Posted on 10/07/2011 1:42:59 PM PDT by Yaelle
I think Ziegler has been in the recent past very bitter about Sarah and in June he was all about how she could not win, but he raises some points that might be interesting for discussion. He does have cause for being bitter as he did put together that wonderful documentary about her trashing by the media post the 2008 election. (You might remember it as the documentary where tens of people were asked who said "I can see Russia from my house" and every last one said "Sarah Palin," rather than Tina Fey.)
I still feel let down that she didn't give it a chance. She said she would if the country needs her, and the country clearly needs her. The whole suddenly putting her family first is kind of a hokey excuse because her family existed months ago, and she has done several things that practically spelled out a run, from the bus tour to the amazing short thank you video to Iowa with the "branding" signature Mama Grizzly at the end.
Zig may have a point when he says that maybe it was her polling or some other campaign sense of doom that had her not run at the last minute. He may have a point about her resigning. I don't like his scorched earth style of betraying personal confidences; he's done that before and it's just NOT NICE. Still, I didn't see it posted and I thought someone might want to see it.
I really am very sad about Palin's not running. I fantasize about a Cain - Palin ticket so that one day she can be President without needing to run again through the media gauntlet; no one can say that a Veep isn't ready.
Bitter indeed! Breakups never go well.
Open letters and open emails. I don’t get it. I guess they are all just vanities.
Personally, I have a feeling it’s to do with the stories in the National Enquirer. If I am right, at some point another shoe will drop and it will all make sense. If I’m wrong, then she was just teasing.
Maybe she prayed for guidance like she said she did and she believes God said no. Why isn't that common sense and logical explanation good enough for some people?
I question the sanity of anyone who could get that caught up with a politician.
Don’t know. But I suspect there’s more than one Palinite who feels the way he does.
Sorry John Ziegler, but your oh-so-serious e-mail probably went right into her junk-mail box without her ever having seen it.
She should return all the donations made to SarahPac that were not used directly to help candidates.
If Ziegler were a FReeper and had posted a fraction of this stuff a month ago, he would have been zotted with extreme prejudice, and the crowds would have roared their approval.
Wow. What an ass. If there is anyone I take at face value, it is Sarah Palin.
Especially yours? Hmmm???
I never donated to SarahPac.
I just think she really pulled a con job on her supporters with that.
No need for a refund here. I didn’t give her a thin dime. It should be a cautionary tale. But instead, Palin fans are just going to go on the rebound and start idolizing Mr. National Sales Tax instead. No sense of discernment. And a desperate need to admire someone.
This guy went off the same bitter rails over his previous radio station employer and colleagues. It’s clearly more about him than those he turns on.
Then again, she has a record of not finishing what she starts, so maybe this is just more of her M.O. As for her supporters, they were begging to be duped by someone.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=10150307773131831
a response he posted on facebook - haven’t viewed it myself yet
Maybe she figured out that while she had some extremely devoted fans, most of the country didn’t feel that way about her.
Ziegler did a worthwhile thing, with his documentary on the 2008 media gang-rape of Palin, but since then, going back two years or more, he’s often proven that he’s a bit of an unbalanced flake, who seemed to feel Palin spurned him.
As for Palin, I have no problems with her decision, and still support her 100%.
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