But maybe she just quit because, you know…
July 4th, 2009 3:19 pm · 12 comments
What John Cole said:
Her resignation simply makes no sense at all. I feel the same way I did a couple weeks ago when Sanford was AWOL and no one knew where he was- you have no evidence that he was doing something wrong, but the behavior is just so bizarre you can’t figure it out. Her logic is just baffling- she is not goin g to run again, and that makes her a lame duck, so therefore she is just going to quit a year and a half early so she does not succumb to the same old politics as usual? So is she opposed to anyone ever running for a second term?
This just makes no sense, even the next day. Something is going on.
Yeppers. This idea that walking away is some sort of heroic move - as some right-wingers are trying to say - is probably the lamest, most pathetic political assertion I’ve ever heard.
Maybe we should elect her president so she decides halfway through she’s just going to walk away from that, too.
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There are currently 12 comments on this blog postView Topic | Comment on this blogKate
7/4/09
11:20 PM | So sad. Gil Smart has nothing better to do on Independence Day then fill LOL TalkBack with his personal musings on an elected official from a political party opposite his own political party.
Did you really take time to carefully read her speech yesterday. A bit of that speech outlined the accomplishments she made as governor.
Very rarely does the liberal media give credit where credit is due.
Gil - you have two young children. Take some time to teach them the importance of July 4 like so many other Americans do on this day. Citydweller posted the Declaration of Independence in one of the threads that he started.
read it.............. |
skeptic2
7/5/09
4:51 AM | Even though some of the analysis will get redundant, this certainly isn't a trivial story. The core alliance that has run the Republican party for thirty or so years just went through the last election struggling to find a candidate they could get behind. Some of the most powerful people in the US on the sidelines because they thought someone like Sam Brownback or Fred Thompson would emerge. They would choose ideology over competence, and the power of that coalition could push someone forward despite the candidate's shortcomings. They rejected Romney largely because of his Mormon faith, I think foolishly. Had they found Palin earlier, she would have had powerful backers.
So whether she remains viable is important. If you think that there are lots of candidates out there with the proper conservative credentials who can be elected president, I'd say tell me who they are. |
doghead
7/5/09
7:18 AM | If you think that there are lots of candidates out there with the proper conservative credentials who can be elected president, I'd say tell me who they are.
Newt Gingrich. All the skeletons and dirt have been out of the closet for years.
Newt always talks like he is about to burb after woofing down a Denny's Grand Slam breakfast. |
LancNewbie
7/5/09
8:05 AM | So sad. Gil Smart has nothing better to do on Independence Day then fill LOL TalkBack with his personal musings on an elected official from a political party opposite his own political party.
Did you really take time to carefully read her speech yesterday. A bit of that speech outlined the accomplishments she made as governor.
Very rarely does the liberal media give credit where credit is due.
Gil - you have two young children. Take some time to teach them the importance of July 4 like so many other Americans do on this day. Citydweller posted the Declaration of Independence in one of the threads that he started.
read it..............
And even worse Kate has nothing else better to do then comment on said thread. Pathetic. He writes those as a part of his job, you took time out of your day to respond to it? Which is worse. Maybe like some people, he actually has to work on the holiday? And you spend your precious free time dogging him. Nothing else better to do on the 4th than to sit here and tell someone else what they should be doing with their kids? That's what's really sad. Last time i checked the Constitution still applies, so he can say whatever he wants. Instead of lecturing Gil about the Declaration of Independence maybe you should take some time and read the Bill of Rights.
Oh yeah poor Palin she was picked on soo much. Its not like the Republicans have never done that before?? Hilary Clinton was treated 10x worse than Palin, and she wasn't even holding public office. Great she did a few things for the state of Alaska(btw what exactly did she do anyway?), but finish the job you started, don't leave with a year left and say "Well that's all i came to do". WTF is that? The people of the state elected her for 4 years, so she just leaves them with more than a year to go? Yup that's leadership, you betcha
And the speech, did you even see it?? I know high school seniors that can speak and write better than that.
Then you have party hacks like yourself that will make excuse after excuse for that type of behavior. Give credit where credit is due?? Give me a break, Obama has done a few good things so far too and the media and the rest of you right wingers can't give him any credit either. Its a two way street. When you have a candidate preaching "my way or the highway" don't be surprised if people get tired of that. But never fear people like you will sit here and make excuse after excuse just because she was a Republican. And your party wonders why it lost its way. |
Bustina di tè
7/5/09
2:09 PM | Should she have quit? I say not but that's was her decision.
Did she have valid reasons? I know I couldn't have put up the the character assassination and the attack on the kids.
