On Palin’s Intentions to Resign as Governor of Alaska
This story must have broke when I was crossing the Bay Bridge (after being stuck in traffic to get through toll plaza for nearly and hour) driving across the Golden State en route to spending the holiday weekend with my youngest nephew. My initial thought is that this all but rules her out as a serious contender for 2012. She needed to run for reelection and win convincingly, then serve out her second term, so she could compile keep compiling a stronger record of executive accomplishment.
I remain a fan of the good Governor, but don’t think this is a wise move. Perhaps, my mind will change as I learn more about her motives, but for now, I will just say I am very disappointed with a woman I admire and respect.
ADDENDUM: As I read the AP article, I note its anti-Republican slant, talking about this coming “after several recent blows to the Republican party.” Wonder if AP reports on the latest Democratic scandal to emerge as coming after several recent blows to the Democratic Party–if it even reports such scandals.
UPDATE: Via Michelle, some speculation on the toll the personal attacks have taken:
Chuck Heath, Palin’s brother, on FNC talking about incessant attacks. Very emotional. “It’s weighed on her a long time.” Couldn’t effectively govern when having to defend herself against attacks.
Kind of makes sense, given the nuisance ethics cases childish leftists were filing in an attempt to damage this good woman.
It would be interesting to study the nastiness of the Palin-haters and see if any prior candidate for national office has been subject to as much vitriol as she–after her defeat. The juvenilia of her adversaries is a fascinating cultural phenomenon.
UP-UPDATE: I apologize for the haphazard nature of this post. I had some ideas for posts while driving across the Golden State including one sign which I had to stop to photograph and thanks to traffic outside the toll booth, arrived during my nephew’s nap, so am sort of just posting thoughts as I scan the blogs.
While I wondered above whether any unsuccessful candidate for national office had been subject to as much venom as she, Glenn contends that she has been “been subjected — along with her family — to more abuse than any other non-national-officeholder I can think of.”
UP-UP-UPDATE: The Anchoress says she predicted this:
Either she or someone in her family is ill, and she wants to keep it private and not subject it to the vulgarity of the Palin-hating beasts in the press, who savaged her last year, or…she and Todd are on the rocks, and she doesn’t want to subject her children and her marriage to the same vulgarity.
She has lots of links, so is a great source.
ONE LAST UPDATE: If she did resign because of the nasty attacks not just on her, but also on her children, Jim Geraghty (via the Anchoress above) fears it sets a terrible precedent:
It’s one thing to step into the public spotlight and know that people are going to ridicule your intelligence, your appearance, your judgment, your voice and accent, etc. But it’s another to know that your loved ones will get that scrutiny, too, and in particular your children. Kids don’t pick their parents. I wrote about this here.
That spurred this terrifying thought: The lesson that the ruthless corners of the political world will take from the rise, fall, and departure of Sarah Palin that if you attack a politician’s children nastily enough and relentlessly enough, you can get anybody to quit.
If this is the case, then her resignation will surely spur those from the fever swamps of the left who delight in leveling mean-spirited attacks on their political adversaries and demonizing religions they don’t like.
OK, I had said the above was going to be my last update, then Glenn Reynolds linked Mark Steyn:
In states far from the national spotlight, politics still attracts normal people. You’re a mayor or a state senator or even the governor, but you lead a normal life. The local media are tough on you, but they know you, they live where you live, they’re tough on the real you, not on some caricature cooked up by a malign alliance of late-night comics who’d never heard of you a week earlier and media grandees supposedly on your own side who pronounce you a “cancer”.
Then suddenly you get the call from Washington. You know it’ll mean Secret Service, and speechwriters, and minders vetting your wardrobe. But nobody said it would mean a mainstream network comedy host doing statutory rape gags about your 14-year old daughter. You’ve got a special-needs kid and a son in Iraq and a daughter who’s given you your first grandchild in less than ideal circumstances. That would be enough for most of us. But the special-needs kid and the daughter and most everyone else you love are a national joke, and the PC enforcers are entirely cool with it.
Read the whole thing. He, sums it up better than anyone else I’ve read on this topic–as is often the case.
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You are right that she can’t run in 2012. She hasn’t even served a full term as governor. Her brother said that the attacks on her have taken a toll, so she doesn’t seem to be able to handle the political life.
