Politically speaking, 'If I die, I die.'

[tngirl]

Palin: Politically speaking, 'If I die, I die.' (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090707/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resignation)


By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer Dan Joling, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 57 mins ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sarah Palin says she's not a quitter, she's a fighter, but adds that, politically speaking, "if I die, I die. So be it."
The Alaska governor spoke in taped interviews on ABC, NBC and CNN broadcast Tuesday morning.
She told CNN that "all options are on the table" for her future.
But told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she recognizes she might not have political staying power after her surprise resignation Friday, which came just as she had been expected to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 GOP presidential run.
"I said before ... 'You know, politically speaking, if I die, I die. So be it,'" she said.
Speaking in fishing waders from the town of Dillingham, Palin said her administration has been paralyzed by fending off frivolous lawsuits.
"I'm not going to take the comfortable path. I'm going to take the right path for the state," she said of her resignation, which she characterized as a matter of progressing in an unconventional way.
"That caught people off guard. ... It's out of the box and unconventional. That's what we are as Alaskans and certainly how I am as a public servant."
Palin said she doesn't think she needs a title to affect "positive change," but added that she can't see herself being totally out of public service.
Palin is returning to the public eye four days after her bombshell announcement, albeit in a place far removed from the glare of the national media: in a remote fishing village 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Palin was scheduled to appear in Kotzebue to sign a bill designed to bring public safety officers to small towns. Kotzebue, a town of about 3,000 people, is 550 miles northwest of Anchorage and lies on a spit of sand at the end of a peninsula.
There has been speculation that she has some legal issue that is not yet known to the public. But her lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday that she has no legal problems whatsoever, and simply is tired of the hostile political climate, legal bills and other distractions.
"She is leaving now because I think she believes that she has become the issue, rightly or wrongly, with all these ethics complaints and with the issues involving the Legislature, the combativeness they've been demonstrating toward her since she returned from the campaign," Thomas Van Flein said.
"I think she believes it's in the best interest of the state to progress forward, for her to move on to other issues."
Palin has become a lightning rod for partisan politics in Alaska since her return from the 2008 presidential campaign after John McCain selected her as his running mate for the GOP ticket. She has racked up an estimated $500,000 in legal bills defending the flurry of ethics complaints, including one filed Monday that alleges she is violating ethics law by taking per diem payments when she stays in her Wasilla home instead of the governor's mansion in Juneau.
In addition, her relationship with Democrats in the state Senate — once among her staunchest allies — deteriorated in the last session.
At the state Capitol in Juneau, the "Time to Make a Difference" clock that counted the time left in Palin's term was taken down from the wall outside her office. And people from around the country called up her office to inquire about the situation, as did a few cruise ship tourists who made the trek to the Capitol.
The young woman at the desk outside Palin's office was busy answering phones.
"Yes, she is getting swamped with e-mails," the woman tells one caller. "Yes, they do get forwarded to the appropriate person."
"Unfortunately, we are having a back load of e-mails so it will take some to get a response," she tells another.
Where is she? Why is she stepping down? When is her last day? Why so soon?
The tour guide tried to politely answer the questions for the tourists when she could, but for the most part had no answers.
Some of the visitors left Palin messages in a guest log.
"Sarah — Please Stay!" one person wrote.
Kathy Waldo-Gilbert, a registered Democrat from Iowa who was on her honeymoon in Alaska, said she was especially disappointed because she believes that Palin's early departure from the governor's job will make it harder for other women who want to be taken seriously in high-profile positions. Waldo-Gilbert voted Republican for the first time in last year's presidential election.
"When things get hard, you stick around," she said.
Erika Fagerstrom, executive residential manager at the governor's mansion, said Palin and her family will be missed. Even though Palin lived most of the time at her home in Wasilla, she spent "quite a bit" of time at the stately columned mansion near the capitol building, she said.
"We are sad to see her go. They are a great family," she said.
Palin will be succeeded by Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who has announced he will seek to retain the office in the 2010 election.
State Rep. John Harris, a former House speaker and Republican from Valdez, announced Monday that he's preparing to file paperwork with state election officials in a bid for governor.
___
AP Writer Mary Pemberton contributed to this report from Juneau.



Doesn't sound like a quitter to me and she actually realizes the consequences of leaving office early.

[SHELBYDOG]

But told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she recognizes she might not have political staying power after her surprise resignation Friday, which came just as she had been expected to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 GOP presidential run.



