Que Sarah Sarah
La Quinta, California
It’s only fitting that a new Ice Age, albeit a political one, should begin in Alaska. And a Republican Ice Age is precisely what California GOP strategist Mike Murphy predicted a few weeks ago. And it didn’t start with Sarah Palin’s bizarre and sudden resignation on Friday.
Nope, it began last summer when the bizarre Sarah Palin was selected as the Vice-Presidential candidate by the equally bizarre John McCain.
After Friday’s events, can you imagine if this gal had actually become VP? With America still teetering on financial collapse, with Iran in turmoil, North Korea firing off missiles and Netanyahu bellowing in Israel, would you have wanted Palin one flatline away from the Oval Office?
Palin’s resignation, coming as a bonus chapter in the Mark Sanford soap opera, is the kind of stuff you just can’t make up. I don’t even know what to say about it, other than the woman is clearly deranged. And she just can’t take the heat (I plan to read the Vanity Fair piece Saturday as part of my own my private Independence Day celebration. I’m out baking and basking in the desert this weekend with my daughter and we bought two VF’s tonight so we don’t have to wait for one or another of us to finish the piece before the other one can start).
Palin’s political career is clearly over. Her resignation makes no sense from any angle, except that of political suicide. But that shouldn’t stop her from running for President. Hell, if a political zombie like Newt Gingrich can still amble across the stage, there must be some room still left for one more of the walking dead. No doubt Palin will write a book first (that will be remaindered before the publicity tour is over). Then she can firmly stake out the fundamentalist loon wing of the Republican Party. The more of these corpses that crowd the Republican field, the better. Let a hundred loons bloom to divvy up the 30% of the electorate that still identifies as Republican. It will only help accelerate the deep freeze now settling in over the Party of No. Given the ineptitude and general fecklessness of the Democrats, the implosion of the GOP is literally a Godsend.
P.S. I read a really great book today. I’m on break this weekend, but will try to write a few words about it tomorrow or the next day.
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July 4th, 2009 at 12:45 am
This is how I imagine it now. Steve Schmidt and John McCain have just left their first interview with Sarah Palin. Both are ashen faced.
Schmidt: My God.
McCain: The woman’s a menace.
Schmidt: I mean, right now she’s comes off as a blithering idiot, but with all that charisma and a few years of polishing . . .
McCain: This is the greatest threat to our nation since Pearl Harbor.
Schmidt: What can we do?
McCain: There’s only one thing to do. We have to give her the vice presidential nomination.
Schmidt: WHAT!?!?! (Applies his political acumen for a moment.) My God, that’s brilliant. With that narcissistic personality and no idea of how to disguise her psychopathic tendencies, or any idea she even has to . . .
McCain: She’d totally self-destruct.
Schmidt: But . . . but John, that means . . . sacrificing your presidential campaign, your whole political career . . .
McCain: Country first, Steve, country first.
Schmidt: (With tears in his eyes) You ARE an American hero, John.
McCain: And nobody must ever know. The secret must die with us.
July 4th, 2009 at 4:18 am
This is good news for Haley Barbour…
July 4th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Did others read that speech ? Among other things it blamed David Letterman. And bloggers. And misattributed a famous Korean war quote by General Oliver Smith to Douglas MacArthur. Which brings us to the best line (aside from the ” I’m quitting because I’m not a quitter” logic):
“I think of the sayings on my parents’ refrigerator.”
Sarah – we noticed.
July 4th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Has the period since Sanford took off for Appalachia been one of the best cycles ever for junk news junkies, or what ? I’ve been critical of the whole shebang, but it’s almost beginning to take on an Apocalyptic quality that seems appropriate as the GOP increasingly departs from any political relevance and enters the realm of crazy pop culture. Unless a political movement can be salvaged by Newt Gingrich sendng out Twitter messages and Glenn Beck waving his arms. Certainly something more powerful than William Kristol’s shit-eating grin has got to be deployed…
July 4th, 2009 at 5:19 am
I get to spend the rest of the day eating homemade pie, homemade ice cream, annoying my wife by going back for seconds, playing with my grandson and blowing shit up…am in an undisclosed location where the fireworks stores are the size of WalMart…so much fun…God Bless America !!!!
July 4th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Given the ineptitude and general fecklessness of the Democrats, the implosion of the GOP is literally a Godsend.
Marc, statements like that are why you could never be considered a journalist who covers politics.