Comment by Mitchell Blatt — July 3, 2009 @ 8:04 pm - July 3, 2009
It’s a harsh fact of life, but sometimes the bastards win.
Comment by V the K — July 3, 2009 @ 8:04 pm - July 3, 2009
Hopefully this clears the field for Romney or Daniels.
Comment by Mitchell Blatt — July 3, 2009 @ 8:12 pm - July 3, 2009
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Romney is tough enough to handle attacks. He has a track record of success against attacks. Since libs are tolerant, they will probably try to attack his religion, but he faces some problems with his religion among conservatives as well. I don’t think it’s going to be a big issue, though, because political issues seem to be at the forefront now that the economy is in recession.
Comment by Mitchell Blatt — July 3, 2009 @ 8:29 pm - July 3, 2009
Of course, it’s unclear what her long-range plans really are. If she wanted to run against Obama in 2012, it would have made more sense for her to just not run for reelection next year. Normally, four years as governor without holding any other office previously or after aren’t enough, but that’s what Romney did, and he was a serious candidate last year. There is no upside to quitting as governor right now if running against Obama is her goal. If she believes otherwise, well, I think that’s extremely foolish. I think it’s far more likely that she has become stressed out, not so much by being a governor and a mom but being a governor and a mom AND a defendant in a bunch of idiotic legal actions AND a constant butt of vicious jokes and insinuations against herself and her family. No matter how strong a person is—and I believe she is a very strong person—I imagine it can eventually be too much to take. It’s quite believable that what she has been up against has been too much not just emotionally but also financially, as some have pointed out elsewhere. One of the sad facts about modern America is that lowlife scum with money can keep taking someone to court over frivolous crap until their enemy’s money dries up, and that may have been a factor here. I think V the K may be exactly right.
In any case, if she wants to get back into politics at some point and even run for the White House someday, it would seem to me her best bet is to campaign aggressively for Republicans in 2010 and 2012 (including the presidential nominee, of course) and run against Sen. Begich in 2014. Normally, being a senator is worse preparation for the White House than being governor, but she already has been governor of Alaska (albeit she won’t have served a whole term) and being senator would give her more of a national stage than being governor of a geographically remote and sparsely populated state. Had she stayed on as governor, won a second term, and left Juneau after eight successful years as governor, I think she would be a very serious candidate in 2016. Now, however, I think she ought to be looking even further down the road than that.
Comment by chad — July 3, 2009 @ 8:58 pm - July 3, 2009
Romney’s biggest problem is he comes across as phony and opportunistic. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out he was pro-abortion when it was necessary to win in Massachusetts, then flipped when he ran for national office. A year ago, I could have supported Romney, but I’m fed up with the GOP and ready to go Galt.
The GOP establishment played no small role in the character assassination of Sarah Palin, especially that sh-tbag McCain who has never uttered a word in her defense. To hell with all of them. Both of our parties and our entire political structure are rotten to the core. And I don’t think there’s anyone out there who can fix it.
Comment by V the K — July 3, 2009 @ 9:00 pm - July 3, 2009
The buckeyenutlicker types at HuffPo greeted Sarah’s announcement with their usual taste and class: “Palin Will Run in ‘12 on More Retardation Platform”
Comment by V the K — July 3, 2009 @ 9:09 pm - July 3, 2009
Mitchell, I agree about Romney. And if the country really is as screwed up in 2012 as I think it is likely to be after four years of Obama, I don’t think Romney’s religion is going to derail him. Some election cycles, I think people want a feel-good president, like, of course, last November. Certainly though, not all presidents are that way, and when things are bad with a feel-good president in office, I’ve got to imagine having a feel-good president becomes much less of a priority to the electorate. Anyway, if my thinking is right, 2012 could be Romney’s year.
Right now, I’d bet even odds that it is either Romney or Pawlenty rather than someone else. Everyone else that comes to mind (Daniels, Jindal, Huntsman, Gingrich, Thompson, etc.) is I think more of a long shot, either because of expressed lack of desire, interference with other elections (e.g., Jindal), serving Obama overseas, or too much baggage.
