Palin’s brother: The nonstop media blitz and frivolous ethics complaints weighed on her
posted at 6:20 pm on July 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
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His sincerity’s obvious from the tremor in his voice, which I take as fairly compelling evidence that she’s really not running for president. If she was and this was merely the start of an exciting new chapter, he wouldn’t sound so shaken, would he? Even so, he does put a happy-ish face on things near the end by saying this frees her up to focus on national issues; similarly, a GOP source tells CNN that he thinks she’s “mapping out a path to 2012.” But that presents a new problem: If this really is all motivated by weariness from the brutal attacks against her, where does that leave voters in terms of judging whether her skin’s thick enough to be president? Rick Brookhiser puts it brusquely: “If you can’t stand the cold, get out of Juneau.”
For what it’s worth, I’ve been hearing rumbling among the nutroots for months now that a major scandal was coming down the pike to torpedo Palin. I’ve never believed it and still don’t, but it’s marginally more credible today than it was yesterday so here’s the latest iteration. File it away for future reference or discard as you see fit.
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Two Points
There are wild rumors of corruption about this lady with absolutely NO evidence parroted by the nutty lefty blog and even Juan Williams.
If she really did have a corruption or ethics problem, wouldn’t the Gvoernor’s Office be an excellent defensive position? You could always use the many resources in a rear guard action and there is always the bargaining chip of a resignation.
In point of fact, the only office holders I have seen leave because of a scandal had 1) Cogent evidence against them 2)Demands by their own party or cohorts to leave 3) Papers filed and court dates set or maybe an actual conviction and exhausted appeals. And even then they are difficult or impossible to disgorge. And the Attorney General of Alaska has not said a word.
The scandal here is probably a pipe dream of Governor Palin haters. The windows of her house resembling a skating rink? Please. And they make fun of the birthers?
So is the contention of her not being able to take the heat of the media. Although it makes slightly more sense with her family commitment.
Now I go contrarian.
I think that the ABC hatchet job interviews did it. And not in the sense of the infliction of pain. Governor Palin is one tenacious, tough lady with the fortitude to carry a family that would tax most of us severely and she has done it with class, good humor and energy.
I think she is going to study. The “Bush Doctrine” interview had to embarrass her and the polls show a question about her cerebral ability and knowledge. She will need to know a lot to be elected to national office and a lot more to handle the mess that The One and his mental cases brigade will leave behind.
mrpeabody on July 3, 2009 at 8:15 PM has a good notion.
IlikedAUH2O on July 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I like both of your points. I really do. I saw a different side of Palin, however, at the speach.
I think I heard the tone of a warrior who’s tired of dealing with the slander and the noise by just putting up with it.
If you poke a bear too many times, it’s likely to remember you in a bad way when it escapes its cage.
It’s good to be polite and all, but I don’t see it that way. I see this as a thickly veiled warning shot.
You don’t go after a bear cub and expect to escape the mother’s wrath. With leaving the governors office comes the lack of regulations required upon the governor.
I’m surprised some people haven’t been chastised more stringently by Palin. We might see a feistier side of her now that she no longer has to worry about it for the time being.
Chaz706 on July 3, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Good grief, if there were more to the Wasilla Sports Complex brouhaha, would it not have come out during the election? Axelrod and his team of Chicago thugs really dropped the ball if that’s the case.
If I’m wrong I’ll eat my hat, but I doubt I am.
NoLeftTurn on July 3, 2009 at 9:47 PM
If the press covered the antics that Obama had in Chicago with half the fervor that they did in Wasilla we’d all be complaining on how bad of a job President McCain was doing right now.
Not that that would be much of an improvement but it would be nice to imagine.
I don’t think there’s room for any true conservative to run anymore unless some serious room is made in the media. The new media’s doing a good job right now, but it still doesn’t have near the influence that the mainstream media has… and Fox isn’t cutting it.
Question is how such a thing would come up. I’m certain a lot of people would jump on board, but starting it would be a problem.
Chaz706 on July 3, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I might answer that question if I had any idea what it was.
Jim Treacher on July 3, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Chaz706 on July 3, 2009 at 9:53 PM
You hit it well.
I forgot my second point. Which is thankfully brief.
When investigating, look for proximity or closeness for a cause. Maybe the Vanity Fair article had some truth in it in terms of depression or she was hurt by the backstabbing and Juans lack of support. Maybe the Clown Letterman’s comments brought this on. But a corruption scandal just has no proof or sense to it.
