Sarah Palin resigning as Governor of Alaska

[EriktheRed]

You need to unplug again. I didn't have a meltdown. Just told it like it is. She quit because assholes on the left persecuted her children. I would like to see her sue the Lecherman! End of story!

I'd like to see her sue him, too, so us heartless leftists can get another good laugh when she gets laughed out of court.

 

[EriktheRed]

Exerts from this morning's WSJ editorial.

The political class is flummoxed by Sarah Palin's decision to quit as Alaska Governor, and understandably so. Giving up on an executive job a year and a half early isn't the best way to persuade voters you're ready for the more demanding rigors and scrutiny of the White House.

Mrs. Palin's explanation on Friday was hardly clear or persuasive, wandering from the taxpayer expense of various ethics probes, to the self-indulgence of lame-duck Governors who serve out their terms, to the fact that she and her family had concluded she can better serve the people out of public office. Some Alaskans, including many of her admirers, can be forgiven if they conclude she bugged out when the going got rough. ...

The more troubling question is whether the 45-year-old is also calculating that this is the best way for her to seek the White House in 2012. If so, she's probably mistaken. Her main claim on executive experience is the Alaskan state house, and giving it up early diminishes an otherwise solid record, especially in challenging GOP elites, and reneges on a promise to voters. Millions of conservatives admire her reform credentials and her personal story, but to win the White House she needs to persuade millions of others, including independents, that she has the policy depth and personal judgment to be President. ...

On the evidence so far, Mrs. Palin isn't yet up to that task. Whether she will be in two years, or six or 10, will depend on whether she's willing to do the hard policy work that can add substance to her natural political talents.

The Palin Puzzle - WSJ.com

So even the WSJ agrees she hasn't shown herself to be knowledgeable enough to be Chief Executive.

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

Exerts from this morning's WSJ editorial.

The political class is flummoxed by Sarah Palin's decision to quit as Alaska Governor, and understandably so. Giving up on an executive job a year and a half early isn't the best way to persuade voters you're ready for the more demanding rigors and scrutiny of the White House.

Mrs. Palin's explanation on Friday was hardly clear or persuasive, wandering from the taxpayer expense of various ethics probes, to the self-indulgence of lame-duck Governors who serve out their terms, to the fact that she and her family had concluded she can better serve the people out of public office. Some Alaskans, including many of her admirers, can be forgiven if they conclude she bugged out when the going got rough. ...

The more troubling question is whether the 45-year-old is also calculating that this is the best way for her to seek the White House in 2012. If so, she's probably mistaken. Her main claim on executive experience is the Alaskan state house, and giving it up early diminishes an otherwise solid record, especially in challenging GOP elites, and reneges on a promise to voters. Millions of conservatives admire her reform credentials and her personal story, but to win the White House she needs to persuade millions of others, including independents, that she has the policy depth and personal judgment to be President. ...

On the evidence so far, Mrs. Palin isn't yet up to that task. Whether she will be in two years, or six or 10, will depend on whether she's willing to do the hard policy work that can add substance to her natural political talents.

The Palin Puzzle - WSJ.com

Well that's a weak argument which seeks to disparage Palin's reasoning and her veracity.

It sets aside the obvious... the Boy King completely set aside his responsibilities as Senator to run for the Presidency... One could argue otherwise, but last time I checked he failed to carry out his commitment; as did the Vice president... SO using the reasoning set forth above, if her resignation is a sign of a lack of courage to honor her responsibilities and that such demonstrates the lack of qualifications for the Presidency; then I'd say the the first two slots of the Executive Branch are likewise unqualified...

The argument presumes that Governor Palin has fled the fight... when her statement clearly states otherwise; she simply chose to unburden her office from that fight; freeing that office to return to the focus of it's charter.

Time will tell... and the record tends toward the indication that Governor Palin is not one to shrink from a fight; as I see it, she's simply uncoupled herself from that whcih has kept her from fully engaging.

