Posted on 07/05/2009 10:17:12 PM PDT by SolidWood
I’m confused by all the confusion among the chattering classes about Palin. I thought her press conference explained it very clearly – though she couldn’t put it precisely this way without sounding vain, but it’s obvious.
Even though she’s just a state governor, she’s a HUGE national star who is both sought after and attacked as if she is already a president (a Bush, not an Obama). But she basically can’t participate because she’s tethered to the governor’s office up in Alaska. Consequently, she has to fight with one hand tied behind her back and she also can’t go around the country campaigning for candidates and principles she believes in – because she’s governor and would be accused of neglecting the state.
Meanwhile, the Lt. Gov. is a great guy, so she’s leaving the state in good hands and now she can go on to be an even bigger star.
It’s a weird Washington insider perspective to be perplexed by what she’s doing. Contrary to Mark Sanford’s e-mails to his mistress, no one was really impressed with him; 99.99999999999999999% of Americans didn’t know who he was. Who is more influential: Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Bill O’Reilly, or Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal and Mark Sanford (before the fall)? As Palin said, God bless people who run for political office, but – and she didn’t say this part – she’s too big to be a lame-duck governor stuck dealing with fishing licenses in Anchorage right now.
She’ll be much bigger now and can play on the national stage without constantly setting off state ethics investigations by loons, parasites and liberals. None of this applied to McCain or Kerry – both of whom went back to the Senate – because their national campaigns diminished them. Palin’s national campaign made her a major star. As she said, she’s not retreating, she’s advancing in another direction.
Gee, there you lookee! The celebrity is PRESIDENT. Looks like it did work... huh?
Ya know, though ......
With all Dan's problems with the media .... do you suppose maybe some of them were, well, you know, ......Palinesque? As in, somebody big and tall inside the RNC leadership, feeding old Dan to the sharks bit by bit, like what's been happening to Sarah?
After all, Quayle wasn't a member of The Club.
I thought he ran even earlier. Like in '68.
OMG! Duuuude!! </Bronson Pinchot> Will you ever stop waffling and tell us how you really feeeeeaaaallll about this guy?! lolol
EX-cellent troll kill, dude. Well done.
Bwaahahahahaaaaaa! God, that's good medicine!
Thanks!!
<Giant Voice> Cleanup on Aisle Six! BWAAAHAHAHA!!! </Voice>
Deserves-repeating bump. Huckabee is a product of the same Arkansas political environment (and I think the same machine, the Stevens Little Rock machine) that produced Bill Clinton.
As for Fred, he started late because (and most people aren't aware of this) he had contractual obligations through August 2007 to NBC. He had to wait to declare, lest he become liable for NBC's having to pull some of their summer reruns of the previous season's Law and Order episodes, until after Labor Day 2007. That was too late. The train had left the station.
No they're not, you very obvious troll.
They're terrified, so much so that they are logging onto Free Republic to attack her.
Ah he’s dead already. Sharp work from the admins!
It’s refreshing to see a Romney supporter like Ann stand up for Sarah.
If the stupid national media had backed off attacking her and her family after Obama had been elected, she might have been happy to finish out her term. (There is nothing more dangerous than an upset mother. In Alaska, it doesn't pay to get between a mother moose and her baby.)
I suspect the reason the media, the liberals, and the Republicans dismiss and attack Palin is because they are afraid of her. (Don't push Romney either. I'm not voting for him.)
With Obama pushing socialist programs one after another and displaying a lack of understanding (and arrogance) with the average American's situation, and with frustated people having Tea Parties, there is a huge opportunity for someone who isn't part of the entrenched "political elite".
Regarding the latest petty complaint about her fishing: Most people in Alaska will take the opportunity to take an afternoon off and go fishing. In fact, the Anchorage media was caught off guard because most of them took Friday off and were out of town fishing.
When Kerry and McCain ran for President without giving up their Senate seats, you got the feeling that they felt like they were owed a certain lifestyle and position, and that they would gladly risk leaving the voters of their state in the lurch in order to maintain them.
The right thing to do when running for higher office is to resign your current position and take your chances. That way the voters of your state have the opportunity to select your replacement in the normal fashion. If you win your run for higher office, everybody has a chair when the music stops. If you lose, you have to go out into the private sector after election day. This should not be such a horrible prospect.
I will be the first one to vote for her then...And I'll bet there are a few more...
Coulter is partially right. Palin IS a huge star among a large group of voters. There is also a large group of voyers who detest Palin as well.
I will vote for Sarah any chance I get.
Your opinion is clearly on the record now. Enough whining. Geez.
If it was a mistake, it is done. If it isn't, time will tell. Your incessant whining, whether sincere or otherwise, will not change that.
Enough already.
Just out of curiousity, how did she not keep her oath or her word?
Also, you don't call it cutting and running when you stop one direction to turn and face your enemies head on. What she is doing is the opposite of cutting and running. It is turning and attacking.
You think it is a bad idea. Fine. I question your motives in trying to convince others that it is a bad idea. Just let it play out and we'll know. Your over-the-top insincerity about this does nothing positive.
1. Any evidence for that statement?
2. If she is as bad as you say, she has some pretty stiff competition in Obama.
May God Abundantly Bless and Protect Sarah!!!
Look at how much experience Obama has. And he never accomplished a fraction of what Palin has done.
LOL!
It’s shameful that so many people on this site couldn’t figure this out for themselves. It’s even more shameful if they did get it, but just bashed Sarah because they’re supporting some other candidate. They’re no better than liberals.
Annie gets it.
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