Kathleen Parker: The sacrifice of Sarah Palin

The Washington Post ^ | January 27, 2015 | Kathleen Parker

[2ndDivisionVet]

When Democrats were looking for evidence of a Republican war on women, they overlooked Exhibit A — Sarah Palin.

This isn’t to say that Palin was part of the war on women, though many Democrats would say so. Rather, she was one of the war’s most conspicuous victims — fragged, you might say, by her own troops.

And yet, she’s back again. And — yet again — she’s assuming her default position of presidential tease. Yes, she’s “seriously interested” in running for president. As evidence, she gave an utterly befuddling speech last weekend in Iowa, where other likely candidates were gathered.

This time, Palin’s critics include Republicans. What the heck was she talking about, they wondered. What has happened to Palin, they ask?

As if they shouldn’t know. Palin, though no longer viable in a national race, may deserve more sympathy than scorn. Her incoherence, though not new, has worsened, and she shows signs of someone desperate for relevance. As to the Iowa speech, though her teleprompter apparently froze, a technological glitch can’t be blamed for “This is to forego a conclusion.”(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

As one of the captains in the war on Sarah Palin, Parker would know.

[onyx]

GO TO HELL, MEAN KATH-LEAN PARKER.

[RginTN]

and she shows signs of someone desperate for relevance.

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b!tch please, Sarah Palin must be relevant since you’re devoting an op ed column to her!

[Billthedrill]

Oh, brother, this from the likes of Parker? And she has the nerve to complain about the "hate" directed her way for doing her own very best to marginalize and ridicule Palin herself? Sorry, the sympathy pump has run dry.

Any man of Palin’s comparable deficits, no matter his winning ways, would have been eliminated from consideration within minutes of opening his mouth.

And in the very next sentence Parker invokes none other than Slow Joe Biden, who has to wear special shoes so that they can be extracted from his mouth every time he opens it. Palin is a glib genius compared to that wreck that sits one heartbeat away from the Presidency, God help us.

And of all the people in all the world least likely to be cast as a shrinking virgin sacrificed on the altar of political expediency, I'd have to place Sarah Palin, and yet that, incredibly, is what Parker now does. There is a sort of meta-irony going on here: Parker laments that those awful men crushed Palin and threw her career aside, but it looks an awful lot to me as if it's Parker's career that's in the dumpster of history, and Palin can still write her own ticket as she pleases. You betcha.

[greene66]

Hell is certainly where this snotty, elitist b!tch belongs. She’s been on her deranged anti-Palin jihad since day one. Another one of the GOP-estblishment’s flying monkeys. A human toad of a woman, doing all she can to protect her corrupt political class.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Kind of ironic that Kathleen Parker, who does EVERYTHING to stay relevant even though no one gives a crap about her, is mocking Sarah Palin and calling her irrelevant..what happened Kathleen, can’t find a man, or a hobo willing to spend five minutes looking at your ugly mug

[2ndDivisionVet]

What did a hobo ever do to you that you would sentence one to that?

[Kickass Conservative]

Gee, you would think Palin said something stupid like Illegal Invaders have the RIGHT to work in this Country.

[woofie]

Lets try this Kathleen..... a remake of your closing pitch

Like worshipers of false gods throughout human history, Democrats handpicked the articulate black man, Barrack, and placed him on the altar of political expedience.

[onyx]

Perfectly stated!!!

[klgator]

Let’s be honest. Any man of Palin’s comparable deficits, no matter his winning ways, would have been eliminated from consideration within minutes of opening his mouth.

Obama wasn't.

[Timber Rattler]

Rather, she was one of the war’s most conspicuous victims — fragged, you might say, by her own troops.

Yeah, Kathleen, let's start with YOU...right from the get go

Palin Problem: She's out of her league (September 26, 2008).

[ontap]

A lot of people pay a lot of money to hear her speak!!!

[trebb]

Parker got a glimpse of the light after 911. She has since lost all semblance of being the Christian Conservative she presented as for a while. Palin has more brains and decency in her little toe than Parker has exhibited through her entire lifetime.

[Graybeard58]

You quoted the author:

Any man of Palin’s comparable deficits, no matter his winning ways, would have been eliminated from consideration within minutes of opening his mouth.

Made me think of Obama. The only reason he's president is his black skin. Utterly without qualifications.

[Diogenesis]

Parker is Romney's personal backstabber for Gov. Palin.

Romney must DREAM of another 'meadow mountain massacre'.

Kathleen Parker: "[I]t is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem." "Parker ... says something publicly that many of us have thought privately
but lacked the courage to say out loud - Palin should step down:"

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"Kathleen Parker: After Interviews, Palin Should Bow Out"

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Kathleen Parker: "Romney would bring more than squeaky clean qualifications
and youthful good looks to the ticket.
Romney would seem a logical choice."

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"Parker: Romney raised bar on freedoms"
Kathleen Parker: "If Kennedy's speech was an important landmark in American political history,
Romney's was surpassing. With heartfelt humility and poetic eloquence,
he tracked the nation's struggle with and for freedom."

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Staggering bigotry of Kathleen Parker - UPDATED"

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Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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[Russ]

Sarah could have given the Gettysburg Address and the GOPe would have said it was terrible. They had their comments and meme written and distributed before she ever uttered a word. It’s not that they hate her more, she just happens to be the first on their list of conservatives to destroy. Cruz and Walker along with any other who crosses the establishment are next in line.
Conservatives in the Republican party have not been so marginalized since 1964 when the Scranton/Rockefeller wing destroyed the Goldwater campaign. It took almost two decades for conservatism to recover. If we let that happen again there will not be time left to recover.

[bray]

Some serious self projection in that screed. Palin is the only reason anyone knows who Parker and Tina Fey are.

Pray America is waking

[KC_Lion]

Sarah could have given the Gettysburg Address and the GOPe would have said it was terrible.

Perfectly Stated Russ!

[onyx]

Perfectly Stated Russ!

BTTT