Video: Ferraro says Palin made a “big mistake”
posted at 11:15 am on July 4, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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From the network that gave Sarah Palin her best coverage, and from the woman who gave Palin the best treatment among Democrats, Palin’s resignation still gets criticized. Geraldine Ferraro defended Palin from some of the worst excesses of the media attacks and continues to do it in this interview, but also says failing to finish her term would damage her long-term political prospects:
Ferraro makes another good point towards the end. As governor of Alaska, Palin had a seat at the table for policy issues, especially on energy and budgeting. Regardless of how the media treated her, her office gave her access. As Sarah Palin, private citizen, that’s no longer going to be the case. She’ll make her money on the lecture circuit, but she’s all but destroyed her opportunity to force change, at least in Alaska.
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It’s fun to watch the pundits and some bloggers try to conceal their fear that this isn’t politics as usually played by the Beltway goobers who presently inhabit the killing fields. They become almost motionless, their heads are up, sniffing the wind, eyes twitching in all dirctions, tails switching restlessly,….suddenly they have become the prey and a big cat crouches unseen in the grass.
a capella on July 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
I can watch whole movies and play video games(sometimes) at work and not get fired actually. But I was off when her speech was televised. And I’m working right now.
oddjob1138 on July 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
I have scanned 4 dozen posts yours is the best most thought out one I have scanned.
Some one pointed out yesterday that as a civilian she cannot be held to many fake ethical violations, which she beat 100%.
allrsn on July 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM
I’d hate to see who’s on your undercard.
Barnestormer on July 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
And if the Governor does that and is successful at helping lots of Republican Congressional candidates raise funds and win elections in 2010, this move might turn out to improve her own political career at some point in the future.
Loxodonta on July 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Seems to me that President Barack Obama DID NOT FINISH his first senate term.
Double standards.
Palin is hardly finished. She’s just beginning.
balkanmom2 on July 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Hetshepsut, Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, Katherine the Great, Joan of Arc, Thatcher…
…perhaps Palin. And she has the guts to take bold risks. ALl of the women above made their way onto this very exclusive list by choosing to jump over the chasm of extreme risk.
I’ll say it again…
Obama is crossing the Rubicon; Palin is crossing the Delaware. This is the epoch. Everything else is a distraction created by the media.
Saltysam on July 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM
It would be impossible to imagine anyone I would be less interested in hearing from than Ferraro. She is a useless failure and there is no comparison to her and Palin.
echosyst on July 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM
What do you guys make of the rumor that someone is filing criminal charges?
Embezzlement?
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
News flash: Sarah Palin is not a leader anymore. She just quit the one job that would have allowed her to lead a half million people which she was excited to do less than a year ago. Now she is a just a conservative Republican lady with 5 kids and no job.
Speedwagon82 on July 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
She still has my support. I don’t see anyone else in the Republican party that I care for. Maybe someone else will come along, but it seems the pickens are slim.
Rose on July 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM
John Bachelor is my fave. Such a bright guy….and not at all stupidly conservative.
I Love to tune in on Sunday nights to him. He even makes NASA interesting.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM
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 3:19 PM
Just like Liz Cheney! And she’s got no public voice at all. Not.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM
It was a bold move, but the only one that actually makes sense.
I don’t think the criticism will stop. But she has stopped the legal bleeding.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM
The thing that griped me the most about this, is that Ferraro intimated that the media treated her worse than it did Palin.
As to whether Palin made a mistake, ruined her career, only time will tell. She hasn’t even revealed her actual intentions. The glee shown by some of you over her ‘political death’ may be a bit premature. Or perhaps she has decided NOT to seek any elected office, in which case it doesn’t matter if it was a mistake.
Personally, I think it would be cool if she quit politics forever, became a professional cage fighter and toured the country fighting grudge matches with McCain and his hired weasels who have repeatedly stabbed her in the back, and all the lefty media jackals that have continuously savaged Palin and her family.
LegendHasIt on July 4, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Well, if she’d done a centerfold, she would also have been the top story. I’m not sure that’s indicative of much.
The fact is that this was a shocker!
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM
YOu are only considered coherent by the MSM if you either read well from a teleprompter or “thoughtfully” um and ah over your words because only then are you searching for meaning.
