STUNNER: A Palin announcement: Resigning in weeks; “It hurts to make this choice. But I’m doing what’s best for Alaska”
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Lots of heavy media anticipation over a Sarah Palin announcement expected any minute from Wasilla.
Here’s CBS:
There was no indication as to the topic of the announcement.
CBSNews.com producer Scott Conroy, who covered Palin’s vice presidential campaign last year, said it is rare that Palin sends a press release out nationally.
Feel free to speculate.
Allahpundit has a developing round-up; multiple sources reporting that Palin will say she’s not going to run for governor again in 2010.
Here comes 2012?
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A contrary take: FNC’s Chris Wallace take the announcement as a sign that Palin is not interested in pursuing national politics.
Palin supporters take cable news anchors to task for puzzling over announcement on “slow holiday news day” and missing Independence Day timing.
Latest from BNO on Twitter: Palin resigning in weeks????
From KTUU TV in Alaska:
Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla home Friday morning.
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the Governor’s Picnic at the end of the month, Palin said.
There was no immediate word as to why she will resign, though speculation has been rampant that the former vice presidential candidate is gearing up for a run at the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Palin made the announcement flanked by Parnell and most, if not all, of her cabinet.
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CNN showing the press conference video:
Palin: “I love my job. I love Alaska. It hurts to make this choice. But I’m doing what’s best for Alaska.” Tears in her eyes.
Says she will be able “to effect change from the outside.” America needs protectors of individual rights now more than ever. Promises to always be there for Alaska. Wants to work not just for Alaska, for the rest of the country. Taking a fight for Alaska in a new direction. Quotes MacArthur: “We are not retreating, just advancing in a different direction.”
Lt Gov. Sean Parnell says he receives announcement with a “heavy heart.” Thanks Sarah for inspiring so many.
More from press conference: After touting Alaska’s accomplishments, Palin laments “politics of personal destruction.” Notes attacks. $500,000 in legal bills. “Life is about choices. I choose a path of fruitfulness and productivity. Life is too short to compromise time and resources…I will work very hard for others…I will support others…”
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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.
The Anchoress is wondering what’s really going on:
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.
Can’t say I blame her in either case. And I hope I’m wrong on both counts.
But nothing else makes sense, does it?
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Modo is everything Palin isn’t. She’s a miserable excuse for a single, middle-aged woman who is past her sell by date.
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Email for Sarah is available on the Sarahpac site as – info@sarahpac.com
Thanks, Rambler
I wish more parents…men and women…felt that their most important work was done within the walls of their own home.
Fixed it.
I don’t see how this helps her in her bid for Prez in 2012. The dem puppets in the msm salivate for things like this to demagogue and rip her some more. Good luck to her, but this was probably a mistake.
“But I am spending my money, my time, my talent, and risking my profession on this.”
To do what? What is “this”? You are starting a web site? Wow. That is sure to have Obama on the run!
“Modo is everything Palin isn’t.”
I am constantly amazed the a person who writes professionally admits to stealing another persons work AND can still be taken seriously and can keep on acting like they matter.
Sarah Palin is resigning as the Governor of Alaska. I know who is going to miss her the most, the left leaning Mainstream Media. Who will they use for a Punching Bag Now? No more PDS, Palin Derangement Syndrome, to try and bolster their lousy ratings, and dismal newspaper subscriptions . When many of her detractors, go on one of their many irrational rants, about the soon to be late Governor of Alaska. They can expect the response to be: So What, and Who Cares? Sarah Palin isn’t part of the Government anymore, she will be a private citizen. The Easiest Way to Win At Tug of War.
It’s interesting to note that the Media would like to portray Sarah’s move as somehow “damaging” and “unusual”. However, buried in today’s July 4th AP article by Rachel D’Oro is this little “truth”:
“Palin’s decision not to seek re-election was a familiar one for a potential presidential candidate. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney chose not to seek another term as he geared up for an unsuccessful 2008 presidential bid. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has announced he won’t seek another term, giving him plenty of free time ahead of a potential 2012 bid. “
And, yet each of you has not addressed what I actually said.
Althea and Son of a Dyke, when each of you are prepared to address direct questions, let me know.
Whatever Z. I am wise to your pathetic game of semantics.
Quoting Gov Palin -
Are you freakin’ kidding me?
Gov Palin, in your speach announcing that you would step down, you provided information beyond more than Washington and the media.
So, it is not just about country as you suggest. It is about blogs and your family. It is about the lawsuits. It is about you wanting to do other things. Good greif, that is what you said.
Are we to believe you, or not?
OK, others leave office for a higher calling. Who? Give an example. There are ‘countless’, correct? It should be easy to name one.
