OT: Governor Sarah Palin Bails on Alaska

[Rick]

I think she got used to being pampered while running for VP and realizes how much money she can make if she can devote all of her time to making hay while the sun shines.

HH!

[RedWingFan]

Shouldn't all you libs be happy that everyone is suffering under "Hope and Change"?
As for Palin I wish she'd move to Michigan and run for governor here. It's hard to believe Gov. Engler had unemployment near 3% years ago.

[Rick]

Shouldn't all you libs be happy that everyone is suffering under "Hope and Change"?
As for Palin I wish she'd move to Michigan and run for governor here. It's hard to believe Gov. Engler had unemployment near 3% years ago.

The right did all the damage, sunshine.

You said it yourself. The past administrations actions linger for x number of years. Don't make me search for that.

How you doing RWF? Imbibe much yesterday. God knows I did.

[strangegrey]

You said it yourself. The past administrations actions linger for x number of years. Don't make me search for that.

It's quite evident some things that YoMama did over the past 6 months have had immediate effect....

[Rick]

You said it yourself. The past administrations actions linger for x number of years. Don't make me search for that.

It's quite evident some things that YoMama did over the past 6 months have had immediate effect....

[RedWingFan]

Shouldn't all you libs be happy that everyone is suffering under "Hope and Change"?
As for Palin I wish she'd move to Michigan and run for governor here. It's hard to believe Gov. Engler had unemployment near 3% years ago.

The right did all the damage, sunshine.

You said it yourself. The past administrations actions linger for x number of years. Don't make me search for that.

How you doing RWF? Imbibe much yesterday. God knows I did.

Why would I say that? I think the GDP increased every year of Bush's presidency til the '08 campaign started. Are you insinuating that Bush is responsible for Obama spending more than all previous presidents combined? Rick, your party of the little people has both houses and the Presidency, Republicans can't stop anything. No way you can't own it. This is "trickle up poverty" we're experiencing. At least we'll all be equal standing shoulder to shoulder in the unemployment line. Ah, it's Eden!
I suppose it's Bush's fault that the "cap n trade" bill is being passed and is going to double your energy bill too huh, Rick?

[bluejeangirl76]

[Hollywood]

Shouldn't all you libs be happy that everyone is suffering under "Hope and Change"?
As for Palin I wish she'd move to Michigan and run for governor here. It's hard to believe Gov. Engler had unemployment near 3% years ago.

The right did all the damage, sunshine.

You said it yourself. The past administrations actions linger for x number of years. Don't make me search for that.

How you doing RWF? Imbibe much yesterday. God knows I did.

Why would I say that? I think the GDP increased every year of Bush's presidency til the '08 campaign started. Are you insinuating that Bush is responsible for Obama spending more than all previous presidents combined? Rick, your party of the little people has both houses and the Presidency, Republicans can't stop anything. No way you can't own it. This is "trickle up poverty" we're experiencing. At least we'll all be equal standing shoulder to shoulder in the unemployment line. Ah, it's Eden!
I suppose it's Bush's fault that the "cap n trade" bill is being passed and is going to double your energy bill too huh, Rick?

Why does everything have to be someone's fault? If you fall into a ditch with someone do you fight about who's fault it is or do you work together to get the hell out of the ditch?

Cap and Trade is not a good bill and definately not at the right time. However the alarmist people against it will say that it will double your energy costs and the people for it will say that it won't have any effect. It will have effect on the cost of energy, but unbiased people in the industry say the cost will be a minimal change.

It is true that GDP increased every year under Bush except 2001, 2002, and 2008. The first two were due to 9/11 fallout and the last was the housing bubble burst. To be fair though 2003 and 2004 were increasing only back to 2000 levels and 2005 - 2007 were solely generated by the housing bubble, indivdual and corporate debt, and irresponsible lending. These were not IMO Bush's fault, but it made the economy appear better than it was. And make no mistake everyone benefited. People have more money to spend and it got spread around pretty good. Here in Vegas people thought the good times would never end and kept building more and more lavish hotels. How many people can afford a $800 a night room?

The Stimulus bill could have been better, but again this was a necessary step to stem the tide of the recession. Any economist that was unbiased states that it was necessary.

