I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks… travel around the state, to the Lower 48… overseas on international trade…. And then I thought – that’s what’s wrong – many just accept that lame duck status, hit the road, draw the paycheck, and “milk it”. I’m not putting Alaska through that – I promised efficiencies and effectiveness! ? That’s not how I am wired. I am not wired to operate under the same old “politics as usual.”
Um, if you don’t approve of lame-duck gubernatorial gallivanting, then… don’t gallivant. I mean, it’s not like we have any reason to believe you can’t resist the temptation, right?
So if it’s not about protecting Alaska from her lameduckitude, what is it about? Is there a scandal brewing, or is she just unable to wait an extra 18 months to begin her presidential campaign?
If Sarah Palin were a realistic, rational person, a scandal would be the only plausible explanation. A sane person expecting damaging revelations would recognize the inevitable and bow to it. And a sane person wouldn’t walk away from their first term as governor so they could run for president for three years instead of two.
But Sarah Palin is not a realistic, rational person – she’s stupid, narcissistic and crazy, so all her actions must be viewed through that prism.
A delusional egomaniac wouldn’t shrink from a looming scandal, she’d say, "I can beat this – the people love me, I’m the governor, I’m untouchable." True, there probably are some scenarios that might induce even Palin to resign, but they would have to be be so explosive that it’s hard to imagine them staying secret for long.
(There are a couple of juicy rumors floating around already, and if there’s anyone dumb and corrupt enough to create a mess so big that even Sarah Palin can’t brazen it out, it’s Sarah Palin. But so far they’re still just rumors.)
A delusional egomaniac would also see the governorship of Alaska as a drag on her political aspirations – all that time wasted on state duties instead of traveling around the country, speaking at every single conservative event there is, building her national brand into an Unstoppable Mavericky Juggernaut.
In reality, three years of overexposing her mean-spirited, incoherent, batshit insane self would actually make her even more unelectable than she is now, but you try telling her that.
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There’s a scandal brewing is my guess. Can’t wait to find out what it is.
Why would anyone bother with soap operas?
WTF????
she is devoid of one neuron
I still have a hard time imagining a scandal so big and so awful that Palin would flee from office, yet at the same time so hush-hush that we haven’t heard anything about it.
and goodeve ELI
The Rs are providing us with about 1 scandal a week – who’s next?
GoodEve, sadly!
I’m gonna go with… ALL.
Three and a half years to study up on what a President actually does?
In reality, three years of overexposing her mean-spirited, incoherent, batshit insane self would actually make her even more unelectable than she is now, but you try telling her that.
—————————–
SHE REALLY IS A c—-
Eli, have you READ any of the threads below, and the comments?
We’re talking Patriot Law, domestic terrorism, pol/finan scandal building materials, Toddy’s connections to building field, big oil, White Seccessionists/Terrorists, and more.
ALL of which easily ’splain a completely DESTROYED former beauty pageant queen in over her head and thinking she’s bigger and badder than the RNC, GOP and USA. Cuz people LURVES her, ya know. Also.
Yer late to the game, Eli!!! lol
moose flu is my guess. She’s infected with something.
“I’m not wired that way.”
Hot-wired in 1990. I know a burn-out when I see one.
it voodent help…….g
Sarah really drew some flies with her Friday news dump.
and thank you bigtime to another under achiever…McNasty
your comment to me on the other thread about SP was707
I save the crystal ball for the specialist [sic] of occasions but here’s what it says:
Where’s the damn hammer when ya need one?
she’s just a gal a-ventin’
My favorite Palin headline of the day, ELI!
Nice part about it, if it comes true – it will be your face, and out of our faces (I hope!) for a change.
not much rattling around in that cranium
Moose flu, a (fortunately) rare but devastating STD. Poor Bullwinkle, he had no idea Rocky had been moosing around behind his back.
*groan* Obligatory, mind ya…! LOL
Thanks, ET!
The thing of it is, I think my headline is correct whether it turns out to be Massive Scandal *or* Neverending Presidential Campaign.