Of course, you offered a wager on such; and when that wager was set against a standard which met the Admins reasonable edict forbidding financial values, but sustained a stark measure of accountbaility, you opted out. So let's just agree that time will tell and remember the respective positions... when time provides the answers.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Sarah M1A2 Palin.

Sure, she could sit around and wait while the Dems and the State Run Media try to get a lucky top hit that destroys her (Palin fails to get document properly notarized!!! How can she run the country??)

But, Main Battle Tank that she is, she's better off taking a side rode to deliver a crushing blow to the enemy command and control center. Except if she meets Joe Biden, she can just drop him off at a 7 11.

And if on the way she meets some of the enemy LMSM artillery that been firing on her, shes free to engage and destroy them too.

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

Exerts from this morning's WSJ editorial.

The political class is flummoxed by Sarah Palin's decision to quit as Alaska Governor, and understandably so. Giving up on an executive job a year and a half early isn't the best way to persuade voters you're ready for the more demanding rigors and scrutiny of the White House.

Mrs. Palin's explanation on Friday was hardly clear or persuasive, wandering from the taxpayer expense of various ethics probes, to the self-indulgence of lame-duck Governors who serve out their terms, to the fact that she and her family had concluded she can better serve the people out of public office. Some Alaskans, including many of her admirers, can be forgiven if they conclude she bugged out when the going got rough. ...

The more troubling question is whether the 45-year-old is also calculating that this is the best way for her to seek the White House in 2012. If so, she's probably mistaken. Her main claim on executive experience is the Alaskan state house, and giving it up early diminishes an otherwise solid record, especially in challenging GOP elites, and reneges on a promise to voters. Millions of conservatives admire her reform credentials and her personal story, but to win the White House she needs to persuade millions of others, including independents, that she has the policy depth and personal judgment to be President. ...

On the evidence so far, Mrs. Palin isn't yet up to that task. Whether she will be in two years, or six or 10, will depend on whether she's willing to do the hard policy work that can add substance to her natural political talents.

The Palin Puzzle - WSJ.com

So even the WSJ agrees she hasn't shown herself to be knowledgeable enough to be Chief Executive.

ROFL... So what we find here is the tepid projection that the WSJ is the arbiter of such qualifications... thus where the WSJ would have concluded that The Lord of the Idiots lacked the 'knowledge... to be Cheif Executive" This member would no doubt adhere to that conclusion...

LOL... Of course, in contrast to Senator Hussein, Governor Palin was an ACTUAL Cheif Executive... and quite a successful CEO at that... and she's one who has taken the long view and realized that her office is larger than HER; she's concluded that HER PERSONAL LIFE, has changed tracks from that which sustains that of her office and has STEPPED AWAY from that position to provide that her office and the mission which that office serves will not be dilluted by the changing tact of her personal life; a conclusion which is well reasoned and a decision which, despite the carping to the contrary shows enormous courage and substantial character.

What you're going to find is that the popular concensus with regard to her character is out of sync with that character and as such, those who are depending upon the concensus to be stronger than the underlying character are going to be stunned by just how foolish that conclusion is.

Of course the best sign that she's right, is that the left is DEMANDING that she's wrong; and this a function of the simple fact that the left is WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING!

If the left were standing around talking about what COURAGE it TOOK to do this... THAT would be the best sign of her having committed political suicide.

But hey... you girls feel free to cluck and cackle away at how stupid she is and keep reminding each other about how this little Stew-looking Bumpkin isn't a threat... 'cause I'm SURE that'll be enough to keep her from BEING SO.

 

[xotoxi]

the Boy King completely set aside his responsibilities as Senator to run for the Presidency... One could argue otherwise, but last time I checked he failed to carry out his commitment; as did the Vice president...

Did they set aside their responsitbilities as senators 3.5 years prior to the election?

