"We'll See," Palin Says Of 2012

Alaska Gov. Returns Home, Says She Wants To Help President-Elect Obama With Energy Policy

(CBS/ AP)  Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has returned to her home state of Alaska, where she was greeted by dozens of supporters encouraging her to run for president in four years.

The crowd chanted "2012! 2012!" as Palin disembarked her airplane at the Anchorage airport. Asked by reporters if she might run for president, Palin said, "We'll see what happens then."

She said that 2012 seems "a long way off."

The Alaska governor said she hoped to work with President-elect Barack Obama on energy policy. She was returning to the state after spending Tuesday night in Phoenix, where she watched election returns with her Republican running mate, Arizona Sen. John McCain.

As for Palin's supporters, they cheered her return, but some in the crowd wondered what her future in Alaska entailed.

"We're all anxious to get Sarah back and see if she's changed, if she's changed at all, after this national exposure," Alaska resident Dennis Giradot said. "Some of us may be a little bit apprehensive about the Sarah Palin who comes back to us, but we're hoping it's the same consensus builder that she was when she got elected."

"I think she said a lot of incendiary things on the campaign trial so she's got her work cut out for her," another resident, Angie Podolak, said of Palin.

Alaska pollster Ivan Moore said that Palin's return would bring a mixed reception, noting that her more than 80 percent approval rating among Alaskans had dipped because of the national campaign. "When she left she was almost universally liked," Moore said, adding that now "her negative rating has pretty much tripled."

A negative perception of Palin could be further fueled now that the presidential campaign is over and blame over why McCain lost begins.

Criticism of Palin's clothing expenditures and, most recently, her speaking to a prank caller about her presidential aspirations, swirled a day after the election finished.

"I think it was a difficult relationship," a top McCain campaign official told The New York Times. "McCain talked to her occasionally."

Read more about what Palin said yesterday in From The Road.

[erasmus81]

Your insecurity is obvious in many different ways, none of which I''''ll discuss.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 04:21 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Well, that scares me. You mentioned that before.

[erasmus81]

"Yeah, but what does he know? He''''s been married to you for 34 years. . ."

So what are you saying, I am BORING?
Don''t answer that.:)


"Besides that, Canadians are all drug addicts. ."

Haha.


Well, now that we have told our life history to the world, I guess it''s bedtime. I just noticed what time it is. My eyes are blurring.

I will talk to you again, Tucker.

Goodnight.

[erasmus81]

You''''re too insecure for that kind of life.

You prefer stability.

It might make a good hobby or maybe a vacation adventure, but in the long term, it wouldn''''t make you happy.

Posted by erasmus81 at 04:11 AM : Nov 07, 2008

And what makes you think I''m insecure?


"It might make a good hobby..."

Now see, that''s exactly what I''m talkin'' about.

[erasmus81]

Just because I''''m reclusive doesn''''t mean I''''m bored.

Boring, maybe, but not bored.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 04:03 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Hahaha, I know, I''m a recluse too, and I always find things to amuse myself.

And no, you are not boring.

My husband has always said that one thing I''m not, is boring.:) Which is surprising actually.

[erasmus81]

How long have you been married?

Marriage is an outdate institution.

Half of all marriages in the US end in divorce, so it seems it''''s not the "''''til death us do part" relationship it used to be.

I''''ve lived with a few girls over the past 20 years and being married is no different than living together. It''''s just as hard to break up with someone you''''ve lived with for a couple of years as it is to get divorced, just less paperwork.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:51 AM : Nov 07, 2008

I have been married for 34 years.

And yes, living together is the same as being married.

I doubt that I would even live with somebody. I think I will become a professional S-l-u-t.:) A f*ckem and leavem kind of girl. What do ya think?

[erasmus81]

I expect no more than 15 years.

Gee, you sure have a boring life. No wonder you don''''t want to tell the whole world. . .


Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:46 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Well, 15 years is more than I''ll probably live. I might live another year if I''m lucky. The STRESS is killing me.:)

My life is boring? You are more of a recluse than I.:)
I do things. I do go out once in awhile with friends.
I have hobbies.

[erasmus81]

Nor do I intend to marry in the next 20.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:21 AM : Nov 07, 2008

I have no intentions of marrying again either. I''m sorry I ever go married in the first place. I love my kids, but I still regret it. From now on, I will only live in SIN.:)

[erasmus81]

We got divorced in 1985. I haven''''t been married in over 20 years. Nor do I intend to marry in the next 20. Mainly because I don''''t expect to live that long (I''''ll be 60 this month).

Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:21 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Oh, well, geez, you''re at the end of the road, there , Tucker. What have you got, another year?:)


"So, tell everyone your life story. . .
(seems like I''''ve posted my entire life on these boards)"

Hahahaha, you think I''m crazy? It''s easy to forget that the whole world can read this.:)

Actually I have told my story before, to several people.