I have mixed feelings about whether I want my prediction to be right. On the one hand, she’s such a horrible person that I really do want to see her get taken down hard, but on the other hand, what if the Republicans are crazy enough to nominate her?
i still love the moniker…Governor Quitter
what did the rest of us in the lower 48 ever do to you Alaskans to deserve this
Dog! ET -
I *can not* imagine what it must be like to live in the same state with that woman.
yeah.. it managed to keep Jim deMint’s endorsement of the military coup in Honduras off the air. Rethug welfare – protect each other by diverting news attention from one episode of wingnuttyness to another. Great.
Alaska’s most toxic export.
ET – what’s the reaction in Alaska? Joy? Rage?
Evenin’ Eli and Firedogs,
my first response to oldnslow was that she was inept enough to actually think this was a good move
but I eagerly await whatever scandal is to come
Least wise the dead fish hasn’t showed up yet.
Was that plausible…? Was she still viable enough to win another term…?
Did you ever see the SNL sketch where Horatio Sanz explained that he was using this exact technique to stay out of trouble, and actually attributed it to the Republicans?
Every time someone would call him out for fucking up, he would immediately fuck up in a different way to distract them from the previous fuckup.
Had to go back and see what it was. Admittedly it was bit of a cheap shot, as opposed to a slapshot.
her tremulous screechy voice is unbearable
Evenin’ cbl.
Never underestimate Palin’s stupidity and ego.
Then Permanent Democratic Majority. Any questions?
I believe it’s plausible that she would *think* that.
Sarah just wanted to liven up a boring Holiday weekend . What else would we have to do without Sarah World?
Reposted from previous thread:
On rawstory:
BradBlog is now reporting additional information received from Alaskans who follow Palin: “I’ve now been able to get independent information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are said to be possible federal indictments against Palin, concerning an embezzlement scandal related to the building of Palin’s house and the Wasilla Sports Complex built during her tenure as Mayor. Both structures, it is said, feature the ’same windows, same wood, same products.’ Federal investigators have been looking into this for some time, and indictments could be imminent, according to the Alaska sources.”
Big shout out to you Alaska Bloggers, ET ! The partying is going be extra fun this weekend … *g*
That’s not actually working out as well as I’d hoped. Turns out what we really need is a Permanent Progressive Majority – these bozos are giving Democrats a bad name.
Eli, you’ve really got to quit holding back.
Also.
I live in the same town with that woman. Small town, at that.
Twain – joy from my part of the spectrum.
People almost leaving suicide notes in the comments at the Palin shrines like TeamSarah, SarahPAC and Conservatives4Palin.
Seriously, WTF? Make sure to check out http://www.theopalinism.com
Odd that the replies are to a comment I made at 15, but my comment was at 14. Somebody get modded?
Yeah, I thought the fish analogy was one of the weirder parts of a very weird statement.
Eli !
It’s a holiday, I’m in a generous mood.
Petrovichkova!!!!
Petro!
Thanks Eli! I missed the whole media event by having nails done this afternoon and then running a zillion errands in preparation for my parents’ arrival tomorrow. Silly me, I thought it would be a slow news day!
I think I missed the fish analogy, but the point guard analogy was weird enough. The more she explained it, the worse it got.
amen amen amen!
yep.. Ensign, Sanford, deMint and Palin… all fired off in rapid succession, beating even the news cycle.
oh rotflmao
Somehow, I don’t think Sarah will appreciate your generosity.
I didn’t watch her presser (don’t want to clutter up my “beautiful mind”) but that first paragraph sounds as if she is trying to say that she is resigning because she doesn’t want to be a lame duck – which she isn’t and wouldn’t be for quite some time. I can’t make sense of it all.
Story of my life.
andMISS Betsy…great nite to….gloat,gloat,gloat etc….
As (IIRC) some of her fellow AK Republicans pointed out, she could have also just waited another year to announce that she wasn’t going to run again.
LOL … sadlyyes !
I thought the big story this weekend would be of Vitter celebrating In-Depends Day ! *g*
all will be explained. repiglicans like their scandals to go on for weeks and weeks with new details and new lies becoming evident with time.
If you haven’t heard it yet, she said “-only dead fish go with the flow,” which I take to mean that she believes she is a live fish. If this was Jeopardy I would ask, “What is a carp, Alex?”