If you remove the stimulus and TARP out of the budget the deficit is not as bad and these were one time items and hopefully remain that way. Next year will be the true judge of Obama's budget. I fear that it will still be too big.

To me the spending needs to stop and cuts need to be made. Just look at California. Highest taxes in the US and they are going broke.

TARP was approved under Bush although right wingers again point the blame at Obama. Why blame? It was necessary and it is already starting to be repaid by most smaller institutions and now larger institutions.

As far a Palin helping Michigan. Unfortunately no Governor would have help dramatically. The industry is just collapsing and it is sad from an outsider's view. It must be worse for the remaining residents. Palin's state great benefits from the oil money and she or any Alaska Governor do noy deserve any credit for the state having natural resourses and some hard line conservatives will say taxing the oil companies is wrong.

Nevada has tons of natural resourses and mining is growing fast in the state but our Republican base would not allow the industry to be taxed. Our tax structure in Nevada is severely flawed and relies soley on Gaming. When gaming is down we face a budget crisis and gaming is down right now.

[Monker]

The problem is, this isn't exactly a responsible way of 'getting out'. Quiting a position and making all kinds of statements of a 'higher purpose', and she's doing it to save money, and continuing the BS of being 'non-traditionsl' is completely irresponsible and disrespectful to both the office she help and those in her state she was governing. She deserves the criticism and the questions just as much as anybody else who makes such stoopid decisions so public...especialy if your guess is correct and she is doing it out of self pity and her speach was a bunch of lies being used to distract the public from the truth. Because of how she left office, she has practicaly GAURANTEED that whatever move she makes next is going to be completely scritunized with the 'was it worth quiting early?" question...whether that be senate or the presidency, or being a stay at home mom. She has done this to herself, and she has nobody else to blame.

That's pretty rich coming from the same guy who had PalinasPresident.com as his sig line, not only during the campaign but even after the last vote had been counted.
For those unaware, that is probably the leading anti-Palin website in existence.
So I guess you are on Soros' payroll too, eh?

ABSOLUTELY....


I was 100% against Sarah Palin (and the fucking idiot who picked her)....during the election. I am a conservative, and I felt that a DisDain/Palin presidency would have destroyed the right FAR more than a YoMama/Bile-man presidency ever could....and I still feel that way.



But the election ended over half a year ago. The left (and the complacent media) never stopped hounding this woman...

So a few days ago, she wants out. Can you blame her? If I had a Frankaspresident.com flash site that was half as visceral as the one designed for palin....and the nastiness was still boiling 7 months after I lost the election, I'd want out too....


Some in this thread have said that it's politics, she has to deal with it.....yep! I agree one hundred percent.But now, she wants out. She wants out of politics.....so turn off the fucking cannons.


Let her go.


Hell, that's what the fucking pinkos wanted....right?


You got what you wanted....yet 99% of those in sitting left and right of the aisle can't deal with that....



Listen, if Sarah Palin uses this scenario as some sort of Political tool/strategy, I will be the FIRST fucking person to pack a 10-foot cannon with buckshot and yell "FIRE!"

But unless that actually happens, why not respect her wishes....let her go home to Wassila and stay out of our way....

[strangegrey]

The problem is, this isn't exactly a responsible way of 'getting out'. Quiting a position and making all kinds of statements of a 'higher purpose', and she's doing it to save money, and continuing the BS of being 'non-traditionsl' is completely irresponsible and disrespectful to both the office she help and those in her state she was governing. She deserves the criticism and the questions just as much as anybody else who makes such stoopid decisions so public...especialy if your guess is correct and she is doing it out of self pity and her speach was a bunch of lies being used to distract the public from the truth. Because of how she left office, she has practicaly GAURANTEED that whatever move she makes next is going to be completely scritunized with the 'was it worth quiting early?" question...whether that be senate or the presidency, or being a stay at home mom. She has done this to herself, and she has nobody else to blame.

Monker, that is ENTIRELY dependent on whether her intent is to return to private life and get the hell out of politics...

