores anything "positive" about our President....she thinks if SHE ignores it, it isn't true.

[JV1970]

Last week it was at 39% I hadly think it went from 39% to 77% in less than a week.

[Zann-Zel]

dexterdunk August 21, 2011 10:39 PM EDT
You won,t be LYAO when the first female in American history is elected President in 2012. President Palin! They should change Americas symbol of an Eagle,to a symbol of the American Grizzly!
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Isn't Russia's symbol a Bear? Something you wanna confess to dexter? Closet Communist?

[Lindag10]

Zann that's right. Sarah can see Russia from her porch, so no wonder she took the bear as her "totem".

[MurdochSucks]

We could change the stars to small oil derricks and the stripes to Federal Government subsidized bridges to nowhere.

[Zann-Zel]

If all you saw was that nice little video, she'd look great!

Unfortunately........

[dexterdunk]

Unfortunately,We see what Obama and the liberals/dems are doing to the country,and it doesn,t look so great.

[wardove]

This comming from someone who quit as gov. for money book deal Bah blah blah .Listen greed is evil ,love is godly .LOVE IS FOREVER

[wardove]

Wake up tomarrow and look for that person too help , take some time ask what is wrong and you will know what to do!! Be good heal our nation stop the corruption of our children.If you notice somethang odd about your children behavior sit down ask him what happened is their anythang we should talk about.Reach out to your children and love them unconditionally .God is about love not money!!

[wardove]

What was done to me is so wrong , but i forgive you .I love you and i am currently working on healing my mind from all the brainwashing.Do not judge ppl. by the way they look ,or what someone else says, Get to know them instead and then form your opinion .

[dexterdunk]

I can,t wait for Sarahs "Restoring America" speech in Iowa next Saturday. Millions of other patriotic Americans are also waiting. Hold on to your hats folks! Sarah will officially announce her candidacy, and its going to be a historic ride. Sarah is the symbol of the average, hardworking, patriotic American. She will be the American " Joan Of Arc' who will rally Americans all over the country, get them fired up, and WILL take our country back, from the brink of Socialism. Obama and his liberal/dem minions will face the wrath of the "Grizzy".

[zenia5]

@dexterdrunk....Sarah would "take our country back" alright...back about 100 years. You are either amusingly ignorant...or you are are a joke.

[Lindag10]

The wrath of the "Grizzy"? You mean as in grzzy (stringy) hair.

[hairynews]

You that say you do not want or use big government are the same people who use schools, medical schools (are subsidized and doctors get a big break with your tax dollars), Doctors thank me all the time for their subsidized education. Hospitals, airports, jet fuel( gov-standards are enforced) roads, bridges, libraries, courthouses, federal buildings, stadiums, fire and police departments(since 9/11 have gotten subsidies), homeland security, trains that deliver goods, border patrol, US Military that protects you, only 1% serve this country so 99% are reaping the benefits that others bleed for, eat subsidized food(agriculture subsidies) corn, wheat, milk, soybeans, sugar beets, strawberries and just about EVERYTHING you eat.
These same tea politicians who are against debt are getting plenty of things slipped by in every budget. Former Gov-Palin has 49 airports in Alaska most of which have subsidized flights of thousands of dollars each, plus fuel, paid by tax dollars, Alaska gives yearly big oil checks to EVERY resident even though Alaska is part of USA and that makes it US oil(if someone attacks oil rig does Alaska come to rescue or US military?), where is your check? Gov Perry has 7 Army bases,7 Air Force bases, 4 Navy bases and 2 Coast Guard bases for a total of 19 Military Bases. Gov Perry also took 14.2 billion in federal stimulus money right after he said Texas should leave USA. Gov Perry has so much pork in Texas he farts bacon gas. Bachman gets farm subsidies and her husband gets Medicare checks. The list of these tea party hypocrites goes on and on and on and on and on..........

[Lindag10]

Good comment. TEA partiers want all the services that our government provides they just don't want to PAY for them and attack the poor,elderly, veterans and disabled as "parasites" and try to do away with the benefits that segment of society receives.

[dexterdunk]

hairynews; We,ve seen what Obamas Big Government ideas have done to Americas economy. We see the hardship it is causing to American families. The Tea Party and Sarah Palin will spearhead, and galvanise the people, and will put a stop to this liberal madness.