Anyway, if she waits in the grass long enough, she can just BS about it all and file a one page medical record and sail around all the lies as old hat. I think it has been done…
IlikedAUH2O on July 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Read the book of Esther. I’m sure Sarah has. She will be ready for 2012. The country needs someone like her if we are to regain our freedoms. Listen to what she actually said in the speech (delivered without a prompter far as I could tell)because she said what she believes and will stand behind. She’s in it to win it.
Kissmygrits on July 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM
William Amos at 6:31
Not if she gives them all a black eye now.
Right now the “conservative” (cough) pundits are shooting themselves in the foot by sitting outside the Hippodrome and critiquing the latest Christian the depraved media sends to the lions. If we don’t defeat these immoral venomous snakes they will eat us all up.
This isn’t just a tactical issue of “We need to choose someone electable in this media climate.” It is a strategic issue of how we can neuter the people who are poisoning the political well. If we can’t figure that out, America is history.
justincase on July 3, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I’ll rephrase my question then: After her erratic behavior displayed today you don’t question her ability to handle immense pressure?
terryannonline on July 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM
How many of those political battles did he have to pay for out of pocket?
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Again she could’ve easily pay for those battles from the money she is going to make from book sales. I believe her legal defense fund is doing good.
terryannonline on July 3, 2009 at 10:44 PM
So the money she could be using for a presidential campaign she should go ahead and use that for continual legal battles?
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 10:47 PM
P.S. Not to mention the time wasted in hearings.
Cuda: I’d like to make a visit to Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, but I have to be in court on Tuesday.
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Last I heard, she has millions (or something like that) in legal bills. Team Sarah sent around an email asking for donations.
My guess is that she’s resigning so that the legal pressure can stop and she can really start fundraising (perhaps in the lower 48) for her bills. She may be Governor, but that job does not pay well enough to leave her with hundreds of thousands of dollars floating around.
Roxeanne de Luca on July 3, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Sometimes I think that Palin is/was the only sane person left in politics.
PackerBronco on July 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM
By that logic, why don’t we all just convert to Wahabbi Islam? That way, Al Qaeda won’t want to kill us anymore and we can stop spending so much money on anti-terrorism stuff. All this does is embolden the complaint makers.
Speedwagon82 on July 3, 2009 at 11:41 PM
A fair point. I think most politicians would just say, “That’s politics for you,” and let the state deal with it.
I think that approach just seemed wrong to Palin. Besides, I think resigning as governor, much as it hurts, promises to her the ability to really campaign.
More than that, I think she sees that the greatest need in the country right now is to take back Congress in 2010. And she would be able to contribute nothing towards that if she is serving as governor.
Of course, she may not share my sense of urgency about the need to take control of Congress. But I suspect she does. And I have a feeling that once she’s no longer governor, she’ll start campaigning for a lot of Republicans in Congressional races.
As the campaign heats up for the 2010 elections, we should know how much of that is accurate, and how much is wishful thinking.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on July 3, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Your logic, is absent, along with your reading and comprehension skills. This isn’t in any way related to the scenario you describe.
I believe that she has resigned to remove the ability of the Leftists to file ethics charge after ethics charge, all without any consequence to them, but with plenty of consequence (financially)for the Alaska taxpayer and herself.
She has removed the handle by which they have been jerking her around and pinning her down. She is now free to focus on building some unity and providing some leadership for the Republican Party. Will she run for President in 2012? I have no idea, but I bet she can be a big booster and fund raiser for other candidates.
Terryannonline, you say she can just use the money from her book sales to pay her mounting legal bills. Spoken like a true Leftist. Why should she be forced to throw her finances away on defending herself from scurrilous and frivolous lawsuits? I’m sure you’d be willing to do that if you were in her situation. Right? That’s what I thought.
mrpeabody on July 4, 2009 at 12:05 AM
I do too, but for a different reason.
She’s free to unleash on the Hollow Man’s administration, or make the push for the GOP in 2010.
This is not good for Obama.
Sapwolf on July 4, 2009 at 12:53 AM
Yep.
Any of you that listen to first-time callers on talk radio know that many of them are nervous on a live call. Par for the course.
Sapwolf on July 4, 2009 at 12:56 AM
I wonder why libtards like Sliverbrain are sobbing at the news of Palin’s resignation? They seem to alternate between “I hope she runs – she’s the best thing we Dems have going for us” and “I hate her so much, she needs to quit”.
I never really bought into the notion that fear drives all liberal rants, but maybe it’s true. Maybe those idiots are just really afraid of her?
