Audio: Did Palin hint at quitting last month? Plus, a poll!
posted at 9:10 pm on July 3, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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John Ziegler, perhaps Sarah Palin’s most staunch defender, pointed out this excerpt from an interview he did with Palin last month in which he asked her point-blank whether the heat had gotten to be too much. Did she tip her hand? You decide:
“There are some rough days, John, but it’s worth it.”
John says that this shows that the resignation has been planned for weeks. I got the opposite impression from this. Palin sounded defiant, saying that “they can keep taking shots,” but that she would be “in there fighting for Alaska,” as well as “energy independence.” Palin makes the point by comparing her situation to her son’s service in Iraq, and noting that he has it a lot tougher than she does. In fact, John calls her critics “terrorists,” which is over the top, but no one doubts that people tried to intimidate Palin into retreat. In this interview, she all but promises they won’t succeed.
William Amos suggested that we should put up a poll, so here goes. I’ve included some leaner positions to capture more of the nuances of opinion. Have at it!
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Errata: That’s “intent upon destroying” in the first sentence.
MrLynn on July 3, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I disagree. Her being Governor was doing more damage to the state, than the good she had done prior to today. She was spending most of her day not moving the Alaskan Agenda, but dealing with the slime thrown at her by the 15 ethics complaints (That were dismissed as frivolous), and the drooling media hacks in the lower 48. The state spend over $300,000 to investigate and finally dismiss these complaints. She had set out what she wanted to do with the AGIA pipeline, & many other accomplishments. She left the state in the green, and better than when she got there.
She did what was best for her State, her family, and for any hopes of running in ‘12.
portlandon on July 3, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I hope you are right. I’ll admit I’m deflated right now. I’m not terribly optimistic. It just seems like a huge hurdle to get over to me right now.
Hog Wild on July 3, 2009 at 10:01 PM
how about creating your own site and call it something like “Mad DISA and his merry koolaid drinkers” the first post will be the “Link betweeen Ed, Allah, and Kos determined to be the final straw with Palin decision”
Second post will be “Palin leads the faithful to Palin’s gulch”
Bradky on July 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Conservatives who are saying “she’s done” — if there are any — would be the quitters here. Sarah is not going to vanish. She’s just going to let the next guy in line run Alaska. She never would have been slimed so hard if she wasn’t a threat to the Left. I wish her all the best in her future endeavors!
Kenosha Kid on July 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Your mother is probably your sister too. Your daddy is probably your uncle, as well. All your sibs are probably related to you, but don’t share the same mother, or father. All the kids you do have, or might have, are worthless sluts, or mentally handicapped, and should be aborted. Your husband, or wife, probably commits incest. I’ll probably sue you, multiple times, just because I can, and for any unnecessary reason I please. If you chew your fingernails, I may sue you for being a health hazzard.
Now….deal with that, and more, on a daily basis, and let’s see how long you could put up with it, or watch your family go thru it.
capejasmine on July 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM
So, how, exactly did a jerk with the SN of Interweb Troll get in here in the first place?
LOL-Somebody must have been asleep at the switch.
-Dave
Dave R. on July 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM
lansing:
I don’t know if she plans on doing anything or not, no one but Sarah Palin knows that. I will wait and see what she does, but I will not put words in her mouth or refuse to accept her decision.
She might think that she can do more in terms of inspiring people than actually running for office anyway. We will know soon enough.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM
‘Scuse me, but she had the balls to say last summer that global warming was crap. She’s way ahead of most Republicans on the science.
disa on July 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM
It’s hard enough for kid these days without having to go to school and be ridiculed for some comment Letterman made about you (Willow) being raped in Yankee stadium by Alex Rodriguez. I bet Willow was the “hell yeah”. These kids are being brutalized and the republican pundits, except for Levin and Limbaugh, have spent all their time attacking their mom, not defending the kids or pointing out the outrageous treatment.
Why Palin would want anymore of this abuse is a mystery to me. The press ran with one bogus story after another and got off scott free.