Resignation
A resignation is the formal act of giving up or quitting one's office or position.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation



Sounds to me like it is what it is................

[pepperpot]

Perhaps she is doing it for the 'right' reasons.......but it's not a 'plus' in my eyes to vote for her in the future. I want people (officials) to do things for the 'right reason', but I also want them to be committed to their jobs, if they can't....they can't. :shrug

[SHELBYDOG]

Personally I'm glad she's quitting, whatever the reason be for the good or for the bad, she's still quitting, bottom line. :)

[tngirl]

Geez, how do some people get caught up in the definition of a word...lol. There are so many different definitions and uses of any particular word. Amazing how some people cannot spread their thoughts wide enough to envelope them all.

Besides, like the article says, she realizes what her resignation will mean to her political future. And as I stated in another thread, I personally would not vote for her for POTUS after her resignation as governor. But, I do still like her. I think she has balls and has taken a lot of gruff since her nomination for VP last year and believe she has handled herself well.

[pepperpot]

........ I personally would not vote for her for POTUS after her resignation as governor. But, I do still like her. I think she has balls and has taken a lot of gruff since her nomination for VP last year and believe she has handled herself well.
:agree

[SHELBYDOG]

Geez, how do some people get caught up in the definition of a word...lol. There are so many different definitions and uses of any particular word. Amazing how some people cannot spread their thoughts wide enough to envelope them all.


I've often thought the same exact thing with all the Obama threads that the words get turned, twisted, changed, ect., in here.
:confused:
Resignation only means 1 thing no matter how one wants to twist & turn it.

[gmyers]

Resigning, quitting who cares.

[justice250]

She's very brave, I admire her.

[Jolie Rouge]

Monday, July 6, 2009
New Frivolous Ethics Complaint Filed Against Governor Palin
By Tim Lindell

Anti-Palin blogger Geoffrey Dunn at the Huffington Post:


In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act.

Zane Henning -- a conservative government watchdog from the governor's hometown of Wasilla and an oilfield worker on Alaska's North Slope -- asserts in a letter to Alaska Attorney General Daniel S. Sullivan that Palin has "been charging and pocketing per diem to live in her home and has used the process for a personal gain since being elected."


Please note that, true to form, Henning published his frivolous complaint in a press release, violating the confidentiality provisions of the Executive Ethics Act.

( Previously debunked the bogus per diem claims here http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...-diem-tax.html and here http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...murkowski.html )

UPDATE: For those who may have forgotten, Henning was the same guy who filed an ethics complaint against the Governor for doing an interview in her office. It was tossed out, of course.... http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...dismissed.html


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Poll on O'reilly about Palin need to vote now. Results should be shown at end of show.

http://www.billoreilly.com/

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This works in Sarah's favor - it is easily debunked - and it once again explains to the MSM (who can't seem to understand) why she has to leave office.

Perfect timing for Sarah. Her ennemies are starting to become her friends!



"If Palin decides to make an example of [Shannyn** Moore and files a suit against her, by the time the blogger finishes trying to defend herself, even if Palin does not get a judgement against her, the costs can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars."

http://www.examiner.com/x-2547-Watch...-in-legal-fees

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Here is an example of a Liberal Blogger who crosses the line ( JMHO ) :


How Celtic Diva Treats Trig Palin
By Joseph Russo
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...rig-palin.html


Here is how Alaska Democratic party operative Linda Kellen Biegel, aka "Celtic Diva," treats an image of Trig Palin. Take a look at how Biegel edited this picture of Trig:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YICBAWVh6w8/SkI2LtYoM4I/AAAAAAAACDs/jSxldLe3Qqk/s400/3656716518_1e1cce38c5.jpg

Disgusting. You should be ashamed of yourself. Is this the position of the Alaska Democratic party? Keep in mind that she was the official Alaska blogger for the DNC.

Does Bob Poe, who attended a Q&A with Linda Biegel, approve of this?

Update: (H/T K.Carpenter) Biegel's blog is advertised on the Alaska Democrat's website.

As noted above, Linda Kellen Biegel was the official Alaskan blogger at the DNC convention. The DNC platform states:


[quote]"We believe that standing up for our country means standing up against sexism and all intolerance. Demeaning portrayals of women cheapen our debates, dampen the dreams of our daughters, and deny us the contributions of too many. Responsibility lies with us all."
(DNC 2008 Platform, Sec. I, Page 16.)


