Ping
Another elitist...
Reminds me of the comments from various GOP senators referring to Rush as “not a recognized GOP official” concerning his comments on the Sotomayor nomination. These turds have lost all sense of how they were placed into authority and who they are ultimately responsible to.
[Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski as saying that Palin’s actions mean she has “decided to abandon the state and her constituents”—a critique Senator Murkowski never expressed toward Hillary Clinton when she resigned mid-term as a senator from New York to serve as Secretary of State.]
I also didn’t hear anyone saying this of that witch Kathleen Sebelius.
An interesting argument, but it presumes that when someone actually RUNS for an office that has a term, that doing so does not imply the commitment to actually serve the term, barring something that obviously requires you to move on.
In general, if I work for a candidate to get them elected, I expect them to do the job. I understand that if they run for another office and get elected, they will have to leave — if McCain/Palin had won, nobody would be criticizing her for leaving the Governorship since she would have to do so to be VP.
So while we can argue the merits of her decision, or how much it really hurts or helps Alaska (I leave that to Alaskans), I really don’t think those who have said she was wrong say so because they have an obsession with public service.
As to Grassley’s comment, I do want the person I pick for President to have a lot of executive experience. Running a large corporation, or a large organization, would be a substitute for being in public leadership, but I’d like there to be leadership somewhere. McCain had it just a bit because he was an officer in the military. Obama had no leadership, and it shows now.
I don’t think I would ever support a person running for the President who didn’t have executive experience. Being Governor of Alaska was good executive experience, but 4 years would be better than 2.
The GOP needs to dump all these old geezers, molding away in their D.C. offices for decades, in the next primaries. They are totally irrelevant and useless to the survival of our nation.
I have been battling close relatives all week who are talking crap about her "quitting", being "unstable", and all the rest of the garbage.
My final argument to these fools is that she can be trusted with power. And this article is as good as any in showing that......she walked away from power and perks for the higher good
My only problem the last few days has been no patience with anyone who doesn't see it my way with SP.....I guess I'm getting old and cranky...it's going to be a long 3 yrs!
The swearing in of Al Franken as a US Senator surely calls in to question any “experience” factor of being in public service.
Certainly, many politicians in Wash DC have quite condescending perceptions of citizens, but Grassley is not one of them. Sen. Grassley is one of the few good guys and a role model for politicians. 99 more of him and the nation’s governance would be in very good hands.
Now that Palin is not an elected official, the Republicans in power have no way to influence or control her through political means.