But it’s transparent bullshit. Whatever her real reason turns out to be, I’d bet my paycheck it’s not that.
I thought she was more of a lame fish.
Apparently scandals for Republicans are like sex for everyone else.
oh>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spew707
More likely just a leech.
you get paid???
It hasn’t been slow news at all… Yet, all we’re seeing from the MSM is MJ 24/7…! *aargh* What about Iran, the massive airborne op in Afghanistan, ad nauseum….? Sorry, I’m just jonseing for Rachel….! ;-)
The scandal that could root her family out of house and home — which is the Wasilla Sports Complex construction scandal. If her resignation is a tradeoff for indictment without seizure, it’s entirely plausible. “Your husband can stay outta jail, you get to keep the house, your family has a place to live since we won’t seize it but — quit your job and plea to embezzlement and malfeasance, serve one year with three probation.”
maybe it was the best she could come up with on such short notice
The MSM scoops teh Cheetoh snuffing Bloggers agin … Palin is running for POTUS in 2012 – from msnbc
“I have covered politics for a long time. I can tell when someone is running for president. Sarah Palin is running for president.”
neighboring towns are having their fireworks displays right now , getting kind of loud !!
did I mention how much I love dfh’s, especially of the Firedog variety ?
firedog radiofreewill
10/8/08
link
plenty of references in this emptywheel thread of 10/7/08 as well
A former Alaska state Senator was on MSNBC earlier and said the republics im Alaska pretty much ignore her. She also said she thought it was a joke that anyone in the lower 48 would take her seriously.
Obviously, Sarah was one of Mark Sanford’s girlfriends and this is why she had to resign. See?
oh my
cant put lipstick on a FISH
Depends are for grown-ups. Folks like Vitter prefer cloth diapers with giant safety pins, possibly a bonnet and assorted over-sized props like a (multi-use) rattle and a (multi-use) pacifier.
Or so I have been led to believe.
CT: I’m just jonesing for Rachel …
Like you need a reason …
This is assuming that she knows when she’s beat.
LMAO!
here too,pups no likey
Even if she is running who is going to finance her 4 years out and she won’t even have to governor’s salary to use for trips around the country. Maybe Kristol has offered his assistance.
mine just think it’s thunder!
Sshh…! ;-)
This from federal prosecutors in charge of Alaska — who have a very hefty reason to want to take down an Alaska politician correctly, having screwed up the Ted Stevens prosecution beyond anyone’s imagining. This is their redemption. They waited until they had her dead to rights, looking over all the construction documents, reviewing invoices and timecards. For months and months, they’ve known they had her. They just had to have her right.
And now they do.
She’s toast.
This whole thing seems to be coming on the heals of the ‘latest controversy’ of Sarah’s husband Todd being part of the Alaskan Independence Party. Maybe we’re going to find out that not only do Sarah and Todd want Alaska to secede from the nation, but they’re also KKK members!
Hey, you never know.
Fineman’s an ass !
True, no self-respecting fish would want to look like a hooker.
Best line I’ve heard about it is that RNC is having a sale at Nordstrom’s and she wants to go.
I sure hope so. Although I will admit that I was hoping for something a little more… spectacular.
Twain !
Just so’s we’re clear, I was snarking Howard the Fineman …
or a pig.
I actually considered “Sarah Palin Secedes From Alaska” as a possible post title…
i live in redneckville,some of the guys may be acting like Sadam
Ohs Nos … Sarah & Condi are gonna be fighting over the Hooker Boots … Unless Lindsay Graham gets to them first !
I’m still in shock. Was gone all day, and came back to this!
Maybe it’s come out that her house was built on the back of Wasilla taxpayers? Who knows?
Yesterday I decided that she was giving up politics and going to work for Runner Magazine. The photos are too juvenile!
But, considering her following and her age, she could make a mint for runner gear.
Yeah, it must have been a very tidy, open-and-shut case they presented to her, probably yesterday, since Mark Begich met with her Wednesday and she said nothing about resigning. All wrapped up in a bow, with evidence that both Sarah and Todd knew all about it from the very beginning, probably more than one Sports Complex contractor has flipped — hell, who needs to put a contractor in jail when you can bag the governor.