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM
She explained why. And she explained it with aplomb:
If you’re concerned about the State of America NOW, we need leadership, and not sitting quiet and laying low until 2010. Or 2012 (as so many Palin critics were wont for her to do: “get out of the ‘media circus!’” “brush up on your policywonk!”).
She’s BUILDING UP now. And she’s going to build an army.
I can’t stress how truly brilliant this move is. But if so-called conservatives can’t even read — or listen to — her actual words and instead diddle all day reacting to the media or hanging their heads in Eeyore shame, then what hope does such an army have?
Life is too short to compromise time and resources.
So don’t. Act upon it. Sarah’s given us all a vehicle.
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Aren’t your AOL minutes up yet?
portlandon on July 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM
What you are in a plodding dolt who JUST DOESN’T GET IT.
disa on July 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM
The right reasons are,
your family’s well being and secruity!
And,Sarah isn’t doing anything different
than what a loving,caring mother would be
doing for children,and husband!!
The Liberal press has crossed the line!
The RNC has to define,exactly,who their enemy
(political,that is!)really is also!!
canopfor on July 3, 2009 at 10:06 PM
What you are IS a plodding dolt. Fun to post it twice!
disa on July 3, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Mark Levin has a great take on Palin’s resignation:
http://www.marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=32930
RedRedRice on July 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Bradky on July 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM
LOL! Frantic, aren’t you?
disa on July 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
It’s all moot. Obama will win 40+ states in 2012.
angryed on July 3, 2009 at 9:49 PM
that’s some good stuff your mixing in that koolaid…
SHARPTOOTH on July 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
lansing:
Today Sarah Palin was not that plain about why she quit her job as Governor. She could have fought and kept that job at the same time.
I don’t blame her for leaving. In fact I think that she has had to put up with way too much, but I am not sure this is some rallying cry.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Everything that says is “I’m fighting, and I’m fighting hard.” Republican, Democrat, whatever. Sarah’s taking on the establishment, despite the party.
…
She commands principles. It’s quintessentially “Sarah,” and now she has the national venue (thanks media!) to preach it from the rooftops.
That is Sarah Palin.
…
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Nailed again, lq!
petefrt on July 3, 2009 at 10:09 PM
It’s not that I completely disagree with you. She was a fine governor, but part of the job is to finish your term. The people who voted for her didn’t do so expecting her to go while the going’s good. It’s a breach of trust. Especially if she’s doing it for personal gain.
I wouldn’t have such a problem with it if there wasn’t 3 1/2 years to the next election. But come on, she would still have two years to campaign full time if she finished her term. Two years!??! And that’s the best case scenario of this whole situation. That she quit to focus on running for President. If she quit because she couldn’t handle the ethics complaints, or because she missed her family, that’s much worse. It shows her to have a disturbing lack of intestinal fortitude. Definitely something we don’t want in a President.
Interweb Troll on July 3, 2009 at 10:11 PM
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA’
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LOL I don’t know what to make about this news
TimeTraveler on July 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Audio from Mark Levin
http://nicholasjacob.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/roundup-of-reaction-to-palin-resignation-w-continuous-updates/
nickj116 on July 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM
There’s now a new website: http://www.USSSarahPalin.net/index.html to campaign for the next aircraft carrier to be named after Gov’r Palin :-).
Why not? The H in Sarah H. Palin may mean Heath but to America’s enemies the USS Sarah H. Palin, CVN-79 will mean HELL and to the people needing help it will mean HEAVEN.
HotAirJosef on July 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM
We do, however, desperately need a rallying cry. And it can’t be “at least Obama went to Columbia and Harvard”.
Screw the “elites”. Reagan went to Eureka.
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Your last few comments are so trenchant and insightful I can barely keep from reciting them in full, as I’d like everyone to see them.
BTW, where’d ya come from, anyway. Don’t recall seeing you around here.
