Video: Palin on Palin; Update: Fox interview added
posted at 9:36 am on July 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
CNN, ABC, and Fox got interviews with Sarah Palin in the last 24 hours. When the other interviews become available, I’ll add that to this post, but we have the CNN interview, conducted by Drew Griffen yesterday afternoon. It’s lengthy but worthwhile:
ABC has a report out on its interview, conducted by Kate Snow:
“You know conditions have really changed in Alaska in the political arena since Aug. 29, since I was tapped to run for VP. When that opposition research — those researchers really bombarded Alaska — started digging for dirt and have not let up. They’re not gonna find any dirt,” she said. “We keep proving that every time we win an ethics violation lawsuit and we’ve won every one of them. But it has been costing our state millions of dollars. It’s cost Todd and me. You know the adversaries would love to see us put on the path of personal bankruptcy so that we can’t afford to run.”
But when I asked Palin if she ever decided to pursue national office again, as she did less than a year ago when she joined Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the race for the White House, wouldn’t she encounter the same political blood sport? Can such ugliness ever be avoided?
Palin said there is a difference between the White House and what she has experienced in Alaska. If she were in the White House the “department of law” would protect her from baseless ethical allegations.
“I think on a national level your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we’ve been charged with and automatically throw them out,” she said.
There is no “Department of Law” at the White House.
Another major reason that Palin said she is walking away from her first term as Alaska’s governor is because after she made the decision not to seek a second term as governor she would be a lame duck and she said she refuses to “milk” that status. She said most politicians “say it’s a paycheck, it’s a paycheck and I get to travel around. No! That’s politics as usual.”
If Palin wants us to accept this at “face value,” as she says in both the CNN and ABC interviews, then she needs to stop talking about her supposed lame-duck status. She wouldn’t have been a lame duck for 16 months. George Bush was not a lame duck in 2005, 2006, 2007, or even most of 2008 as president. In that time, Bush got two Supreme Court appointments confirmed, began holding the line on spending after the 2006 election, and most importantly kept Iraq from being abandoned by Congress. During the last two years, Bush fought off legal action by Congress and a variety of political opponents, much as the Clintons did in their last term, and neither quit to do it, even after Clinton was invited to do so by the House of Representatives.
Otherwise, the CNN shows a relaxed Palin, more herself than at any time, taking tough but fair questions from Griffen with aplomb. I don’t think this will convince those who have made up their minds one way or the other, but it’s better to have Palin answering these questions directly.
Update: Time Magazine gets the print-venue exclusive with Sarah Palin. And here’s the Fox video:
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How about this:
This Alaskan knows what it takes when you get a FOIA in. You charge the people who put it in after a 8 hour period of working on the FOIA. Depending on the employee(s) who work on that FOIA, you charge the standard rate for working on it. It cn be anywhere from 24.00 an hour.. and much much higher. Think of the lawyer fees included.
Ethics Complaints are no different. It consumes even when you have other work to do as you have to have it in and done by a certain time. It does take away and you HAVE to pay these people.. but in a Ethics Complaint, you do not ask them to pay after a certain hours of work for verification. And most Ethics Complaints have to be dine withint a 10 working day standard unless you ask for an extension.
So imagine given a project where it takes over your work and life for the most part. You are now backlogged on other work you SHOULD be doing, but due to a loophole via the public you are now overloaded and have to work overtime to at least get the minimal amount of normal work done.
Think about it guys. It is hurting my State due to massive amounts of overtime on crap claims. Wouldn’t you be upset on millions, and the burn out of an employee…. which could be used for other things.. like roads!
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Who cares? Do I think he means Ed and AP are really “traitors”? No. Good Lord.
What if I called you a “traitor”? Would you fight back, ignore me or just collapse in fear?
Some people really like Palin, have a deep respect for her and take it personally when she’s attacked. They react. It’s not that big a deal.
This is not a leftist blog. You don’t have to fear for your personal safety like you would from them.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Reader Alert: Several trolls are running around with Dem memes. They are easy to spot. Look for the words “traitor”, “cult”, “Palinista”.
faraway on July 7, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Oh man, you did NOT just go there!
atheling on July 7, 2009 at 3:13 PM
I do fine with arithmetic.
Are Loxodonta’s numbers wrong?
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Well, you’re not.
