Posted on 05/17/2013 6:11:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It is hard to admit that one of the most cartoonish and self-aggrandizing figures in recent political memory actually could have been a contender at one time, but I am now willing to cede that point.
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin actually could have been, at the very least, a respected political figure over the course of the last decade, but she has squandered any capital or potential she may have had by being a rudderless buffoon.
The only reason this comes to light again is because Palin is polling ahead of two other candidates for a potential open Senate seat in 2014.
Mind you this was a sample of 379 Alaska Republicans taken during the first week of this month, but the prospect of Palin being a member of the Senate for six years is enough to make one consider a move to Nova Scotia.
At one time Palin was a somewhat savvy, fairly competent Governor of Alaska. What made her stand out and got her on the political map was facing down oil and natural gas conglomerates in her home state and beating them.
In Alaska, beating that corporate duo is one step short of taking control of a city back from the mob. Oil taxes supply almost 90 percent of the general revenue in the state, so you know oil companies have what can conservatively be called a passing interest in how government is run.
The governor, who would soon become more famous for being geographically challenged and for her looks, somehow passed a tax increase on oil revenue and while other states floundered, Alaska built up a $12 billion surplus.
But 18 months before the end of her first term and only nine months after she helped torpedo John McCain’s Presidential aspirations....
(Excerpt) Read more at voicenews.com ...
If she is so ‘broken’ then why do they all waste time on her? You would think she was elected to some office already. She has more guts than half the repubs in office right now. She will make a great senator ...
She lives rent free in their heads! Go, Sarah, go!
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She’s been living rent free in their pesky little heads since August 2008 and she is loving every minute of it..these drones are just too stupid to figure out Sarah is enjoying every minute of their stupidity
I’d say Biden by far, ant next to Obama that’s saying something
That’s “Forest” not Sarah.
Back to my old saying, I was a big fan until she helped bail out that stinking RINO POS McCain in the 2010 Zona primary.
And no more of this, “She owed him” BS. He should be gone and JD Haworth should be in. The Tea Party keeps getting the shaft from the Republican Party.
Bleep you Sarah.
So Palins star has crashed and burned because she may become a Senator? That’s an odd definition of ‘crash and burn”.
A worthless target attracts no fire.
I can’t believe all our efforts to promote and defend her ideas were all for naught Onyx. Just like that...POOF! It’s all over.
I haz a sad....
Matt: Three words for you: 2 action verbs and one personal pronoun -
I take it that is Fahr Left. Like his star ever made it off the ground. What a putz.
Palin lives rent-free in a millon heads.
I got it. Go F yo’self. (I love puzzles)
The headline in this little propaganda rag should read:
“Time again to remind everyone how Palin’s star has crashed as she leads GOP pack for AK senate seat”
My gaydar is off the scale.
Bleep you if you think JD Hayworth is worth a damn,just curious did you catch JD on that get freebies from the Gov. infomertial that your boy JD on?
Was on
LOL
OK, he shows his cluelessness right there. SARAH SAVED McCAIN's BUTT! He was on-track to make McGovern look like he lost in a squeaker. I worked the election GOTV effort and there were no volunteers until the day after the announcement and her speech. People flooded in, saying "I'm here for Sarah." And this is a conservative county. McCain's defeat would have been epic if not for Sarah Palin. A clue is far away from Mr. Fahr
Where was this nasty little man’s article on how a state could elect a buffoon to the Senate when Al Franken was thrust upon the rest of us?
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