Posted on 07/04/2009 9:41:18 AM PDT by AJKauf
There have been a number of seminal queries which our elders used to define game-changing moments in America’s cultural evolution. Where were you when JFK was shot? Where were you when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon? For me, although it will likely wind up as a Trivial Pursuit bonus round question, one of the treasured turning points may well be: Where were you when Sarah Palin decided to commit political suicide?
The odd thing is that I was up in the mountains, forcing myself into a period of decompression from the political theater. I likely wouldn’t have even known that Governor Palin had decided to resign her office had I not been taking time out from fruitless bass fishing to moderate the chat for Ed Morrissey’s daily show.
The first questions arose in a predictable pattern, since initial reports were grossly lacking in detail. The most horrific scenarios dominated: Was she sick? Was there some tragedy unfolding with her family? The second, and more likely scenario in my view, was that a clever reporter had finally unearthed a bit of discomfiture and asked the governor for comment. In that case, the pending resignation would prove to be a preemptive move to circle the wagons and prepare for the onslaught to come. When an elected official spends so much time and money fighting allegations of ethical misconduct, it should hardly come as a surprise if one of them stuck to the wall...
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You said — My point was that is ALL this poster does! Page after page of nothing but posts with no comment.
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Yeah, I saw that..., it’s a perfect record as a hit and run poster... LOL...
I would be pointing out his hit and run tactics, and his practice of bashing conservatives this way..., in every thread he posts... :-) for sure...
No personal attacks allowed...
Okay, no problem, but I was personally insulted twice after making a valid point about this move by Palin, and those posts were directed at me personally, not at the point of my post.
quid pro quo.
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Amen.
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Ah, maybe he's just a troll.
Republican RINO defenders.
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There. Fixed it for you.
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