Whether my governor (Pawlenty) is a serious contender in 2012 depends a lot on the perceived success of his taking it upon himself to balance Minnesota’s budget. (Dan wrote about it here: http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/05/22/my-new-favorite-republican-governor/)
Comment by chad — July 3, 2009 @ 9:27 pm - July 3, 2009
I believe this will prove to be a smart move. The woman is brilliant and I think that we will find out that SarahPac has busted through all expectations in raising money. I think she is going to campaign for her choice candidates for ‘10. She will participate in policy forums, fundraisers, networking and grassroots and help to rebuild the conservative party (although not necessary the GOP). If she does all this successfully I think we will all be begging for her to lead in 2012. Even with her resignation she will still have more executive experience than our current POTUS. It is shocking right now but I think we will slowing see that she has put her house/state in order and is leaving it better than when she got it. She is also leaving it in good hands. Now, she has turned to face down her detractors and I believe they will be truly sorry. They have awoken the mama grizzly and she does NOT like what is happening to this country or her family. This is not the America she envisions for her children and she is going to change that. I believe she will prove more libertarian conservative than GOP and America is about to find that out.
Comment by Firelight — July 3, 2009 @ 9:56 pm - July 3, 2009
An end of a chapter, but not the book. However, this is a textbook example of how not to introduce a talented, fearless individual to the national political arena. She wasn’t adequately prepared or supported; she scared them, but she payed a price. Ultimately, this whole saga was very, very unfair.
Which will occur next: death of another entertainment icon or political career of a Republican?
Comment by Ignatius — July 3, 2009 @ 10:09 pm - July 3, 2009
Her brother said that the attacks on her have taken a toll, so she doesn’t seem to be able to handle the political life.
Mitchell, if this is the case then we really are doomed. What sort of country will we have when the only people who will run for office are sociopaths and pathological narcissists?
Politics has always required a thick skin but if we are to accept deranged jackasses obsessed with a candidate’s children and wicked dickheads making fun of an INFANT then no decent person will put up with it. Not to mention running with a man who seems to have forgotten that it’s dishonorable to “leave a man behind”.
Maybe we deserve Obama and his ilk.
Comment by SoCalRobert — July 3, 2009 @ 10:12 pm - July 3, 2009
I’m sad to say you might be right SoCalRobert.
Comment by The_Livewire — July 3, 2009 @ 10:39 pm - July 3, 2009
What sort of country will we have when the only people who will run for office are sociopaths and pathological narcissists?
The current occupant of the Oval Office is both.
Comment by V the K — July 3, 2009 @ 10:50 pm - July 3, 2009
I wanted more regular people to run for office. People not corrupt. People that are dedicated to serving the people and not special interests. Early on in the campaign last year I thought Obama was a regular person, not a regular pol. I was wrong. Palin was the closest thing to a non pol, a regular person, that the founding fathers wanted to be the peoples representatives. But the elite force them out. People like Joe the plumber, Sarah Palin. So we are left with empty suits, corrupt people tied to special interests who leave office after 10-20 years and poof they are all multi millionaires. How exactly does that happen?
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — July 3, 2009 @ 10:53 pm - July 3, 2009
“I don’t think Romney’s religion is going to derail him”
It would be foolish to underestimate the anti-Mormon attitudes of some in the Christian right. It could be you are right that the country will be such a mess that enough of the centrist vote will be able to make up for the lack of votes from those folk.
It is sick the amount of venom thrown at Palin during the campaign and after but it is wrong to imply that only the left is guilty of such hostility.
Comment by a different Dave — July 3, 2009 @ 10:57 pm - July 3, 2009
The Left’s Dirty War Against Sarah Palin and her family. Not a record to be proud of.
Comment by V the K — July 4, 2009 @ 12:41 am - July 4, 2009
“She’s a brilliant woman..”
Oh.
My.
God.
Comment by Alex — July 4, 2009 @ 1:16 am - July 4, 2009
Hmmmmm. Don’t know what to make of this. I’m hoping that Sarah has something up her sleeve and this is not a case of her getting defeated by the Left’s visciousness. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Comment by Seane-Anna — July 4, 2009 @ 1:29 am - July 4, 2009
Before anyone reacts, please watch the entire video of her speech, if you haven’t already. It’s a completely different speech from how the media is reporting on it. [/shock]
Besides that great line about “only dead fish go with the flow,” to me the most interesting thing is looking at the number of times she says “conservative” — which is plenty — and the number of times she says “Republican” — which I believe is zero. Hmmmmm. Add to that the fact that she mentioned campaigning for people regardless of party if they agree with her core principles. ideals and values. Double hmmmmmm.
