Posted on 07/03/2009 5:24:46 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I was so shocked when he said, I read it three times on Hot Air. Still makes no sense to me but from that day on I have taken what he writes with a grain of salt.
I was really intrigued by Mark Steyn's speculation that Sarah is just tired of the incredible travesties that have been visited upon her. So she is going to just get out of the political racket. It is a thoughtful piece.
I have not viewed footage of her announcement (and I was busy with kids from church when it happened). But upon reading the text here, I think that anyone who calls her speech incoherent is just not getting it. And I also now respectfully disagree with Steyn.
I am guessing that she is about to "go guerrilla" and wage an insurgency against the odious Obama Regime. And as at least one fellow freeper observed, in order to trash Palin, the State Run Media will have to actually mention her criticisms.
And even if she doesn't stage a Nixonian comeback, she still can make a difference like Newt Gingrich has been doing.
LOL —— This guy thinks he is a political genius?
Folks, there are too many great men and women out there to put all our bets behind a losing horse.
There is better.
Doesn’t he post here?
The prob;em is that the party fathers will try to put someone else in line ahead of her, and that will be the death of the GOP as we know it.
We all know these brahmins will say “It’s not your time yet.”
"Captain" Ed Morrissey who ran the now defunct "Captain's Quarters" blog, and who now posts at Michelle Malkin's "Hot Air"?
I don't know if he has ever posted under a handle here.
If I donated money and time to get someone elected as my Governor for 4 years, and they quit after a little more than 2 years, I would be hard-pressed to think that she was doing anything other than abandoning us.
It would be better if she had a good reason. Being a “lame duck” is not a good reason, it’s not even a reason. Presidents are “lame ducks” by her definition for their last 4 years, does that mean that she wouldn’t run for a 2nd term? But, if she said so before she started, then she would be a lame duck for her first term, so would she not run at all?
But tell me, did you ever before she announced post anywhere to say that you thought it would be great if she resigned as Governor? If so, give me a link, and I will bow to your political savvy.
I supported Duncan Hunter (with time and money) in the last election.
I regret that he dropped out before the Pennsylvania primary, but I do not regret supporting the man.
I will be happy if she comes and campaigns for people in my state as well. I don’t think the controversy over her resignation would impact her ability to draw her faithful followers, to generate support, to raise money.
I just think that a candidate who already suffered from not being taken seriously and from being inexperienced does herself no good quitting her biggest job with over a year left to go. And her reasons for doing so don’t make it any better.
I understand that she has been treated like dirt, and her family has been treated horribly, and those who have done so should suffer. But the next strong woman is going to get the same treatment, and moreso since it worked this time. And if she was elected President, wouldn’t the same people attack her children even more, and more people around the country, and around the world would join in?
“Boss, I am leaving my job in two weeks. Yes, I know I told you I would be here for 4 years, and you put your trust in my word. But I’m not quitting — I’m going to do something much more important than the job you hired me to do.”
“Sarah Palin, no worse than Barack Obama and Bill Clinton”.
That’s not going to be much of a bumper sticker.
And technically, Obama did not quit his Senate seat, he simply stopped doing his job. And we all ridiculed him for it regularly, and called him a quitter.
But people understand when politicians run for higher office, and having won, leave their previous office. It happens all the time, and it’s expected.
Politicians don’t just quit their jobs, so it’s hard to say whether the people of Alaska will understand or not.
But you can’t expect the Press is going to cover for her like they did for Barack.
I know people personally in Alaska who voted for her, who donated to her, who supported her...and who are ecstatic at what she is doing because they (along with myself and many others) see it as a way to win back our country and believe she is one who can help that happen.
They also believe she has left a strong track record and foundation in Alaska and that she has left the completion of it in good hands.
She is in the process of flanking the enemy...and they are in a frenzy over it.
No, I did not see it coming...neither did the other side.
So, for me, I am fully supportive of her actions (as she stated them in the speech yesterday and as she has talked about today) of helping this nation in our time of need and getting on the road early to help conservative candidates for 2010 (next year) and build the necessary capital, support, and income to make her run in 2012.
I believe that is what she is doing and I support it 110%.
Sorry, I did, and you didn't.
OK, I've been searching your comments, for the word "resign".
Before she actually resigned, the last time you used the word "resign" was on May 6, 2009, where you said:
McConnel and Cornyn should both resign.
Before that, you used it on February 1st, 2009, when you said (Of Obama):
Admit hes not American born and resign.
Prior to that, I searched back to November 2008, and there were no other times you said "resign" in any of your comments.
Now, maybe you used a word other than "resign"? Why don't you either tell me the actual word you used, or point me to one of your comments from before she resigned?
There is of course a difference between resigning because of scandal, and resigning for other reasons.
But neither appears to be the way to prove you are ready to be President. It isn't going to be easier to be President for 4 years than to be Governor of Alaska for 4 years.
If McCain had won, Palin would be VP right now, for 4 years, enduring all the attacks on her family and MORE, and enduring constant calls by democrats for her head -- Cheney certainly suffered tremendously, to the point of calls for impeachment and criminal charges, as well as their attacks on his family and his business dealings.
Plus, she wouldn't be living in her home state with her supporters, she'd be stuck in DC with her family.
That’s different, he was “running for office”, and he was not succeeding in winning that office. I would have liked Fred Thompson to have stuck it out, but it made sense not to.
BTW, I’m not agreeing that her national political career is over — I’m just saying that the argument is a sound one, and I don’t see how resigning is helpful to her cause.
As I said in another thread, I think she could have given a resignation speech that clearly pointed to the future in a way that would make sense, but her speech wasn’t it.
I see a lot of people writing good reasons for her to resign, but it would have been better if she had said those things.
I agree it’s different, but at the same time, I still respect Palin, and if she ends up in the race for President for 2012, I will give her serious consideration.
Most definitely a who's who or should I say a who's what type of thread...lots of noobs crawling out....
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