So I took the weekend off.
Anything big happen that I missed?
AKMuckraker (via the Huffington Post): Palin Quits, Threatens Bloggers and Media Outlets with Legal Action/07.05.09
(In all seriousness, I realize it's been a couple of days but if you haven't done so already, you have to actually read Palin's rambling, incoherent resignation speech from Friday. To see it in print -- the weird asides, as if she's talking to herself; the inexplicably random words written in all caps -- it's the comedy gift that keeps on giving.)
Monday, July 06, 2009
Goodbye Cruel World
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Maybe shes trying to duck under the impending shit storm thats going to blow in her face faster than Todd on a bender.
It's frightening that this moron may seriously be considering running in 2012. And even scarier that there are many people who would vote for her!
Shouldn't there be some sort of exam for politicians - something to establish a minimum level of intelligence, literacy and world knowledge in candidates for public office? Or is that not considered egalitarian, or some such shit?
Btw, you might like this:
http://punditkitchen.com/2009/02/15/political-pictures-barack-obama-duct-tape/
Nah. Pretty quiet. Just the usual crazy.
Hope you had a nice weekend off!
Yow! You know, freedom of speech is a GOOD thing. Rope to hang yourself with. At the same time, paradoxically, Palin will have pleased her broader, Republican constituency, what with her heart being soooooooooo in the right place. It's for the children...
Anyway, just one point: SP says her children are in favour of her decision, but then she actually quotes the question she posed, and it's an unfair question!: "Want me to make a positive difference and fight for ALL our children's future from outside the Governor's office?"
How can mom's kids say anything but yes to that kind of question? She obviously did not realise that she was revealing to Alaska, the US and the world, that she got her kids' "approval" with a sure-fire rhetorical technique. With a cheap piece of trickery.
I'm sure you know, Chez, the sort of pattern of speechwriting that can be highly effective (e.g. the one used in those big JFK and MLK speeches. Not to compare those speeches and this one.) I think Palin actually *believes* her own hype, her own rhetorical flights, that she doesn't -- she can't -- distinguish between her own theoretical views and actual reality, SO complex and multilevel.
Anyway: where will such a third-rater reemerge? Will, come 2010 and 2011, the Republican machinery remain so, um, so much like right now and continue to consider Palin as a shining asset?
Ciao.
Glad you are back--
I have a feeling this story is just going to get better and better in the days ahead. Keep it coming, SP...
Wish she was going away for good, but unfortunately is probably in the interest of getting ready for a 2012 run. To say it's a scary thought that she could run for president and that there are a large number willing to vote for her is a gross understatement. You nailed it on the head when you called it a battle of intelligence versus stupidity.
God & Baby Jesus have plans for this beautiful wonder of the world.
I can't understand why the far left media is trying to find "more to the story." Just leave Sarah alone. She's on a mission to make the world a better place.
Yeah, y'all are out there saying even good Christian and Hebrew Republicans are having a problem with Sarah stepping down. Well, while I love everyone of those people, I have this say: Sarah will be a force on the American frontier. Whatever she chooses to do (and I told my prayer group this), it will be showing the world a righteous path. Whether she becomes president or co-hosts the "Huckabee" show, Sarah will be out there informing the world that the United States is a leading nation that:
1. Promotes a culture of life, liberty and the pursuit of happyness.
2. The freedom to worship God, Baby Jesus and Andy Dick.
3. Doesn't use human eggs like they're ingredients in a cake.
4. Drills here now and everywhere for good ole ultra-patriotic oil.
5. We aren't going to sign some dumb treaty that caps our pollution. By the way, pollution shows the world just how hard we work.
6. We will build more patriotic nuclear facilities and stare down North Korea and her friends which aren't many.
7. We love our Christ-centered and/or Hebrew bankers who just fell off the tracks after working hard to earn their keep.
8. The majority of us believe that marriage is between man and woman and if there are some who don't believe in that, we fix them by showing them pictures of the beautiful Loni Anderson (believe me, it worked for over 102, 745 men in this country).
9. We love NASCAR because it blends everything good about this Republic including fast cars that eat up a ton of patriotic fuel, corporate logos (I love Walmart) and Christian drivers. Any Hebrews out there willing to give NASCAR a try? I'm ready for it.
10. Most of us didn't vote for this current president. There was a voting conspiracy in North Carolina -- maybe that ultra-lib Andy Griffith had something to do with it.
Those 10 items tells you what Sarah's going to be fighting for. You see, Sarah believes in a Christ-centered existence which is healthy for our nation. I told my group that deep in my heart, Sarah will get the entire nation back to what the Founding Fathers wrote in the Constitution. We have gotten away from that through massive taxation and spending programs like that ridiculous Medicare and the unreal Arts programs where they give money to so-called artists who smear cow dung on paper. That's foul, disgusting, unscrupulous and words I cannot even print here. Sarah will put an end to such travesty by jailing people like that. The day will come, the day will come! Rise up and yell it out, conservatism will be back and stronger than ever with Sarah.