She was not the slightest bit incoherent, that’s just spein from her detractors, the same people who think Obama is a brilliant baritone no matter how stupid he sounds and who never mention his frequent gaffes.
clnurnberg on July 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM
That would be your opinion of her future chances, while others would have a dramatically different view. Only time will tell.
There have been instances where liberals have done things that would surely destroy a political career, yet they have continued on to be lauded as “great patriots and politicians”. Driving a car off a bridge and leaving the woman inside to drown comes to mind. Now there is a career ender.
If we choose to not “take her explanation at face value” then we have to accept that she was lying. At the present time I find it difficult to believe that she needs to lie.
I would say that the Palin supporters are simply backing Sara Palin, and her decisions,, based on her past accomplishments and obvious beliefs. Worship of Obama is based on: not so much.
Yoop on July 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM
She can see for miles and miles…
…vision.
Saltysam on July 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Ferraro is deluded if she thinks she was treated worse. I remember that election and I didn’t even know her kids’ names. How many people can say that about Sarah? The only negative thing I remember hearing about Ferraro was that her husband had some shady thing going on. I was against her because of her pro choice views, but that’s a policy attack not a personal one.
Rose on July 4, 2009 at 3:24 PM
I’m starting to change my mind about even that. I was thinking she needed to bone up. Maybe not. Maybe the country needs someone who isn’t so used to politics-as-usual.
I’m watching lobbyists nibble Dems to death, just as they did the GOP.
Maybe someone who is just so goofy as to not notice a turkey behind her in the camera is what we actually need. LOL*
(That one was on her, you gotta admit.)
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:24 PM
I remember. It was bad. But I think what Ferarro is really alluding to is that she really did get the Quayle treatment. She disappeared.
That hasn’t happened to Sarah.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:26 PM
But do you consider the Quayle treatment worse than the slutty woman with slutty kids treatment?
Rose on July 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM
I am sick of this “bone up” shit, the annoying punditry never took Obama to task for any of his errors and certainly never took Biden apart for the “President Roosevelt got right on television” BS. They went after Palin instead. It still amazes me that the allegedly GOP “smart guys” decided to dump all over her rather than try to win the election for “our side”. The only side these men and women fight for is their bank accounts.
She knew precisely what was going on behind her and she was not silly enough to pretend to be mortified by a poultry farm.
clnurnberg on July 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM
John Bachelor is my fave. Such a bright guy….and not at all stupidly conservative.I Love to tune in on Sunday nights to him. He even makes NASA interesting.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM
What do you guys make of the rumor that someone is filing criminal charges?
Embezzlement?
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
CapedConservative on July 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM
If Obama was quitting his job, there would a lot more than 11 threads. All them happy too.
Speedwagon82 on July 4, 2009 at 3:30 PM
I don’t now…I liked Palin a lot, but there’s something here that doesn’t sit right with me. Its eerily reminiscent of the Sanford disappeared for days thing; reasons were given, but in the end the truth was far different and more damaging. I’m hoping its not a scandal, but even her staunchest defenders have to recognize this is very peculiar.
If it was really due to the ethics complaints and attacks against her family, and she’s just done with politics altogether, I can’t say I blame her…but I’d be disappointed she threw in the towel early and didn’t fight on. Bizarre, just absolutely bizarre.
changer1701 on July 4, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Thanks Caped.
clnurnberg on July 4, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Calculated risk. Her biggest advantage is she isn’t obsessed with being president and it shows. Her critics don’t understand that. It gives her great flexibility.
I also recall when AIG Halpin was fired, Obama’s mouthpieces referred to it as an act of great political courage on his part and none in the state controlled media challenged that concept.
a capella on July 4, 2009 at 3:32 PM
She should have stayed in office and ended up millions in debt fighting phony charges, rather that just the paltry $500K pocket change?
clnurnberg on July 4, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Oh, Rose, I think the entire issue over the pregnancy is simply an astounding example of partisan thinking.
I’m friends with a lot of women in my age group. We ALL know that unmarried kids having kids IS the biggest and most obvious challenge today. That, in my opinion, is the result of the pro-life movement. Every girl today wants to keep the baby. It’s practically a fad.
So, here I am, liberal and not about to condemn some girl for having sex, and along comes the liberal attack on Palin for this?
