First (via Newsmax) Franklin Graham: Palin Not Running for President – The Rev. Franklin Graham said Sunday that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin doesn’t like politics and is not running for president. Graham, one of the most influential evangelical ministers in the country and the son of the legendary Rev. Billy Graham, knows Palin well. He told ABC News’ Christiane Amanpour that he traveled with her to Haiti and said the former Republican vice presidential candidate “likes speaking on the issues, and I agree with many of the issues she brings up. I don’t see her as running for president,” according to Politico and ABC News.

AMANPOUR: You have traveled to Haiti with Sarah Palin.
GRAHAM: Yes.
AMANPOUR: Is she the kind of candidate you would like to see run for election? Would she be your candidate of choice?
GRAHAM: I don’t think Sarah’s going to — I don’t think she// likes politics. I think she likes speaking on the issues, and I agree with many of the issues that she brings up, but I believe — I don’t see her as running for president.
AMANPOUR: If she did, would you support her? Would she be your candidate?
GRAHAM: It depends on who the other candidates are.
AMANPOUR: So, that’s not a yes.
GRAHAM: No. I mean, we’re so early. But I do like Sarah.

Graham said he is undecided on the other presidential candidates, but did give a shoutout to both Mitt Romney and Donald Trump during the interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”  Mitt Romney has “proven himself” and is “a very capable person,” Graham said.  (note to self – Graham’s losing his marbles /SD)
“Donald Trump, when I first saw that he was getting in, I thought ‘Well this has got to be a joke,'” Graham said. “But the more you listen to him, the more you say to yourself, ‘You know maybe the guy’s right.’”  When Amanpour asked whether he might support Trump, Graham said, “Sure, yeah. Sure.”  (note to self, ok now I really believe Graham’s losing his marbles /SD)
President Barack Obama, whom Graham has met with, is “a very nice man.  “He’s a very gracious person,” Graham said. “But I think our country is in big trouble.” (full article)  (Yup, it’s official, Graham’s making as much sense as those advocating for Michael J Fox attending Diamond Cutting School…. /SD)
Second article that caught my “ire”….  (Via Politico) Meet the Anti-Palin Crusaders – She is a promiscuous, petty and unintelligent, yet deviously conniving warmonger intent on capturing the Oval Office and, from there, the world. Those are just some of the opinions about Sarah Palin held by members of a small but extremely active network of gadflies, bloggers and authors who have devoted much of the last 2½ years to proving their case to American voters.
This self-styled anti-Palin movement — whose members span the globe and are mostly but not exclusively liberals — has been behind some embarrassing revelations about the former Alaska governor, her family and allies. But some of their leading theories have been thoroughly discredited and earned them widespread criticism.
Yet that only seems to have hardened a commitment to accomplishing what they profess to be their ultimate goal: the absolute and complete exposure of Palin as a fraud unworthy of a role in American civic life. And now, with Palin edging back into the political spotlight in the face of flagging poll numbers, they believe that they are closer than ever to achieving it.
A number of forthcoming books promise to delve deeply into — and, they believe, give mainstream credibility to — some of the more salacious Palin rumors and conspiracy theories that have sprouted in the anti-Palin blogosphere and on supermarket tabloid stands but have mostly been rejected by the mainstream media.
“We’re at a tipping point, where her character and her lack of ethics will be revealed on the national stage,” asserted Sherry Whitstine, a 49-year-old grandmother who lives in Palin’s hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, and has infuriated her famous neighbors with blog posts and online comments accusing Palin of being unfaithful in her marriage and corrupt in her political career. (megabarf some more)
Man-O-Man those rabid, nasty, hate mongering lefties are really pouring on the heat.  Sheeesh, what are they so fearful of I wonder?   Hmmm…