She’s not going anywhere. I for one welcome our new Ex-Governor overlord.
Comment by Rhodium Heart — July 4, 2009 @ 1:32 am - July 4, 2009
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Well V, glad to see you’re finally starting to come ’round.
Signed.
The ultimate cynic, Sonicfrog.
Comment by Sonicfrog — July 4, 2009 @ 2:06 am - July 4, 2009
FIFY
Comment by American Elephant — July 4, 2009 @ 6:14 am - July 4, 2009
The leaderless, cowardly, wandering Republican Party may just have been co-opted by Joan of Arc. Sarah Palin will pick the candidates to back and bring her crowd drawing presence to their campaigns in a way that the rubber chicken and cold peas campaign dinners have never seen.
The problem with conventional wisdom is that by definition it can’t think out side of the box.
I will guarantee that Palin has been deluged with political make over artists who want to make her into their version of a Washington insider.
Palin is no quitter. She was not driven from office. She is not hiding from Letterman of Vanity Fair. She is a woman scorned by the effete elite and as Governor, she had to measure her response. Now she can stand outside of the Ed Sullivan Theater with Trig in her arms and Willow at her side and invite David Letterman to come out of hiding and have a discussion girlie man to woman. She will win the news and enormous respect. Any bets on which one will break down and cry like a sissy?
Naturally, I am projecting, but I do believe that Sarah Palin is now free to confront those who think they can pull a tiger’s tail and walk away unscathed.
This business of Palin needing to finish her term ignores the powerful force she can be in the 2010 elections. If she takes hold of the groundswell that is rising against Obama and the Democrat Clown Car Congress, she will have created a base to be reckoned with.
She can take a life of action and conviction into all manner of neighborhoods and promise to fight the good fight for those who live on the fringes of society. She knows the value of government that works and the waste of government that promises ands diddles.
Her line that “only dead fish float downstream” about says it all.
It would not surprise me to learn that a sugar daddy or two have set up financing for her career move. She is now free of all the gnats that kept her batting and dodging as governor.
She is a very smart, very tough and very determined woman. Look out, Margaret Thatcher, your “Iron Lady” title may be taken over by a younger contender.
Comment by heliotrope — July 4, 2009 @ 9:01 am - July 4, 2009
Guys, politics can be mean. All we heard about Palin for months during the 2008 campaign was how she was such a “fighter.” She would have been a hair’s breath from the presidency had McCain won. And yet you fault the media for its viciousness? Did you ever see them go after Clinton, when it was all Monica all the time? Do you remember Jay Leno with his nightly schtick’s on Clinton’s penis? Ripping on politicians is an old American tradition. If a joke from David Letterman and some articles about her family (which you have to admit was quite a group, and it was she who shined the spotlight on them at the convention) can do this…
No, this had nothing to do with media viciousness. It had nothing to do with Letterman. (And if it did, then we know for sure Palin was unsuited for the highest office.) A pol only does this when they are in the deepest of doo-doo. A major scandal is about to break and Palin is going down. Well, she’s already gone down, as this post says, but I mean even deeper, as in, to jail. Watch and see. Bush was subject to a lot of viciousness from a lot media too, remember? You don’t just resign in the face of that (thought it might have been good for all of us if Bush had resigned). No, this is a move to soften the blow when the ship hits the iceberg. We will know soon enough, and you’ll see how ridiculous the notion is of that bad librul media hurting Sarah’s tender feelings.
Imagine if she had won in 2008. Imagine. Yikes.
Comment by richard — July 4, 2009 @ 9:03 am - July 4, 2009
Sonic, I’ve been in the “a pox on both their houses” camp since 2006 at least.
AE, I don’t think Romney is as phony as he comes across. But I don’t think he’s being honest about his change of position on abortion, and RomneyCare is increasingly turning out to be a disaster.
On the other hand, the evangelicals may be more accepting of the Mormon thing after Prop 8 and the anti-Mormon attacks from the gay left. We’ve seen how the Gay Left and the Islamo-Fascists can join in common cause against George W. Bush; The backlash against Prop 8 may be enough to unite some of the evangelical right with the Mormons.
