Posted on 07/03/2009 8:02:42 PM PDT by tobyhill
She survived Katie Couric and Tina Fey, searing scrutiny, rumors about her baby, anonymous taunts of "whack job" from those who once touted her credentials to be a heartbeat away.
Yesterday Sarah Palin completed a remarkable media flameout that made her one of the most famous women in the world, the exotic Alaska caribou hunter, one of the most revered and reviled politicians in modern history. The governor announced she is calling it quits, just eight months after she and John McCain went down to defeat.
She has nursed a grudge against mainstream journalists, accusing them of peddling "gossip and lies" about her family, and at her Wasilla home Palin wouldn't give the press corps the satisfaction of a clear reason for leaving in the middle of her first term and refused to take questions. "Your enemies won't believe you anyway," she said during a rambling discourse that touched on her baby, her prayers, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, her visit to Kosovo and her life as a high-school point guard.
Perhaps it was fitting that Palin bailed days after a hard-edged Vanity Fair piece in which former McCain campaign strategists questioned her mental state and even wondered whether she was suffering from postpartum depression. Still, the red-suited Republican was upbeat yesterday alongside her snowmobiler husband and kids, a contrast to the grim-faced Mark Sanford and John Ensign, who in recent weeks have begged forgiveness for their sexual transgressions.
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Kurtz, you empty-headed slime - she gave an extremely clear dissertation on her reasons for early departure. You just refuse to hear it.
They’re so dumb she flew right over their heads. They’re so blind and high on 0bama’s juice they are blind. Good. Use it to our advantage. The other criticism...”She plays by her own rules...again”. Own rules? Who’s rules? The Republican Party’s rules? Who is that party? Last I knew Rush headed the party. Now it’s time they played by her rules. And, for you knuckleheads duped by the, “She’s not the right one” crowd, grow up. She is right and has what it takes.
Title of article — Maybe She Got Tired of the Full-Court Press
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Ummm..., do they just make these things up out of thin air. I guess they didn’t listen to her announcement and the reasons she gave...
Duh!
I think having to deal with Obama’s eunuchs in the state run “media” day in and day out just got to be too much of a pain in the @$$ for her. No one should have to go through what Governor Palin and her family had to endure from the bottom feeders in this country. I feel bad that she was treated that way by those she believed were her fellow countrymen. Apparently, we do have two Americas now.
Maybe she has bigger fish to fry?
yitbos
I’d like to see a lib go through 10 percent of the hell Sarah and her family went through every second of everyday. Let’s see a lib get an ethics complaint for taking a piss in her own house, I’m shocked Sarah didn’t get an ethics complaint for doing that. Libs cry and bitch when they are treated like crap but enjoy doing it to others. We have had two Americas for a while now, it’s sad to see this happen to our country
I making a list and checking it twice. Anybody who dis-es Sarah Palin goes on it.
Reports of her demise are grossly exaggerated. She remains a powerful figure in American politics. Republicans will plead for her to campaign for them. Democrats will tremble when she campaigns against them.
After four years of BO and his economy-wreckers, this woman who came out of the best traditions of this country will only look more appealing.
Wow the state run press’ “fear” of her is palpable.
Kurtz is apparently praying he is never mistaken for a Caribou now that Sarah has more time for some leisure activities.
the libtards may rue the day they chased her out of AK into the lower 48, lol
The silver lining in Obama’s disasterous economy is that Palin-attacking MSM fools like Kurtz may be the very ones whose job status change puts Zero’s unemployment numbers over the top (double digits).
We have Roy D. Mercer in Oklahoma who has been on the radio, making phone calls threatening to open up a can of whoop-ass on people.... LOL...
Real funny...
"You know, sir/madam your setiments about Palin are
EXACTLY how I and so many of my friends feel about
Obama, the most unqualified person to ever serve as
our President."
Following the RAT residential model of Hillary Clinton, Al Franken and Terry McAuliffe, Sarah should just pick a state needing decent Senate representation (e.g.,state suffering from Harry Reid, Dick Durban, Mary Landriu for just a start) move there, and set up shop.
Letterman was “owned”
And many of them were from her own party. You expect denigrating comments from those in the liberal media and the political left, but you don't expect scathing and abusive words from those who are supposed to be your political allies. They all make me sick.
Let me summarize it for you. . .and I've only heard it once:
1. She resigned because it was in the interest of Alaska, in that it was clear to her that the White House would continue to assault her on every front (such as the 12 ethics investigations that led to nowhere but cost the taxpayers of Alaska 2 mill (and her family $500,000)
2. She asked for her family's support on her new endeavor, to which all excitedly said yes with one HELL YEA! Her demeanor was not one of a person who was retreating, but had made a big decision to go forward. .. I believe I could see that in her eyes. This gal is a fighter.
Now for those who are worried that Sarah Palin is not a professional politician. . .don't worry. . what she is - is real. . .and with all those McCain asshats out of the way Just let Sarah be Sarah and she will lead a revolution that will be nothing short of the very salvation of our nation. Our nation was meant to be led by citizens just like Sarah Palin. . .and I do believe, as did the Founders, that there is the hand of Divine Providence that covers this nation!
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