Now, that's the fact Jack!
It would seem that the same PDSers are getting quite bold in their recent attacks. What's up with that?!
Posted on 06/15/2011 11:40:40 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
The letter she wrote to her family before the birth of Trig gives us a glimpse into the soul of the penultimate "NON-quitter."
In her email Palin imagines a letter from God to the family about to launch on its challenging child-rearing experience together.
"Then, I put the idea in your hearts that his name should be 'Trig', because it's so fitting, with two Norse meanings: "True" and "Brave Victory"."
"I've given Trig's mom and dad peace and joy as they wait to meet their new son. I gave them a happy anticipation because they asked me for that.I'll give all of you the same happy anticipation and strength to deal with Trig's challenges, but I won't impose on you... I just need to know you want to receive my offer to be with all of you and help you everyday to make Trig's life a great one."
"This new person in your life can help everyone put things in perspective and bind us together and get everyone focused on what really matters.The baby will expand your world and let you see and feel things you haven't experienced yet. He'll show you what "true, brave victory" really means."
*~*~*
She did not quit on her baby, which 90% of her peers choose to do away with. She did not quit on her family, and above all, she did not quit on her GOD. She did not quit her faith for the sake of convenience or self-preservation, but prepared her heart for sacrifice and the unknown.
GOD does not reward quitters.
I’ll settle for Non-Nominee.
I guess we will see what happens in the election, won’t we?
If I need to tell you about the 2010 election results, then you don’t need to be on this thread.
I missed the part about Goldwater saving conservatism in 1980 though, I don’t recall that, although I’m glad he was not against Reagan like he was in 1976.
No one is stupid enough to think that Palin resigned because she can’t handle pressure, especially from her position as a popular sitting Governor.
Arguments have to be grounded in some semblance of reality or they are just too silly to even trot out.
If you try to insist that it is not, then you truly are one of those who get off hitching rides on nearby comets.
What Sarah has endured from small minds like you since she made the highly principled decision to put the people of Alaska above her reputation—which lost souls like you just love to trash, like all dead-souls unable to see what a principled act is—well, what she has endured and continues to rise above proves you're not only wrong, but perniciously obsessed with hate eating your innards.
Your bile spewing bitterness will consume you, young’n. It must really frost your little brain that she refused to play the ‘game’ as your ilk wanted it aligned. She defeated your ilk and continues to brush you aside. It must be so embittering to you folks!
After reading this thread and the fight over
quitting vs. resigning, it occurs to me the
terms can be defined by their results.
If quitting means giving up, Sarah Palin did
NOT give up. Instead, she has risen like a
phoenix out of the ashes; more powerful and
influential than ever imagined.
If that is quitting, more of us should be
quitters.
Newspeak.
Now, that's the fact Jack!
It would seem that the same PDSers are getting quite bold in their recent attacks. What's up with that?!
Yes some earlier posters were saying something similar, you can’t take a new job, or role, until you leave the old one.
Especially when the old one is thousands of miles away from where you need to be.
Yes, she quit her job. She explained in fairly detailed terms why she did so, for anyone who actually cared about the facts of the matter.
You either accept the reason for the resignation, or you don’t. If you don’t, that means that you are saying that Palin should have remained in a position where she would be responsible for an additional, unbudgeted outlay of a (reported) $2 million of state money to be spent on the processing of ethics defenses for herself and her administration, (not to mention the significant personal legal expenses required by the Alaska ethics laws from herself and members of her administration who were also targeted) because of the blizzard of specious and frivolous ethics complaints being filed by Democratic Party operatives.
People who claim to be both conservative and critical of Palin’s resignation need to reconcile their position with any reasonable definition of “fiscal conservative.” This position strikes me as being analogous (on a much different level, of course) to holding that Douglas MacArthur should have stayed in command of his forces in the Philippines until being captured by the Japanese and forced to participate in the Bataan Death March.
Criticizing Palin’s resignation simply shows that she cares more than you do about how public money is spent, I’m afraid. Spin it however you want. But that’s where you wind up.
Now, a more nuanced and meaningful criticism of Palin might involve the Alaska ethics laws themselves which were being abused by her political opponents—laws which I believe Palin was in favor of enacting when she was running for Governor.
It’s a situation of being hoist by one’s own petard, in a sense.
Palin’s biggest mistake as Alaska Governor, from my point of view, was exactly the overreach of her ethics reform. In that, she vastly underestimated the unscrupulousness and sheer malice of her political opponents.
I suspect she has corrected that problem in her worldview by now.
If you want to attack Palin’s record, make sure you know what the record is that you’re attacking. In my opinion, she’s more vulnerable on a substantive basis on her (arguably failed) ethics reforms themselves than on her resignation.
Your mileage may vary.
Given that the chances of Palin ever enjoying universal support, perhaps you should just get used to the idea that not everyone is going to be a fan?
I never claimed that so you are writing the fairy tale, it is also you trying to deny Palin’s role in successfully leading conservatism to extraordinary victories since August 2008, that is striking and bizarre.
Palin has been in that leadership role since August 2008, and is still there at this very minute, as we are having this discussion while you try to end the conservative roll we have been on since her emergence on the national scene.
Wow, that just reeks of elitism. What, with your heroine brushing aside the small people with their little brains and all that. And here I thought her total appeal was her lack of elitism that appealed to her non-elitist cheering section. Your post just shows how wrong I was.
I agree. Not everyone should be a fan. It's a FReerepublic. However, is wishing that posts about Sarah Palin on FR don't sound exactly like something on DU asking too much?
Now that was mature. Are there any other states who's citizens aren't worth recognizing that we should be aware of before we continue this discussion?
She had a powerful impact on the election, and the national dialog. She helped get a number of conservative and tea party candidates elected. No way she could have done as much had she stayed as Governor of Alaska.
So yeh, she quit the job, but not the fight. It may be more important and beneficial if she continues the fight and keeps holding the politicians feet to the fire rather than get bogged down in the system by running again.
She will make a great impact no matter what she decides.
Given that the chances of your definition of maturity ever enjoying universal support, perhaps you should just get used to the idea that not everyone is going to care what you think?
Maturity: Not everything it's cracked up to be.
I’m quitting - voting for the candidate the GOP or media picks.
“Not retreating but reloading”. Guess they don’t like her new amno - it hits the target every time.
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