Blake on July 7, 2009 at 3:15 PM
When they touted Romneycare as a sound policy goal. Seriously, how dare you demand I buy anything I won’t use? And I’m nlessed that $150 a month wouldn’t cut into my food/rent/gas expenditure. There’s plenty not so lucky, and those “conservatives” don’t give a damn.
One thing we might try, when this goodly portion turns to flee, we’ll drop pamphlets on them that say
are you going to sit at home and “punish” the country for not nominating your preferred candidate?
If the mass of the country DEMANDS double-digit unemployment, double-digit inflation, and double-digit interest rates, at the same time, then by all means, let’em have it. And I’ll sit it out waiting for a party OPPOSED to double-digit unemployment, double-digit inflation, double-digit interest rates, and the no-growth, graft-soaked statism that takes us there every time.
You know of such a party? The current GOP is just the party of the slow ride to Hell.
Chris_Balsz on July 7, 2009 at 3:15 PM
I’m declining to call her, without basis, truthful. I think it’s a bad habit to believe everything politicians say about their budgets without seeing an actual budget. Alaska must report her yearly budgets. If there’s a 2 million dollar overrun it shouldn’t be hard for her to point it out with actual records. This is all beside the point that I was originally trying to make, which was that she had no reason to expect another costly complaint like troopergate.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Fixed it fer ya.
peacenprosperity on July 7, 2009 at 3:15 PM
ROF said what he said. Why are you trying to spin that into something else?
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:16 PM
There’s no overrun. It comes out of the general funds. Any money spent investigating ethics complaints obviously could have been spent elsewhere for Alaskans.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:18 PM
You obviously didn’t read my 3:12 comment
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Yes ROF said what he said and I said what I said and you said what you said and you’re trying to spin all of them. Again, I’m not into word games with pissants who attach titles to their monikers.
Blake on July 7, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Thanks for pointing that out.
Everybody loses their temper from time to time or posts things they later regret. I have. However, consistent and persistent bullying and trolling is different.
Loxodonta on July 7, 2009 at 3:20 PM
You would itemize your expense on a budget, right? I mean, if I wanted to know how much the crazy neighbors were costing me, you wouldn’t just guess the hours, you would already have billed those hours and would know exactly how much you spent on them.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Liar.
atheling on July 7, 2009 at 3:22 PM
So being under the spotlight like she is she would just make up stuff even though it can be easily checked out.
Can I get this weeks lotto numbers from you since you have begun seeing the future? You must be able to see the future because otherwise I would have to assume you are delusional.
peacenprosperity on July 7, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Truth be told, I really find this in-fighting Ed/Allah “traitor” crap and the need to defend them sooo penny-ante…I only come here to read my peer comments, support Palin (now that’s someone who needs defending, aight) and drop a few suggestions, so I won’t even comment.
RepubChica on July 7, 2009 at 3:24 PM
“Bullying” is in the eye of the beholder. What you perceive as bullying may not be perceived as such by others.
Sounds to me as though your frequent characterizations of people as trolls and bullies is aimed at having a chilling effect on their commenting.
In effect … you are the bully. The left does it all the time to shut people up.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Conservative politics as bloodsport are better than democrat politics as bloodsport. I understand.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Funny, this thread like the other Palin hit pieces, features a small cadre of left of center “Frum” types trying to misrepresent Palin and the posts of her supporters. Then and again, the cry goes out to conservatives to submit to the so-called moderates, for the good of the GOP. NUTS! Maybe time has come for a successful 3rd party effort? Lord knows the ship of state is foundering whether we vote the party line or not. Sadly, Gov Palin is probably too much of a team player to create another BullMoose Party — but who really knows till you try?
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on July 7, 2009 at 3:27 PM
When at a loss, go for the name.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Exactly. They are liars.
atheling on July 7, 2009 at 3:28 PM
and none of you listen to the one(s) who lives up here.
*facepalm*
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 3:28 PM
At this point Palin has no chance of being elected President. It is even doubtful she could win a Senate seat in AK at this time.
As things stand she would get the Repub vote and not much else. The Dems can’t stand her and never will. Presently the Independents could care less about her. Without a major percent of the independent vote she has no chance nor does any person running for office.