Comment by V the K — July 4, 2009 @ 9:38 am - July 4, 2009
How delicious. Sarah Palin was in the stall in the men’s room playing footsie with Mitt Romney in the next stall. Then, she flew to Argentina for a threesome with Mark Sanford. Afterwards, she made a porn movie with Mike Huckabee and James Dobson. But the really, really big news is that she stole some Girl Scout cookie money and didn’t report it on her income tax because she couldn’t make Turbo-Tax work.
Thank heaven we got The Messiah to save us instead of having Sarah Palin be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office instead of Joe Biden. Also, thank heaven for tapeworms and toenail fungus and cramps. And bless Keith Obermann and his life partner Rachel Maddow for taking Al Frankin’s place as the givers of unadorned truth, wisdom and solace. Without them, where would a lib go for “facts”?
Comment by heliotrope — July 4, 2009 @ 9:38 am - July 4, 2009
heliotrope, it is possible there was some sort of scandal in the offing, but the deranged left spent the last few years insisting that at any moment, Dick Cheney was going to be frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs. The deranged left has difficulty separating its fantasies from reality; just as Andrew Sullivan confuses Sarah Palin’s pregnancy with Trig with an improbable plot-line from a night-time soap opera.
Comment by V the K — July 4, 2009 @ 10:26 am - July 4, 2009
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The whole idea of a mega-scandal seems silly. It’s plausible, but it’s much more wishful thinking on the part of her enemies. Nowhere have I read anything about what the scandal could be. We’ll see, of course, but Palin’s enemies have an abysmal track record of proving corruption on her part.
With Romney, I do think being a Mormon will hurt him with Christian conservatives, but perhaps not enough to matter. I think Christian conservatives for the most part see Mitt Romney as an honorable family man (which is becoming something of a rare commodity these days), and I think most Christian conservatives can differentiate between how you select a pastor and how you select a president. Ultimately, I think secularists are more wary of Mormons than Christians are.
Comment by chad — July 4, 2009 @ 10:53 am - July 4, 2009
what about a divorce?
Comment by rusty — July 4, 2009 @ 11:00 am - July 4, 2009
I can’t stay silent any longer:
Sarah is leaving her husband for — me!
Comment by Julie the Jarhead — July 4, 2009 @ 11:06 am - July 4, 2009
Lol Julie, I needed that laugh, if you take Sarah, I can assure you there is a long line of women waiting to snatch up Todd.
Comment by Leah — July 4, 2009 @ 11:25 am - July 4, 2009
I am puzzled as anyone else here why this happened. My best guesses are that she believes that this decision will somehow prepare herself better for a presidential run. Or that she is getting out of politics and wants to spend her efforts supporting others, as she said.
The resigning speech puzzled me. Yeah, the “dead fish” comment was smart and all. But the part that I shook my head over was her comment about being a lame duck governor. She explained how other lame duck governors travel, do this, do that, and that is not her style. And I was wondering why she as a “lame duck” governor would have to follow the example of others as governor if it wasn’t her style. Why couldn’t she govern as she deemed appropriate, i.e., govern as if she wasn’t a lame duck?
Comment by Pat — July 4, 2009 @ 12:13 pm - July 4, 2009
If Kaisich beats Strickland (even with our corrupt state executive working for him) it might be a harbringer of things to come.
That said, I fully understand if she wants to retreat. Me? I’ve no wife, no kids, and wouldn’t care if my words disrupt my sister’s life. But how long can you withstand the assaults on your kids before being worn down.
Comment by The_Livewire — July 4, 2009 @ 1:11 pm - July 4, 2009
And yet you fault the media for its viciousness?
Of course we do. It is beyond the pale to produce distorted pictures of a woman’s disabled child. It is past any sense of decency or value to argue that a woman faked her pregnancy and that her husband is having incestuous sex with her daughters.
Not that it surprises us, given that Obama is paying them to do it, but that hardly removes them from fault — and we certainly will fault them for doing it. The fact that you support this speaks volumes for the lack of values and hatred that liberals like yourself have. It demonstrates how you are a hypocrite and a liar, given that you support attacks on disabled children because of their parents’ political affiliations.
A major scandal is about to break and Palin is going down. Well, she’s already gone down, as this post says, but I mean even deeper, as in, to jail. Watch and see.
Really? Where’s your source? And when your lie is exposed later, are you going to admit you were wrong?