But wherever you came from, please stay. Please stick around and post often. You do good work.
petefrt on July 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM
It actually doesn’t, and wouldn’t, bother me at all. But I’m a grown up who doesn’t expect everyone to treat me like a five year old girl because, if they act otherwise, it might hurt my little feelings.
I expect at least as much from the people I’d put in the position to lead. If Palin can’t handle the heat now, or if she doesn’t feel like her family will allow it, she doesn’t deserve to run nationally in the future. What exactly is going to change between now and then?
Interweb Troll on July 3, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Whether she runs or not, she will help a lot of Republicans get elected in 2010.
huckleberryfriend on July 3, 2009 at 10:20 PM
No, I “get it” just fine. You’re an incredibly smart individual who can’t even remember how many times he posts something.
Partisan hacks are all useful idiots. Quick to come to a conclusion and impervious to competing ideas. It’s the same whether they be on the right or left. You’re no different.
Anyway, got to go. Good night all.
Peace.
Interweb Troll on July 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM
petefrt:
But what if Palin really does not to run for anything again? If that is her decision shouldn’t we accept that and let her get on with her life?
I guess I just feel uncomfortable making statements about what other people will or won’t do.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I can see your point. But I believe Sarah was stuck in a stalemate of almost being frozen to move her agenda. If you think the ethics complaints were going to stop,…think again. I think her decision is both a little selfish & but more selfless. She asked us to trust her decision, and she has never given me a reason to not trust her. Her statement in NY this last month:
“Politically, if I die,…I die.” pretty much sums up Palin. She makes her decisions, and lives with them. It’ll be up to the electorate to decide.
By the way, I’ve enjoyed our discussion. You are rational and don’t devolve into Bradky like meme’s of Adhoms & strawmen.
portlandon on July 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
No, she couldn’t. I hate making things like this personal, but I’ll “face the matter squarely”:
You are either ignorant, naive, or astroturfing.
Time and time again, Republicans nuke themselves thinking “THE RESUME IS THE ANSWER!” Keep your job, Sarah Palin, or else you will never get anywhere!
What society do you live in? Clearly not the one in which certain students get preferential treatment for academic admission or student aid based on sob-stories and not quantifiable merit.
Certainly not the one of people like Sonia Sotomayor.
And certainly not the one in which someone like Barack Obama with no “resume” to speak of could ignite a “YES WE CAN!” revolut’sii despite going against people like Hillary Clinton, John McCain or Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate, based on resume.
Resume.
Credentials.
Tenure.
The fact of the matter is that those against Palin (both R and D) abused the ethics reform she put in place to stop corrupt politicians like Frank Murkowski (R — her own party!) to tie Sarah’s hands.
Every time Palin went outside the “Alaska Box” and talked national policy? Ethics violation. Attack Obama? Ethics violation. Even things as frivolous as having a label on her apparel while not discussing national politics? Ethics violation.
So she can’t “fight back” against what’s going on in Washington — y’know, the stuff that’s affecting her constituents in the State of Alaska as it is us all — what purpose is the “title?” What good is it if she “kept that job”? She’s not able to do anything constructive, without it being pegged as her abusing her office by some random moron (or astroturfing troll) with time to fill out a complaint form for ethics violations!
And even if she did stay that entire time in the Gubernatorial position, would the media have cared? No. They boxed her in. And not just regarding national politics: they put her at a point where she couldn’t even be left alone to carry out State agendas by Alaskans for Alaskans!
Or do you forget the RAVENOUS criticism of AGIA that spawned throughout the web? “UGH PALIN IS DUMB!!! PIPELINE!?!?! BUT WE HAVE A NATURAL GAS GLUUUUUT!!! HOW STUUUUPIDDDDDD!!!!”
You really think she’d be more viable in 2012 just sitting around, twiddling her thumbs, and saying “Alaska is great!” so as not to incur more time-consuming ethics charges?
Fighting to keep that “job” was a lost cause. She was boxed in. She freed herself to fight. And now all I get is “but her resume is of the utmost importance!” when most Americans really don’t give two whits?