The only way, and this was my advice last November, she has to disappear for a serious length of time. She has to stop these mindless interviews. She has to tell reporters, thanks but no thanks.
Go away Sarah, write your book, craft a nuanced message, study and learn and then return FRESH. Right now you are playing into the MSM game plan. They have been planning all along to bury you. How? Through the one guaranteed method–over exposure.
Even your fans are not helping by demanding your attention.
It doesn’t matter how many stadiums you pack–those are your fans. The people you need are tired of you and all the drama. Go fishing for a long time. Then come back.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 3:31 PM
No wonder conservatives can’t win shyt. We can’t call Obama a socialist, can’t talk about what democrats actually do, and who they actually are … and we can’t even have discussions amongst ourselves without wondering about if so and so is just being a tad too mean darn it.
Where the hell has the fight gone? Hopeless.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Calling someone out for repeatedly and falsely calling you a liar is silencing them? Sure.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:32 PM
I don’t know is calling who a liar, but if it’s a false charge answer it and be done with it. No need to go into meltdown mode.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Liar.
atheling on July 7, 2009 at 3:37 PM
I’m listening.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:38 PM
I’m not saying they didn’t spend anything on the complaints (besides the Personnel Board costs). In a nutshell -
-The 2 million dollar figure is worthless without any documentation. ADN didn’t seem interested in verifying her numbers, though, so let’s assume it really was 2 million dollars.
-The money is spent, and almost all of it was spent on troopergate (really starting to hate that name). So why is this a problem now? The worst is behind her. Anybody could have seen troopergate coming. She fired her brother-in-law. With cause, as it turned out, but it was obvious to everybody that it was going to become an issue. Not only that, her successor is as exposed under the current law as she is. Maybe more exposed, now that people think they can chase people out of office with ethics complaints.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 3:38 PM
The unspoken hope is that there will arise a charismatic conservative figure who can appeal to the grassroots while getting enough kind words from media to keep his/her own side from throwing him/her overboard.
In other words, fantasy. Either that, or Romney. Doesn’t look too good for 2012 at this moment in time.
ddrintn on July 7, 2009 at 3:39 PM
I called Chekote a liar. And it appears ROL is going to land in that category, too. Whether it is a lying by omission or lying by refusing to address the refutation, or just a big old fib, it is a lie.
Blake on July 7, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Said like the classic stodgy round-table doofus with the ill-fitting suit and childless, weasel-faced lady with the pain-killer problem on the nightly news. Congrats!
RepubChica on July 7, 2009 at 3:42 PM
With Palin gone they can reform the complaint process. It couldn’t be done with her there.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Me too, your post at 3:12 was crystal clear!
Thanks for the report… and for loaning us downstaters the Palin Family for a while!
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on July 7, 2009 at 3:43 PM
apparently the truth hurts. you will get over it.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 3:44 PM
No, she did not fire her brother-in-law. You’re repeating DailyKos talking points from last year that are easily refuted.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:45 PM
No, more like I called you out on parroting the pundit talking points–by now we’ve heard ‘em all, so keep ‘em coming. Premature speculation…major ailment hitting the area. ;-)
RepubChica on July 7, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Yeah, running a moderate and getting that moderate/independent vote is vital. Romney/Pawlenty 2012. Wanna bet how much of the popular vote that ticket will get? Moderate, indpendent, liberal, conservative or otherwise.
Your mindset is what gave us McCain, and what will give us another loser in 2012 (and no, it won’t be Palin). The truth hurts, but you’ll get over it.
ddrintn on July 7, 2009 at 3:47 PM
I already tried that. He thinks that the obvious conflict of interest if she were to undertake might look like impropriety but…
LOL
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:48 PM
After 26 July, Palin will be able to speaks openly about anything she desires. Up to this point she’s been hamstrung by her office and McCain’s sad, traitorous back stabbing group of little Hitlers.
We’ll see what happens.
Exit question: Was I a little too mean on McCain’s campaign clowns? Was the Hitler usage a little over the top?
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Umm the ex brother in law is still working for the Troopers. He was on “Desk Duty” but has been seen out and about in a troopermobile….
He didn’t lose his job.. yet should have.
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 3:50 PM
That’s the second time I’ve mentioned it, plus your one.