Nope. A different standard does not apply to you. People are speculating because you have been less than forthcoming and unclear as to your motives for resigning (quitting).
Gov Palin, grow a pair, and stop potraying yourself as a victim.
son of a dyke -
There are no ‘semantics’ in you being a liar.
Unfortunately, you are unwise to your own delusions. LIAR.
She has two more than you.
I don’t blame her for stepping down. Did you ever think that she could no longer afford the frivolous lawsuits and alleged ethics complaints anymore? Did you not listen to her explain the thousands of hours and the millions of dollars (tax dollars) that were spent to defend herself on idiotic baseless things all in the name of libtards who can’t stand her for personal (not professional) reasons.
Most of these lawsuits were brought on by bitter, old maids. Ones who don’t have a life. And only wish they had the life Palin has today.
Don’t worry though, as she’ll be back stronger than ever without having to drag Alaskan’s taxpayers to defend herself against stupidity. Plain and simple.
“If you are formless, the most penetrating spies will not be able to discern you, or the wisest counsels will not be able to do calculations against you.” Sun Tzu 54 B.C.
All warfare is based on deception.
If you say so.
I doubt she has two more than me.
I heard and watched her speach. Yes, and even read the official transcript. In her speach she was less than cogent, and certainly rambled.
Nope. I do not blame her for stepping down. I hoped she would be more forthcoming, not blame others, and not potray herself as a victim. Politics is hardball and if you cannot stand the heat, you get out of the kitchen. Gov Palin has chosen to get out of the kitchen. So be it.
Goodness gracious, the things said on this blog about Pres Obam, what if they were said about Gov Palin? If elected would she step down as VP? Is her skin that thin?
I want a Pres and VP who are not intimidated by blogs, pundits, reporters, or motivated by self interest and money.
I agree many of the lawsuits were frivolous. The reality is that it did not cost millions of dollars. Her saying that is an exagerration for effect. (Google the Alaskan newspapers on the subject)
Yes, Gov Palin may return to politics. And, hopefully she will answer direct questions.
Don’t you?
Yep. I say so, and you have demonstrated it in your posts. You have yet to establish a reason that it is not the case.
Are you ever going to explain how you managed to review documents ‘months ago’ when those document were only released ‘two weeks ago’, as Gov Palin said?
‘Son of a dytch’, you are a LIAR. And, yep I say say so, moreover I have proved it.
I ain’t usually no grammar n’ spellin’ cop, BAL, but you do realize you’re arguing with someone who cannot spell the word “speech” correctly in even one comment, doncha?
I expect you’ll be called a “looser” before he’s done, to boot.
Do go on…
So Z, I can assume you don’t support obama the fraud??????
Let me guess, you will now attack me based on something completely unrelated now.
Unfortunately he’s not a “front page” writer, but rather is relegated to the “Green Room”. In the meantime, right now AP and Ed are in the midst of a veritable orgy of “Palin is sooo stooopid” postings. On the rare occasion I do stop by there, I actually wonder if AP and Ed have farmed it out to 16 year old kids who get political ideas from Huffpo, punctuate ‘em with “Check this out, dude!” and think that they’ve really come up with something.
As I sez, it’s sad and embarrassing what’s happened to HA.
Maybe by our recognition of his (I guess) writing and our appreciation, we can bring him forward a bit.
As you can tell from my posts, I refer to HA a lot. I use them as a Reader’s Digest of interesting news, and I understand your frustration with some of the head guys’ writing. Especially regarding Palin in the last 36 hours.
I also didn’t get their condemnation of the Honduran actions as a “coup”, even as equivocally as they put it. Mighty funny damn coup, to my way of thinking. They had a public emergency involving a guy who was leading a mob to set himself up as a dictator, against all civil authority, and they did something that stopped it cold without bloodshed. I thought it was wonderful. I wish more of Latin America was as dedicated to democracy and the rule of law.
Could this action be considered “cut and run”. If she can’t stand the heat in her state what is she going to do as president when she is confronted by a million times more criticism and complaints and world crisis?
My take is it jumped the shark when last November Ed had , what Jeff at Protein Wisdom called the Calm Down and Play Nice, ODS sufferers “moment”.
Sarah quickly follows up formal announcement with expanded version on Facebook.
This is the opposite of what the GOP has in mind. So once again, if we conservatives are “so screwed”, why is the entire government establishment at war with us? Why are they so afraid of Sarah? This is looking more like the beginning of something than the end.
It also looks like the future face of conservatism will be mostly female: Palin, Malkin, Coulter, even liberals like Camille Paglia have taken exception to how Palin is being treated. Sarah may soon find herself leading a bona fide movement.
About what? You being a liar.
Sarah Palin was destroyed by the left wing based solely on lies. She is too damaged by the dishonest left to continue.