OMG! You deserve a triple measure of sympathy! OTOH, reading suicide notes b/c of palin must produce a triple measure of pleasure. *g*
Shorter Sarah Palin: “It’s all about ME, and I just don’t feel like doing the hard job of governing anymore.”
Resigning to go to the federal pen in order to save the roof over your children’s heads isn’t spectacular?
LOL … I think the scandal is that one of the kids is Putin’s Love Child …
always been thus!
This one appears made to order…
It’s basically agreed upon my most people of all political persuasions that Paylin actually hurt the McInsane ticket. There was the initial bump, but it’s likely that was the usual post-Convention bump that every party gets every election.
Almost every Repub voter I know, especially Repub women, were disgusted by her selection and how she campaigned, and almost all ended up voting Obama because of the freakshow. Overall, she became a big liability, but her massive, overinflated ego won’t let her see that, so by all means, please Sayrah,
drillrun, baby,drillrun!But, embezzlement is so pedestrian…! ;-)
can she see the kid from her house?
I can’t wait for Rich Lowry to stumble over Eli’s headline, expecting something quite different than what’s on offer….
or sistah Missy Mitch the bitch
It just seems reminiscent of taking Al Capone down for tax evasion…
“In”, Teddy. With an I.
I happen to be lucky enough to live in one of the most conservative areas , of one of the most liberal stares in the country Massachusetts
never fear Bets ! even on vacation,she lands exclusive one on one with Gov Palin
707 !!!
Romney/Wurzelbacher ‘12 !
My sentiments exactly…! I want Dillinger-like fireworks…! ;-)
Say whut? I thought you were referring to a troll and I was referring to the one with a fish in its name that’s been stinking up the front porch for way too many threads.
Think I’m gettin’ punchy from imbibing (sp?) too much palin for the day. Tottering off to the recliner…..this afternoon has plumb tuckered me out. :-)
ROFL … got me !
I hope Mitt runs in his magic underwear.
Have a nice recline.
Howard’s supposed to be better than that.
Trying to make sense of it was your first mistake.
You can’t; no one can.
Rachel on Cape Cod catching big fish , striped bass I believe
Only one???
Really ?!! Fineman has been drifting into wingnuttia for quite a while now …
“on” being the operative
propositionpreposition in Little Lord Starburst’s mind.Please , keep him away from Massachusetts !
When you see what accusations are revealed against against Todd, you’ll come to understand why someone like David Rockefeller would have thought her perfect as VP. He could blackmail the piss out of her the entire time she was in office.
Their game is revealed.
You don’t get into the political arena unless you have skeletons they can hold over your head.
Surely that much is obvious.
MITTENS/SANFORD,or Sanford/andSon
Yeah, but if there are criminal problems for Palin, there are serious political problems for McCain.
Interesting the the campaign problems surfaced the day before yesterday though…
She can spend all the time in my face that she wants– preferably sitting on my face.
True, but Keith keeps him in line. I don’t think the guy is stupid. Selling out, maybe.
You know your career is over when our fave Diamondback joins in the fun – bmaz, from Marcy’s blog
So, if you’d like a piece of Toby Wollin’s birthday cake, come on by the beach house any time in the next two hours and give her your best wishes. I e-baked ‘em all myself!
But at their hearts, the Palins are small-time grifters, so this goes to their inner selves, really: getting your house built by local contractors in exchange for promised contracts. Then flying too close to the sun as McPalin; thinking for sure that Daddy OldSmell could tamp down the investigation if his Veep was in danger. And having it all crash so completely around you just as the McCain people start to get their revenge through Todd Purdum.
GOP scandals come in many flavors. Some are sex; some are employee-related sex; some are sex with the underage. But many, many more of them are simply grift and graft. We need to learn to revel in them all.
Or Todd could very well be pokin’ Mark Sanford. What do I know?
correction ……ANY
Agreed ! Fineman, like Isikoff is not stupid …
I like Seneca Doane’s explanation, frankly:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/…..It-Tweakin
Aloha Oe, Ya’ll…! I wish ya’ll a Happy Fourth…! *g*
My gut is still telling me that this is not it. We’ll find out, though.
omg, that’s wonderful. However did you find it?
really?