I''m married. Well, sort of. We live together, but live completely seperate lives. He does his thing, I do mine. I was going to leave him, but my mom isn''t well. I told her I was leaving and she got really upset. She had a heart attack a few days later. I''ve not brought it up again. She probably won''t live that much longer, so I will just wait. It isn''t pleasant having to remain here, but I can''t bring myself to leave. I feel guilty.
I also have two daughters who are in their twenties.

[erasmus81]

Might save you some time (and all those scraps of paper).

Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:03 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Okay, I know how to copy and paste, but where the hell am I suppose to be pasting things?

[erasmus81]

"I''''ve never been an emotional person. I was more emotional when I was younger than I am now, but I''''ve never been overly emotional."

I don''t believe you.:) Didn''t you tell me that when you heard that Obama had won, it brought tears to your eyes? I think you have emotions, you just keep them locked up. You don''t want to be hurt.

Did I tell you I''m an "empath"?:)

Are you still there? hahaha


"I believe I told you the story about working as an assassin (shotgun guard) when I was about 17. I wasn''''t hired for that job due to my emotions."

Yes, you did tell me that. So how many did you kill?:)

[erasmus81]

All that cr*p is behind me. It''''s not something that I give much thought to. I''''m just answering your questions.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:55 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Okay, maybe that wasn''t the right words. I know it''s behind you, but you said you were unemotional and I was thinking it was because of your experience. We all carry things with us from those experiences. I just hated to think that it was still affecting you.

I hope I didn''t make you mad.:)

[erasmus81]

You might just use wordpad or notepad to keep notes. Seems like that would be easier since you could just copy & paste the URL (you know the bar where you see the address that begins "http://. . .")

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:20 AM : Nov 07, 2008

I do know the bar and I can copy and paste using my mouse.

[erasmus81]

Were you unemotional before you married that B*TCH?:)

[erasmus81]

I married her. That''''s the chance everyone takes when he enters into a relationship. Kind of like playing the lottery, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But, you rarely break even.

At this point, it''''s really kind of amusing in a perverse sort of way.

But, I''''m really not an emotioal person and I''''m sorry for telling you the story about the river. Didn''''t even consider that it might upset you or anyone else.
That''''s just one small reason I''''m not very emotional.

Don''''t get upset about much of anything.

Really, I don''''t.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:28 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Yes, everyone takes a chance. You never know what you are going to get.


It''s okay, you don''t have to be sorry for telling me about the river.:)


"Don''''t get upset about much of anything."

It sounds like you are numb. And who could blame you.
But I hate to think of you going the rest of your life feeling that way. You need to put all that cr*p behind you and start LIVING and LAUGHING!!

[erasmus81]

"Do you know how to copy & paste using the keyboard keys?"

What? I can copy and paste using the mouse.

[erasmus81]

I told him and told him as nicely as possible, but he did not listen.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:12 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Surely your son knows what she''s like?

Maybe he didn''t want to but she made him feel guilty.

[erasmus81]

One of my earliest recollections is of him putting kittens (puppies?) in a potato sack and dropping them off a bridge into a river. Didn''''t want them so he drowned them.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:06 AM : Nov 07, 2008

TUCKER!! Why did you tell me that? I love animals. Now I''m going to be thinking about that.


"No, it was probably true given the circumstances. Her friends probably didn''''t like me. They liked her a whole lot more than me. . . if you catch my drift."

Yes, I do catch your drift. What a B*TCH!


"The only regret is for my kids."

I feel bad for them.

"I sincerely wish I had never met her. She was the biggest mistake I ever made in my entire life."

I feel bad for you too. I''m sorry you had to go through that.

[erasmus81]

It really did amuse me but I was also suprised by the numbers.

There have been other similar stories but once the story goes off the front page, I forget about it.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:44 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Everytime I think about it, it makes me laugh. It was funny.

If I go into a story and have posted comments, I usually write it down on a piece of paper. I have tons of those papers. I keep meaning to throw them out but I haven''t yet. I am looking for a particular story, so before I throw them out, I should go back and look at them. Maybe I will find that story.

[erasmus81]

We were on friendly terms until she divorced her last ex-hubby and moved in with my son after he bought a nice house (he''''s a well paid computer geek).

Our relationship went straight downhill when she pulled that stunt.

I haven''''t spoken to her or him in a few years.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:42 AM : Nov 07, 2008

So is your son single?

You aren''t speaking to him because he let her move in?

So I guess that means she will probably destroy his life?

[erasmus81]

Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:35 AM : Nov 07, 2008

Yeah, your sister''s husband sounds just like my dad was. He would give you the shirt off his back, but at the same time he could be a MAJOR jerk. And he could be mean at times.


I''''ll never forget a remark my ex made one night, "My friends don''''t like you."

What a B*tch! It probably wasn''t true, she was just saying that to make you feel bad.


"It was hell that exceeds the imagination at times. . ."

I can only imagine. I''m sorry you had to live with that.