That statement is about as surreal as any Palin makes.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:56 am
“Has the period since Sanford took off for Appalachia been one of the best cycles ever for junk news junkies, or what ?”
If you’re a Democrat or even just a non-Republican, you gotta be “smilin’ like a butcher’s dog.” I was listening to NPR while driving home from work when I heard Gov. Palin cite the magnet on the refrigerator… almost had to pull off the road ‘cuz I was laughing so hard.
And mark down July 3 as a 2-fer: Not only does Palin lay down and quit, our former cold war adversaries just might be ready to sing a different tune. Take a look at what Gleb Pavlovsky (Palin’s neighbor, eh?) said about Russia just days ahead of the upcoming summit: “Russia is in trouble and needs a friend in the United States, it’s clear something has changed.
“The current world is dangerous and Russia doesn’t have a strategy,” he says. “We need someone with whom we can navigate this new world. We need someone to talk to, to find areas of agreement.”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106259759
Obviously, even the Russians now have figured out that this Obama guy has some moxie…
July 4th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Palin’s move puts yet more pressure on Obama to finally get some results, as the soaring rhetoric isn’t hypnotizing the plebes like it used to. This week Helen Thomas, Colin Powell, and Warren Buffet all turned on him. Polls are looking droopy for The One lately.
Obama’s porkulus program is a train wreck, all it’s done is bump interest rates and tank the dollar. We are being laughed at by bad guys like Tehran, Pyongyang, and Al Qaida who amazingly turned-down Barack’s friend-requests.
Palin could trounce him in 2012, when Americans would vote for the Gipper-in-Heels in droves- while begging for lower taxes, free enterpise, a defense posture with some backbone… an end to the radical, anti-American nightmare we’ve got now.
Go get ‘em Sarah-
July 4th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Wow. Reaganite Republican. Is this a newcomer?
“Palin could trounce him in 2012,…”
This could be fun.
July 4th, 2009 at 8:03 am
reg — please take care to make it through the weekend with all your digits intact. We wouldn’t want you to have to learn to type with your toes.
Happy 4th!
July 4th, 2009 at 8:53 am
The funniest thing about RR’s rant is that he included the always brilliant and consistently principled and critical Helen Thomas among the people who has suddenly “turned on” Obama. Too funny. Now bring on more from the Palin supporters, lets hear from dumb and dumber, Woody and his co blogger….
July 4th, 2009 at 10:22 am
…am in an undisclosed location where the fireworks stores are the size of WalMart…so much fun…God Bless America !!!!
Great, but stay away from that local RNC HQ, Reg. Sure it’s been abandoned for several months now but still.
And I still don’t get why Marc’s so angry. He just got his 60th in the Senate thanks to Mr. Franken, I’d think that would abate his rage just a tiny bit. On the Palin front, I’ll agree it doesn’t make sense to quit the job you’re somewhat good at to maybe make a go at the job you’re not gonna be qualified for, for a long long time (if ever). But then again, the Marc I remember would have sent Sarah a thank-you card and a complete bouquet of roses for having the good sense to get out of the pool.
July 4th, 2009 at 10:35 am
And here’s the PUMA take on all of this.
July 4th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Sarah who?
July 4th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Comedy Central just ran Lewis Black Red White and Screwed.
Brilliant.
Happy 4th
July 4th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
RR is a perfect symbol of the lunacy of the Republican Party. The Reagan fetish clearly up front and the scripted, delusional, absurd talking points. Ha ha…
July 4th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Republican Ice Age? Don’t be so sure about that, folks. In the words of the great Dylan, “Things Change”.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Sarah Palin’s a quitter, and thank God she’s not a heartbeat away from the presidency of the greatest country in the world. That’s yet another reason to celebrate on this great anniversary of our independence.
Proud to be an American! Enjoy your day, all, and don’t get burnt in that brutal desert sun, Marc…
July 4th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Mark my words…she’s going on the road to fan the flames of the far Right and the wack jobs like Woody. She’ll be a pimp for whatever crazy candidate the Repubs put up up in the mid term elections.
She’s not going away.
July 4th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Palin has never completed any term of office she was elected for – she quit as mayor, lt. gov, some ethics panel, and now gov. I’d say she is predictable.
“We are being laughed at by bad guys like Tehran, Pyongyang, and Al Qaida who amazingly turned-down Barack’s friend-requests.”