Ask the local Democrats in Alaska to chime in on this and explain whether they approve of what Biegel did to a photo of Gov. Palin holding her special needs son.

UPDATE II by RAM: This was the post that Biegel wrote in response to the public outcry her sick photo has sparked:


It's called "Baby Burke" because it's Eddie Burke...basically his probable second-biggest fantasy about the Governor.

She is claiming that it was a photoshop of the Alaska radio talk show host Eddie Burke being held in Gov. Palin's arms.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l0gY92-YNeU/SkLbA1sKn2I/AAAAAAAAAlI/WABgk14HihE/s400/palintrig1.jpg

That photo was iconic. It meant a great deal to parents of special needs children. I recall listening to Bill Bennett discuss it the day after the speech with Laura Ingraham on her radio show. He said that it was beautiful how she turned her son around in her arms to show him -- as if to show the world that he was perfect and precious. It was a silent rebuke to a world that is too often indifferent to those who live with special needs. What a horrible and cheap thing to do to take that photo and make it ugly.

The photoshop doesn't look at all like Eddie. It simply looks like a grotesque manipulation of Gov. Palin's beautiful baby boy. It was a tasteless and heartless thing to do. It was the sort of thing a person who is sick with hatred would do.

And to then make a sexist suggestion about Eddie Burke and the governor is just too much. Biegel is objectifying the governor. Turning her into a sex object and suggesting that Eddie's admiration of her is nothing more than hormonal.

Why do they always attack her for her "femaleness" -- for her appearance or her attractiveness as a woman or her role as a mother? It's crude and sexist. It's not okay.

Let your voices be heard. Email the AK Democrats and ask if they approve of this.

UPDATE III by RAM: For those of you who might be unaware, Linda Kellen Biegel was one of the people who filed a frivolous ethics complaint against Gov. Palin. Her complaint claimed that the governor abused the Ethics Act because she wore a jacket with with the logo of the company that sponsors her husband in the Iron Dog snowmachine race. Biegel's ridiculous complaint was, of course, dismissed, but not after costing the governor thousands of dollars in legal debt to defend herself.

[speedygirl]

There are a$$holes that are both liberal and conservative that say the most ridiculous, outrageous things. The more we pay attention to them or pass their info on to others just gives them a sense of power and the cycle continues. Ignore them and without the ego-feed, hopefully they'll go away. Some bloggers get a lot more credit then they deserve because some morons take their personal opinions as facts.

[mabby89]

Palin: Politically speaking, 'If I die, I die'.

She is a political dead fish in the political stream of bs. IMO, of course.

[SurferGirl]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/07/04/sarah-palin-outsmarts-left/

Peter Ferrara
- FOXNews.com
- July 04, 2009
Sarah Palin Outsmarts the Left

Sarah Palin's resignation as Governor of Alaska is a brilliant liberating move for her career, and a potential turning point for the national conservative movement.


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Sarah Palin's resignation as Governor of Alaska is a brilliant liberating move for her career, and a potential turning point for the national conservative movement.

The biggest problem with her responsibility as Governor of Alaska is that the state is so far away from the rest of America. No one hears of the good work she has been doing there, and the left is free to paint their own false caricature of her. And because of the long distance and her family, as well as governing, responsibilities, she can't get down to the lower-48 enough to build her national political presence.

I am hoping she spends two weeks of every month now touring the states doing fundraisers for a the sweeping Republican revival in 2010 that is now developing. I hope she establishes a new national grassroots organization to fight for conservative causes. And I hope she starts a new national think tank in Washington.

She could pick up the mantle for social conservatism for the late Paul Weyrich in Washington, reinvigorating the pro-life cause and defense of traditional values. She could advocate sane, grown up energy policies through these organizations, favoring increased production of traditional as well as alternative energy, including nuclear power, while opposing fruitcake ideas like cap- and-trade taxes, and runaway corporate welfare that would bring back Jimmy Carter's synfuels. She should also lead the nation's mothers to oppose mandating replacement of incandescent light bulbs with the new mercury poison gas bulbs.

Here's hoping as well that she devotes these organizations to advancing the economics of Milton Friedman, Art Laffer, and Jack Kemp, rather than the outdated, failed economics of John Maynard Keynes that Obama advocates as if there was never any alternative. She should also be a new staunch advocate for peace through strength, and rebuilding our nuclear deterrent, rather than Obama's policy of nuclear disarmament. And here's hoping she becomes a powerful new voice for Israel, making new alliances with Jewish voters.