PETRO
Fineman became a Very Serious Journalist and lost it all.
How’s Canada?
OKAY BUBBAs one hour of LOUD FIREWORKS IS ENUF@#$@#$%#$%
Sad, isn’t it ? The only answer is that wingnut journos make waaaay more $$$ …
Yes. Of course I really hate her politics, but you’ve got to admit she’s hot!
hugs to ya both
Raven !
blogronicity – someone posted it in the early am threads
What up homes?
not even with your d*ck
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh quiet….crickets
Yeah if Sarah’s what passes for hot in hetero-world I’m awfully happy right where I am, thank you very much.
hehehehehehe…gigggle
We is jus’ startin to has some fun ! Got us a whole crate of firecrackers and a keg o beer to boot
gram used to say…every pot has a top…well amost
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or it could be that she had her home built with funds from the Wasilla Sports Complex! But hey, she loves those expensives clothes because she’s a redneck….just ask her! She’ll tell ya. She’s one of the poor people of America who can relate to all of us!
Well, there’s no accounting for taste.
What about Elizabeth Hasselbeck? She’s a conservative who’s pretty attractive.
Goobers at Cobb County Tea Party are devastated. Georgia State University Prof thinks it’s the most “audacious” political move he’s ever seen.
Apparently there are more guys with a school marm fantasy than I would have guessed. Count me out.
Last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it!
hellz bellz its lighting up 5vers
Damn, you’re picky.
Sorry, profound stupidity is a turn off.
I’m just playin, they both have a nice slutty thang goin on.
This only passes in the hetero world if you like your women a little on the trashy side.
Hate to sound like a mom but be careful with that combination. We need your fingers so you can comment.
oh fell over chair 707,your brutal
I keep getting the feeling the same crooked contractors who put that splendid addition on Senator “NO!!!!’s house
may have also done a custom job on some house in Wasilla.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGKUujCBJs
ya…smart is teh sexy
new crush
http://www.pbs.org/engage/site…..io_002.jpg
Maybe Sarah is stepping down to pursue a graduate degree. I wonder if she has picked her five colleges yet?
I was gonna say, ya gotta be able to separate politics from sex appeal. Take Slick Willie for instance. He went for Paula Jones, who I think is kinda conservative, in a trailer trash sorta way. Now that’s a man with taste.
methinks she would be an octagenarian,when and if she finishes,i believe she has ADD
Remember what Bill Clinton said when he was dancing with Marge Simpson, “I know you think I’m too good for you but believe me I’m not. Hell, I’ve done it with pigs… real honest to god pigs.”
That was as dumb an observation as I’ve ever read from him.
She is done politically; quitting before your term is up is suicide.
To think she could be a viable candidate in 2012 is ridiculous.
And spare me the Nixon analogies; if the internet and 24 hr news cycles existed in the 60’s, he wouldn’t have had a comeback either.
Plus, he may have been many things, but stupid wasn’t one of them.
She might be able to manage a witch doctorate.
actually Rodney Dangerfield was brutal, I just have a good memory.
I dunno, I’m reading Nixonland right now and there are enough similarities to make me stand up and notice.
I always felt Todd Palin was the “brains” of the operation and Sarah was the mouthpiece .
Kinda hard to pull that one off with all the scrutiny they’ve been getting
yes she is a few cylinders shy an engine bloc
ROFL … Excellent !
That’s a good line– I’ll have to try that one.
miss him a lot,ya do very well in his stead
Spiro Agnew anyone. ( taking cash payments while v/p, republican of course, delivered to the VP’s office.)
If only he had known the VP is the secret 4th branch beyond reproach, he could have beat that rap.
she could make chimp look like an orator
I was so ugly when I was born the doctor slapped my mother!
I think she sort of looks like Michael Jackson in a healthier kind of way.
Yeah, we had the internet and a 24-hr news cycle and got two terms of Bush/Cheney. Voters with ADD doesn’t typically lead to good candidates.
And John Cole provides the view from Atlas Shrugs:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=23599
My wife said to take out the garbage. I said “you cooked it you take it out”!