It’s just too weird for words.
Half of my friends are practically raising their grandkids. But even stats support this. 40% are born “out of wedlock.”
When did we all get so removed that we couldn’t deal with reality?
The press attacks on her really bugged me. But the longer it has gone on, the more relaxed I feel. They have nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Cape it’s all over the progressive blogs.
I just asked what you thought about it.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Incidentally, slutty flight attendant look? Dave apparently hasn’t flown commercial in a while. Or we now have some idea of his taste in porn.
Barnestormer on July 4, 2009 at 3:35 PM
lansing quaker on July 4, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Good point.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Wow, I was out for a while and just now saw this. Thanks for the link AnninCA! That is a great read. You need to e-mail that to Ed, although I doubt he will post it.
conservnut on July 4, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Not one of my quoteable news sources… just as this place really doesn’t have news… just links to it. As a matter of fact, the only thing I’ve learned today for sure from this site is that Palin is definitely the leading candidate by a wide margin. The looney left is clearly demonstrating that. The thieves of the DC establishment are clearly demonstrating it and the conservatives are clearly demonstrating it. Every thread and every comment demonstrates which group the poster belongs to. Looks very much to me like the battle is heating up quite nicely.
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CapedConservative on July 4, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Glad you liked it. He really is a gem.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:40 PM
does Citizen Romney need to shut up too?
Chris_Balsz on July 4, 2009 at 3:43 PM
clnurnberg on July 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM
That’s what I love about this…
Her speech was well delivered without any memory aids or stumbling. It was concrete, coherent, and consistent.
Her detractors and enemies can’t help themselves and are taking the bait.
Saltysam on July 4, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Didn’t she have a group raising money to help pay those debts? Didn’t she just score a significant book advance? I can understand all those complaints bogging the office down, but you don’t just throw in the towel like that. Sorry, but instinctually it sounds like a convenient excuse.
All I’m saying is that those of you who have put so much faith in Palin better be prepared for the worst…otherwise, you’re goin g to be mighty disappointed when it turns out there is something major she’s hiding. I’m not saying she is, but I think the possibility exists based on this weird turn of events.
changer1701 on July 4, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Given the vetting she’s had? I say it’s a calculated risk to assume this is just what it appears to be….a move to release her from the ankel-biters.
If they had something? Trust me. That would have been news awhile ago.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 3:49 PM
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Hey!
Batchelor is stealing my material!
Saltysam on July 4, 2009 at 3:55 PM
AnninCA, I’m assuming you are close to my age. I don’t see how the pro life movement has increased promiscuous behavior. When I attended high school in the 70’s (a public school of about 1200) I personally did not know one person who had gotten pregnant and heard only one rumor of one who left school and got married. When abortion became legal things changed. Girls were no longer careful because they now had an out. The schools even helped them to get abortions without their parents’ knowledge. Now girls have decided it would be more fun to keep the babies. But the whole promiscuous mindset came form the pro choice people.
Rose on July 4, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Huh? That makes no sense whatsoever. Single parenthood, especially among teenagers, became a fad AFTER the legalization of abortion. And pro-lifers don’t have anything against adoption. This is just nonsense.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Oh no, I didn’t meant that. Clearly, birthcontrol made the shift on sex.
No, I meant that when accidents happen, oh so regularly, the girls today want the baby.
That’s the influence of pro-life.
I don’t mind that, btw. But I wish my own girlbuddies would not take on the freight.
They are too responsible on this issue. Want that baby? Then get out there and support him/her.
(BTW, I have a son. *haha)
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Maybe…but if so I would’ve thought the statement at the presser would have been delivered better. There’s no good way to announce something like that, but I agree with those that say it sounded hurriedly put together. I hope there isn’t something else, b/c I like Palin and saw her as different from all other politicians. Better, frankly. So if it turns out there is some scandal, personal or professional, I’m going to be disappointed in her too and lose even more of the tiny bit of faith I have left in public officials. Prepared for the worst, hoping for the best.
changer1701 on July 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Adoption only looks good on TV shows. It’s heart-wrenching. I don’t blame the girls for not going that route.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Here’s the reason why she quit.
TimeTraveler on July 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Time will tell about the rumors of scandal, but I’d bet they are rumors and nothing more.