If she does all that, the left won't be making jokes about her any more, just like they stopped joking about Ronald Reagan long about 1984, and Newt Gingrich in 1994.

Peter Ferrara served in the White House Office of Policy Development under President Reagan, and as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States under the first President Bush.

[tngirl]

You may actually be surprised by how much influence she will still have, even after resigning. Does not mean that she will ever be able to win a high position anywhere near POTUS, but does not mean that she will not still carry weight.

[SurferGirl]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/07/palin-blasts-critics-resignation-announcement/
Palin Blasts Critics, Remains Mum on 2012 Bid
In her first interview since announcing she was stepping down as governor of Alaska, Palin remains coy about her presidential aspirations but criticized both Obama and the Republican Party.
By Robert Shaffer and Dan Springer

FOXNews.com

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Gov. Sarah Palin was coy about her presidential aspirations but criticized both President Obama and the Republican Party in her first interview since announcing she was stepping down as governor of Alaska.

Standing astride a fishing boat she would later climb aboard to haul in fishing nets and salmon, Palin expressed bitterness at bloggers who peppered her with ethics accusations, whom she said brought government in Alaska to a grinding halt.

"The critics want to put you on a course of personal bankruptcy, so you can't afford to serve," she said, calling the attacks "bull crap."

The governor made the remarks in an interview with FOX News in Dillingham, where she was fishing with her husband, Todd, and daughter Piper. Reporters from three other networks were also in attendance.

Watch the full interview on FOX News Channel at 9 a.m. ET

Palin said she has started a legal defense fund to raise money for legal fees.

She said Obama is taking the country in the wrong direction, and while she wouldn't reveal her future plans, indicated she has fight left in her.

"Average, hard-working Americans need to be able to get out there, unrestrained, and fight for what is right," she said. "Fight for energy independence and national security, fight for a smaller government instead of this big government overgrowth that Obama is ushering in."

Palin also offered criticism of the Washington, D.C., political establishment, and even the Republican Party, which nominated her to be vice president last year.

"Obsessive partisanship" has hurt the party, she said, striking a more independent beat than the partisan tune she sang on the campaign trail.

"We have so many people who offer advice, but I'm going to continue to be, whether some of them like it or not, pretty darn independent, and not get wrapped up into a strong political machine that hasn't been extremely successful in some ways."

Palin also decried the state of the American media and said news coverage of her children was unfair.

"Most candidates, most public officials get to look into a camera and say, 'you better leave your hands off my kids,'" she said. "Well I haven't been able to say that. And that double standard that's been applied, that's been a little bit frustrating."

Asked if she wanted to be president, she repeated she did not know what her future holds.

"I want to work, right now, for people who are going to work either in office or out of office for the right things. Those principles that build up America, those who are inspired by the values of America, and will not deride or apologize for the values we hold as Americans."

Palin had cited attacks on her family and multiple ethics complaints that had forced her family to rack up hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills. As a result, it's unlikely she'd run for president in 2012, suggested Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele.

"Not having talked to the governor, I take 2012 off the table right now simply because given everything she's going through personally, dealing with the financial mess that all these ludicrous investigations have put her and Todd in, at the moment, I think she's trying to focus on getting her house in order, her personal house in order," Steele told FOX News.

"I look forward to welcoming her out and helping us in our campaigns this fall if and when shes ready to do that. Sarah Palin will be the ultimate arbiter of when she will engage and how she will engage," he said.

As Palin spoke, she and her husband Todd Palin loaded four news crews into two small fishing boats and headed into Bristol Bay from Dillingham.

The Palin family -- Todd's sister, mother and father, as well as nieces and at least two children, had picked the journalists up at the airport in Dillingham and shuttled them to Bristol Bay in old pickup trucks and SUVs.

On the bay, Sarah Palin showed how they spent time each summer hauling up pre-placed nets, emptying them of captured salmon, and tossing them back into the water.

Todd Palin was all smiles as he captained the fishing boat in Bristol Bay out to nets filled with Sockeye.

He grew up commercial fishing these waters and Sarah Palin has been making the summer trip to Dillingham for many years. She joked that even though she's been helping her husband haul in fish for decades he still yells at her for doing it wrong. The governor and another hauler lifted the nets out of the water and pried the salmon out.

