Paul Mirengoff needs to get his head out of DC! What an elitist snob. I'm sick of these people trying to tell the rest of us who we should support and why. Thanks, but I can think for myself unlike the kooks on the left who need a 'leader'.
Posted on 07/05/2009 7:06:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It's not clear why Sarah Palin resigned her position as governor of Alaska, but it must have been for one of the following reasons:
(1) there is a scandal that would have made her position as governor untenable,
(2) she couldn't take the heat that was coming her way,
or
(3) she concluded that it was in her best interests to do something other than fulfill the duties associated with the position the voters of Alaska entrusted to her.
In all three scenarios, Palin is unfit for high office, and certainly unfit to be the vice president or the president of the United States. Moreover, Palin's resignation confirms how disappointingly reckless it was of John McCain to choose the then-untested governor to be his running-mate.
And what are we to make, in retrospect, of the euphoria that greeted McCain's selection of Palin -- a euphoria that made the Republican convention seem so strange to me that, for the first time in my life, I felt I had returned to the real world when I arrived back in Washington, DC? I imagine the euphora was founded on the desperation Republicans felt as we saw the presidency slipping away, having already lost control of Congress.
There's no dishonor in this reaction; the dishonor belongs to those like Peggy Noonan who understood the situation but would only express it when they thought their microphone was off. But when we conservatives say that we need a restoration of conservative values, we should remember that one of those values -- perhaps the most important -- is sobriety.
Leader of the Conservative movement!
She has left Alaska in good hands.
She has stopped the petty ankle bit ting against her, with these bogus ethics charges.
She has set herself up to make lots of money on her book deal. (She deserves every penny!)
And, she has set herself up to be the “majority maker” in the next Congress.
She is in a perfect position, right now.
Quiter?
Obama quit his US Senate Seat, after only two years, to become President. Actually, Obama never really was a “Senator” for much of that time, he was a Presidential candidate from the FIRST DAY he was elected to the Senate.
Kathleen Sebelius quit her job as Kansas Gov. after promising she would not.
Hillary Clinton quit her job, as carpetbagging Senator of New York.
Rahm Emanuel quit his job, did he not?
How many others quit?
Is it better to keep a job, and be AWOL, or is it better to leave the State of Alaska in good hands, and fight to take back Congress?
Just leftist trash talk.
It’s DC against the rest of us, that much seems pretty clear. I wonder if these sucking toadie wannabes realize they will be the first useful idiots to be sacked when DC takes over everything?
(5) flip the DNC/GOP/MSM establishment the bird and do things her way (outside the box). In the process, help elect conservatives and pick off a few RINOs in the process.
After this, and collects IOUs, it’s her call. I wish her well.
And if she plans to run and wins, does that make you cuckoo instead?
She told us why she resigned. It isn’t her fault a**hats like this and many on FR can’t understand why. She said it twice, once on Friday and once Saturday. Anyone reading her two speeches and not comprehending why simply need to get a brain.
Paul Mirengoff needs to get his head out of DC! What an elitist snob. I'm sick of these people trying to tell the rest of us who we should support and why. Thanks, but I can think for myself unlike the kooks on the left who need a 'leader'.
And let’s not forget Barack Obama, who the people of Illinois elected him to be SENATOR, and what did he do, he served 100 days, if even that, and used that role to go campaigning for President, so in reality, he had no intention of even serving the people of Illinois, he just used the term “senator” to say “See, I have credentials, I can run for President now” and he was applauded by the left for doing so
Where have I heard that term, “Straight Talk” before? Hmmmmmmm.
Yup. Classic false dilemma.
Yup. Classic false dilemma.
Bush’s, Clinton’s, Obama, Ivy League all. Look at the mess they’ve made of things. Reagan wasn’t in their league and neither is Palin. God bless the outsiders!
Perhaps Sarah should recite the speech again, this time using sock puppets to once again repeat why she is leaving. She spelled it out simple as pie, some just refuse to get it
That says it all! What a jerk!
In other words, only DC knows what is best for the rest of us hicks. These elitists pos can kma.
Those Ivy League morons are the ones who have driven this country into the ground.
Hey, another HIT piece on Palin. She is doing one hell of a job of confusing the liberalsliving in a box.
They can’t handle the truth....that Palin is coming to throw them out of DC with a little help from her friends....the American grass roots.
Obama did not even, really, serve as a US Senator, as he was campaigning for President every single day he served as Senator.
Palin served as Governor for more days that Obama served as a US Senator.
Quit drinking the liberal koolaide.
I’ll tell you what, I resent mightily those that use their elected position to ignore their constituents while they run around trying to get another elected position.
All we need to understand is that RINOs and “moderates” are lying, manipulative, bottom feeding scum who will happily hand a seat to democrats if they think they can use fear to put it in RINO hands in the future.
I agree, supposedly Obama went to an ivy league school(even though we never saw his school records, hmmm I wonder why) look what this supposed genius has done. My dog could have done a better job with this country then Obama. How about for a change, we get someone in the White House who might not have that ivy league education but has something better, something called STREET SMARTS, someone who cares enough about America to defend it no matter what
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