If that's the goal, then getting out whenever she wants is fine by me...whether it's now, later or whenever....
The point is, that she's getting out. Let her go. Don't let the door hit her in the ass on the way out...



Everyone's assuming this is a springboard to something else. If that's the case, then I'll join in. but for now, she's been fairly clear that she's just sick of the shit...and wants out. I can't blame her....


I think the public hanging of sarah palin can wait until she announces her next venture....and if it's not the case, it might be far more prudent to just butt the fuck out of her life...

[Lula]

she'll be yesterday's news if she stays out of the limelight. she is threatening to sue anyone spreading rumors about her extortion and other defamatory stuff. yeah, good luck proving malicious intent

if returning to a private life is her desire, more power to her, but she should have finished her term and then left. something tells me sara is just getting started and will be answering to her 'higher calling' and i don't think it is in the private sector or her million dollar publishing/book tour. we haven't seen the last of our gal sara.

[Voyager]

I'd say her politcal career is over with after this betrayal of the voters' will. Can a president of a country step down 18 months early just because he's a lame duck? Well then, it's no different for a governor to do it. She caved under pressures that are common with high profile government, and voters see it for what it is and will remember it in 2012. Her best bet now is to either do a series of reality shows or become the female version of Douche Dumbaugh.

[bluejeangirl76]

I'd say her politcal career is over with after this betrayal of the voters' will. Can a president of a country step down 18 months early just because he's a lame duck? Well then, it's no different for a governor to do it. She caved under pressures that are common with high profile government, and voters see it for what it is and will remember it in 2012.

Right. She's a train wreck who has now proven that she cannot handle the responsibility of elected office. If she has the nerve to bother running for anything again, it will really speak for what a lot of people already believe about her - how clueless she truly is.

[Monker]

Monker, that is ENTIRELY dependent on whether her intent is to return to private life and get the hell out of politics...

If that's the goal, then getting out whenever she wants is fine by me...whether it's now, later or whenever....
The point is, that she's getting out. Let her go. Don't let the door hit her in the ass on the way out...

Everyone's assuming this is a springboard to something else. If that's the case, then I'll join in. but for now, she's been fairly clear that she's just sick of the shit...and wants out. I can't blame her....

SHE SAID IT was because of something else...she just would not specificaly say what it iwas. All she could say is she did not need to be governer to servce the people of Alaska. So, she left that question in everybody's head. Since she won't answer, people are making things up.

I think the public hanging of sarah palin can wait until she announces her next venture....and if it's not the case, it might be far more prudent to just butt the fuck out of her life...

Why? If she keeps her butt in the public eye, people are going to stare at it. If she doesn't like the attention, then keep it in Alaska on the couch.

[Voyager]

The new catch phrase on her latest move is "Palin is bailin'."

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe ... f&oq=&aqi=

[NealIsGod]

Stop nailin' Palin about wailin' and bailin'. Just go sailin' and listen to some Van Halen.

[Jana]

Palin is still whining about unfair coverage over her two-week resignation bailing out as Governor of Alaska. Anyone remember what she said about Hillary last year?

"One on her Facebook page, the other a statement released by her lawyer. Both have taken hard shots at the media for what Palin perceives as unfair coverage.

In her Facebook message, Palin slammed the press for their "predictable" coverage of her resignation and for applying "different standards" when covering her:

The response in the main stream media has been most predictable, ironic, and as always, detached from the lives of ordinary Americans who are sick of the "politics of personal destruction". How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country. And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make.
Understandably, much of the media coverage has focused on Palin's reasons for resigning, as her lengthy goodbye speech did nothing to clear up the confusion. One oft-repeated theory is that there is a new scandal looming; talk of ethical problems has been swirling around in Alaska for weeks. Palin's lawyer released a statement threatening to sue various media, including the Huffington Post, for what he called "defamatory rumors."

Palin is known for her hostility towards the media. But she has not been so quick to decry tough scrutiny when it is pointed at other female targets: Hillary Clinton, example.