It was tough work. She wore rubber gloves, knee-high boots and waders.

This was a portrait of the moose hunter and folksy hockey mom that emerged soon after she was picked by Sen. John McCain to be his running mate.

[SHELBYDOG]

Palin to Sue Fox?: Contributor Excoriates Palin, References Wasilla Contracting Scandal

I got in a check out the blogs mood! :)


Will Palin now have to threaten a lawsuit against Fox "News" too?! Oh, the tangled webs...

By way of reminder, Palin's private attorney, Thomas Van Flein, had issued a legal threat on the 4th of July to those in the media (seemingly only the perceived left-leaning media) who discussed questions about the Palin's contracting of their house in Wasilla, and the Wasilla Sports Complex, both built while the state's soon-to-be-former Governor was mayor of the small Alaskan town.

"This is to provide notice to [Alaska blogger and radio host Shannyn] Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law," Van Flein wrote for Palin over the weekend.

Of the outlets named above, only MSNBC had actually discussed the controversy (video here), during a telephone interview with Moore following her Huffington Post blog item referencing a potential "iceberg scandal," and the further details we followed up with on that here.

When asked why the other outlets, which hadn't reported on the matter, had been targetted as well in the statement,"Van Flein said he believed they were asking questions," according to the Anchorage Daily News. "What I've been informed is that they've been interviewing people in Wasilla about this, and have tried to interview the governor's parents about it," Palin's attorney told the paper.

For her part, Moore quickly shot back in her own defense, against the Van Flein/Palin legal threats, assailing the outgoing Governor as "a coward and a bully."

So does Fox "News" now need to lawyer up too?

[Via HuffPo, hat-tip BRAD BLOG commenter "IDontGetIt"]

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7286



Shannyn Moore to Sarah Palin: Sue Me! Please!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7284

Palin Disputes Allegations of Federal Investigation, Plays Victim, Threatens Alaskan Journalist, Mainstream Media Outlets With Defamation Suits

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7283

[SurferGirl]

When I think of the constant attacks on Sarah Palin and the false charges against her which have all been disproved I can't help but think of the techniques in Saul Alinsky's handbook for community organizers. I really do think the DNC did consider her to be a real threat. For one thing she did fight against corruption in her own state. I'm sure the DNC didn't like that very much.

I really don't think we have seen the last of Sarah but she may just decide she can do more as a private citizen.

[janelle]

When I think of the constant attacks on Sarah Palin and the false charges against her which have all been disproved I can't help but think of the techniques in Saul Alinsky's handbook for community organizers. I really do think the DNC did consider her to be a real threat. For one thing she did fight against corruption in her own state. I'm sure the DNC didn't like that very much.

I really don't think we have seen the last of Sarah but she may just decide she can do more as a private citizen.

LOL, I guess great minds think alike. IMO Obama's hatchet men may be behind all the litigations against her. Keep her busy spending money on defense and also take time away from more important matters of state. I think too many DNC members are memorizing Alinsky's handbook.

Also, women will think twice before they run for high office ever again. Well at least Republican women. I don't think Dem women will be harassed as much.

[DAVESBABYDOLL]

LOL, I guess great minds think alike. IMO Obama's hatchet men may be behind all the litigations against her. Keep her busy spending money on defense and also take time away from more important matters of state. I think too many DNC members are memorizing Alinsky's handbook.

Also, women will think twice before they run for high office ever again. Well at least Republican women. I don't think Dem women will be harassed as much.

It has NOTHING to do with being Rep. or Dem. it has everything to do with gender. A woman in politics or any other field will be under the microscope.

I'm all for woman advancing, but Palin's move-not retreating as she said, but "advancing in another direction" is no advance, for her or any other woman.

[freeby4me]

When I think of the constant attacks on Sarah Palin and the false charges against her which have all been disproved I can't help but think of the techniques in Saul Alinsky's handbook for community organizers. I really do think the DNC did consider her to be a real threat. For one thing she did fight against corruption in her own state. I'm sure the DNC didn't like that very much.

I really don't think we have seen the last of Sarah but she may just decide she can do more as a private citizen.

She's only a threat in the mind of those like you.


I can honestly say that I do think its sad and pathetic that you HAVE to "stand behind" someone like that. That there isnt a politician on your side worth fighting for and you're stuck with some moron like Sarah Palin. I mean really, look at what she has done and you all actually feel the need to follow her? Thats sad.