 

[L.K.Eder]

well you know i think fair or unfair the and i do think it is is a more concentrated criticism that Sarah gets on on so many fronts i think that is unfortunate but fair or unfair i think she does herself a disservice to even mention it really i mean you gotta plough through that you have to know what you are getting into ahm which I say this with all due respect to Sarah Palin and to her experience and passion for changing the status quo also but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think you know that doesn’t do us any good – women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don't think it's it bodes well for her a statement like that because again fair or unfair it is there i think that's reality and i think it is a gim and i think people can accept that she is going to be under that sharper microscope, so be it, i mean work harder, prove yourself to an even greater degree that you are capable that you're gonna be the best candidate and that of course is what she wants us to believe at this point so it bothers me a little bit hearing hearing her bring all that attention to herself on that level.



Video - Perceived Whine - White House '08

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

the Boy King completely set aside his responsibilities as Senator to run for the Presidency... One could argue otherwise, but last time I checked he failed to carry out his commitment; as did the Vice president...

Did they set aside their responsitbilities as senators 3.5 years prior to the election?

So you're saying that the State Legislator Hussein, didn't set aside his obigations to run for the US Senate and that almost immediately into his first term as US Senator, that he didn't set aside THOSE duties to run for the Presidency?

Now let's see... 4 year term... Hussein was elected the same year as Palin... and without digging TOO deep into the specifics... we know from the common record that almost IMMEDIATELY after being sworn into THAT four year term of office he began to campaign in earnest for the US Presidency... Now this in contrast to Palin, who didn't spend a MINUTE campaigning for Anything post her election to Governor of Alaska until she was asked by the Candidate of her Party to be the VP...

Which of course, could not reasonably be concluded to be a rejection of or otherwise a failure to respect their office and the duties thereof... But here we find the conclusion that The Governor Resigning, is somehow a blight on her character, when had the McCain campaign prevailed, she would have done so 6 months ago... and with no means to reasonably conclude, and with very few concluding that such represented a similar character flaw to that which is now being projected; and likewise no one has concluded that the Lord of the Idiots was demonstrating a poor character by HIS RESIGNING FROM HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES, to pursue other interests, which he concluded represented a 'higher calling'... Wich FTR: IS AT A LEVEL WHICH PRESENTLY STANDS AS TWICE THAT DEMONSTRATED BY Governor Palin.


But with that said let's do the math...

Now the value of time you placed was 3.5 years...

4 years... take away 'almost immediately' and that's in the neighborhood of 3.5 years short on his obligations as Senator; subtract from that, his pursuing the US Senate, which clearly and certainly it's arguable that such a pursuit came with presidential aspirations and ya have the 3.5 year demarc as well...

Now what is your point, exactly?

 

[xotoxi]

we know from the common record that almost IMMEDIATELY after being sworn into THAT four year term of office he began to campaign in earnest for the US Presidency...

You do realize that senators are elected for SIX (6) year terms, not FOUR (4).

 

[EriktheRed]

well you know i think fair or unfair the and i do think it is is a more concentrated criticism that Sarah gets on on so many fronts i think that is unfortunate but fair or unfair i think she does herself a disservice to even mention it really i mean you gotta plough through that you have to know what you are getting into ahm which I say this with all due respect to Sarah Palin and to her experience and passion for changing the status quo also but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think you know that doesn’t do us any good – women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don't think it's it bodes well for her a statement like that because again fair or unfair it is there i think that's reality and i think it is a gim and i think people can accept that she is going to be under that sharper microscope, so be it, i mean work harder, prove yourself to an even greater degree that you are capable that you're gonna be the best candidate and that of course is what she wants us to believe at this point so it bothers me a little bit hearing hearing her bring all that attention to herself on that level.



Video - Perceived Whine - White House '08

Proofreading and punctuation are your friends.

 

[random3434]

Ok ...

