Palin: Obama “Sees America as the Problem”
In a cover story on Sarah Palin for this week’s Time magazine, the former vice presidential nominee took aim at President Obama’s presidential strength, comparing him to former President Jimmy Carter and even mocking his golf habit – quipping that, unlike the president, she’s been so occupied “helping people” that her own golf game has taken a back seat.
“I’m very busy helping people and causes,” Palin told Time’s Jay Newton-Small in an e-mail interview for the story. “So busy, in fact, I haven’t had Time to hit the links in quite a few years.”
Palin also contended that, if she decides to run for president, it would be for the good of the American people – not her ego: “I would run because the country is more important than my ease, though I’m not necessarily living a life of
ease,” she wrote.
When asked what she thought of Mr. Obama’s presidency so far, Palin said, “Two words: Jimmy Carter,” and pointed to what she perceives as his political vulnerability. “In battleground states, he’s polling at 40% or below,” she told Time.
Palin also obliquely addressed apparent concerns among Republican leadership that she can mount an effective campaign against Mr. Obama in a potential 2012 presidential matchup. The ideal Republican nominee should be “someone who can draw a sharp contrast,” Palin said. “The country is rejecting his agenda … My vision of America is diametrically opposed to his. He sees America as the problem. I see America as the solution.”
Read More: by Lucy Madison, CBS
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