Sarah Palin Would Rather Quit Than Fight
Sarah Palin resigned on Sunday, with a speech that made as much sense as her reasons for resigning.
In my opinion, she quit because her approval rating dropped from 93% in June 2007, to 56% in July 2009. Palin has also incurred $500,000 in legal fees defending herself from about 20 lawsuits, claiming ethics violations.
Indeed, Palin’s first statement complained that:
“Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice.”
Mike Huckabee commented on her critics, and lawsuits, saying:
“Well, if that had been the case for me, I’d have quit about my first month, because I was a Republican governor in a state where 89 percent of my legislature were Democrats”
The Lamest Excuse
Although she had 17 months left to serve, Palin claimed that she did not want to be a “lame duck” saying:
“And so as I thought about this announcement that I wouldn’t run for re-election and what it means for Alaska, I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks… travel around the state, to the Lower 48 (maybe), overseas on international trade – as so many politicians do. And then I thought – that’s what’s wrong – many just accept that lame duck status, hit the road, draw the paycheck, and “milk it.” I’m not putting Alaska through that – I promised efficiencies and effectiveness! That’s not how I am wired. I am not wired to operate under the same old “politics as usual.” I promised that four years ago – and I meant it.”
If that was true, Presidents would not bother running for a second term.
Palin’s Farewell Speech
Sarah Palin’s farewell address was bizarre. How can anyone believe:
“when I took the oath to serve you, I promised…remember I promised to steadfastly and doggedly guard the interests of this great state like that grizzly guards her cubs, as a mother naturally guards her own.”
She seems to have forgotten that she took an oath to serve a full term!
Jim David of Huffington Post commented:
“Her farewell speech should be required viewing in political science classes until the end of time, so that students can see the ultimate example of style over substance and form over content. Viewing this speech should be accompanied by Dan Quayle’s “Murphy Brown” speech and Bill Clinton’s “I did not have sex with that woman” speech.
Mr. David succinctly summed up Palin, saying:
“the truth is, she is quitting because she has one of the thinnest skins and smallest minds ever to hold office”
Shatner Says It Best
78 year old William Shatner, who enjoys reciting poetry, did a great job turning Palin’s speech into poetry on The Tonight Show.
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Perfect! A tip of the hat is in order for poor old Dan Quayle. Prior to Governor Palin’s nomination as vice-presidential candidate ten months ago, he was generally regarded as the very worst choice of a running mate in living memory. All that has changed. Compared to Sarah, Danny boy is starting to look like Albert Einstein.
E=M.C. Hammer.
What, you may well ask, is her motivation for committing political suicide by abandoning the office that the people of Alaska entrusted to her care two years ago? When NBC’s Andrea Mitchell suggested to her that after ten months in the national limelight, the comparative drudgery of her duties as governor might have started to seem boring, Sarah Palin responded in words that should be etched in granite at the base of Mount Rushmore:
“The nitty-gritty, like, you mean the fish slime and the dirt under the fingernails and stuff that’s me?”
Brilliant. Someone hand me my chisel.
Why did she resign? She says that as a lame duck governor she won’t be as effective as she would like to be. The fact that she expects the voters of Alaska to swallow this nonsense without a chaser shows the utter contempt she must feel toward the people she was sworn to serve.
Does she really believe that she has a shot at the nomination three years from now? The answer (unbelievably) is yes. Tom DeFrank of the New York Daily News put it well: The woman has “delusions of adequacy”. The pundits (most of them anyway) are starting to compare her rambling press conference on July 3 to Dick Nixon’s infamous tirade when he lost the California governor’s race in 1962 (“You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore”). Some are even daring to suggest that, like Tricky Dick, she will ultimately be victorious. The only problem with that scenario is the fact that there are slightly over one-hundred things that separate Sarah Palin from Richard Milhaus Nixon: I.Q. points.
What else were her motivations for quitting? Money. She knows damned well that there is a nice chunk of change to be made in the lower forty-eight and that getting from there to here is an expensive and time-consuming process that infringes upon her gubernatorial responsibilities. Were you aware that the distance between Fairbanks and Washington is almost as great as the distance between Washington and London? What to do? To hell with her constituents and head off to the land of the golden goose.
When asked what her future plans were, she said that she will continue to work overtime for the people of Alaska. I’m willing to bet anyone that in the next twelve months, most – if not all of her time – will be spent in New York and Washington. Any takers?
The next three years will find her cashing in on her status as a….uhh….well, whatever her status just might be. Count on her making a national speaking tour for at least one-hundred thousand dollars a pop. A radio talk show? Probably. A gig on FOX Noise? That’s almost inevitable. There is a fortune to be made here and she’s not about to let something as trivial as her oath of office prevent her from making it.
Does she really have a shot at the nomination in three years? I sure hope so. That would be too good to be true.
SA-RAH! SA-RAH!
You go, girl!
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Tom Degan
Hi Tom,
I do not think Sarah Palin will make it to FOX news, for reason you mentioned: IQ points.
However, she was able to quit after her “crowning achievement” the Alaska Gas Pipeline passed, guaranteeing millions in contracts for her supporters. Although it still faces a legal challenge from First Nations, their case got stronger since Trans Canada, the only bidder, just formed an alliance with Exxon.
Remember the Exxon Valdez? I bet Alaskans do!
Mitch