As for the ‘throwing in the towel’, when I first heard her announcement yesterday, I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t understand the full context of Alaska politics. Oh I knew about the perpetual rash of vexatious and costly ethics complaints. But I didn’t realize that the old guard republicans had joined forces with the democrats to block her legislative agenda. Not because they are against all of it but because they hate her. She’s not only completely stymied now but concerned that Parnell (who will replace her) would not be well positioned to win in 2010. By stepping aside now, she’s removed the gridlock, which is entirely focused on her personally so that her agenda can continue to move forward, albeit under Parnell. And she’s put him in a much better position because he can run as a successful incumbent in 2010.
So there really is a sense in which her stepping down early is better for Alaska.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 4:05 PM
With all those ducks or whatever quacking in the background. Could you see Barry giving a speech like that?
Um well ahhh ummmm quack
conservnut on July 4, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Just like, say, George Soros, or Jeffery Imelt, private citizens, have no seat at the table in policy decisions?
Sorry, Cap, but we all know there’s plenty of “private citizens” who have their (usually sticky) fingers three knuckles deep in policy decisions, no matter who’s in charge.
Try again.
SuperCool on July 4, 2009 at 4:07 PM
So what will she do now?
TimeTraveler on July 4, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Yes, she really took no prisoners when she ran for governor. LOL*
She’s helped them transition, though, out of the good-ole-boy set.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM
She got a huge advance on her book. Work on that. Also, go around and raise money for other like-minded GOP’s. Build up a network. Do speeches. Heck, one will cover her governor’s salary.
Practice mostly.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:11 PM
She should hire a national staff after she quits because she could be a very effective leader for the moment if she brushes up….
She doesn’t need to run for president to challenge the socialist.
TimeTraveler on July 4, 2009 at 4:11 PM
No, but you are blaming the rash of births resulting from the “freedom without responsibility” ideology on the pro-life movement, which strikes me as absurd. When they ‘keep’ their babies but let their parents do all the hard work of caring for them and raising them, they are simply continuing to act irresponsibly. Many grandparents don’t mind this and can afford it; for others it is a true hardship.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM
I’d be happy to learn later that you’re right, and I can see where it can be argued that she was doing it for Alaska if that is all there is to it. But I’d have to believe those who still supported her are a little disappointed at the moment, as I’m sure they expected her to fight for them in spite of the other.
changer1701 on July 4, 2009 at 4:15 PM
I don’t see it as blame, really. It just is not popular to use abortion as the solution. That’s the influence of pro-life.
Good? Bad? I’m not making a judgment.
Abortion should never be a birth control method for the careless, anyway. So it’s working out as it probably should.
I do think the issue has given several people in my generation a real problem, since they can’t picture turning out a grandchild.
But….so it goes.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Yes, and I now realize that in fact her stepping aside at this time makes it more likely that the transition will outlast her. And that really is a selfless thing to do.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 4:15 PM
I seriously hope not. Look at the unethical behavior of McCain’s “national staff” this week!
I heard her own spokesperson. She was relaxed, fun to listen to, and as articulate as McCain’s staff was. Plus, the RNC? Man, they are deadly. Steer around that snake pit.
Look at poor Steele’s treatment.
I’d say there is nobody on the GOP national front worth 2 cents.
Rove is great. Boy, now there’s a thought.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Well, it’s a win-win, anyway. She wins as much as they do.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:19 PM
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Isn’t it the careless sex and absence of birth control that’s the source of the problem? If their children weren’t engaging in sex, or unprotected sex, before they are ready to raise children, your friends wouldn’t be in this position. Blaming the prolife movement for this seems to be to like blocking your flank when the threat is coming at you head on.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM
AnninC means that because there aren’t even more abortions we have too many babies. AnninCA is a resident concern troll who is rabidly pro abortion. She states she can’t support Palin because Palin is pro life. Just so you know.
AnninCa has learned to not be so obvious…she’s been kind of more subtle so she is learning…
CCRWM on July 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM
she can do WHATEVER she wants know. I bet she will spend a good bit of time writing her book. She will be all over the country campaigning and speaking out for conservative causes. Ann- think about this, if there was something coming why would she stay in office for another 3 weeks?? She could get out this week if something was on the horizon.
ousoonerfan15 on July 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Again, I’m not “blaming.”