As much as I hate Republicans (surprise surprise) I actually do wish you guys had someone worth standing behind.
The fact that you have to stand behind someone as pathetic as she is speaks volumes.

[jeanea33]

The fact that you have to stand behind someone as pathetic as she is speaks volumes.



I like Palin. I personally think its her choice to step out. I don't find her pathetic or anyone who follows or likes her pathetic.

[DAVESBABYDOLL]

She's only a threat in the mind of those like you.


I can honestly say that I do think its sad and pathetic that you HAVE to "stand behind" someone like that. That there isnt a politician on your side worth fighting for and you're stuck with some moron like Sarah Palin. I mean really, look at what she has done and you all actually feel the need to follow her? Thats sad.

As much as I hate Republicans (surprise surprise) I actually do wish you guys had someone worth standing behind.
The fact that you have to stand behind someone as pathetic as she is speaks volumes.

For some....in this case it's called... Way to follow the party line, no matter how F'd up, sick or twisted it gets, they'll always eat the turd given to them.

[freeby4me]

I like Palin. I personally think its her choice to step out. I don't find her pathetic or anyone who follows or likes her pathetic.

Yea, and you like her. 'nuff said.

[pepperpot]

For some....in this case it's called... Way to follow the party line, no matter how F'd up, sick or twisted it gets, they'll always eat the turd given to them.

Agreed, like some won't admit "buyer's remorse" for the current 'turd' in office. ;)

[freeby4me]

Agreed, like some won't admit "buyer's remorse" for the current 'turd' in office. ;)

And that shows just how much ya'll know.

Why would we not like the job he's doing? He was left the biggest sh*tpile of a job ever and look what he's got to work with. Personally, and pretty much anyone who voted for him thinks he's doing the best he can given what he was left with.
When the ones who didnt vote for him complain, its not exactly a big shocker or anything. If he started sh*tting gold bricks ya'll would still complain about it.

[pepperpot]

:boring: :dong: :fisheye: :shuffle :laugh:



:pepsi:

[tngirl]

She's only a threat in the mind of those like you.


I can honestly say that I do think its sad and pathetic that you HAVE to "stand behind" someone like that. That there isnt a politician on your side worth fighting for and you're stuck with some moron like Sarah Palin. I mean really, look at what she has done and you all actually feel the need to follow her? Thats sad.

As much as I hate Republicans (surprise surprise) I actually do wish you guys had someone worth standing behind.
The fact that you have to stand behind someone as pathetic as she is speaks volumes.
Yeah, and it is so sad and pathetic that the only thing you could come up with was Obama. Yeah, see you in the Food Stamp Line or down at the public housing office in a year.

[tngirl]

And that shows just how much ya'll know.

Why would we not like the job he's doing? He was left the biggest sh*tpile of a job ever and look what he's got to work with. Personally, and pretty much anyone who voted for him thinks he's doing the best he can given what he was left with.
When the ones who didnt vote for him complain, its not exactly a big shocker or anything. If he started sh*tting gold bricks ya'll would still complain about it.
Maybe because he is a bald face liar? Let's see....no tax increases on the poor, no taxing of money that is used for health insurance...do I need to go on?

And how is jacking up taxes on just about everything helping anyone? How is bankrupting this country going to help? Please, I really want to understand. I already go through the house making sure lights are off, what more can I do? Turn off the A/C? Live in the dark? Not use water for anything? Freeze my butt off even more during the winter?

Please, please, tell me what this man has done to help us? Our taxes are getting jacked up to "save the economy" how does that work? If things get more expensive who can afford them? Do you know what the rest of the world is doing to help their economies? Lowering taxes...yep, letting the people have a bit more money instead of taking it away from them.

Once again, tell me what this doofus is doing to help us?

[tngirl]

For some....in this case it's called... Way to follow the party line, no matter how F'd up, sick or twisted it gets, they'll always eat the turd given to them.
I do NOT follow any Party lines. I happen to be able to think for myself. I just think that the media has done an injustice toward Palin. As for the GOP itself, yes, the Good Ol' Boys are afraid of her and that is what they are dumping on her for. They have to tar and feather her in order to elevate the "man" that they want.

[candygirl]

I really do think the DNC did consider her to be a real threat. For one thing she did fight against corruption in her own state. I'm sure the DNC didn't like that very much.