Yes Z, do go on about that.
I note you stoped cutting and pasting.
Assume all you want, guess all you want, it does not, and will not, change the facts.
Sarah is not “destroyed” and her most ferocious attackers are not liberals but Republicans like McCain and his mafia. Go to her Facebook page entry and read the part about the legal OFFENSE she is mounting against HuffPo and MSNBC and the others.
When you are done, pay a visit to Conservatives4Palin for a good recap and dissection of the whole sordid mess. (I left a comment). This is not the end for Palin but a new beginning. Hopefully, she will discover what many of us conservatives have already discovered: we are doing much better without the GOP. We aren’t interested in their “electability” strategies. We want to win. With us, Sarah can win. Let’s hope she knows how to find us. Shouldn’t be too hard.
Pasadena Phil: I am sorry, i believe she is a good woman unfairly attacked who would have made a much better president than Bush or obama but in the political sense she is done. I personaly would vote for her if she runs, but the crap storm has stuck.
Every solid conservative candidate will receive the same treatment as Sarah just did. The better the candidate, the more ferocious the attacks. If we surrender so easily, why do we bother to comment on these sites?
Take it as a given that any candidate we support will be trashed. If all it takes to stop us is to “trash” us, we don’t deserve to win. As my coach said in my first year of Little League on the way to a 1-17 record, if you show up expecting to lose, you’re halfway there already. Refuse to lose.
See, PP, this is what I find so simply nuts about some of what you say here.
You make good, sane comments, and then, whammo, the wheels fall off the wagon again.
“…we are doing much better without the GOP”. Really? What election have “we” won? What seat in Congress is filled by the “we” Party?
“We aren’t interested in their ‘electability’ strategies. We want to win.” That would seem an obvious attempt at a joke, but I know you don’t mean it that way. You are dead serious, and that is what is so weird.
Reality is that ours is…right now and foreseeably…a two party system. It just is. One party is the Republican Party, like it or not.
Now, as I see it, we have three options.
One, we can work to get the Republican Party right. We have a considerable investment in the Elephant, and a mixed history, including good success. Mrs. Palin would know and understand this better than almost anybody I can think of, as she is both the friend and foe of the Elephant.
We can try to kill the old Elephant off, replacing it. Why anyone thinks that would be more simple, and less fraught with the questions we are facing among Republican factions is inexplicable. But, that said, if it could be done, I’m for it. The Elephant brand is pretty damaged.
That leaves a third party. For various reasons, not the least of which are STRUCTURAL, that is a recipe for control of this nation by the Demoncrat party into the future.
For a number of reasons, I think the most economical and prone to success of the three options is the first. We have to rally Republicans around US, if we can. If we can’t, we are in deep dukey for a long time.
We aren’t going to get Republican heads right by treating them as our worst enemies.
Well, everyone thought Marion Barry was done too after he was caught smoking crack cocaine and spent 6 months in jail. Less than 4 years later, he got re-elected. Same thing with criminal Barney Frank who was running a male prostitution ring out of his apartment. He keeps getting re-elected too.
I know it’s not the same thing (Democrats have a much higher tolerance for criminal acts and don’t hold their own to any moral values), but it is very possible to rebuild an image and make a good comeback, especially when you have a very solid base of millions of supporters around the country.
It’s the lunatic left who is starting to look petty and superficial. Most Americans see through that. Only the miniscule 20% of those in this country who are liberals see it differently…then again, they are preaching to their own choir.
MAUREEN DOWD TRASHES ‘NUTTY’ PALIN
Sat Jul 04 2009 14:40:36 ET
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashmdp.htm
That IS the left: giving us new reasons to hate them every day and in every way
I don’t think she’s hurt at all at this point.
She is the super nova of politics at this moment. What happens next will tell the tale.
On the Collectivist end of the blogosphere, they are going hog wild…speculating about some radioactive scandal that is waiting to drop. These idiots are fixated on, among other things, the building of the Palin home.
That kind of crap will make these extremists show up like nekked people on a city bus IF it isn’t substantiated in short order.
While there are several people saying she is cooked, there are several others saying this could be a genius political move.
I think wise people are waiting further developments. (Raises hand….)
Z, i am waiting for you to figure out that you attacking me for somebody elses posts.
Never mind.
There is nothing in your comment worth responding to. Your presence and commentary here are those of a defeatist who sucks up to Michelle while preaching quixotic solutions.
I really don’t care that you constantly “tag” my comments with your nutty personal snipes (“Whacko”? Really?). You need some serious couch time with a professional to explore why my commentary affects you so personally.
As for me, there are some very good commentors here who add to the dialogue and I will continue to engage constructively with them when .