Laughed at? Hardly, more like stared at in a state of confusion. How many nukes does NK have versus the number they’ve blown up to impress us? I say keep ignoring them and see if they can deplete all their stocks of bombs and missiles. Those missiles can’t be cheap.
July 4th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
‘in a message posted on Facebook, Sarah Palin on Saturday again laid out her reasons for resigning as governor …:”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/04/palin-facebook-message-sl_n_225772.html
How old is this woman?
July 4th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
What is the protocol when the Vice President resigns? Does the President nominate someone and Congress vote on them? It’s been a long time since Government class in high school for me. Can you imagine having to go through that if McCain had won?
Palin is totally more ready to be either VP or President than Obama. You betcha.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
What is the protocol when the Vice President resigns?
It’s been done Howie. Spiro Agnew anyone?
Then Gerald Ford was appointed to become the VP. (Per Wikipedia, it didn’t hurt that Congress insisted on Ford as well.)
July 4th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
The 25th Amendment details how a replacement VP is installed.
July 5th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Palin could trounce him in 2012
First she needs to learn how to pucntuate a sentence.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:37 am
And spell too?
July 5th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Oh Jim, you are a hoot! Because of a bulging disc in my neck that causes back spasms in my upper back on the right side, I often end up typing a bit faster with my left end. Some days I work I have to wear a transdermal lidocaine patch to ease the pain.
In any event, I have no delusions about my ability to hold elective office. I will say this, however: if we had a contest between myself and the quitting governor of Alaska to write a coherent, articulate and grammatically correct essay. I also have no delusions: I would win hands down.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Make that left hand. I would also wager that any of my blog posts are far more clearly written than the soon to be former governor of Alaska’s speeches that she has written; assuming, of course, that she has ever written any.
One would think that she would have learned to write clearly and concisely at one of the five colleges she attended.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Make that left hand.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Damn that refresh button!
July 5th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Let’s give her credit, provisionally, for being the first office-holder ever to acknowledge that her state would be better off with someone else in charge. I think it is too early to predict, though, what she will be doing with the rest of her life.
Noting the haste and literal breathlessness of Palin’s original announcement, it is hard to believe, and I don’t, that this was a decision made without outside pressure. The only thing she has said that rang at all true was that legal fees were crushing the family. It occurred to me when she said that that her resignation might be part of a deal with one or other state or local federal investigative agency. I wonder whether such an arrangement, if made, could be kept secret. Her apparent refusal to participate in Alaska’s 50th anniversary of statehood and Independence Day parades suggests she is not leaving the governership and (probably) the State of Alaska in triumph.
Does anyone know how Greta Van Susteren is taking this news? Her fanatasy lover, Todd, is abdicating First Dudeship.
I hope, having written this, that scattershot threats of defamation actions aren’t pointed my way. Remember, Sarah, you are a public figure…for now.
July 5th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Since I know that very few (if any) folk here give a crap about what I think, I thought you might like to read what the Reclusive Leftist thinks:
And then there is this piece: Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin” As a semi regular reader of hers (and no reg, she isn’t on my blog roll, but maybe if there is enough snark from the pseudo-pundits in here, I might add her) I think she certainly has more thoughtfullness than most of the dweebs in here.
July 5th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Randy, take care of that cervical bulge in the disc. They can get MUCH worse. There are some new treatments coming up that you could check with a neurologist. A friend of mine had some injections (with a papaya derivative) that relieved a huge amount of pain and shrunk the “bulge” to the point that it stopped hurting all the time. His bulge was in the lower back so I’m not sure if it would help you or not. Here is a link I found:
Chemonucleolysis
July 5th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I agree that Steve Schmidt is no friend of the left. In the same way, I would question GM Roper’s feminist credentials.
That said, there has always been an element of misogyny in some of the criticism of Palin. However, she remains one of the least learned and least adept at expressing rational thought of any national political figure since Lester Maddox. You don’t have to be mysogynist to recognize that.
July 5th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
GM you really have become nothing short of a pathetic, chubby, crank.
Palin is a disgrace. Obscure blog opinions aside, no way to spin your way out of this or the other examples of conservative hypocrisy sound in the two soap opera affairs. Your party is in ruin and your ideology rife with internal contradictions. Grow up old chubby one.
July 5th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Hester: Republican Ice Age? Don’t be so sure about that, folks. In the words of the great Dylan, “Things Change”.
Congratulations on not reading Murphy’s article, fool.