I really don't think we have seen the last of Sarah but she may just decide she can do more as a private citizen.


Sorry :nono ,you got it all backwards!

The more she opened her mouth the more she proved to be a "Clueless Dingbat ", and became more of a real threat for the RNC,( which she proved to be ) :), the DNC never felt threatened by her then ,and surely not now.:dancing:

And yes ,we have not seen the last of her " the drama queen will be back ":springer

[jeanea33]

Yea, and you like her. 'nuff said.




So? Get over yourself. I like Palin, doesnt make me wrong.

[pepperpot]

Sorry :nono ,you got it all backwards!

The more she opened her mouth the more she proved to be a "Clueless Dingbat ", and became more of a real threat for the RNC,( which she proved to be ) :), the DNC never felt threatened by her then ,and surely not now.:dancing:

And yes ,we have not seen the last of her " the drama queen will be back ":springer

Now, the real 'threat' to the DNC is Biden! :lol He's not allowed to open his mouth anymore nor is his wife! :rolling

:slap :dancing:

I actually like Biden....for his informational and entertainment value of course. :p

[freeby4me]

So? Get over yourself. I like Palin, doesnt make me wrong.

Get over myself? For what? That makes no sense.

[hblueeyes]

I like her too. Many of us here know what it is to try to crack through the good ol boys club and when we speak our piece we are b**ches. They way the media portrays her and attacks her family is repulsive. No one in the media would do the same to BO kids and not face repercussions. I believe she is doing the right thing for all involved. Her family, her state, since she cannot do what is necessary since she is in constant litigation and her party. I hope she uses this time well and comes back like a hurricane.

Me

[krisharry]

I guess only time will tell if she's dead or not. (politically speaking of course)


**She will find out soon enough if this is the smartest move she ever made or the stupidest.**

[SurferGirl]

She's only a threat in the mind of those like you.


I can honestly say that I do think its sad and pathetic that you HAVE to "stand behind" someone like that. That there isnt a politician on your side worth fighting for and you're stuck with some moron like Sarah Palin. I mean really, look at what she has done and you all actually feel the need to follow her? Thats sad.

As much as I hate Republicans (surprise surprise) I actually do wish you guys had someone worth standing behind.
The fact that you have to stand behind someone as pathetic as she is speaks volumes.

Sarah Palin stands for the American values that most Americans do hold dear.
The contrast between her and the Chicago politican that got elected is like night and day. How many Czars does BHO have to put in power before some of you open your eyes. How bad does the economy have to get before some of you wake up. The "he inherited this economy" has worn thin because the economy has been so much worse off than when "the one" came into power.
What about the cap and tax and other government controls what will it take some people to open their eyes and ears.

[SurferGirl]

For some....in this case it's called... Way to follow the party line, no matter how F'd up, sick or twisted it gets, they'll always eat the turd given to them.

Pardon me but who did the DNC put in power.

[SurferGirl]

And that shows just how much ya'll know.

Why would we not like the job he's doing? He was left the biggest sh*tpile of a job ever and look what he's got to work with. Personally, and pretty much anyone who voted for him thinks he's doing the best he can given what he was left with.
When the ones who didnt vote for him complain, its not exactly a big shocker or anything. If he started sh*tting gold bricks ya'll would still complain about it.

Do you really mean you like this massive spending and bills being passed that no one has read?

Do you really want him printing trillions of dollars to create hyper inflation?

Do you really like the idea of all the Czars he has appointed that only answer to him?

Do you really like the way he is shredding our constitution?

Do you realize how much money he has spent since he was put in power?

Wow is all I can say and you question those of us that like Sarah Palin, I just can't believe it.

[SurferGirl]

Sorry :nono ,you got it all backwards!

The more she opened her mouth the more she proved to be a "Clueless Dingbat ", and became more of a real threat for the RNC,( which she proved to be ) :), the DNC never felt threatened by her then ,and surely not now.:dancing:

And yes ,we have not seen the last of her " the drama queen will be back ":springer

Sarah Palin is much smarter than the "one" she can actually talk without reading from a teleprompter, imagine that.

I almost forgot to add that she knows the correct number of states in our country. Obama said it was something like 57, he was off by 7 whole states. He must have been speaking without the help of the teleprompter at the time.

[janelle]

So many people reading Saul Alinsky's book. Sad.