Posted on 05/20/2014 9:36:57 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin is quite possibly one of the most polarizing people in politics. Whenever I write anything about her, it undoubtedly leads to people going off about, “Why are you giving this idiot attention? If you would ignore her she’d go away!” And while I understand why people get sick of hearing about her nonsense, the fact is she’s still somewhat influential when it comes to conservative politics.
But my question to that is, “Why?”
What the hell is it about this woman that conservatives seek out? Even after countless hours of political coaching following her disastrous showing in the 2008 presidential election, she still can’t give an interview without looking like a complete idiot.
Sarah Palin is really nothing more than has been that never really was.
It was clear John McCain only picked her in a desperate hope to lure some of the female vote to his side during the 2008 election. Obama was headed toward an easy victory and “throwing a hail Mary” was pretty much the only thing McCain could do.
Now, to her credit, before that she was the governor of Alaska. But she quit before her first term was even finished. Not exactly someone I would look to for leadership and “getting the job done.” She essentially went from obscurity to fame, couldn’t handle the scrutiny, then quit because it got a little too difficult for her to deal with.
Since then she’s not ran for a single public office. She likes to portray herself as this great leader who knows everything – yet outside of her failed reality TV show (and her newest one which will surely fail as well) what the hell has she done since she quit her job as governor of Alaska?
Sure she’s been an on again, off again contributor for Fox News, but they seem to mostly keep her around to provide a ratings spike every now and then. She’s not exactly someone they see as a “go-to” expert on any particular topic. Mainly because she’s not an expert on anything, aside from maybe shooting wolves from a helicopter.
Honestly, what is she? I’d say she’s a pathetic narcissist who’s bought into her own mental delusions about who she is. Sure, she’s great at pandering to people who applaud statements that make absolutely no sense, but fooling a bunch of sheep who lack the ability to think for themselves doesn’t exactly take much intelligence – and Palin clearly lacks intelligence.
Yes she goes around and gives speeches, but on what? She tried some sort of bus tour a few years ago that lasted I think all of four days before quitting that as well after embarrassingly reciting a completely inaccurate telling of the story of Paul Revere.
Palin could easily run for office again, and if she’s as great as she seems to think that she is, what’s holding her back?
Well, that’s simple – reality. See, that’s the funny thing about reality, it’s real whether certain people want to believe in it or not.
In her mind Sarah Palin probably thinks she would be a wonderful president and great leader. Though the reality is she’s one of the least popular political figures in this country. She’s a quitter and hasn’t done anything significant in politics in nearly five years. The honest truth is, Sarah Palin is really just a pathetic has been that really never was.
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Allen Clifton is from the Dallas-Fort Worth area and has a degree in Political Science. He is a co-founder of Forward Progressives, and author of the popular Right Off A Cliff column. He is also the founder of the Right Off A Cliff facebook page, on which he routinely voices his opinions and stirs the pot for the Progressive movement. Follow Allen on Twitter as well, @Allen_Clifton.
Meh Proglodytes.
Substitute Palin’s name for Obama and this article describes him perfectly.
What are you doing giving them page hits over at that site?
She’s not running for anything so why is he wetting his pants?
A) I posted the whole thing ... if you go over there it’s on you, not me (B) If you want to see only NewsMax, WND, Fox News, NRO articles and the like, there are posters who will do that for you. I was trained as an intelligence analyst. A big part of that is “know your enemy” and that’s one of the things I try to do here.
This guy sure does sound like some of the Palin obsessed RINOs/ “severe conservatives” who show up here from time to time.
And the purpose of writing this drivel is what? What next for this author, an article about George Bush?
My Guess is that hes an ugly lil sumbish with an unrequited CRUSH on Sarah!!
there dont appear to be any corroborating photographs of him on the internet
even his facebook.....page has no image titled with his name..
hes probablly posting ...from mom’s basement...
Here he is...
Because she has been consistently correct in her policy assessments - far in advance of and in continuing contradiction of many other "experts".
Never heard of the website. Never heard of the author. Never will again. Nutbag.
Take it easy. I was just poking a little fun at you.
I bet he’s fun at parties.
She apparently lives rent free in this a-hole’s head.
Forward, Progressives! To our children's glorious Marxist future!
It’s always nice to put a face to bull crap. I hope he didn’t break a nail penning this tripe.
She’s living in their heads 24/7, and rent-free too. :=)
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