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Posted on 07/12/2011 10:47:52 AM PDT by Gargantua
Lancing the “She Quit!” Boil One Last Time
© 2011 By Gargantua
One of the more unsettling hallmarks of the unfair, often deceitful, and always unprovoked attacks on Sarah Palin is the way in which she is frequently castigated for doing things commonly accepted when done by others, but which somehow rise to a level of unconscionable effrontery when she does them. A good example is the way that she was excoriated for having posted on her website a map of the United States which used surveyors marks to denote vulnerable Democratic congressional seats for The Tea Party to “target”in the 2011 midterms.
Leave aside for the moment the fact that Democrat operatives had created a similar such map using actual gun sight crosshairs (and not the somewhat more innocuous surveyors marks Palin had used) in laying out their “aim for” congressional map. Leave aside the fact that a Democrat candidate actually aired a commercial in which he repeatedly fired a rifle at a copy of the “Obamacare” bill.
Ignoring these facts as well as the fact that Jarod Lee Loughner was a demonstrably insane liberal who had stalked Gabrielle Giffords for the past several years, and had most probably never even looked at Sarah Palin website, nonetheless the extremist left immediately started blatting into every microphone and TV camera they could find that it was clearly Sarah Palin who had caused the lunatic to shoot the Congresswoman.
I use this example to_underscore_the clear double standard employed whenever the extremist left decides to opine on Gov. Palin. Turning our attention now to another of the Lapdog Lamestream Enemedia’s frequent mantras concerning the governor, let's take a comprehensive look at their assertion that she should not be considered for future office because “she quit." The way that canard is presented, one might easily believe that it is something offensive and out of the ordinary that Palin had decided to do. After all, with this act, she was turning her back on and walking away from her constituents and her elected post as governor.
Whereupon arises the question, what Senator, Representative, or Governor in the history of the Republic, did not in fact walk away from his constituency and elected position so that he could run for another office? Can you name one? Of course you can't. Every Sen. Rep. and Gov. who ever ran for a different office after having been elected to their current one walked away from their constituency and their elected post in order to do so. It's a common practice. It's a commonly accepted practice.
Unless, of course, Sarah Palin tries to do it.
Even more insidious in the use of this strawman when attacking the governor is the fact that she did not “run away” in leaving her governorship. She put the reins of the state in the hands of her very capable lieutenant governor Sean Parnell, turned and charged into the teeth of the beast that was assailing her. And proceeded to royally kick its butt.
Speculation was rampant and predictions were unending that this marked the death knell for the poor governor. The path of her political ascension had reached its zenith, and she was in a fire and smoke trailing tailspin headed for political obscurity. Nobody the day after Gov. Palin stepped down predicted that she was about to publish two best-selling books. Nor did they predict that she was about to embark on a series of speaking engagements commanding six figure compensation. Most assuredly, nobody even thought of suggesting that she might mount a series of campaign endorsements, often times for obscure candidates trailing badly in the polls, the majority of which would then win elected office creating the Republican Revolution of 2010; the single largest party shift in control of the House of Representatives in the history of the Republic (whereby Sarah would be most appropriately crowned “Kingmaker”).
Just to recap, Sarah Palin did indeed leave her governorship to move on to bigger and better, and far more meaningful (not to mention unpaid) contributions to the political ship of state. Just as had every elected official in American history before her, Sarah left the Alaska governorship to pursue higher goals prior to the conclusion of her full-term. The main difference being none of the other elected officials who had undertaken this commonly accepted practice were ever so roundly and universally excoriated as a “quitter” for having done so.
As a fitting end to this story of truly unique practices and outcomes, Sarah Palin is quite likely shortly to announce her candidacy for President of the United States in 2012. Should she do so, the most likely outcome will be that she defeats in a landslide the most badly failed president ever to hold the Oval Office.
The irony, and oh-so poetic justice, of just such a scenario is most certainly not lost upon those who still admire and will always support so unfairly mistreated a hero as Sarah Palin.
When I do a google search, I find something on the State of Alaska website called the "Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act". It's dated 07/10/07.
Not sure what to make of that.
“In Alaska, by Law, the Governor is not represented by the State A. G., and must pay for their own defense. Now you know why... because it’s the Law.”