Roper: Randy doesn’t need your advice, you unctuous slimeball.
July 5th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Josh, you fit with the rest then don’ t you. POS. Besides, I’m not old and chubby, I’m OLD and FAT… got a problem with that?
passing… I don’t give a shit whether you think he does or not, it was freely offered to someone who freely offered concern when I had cancer, so please, just pass on through asshole! If Randy doesn’t want it, fine, I don’t care, but it is offered in good faith.
July 5th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Michael, my only feminist credentials are equal pay for equal work, no holding someone back because of his/her sex. I don’t believe in abortion, but that is someone else’s decision to make. If by feminist credentials you really mean radical leftish feminsim then no, I don’t have ANY. If you mean other than that, ask and I shall tell.
Josh and passing through (and to a much lesser extent Michael) why don’t you attack the points the self described radical feminist makes. Or, can you? I’m betting you can’t because you have swallowed the cant of the anti-palin left and can’t /won’t chuck it up.
July 5th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
“And then there is this piece: Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin” As a semi regular reader of hers (and no reg, she isn’t on my blog roll, but maybe if there is enough snark from the pseudo-pundits in here, I might add her) I think she certainly has more thoughtfullness than most of the dweebs in here.”
Shorter GM Roper. I have a political crush on Palin even if she is universally acknowledged by almost all sensible people, across the political spectrum as a no nothing idiot whose only real contribution to the election, besides comic relief, wasto tap into the most backward, xenophobic, close minded and faux militaristic mindset of the American popluation. But god gammit I ain’t plannin on giving this crush up!
Well, Ropes, it could be worse. Your Palin crush is at least somewhat more respectable than Woody’s obssession with the going ons of some character he is always bringing up; Perez Hilton
July 5th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
GM, I believe I did deal with Dr. Socks’ [really?] main point, which I understand to be that Palin is criticized mainly because she has “lady parts.” My response is that there is an element of that in the criticism, but even without it Palin is, objectively, the most ignorant, ineloquent purveyor of public Babbitry since…I chose Lester Maddox…others may choose another comparator.
And bless our troops and their energy independence also.
July 5th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
ps I will lay off GM a bit later but for now he has done more than enough to deserve a bit of prodding. So for the moment this classic song remains the theme, as I toy with this crazy bald head who around last November lost all sense of seriouness and proportion and at one time described Obama as a anti semitem radical marxist, anti american, arab loving, jew hating, black supremist. Now sing it Bob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k34boxNrqL8
July 5th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
By the way, GM (and I think this is Marc’s original point), I wouldn’t worry too much about the “anti-Palin left.” It is the growing anti-Palin middle and right that would concern me, were I in your political shoes.
On a positive note, kudos for the John Fahey piece on your website.
July 5th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
passing through @
July 5th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Awwwwwww, I betcha you felt right clever when you came up wth them lines. Unctuous? Don’t rightly know ’bout that word, kiddo.
July 5th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Thanks GM, you actually found someone more slow and confused than you and posted THEIR work.
The Vanity Fair piece, by the way, written by just the kind of Gossipy hack Marc Cooper is inclined to enjoy, IS obnoxious and
unfair. Just about everything that’s wrong with snooty political journalism is featured in the piece, just as everything mean, hack an offensive about contemporary comedy is nicely summed up in Letterman’s nasty cheap shot.
The truly amazing thing about Palin is that She is so unhinged that even as She would normally deserve sympathy on these matters, She is such a nut case She even blows that. Or let us be the good ones: She is a nice lady who should be bringing up her kids and working part time at cosmetics counter got in way, way over her head.
Marc Cooper would rather run a feck check on the Dems than confront the really scary part of the story. The people wanted to put Palin that one flatline away are not few in number, and they were not beaten handily by the mighty Obama. Every liberal, rather than smirking away with Vanity Fair, should make it a point to read (not buy) the current wignut classic “Liberty and Tyranny.” There “libertarian” bent
is not a check against their extremism, it is it’s basis. They
will be back.
July 5th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
GM,
I know about the papain derivatives treatment, thanks. I really have no neurological issues other than a slight deficit brought out in EMG’s and nerve conductivity tests.
trying to avoid the knife . . .
July 5th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Michael, did you take a look at the other link? And while one may question my feminism quals, I doubt seriously any of the peanut gallery here would be willing to go to her site and repeat the same mendacious and cheap shots.