I will be glad to be proven wrong on Palin. I hope I am.
There is nothing in your comment worth responding to. Your presence and commentary here are those of a defeatist who sucks up to Michelle while preaching quixotic solutions.
I really don’t care that you constantly “tag” my comments with your nutty personal snipes (“Whacko”? Really?). You need some serious couch time with a professional to explore why my commentary affects you so personally.
There are some very good commenters here who further the dialogue and I will continue to engage constructively with them when I have something constructive to say. Why don’t you try that?
“Defeatist”…?!?!? I’m not the guy prancing around here with the torch, calling for all the impure to be put to
the flames. Your sole solution is to burn down one of the two parties, and do it a way that alienates the MAXIMUM number of people in the process.
I fail to show our host here anything but polite respect. That, in my rearing, was never confused with “sucking up”. I’ve let her know when I took exception to what she said, and she can count on me doing it again.
My “quixotic” solution is at least some damn POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE thing, which is light-years beyond your “burn it all down” bullspit. It also has a real good prospect of being successful. IF YOU DISAGREE, EXPLAIN WHY.
BTW, PP, the website is up. You can get your bumper-sticker for your car. Just put it on, that’s all I will ask of you, since you don’t have the grit to do anything more…yet.
Baby steps, after all…
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Sarah Palin to lead the tea party movement???
Just came to my mind.
Let’s do this one. I don’t want to go through the hassle of changing my voter registration. I also don’t want to go through the years of Democrat control while the third party becomes viable. The third party solution has so far gotten us President Bill Clinton and Senator Al Franken. I’d say it’s time to learn from our mistakes and take our party back.
OT – didn’t zygzag used to be a rational poster or am I remembering this wrong?
I can’t speak from deep experience, but I have seen a good, succinct, rational post or two from him.
Otherwise…not so much. I think he likes the juice he gets from picking fights.
Our friend, PP, posts sanely often. I just have to call him on his BS when he goes off the deep end. Scrappy and I have worried about the boy, times past.
I wonder about a wiring problem in both Z and PP…
*Forget the third party stuff; That is a proven loser and will only prolong the pain; Someone(hopefully Palin, maybe some else)from outside the beltway has to grab Michael Steele Wool and the rest of the old guard GOP by the short hairs and say “the people and I are going this way, so get on board or GTHOOTW”; If that person can effectively get the message across over a period of time, the people will gravitate and the money will follow; The “Death to America” believing target is already out there for all to see; It is P-BO and his Clown Cluster, along with a few jesters, like Powell, Crist, McCain, and Grahamnesty.
Thank you, Michelle, for NOT jumping on the
“Conservatives-eating-their-own” Bandwagon
(writing nonsense like, “this is the end of her career”, etc etc…)
upon which too many otherwise helpful folks
(including Ed Morrisey and Allahpundit)
seem to have jumped.
Sickening.
When was the last time you read destructive cr*p like that from the Left…
…about others on the Left?!?
Such Conservative writers should be ashamed of themselves.
Let Palin explain when she feels it to be appropriate…
…and stop the harmful speculation!
Who the hell is Liz Trotta, Fox News contributor? She is a total left wing pinhead RINO wannabe. I just heard her demolish Sarah Palin and her qualifications… (paraphrasing) “The only reason Sarah Palin succeeded in politics is because of her good looks.” Hey Liz, just because you lack the physical appearance of a woman doesn’t mean you need to criticize beautiful intelligent Conservative women. I’d rather hear Geraldo Rivera bitch about the lack of illegal aliens in Alaska than listen to this nitwit. Doesn’t Liz Trotta have a history of juvenile remarks about other people as well? Fox News really needs to start finding unbiased contributors from the Midwest instead of these inbred Washington DC flakes.
No kidding. If people had actually PAID ATTENTION to her speech rather than breeze through it, they would know the WHY very easily as I picked it up.
Does she really have to spell it out any more clearly?
I’m sure in the coming weeks we will hear from HER as to what HER plans may be for her future.
Rags: I don’t put bumper stickers on my car, that’s for limousine liberals. I go out and do something constructive like go to Tea Party rallies, write letters, send faxes, make phone calls, vote. Good luck with your foolish and childish bumper sticker stunt. You must be a Texas RINO stooge working for the next Bush (Gov Perry? The idiot who thinks the Texas has language in its constitution giving it an explicit right to secede from the Union? Har-har-har!).
BTW, those of you who strongly support Palin, do you now see what is wrong with phony conservatives like Rags? They are not conservatives, they are GOP plants who try to steer the discussion on these conservative websites into philosophical and tactical dead-ends. Only a dedicated dyed-in-the-wool RINO would argue at this site that the only path to conservative victory is through the GOP. I’ll let everyone decide for themselves who the “whacko” is between me and Raggy.