This is all we need to say to those who disparage her. Alaska’s the only state that doesn’t protect its governor from frivolous lawsuits. Palin was defending herself from 19 frivolous lawsuits on her own dime. It was taking over her life, her finances, and her governorship. She won all 19 cases, by the way. Every one of them was groundless and she was exonerated.
The spinners are desperate for something on Sarah Palin. Hard up, actually.
Good point!
That would be their last act in what had up until then been a peaceful conservative rebellion. I figure the streets would run red with what's left of the Left.
In fact, Sarah is surrounded by a phalanx of snake-eaters committed to her preservation. I pity the imbecile who makes a play for her. He'll probably be caught up short prior to mission success, and just never seen or heard from again.
Buh-bye.
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Well, aren't you the observant one! Seriously.
I have a photo of her from right before the Biden Debate, where she's looking at him through her glasses, smiling with her teeth, asking if it's okay if she calls him "Joe."
The look terrifies me; like a lioness about to grab an ibis. It gives me goosebumps and makes the hair on my neck stand up. What a feral predator she is. Not the gal I want gunning for me, I'll tell you.
She would make such a phenomenal kick-ass president. Lord willing.
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You have to be careful when using words like “all” and “every”. That sets a pretty high standard and I suspect you haven’t done the research to back up your assertion.
Generally, the word “abdicate” implies a formal and permanent relinquishment of one’s position or responsibilities, and you used it within the context of a discussion of Sarah Palin’s resignation. It’s not unreasonable to assume you used “abdicate” as a synonym for “quit”.
All I’m saying is that “abdicate” probably wasn’t the best choice of words in this case.
Thank you for clarifying your statement. The insult wasn’t necessary, however.
Did you ever quit a trial halfway through it?
Nowere in my article did I use the term "abdicate." Each and every "all" and "every" that I did use, I used with full knowledge and specific intent. They are intentional, and precise, not to mention correct.
You can find far more fruitful ways to waste your time than to try to pick apart my writings, especially given your own now repeatedly demonstrated inablity to comprehend what you've read.
And just for your pointless edification, it wasn't an "insult." It was a justified reprimand, which apparently you don't deal with very well.
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Exactly, and at the time and still I called it a political masterstroke. Has she started a trend? Now Ron Paul admits tacitly that running for Prez is a full-time job and that it is impossible to simultaneously be a Rep, or a Gov, at the same time.
That was the law Palin signed that the left used to pick on her.
She was elected in the 2006 election.
From the East Wing of the White Hut, are you sure you can see the Potomac River? ... Are you sure you’re not related to Tina Fey?
No, he’s entitled to his opinion. Didn’t see any PDS. It’s every man’s God given right to be wrong ;)
However that “Holiest of Holies” crap pegged you pretty well.
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.
Exactly, for the most part, only the winners leave their current office. A very few people quit their current office to run for higher, but most losers stay with their current office. And that doesnt even apply to Sarah’s case because, she didnt quit to run in the election or for higher office. She quit later on for personal reasons. Its disingenuous to lump her in with people who quit their post in order to announce their run for higher office.
And so the “Head Hater” makes an appearance on yet another Palin thread.
>>Didn’t see any PDS. It’s every man’s God given right to be wrong ;)<<
Yep, no reverse PDS.
>>However that “Holiest of Holies” crap pegged you pretty well.<<
One need only look at the responses to the post to come to a conclusion.
To be fair, she may have had more than just personal reasons for stepping aside to let someone else be the Governor ... how eefective as the leader of the state do you think she could be while hounded daily by endless baseless lawsuits which she had to answer every time one came up? Sarah Palin is the kind of character who puts those she serves ahead of her, and if she felt she could not be the effective governor Alaskans’ needed, she has the integrity to step aside regardless of the snapping dogs waiting to attack her without thought to what real character means.
To be fair, she may have had more than just personal reasons for stepping aside to let someone else be the Governor ... how effective as the leader of the state do you think she could be while hounded daily by endless baseless lawsuits which she had to answer every time one came up? Sarah Palin is the kind of character who puts those she serves ahead of her, and if she felt she could not be the effective governor Alaskans’ needed, she has the integrity to step aside regardless of the snapping dogs waiting to attack her without thought to what real character means.
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