Resume certainly helped Hillary, huh?
Resume certainly helped McCain, huh?
McCain’s (and, to a certain degree, Hillary’s) big key phrase in 2008 was “Record. Not rhetoric.”
Record certainly didn’t hold a lot of weight. And Obama’s rhetorical promises are slowly but surely coming back to bite him in the taint.
Sarah just came out and said “Ha! Neither record, nor rhetoric, I’m doing what I’m doing because it’s right, and I’m not going to sit in political heaven with measured responses. We’re fighting for America. Trust me.”
And then you sit and hem and haw that “Oh, GOSH! Now she hasn’t fulfilled her job! She left it, even though she was rendered ineffective! But what will people think?!”
People with principles sometimes have to stop caring about what people think. People with principles sometimes have to make sacrifices (giving up her position) to do what’s right. She made a personal sacrifice so she could help us fight for our country. And that’s what Sarah Palin said today.
If that’s lost on conservatives of all people, then America just isn’t good enough anymore for good Americans — not good Republicans, not good Democrats, but good Americans — like Sarah Palin.
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Heh – in looking at a pic of Todd Palin, I think, if I were Sarah, I’d take a time out too. Just to maybe get away with the hubby and have some nookie time absent cameras. Or rather, outside cameras….heh heh.
Oops – Did I type that here? I thought I was at Ace’s site.
:-)
Intrepid on July 3, 2009 at 10:32 PM
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM
BetseyRoss on July 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM
It arouses you when you say Adhoms and Strawmen doesn’t it?
Bradky on July 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM
A Michigander will lead the way on HA
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Yeah, and you’re a poopie head
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Looks like your girl Sarah dropped a load on your head my internet friend.
Bradky on July 3, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I am not astroturfing, or naive or ignorant.
I am also a big fan of Sarah Palin’s and would vote for her in a heart beat.
And this has nothing to do with resume. I am saying that I will wait and see what she actually does in the months and years to come.
I am saying I will not project my hopes and fears onto Sarah Palin. I will not assume that I know what she is going to do when I do not know anything of the kind.
Was it a sacrifice for the country or for her family or both? I don’t know, but you know what I will always like and respect her even if she does not live up to your desires.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:38 PM
HA!!! LOL! How’d you know? ;)
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Thats my hope.
Time will tell if she will use the motivational skills she has, or if the “life is too short to compromise time and resources” means to her what it would mean to most sane people imo. i.e. “screw you political fakes and morons..I have a life and a family and, good luck with all that alternate universe crap ”
If she’s going to be the one to get people off their asses before its too late, that direction will have to be apparent almost immediately after giving up her post. So we’ll all know soon enough.
Itchee Dryback on July 3, 2009 at 10:39 PM
she’s a quitter…and has handed the left a huge victory…I have lost all respect for her…hope she never runs for any office again.
no guts, no glory.
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Lansing is in MI…..I grew up in Michigan
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Sarah Palin’s resignation is the reason why politicians’ families should be off limits. Before Palin families were off limits. But the press had to destroy her…she could take it against herself, but my guess (as a woman) is that she couldn’t take the constant barrage against her children. The press would NEVER EVER have allowed this against
Obama’s familya liberal or democrat’s family. Female conservatives only. They will be sliced open and MSNBC and CNN will relish in sticking their feet in the body to squish the blood and guts around, just to make SURE she is dead. Sickening. I don’t blame Palin. Not at all.And now there’s blood in the water. This will make the press double down on the next rock solid female conservative. It will be even more vicious next go around.
JustTruth101 on July 3, 2009 at 10:42 PM
She probably doesn’t want whatever glory comes from having her children’s gut spalshed all over the media.
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Yeah, she makes 160k per year and the bogus ethics complaints only cost her 500k. It would be really, really smart to stay in office. She should keep fighting for people like you, who don’t even bother to analyze the issues, but just fart through the keyboard.