Three times and it doesn’t sink in.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:50 PM
She wouldn’t have been a lame duck for 16 months. George Bush was not a lame duck in 2005, 2006, 2007, or even most of 2008 as president
did you live in the same country. bush cehcked out of the presidency along time ago.
unseen on July 7, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Unlike your usual idols I recommended that advice to her the day after the election loss last November. If they keep records here you can check it.
You are still learning how the MSM works. When you finally realize it you will give her the same advice I did.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 3:51 PM
But … but … but … the media said she fired him! Aren’t they always right?
On another note, I was having a conversation with my step mother who was saying this and that about Palin. Not one thing was true and everything she said came straight from the MSM.
After a lengthy discussion she kinda looked bewildered, like she had to erase everything in her memory banks.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:53 PM
None of these people are salaried?
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM
…her successor is as exposed under the current law as she is. Maybe more exposed, now that people think they can chase people out of office with ethics complaints.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Hey LeftOFCenter are you a freakin JERK trying to be as tedious as possible! Or just an uninformed twit? Palin’s Lieutenant is NOT a former VP candidate! Obviously he won’t be a trophy target of the Democrat party – no matter how you try to spin it.
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on July 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Interesting.. She went home and tried to escape the spot light and yet the press kept up and on her.
Give it a rest and STFU FFS!
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Forgot about that, thanks for the correction.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Thanks. I’ve read few active Palin supporters negating or criticizing such posts.
I’ve been called a CINO in a recent Palin thread. I asked for proof, to back up the claim, got none, and haven’t collapsed yet. So…
I agree. That’s true of the majority of Palin supporters. No problem with that.
I hope not.
Loxodonta on July 7, 2009 at 3:55 PM
It is broken down from a salary rate. But the ones who are lower on totem pole also get a overtime wage when it is suitable for the situation.
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 3:55 PM
No, I think either way there’s a conflict of interest and I’m right. There’s no impropriety if a conflich of interest is unavoidable.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Fortunately, I’ll take Palin’s political instincts over yours. I believe she’s played the media, and the GOP.
The best thing the democrats and the media could possibly do is to ignore her and give her as little air time as possible. Instead … they keep her right out in front. Remember, even negative publicity keeps people interested. Many people then start to do research on their own and find a completely different story than the one portrayed by the media.
They’re playing by old communist rules. She’s not.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 3:58 PM
So he’s a thick as a brick and can’t understand “conflict of interest” or he’s a Demotroll. Hey, that sounds like a narcotic.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 3:59 PM
What a fool…she has had dozens of “ethics” complaints, including the one she outlined. They took a picture of her holding up a fish, the fishery dept. used that photo to promote Alaskan fishing, ethics complaint filed for her being used in a commercial ad…thrown out, but still cost money to defend. Her travel to a gov. convention, filed and thrown out (out of the dozens of gov. she was the only one a suit was filed).
And it goes on and on, not only the cost, but the time…Troopergate is minor compared to the rest.
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 3:59 PM
You know, I’ve been trying to be polite, but all I can say to that is DUH. If I am paid a salary, rather than an hourly rate, and 50% of my time is consumed doing meaningless crap, I either have to work 50% more hours for nothing or I can only spend half my time doing real work.
In other words, unless all the salaried employees are saints and doing a lot of extra, unpaid work, the complaints are costing the state a portion of their salaries.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 4:01 PM
And you are who exactly to give a VP candidate future political advice?
If you can’t see this woman is doing things her way irrespective of the political fallout (as mentioned in her GBCW farewell speech), then I’m afraid psuedo pundits like you–who happily dole out unsolicited, useless advice with the certainty of an arrogant fool–will continually be frustrated…my future happiness does not hinge on Sarah Palin being president of the United States…lol. Hers doesn’t either.
RepubChica on July 7, 2009 at 4:03 PM
But there is a CLEAR conflict of interest when the person who has been the victim of the rules moves to change them. And can’t you just imagine the field day the press would have with that.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 4:05 PM
You don’t have a clue, do you? I don’t care what your message is. Be rad, conservative, moderate, I give a f’k. But what I do know is that, what ever it is, it has to win the independent vote. This is a vote that has been liberal, conservative and moderate at any given time. For Reagan they flipped conservative.
I don’t waste my time with politicians that moderate their views to get elected. What I am saying is currently independents who determine ALL elections are tired of Sarah and all the drama. The last thing she should do is change her message–that has never worked.