God Bless,
Bill White
What I find so amusing is that the same people who claim people "worship" Obama and deride Obama supporters because of their support are the people who are now coming up with all sorts of convoluted ways to defend and justify her resignation, and to continue to stand by her as one of the shining beacons of the future of the GOP.
Seems to me like it's Palin who's being deified far more blindly than our commander in chief.
she's so irrelevant. the quicker people stop paying attention to this dimwit, the quicker she'll fall off the map.
Has there ever been a politician melt before our eyes quite like Palin has? You have to admit that the concept of Sarah Palin was quite attractive - feisty, reform minded Governor of Alaska, a woman, attractive, fresh face, blah blah blah. For a brief, shining moment there, right after her acceptance speech, it looked they might have hit a grand slam. Then, of course, we got to find out exactly who she was. (Attending four schools in five years to get a simple B.A. should have been a huge red flag.)
As shaky as per campaign performance was, her post-campaign meltdown has been even worse. She was given some good advice on what to do -- go back to Alaska, keep your head down, compile a good administrative record as Governor, etc. - and she completely ignored all of it. All the trailer trash family woes, the stupid spat with Letterman, and now this. The good news for the GOP is that her self-destruction means she is now nothing more than a sideshow candidate. Like Huckabee, she will have a loyal following, but it will all be concentrated in States that don't matter. She probably is delusional enough to run in 2012, but she will be out by the night of the NH primaries.
*Gets popcorn, settles back to watch the hilarity*
considering your official residence is now florida, what could possibly be more important than a fatal monorail accident at the Magic Kingdom?
would someone duct tape that woman's mouth closed? and if they could tie her to ann coulter and throw them both in the bermuda triangle, it would be much appreciated.
Money quote for the Canadians in Ontario "And we made common sense conservative choices..."
That is so 1995.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_Revolution
Um, is she promoting mental retardation?
happyness. lol.
It sounds noble until you realize that if she'd do this as Governor she damn well wouldn't have a problem doing this as President or in any other political office.
This alone, aside other issues, would prevent me from considering her as a candidate for President. She abandoned her post, so she's not fit for a post any where.
Not that she has a chacne in hell of making President.
She was speaking fluent Palinglish. This is the modern language variant she popularized, in which English words are used to form no discernable English sentences.
Hey Dan: LOL! (& simultaneous *shudder*) Thanks for pointing that out.
However, Sarah Palin makes even Mike "Duffer" Harris look semi-intelligent by comparison. What's disturbing is that those same shitheels behind Harris (i.e. Tom Long et al.) are backing Hudak who'll probably beat McWimpy in 2011.
There's no shortage of reactionary voters here in Ontario. Not to mention economic masochists (voting against one's own economic self-interest).
"Um, is she promoting mental retardation?"
No Elizabeth, just endorsing it.
Why do I have this nagging feeling that she is going to have her own show on CNN shortly?
Palin's speech made my head hurt...but then I am one of those elitists who sit in my double-wide sipping wine from a box who is just jealous of Palin because she is so freaking hawt.
Since Sara and her followers love free markets and corporations and hate government so much, I hope she'll take this opportunity to move to the private sector. I'm sure there's plenty of corporations who'd love to have her for a CEO.
I think the reason she quit is obvious: Lorne Michaels offered her a full season gig on SNL.
Well, damn, the great state of Alaska sure isn't wasting any money on decent speechwriters and spell-checkers, are they?
She proves once again she's a beauty pageant girl at heart. She has the knowledge of a high-school student, and continually comes across like she's cramming for a test and bullshitting her way through an essay to make the minimum word requirement.
I actually feel sorry for her. You can use her lack of skill in writing this as an example and her decision to not pass it by the desk of an editor before posting to see that she really isn't all that bright. She had her beauty queen days which led to the news girl days, all increasing public recognition into the state's biggest popularity contest. Then, she gets a phone call from the GOP nominated presidential candidate which probably sounded a lot like, "Hey, Sarah, do you want to be a princess?" Of course she wants to be a princess; she was in a beauty pageant for god's sake! She was raised to be a princess! Tell her what to say, tell her how to dress. Take her shopping at Saks!
It never occurred to her that she wasn't qualified or that she was only picked as a weapon to battle the hottie half-black dude because of her physical attractiveness and lack in the penile region. No one ever told her she was a tool, and she wasn't bright enough to figure it out. She is the William Hung of politics. I wouldn't be in her shoes for all the money, popularity, and love notes she's received from it.
My pleasure from her stepping down comes from the idea that she is little more than a political accident and a social experiment on how much weight we place on visual aesthetics and showmanship above substance. Our first televised debate was between Nixon and Kennedy, during which Nixon was recovering from a hospital stay and looked terrible. Would we have President McCain right now if Obama would've caught the flu right before debate #3? There is a strong effort to make sure the candidates in a debate look the same height because they know we will psychologically lean in the direction of the taller person.