We don’t need the Republicans. They need us. The best way currently available for us to take over the party is for a Sarah Palin to wage a separate campaign and then reshape the party on her own terms when the GOP collapses for lack of a viable alternative. That can’t happen if we allow the Raggys and his minions to seal the deal by declaring our best candidates dead. That is the RINO “electability” argument. We were should be beyond that by now.
Its a valid argument. No third party is going to do much until both the GOP and DNC are fully exposed by the media. Not likely to happen.
As quoted in an ap article…
“…Palin indicated on a social networking site that she would take on a larger, national role, citing a “higher calling” to unite the country along conservative lines.”
I’m sure most of us on the right(really on the right) are relieved to see this. Personally I never had any doubt as to her direction.
Notice ‘O Juan is now admitting she will have a strong influence on the GOP in comings elections…straight talk my butt…right out of his chicken #%&$ .
If I look vindictive here, tough dough nuts, I hope the Gov puts this Grand ‘O Pal in his place and keeps him there.
But, dear lad, I have been doing that for several decades. It AIN’T WORKING!
Oh, and did you notice… We are in a paradigm shift!
Otherwise known as “a grass-roots movement”. Or a-d-v-e-r-t-i-s-i-n-g. You know, marketing. It’s the process one uses to reach others with an idea. Provided one has an idea…
You mean the guy I call “Gov. Goodhair” on these boards? Please…
All states have a right to secede. Or don’t you believe that part in the Declaration where it talks about, “When in the course of human events…”????
Do you “Har, har, har” at Mr. Jefferson, then?
When the States formed their attempt at a “…more perfect Union…” did they give up their sovereignty? Where do you find that in the text?
I guess we’ll have to re-write history to eliminate that 3rd party president Abe Lincoln. No point attempting anything that is difficult. Easier to the easy things like hold your nose and vote for “the lesser of two liberals”. Let’s not waste our time fighting for specific things, better to stand for nothing and try to be everything to everybody.
Man, are you guys in the wrong place. This is a CONSERVATIVE website, not Republican. Have you RINIs not learned anything at all from Michelle?
Pasadena Phil: It must be lonely having the only valid conservative view. People of good will can disagree without being labeled a rino.
Son, I never made any such argument. My three options are right there, and you didn’t deal with any of them.
Do you see another option?
BTW, I made my contribution to Gov. Palin. How ’bout you?
I also voted for her in the last election, pup.
Hmmmm….
Sounds like a Republican Party option to me…
‘Splan to me how that jibes with your first paragraph…
This is the best analysis of Sarah’s move I’ve read so far.
And be sure to read his link to his letter to Jonah Goldberg. It was SPOT ON.
Ooops, the link to the letter to Goldberg is by Joshua Livestro, not the author of the article.
Eww…I gotta an idea….!!!
How about we take our nation back from the political class…!!!
How about we FORCE a Constitutional Renaissance…!!!
or, we could try Civics 101 again…
No risk in that…
And patriots like PP won’t loose their rice bowl if we don’t take any risks…
And the Progressive ratchet will just keep clicking…
Always in the same direction.
RINO? Not this little gray duck. I am a radical, and I’ve been one for a long, long time. Radis, in Latin means “root”. I go to the root of our problem, and I have suggested a means…a tool…to effect change on that level.
Moral, peaceful, and proven effective…
if supported by people who really believe in what they say.
Let me relate a story my Mom told me about Reagan.
Mom and Dad were both in the movies, and both belonged to the Screen Actor’s Guild during the time Reagan was its President.
Mom once told me she was on a set with Reagan. Every spare minute, she said, he would have his nose in a book. She was impressed by that.
I didn’t read Krauthammer or Goldberg as attacking Palin so much as offering constructive criticism, which a lot of people simply cannot abide.
If she is doing what I hope she is doing, she came to the same conclusions as they. She has a lot of learning to do, and an image that has to be made. Just like Reagan did during his wilderness years.
We forget how Reagan was excoriated by the Republican power elite in his early years. He did EXACTLY what he needed to do in response, and quietly, patiently BUILT his image, his resume’, and his own power-base.
I VERY much hope that Gov. Palin is on that path.
Just as I HOPE Gov. Jindal is doing…
H
That would be the lady who you accuse me of “sucking up to”…
Isn’t she one of those RINOs over at Townhall that you love to hate…???
Ragspierre:
I have a beef with Goldberg’s open letter:
His tone was so condescending, so arrogant, so angry, that it is less advice as he claims, and more of an open declaration of war. “You’re blowing it”, “you won’t win the nomination, more important, you won’t deserve to”,“Stay home and do your job and your homework”…
Are these appropriate words and phrases to a sitting governor and vice presidential nominee? Do you think Goldberg would have publicly spoken like that to Romney or McCain? No, what I see is an arrogant country club Republican talking down to a woman he disdains.
