Posted on 07/11/2009 1:06:16 PM PDT by SolidWood
In early July, while most Americans were preparing for a long weekend of celebratory parades, charred meats, and noisy fireworks, Sarah Palin made some plans of her own. The Alaska governor had been the object of endless media attention and assorted calumnies since she became John McCain's vice presidential nominee last August. Now she wanted to try something new. So, on July 3, in a speech delivered from her home on Lake Lucille in Wasilla, Palin told her constituents that not only would she not seek a second term, but she would also be transferring authority to Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell on July 26, abdicating her office with about 18 months left to go. The announcement, as one might expect, received global press coverage, dominated the weekend headlines, and gave stories about the late Michael Jackson a run for their money. Meantime, the political world went into sustained convulsions.
The fierce reaction surprised Palin. She is acutely aware of what the media and her opponents say about her. She heard some people say that the timing of her speech was odd. Not so. "Independence Day is so significant to me--it's sort of a way for me to illustrate that I want freedom for Alaskans to progress, and for me personally," she told me during a telephone interview on July 9. Others said the motivation for her resignation was not clear. "I'm like, 'Holy Jeez, I spoke for 20 minutes' " giving reasons, she said. Bloggers conjectured that a horrible scandal was looming over her. Nope. Palin says she even heard a rumor that she resigned because pornographic pictures of her were about to hit the Internet. This left her bemused. "Between which pregnancies did I get to pose for those?" she said sarcastically.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
Palin's unconventionality and authenticity is the key to her appeal. She may move contrariwise to elite opinion in Washington and New York, but doing so strengthens her bond with conservative Republicans across the country. The things that make liberals flip-out at the first mention of Palin are exactly the ones that rally conservatives to her side.
Yep.
Oh Hell YEAH.
Palin-hatred is visceral and unrelenting. "Our state was inundated with opposition researchers trying to dig up dirt, the Democratic blogosphere up here making stuff up," Palin told me.I truly wish she had publicly blamed all this on Obama... where the blame surely lies.
I truly wish she had said before (and it's not too late, as the 18th "ethics violation" accusation has just been raised), publicly, loudly, in front of an assembly of cameras and global media:
President Obama, call off your attack dogs!
Targets are in the open.
I doubt it, Noonan seems hellbent on being the new Maureen Dowd, minus the low-rent trollop part.
They attack her so terribly, because their fear of her is directly proportional to their attacks.
But I guess folks figured it out.
Sarah Palin will do what the established party "leaders?" have failed to do. It's not going to be too difficult to unseat those cowards. GO SARAH!!
Yes she has. Free-fire zones abound.
If Sarah is ever in my area, I will encourage all of my friends to attend. And they will encourage their friends . . .
When Rush Limbaugh dropped into the area, we had 40,000.
Free-fire zones abound.
Democrats are used to walking right up the berm and
smacking their opponents in the face.
That isn’t going to happen with Sarah, she’s already
BTDT.
As she said, “It’s not going to be politics as usual.”
Dems in the wire, lock and rock.
Yeah. Peggy is the wizened old high-rent trollop.
Dems, lefties, the MSM, RINOs...all getting hung up in the wire around the perimeter...just asking to be claymored!
Meanwhile...it dominated the News the entire weekend and beyond.
Congressman Billybob
Bill Kristol is co-editor of the Weekly Standard, and has been a Palin-booster, or at least, a heavy-leaner, since the beginning.
I’m done with Palin. Can’t stand her voice for another minute.
As if you were a supporter in the first place.
That is such a great picture of Governor Palin.
Yeah, she is beyond help. Bless her little pea picking heart, she does not know any better.
I doubt is you ever supported her.
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