JustTruth101 on July 3, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Astroturf.
To quote Sarah Palin:
Any “conservative” who disagrees with this makes me regret my decision to place my chips — as a PUMA — from (D) to (R).
That’s not the voice of a quitter.
That’s the voice of victory.
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:47 PM
oh yeah just bend over and quit…bet you do it all the time…fat boy.
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:48 PM
moron.
she’s a quitter. why would you trust her to be president, when can’t stand up to the liberals????
pathetic…and you wackos call yourself ‘conservative’???
hell REAGAN NEVER QUIT…
she’s a loser.
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:49 PM
She quit on alaska, why won’t she quit on the country???
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Ah, it’s so nice to see you winning friends.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Obama quit on Illinois….
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Good to hear from you again, Lansing Quaker. I’d also assumed you were from MI, though there is a Lansing, KS.
jazz_piano on July 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM
and the press and the liberals tried even harder to destroy reagan…please…poor sarah…can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen…and she can’t take the heat. and she sure couldn’t stand up to Putin or Ahmadinajad…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM
There are things greater than the Presidency.
That’s why we live in a Democracy. Not a monarchy. She is empowering us to exercise our voice to stand up for American principles.
She is NOT Obama. The Presidency is not the be-all, end-all “brass ring.” She’s not angling so she can be “President Sarah Palin.”
She’s sacrificing her own position and title so that America can re-claim itself.
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:52 PM
with ‘conservative’ ‘friends’ like this, I can see why the republican party is a bunch of wimp rinos….
sickening…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:52 PM
right4life, not that you care but you don’t know what her next move is. I think there will be fireworks tomorrow on the stage as well as in the air.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I don’t believe that was her reason for resigning.
Either way, I think you might feel differently if you had young children.
jazz_piano on July 3, 2009 at 10:53 PM
The press did nothing like this to Reagan and I am old enough to remember it well. They speculated on policy they did not eviscerate his kids..who were adults at the time
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Well, yes. I’d think that would go without saying. We always respect reasonable personal decisions, and that would be abundantly reasonable.
But I’m hoping that’s not the decision she made, Terrye. I’m hoping that personal matters have nothing to do with it.
I hope she’s continuing the fight for us undaunted, and this is just a update in her strategy, in recognition of Obama’s failing poll numbers, the GOP’s leadership vacuum, and the country’s precipitous economic meltdown.. Maybe we could call Palin’s resignation as the start of the Palin SURGE.
petefrt on July 3, 2009 at 10:54 PM
this is delusional….she has handed the left a great victory…they will redouble their efforts to destroy anyone whom they disagree with, because it WORKS!!!
and how has her quitting done anything for any of the rest of us???
I don’t need sarah, or anyone else, to ‘empower’ myself..I do that every day…I sure don’t need a politican to do anything for me…all they do is something ‘to me’
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I’ve had young children…count the cost…she shouldn’t have gotten in the game in the first place.
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM
I think Obama should resign for the good of the nation all those dates and stupid apology tours have distracted him from saving the economy that is circling the drain.
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM
who cares what her next move is?? I hope she lives a nice quiet life…coming back into politics would be shameful for her. you can’t trust a quitter….and quitters NEVER win…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM
True. The political climate was very different back then. Reagan and Tip O’Neil were friends. McCain is something of a relic from that era.
jazz_piano on July 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM
LOL!
All I can say is wait and see.
‘Cuda unleashed and unfettered. Que sera sera. Time will definitely tell, and you’ll most assuredly be eating crow.
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM
lansing quaker:
The problem is the resignation. I know why are you saying she did it, you are saying it was a sacrifice and you might be right. The problem is her term of office is up in 16 months, she did not have to resign right now to carry the mantle or fight for conservatism.
I think Sarah Palin is a strong woman, but I am not sure that she is doing this as a sacrifice, there might be more here than we know. Her family might need her more right now.