Ha. You’re merely trying to smear Palin. We know what kind of scum you are. Child raping, disabled-attacking scum.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — July 4, 2009 @ 3:57 pm - July 4, 2009
this pathetic woman realized she has absolutely NO CHANCE of EVER winning a national election. She simply doesn’t have the brains to do so. Now, she will forever be known as a quitter who couldn’t take the heat. Good thing, really, for the GOP, as the right’s base was so enthralled for this intellectually challenged mom, they probably would have nominated her in 2012 and then she would have been beaten in a reaganesque landslide.
It’s time for her to get out of the spotlight, repair her family ties and keep her mouth closed. The best she can ever hope for is an Alaskan senate seat, but this move probably has cost her even that.
Comment by buckeyenutlover — July 4, 2009 @ 5:58 pm - July 4, 2009
I just typed a long comment and it got eaten again…ugh
I say I have had enough of the morons who bitch about Palin……I mean Nobama hadn’t even been elected Senator from Illinois and there was the MSM fawning over him and asking him when he was running for President and pretty please……he responded with “well gosh let me get elected Senator from Illinois first”…Nobama spent 144 days in session in the U.S. Senate and ran for President from the moment he gave his 2004 DNC Keynote speech…
Either its time we stand up for an obvious talented leader like Palin or shut up and be willing to take the Marxist society that we are in now..let’s see in less then 6 months we have government ownership of major industries, banking, regulation of our lives, debt to solve that will take the next 100 years plus to pay and more debt on the way, nationalized/rationed health care on its way…to just begin.
or choose to take the most talented person since Reagan to come along and get behind her and have her gather policy wonks and political wonks to help get her elected with her strong values, common sense can do abilities….belief in America, capitalism, free markets, limited government, energy independence, a strong defense and homeland security or put up with what is coming…deflation of assets and inflation of the cost of living and no jobs unless its a government doled out job.
I will stand up for Sarah Palin any day of the week and fight to get her elected the next President of the United States….time to end the bullshit of same old same old…..and the McCain wing of the GOP that gave us the worse defeats since LBJ clocking Goldwater…McCain couldnt’ decide on a VP for 6 months, gave Palin no notice no training, no help and she outdrew him and Nobama in crowds and clocked Biden’s clock in the VP debate…….I say GO SARAH GO!!!
How quickly we forget that even before Gov. George W. Bush finished his first term as Governor of Texas it was well known he was running for President….plus, it is well know that the Governor of Texas has less power then the Lt. Governor who runs the Legislature..which only meets once every two years….Bush gathered policy wonks and political wonks around him and planned well in advance his run for President…..I say Sarah Palin it is time to run, run now, run hard and give speeches, campaign for others and gather good policy wonks and political wonks (ala Karl Rove) and time to do it now..it is going to take 4 years to get the job done..let’s remember that Reagan ran for President in 1968 when he was Governor of California for less then 2 years)AND didnt’ stop running until he got elected…
so either we fight and get things going now or plan on the Marxist in Chief being around for 8 years……and ruining what is left of America….
Comment by slider — July 4, 2009 @ 6:50 pm - July 4, 2009
Oh no, buckeye. This is just the first salvo in the toppling of the affirmative-action tax cheat idiot that you picked based on his skin color.
Palin terrifies you because she is a woman with values and principles who doesn’t kowtow to misogynist male liberals like yourself. She has ample experience with picking off corrupt politicians, which she’s already done once — by starting with a resignation that, according to your fellow leftists in Alaska, “ended her political career” and made her a “quitter”.
Palin has thrived off and destroyed idiots like yourself who wrote her off as unintelligent on multiple occasions. She knows that it’s all due to your hatred and contempt for women, which I suppose is natural given the incompetence and racism of liberal women, and she is more than willing to exploit the fact that you underestimate her.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — July 4, 2009 @ 6:58 pm - July 4, 2009
Governor Palin is a quitter and she feels sorry for herself. Americans do not want a leader who will quit if al Qaeda makes a joke about her.
Here is what REPUBLICAN Ed Rollins said, and it is the attitude of any Republican who wants to win:
”I think the premise that she doesn’t want to be a lame duck governor – there’s people like Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana, (Miss. Gov.) Haley Barbour, Gov. (Tim) Pawlenty, of Minnesota – they’re all gonna run for president, and they’re finishing their job. The job’s very tough now, and for her to bail out at this point in time, I don’t think it is fair to Alaskans and certainly, I think, damages her long-term career.“
Palin is a Leader of Lemmings and if you follow her, don’t be surprised if YOU jump off the cliff and she quits and goes home.