Dems and Repubs never, never elect anyone. What they do is nominate. If independents don’t like your message/delivery you have no chance. Right now they don’t like Palin’s. She can change that by making herself scarce and recharging.
Writing a great book is the first step!!!!
As for my personal bona fides if you check the arhives I was one of the first along with Upinak who said the only viable VP candidate was Sarah Palin. I posted her Weekly Standard article by Fred Barnes as my opening statement. I was way ahead when it counted.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Just time to ride the ride and watch Sarah ride hers as well. It is more fun to watch hers though.
Popcorn?
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Actually it was Me, then OINK then you.
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 4:08 PM
OT:
I just got a letter from the NYT begging me to subscribe. It included a postage paid envelope.
I removed my name from the letter, then wrote, “F*** YOU* on it, and am mailing it back, on their dime.
It just made me feel better. Try it. :)
atheling on July 7, 2009 at 4:09 PM
That’s the point I’m making. The MSM game plan is to destroy her through over exposure.
I’ll ignore the last part of your statement if that is directed at me.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 4:12 PM
No matter who the governor is, they stand to benefit by signing legislation that makes it harder to sue them. It’s not an illegal conflict of interest, but it is a conflict of interest for either Palin or her successor.
Right, and Palin can say it’s 50% or 100% and there’s no way to say she’s wrong unless she provides more details.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 4:13 PM
That’s why I said I was one of the first. What you turned me onto was the cspan debates. That was the closer!
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 4:14 PM
NO! Their game plan is to destroy her through the BIG LIE its the Communist tactic of choice – embellished by Saul Allinsky, and practiced daily by Democrats. Now STFU you’re becoming as tiresome as Barney Frank!
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on July 7, 2009 at 4:19 PM
RepubChica@4:03
I applaud your efforts,but why bother?
DDT on July 7, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Stand in line pal, you were not the first (probably not even close), there were several of us who were on her band wagon…but the edge goes to upinak. Her first post got me and others researching Sarah.
The whole time she seemed to have more information quicker then the rest of us…I wonder why, maybe the clue in in the last 2 letters of her name?
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 4:21 PM
It’s not over exposure, it’s painting her as something she’s not. Free of restrictions, she’ll be able to set the record straight.
If overexposure was a problem, Obama would be in trouble.
darwin on July 7, 2009 at 4:23 PM
That sounds like one of Alinsky’s tactics too — Maybe we should take some more pages out of the Leftist bible, before Acorn has us all in their GPS sites.
PS glad your feeling better. After your R&R reload and commence firing!
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on July 7, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Some of us do–don’t worry about the rest.
INC on July 7, 2009 at 4:32 PM
For any who haven’t seen them, C4P has a round up of interviews.
At about 3:00 minutes into the interview with Andrea Mitchell, Sarah tells her, “You’re not listening to me!”
Fun to hear her say that. (You’re in good company, upinak.)
INC on July 7, 2009 at 4:34 PM
That’s a important point. The over exposure is in the how. They can take any interview they record and edit it to come out a different way. And that is exactly what they are doing.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Why would you say that?
You are one of the most respected posters on HotAir…
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Sits on porch, Mossberg across lap. The wind pushes empties across the lawn for target practice.
Limerick on July 7, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Do you have data to back that up, or are you just projecting your own views onto a swath of the electorate?
ddrintn on July 7, 2009 at 4:38 PM
The second point is fair, but it’s debateable. As popular as she is, the fact that she was victimized by an unfair law could work in her favor as easily as it could work against her. Palin herself could have made the argument that she had to step aside so the legislature could fix the law. Considering how disastrous the law has been, by her account, it would have made a better case than her stated reasons for resigning.
RightOFLeft on July 7, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Is the Lt. Governor planning to run for election as Governor in 16 months? If he wants to do that, Palin might be thinking that giving him the reigns now helps to keep him there.
As far as how this will all play out, I think we should stop fighting or arguming about it and just wait and see what happens.
Terrye on July 7, 2009 at 4:41 PM
I never said I was the first. I said among the first.