Jaibones on July 4, 2009 at 1:44 AM
I might answer that question if I had any idea what it was.
Jim Treacher on July 3, 2009 at 10:00 PM
I’ll rephrase my question then: After her erratic behavior displayed today you don’t question her ability to handle immense pressure?
Please explain erratic. You tend to put a lot of your own coloring in your questions that make them rather a straw man kind of question.
Let me be more clear. You have never liked her. You have always put her down in your posts. Erratic? How much more of a beating did the woman have to take before you would actually PRAISE her or appreciate exactly what it was that she meant to real conservatives and not an excuse bent Rino such as yourself?
Noelie on July 4, 2009 at 9:09 AM
I see 11 articles on Sarah Palin today (July 4) why so many? She out did Obama 11-1. Why so much space to tell us she is done? What is it about Sarah that just drives left of center, Left, Far Left, Center, right of center crazy? I believe it is panic. She is someone who knows what she is doing, HAS done something in public life (unlike an un-named president) is smart as hell(unlike our vice president) can draw a big crowd of enthusiastic voters (unlike a recent Republican candidate). Yep, She is a WINNER! She is not part of the Party, just people like Colin Powell (Americans want bigger government, more taxes). Yep she can’t be a Republican because SHE IS A WINNER and Republicans are strictly for LOSERS!!!
Herb on July 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM
I hope Sarah goes to the Libertarian Party cause that’s where I am going. I bet they wouldn’t knock her talent and public appeal—GO SARAH!
Herb on July 4, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Maybe Sarah is just “Going Galt”.It would serve the RNC right to lose the only person who bring the party together.
DDT on July 4, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Sarah is keeping the left even more clueless than normal driving them absolutely nuts. Did anyone catch that nuanced look on her face when speaking about what she’s going to be doing? I know Women as I am one and this look says I’m going to kick your ass, chop your ass up and throw you in the garbage disposal. You know it might not be today, next week or even next year but victory will be mine and it will. She is pissed. Sarah is going to write a book and begin to heal up from the last year bringing in some money all the while submerging herself in forensic history Americana from the best instructors we have to offer. Three years is a long time and by 2012 Mitt might want to be pulled along as VP. Regardless, Mama Bear Sarah will be ready in 2012 that will shock this country. from Alaskan bumpkin to a force that will slash and shred her way onto that ticket either by way of the Republican Party or the party I and millions of other Conservative’s have moved over to….Independent. As to deserting her constituents? I’d say any unnecessary judicial events where a single entity is the target which is bleeding the States coffers of $2.4 million and taking up 80% of that States leadership time with no end in sight, Palin made the correct move. As an attorney, she has at least 30 complaints that could be morphed into malicious prosecution efforts but fee retainer and time aspects would be insurmountable and prohibitive. This is not ordinary heat, this is multi layered unadulterated hate that is supported by a bottomless money snake pit of George Soros, Peter Lewis, Steve Bing et al., of which depths I have never seen in my 30 years of voting. Her qualities, values and judgment is congruent with my conservative values more than any other individual at the moment.
Tina
Tangerinesong on July 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Good lord, sometimes there comes a politician that can make a bunch of zombies lose their minds…they’ll defend this person no matter how silly she sounds, how big the missteps she takes, how ludicrous it is to even consider as a serious candidate.
Obama and Palin have something in common afterall!
If she’s so sissy she can’t take the heat as governor of Alaska, how on earth could she possibly handle the media and bogus complaints she’d get on a national level?
She’s toast. She will never in a billion years become president. If she does, hell will freeze over, the world will end, and she won’t have a chance to quit before her first presidential term is over, because the Lord himself will have shut things down. Let’s move on a serious, credible candidate that doesn’t quit when things get a little tough. If we stand behind Palin, we’ve got absolutely zero chance of taking back the White House.
TheBlueSite on July 5, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Hey it looks like BradBlog will need a legal defense fund too:
Boom goes the dynamite!
econavenger on July 5, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Not Emotional….sexist. Why is it that because it is a woman, you have to label her “emotional?”
I guess you didn’t listen to what she said.
njpat on July 5, 2009 at 5:49 PM
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin5-2009jul05,0,7018263.story
According to the FBI, there is no investigation.
Michelle needs to have a little talk with you about the difference between men and women. It isn’t that one is right and one is wrong….but you need to know the difference. Do you realize that using the term “emotional” when referring to a woman is typical abuse that women have to deal with on a daily basis?
njpat on July 5, 2009 at 6:15 PM
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