I think the Republican Party has lost all semblance of reasoning because Obama makes conservatives self-piteous.
ACORN! Soros! The Chosen One! All Conservatives and do is weep and wonder “Why me, God!!! Why us poor helpless conservatives!”
Roger Simon has a piece where he and his fellow conservatives are more depressed than ever before. Meanwhile, Obama just keeps winning, speaking like a man, and governing.
An easy choice in 2012: The Man or The Whiner.
Comment by tjproudamerican — July 4, 2009 @ 7:27 pm - July 4, 2009
Meanwhile, Obama just keeps whining, spending like a madman, and gutting the economy.
FIFY
Comment by V the K — July 4, 2009 @ 8:19 pm - July 4, 2009
I think it funny when liberals call people like Palin idiots and dumb. When it is there own polititians who end up being the dopes. Gore flunkes out. Biden the daily gaffe machine, goof. Geithner, can’t do his own taxes…..moron. Napalatano, thinks 9/11 terrorists come in thru Canada…idiot. On and on. These are Obama’s picks for his first team! Hysterical.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — July 4, 2009 @ 10:41 pm - July 4, 2009
Bad news, Ricky, tj, and Nutlicker, the left-wing hate bloggers spreading the indictment rumor are about to get smacked down hard.
Comment by V the K — July 4, 2009 @ 11:22 pm - July 4, 2009
Has anyone else had problems with their posts being not posted after writing them? Grrr…..in any event, I am tired of the hypocrisy from the Left and the MSM..let’s see when Obama was running for Senate in Illinois, he was constantly fawned over and asked when is he running for President and he would smile and say “let me at least get elected to the Senate”……the man barely had 144 days in session in the Senate and he was elected President….and ran for President from day one in the Senate.
It will take years of running for President to succeed….President Reagan first ran for President in 1968, barely 2 years into his FIRST term as Governor of California…..and then he ran again in 1976 and again in 1980 when he was elected. He did constant speeches and campaigning around the country for other candidates……sounds like that is a plan that worked…..one that Palin is undertaking…she has the “Rockstar” star power to attract Obama like crowds and she has done that and will keep doing that.
so let’s see we can either keep committing suicide or stand up for Palin who stands for capitalism, liberty, freedom, a strong national defense, homeland security and energy independence and fiscal restraint and she will get that agenda done and restore democracy and freedom to our country….
OR SUFFER 8 YEARS OF MARXISM, MIRANDA RIGHTS FOR TERRORISTS..EMBRACING MARXISTS LIKE CHAVEZ, CASTRO and thugs like the Iranian leaders.. and the federal government spending trillions of dollars we don’t have, involved in our personal lives from health care decisions to when we can screw in a light bulb so as not to affect the environment…..and government ownership of industry, banking, no jobs, inflation of cost of living, deflation of assets and no jobs…..
take your choice….but wait with Nobama you have no choice and we stand here fighting amongst ourselves while we lose our freedom and our country..
wake up people and start fighting the Revolution we are in now and stand up for freedom and stand up for the one leader that has the ability, guts and vision to get us there…..Palin for President and we best start fighting now to overcome the power of the Marxist and the MSM and his brown shirts….
had enough? I sure have…GO SARAH GO!!
Comment by rocket — July 5, 2009 @ 8:02 am - July 5, 2009
rocket, the filter hates “-i.s.m.” that’s what hangs it up. It also hates the Greek Island Ladies.
I now officially feel sorry for BNL. I mean most of the gay men I’ve known are attracted to men. bnl’s such a mysonginst that he’s gay because he’s afraid of women.
What saddens me is the silence of the women’s groups. They should have been out in force defending her. It’s sad because apparently what hangs between the legs is less important to them then what lever they pull in the booth.
Comment by The_Livewire — July 5, 2009 @ 10:40 am - July 5, 2009
Alex typed:
“Oh.
My.
God.”
Yeah, nice retort Alex. What else ya got, since you obviously can’t refute her intellect and ability. Gonna move on to the “rubber-glue” gambit now?
Comment by AF_Vet — July 6, 2009 @ 1:18 am - July 6, 2009