My essential point is that I am not to be confused with Palin bashers. My advice is simply from someone that has watched the MSM destroy creative people for over 40 years if they don’t like your message. I have learned never to under estimate their power. Palin has been learning this bitter lesson the last year just as Reagan learned about his fiscal message.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Oh, good grief. Anything Sarah Palin does is fraught with terrible danger. She stays in Alaska and buries her head under the covers with copies of foreign affairs and economics journals, she’s hiding. “If she wants people to take her seriously, she’s going to have to do more interviews and talk shows.” If she gives interviews, then they can be edited any old way the networks want.
I think that for now Palin has said “screw it”, and I can understand why.
ddrintn on July 7, 2009 at 4:43 PM
He was 250 votes away from taking Don Young’s position to run for Congress. And didn’t even ask for a recount.
Do you really think that? Don’t speculate. Answer honestly.
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Just the same polls we all see every few months or so from the usual suspects. Whenever the next one comes up somebody will post it. I think the last one in AK had her at only 54%.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 4:48 PM
That is based on the Moore poll.
Who is Moore? The man who is Married to Shannyn Moore, a absolutely liberal nutty blogger and liberal radio head here in Alaska.
And he came up with 54% still in favor. I think it is higher.. because Moore is biased!
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Then you will be a Palin supporter, she is not moderating her view. Most politicians, as she stated, would continue as Gov. but she is different, she knew that the liberal ideologues would continue and hamper her.
As a citizen, she can fight back better then a politician. And the independents, the true independents, will respect her for tossing out the old traditions of “hanging on” and embrace a new way of governing…of working to actually accomplish something.
She is the ideal independents candidate. They are tired of the drama surrounding her, but will rally to support her once the cause of the “drama” is exposed.
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 4:51 PM
I hope that is exactly what she says. She has to make herself scarce for a while. Stop letting all these media whores have their way.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Ed,
You have really f’ed up bad on this Gov. Palin resignation thing.
Man, you have no clue.
You are coming off as out-of-touch as that idiot reporter who thought that the Hippity-Hop out in the yard was a ‘green yoga ball’.
I’m trying to be as easy on you as I can, but it is getting more and more difficult.
You’ll see the light as she continues to fight the Obama administration’s policies.
Nobody is asking for you to vote for her in the GOP primary or even to disguss policy and stuff.
Attacking her for things that you are not willing to attacks others for is not gonna build your credibility.
Trying to know more about this force of nature would be a good first step.
Start with the fact that Sarah REALLY believes she serves the people. I know that may sound corny, but she really does.
Sapwolf on July 7, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Uh oh. You’re not allowed to do that. Now you’re going to be called a “troll” and other choice names.
Morrissey’s rabid defenders are going to have cows over this.
atheling on July 7, 2009 at 4:59 PM
What part of my posts are you missing. We already argued if I was among the first.
All we are discussing is tactics. I say hibernate and have said as much since last November. Not because I don’t want to see her but because I want her to win a much higher office. Part of my cheap advice back then was based on the historical record of losing VP candidates and the purposeful distortions of the MSM. It’s a grim record.
patrick neid on July 7, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Stop feeding the Ed-cult/AllahNistas. /s
portlandon on July 7, 2009 at 5:02 PM
So .. Palination? Good for the shirt business?
upinak on July 7, 2009 at 5:04 PM
You know, I think what you are doing is picking pieces of her explanation for resigning and zeroing on them as if they aren’t part of a forest. All the Dems in her legislature were against after last August. She already had a pack of enemies among the old guard republicans for upsetting the apple cart when she beat Murkowski.
And on the time her staff spent on the complaints? Send off an FOIA request.
You’re a broken record.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 5:08 PM
You know what I would like to see?
A Ramirez cartoon showing Obama chasing a fox named “Gov. Palin” into a hole with the next pic to the right showing a huge mommagrizzly named “Ex-Gov. Palin” chasing the panicked Obama.
That would rock.
Sapwolf on July 7, 2009 at 5:10 PM
What is her view on amnesty? What was her position on TARP? Anybody know?
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Well, patrick, I agree with parts of what you say. I think the best shot for Palin will be in 2016 after the GOP is REALLY in ruins, assuming that she is even interested in ever running for any office again.
The problem is though that Sarah Palin is not going to be able to pull a Greta Garbo.
ddrintn on July 7, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Unsettling.
MadisonConservative on July 7, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Did you see his cartoon today?
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 5:13 PM
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