The problem here isn't Sarah Palin. She's served as an excellent example of how the majority of our population is nothing more than a herd of swayable unevolved sheep simply wishing to be entertained above all else. We really shouldn't judge mankind on the advancement and ingenuity by it's best and brightest but by the actions of it's lowest common denominator ("common" being a key word for voting majority). That denominator has fewer better champions than Sarah Palin. No matter how innovative a handful of us become we will always be dragged down by voters who want more to be entertained and related to than led.
Her stepping down should serve as a symbol that we need to expect at least as much from our leaders as we do from our doctors and lawyers. Who really rates their doctor or lawyer by how much fun they'd be to fish and drink with? We choose these people by realization that they are better equipped for the position they hold than we are. This is why we go to them instead of handling the related problems ourselves. The poor bastards in this country regarded GWB and Palin as lottery winners who they could live vicariously through rather than leaders. Very sad.
Unfortunately, the people who see her stepping down as an example of an idealistic standard are not the ones who needed that standard revealed to them.
My sentiments, exactly, Riles.
My two favs:
1. "If I have learned one thing: life is about choices!"
(But of course, not about the right to make those for yourself, women.)
2. "it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, [...] but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out."
(and speaking of quitting...)
Oh, I forgot a third:
"America is now, more than ever, looking North to the Future."
That's funny, because in Canada we look South and see an aging dinosaur.
(yeah, I said it)
"Then, she gets a phone call from the GOP nominated presidential candidate which probably sounded a lot like, 'Hey, Sarah, do you want to be a princess?'"
Oh, that's RAD. That is just CLASSIC. That is exactly what happened. She probably wondered why they didn't have a unicorn there for her when she met McCain.
And I am certainly happy to hear that Bill White endorses our freedom to worship Andy Dick as part of the Holy Trinity! He would certainly grant every last one of us a unicorn if we all worshiped him.
For some reason I couldn't log in again, so I'm just posting any way I can. I think something very very strange is going on with the universe: probabilities are twisting and the fabric of spacetime is fraying. I... I actually met a girl; we've been seeing each other for over a month and we spent most of the weekend together and she introduced me to her parents. This is a sure sign of the coming apocalypse. May Andy Dick spare us all!
Dear Sarah:
Just go already and don't come back. Thank you in advance.
Wow Cheryl... I came in here expecting lots of sugary/salty snark, and you went and gave me some real meat to chew on.
Thanks!
2. The freedom to worship God, Baby Jesus and Andy Dick.
Oh, Bill White, don't you ever resign.
Once again (because it still ins;t enough), the only reason I can even stomach Palin at this point is for the small chance Gina Gershon will put on the fuck-me glasses again.
And considering that her side lost the election (not to mention all the folks jumping ship), I doubt the MAJORITY of the nation is going to support her in 2012.
Not unless the economy tanks even worse.
And Obama is caught with a hooker.
Who is actually bin Laden in drag.
And the rest of the GOP dies from a massive anal blockage.
Seriously. she doesn't have a chance.
I just think it's sad that as patently ridiculous as Sarah Palin is, there are still people out there who believe she can be trusted with the presidency.
Never again do I want to see a written word by this woman. Her explanation of "Seward's Folly" smacked of looking up 'Alaska' in a 5th grade level encyclopedia then showing off her newly found knowledge.
If I were Alaskan, I'd be offended. Hell I'm from New Jersey and I'm offended.
Good riddance dingbat! Go climb an oil rig.
Poor Sarah Palin. She hoped to be the Beatrix Kiddo of national politics, but ended up being more like any teen girl from every slasher film in the 80's. Also, while Al Franken started out as a comedian and became a politician, Sarah Palin started out as a politician and became a comedian. Franken was an intentional comedian, and Palin wasn't, but it's a tad bit ironic nonetheless.
But wait a minute! She's taking the necessary time to prepare herself for a presidential run. She's doing the right thing for Alaska after her very successful time as one of the nation's best governors. Now she's doing right for the country by preparing herself for a higher calling.
Hussein Obama did the wrong thing by staying in the Senate. Lil Hussein accepted a salary that he didn't earn while he was out on the road campaigning for president for over two years! Hussein was barely in our Senate! Now, you hypocritical liberals are all over beautiful Sarah for doing the right thing for Alaska and country? What?! What am I missing here? Sarah is a gorgeous, intelligent leader who makes decisions based on what Baby Jesus told her in her massive brain. We only wish we had that ability! She did everything she could for Alaska including: new Port-A-Pottys for Wasilla, better view of Russia, allowing more F150s into the state, promoting freedom of religion, a more rugged he-man appearance to the rivers by throwing McDonald's packaging in them and so much more. Ah, there you liberals and the media go again trashing a successful Republican governor. Y'all are also sexist. That's right. You're attacking a female and that makes y'all hyprocrites. Why is it that you Communist liberals loved Hillary so much, but you won't love Sarah? I've go the answer: You're liberal hyprocrites, that's what y'all are!!!!!
God Bless (yes GOD) this wonderful nation,
Bill White
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