And like I said, I do not astroturf.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM
You’re full of crap. Seriously. Stop talking.
capitalist piglet on July 3, 2009 at 10:58 PM
But like you said, time will tell.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
go to hell…people like you are why conservatism is such a loser…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Actually..no.
Serving the people of your state as Gov. is not an endurance test, as you make it out to be. That view is understandable though in the context of a person having only superficial insights into the real world and how it functions.
The duties of the Gov are to serve the needs of your constituents and the wise spending of money and time.
Its the superficial and the weak minded..people who you may have a greater understanding of, who would think of the responsibilities as simply an endurance test.
It takes great honesty and courage and insight of real life cause and effect, to make a decision like Palin made.
Look out PC losers and effete wannabes.
Itchee Dryback on July 3, 2009 at 11:00 PM
1. Only Alaska has an insane ethics law that lets anyone sue any govt official
2. Palin spent 80% of her time in court with ethics laws
3. That’s no way to run a state, and nothing got done for Alaska
4. Palin realized Alaska was hurting by the lawsuits, and she could also do more for the GOP as unelected
battleoflepanto1571 on July 3, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I stand corrected about your having children.
Speaking for my own kids, I can only imagine how I’d feel if they were treated with the savagery that Palin’s family has endured. No office would be worth the price to me.
But again, I don’t think that’s why she resigned.
jazz_piano on July 3, 2009 at 11:00 PM
absolutely true!! it hands the left a huge victory!!
and anything she says in the future is suspect, because she is a quitter…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 11:00 PM
And there it is. Thanks for playing.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 11:01 PM
I would react in exactly the opposite manner…fight till I could fight no more…and I sure wouldn’t do something like this that makes people like letterman smile
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Sixteen months from now, the midterm elections will be over and Palin can’t help GOP candidates from Alaska without a few hundred “ethics violations”
I’m not sure she’ll run again but if she can help derail the obamunists she will have made the sacrifice for a great end.
If she spares her children from the obamunist media…ditto
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 11:02 PM
petefrt:
It might also be that Sarah has a different idea as to how she intends to accomplish her goals. It might not be public office, it might more about motivating people and talking about empowering people. She could do that without putting so much attention on her family and their affairs.
It is up to her.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 11:02 PM
How dare you come in here with facts and logic!!!!!!!!!
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 11:02 PM
honey I’ve been conservative before you were born….and ‘conservatism’ ain’t what it once was…and with people like palin ‘leading’ it…it’ll remain a losing proposition…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 11:02 PM
I feel so terrible for Sarah Palin. I can’t imagine having to put up with such vicious and vile attacks. I went far and beyond typical politics. This isn’t about being able to stand the heat. She brought out the absolute worst in the left. I think she exposed them all as frauds.
golfballs03 on July 3, 2009 at 11:03 PM
I remember someone who had to endure far worse…his name was Ronald Reagan, and he never quit…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I don’t much like my party who never stood up for her and the constant trashing of her kids.
Knucklehead on July 3, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Honey…. you are not worth….. reading…..
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Again, I’m not sure this is primarily about sparing her kids. The attacks will continue as long as she’s in the spotlight in any way.
In fact, the attacks may continue for years after she’s off the public scene altogether.
jazz_piano on July 3, 2009 at 11:05 PM
You must have forgotten what conservatism truly means.
golfballs03 on July 3, 2009 at 11:05 PM
That’s simply not true. They never went after Reagan or his children (who were all grown) like this.
jazz_piano on July 3, 2009 at 11:06 PM
right4life:
And to think just a few days ago you were yelling at me, calling me names. Think I forgot that? What was that name again?hmmm something very nasty if I remember correctly. And here you are agreeing with me.
I might have to rethink my position.
I think you are wrong about Palin. I don’t think this was some gift to the left and Reagan did not have to take anywhere near this kind of crap. He took some for sure, but it pales in comparison.
My only point was that when people like Ed Morrisey have a problem with the resignation then a lot of other people will too. But it also made me wonder if perhaps there was an illness or some other circumstances we do not know anything about.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 11:06 PM
obvioiusly you read it….moron.