He broke Reagan’s 11th Commandment: Speak no ill of fellow Republicans, advice that many other Republicans should heed. If he wanted to be this savage to Gov. Palin, he should have done it privately.
I’ve had it with the Republican party, and if they continue to beat up on Sarah Palin, they should expect no support from me, and many others who are fed up with their elitism. If Sarah Palin formed a 3rd Party, I would leave the GOP, and I know others would as well. That break would spell the end of the GOP, so they better watch their step.
Bill Kristol kept on braying about Sarah needing to hang around “intellectuals” in order to become a serious contender. Well, I’ve got news for that little man: we’ve had enough of the “intellectual” class running this country. Since Woodrow Wilson, this class of people have contributed to the destruction of this country, and I’d rather have a rube from Iowa or Alaska in the White House than any Poison Ivy League graduate.
I don’t understand all of the talk about whether or not resigning was good for Palin’s political future.
1) She decided not to run for re-election in 2010. There could be many different reasons for that, none of them ‘bad’ for her.
2) Given that she was going to announce she wasn’t going to run for re-election, does ANYONE on either the left or right really believe it would have been better for the PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA (you know, the people Palin swore to serve when she took office) for her to ‘finish the job’ instead of turning it over to her Lieutenant Governor, whose character and competence she trusts, to serve the rest of the term???
Seriously. Given the bombardment Palin was under, couldn’t she have figured Parnell could do a better job? Wouldn’t any sane person think so?
There’s something seriously disconnected from reality in just about everything we read in the news today, and it doesn’t get much better even here on conservative sites on the internet.
It IS NOT COMPLICATED. She did the right thing. Was it a good thing for HER? Obviously. If the people hold it against her, they don’t deserve her in the future. If they don’t hold it against her, then it was obviously good for everyone ….. except for the forces of darkness, of course.
And some of them still are–afraid of backlash they try to couch it in “in this era” language but they still resent his going directly to the American people. Much of this Republican power elite is all too much like BroBama–internationalist first, Americans second if at all–McCain, Bush 1 and to a lesser extant Bush 2 being sub-prime examples.
And now that I know Ragspierre is a little gray duck I shall have to be careful during duck season
Reagan didn’t have it as hard. Praying for her family…..and for our country. Look at what we’ve become, because of the likes of Sanford, Stevens and Craig, to name only a few. The GOP has absolutely no credibility anymore, and it keeps costing us election after election. That the world would even give a glance toward the depravity of the Democrats, all the while excoriating this upstanding woman and her family, signals the imminent return of the One who will make all things new. God bless America.
I agree, Atheling. The visible benefit to her of her staying on as Alaska Governor isn’t really going to outweigh the governorship’s costs imposed by the new political reality of how successful campaigns are had as compared to the past.
Right now there is no serious, credible conservative leadership within the GOP other than ourselves, and we need better from those politicians who would claim to represent us. Palin could provide that leadership and invigoration.
There we are certainly in agreement.
Sarahcuda was the SOLE reason the election was not a complete blow-out. Her selection as VP candidate was, IMNHO, genius, and I said it at the time. True to form, however, McAnus did everything he could to muffle her great affect.
I do, however, disagree with some other points. Goldberg was one of the first in the pundit class to laud Gov. Palin. I think you’ll find him on record as decidedly AGAINST McAnus.
I also think Reagan had it right with respect to listening to any voice that might have something to contribute.
I think Ron Paul is a loon, but I still take what he says that has any merit and put it in the hopper. A good idea is gold, wherever you find it, and I think we turn people off at our own peril.
I also think that we can allow prejudice to work against us. William F. Buckley was certainly an intellectual. So was Reagan, in my estimation, though a lot of Collectivist elites would say otherwise. Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, V.D. Hanson, and John Bolton are all squarely in that category, too. You could name several others, I’m sure.
Lady Thatcher, whose father was a grocer, has said pretty much the same things about Gov. Palin’s need to do some building. She speaks from experience.
Would it not be wonderful if, in the fullness of time, Palin could be a force in our own country as great as Thatcher?
That is because the dems/libs back then were extremely supercilious…they could not mentally contemplate the idea that a conservative politican like Goldwater, etc. could possibly be elected as President after FDR and the New Deal. This belief was something I noticed back in the 1970s when I was between 12-15 years old, and that belief was overwhelming in their minds and in those minds of independents.
The dems /libs now are simply nuts and/or evil.
well said atheling, I’m in total agreement.
Goldberg is another so called republican conservative that just bit the dust imho.
the present day repubs are a pile lyin’, elitist bastards interested in one thing, themselves.
