Bizarre News: Palin Steps Down as Alaskan Governor
by Kelly
Ding dong, Palin’s gone! In a bizarre and unexpected turn of events, Former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, resigned from her post. This follows shortly on the heels of a 10,000 word (or so) expose in Vanity Fair which practically eviscerates Palin (as if the entire McCain campaign wasn’t enough evidence of her shortcomings). I slogged through the entire thing just the other day, breaking my vow to stop covering Sarah Palin news last year. I recommend taking a look-see, for those still vaguely interested.
This “breaking news” throws Palin’s potential 2012 presidential bid into further confusion and analysis. Most political analysts seem to agree that jumping ship as Governor with 1.5 years to go doesn’t bode well for her political advancement in the national arena. CNN’s Republican analyst Mary Matalin, begs to differ, stating:
“Her delivery was incredible, if you’re a less charismatic person, you probably couldn’t pull it off,” Matalin said. “[Now] she will be freed up and liberated the way Mitt Romney is to raise money and get political chips by spending it and getting political capital. And she is still raising the kinds of crowds and money she always did.”
Now, Matalin says, Palin must focus on “putting up with the conventional wisdom” that this was a bad move and travel the country to drum up support for a presidential run.
“She takes that target off her back with a good record to launch from,” Matalin said.”
You’ve really got a gem of a political analyst, there, CNN. First of all, Mitt Romney was my former governor, and while I was never a fan of his politics, at least the man finished his term with dignity and reputation intact. So yes, I suppose by FINISHING HIS JOB, he is now “freed up and liberated”…Sarah Palin, on the other hand, just quit when the going got rough. The McCain campaign was unequivocally damaging to Sarah Palin’s image and political career in Alaska (let alone the rest of the country). Now that the jig is up, the “Barracuda” is showing what she’s really made of — endurance and perseverance cannot, apparently, be counted among her personal characteristics.
Furthermore, Ms. Matalin — can I call you Mary?** — what do you mean Palin has a “good record to launch from”?? A failed Vice-Presidential campaign…an aborted Governorship (aborted, get it?? Hee Hee)…accusations of ethics violations…opportunistic policy decisions….wow, that really IS a solid background for our next President.
In a more realistic statement, Brad Woodhouse (DNC Spokesman) had this to say:
“Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long shot national political ambitions or she simply can’t handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down,”
Souja boy Woodhouse tell ‘em!!!
So, what are your thoughts on Palin’s abrupt resignation? Is it the final (and long-awaited) death-knell of her political career? Does she have a shot in hell in 2012? Weigh in (or crack more Palin jokes while they are still mildly relevant!!)
Pleasantly yours,
Dollface
Link to articles here and here.
** Anyone get the reference to the infamous Palin/Biden debate?? Ohhh, I’m such a geek.
Did you practice a couple zingers using “Mary”? :)
We seem to be thinking the same word on this issue — eviscerate. It’s really the best word to describe everything that’s happened to Palin of late; not even the evangelicals follow her too closely anymore, and after this, there is nothing left of her political career whatsoever.
It should be fun to see if any sudden “surprise” findings emerge after this. They’d explain the sudden pullout quite well. Her investigations are far from over, and she definitely seems the type who would think that all of the potential repercussions for her likely unethical actions as governor will go away upon her resignation.
I don’t know if this is all an act to try to keep her name in the news. If it is, we can enjoy stories like this one probably all the way up until 2011 at least, if and when she announces her grand run for the presidency. If it’s not, though, I’m starting to believe that this woman is genuinely crazy. I don’t think she ever did have a chance in 2012 — if Rev. Wright and Rezko actually bit into public perception of Obama a little bit, the massive ethical AND legal question marks surrounding her political past would probably break the laws of mathematics and give her a negative percentage of the vote. But if she did have a chance, by some unlikely happenstance, she wiped it out today. Of course, the conservative talking heads will be on about this and how “brave and thoughtful” she is for doing this, but it only takes one view of her resignation speech to see through that.
Barring some huge surprise, I thought that her political viability officially ended when McCain was defeated. That was, in my opinion, the death knell — this just digs the grave one inch deeper. Any more of these erratic, baseless decisions will dig her a hole straight to Russia. (Order on cheesy Palin joke filled.)
This was a great entry. I do wonder what train wreck is waiting. It doesn’t make sense to quit the job halfway. It only shows that she can’t do the little one of being governor – how is she expected to be President?
She needs to get rid of her advisors.
Also, there was a great article by Joe Scarborough about why he left Congress, and how this reminds him of what happened to him. It was very interesting.
http://www.scarborough.tv/
To quote another major Republican politician/movie star: “She’ll be back.”
Technically she is still the governor until the end of July. Maybe she’s running off to Argentina?
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She bitches about teleprompters and has used them.
She got caught on tape reading her own fucking hand.
Its okay to say “retard” if it’s used in a satirical sense.
I’m satirically going to retard her ass.
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