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 11:07 PM
you’re a liar.
you went off the deep end because I attacked your boy mccain…you were the one threatening me, and calling me names..
what else was it?? do you think the left is happy or sad about this??? hmmmmm??? please…
oh give me a break you obviously don’t remember the 80’s very well…they attacked him, nancy, his family, and they were far nastier to him than to palin…please.
you need to re-read it again…
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 11:09 PM
You’re right. It was never this vicious.
golfballs03 on July 3, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Fine. You’re not astroturfing. Que sera sera. I’ll take you at face value, much as I don’t believe it.
Palin’s “resignation” is such a play on weasel-words because you — like the MSM — are positing it like “Oh, GOD! I’ve had enough! Fine! Throwing in the towel; I’m done. Have at it! GOODBYE!” and the coverage here on HotAir has re-enforced that position.
Her speech was anything but that. I know an “I’m wounded! I’m throwing in the towel!” resignation when I see it. Heck, it happened in my company this week (one of my fellow managers did because she felt I was being unfair to her). Owners? Called her bluff, and are letting her leave as of next Friday.
Sarah’s not bluffing, not slinking, and not crying for attention. Read. her. speech. She talks about fighting. About how visionaries like William Seward took the unconventional approach to securing America, and were mocked for doing so.
She’s fighting back. Come August, you’ll see a new ‘Cuda. You’re still arguing that “the job; the resume!” is the be all, end all. As Palin herself said, she did what she sought to do for Alaska. She can’t fight for her State any more because her hands are tied vis-a-vis the “ethics complaints” circus.
So she’s moving on and up to bigger fish to fry. The only way to do it was by leaving her job.
You call that insanity. I call it courage. And I’m thankful someone out there had the temerity to look out for a young, gay American currently in Chicago that’s tired of the government reaching into my pocketbook more, and more, and more, when all Sarah Palin had to do was sit back, fulfill her term, write a book, and have speaking engagements full of platitudes (and $$$!) for the rest of her life.
I don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 11:09 PM
jazz_piano:
Yes, the attacks will continue, but if she is not Governor they won’t be in the form of constant ethics complaints which Sarah and her husband can ill afford to defend her against. And if she backs off for a little while until her children are older they won’t be so damaged by the constant nastiness.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 11:09 PM
This is what she just did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg
She is sending out the call, like Paul Revere riding through the night in the Bay Colony in 1775.
Like Aragorn returning to Gondor with his sword Anduril, Flame of the West.
The Tea Parties have found their champion.
(read her speech – it is the prelude to her call to action)
Sapwolf on July 3, 2009 at 11:10 PM
I think I’m a whole lot older than you, have closely followed politics my entire life. You are totally wrong, Ronald Reagan was never trashed like what we’ve seen done to Sarah Palin and he had a couple of goofball kids that were adults.
You. Are. Wrong.
Knucklehead on July 3, 2009 at 11:11 PM
they are ruthless
just despicable! this coming from people who are supposed to be so accepting.
golfballs03 on July 3, 2009 at 11:11 PM
And she will be able to make the money to fight back effectively, if that’s what she chooses to do. I understand some former pols can make a pretty good living on the lecture circuit.
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 11:12 PM
you don’t remember the 80’s very well do you??
right4life on July 3, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Indeed it is. Whatever her choice, whether politics or not, I’ll respect and support it without challenge.
But I’m hoping….
:)
petefrt on July 3, 2009 at 11:12 PM
lansing quaker:
I did not call the resignation insanity. I said it was the thing that would give her problems. Saying she would not run again, would not have. And it was a resignation, to go into effect in a few weeks.
Do I think that perhaps she thinks time is of the essence and she can not waste any more of it as Governor and has to move onto the next step? Maybe..that might be true. But most people will wander, why now?
Maybe she herself will answer that question in the days and weeks to come. We shall see.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 11:13 PM
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