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Posted on 07/05/2009 7:04:48 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
Rush Limbaugh Comments on Sarah Palin's Resignation
July 5, 2009
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RUSH: This is Rush. I’m on a golf vacation, parts unknown, all week long. Six cities, six courses, starting today. On this Palin business, you know, one of the reasons I haven’t said anything to anybody is I don’t know what this means – and I think all of this is just speculation. We don’t know what her reasons for doing this are yet. The speculation here and the predictions here rival some of the irresponsibility I saw with people speculating on the cause of death of Michael Jackson when nobody knew – and we still don’t know with Michael Jackson. We think we do but we don’t. We haven’t had an official autopsy report.
As far as I know, nobody in Palin’s camp or Palin herself has said what the hell this is about and why she’s doing this. So everybody’s guessing and everybody’s applying their own, either inside-the-Beltway formulas to this... All I know is this: If Sarah Palin has any desire to do a TV show, to do speeches, to raise money, to earn money – whatever it’s for – if she has any desire for a future, be it in politics, be it in media or whatever, she’s going to have to do it in the Lower 48. She cannot do it in Alaska. It’s not going to get it done.
I don’t think this precludes her running for office down the road, the presidency in 2012, at all. I think these people saying that she’s an instant target because she quit, that’s just inside-the-Beltway formulaic and she’s not that. If anything this woman, her m.o. is outside-the-box and not formulaic. So until we know what this is all about, I think it’s just everybody trying to be the smartest person in the room trying to predict or analyze, when nobody can really know. All I know is that she is going to continue to fire-up people in the conservative Republican base as often as she speaks to ‘em.
Judging from my emails, I haven’t seen a whole lot of ‘em from people who are disappointed or who will throw her overboard like a lot of people are. It boils down to this: When you have so many establishment types – inside-the-Beltway, elite, establishment types (Republican, Democrat, it doesn’t matter) – just so eager to destroy this woman, it means they’re still scared to death of her. And that, to me, is the bottom line. You know, I’m living proof that you do things outside the box, that you don’t do them formulaically – and if you do it the right way, you don’t have to be part of a formula.
And I think it’s one of the problems with D.C. Beltway types and wannabe D.C. Beltway analyst types or whatever. So I hope this helps, but I’m not going to sit here and tell you I know for sure what this means because I don’t, ‘cause I haven’t heard her say – I haven’t heard anybody in her camp say – what this is all about and why she’s doing it. It’s all just speculation, and until we know, it’s just stupid to sit here and say, “I know for sure what she’s doing,” when nobody does except her – and she’ll tell us at some point, and then we’ll know.
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Ya think Rush new about this, he is very fond of Sarah and has defended her since the beginning. To make a comment about a Governor stepping down during your vacation is rare, especially since she did not leave due to some political scandal. I think Rush knew about this all along. Perhaps they talk to each other and he gave his advice
Good. I think he said just the right thing.
Indeed. The fact is no one knows why, because she hasn’t said.
about = above.
My apologize.
LOLOLOLOLOL. DUH!!!
My apologies
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I apologize.
My eyes are tired after reading all day — it comes with age. :-)
I would love to see Sarah Palin in my neck of the woods. I was very angry that the McCain team rescheduled her appearance and never let her come into our state during the campaign.
I have had a bumper sticker on my car that reads, "Hey Alaska! Wanna trade governors?" Christine Gregoire is the pits.
I know when Rush Limbaugh visited our state last he had a crowd of 40,000 at the Puyallup fairgrounds arena. It would be nice . . .
Rush on Sarah: “We don’t know what her reasons for doing this are yet.”
Flowerplough on Sarah: Her retirement reminds me a bit of of Michael Jordan’s first retirement. No one knew why, rumors abounded, and he didn’t stay retired.
You are cracking me up here!! 8-)
And I thought Sarah explained why she was stepping down very clearly! She wasn't going to waste her time and Alaska's money on stupid bogus ethics charges one after another from political enemies. 17 such charges have already been trown out, but took her away from her job and cost the state time and $ to answer the bogus charges. She has had her full of "politics as usual" and is saving Alaska money by having the Lt.Governor take over so progress can be made without time being wasted.
Now Sarah is free to travel the country and let more Americans get to know her on HER terms. She is also ready to fight the DEMS, RINOS and media who think they can get away with their lies. We have just begun to hear from Sarah! GO SARAH!
Hey, I crack myself up! ;-)
At least I’m happy! :-)
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