I’d like to see her be independent if that’s what it takes, but once again using Ross Perot as an example, that may be mountain to high to climb. I realize Mr.Perot was a little quirky at times, even at he garnered a respectful showing, knocking the incumbent out of office. In the end he was spoiler not the answer.
The better approach may be to convince the voting public to wake up the GOP to reality and get back to traditional values.
Ragspierre:
Don’t you have any comment on the tone of Goldberg’s open letter? Don’t you think it shows disrespect to Governor Palin?
I think we are seeing a pattern of condescension towards women in the GOP. I recall that Michelle Bachman was mocked by Ed Morrissey at Hotair, and further attacks by him on Gov. Palin. Both are solid conservative women, but why are the GOP talking heads attacking them?
Because they are Male Country Club First Elites, that’s why.
anyone see the so called “fair and balanced” foxnews sunday coffee clutch headed by the left leaning Cris Wallace? The panel is made up of 4, 1 semi-conservative the other 3 left wingers and the left calls fox news right wing. The left didn’t get it when they had a liberal the previous 8 years as president…not far enough left I presume. Just can’t satisfy a liberal. They have to be the most unhappy people in America.
That was the 1st time I’ve watched fox in weeks, and it will be a lot more weeks before tuning in again. “Fair n’ Balanced” my butt.
Great Idea but lets take it even further. How about an American Renaissance. Lets focus on our Country and it’s people and our needs to the exclusion of the world that we bootstrap and support despite their hate and scorn and treachery.
Lets cap all foreign aid (especially to the UN) and put all that money into our infrastructure and schools and factories. It would be so simple to harness our productivity for our greater good.
Let the world see what it is like for a while without the great satan picking up the tab. Let the world see how far we could rise and how wonderful it would be to be privileged enough to live here.
Unfortunately, that will never happen with a president who hates America and wants to harness it’s productivity for the rest of the world.
Anyone who would run on an American Renaissance for ALL Americans Platform would win in a landslide. Anyone who could deliver and start making it happen would ensure party dominance for terms and terms.
I went back and re-read Goldberg.
I might have put things differently, but a lot of what he said was on point.
Was he disrespectful? Aren’t we saying many times here that our politicians don’t need to be respected as much as told what we need them to hear?
I guess perhaps some of what he said was disrespectful. A lot of what he said was laudatory, too. My read is that he clearly likes her, and wants her to succeed.
I don’t agree that Palin always whines about press coverage. I think that was simply wrong.
But I DO remember Reagan very well. I remember that he seldom…if ever…complained. W was possessed of the same strength, for good or ill.
In the net, I have to say that I stand by what I said earlier. I didn’t see Goldberg savaging Palin at all. I saw him saying things he thought needed said. Some of those things I think are solid, others are not. But in the main, he supports her, and wants to support her more still.
My friends…and I use that term much more exclusively than do most…tell me things I don’t want to hear when they need to. I return that act of trust and loyalty, because they are my friends. That, to me, is an expression of the Golden Rule.
I watched it and had to send an email. I thought they all missed the point. They are still viewing things within the context of what is acceptable to the political machines. The rise of the Tea Parties should be some indication that the American public is fed up with the “next in line”, play by party rules structures. Sarah can do the most damage by separating her self from party control. The GOP would just jerk her around and have her campaigning for the next party loser. She shouldn’t have to waste her time. I think the GOP elites fear her as much if not more than the Dems. So while all with PDS are still doing the happy dance and the parties think she is toast, the rest of us know that something different will emerge. Sarah speaks from the heart without a teleprompter. I’d like to see the elites try to do that. None of the elites seem to have a heart or care about the people they were elected to serve.
Ragspierre:
Reagan had nothing to complain about compared to what has been levelled against Palin.
NOTHING.
I was an adult during the Reagan years, and I don’t recall his children being attacked, speculations made on the parentage of his children, cartoons published of some thug punching Reagan in the face, jokes made about raping him or his family members, etc…
Tell me, did all that happen to President Reagan? After the bullying done against President Bush, whose silence was maddening, you expect Sarah Palin to sit back and take it? She was NOT whining! Every bloody interview would bring up Letterman, and she had to answer!
You’re making lame excuses for the RINO Elite Wing of the GOP, even defending their unfair attacks on her! What of Reagan’s 11th Commandment? Nothing to say about that?
Have you heard Sarah beat up on Romney? Or McCain? She is the one adhering to Reagan, not them or their sleazy staff!
How you can sit here and defend Goldberg’s snark is beyond me. You need to take a good look at the big picture, because from where I sit, you are smack dab in the middle of that Country Club, mister.
