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Que Sarah, Sarah
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Jul 4, 2009 11:12 pm
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First things first - Happy Birthday America!
I know that you all must have heard that Sarah Palin anounced yesterday that she is stepping down as Alaska's governor. Yep, she held a small and hastily put together press conference to announce it. On a Friday afternoon no less, a time when stories usually get released to get buried. Don't know about you but I'm not buying for one minute that Sarah Palin is making the proverbial "old soldier" move and just "fade away." No way! The woman is much too souped up! Way too pumped up. Pumped up, partly because of her mix up with David Letterman a few weeks back. I'm sure that she knows that she won that one... Kinda.
I think that she's bought into her own hype. I could only imagine the amount of mail that she received in support of her after Letterman's inept attempt at humor at Bristol's expense. Letterman really should have known better. Should have known that Sarah is an old pro at playing the victim of the media and press. And she'll milk it for whatever its worth too. In that department - she's got game! Letterman knows now though. You betcha! Yeah, Sarah must have seen those bags of mail coming in and said: "THEY LIKE ME, THEY LIKE ME, THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKE ME!!!" Poor thing, must have forgotten that this is a nation of 300 million. So when a public figure gets a couple of million pieces of supportive mail - they had better not get too pumped up! It sure doesn't mean that a couple of million people in your corner makes you Presidential material.
Don't know how many of you saw the press conference that she gave. She wore the classic Republican red jacket top that they love to wear. The kind that goes so high up the neck that you could strangle yourself. As for her statements... I've got one word - BAZAAR! She hyperventilated at every sentence. Her statements were filled with the usual Palin ramblings and platitudes. She closed her final set of ramblings with a quote attributed to Douglas MacArthur - "We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction." The poor darlin' should have fact checked that one because it turns out that MacArthur never said it.
I'm wondering if that piece in Vanity Fair could have triggered this. Or could it have been the piece that CBS news did on her? It speaks of angry e-mails and infighting with staff during the McCain campaign. There's no shortage of possibilities. And nobody really understands why or what she's up to. It's actually quite amusing watching and listening to the various pundits try to figure this one out. LOL! There's been Alaskan press that got into how authorities have spent 300 thousand dollars investigating ethics allegations against her. There's a press report that claims that she just signed a seven figure book deal.
There are even rumors of an investigation on her for an iceberg scandal. Rumors about embezzlement too. Rumors and rumors of rumors. It's pretty wild and the press is in a feeding frenzy trying to get to the bottom of it. Having a hard time at it too because most of their staff is vacationing right now. Curious if she did this on purpose for just that reason. Sort of a payback for the bad press. I wonder if Tina Fey is brushing up her Palin for tonight's SNL.
She's made grumblings about being for "change agents" inside the Republican Party as well as "outside of it." Mmm, perhaps a third-party bid? Never know with ole Sarah. Don't underestimate her now, less than a year ago 98% of America never even heard of her. Some even say that this is a brilliant move on her behalf in order to position herself to run for President. Those people are either delusional, or smoking their sox. I mean really now, who's going to trust this quitter to run a Presidential administration? And can you imagine the commercials that her opponents would run? Sarah Palin, elect her and she's guaranteed to serve you for half of her elected term.
Please, don't bother to write and tell me that I'm wrong and being unfair to her - BS!!! This is a woman that ran for the Alaska Governorship because she wanted to "effect change." That's right! That's what she ran on! Now two years into her term she quits!?! She also said that she didn’t want to just “go with the flow,” that “only dead fish go with the flow.” Ahh, and so does dead wood Sarah! And dig this peeps; one of her reasons for stepping down is because she says that she doesn't want to be a "lame duck" governor. What the!?! She's got close to two years left to the end of her term!!!
Here she is: "let me use a comfortable analogy for me - and that's sports - basketball - and I use it because you are naive if you don't see a full court press on the national level, picking away right now. A good point guard - Here's what she does - She drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her head up because she needs to keep her eye on the basket. And she knows exactly when to pass the ball so that the team can win. And that is what I'm doing, keeping our eye on the ball. Representing sound priorities, they include energy independence and smaller government and national security, freedom, and I know when it's time to pass the ball."
Is it any clearer to you now? I mean - HUH!?! Is she living in a time warp? Yeah, that's it... She's back in the day when she was Sarahcuda the Wasilla point guard. I mean, what else could it be?
Here's another good bite: "I thought about, well how much fun some governors have as a 'lame duck.' They maybe travel around their state, travel the other states. Maybe take an international trade mission tour. So many politicians do that, and then I thought, that's what's wrong! They except that lame duck status and they draw a pay check. I'm not going to put Alaskans thought that. I promised efficiency! That's not how I'm wired! I'm not wired to operate under the same ole politics as usual."
Yeah, you know how that ole "politics as usual" works don't you? It's when you get elected to a four year term and you actually serve a four year term! No not Sarah, she's "wired" differently! Honestly now, how are you going to hold the office of President when you can't even hang Governing a state with only two dozen people in it?
Personally it wouldn't shock me in the least if she took up residence in the lower 48, say a state like Iowa. Once there she starts pressing the flesh and doing her hockey mom routine. Then comes 2010 and she announces that she's running for President. Wouldn't surprise me in the least. In fact, I expect it! Hoping for it! And you know what? I've never donated to a republican campaign in my life but you better believe that if she decides to run, she can count on me to make a donation.
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