So basically Sarah Palin, the genius or moron, cowardly or smartly resigned because of an impending scandal due to political assassination at the hands of the liberals or to go to President school ... everyone on the board is a moron or a partisan hack ... Publilicious is back to accepting and noting concessions on some record that he believes we are all keeping ... and Chris thinks Obama is like Mickey Mouse slaying all Muslim extremists with one blow.

That about sum it up?

The only real surprise in the thread was that Willow's inevitable meltdown was actually short and mild.

 

[sealybobo]

the Boy King completely set aside his responsibilities as Senator to run for the Presidency... One could argue otherwise, but last time I checked he failed to carry out his commitment; as did the Vice president...

Did they set aside their responsitbilities as senators 3.5 years prior to the election?

She quit. Quitting is never good. Now she can't help Alaskans. No matter how Willow tries to spin this, this isn't a good move.

It makes about as much sense as it did when McCain picked her. Couldn't even beat a black guy.

 

[L.K.Eder]

well you know i think fair or unfair the and i do think it is is a more concentrated criticism that Sarah gets on on so many fronts i think that is unfortunate but fair or unfair i think she does herself a disservice to even mention it really i mean you gotta plough through that you have to know what you are getting into ahm which I say this with all due respect to Sarah Palin and to her experience and passion for changing the status quo also but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think you know that doesn’t do us any good – women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country. I don't think it's it bodes well for her a statement like that because again fair or unfair it is there i think that's reality and i think it is a gim and i think people can accept that she is going to be under that sharper microscope, so be it, i mean work harder, prove yourself to an even greater degree that you are capable that you're gonna be the best candidate and that of course is what she wants us to believe at this point so it bothers me a little bit hearing hearing her bring all that attention to herself on that level.



Video - Perceived Whine - White House '08

Proofreading and punctuation are your friends.

actually i only changed hillary to sarah, the rest is original, i included the link now.

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

the Boy King completely set aside his responsibilities as Senator to run for the Presidency... One could argue otherwise, but last time I checked he failed to carry out his commitment; as did the Vice president...

Did they set aside their responsitbilities as senators 3.5 years prior to the election?

So you're saying that the State Legislator Hussein, didn't set aside his obigations to run for the US Senate and that almost immediately into his first term as US Senator, that he didn't set aside THOSE duties to run for the Presidency?

Now let's see... 4 year term... Hussein was elected the same year as Palin... and without digging TOO deep into the specifics... we know from the common record that almost IMMEDIATELY after being sworn into THAT four year term of office he began to campaign in earnest for the US Presidency... Now this in contrast to Palin, who didn't spend a MINUTE campaigning for Anything post her election to Governor of Alaska until she was asked by the Candidate of her Party to be the VP...

Which of course, could not reasonably be concluded to be a rejection of or otherwise a failure to respect their office and the duties thereof... But here we find the conclusion that The Governor Resigning, is somehow a blight on her character, when had the McCain campaign prevailed, she would have done so 6 months ago... and with no means to reasonably conclude, and with very few concluding that such represented a similar character flaw to that which is now being projected; and likewise no one has concluded that the Lord of the Idiots was demonstrating a poor character by HIS RESIGNING FROM HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES, to pursue other interests, which he concluded represented a 'higher calling'... Wich FTR: IS AT A LEVEL WHICH PRESENTLY STANDS AS TWICE THAT DEMONSTRATED BY Governor Palin.


But with that said let's do the math...

Now the value of time you placed was 3.5 years...

4 years... take away 'almost immediately' and that's in the neighborhood of 3.5 years short on his obligations as Senator; subtract from that, his pursuing the US Senate, which clearly and certainly it's arguable that such a pursuit came with presidential aspirations and ya have the 3.5 year demarc as well...

Now what is your point, exactly?

You do realize that senators are elected for SIX (6) year terms, not FOUR (4).

Ahh... Yes, I stand corrected on the oversight of an irrelevant, incredibly minor point... which sadly, for you; the correction of which, lends toward the further crippling of your now thoroughly discredited argument, in it's entirety.