I’m actually saying, pro-life won the battle. When mistakes happen, women are far more likely to opt to have the baby, keep the baby, etc.
You WON the morality battle.
Alas, they can’t afford to raise the babies, but abortion isn’t really the solution to that problem.
My stance on abortion hasn’t shifted in 30 years. My body. My decisions.
Ditto for ending my life with help, if that should be the outcome.
I will never agree with pro-life zealots.
But on the morality stuff? I don’t think we’re that far apart.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:29 PM
A community organizer who thought America had 57 states with a questionable birth certificate,, started his political campaign out of a domestic terrorist’s living room and having a last name like Obama, won the Presidency with no more than two years in lower offices.
Surely Sarah Palin is capable winning the Presidency should she pursue it.
Anything at all is possible. If anything,, this is starting to excite me a little. This may really free her up to do a lot more in the near future.
A last thought on Obama,,,, he has never yet won a second term to anything. In fact,, he has never yet been in any office long enough to see if he would have been re-elected. 2012 will be the first time he will run a campaign in which he will have to defend his record,, not just criticize his opponent’s record. No more Hope and Change crap. He’ll have to sing the praises of all he did,, not what he’s going to do. Obama has never been in that position before.
JellyToast on July 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Have you even considered that this woman’s move may not be political but personal. Have so called “fans” like you and your wife imagined what’s it’s like to have a disabled child ridiculed constantly? Now that she’s decided to take herself out of the picture and by extension save her innocent children from the unprecedented onslaught never before experienced by any politician’s family, “fans” like you turn on her because she was not willing to continue as a pinyanta for the left and clueless moderators of this blog. if your wife was a”fan” willing to throw SP overboard “when she came home from work yesterday” then SP needs no enemies and one more thing; it’s easy to use the anonymity of the web to write bravado stuff and point fingers, it’s a totally different thing when you are in the public eye taking shots from every Tom, Dick and HA RINOs. I have no doubt that all you Palin haters would have crucified this woman no matter how and what she said yesterday; I take solace in this; while you are busy tearing down someone you agree with on most of the issues, Obama is currently “fundamentally changing” our country and the end result of his disastrous policies will result in most of you losing your jobs thus your financial security which probably results in loss of your homes and collapse of your marriages. So go ahead help the left take down our leaders and pin your hopes on Mitt; the dems new favorite republican. If any of you think Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee can take out Obama, you all still have not learnt from the Macain disaster. you think Mitt is going to be spared by the MSM when 2012 comes? Tune in
julian on July 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Also AnninCA is unemployed or is a paid astroturfer because she is on every thread everyday all day… It’s been interesting to see her change from being way too acerbic when she first came on and definately hating Palin to acting now like she supports her…haven’t figured out the tactic yet…
CCRWM on July 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Wrong. I think Palin is probably too conservative on my own agenda items.
Oddly enough, pro-choice/pro-life isn’t one of them. I’m frankly done with being boxed in by that issue.
I think she might lose me more on handling the economy, on money to war within the Middle East, etc.
But…..I can’t really know, since I’ve not heard her opinions on this.
I do like her a lot. I’ll listen.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
I never hated her at all.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Remember when Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky fiasco was generating such a media circus? It sparked the whole Ken Starr investigation, the impeachment hearings. I remember hearing some at the time say he ought to just resign and spare the country the embarrassment.
Or what about Nixon? There was intense pressure for him to resign and he practically had to be forced out of the White House, disgraced.
Sarah Palin hasn’t even done anything wrong, unlike the aforementioned examples, but she nevertheless feels regret for what the endless ethics complaints and media smears are doing to the Office of Governor, and to her ability to govern. So what does she do? She does what a lot of people wished Clinton and Nixon had done: Sacrifice for the good of the people.
I realize coming face to face with an ethical person — a politician to boot! — is a surreal experience. Like meeting a Martian or something. But that’s what we’re looking at here. To me, that is the stuff of a real LEADER — which, regardless of her future political ambitions, is precisely what we NEED right now. There is no Rosetta Stone of Politics somewhere that proclaims leaving your post makes you ipso facto ineffectual. I think the support she continues to garner here and among those in the MSM who do like her proves she isn’t finished unless she wants to be.