BTW, Ragspierre:
Do your “friends” give you condescending advice in public?
Do they tell you you deserve to lose? Do they publicly humiliate you and call you a quitter, or that you need to do your homework? Do they publish advice to you for the world to see? Or do they take you aside privately and tell you?
Don’t give me that rubbish.
You said that nicer than I would love2rumba-good for you.
The dems /libs were pretty much simply nuts and/or evil then-just not as bold. Remember how they tried to be all patriotic and such at Cut and Run Kerry’s nomination speech but just could not hold their inner evil hidden long.
Whatever Palin does whether it’s in public or private life, there will always be a media storm around her.
I have not figured out what the deal is, but I have some ideas…
That’s why I started a new Twitter page/site…
http://twitter.com/fightthesmears
Yes, that’s the same thing Odumbo did when he thought he was being smeared (please let’s be serious, who “smeared” the guy, the media?), so he started a website called fightthesmears dot com. The person who really deserves that is Sarah Palin.
After the vile stuff today on the Internet and listening to everyone speculate about her, I decided I had enough and had to do something.
I figure every little bit helps.
Just a note from the Country Club Cou Rouge…
Ahhh…they are not investigating and not getting ready to indict, but he very cleverly avoided saying they they were not getting ready to investigate her.
Well played, Special Agent Eric Gonzalez.
Aww, is someone whining?
And nice innuendo, there, Chaps.
It would be fair to say that the FBI was getting ready to investigate THE ONE, by that standard.
Snort. You’re a pathetic crappy lawyer.
Let us know when you find out anything of substance, lightweight.
Only if you include poking you in the eye in the definition of “whining”….
I don’t usually have a beef with Jonah, but I do agree he was totally condescending here. That’s not too becoming of someone who only got a pundit gig because of “who his Mom is” in the first place. Condescendence goes both ways, heh.
Jeez. Have you lost all sense of humor?
Chillax, dude. It was only a joke about his “wiggle room” comment.
Yeah, my clients think so little of me that I continue to work for my two biggest after I left my firm.
I’d say you were a pathetic, crappy “whatever” but the only thing I know you do is post comments….HEY! That works!
Here you go, a**wipe:
While I agree TOTALLY with the substance of that statement, it should have been made by one her many surrogates.
From her, in her position, it can easily be depicted as whiny.
Do I blame her for pushing back? HELL no! But she’s a politician, and she has to build a perception of who she is.
It can be a cardinal mistake to show your opposition…especially these depraved haters on the Left…that they are drawing blood.
So thanks, Chapoutier the A**wipe, for proving what an “unscrupulous” and “reckless” person you are.
Keep on posting lies, I’ll be sure to send them to Mr. Van Flein, you slimeball lawyer. Maybe you should lose your license for libel and defamation of character.
Thanks atheling. But I already read that like months ago.
“Snort. You’re a pathetic crappy lawyer.”
Truth be told, Chappy, we don’t know if you’ve ever even attended a law school or passed a bar exam, much less be a practicing attorney. It’s not uncommon for people to use such claims in an attempt to add a bit o’ “gravitas” to their IMHOs.
Not calling you a liar, it’s a “just sayin’” thing.
Ragspierre:
She will no longer be a politican, so she can fight back and act as kingmaker in 2010.
You never responded to my question as to whether your “friends” post advice to you in public forums in terms that are humiliating and insulting.
Do they?
You are a trip. Pray tell, what lie? My claim that Gonzalez did not say the words “getting ready to investigate”? That is easily provable since his quote is right there in plain sight.
You might have a bit better luck making up some Palin hate fantasy you claim I have if this wasn’t a thread where I had specifically defended her not once, but twice.
If he is one, he’s a crappy lawyer because he is no deep thinker, nor is he capable of logical thought.
He is Slick Willy, only capable of making quick sound bytes, and quips that signify nothing.
A mental lightweight, whose intellectual achievements consist of one line zingers without substance, and reflect no character.
He takes cheap shots, because he is incapable of anything more.
Cheap, slick, superficial.
I dunno…
To me, Goldberg earned his chops with pieces like this…
http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=NTRjNzA4NDZmNTc3OTk1ZmNmNzM4ZDEwMzEwNjBkYjg
However he got his foot in the door.
As for that Eleventh Commandment thing…
I think Reagan was speaking of REPUBLICAN office holders.
I think he was wrong as he could be if he meant anyone else.
It doesn’t much apply to me, being a NOT Republican.
And how many times has our host violated it (without a demurrer from anyone here)?
Oh, I’m just joking, Cha*sswipe!
Where’s your sense of humor?
No. My friends don’t. But I am not a public person. Quite the opposite.
Were I a public person, I think I could tell friend from foe, as I trust Gov. Palin can.