In August 2008, Palin lamented Clinton's complaints about unfair media coverage as 'whining' that is bad for female candidates everywhere (H/t Wonkette):


Fair or unfair, I think she does herself a disservice to even mention it. You gotta to plow through that. You have to know what you're getting into -- which, I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton, and to her experience and to her passion for changing the status quo also -- but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, 'man that doesn't do us any good' -- women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country, I don't think it bodes well for her, a statement like that. Because, again, fair or unfair, it is there, I think that's reality, and I think it's a given. I think people can just accept that she is going to be under the sharper microscope. So be it. I mean, work harder, prove yourself to an even greater degree that you're capable, that you're going to be the best candidate, and that of course is what she wants us to believe at this point. So it bothers me a little bit hearing her bring that attention to herself on that level."

[Voyager]

Stop nailin' Palin about wailin' and bailin'. Just go sailin' and listen to some Van Halen.

And when you're done, turn on some Waylon.

One on her Facebook page, the other a statement released by her lawyer. Both have taken hard shots at the media for what Palin perceives as unfair coverage.

Waaaaahhh! I quit! Those meanies in the media have made me cwy!

[Lula]

In August 2008, Palin lamented Clinton's complaints about unfair media coverage as 'whining' that is bad for female candidates everywhere (H/t Wonkette):


"Fair or unfair, I think she does herself a disservice to even mention it. You gotta to plow through that. You have to know what you're getting into -- which, I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton, and to her experience and to her passion for changing the status quo also -- but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, 'man that doesn't do us any good' -- women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country, I don't think it bodes well for her, a statement like that. Because, again, fair or unfair, it is there, I think that's reality, and I think it's a given. I think people can just accept that she is going to be under the sharper microscope. So be it. I mean, work harder, prove yourself to an even greater degree that you're capable, that you're going to be the best candidate, and that of course is what she wants us to believe at this point. So it bothers me a little bit hearing her bring that attention to herself on that level."

gotta love a hypocrite! she really is her own worst enemy. i suppose the treatment hillary has received is okay cuz she was first lady for 8 years and is from the lower 48.

[Saint John]

What a coincidence...another person with the initals SP that's a fucking quitter. I wonder if people will start referring to her as SMFP now. And for the record, I think that anyone that uses that gay acronym for her or Nostrildamus should have their genitalia attacked by fire ants and Raid sprayed in their eyes.

[stevew2]

These are good people.

You dork, sure this aint that dickbag Tito She is a dumb hillbilly,she llbe doing chewing gum commercials two years from now

[Don]

These are good people.

You dork, sure this aint that dickbag Tito She is a dumb hillbilly,she llbe doing chewing gum commercials two years from now

Thanks for straightening me out on the issue, Steve. In a sea of ignorance, you are beacon of enlightenment, blazing a welcomed path amongst the rocks and shoals.

[stevew2]

These are good people.

You dork, sure this aint that dickbag Tito She is a dumb hillbilly,she llbe doing chewing gum commercials two years from now

Thanks for straightening me out on the issue, Steve. In a sea of ignorance, you are beacon of enlightenment, blazing a welcomed path amongst the rocks and shoals.

No probem,i couldnt have put it better myseld lol Now bring back them hot women in your avatar,not them celtic lezbos either

[steveo777]

Sarah Balin

There's only one thing I've ever thought about her and I'm not saying what it is here.

[portland]

What a coincidence...another person with the initals SP that's a fucking quitter. I wonder if people will start referring to her as SMFP now. And for the record, I think that anyone that uses that gay acronym for her or Nostrildamus should have their genitalia attacked by fire ants and Raid sprayed in their eyes.

Yeah - what Gunbot said....only it can apply in reply to both posts.

[Voyager]

Sarah Balin

There's only one thing I've ever thought about her and I'm not saying what it is here.

[stevew2]

Sarah Balin

There's only one thing I've ever thought about her and I'm not saying what it is here.

I will, I bet she could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch

[steveo777]

Sarah Balin

There's only one thing I've ever thought about her and I'm not saying what it is here.

I will, I bet she could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch

Now you're gettting it...and that wasn't whipping cream and there is a cherry, but it's just pushed back so far it's being used as a tail light.

[stevew2]

Thats was deep,,,real deep

[steveo777]

Thats was deep,,,real deep

That's what she said.....