The Palin of the left, is precisely the Palin that doesn’t exist, except in the minds of the left and the vast majority of folk here have sipped that koolaid so often, they don’t know reality.
Michael, you on the other hand, seem to be at least willing to discuss it rationally. As to “Palin is, objectively, the most ignorant, ineloquent purveyor of public Babbitry…” well, that would have to be in dispute wouldn’t it.
Thanks for the remark on Fahey, I plan to do some more of his stuff on the blog. Good sounds!
July 5th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Randy, OK, in a few months I’m going into practice with my brother-in-law who is an anesthesiologist who specializes in chronic pain. When you mentioned the transdermal lidocaine I thought I’d mention a more permanent solution (and I don’t think it involves any knives – I agree – a last resort best thought twice about.)
July 5th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
GM, you bloated blogger you! If anyone has drank kool aid it is YOU. You are willing to follow the Republican Party off of the cliff. Palin’s action CANNOT be defended. She is either a delusion narcissist, greedy, or simply inept. Either way, you will defender he and your broken party till the end.
Your loony blogging in regards to Obama clearly points to your own lack of mental stability. You were frothing at the mouth with absurd accusation of “marxism” and “racism.” You could not engage in honest criticism.
Look, we all try and construct meaning in our lives. Food is clearly very important to you. Next is this mythical narrative of “conservatism” is central to your identity. So it makes sense that you cannot or will not see things clearly. You are of the Loony right. As delusional as Pacifica Radio listeners are to the left.
It is pointless to argue because you are not a man of principals. Rather you are a follower. Someone who would drink the Kook Aid if Fox News told you to. It is a pointless argument, this is religion.
Just stop eating so much so you will not be so fat. People might want to look at you then.
July 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Not to bore people with this, but thanks again. I probably have to make some time for physical therapy.
July 5th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I have no idea who “reclusive leftist” is but that is a derange rant – maybe Steve Schmidt is an asshole and hates women, but there’s nothing but an assertion of that by a nutball who says crazy shit like “if it has a dick, don’t hire it” and then complains about other people being prejudiced against certain genitalia. That Roper has descended into the kind of mindlessn ess that says, “Anything anyone says smearing whoever has disappointed my, no matter how obviously deranged works, for me!” isn’t too surprising – except that his scope of horseshit now includes dranged leftists. Roper calling that piece “thoughtful” is, frankly, bizarre. What is “thoughtful” in that tirade, and what evidence are the accusations based on ? There’s nothing there except the most superficial and prejudicial ranting. Any sane person would be embarrassed by crap like that – but not our old friend from GM’s Nuthouse….
July 5th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Okay – I also read enough of the other link to confirm that “reclusive leftist” is a nutbag. Roper – you really can pick ‘em. You’ve actually found the leftwing version of the nitwits and cranks who circle the wagons on your own blog. Is this your best shot in defending Palin’s lame act ?
July 5th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Forgive me for even posting any comments re: Roper and the Crazy Train. Pointless…waste of everyone’s time.
July 5th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
PSA if no one minds…
OK, more of a plug for Marc’s friend Bill Bradley…
US/Russian Summit this week. Considering events in Georgia less than a year ago, the positions of the 2 nations are uniquely different then they were when Americans learned we were, or could be, “all Georigans.”
Obama’s been steady.
Bill’s got a lot of good feeds, links, etc. Make sure to check it out.
Now to move the laundry to the dryer.
July 5th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Awwwwwww, I betcha you felt right clever when you came up wth them lines. Unctuous? Don’t rightly know ’bout that word, kiddo.
Is your name Roper, moron?
July 5th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
why don’t you attack the points the self described radical feminist makes
Roper, you are dumber than words can describe. All I did was mention what an unctuous suckup brownnosing ingratiating phony you are. Why the fuck would I want to waste my time attacking or defending the garbage you dredge up?
I’m betting you can’t
You’re a cowardly piece of shit who makes phony “bets” but never actually puts anything on the line.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Roper is an idiot and his atempt to flex his feminist credentials is absurd, particularly since his blog is home to rampant xenphobia, narrow forms of false nationalism, a racist and homophobic co blogger and other forms of kindred stupidity. Besides, doesnt Hillary have a far greater claim to mistreatment than Palin and somehow I doubt Roper and his ideological kin were busy forwarding these arguments in her defence. Removed from a proximity to power, which he could at least claim during the Bush years, Wooster and Rope have become silly carricatures and clowns
July 6th, 2009 at 5:39 am
I’m sure Roper and other Palin-fans have been circulating the following criticism of Todd Purham from one of his harshest critics on their blogs:
“It’s all politics. It’s all about the bias of the media for Obama. Don’t think anything about it. But I’m telling ya, all it’s doing is driving her supporters further and further away – because they know exactly what it is – this has been the most rigged coverage in modern history – and the guy ought to be ashamed of himself. But he has no shame…”
Roper and Bill Cliinton – two peas in a pod. Who’da thunk ?