He coulda learned a few things from Deferment Dick
you will laugh i thought the same thing…….dang
vintage Rodney
Holy crap. Just when I think Pam can’t get any crazier.
I guess quote’s by journalists about how many people have gone broke underestimating the stupidity of the American public would be redundant.
Holy chit! 10:30
Maybe she is stepping down because the LAPD traced the Diprivan to her… Just think, if she amassed enough to anesthetize fifty-one percent of the voters in 2012…
CaddyShack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMVvTl83gWg
“Meet my friend Mr. Wang… no offense!”
Hey Wang!
Sarah, “Bark like a dog”.
“You’re lean, mean, and you’re not too far between, either.”
“Only dead fish go with the flow”
– Sarah
Sarah Barracuda knows when to swim upstream.
Come on.
Did you see her press conference today?
It’s remarkable what Sarah and 8 years of Bush has done for Nixon’s image.
“Don’t mind these wires… doctor’s orders.”
Every time another batch of Nixon tapes is released he appears even more petty, deranged, and paranoid than we knew. There is NO redemption for Tricky Dick.
Quit college (four times)
Quit the oil and gas commission.
Quit the governorship.
Sense a pattern?
Be nice for the gene pool is she would quit breeding.
pattern and practice
Quit having babies??
Quit hunting wolves from helicopters?
Quit running your mouth on national TV?
She *did* say that the world needed more Trigs…
part of her narcissism
Mini Mack says “she’s crazy and she’s stupid”,
Can’t fool a 9-year-old
(Dad – I’m 9 1/2)
quit inciting knuckle draggers/heads
must go walk furry children goodnite all,great nite to celebrate,another wheel off wagon
See, that’s what I’m talking about.
The good old days.
Who here wouldn’t have gladly taken him over Darth the last 8 years?
Corruption involving a few hundred thousand, and no lives lost.
Contrast that to the billions in cash Darth took (yeah, those pallets of cash for Iraq were ‘lost’ alright; lost in his basement), and the money Agnew took wasn’t even ours.
My wife…my wife, she’s a two-bagger…gotta bring the 2nd bag in case the 1st bag breaks.
There has been some speculation that she might have another baby on board.
g’nite, sadly
Quit college (four times)
Quit the oil and gas commission.
Quit the governorship.
Sense a pattern here?
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7280
EXCLUSIVE: PALIN RESIGNATION ‘DAMAGE CONTROL’ FOR COMING ‘ICEBERG SCANDAL’ … MORE: EMBEZZLEMENT INDICTMENTS COMING?
UPDATED: Alaskan reporter Shannyn Moore offers The BRAD BLOG hints about reasons for Alaska Gov’s resignation
FURTHER UPDATE: Sources say embezzlement scandal, federal indictments may soon break concerning use of Wasilla Sport Complex building materials for Palin’s home…
[See update below for exclusive source details from Alaska…FURTHER UPDATE now added below: AK sources say ‘embezzlement’ scandal, federal indictments may be in offing. See below…]
FURTHER UPDATE: Okay, I’ve now been able to get independent information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are said to be possible federal indictments against Palin, concerning an embezzlement scandal related to the building of Palin’s house and the Wasilla Sports Complex built during her tenure as Mayor. Both structures, it is said, feature the “same windows, same wood, same products.” Federal investigators have been looking into this for some time, and indictments could be imminent, according to the Alaska sources.
Hey, let’s not misunderstand; I’m not offering up redemption at all.
Nixon came up downstairs as an example of someone thought to be politically dead that went on to become POTUS; I made the case Palin will have no such comeback in 2012.
Just back from an attempted run to Big Lake from Wasilla. Big Lake is the only town in southcentral Alaska that sells fireworks.
Vic Kohring, the former Alaska legislator who was convicted of taking bribes from Veco, and is out of prison right now, pending review of his case in the wake of the Obama reorganization of the Public Integrity Unit at DOJ, is selling fireworks at one of the stands. He was also Sarah Palin’s first conservative GOP mentor. I thought it would be cool to film Vic selling bottle rockets on the same day his prize pupil announced her resignation.