Hillary stuck it out, why not Sarah?
Hillary was subjected to this from early on as First Lady of Arkansas. That plus she had her experience of seeing how this played out when working on the Nixon impeachment team. sarah was blindsided. |
reese
7/5/09
2:19 PM | Even though some of the analysis will get redundant, this certainly isn't a trivial story. The core alliance that has run the Republican party for thirty or so years just went through the last election struggling to find a candidate they could get behind. Some of the most powerful people in the US on the sidelines because they thought someone like Sam Brownback or Fred Thompson would emerge. They would choose ideology over competence, and the power of that coalition could push someone forward despite the candidate's shortcomings. They rejected Romney largely because of his Mormon faith, I think foolishly. Had they found Palin earlier, she would have had powerful backers.
So whether she remains viable is important. If you think that there are lots of candidates out there with the proper conservative credentials who can be elected president, I'd say tell me who they are.
I could never understand what Romney's religion had to do with anything. It should have been about his ability to govern, not his faith, or lack of religious affiliation. (Why do people demand that their leaders have any religious affiliation, for that matter?) |
reese
7/5/09
2:24 PM | Should she have quit? I say not but that's was her decision.
Did she have valid reasons? I know I couldn't have put up the the character assassination and the attack on the kids.
Hillary stuck it out, why not Sarah?
Hillary was subjected to this from early on as First Lady of Arkansas. That plus she had her experience of seeing how this played out when working on the Nixon impeachment team. sarah was blindsided.
What Palin went through was child's play compared to what Hillary was subjected to. She was excoriated by the press, for years. The press took its shots at Chelsea, as well. So Sarah had better learn to buck up if she wants to play on the national level, because it's not going to get any nicer out there. I'm not saying it's right, but it's how it is. If she can's handle it now, maybe that should tell her and her backers something about the future.
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Bustina di tè
7/5/09
2:38 PM | QUOTE I'm not saying it's right, but it's how it is.
But it doesn't have to be that way. A misogynistic attack on one woman is an attack on all women. The Obama Girls join in because they think the attack is just on Sarah and she deserves it because of her political and religious views. The boyz would never disrespect them like that.
There is a photo at the top of this article that I can't upload here because of the content. Take a look at it. The girls in the photo think they would never be subject to the kind of vile attacks that Palin and her family had to endure. They're clueless.
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doghead
7/5/09
3:01 PM | Should she have quit? I say not but that's was her decision.
Did she have valid reasons? I know I couldn't have put up the the character assassination and the attack on the kids.
Hillary stuck it out, why not Sarah?
Hillary was subjected to this from early on as First Lady of Arkansas. That plus she had her experience of seeing how this played out when working on the Nixon impeachment team. sarah was blindsided.
Right . One joke from washed up latenight comedian and she falls apart. How will se deal with Iran?
Character assasinations? Like the time she was asked what books and newspapers she reads.
Palin is almost as neurotic as you. 
Blindsided? By David Letterman.
Good one.
What happened to the pitbull with lipstick?
How on earth will she stand up to Iran if she is a profession victim? |
ceejay
7/5/09
3:16 PM | I could never understand what Romney's religion had to do with anything. It should have been about his ability to govern, not his faith, or lack of religious affiliation. (Why do people demand that their leaders have any religious affiliation, for that matter?)
Personally, I think skeptic is wrong about Romney and why he wasn't electable. Romney was a new convert to "Conservative" -- as was McCain. But much of what Romney did in Mass. was classically liberal politics (which is fine, if you are a democrat or a liberal), so when he called himself suddenly Conservative everyone said, Really? PROVE IT. And he couldn't. |
reese
7/5/09
3:42 PM | Personally, I think skeptic is wrong about Romney and why he wasn't electable. Romney was a new convert to "Conservative" -- as was McCain. But much of what Romney did in Mass. was classically liberal politics (which is fine, if you are a democrat or a liberal), so when he called himself suddenly Conservative everyone said, Really? PROVE IT. And he couldn't.
Perhaps. There was an awful lot of "wink, wink, nudge nudge" about it, though. In any case, he was too slick; he reminded me of a used-car salesman.
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skeptic2
7/5/09
4:17 PM | Personally, I think skeptic is wrong about Romney and why he wasn't electable. Romney was a new convert to "Conservative" -- as was McCain. But much of what Romney did in Mass. was classically liberal politics (which is fine, if you are a democrat or a liberal), so when he called himself suddenly Conservative everyone said, Really? PROVE IT. And he couldn't. You're right, of course. Problem is that Michael Steele blurted out something about his being a Mormon... |
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