July 6th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Just skimming through at it looks like GM suggested that he supported the Lilly Ledbetter act (equal pay for equal work). Does anyone else remember GM offering such support?
July 6th, 2009 at 10:21 am
GM, I read both of Dr. Socks’ posts and they really say the same thing. I’m not fond of Purdum–I think he is far more of a northeastern elitist than he is a misogynist. As I recall he raked Bill Clinton over the same coals that roasted Palin. I agree with reg that there is little that I would consider “thoughtful” in Socks’ pieces. At the risk of repeating myself once again, whatever you think of Purdum, Schmidt or the piece, Palin is under-educated, half-bright and, it appears, narcissistic beyond the bounds of typical office-holding narcissism. I realize these are just assertions, but there is so much that she has done and said just in the past year to justify it that I don’t think we need to repeat the litany.
Say this about Purdum’s piece–he makes the Palins sound a lot like a Jerry Springer couple, and that might be unfair. Except that she does in fact get down in the mud and wrestle with the Johnstons and all the rest of the seamier detractors. That is a function of the narcissism (or self-centeredness, or ego or whatever you wish to call it)–anything negative said about her, whether it is about her national security bona fides or Levi Johnston’s residence, is responded to by her “staff” with the same ferocity.
Sarah Barracuda Palin is an interesting and charismatic person. As an office-holder and public policy spokesperson, she has not yet made the jump from Lester Maddox level to Jesse Ventura’s.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:59 am
“As an office-holder and public policy spokesperson, she has not yet made the jump from Lester Maddox level to Jesse Ventura’s.”
Speaking of the former wrestler turned governor, who I am not much of a fan of, he recently appeared on the View and I must say that he, rightfully, schooled the right winger, destroying her pro tortire apologetics.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ventura+the+view&search_type=&aq=f
July 6th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Who’da thunk that self-absorption, narcissism, laziness and willful ignorance would become the hallmarks of “conservatism” in the 21st Century ? I’m not a conservative, but it’s embarrassing that they can’t get their shit more together. Maybe it’s a conspiracy to make liberals lazy and then hit us with the double whammy, ‘cuz we’ve been hauling ass and kicking butt in recent years. My suggestion is that we keep kicking them when they’re down because (a) they’d do it to us and (b) nobody could be this stupid and it’s possible they’ve got some kind of secret long-shot plan to re-bamboozle America.
July 6th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I am willing to bet that Roper will soon be slang for total shithead.
July 6th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Hoakster nice to see you back on board and hopefully as long as that crazy bald head is here, you, too, will stick around
July 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Nobody ever went broke overestimating the intelligence of the public. Palin will get a syndicated radio show (or maybe replace Rush next time he gets busted) or perhaps become a color commentator on Fox. That’s a much better platform than being Governor of Alaska. I’d bet most voters in the 48 don’t even remember now that she ever was a governor, and her resignation will mean exactly zero by 2012.
Once Obama has done a little damage control on the worst aspects of the disastrous legacy of 30 years of conservative rule, our Bible thumping neighbors will be ready for another round. She’ll be ready for them.
The GOP loves ignorant yahoos – voters identify with them, and the corporate string pullers have an easy time controlling them. Palin is just as suited for office as that actor who played straight man to a chimp, and substantially more charismatic than George HW Bush’s imbecile son. We’ll still have her to kick around for a long time to come, assuming no sex scandals.
July 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Nobody ever went broke overestimating the intelligence of the public.
That’s not what you meant to say — perhaps you overestimate your own intelligence? And the claim is hyperbolic in both directions.
July 7th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Who’da thunk that self-absorption, narcissism, laziness and willful ignorance would become the hallmarks of “conservatism” in the 21st Century ?
My first experience with “conservatism” was the opposition to California’s civil rights and fair housing acts in 1959, so … I woulda.
July 9th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Great headline!