I got four miles from Big Lake and the traffic was at a standstill. No way was I going to putt-putt in line for three hours to maybe get that prize photo.
I did get the celebration wine, though – Kline Big Break zinfandel 2006.
Tenacity?
Good night !
“My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.”
sorry about that, it was hardly worth submitting twice.
I blame Eli! Where’s TKK, anyway?
wOOt !!! Enjoy the celebratin’ !
It’s Money, Money, Money
Palin needs to:
A.) Hawk her book and be seen in the Lower 48. To do that properly, she has to stay out on tour and remain newsworthy. Quitting the Governorship helps her on both counts.
2.) The greater distance she gets from her VP run, the tougher it will become to stay in the limelight. If I were Palin’s handler, I’d tell her not to get too excited over the possibility of being the Republican Candidate for President in 2012. It’s improbable unless all of the remaining viable candidates end up on the Appalachian Trail. Palin’s best bet for riches AND attention is landing her own show on Fox. She can’t be seen as quitting the Governorship to join Fox – that would rain criticism even from her own ignorant base. But if she waits a few months after leaving the Governorship and then announces a Fox deal, the two deeds won’t be as obviously connected by her within her sheepdom. For Palin, Fox News is a much higher likelihood than higher office and pays a hell of a lot more than U.S. Senator – and for Palin, the Senate is far from a sure bet. Every ambitious Alaskan Republican will try to topple her, and THEY know where every one of her skeletons are buried. But a Fox show would mean both big bucks plus an unencumbered, term limit-free rule over the slobbering Idioti that is the Republican base. And let’s face it, Network TV has always been her dream job.
Fox would make her wealthy beyond any previous dream, and Palin would fancy herself God’s chosen President of “Real America.” Even Palin knows she’s white trash – Fox would be her financial ticket into “respectable” society.
Why, she could even pay for her own Neiman Marcus wardrobe.
She probably also needs to raise another $2.5 million for upcoming legal fees.
A girl phoned me the other day and said… Come on over, there’s nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home.
Nixon had done two terms as VP, which made the idea of him being president conceivable. The only group that might consider Palin presidential are the fundies and I suspect even they would be divided.
Bottom line, the price of mounting a viable presidential bid roughly doubles every four years and the odds that Palin could ever secure that kind of backing is incredibly remote.
Top recommended post at DKos – Palin blames bloggers
I suggest you accept that compliment ET. Well done, sir.
“Sarah Palin Resigns To Spend More Time IN YOUR FACE”
And it worked. Look how many entries there are on this has-been right on the front page here.
Even if she’s about to crash and burn, she’s going to do it in a full media spotlight, just like she wants.
“I hopped into a cab and told the driver to take me somewhere I could get lucky… he dropped me at my house!”
“I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.”
The little hick has tasted fame and wants more, just like they all do, left or right.
Of course, if I couldn’t write about Republican has-beens, trolls, and media hogs, *I’d* have to resign.
I was making love to this girl and she started crying. I said, “Will you hate yourself in the morning?” She said,”No, I hate myself now.”
“What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me about the butcher and my wife.”
See you upstairs …
I sure hope all you dysfunctional America-loathers are happy with your piece of crap of a “president” we have in Barack Hussein Obama. Better enjoy him while he lasts because the birth certificate scandal is about to break and shit is going to hit the fan BIG TIME. This is going to be FUN to see what the trojan horse Muslim is going to do when it is PROVEN that he is not natural born.
I can’t wait.
By the way – it is really a pity that you losers have nothing better to do than all gang up on a lady who contributes lots more to society than all of you combined. Real pity you people are.
I went to the dentist and asked what do I do about these yellow teeth? He told me to wear a brown tie.
That’s all you got, Bumpins? Pathetic.
Dude should be ashamed for even showing up with that limp wristed shit.
It’s just to rile, no doubt. *G* I’m not riled. I’m laughing.
It was kind of akin to gloating about how we’ll all be sorry when the Martians invade…
Being Republican ain’t what it used to be these days.
And by the way (while we’re doing one-liners): That was no lady, that was Todd’s wife.
Also.
“I was such an ugly kid… When I played in the sandbox the cat kept covering me up.”