Which frankly, works just FINE for me...

 

[YWN666]

The lady was constantly under attack. Who in their right mind wants to be treated they way her family and herself had been treated.

Oh, please............she invited it. If she expected to run for VP and not be attacked, then she is less intelligent than I thought. That is the nature of politics.

 

[YWN666]

If Letterman and the left broke her, just imagine what the Putin's of the world would do to her.

During the campaign, I imagined her sitting across the negotiating table from Putin. He would have shredded her. Hell, Queen Elizabeth would have shredded her dumb ass. Eyewinks and cute catch phrases may impress right wing sheep but they would have only designated her as a helpless buffoon that is ripe for trampling.

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

the Boy King completely set aside his responsibilities as Senator to run for the Presidency... One could argue otherwise, but last time I checked he failed to carry out his commitment; as did the Vice president...

Did they set aside their responsitbilities as senators 3.5 years prior to the election?

She quit.

She quit one facet of a job which she could no longer serve effectively; one in which her continued presence was counter productive to her obligations and the charter of her office...

Quitting is never good.

A fine cliche, however one which is substantially false, as demonstrated directly above.

Now she can't help Alaskans.

ROFL... NO? Well I expect that she'll help Alaskans in substantially larger ways by unseating anti-Americans in the US Federal Legislature and as the President of the US, than your flaccid little conclusion otherwise projects.

No matter how Willow tries to spin this, this isn't a good move.

Willows perspective has no bearing on whether the move was good or not. It is her perspective; what's more you've offered NOTHING which would so much as contest Willows perspective, let alone discredit it.

If you're goal is to do so, I suggest you cite that perspective and speak to it directly, instead of this vague reference, and this broad rejection of it.

It makes about as much sense as it did when McCain picked her. Couldn't even beat a black guy.

ROFLMNAO... It is hysterical to watch those who have demonstrated themselves to be VOID of any sense of sense, to speak that that which they feel doesn't 'make sense'... but to conclude with a statement which rests in UNBRIDLED RACISM, well that is just PRECIOUS...

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

If Letterman and the left broke her, just imagine what the Putin's of the world would do to her.

During the campaign, I imagined her sitting across the negotiating table from Putin. He would have shredded her. Hell, Queen Elizabeth would have shredded her dumb ass. Eyewinks and cute catch phrases may impress right wing sheep but they would have only designated her as a helpless buffoon that is ripe for trampling.

ROFLMNAO... Delusional fantasies are so cool...

 

[YWN666]

If Letterman and the left broke her, just imagine what the Putin's of the world would do to her.

During the campaign, I imagined her sitting across the negotiating table from Putin. He would have shredded her. Hell, Queen Elizabeth would have shredded her dumb ass. Eyewinks and cute catch phrases may impress right wing sheep but they would have only designated her as a helpless buffoon that is ripe for trampling.

ROFLMNAO... Delusional fantasies are so cool...

I knew you'd have no substantive response. That's 'cause you're a blowhard, PubliusAdNauseam

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

During the campaign, I imagined her sitting across the negotiating table from Putin. He would have shredded her. Hell, Queen Elizabeth would have shredded her dumb ass. Eyewinks and cute catch phrases may impress right wing sheep but they would have only designated her as a helpless buffoon that is ripe for trampling.

ROFLMNAO... Delusional fantasies are so cool...

I knew you'd have no substantive response. That's 'cause you're a blowhard, PubliusAdNauseam

So you felt that there would be grounds for a substantial response to a point which declares itself a fantasy?

A point wherein you project that a woman who dismantled one of the most powerful old-boy networks in the world; and a gal who withstood the full weight of the US Media, who poured MONTHS OF SLANDER AND LIES, absurd personal denigrations and hysterical calumny upon her CHILDREN... and who closed a double digit race to 5 points... that THIS women would have had no means to compete with the world leaders, as President of the US...

Yeah...

Want a substantive response... post something of substance to which one can respond.