Betting the Farm on Sarah Palin

C4P ^ | Posted on July 02 2011 - 8:32 AM | Guest submission by: “Mark America”

[EveningStar]

In her resignation speech, Palin (™) mentions the lawsuits but doesn't give that as the reason for her resignation.

From the resignation speech of Sarah Palin (™):

And so as I thought about this announcement that I wouldn’t run for re-election and what it means for Alaska, I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks… travel around the state, to the Lower 48 (maybe), overseas on international trade – as so many politicians do. And then I thought – that’s what’s wrong – many just accept that lame duck status, hit the road, draw the paycheck, and “milk it”. I’m not putting Alaska through that – I promised efficiencies and effectiveness! ? That’s not how I am wired. I am not wired to operate under the same old “politics as usual.” I promised that four years ago – and I meant it.

You can read the full transcript here and watch the speech here: Part1 Part2

I don't know how you can claim lame duck status when you have 16 months left in your term.

A few months later with Bill O'Reilly, she again cited the "lame duck" status as her reason for quitting.

[Windflier]

Palin (™)

EveningStar( ! ) you're barking at the moon again. How many doggie biscuits did you get in your bowl for posting that lovely hatchet job?

[Windflier]

Do you understand how liberal that post sounds?

Don't blame me. I didn't write the Alaska state constitution.

[Windflier]

btw...facts are neither liberal nor conservative...they are not talking points...they are simply facts. You don't have to like them but you can't change them.

Oh, but you can make a person look bad by only quoting selected facts. You know that, and so do I.

Taken as a whole, the facts of Governor Palin's public service record are exemplary. You don't have to like that, but you can't change it.

[wtc911]

I thought at the time that Palin(™) went into the speeach not fully decided about quitting. It seemed to me that she was wrestling in her head still.

In retrospect, I am still convinved of it.

I can see no other explanation for why she would say first that she will not be running for re-election.

If her intention in the speech was to quit then why even bother to mention re-election? Did she think that she was going to quit and then maybe run again the following year?

Her quitting was damn near spur-of-the-moment....much more "screw this, I'm outta here" than a disciplined, calculated political move that smacks of genius as her acolytes would have us think.

That's why the silliness of the "lame duck" nonsense.

[Windflier]

You again?

[Windflier]

Her quitting was damn near spur-of-the-moment....much more "screw this, I'm outta here" than a disciplined, calculated political move that smacks of genius as her acolytes would have us think.

That statement is proof positive that you've never once picked up her book and read her own account of what led her to resign the governorship.

You're just parroting the liberal MSM with that trash. Why? Why would you take their word over Sarah Palin's?

I swear, if you were a newbie, just coming on to this site with that sort of garbage, you'd get the zot on the first day.

[EveningStar]

Sarah and Bristol Palin Trademark Their Names

[Stonewall Jackson]

It could be worse. It could be Fightin’ Joe Wheeler.

[Windflier]

Sarah and Bristol Palin Trademark Their Names

Thanks for the stale news, EveningStar( ! ). What would we Palinistas ever do without you?

I suppose you think it would have been better for Sarah to leave her name in the public domain, so that the ravenous left could use it in every sort of filthy attack against her.

I'm going to so enjoy watching you PDSers' brains leak out through your noses when she's elected .. LOL

[Candor7]

Bless Mark America in Texas.We will prevail, or have a lot
joy breaking the heads of the enemy. The leftists and RINOs are not our representatives as a people, that is plain.

I am for Sarah Palin.May she lead us and stay her sacred course.

[Candor7]

Doc, use your elbows and check a few into the pool.

[EveningStar]

The Palin (™) spin machine may have gone into overdrive over this, but when you look at the rules for the recent book signing, you can see what it's really all about.

[Windflier]

Why do you keep pinging your homey, wtc911 to every reply you make to me? You some kind of gang banger, or something? Can’t go toe to toe with me all by your quisling lonesome?

Pathetic coward. That’s right. I said it.

[onyx]

One of these days, maybe Jim Robinson will also tire of these putrid Palin trolls.

Tick tock.

[EveningStar]

It’s a courtesy ping because wtc911 was involved in an exchange with you in which I also took part. Calling me a coward for issuing a courtesy ping shows that your reasoning powers are challenged.

[Windflier]

It’s a courtesy ping because wtc911 was involved in an exchange with you in which I also took part.

Bull. You don't need to ping anyone to a post in which you don't mention them by name, and you know it.

You're pinging your buddy for the same reason that all craven cowards do... you can't go toe to toe with someone who's willing and ready to fight you fair and square.

Don't mess with me, troll. I've been walking this earth long enough to know your type when I run across them.

[onyx]

I am for Sarah Palin. May she lead us and stay her sacred course.

I'm with you and Sarah Palin.

She holds my hopes and she has my prayers.

[Windflier]

One of these days, maybe Jim Robinson will also tire of these putrid Palin trolls.

Tick tock.

I've said many times, that the PDS posse had better be glad that Jim doesn't let me have access to the zot gun. I used to wear that hat on another conservative board. Libs, plants, trolls, and other assorted misfits didn't last long around there.

[onyx]

Man, winning Illinois would be a miracle!