NoLeftTurn on July 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Great point and I don’t think he finished his time in the Illinois Senate either.
That being said I am going to continually ask the following question:
Is Sarah Palin the right person to fix the mess that the filthy liar in the White House and his henchmen are making? For me, in July 2009, the answer is still no.
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Precisely, or in her basketball analogy, under a full court press: “She [a good point guard] knows exactly when to pass the ball, so that her team can win.”
As for those who found her speech disjointed, incoherent or otherwise unObamalike, three suggestions:
1. Revisit the term “extemporaneous;”
2. Brush up on the fundamentals of a motion offense; and
3. For the connection between eloquence and electoral success, listen to a Richard M. Daley presser, as he lunges hopelessly toward the period of any given sentence.
Barnestormer on July 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Sarah Palin of 2008-9 doesn’t have what it takes to be President. Not as a Republican, we expect experience as well as competence. In her present form she couldn’t win.
Sarah’s time is in the future… or it can be. I think she very well could be the future of this party. But she has to know more. She has the common sense something in short supply, but she doesn’t have the education or experience necessary. But those things are fixable.
I only hope she is not so sure that common sense is enough that she neglects the knowledge that is essential to be a good leader.
She needs to prepare for her future and ours.
petunia on July 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
What’s weird to me? So many people saying, “She doesn’t have what it takes to be president.”
I think that’s true of Obama. I do think he’s struggling, too. He’s trying to govern by campaign style.
But, he’s muddling through.
He’ll end up with a legacy. Some stuff he’ll do great at. Other stuff he’ll muff completely.
Like all presidents.
What gives with this notion that she’s not in the same spot?
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Ann,
You are a dyed-in-the-wool socialist. You essentially agree with the filthy liar in the White House but don’t think he is going far enough on the social destruction of America. You hate our relations with Israel and you advocate spending trillions more on the misguided idea that government can deliver efficient healthcare. You are clearly a unthinking drone of the current regime despite all the lies you post about being an independent. You are not an independent thinker when your “ideas” are formed after you hear what Robert Gibbs tells you to think. At best you are an ignorant fool. At worst you are a troll. My bet is for the latter.
Until Obama declares martial law and suspends the Constitution you are entitled to parrot back the official leftist propaganda as if it is your original well-thought out opinions. You probably are even duluded enough to think that they really are your own thoughts. When complete take-over happens we will all have to think like you by order of the despot in power. Until that time, please do us all a favor and stop lying about who you are and what your positions are on the issues. You’d have far more credibility if you showed one iota of integrity in your postings.
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 4:47 PM
With the ‘Cuda leaving the spotlight, what will blogs do to keep readers fired up and engaged? There isn’t any other politician in the Republican Party who brings such passion out in people. The repercussions of Palin stepping down go far beyond her own political career. It will take the remaining steam out of GOP. And there is no one out there who can bring it back unless a new face emerges in the future.
Christina_M on July 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM
LOL…..
so know ED and ALLAH are going to link to everyone that thinks Palin made a “big mistake” Ok.
unseen on July 4, 2009 at 4:49 PM
With the ‘Cuda leaving the spotlight, what will blogs do to keep readers fired up and engaged?
Christina_M on July 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM
What makes you think Palin will be “out of the spotlight” in fact from her speech it appears she is going to go on the attack full time.
unseen on July 4, 2009 at 4:54 PM
What else is new. If Sarah parted the red sea, turned water into wine and found a cure for cancer all in one day before lunch she would still be second guessed.
infidel4life on July 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
One other observation about those who called Palin’s speech “rambling” or “disjointed.”
Obama lives by sound bite rhetoric. Dismissing critics with a “we won” instead of making the case why socialism should prevail in America when it has failed every place it has been tried is one example.
Palin’s speech was far more complicated to make than anything the filthy liar in the White House has ever done. She was declining re-election and resigning from office in a single speech. I can only hope that SOON, Obama if faced with the same circumstances and we can compare and contrast the way he resigns/declines with the way Palin did.
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Really? I wonder if she’s aware of that obligation.
Barnestormer on July 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Anything but! LOL*
I’m actually a corporate gal, with a very keen sense of what works and what doesn’t.
I’ll admit. She threw me for a loop on this initially.
But now I get it.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 5:02 PM
and I think that pretty much sums up your perspective.
:)
Learn to discern the difference between potholes and mountains in life.
He’s not going to declare martial law, for heaven’s sakes.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM
So you don’t consider abortion to be a moral issue, but all those kids who are having babies do and you think that’s a problem.
At the same time, you don’t seem to consider the fact that these kids are having sex, and often having it with no or with inadequate protection, to be a moral issue, either.
It’s hard not to conclude, then, that contrary to what you said in an earlier post, you DO think that abortion is a form of birth control. I know you’ll say that you don’t, but that is the logical consequence of your separate ideas when they are strung together and their related consequences are taken into account.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Higher than normal but not critical lead levels have been detected in the soil of that vegetable garden Michelle Obama planted with schoolchildren. A few weeks ago there was a big photo-op where those school children returned and had a lunch featuring the vegetables from that garden. Were it the Bush family the headline would have been along the lines of “Laura Bush endangers schoolchildren by her recklessness”
Sarah Palin has had a raw deal by the press. No question about that. The question going forward is if she’s the right person, in 2012, to undo the mess of four years of Obama socialism. If so, the GOP needs to get behind her now and give her the opportunities to hone her skills in areas she is lacking (particularly national security issues). If not, Palin needs to figure out her role in finding the next Presidential nominee. Does she go for the top of the ticket with her popularity or does she act as kingmaker behind the scenes? I’m hoping for the latter because the GOP needs to go into the next election (assuming there is one) with a clear message that has already been hammered out in advance of the primary process.
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Just so.
Barnestormer on July 4, 2009 at 5:09 PM
That’s nothing but a bumper sticker you read in traffic.
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 5:10 PM
You’re a woman of real conviction, then, because it was only 3-4 weeks ago that you stated adamantly that you could never support her because of her pro-life stance. And yes, I am being sarcastic.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 5:11 PM
No, I honestly don’t. Sex is God-given, it’s instinctual, and I honestly don’t find it offensive.
I think morality is about making sure the kids get raised with the best.
But no, I don’t find that sex is the real issue. I think the entire “abstinence” meme to be funny.
God made us sexual. That’s that.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 5:12 PM
I’m not sure I really support her. But I’ll tell you this. I’m very sure I support her actions right now.
Is that good enough?
I’m not a Palinite. I really actually liked her pro-life statements in the campaign. I agreed.
But then, she went further after the campaign, and I was suspicious.
I’m not interested in a religious right candidate at all. If she’s that?
Count me out.
I just thought she could be more. I’m way past thinking any candidate represents me totally on every issue.
That’s not going to happen.
So we’ll see.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 5:16 PM
GOTCHA!!!!!!
Proof that you are nothing but a dirty whore of the left. You set up the formula but you didn’t fill in the blank in the talking points.
Morality means kids are raised with the best what???
You hit the submit comment button before you got your talking points down!
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Ok, gang….off to my own 4th party.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Caught me heading out.
If you think you got me, that’s fine by me.
Glad to have made your day.
Me? I’m not swayed. I’ll keep my eye on actual children in life.
I’m really comfortable with my own principles on this issue.
AnninCA on July 4, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Where you your kind will clearly will burn a few flags, piss on the Constitution, and figure out what freedoms should be targeted.
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 5:23 PM
I agree that sex is G-d-given. But unlike other kinds of pleasurable activities, it may have very sweeping and serious consequences, and so it needs to treated differently than, oh, an afternoon on the beach soaking up the sun and playing in the waves.
You think that the product of this G-d-given act is nothing more than a small clump of cells to vacuumed away, like you wipe away the sperm dribbling down your leg, lest it inconvenience the parents of the children engaging in a G-d-given act with no thought or care about its consequences. But I think that the product is itself also G-d-given, and so to pretend then that sex doesn’t have a moral dimension is, well, shallow. That you equate the idea of moral dimension to sex with ‘offensiveness’ is, to me, very sad.
ProfessorMiao on July 4, 2009 at 5:24 PM
So was Hilter in his when it came to Jews. That didn’t make him right you filthy partisan whore.
highhopes on July 4, 2009 at 5:24 PM
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