Even Fox News has started to turn on Sarah Palin. In the midst of a segment about the Alaska Governor’s battle against “liberal” attacks, Liz Trotta went off-message.
Frankly, “the woman is inarticulate, undereducated,” Trotta said, arguing that for once liberal criticism was “well-deserved.”
“I think all the liberal stylists … really have a case. She just begs for adjectives like flaky and wacky.” When pressed, she added, “We’re talking about somebody who, right from the get-go, has been a flashy person who gets into a lot of trouble and really has no credentials for any job.”
My favorite Palin slam from the video:
What do you think William F. Buckley would have thought about her as the standard bearer of the conservative party?
God, remember the good old days when conservatives found value in intelligence, reasoned discourse, and education?! If you think about it, Buckley’s party doesn’t even exist anymore.
One thing I’ve noticed, as the Republican party shrinks itself so it can fit into a pup tent, is attacks on intellectualism and reason. The popularity of Ms. Palin and Joe (the Plumber) are indicative of this.
This purge reminds me of the Communist revolution in China (and Cambodia with the Khmer Rouge)- except now the thinkers aren’t sent to work the rice paddies, but derided as RINOs. The exile of the ‘non-believers’. And anyone to the left of the true believers is a liberal, whether or not that’s accurate.
The price paid by China was years of lost growth. It looks like Republicans are condemned to repeat that. To echo #23, there are voices that should be paid heed, but they are currently drowned out.
This pretty much sums it up:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDE3MmE5MDVmMGM1YjQ2NmVhMjJkN2I2ZTcxMzhlNjU%3D
http://blogs.indystar.com/varvelblog/07062009.jpg
I hope she runs as an independent. That ought to do it. :-0
#63…Both good, the last hilarious…but I hope wrong…she didn’t quit…but as she said…will advance in another direction.
Todd is one blessed dude…we will be when she is President.
Sarah Palin really scares the hell out of some lackluster pervs.
Just like most Republican ideas look better on paper then in practice Sarah looks better on camera then in substance.
glad I voted for Tony
She is one of the most polished turds in recent memory… but guess what, she still stinks.
I just don’t get the obsession and hatred people have for this woman. I don’t mind the criticism of her political positions, but the personal attacks on her and her family are just shameful.
Hatred comes from fear, what’s there to fear from her?
69, It seems the Left are afraid she’s going to run in 2012.
69. “I just don’t get the obsession and hatred people have for this woman.”
The obsession comes from the fact that she’s a retard way out of her league. The bat-shit crazy stuff she says is great entertainment.
I’ve never met a single person who hated Sarah, so I cannot answer that one.
“Hatred comes from fear, what’s there to fear from her?”
A lot of people were scared shitless that she was going to have her finger on the button. But that was nothing to do with hate. Just a rational response to an irrational situation.
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‘ # 70 Guyver said, on July 7th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
69, It seems the Left are afraid she’s going to run in 2012. ‘
If by “the Left” you mean 80% of the American people, no, we hope to GAWD she runs! Look what a great job she did last time. And in Alaska.
Man, you people are beyond delusional. Keep it up. You’ll never see the White House or Congress in Republican hands again. You had your chance and you BLEW it.
Try Argentina. Hot babes! Peronism! Easy commute to Antarctica!
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#70 Guyver said “It seems the Left are afraid she’s going to run in 2012.”
I know the right is afraid she’ll run as an independent.
Did #48 compare Sarah Palin to Jesus? Jesus? Jesus? We’re talking Jesus here!!
With the loss of the Rockefeller Liberal Republicans and the Buckley Conservative Libertarians, it’s no wonder the GOP (Greedy Obese Pigs) are down to 20 some twenty-odd percent !!! Lets hear it for Party “Purity” !!! Serves ‘em Right !!!
#71 SN, Sorry dude, but your reaction to this woman is irrational, your fear is based on delusions.
Never met a person that hated Sarah, really…
Go look in a mirror, SN meet SN…
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#72 cosanostradamus, 80% of americans? You have the facts to back that BS up.
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Just read the posts on this blog site everytime Palin’s name is mentioned, there is nothing but fear, hatred and bat-shit crazy BS from your guys.
What sad twisted little people you must all be.
76. “your reaction to this woman is irrational”
My reaction to this woman is irrational? What is my reaction? I find her bat-shit-crazy ways to be “great entertainment.”
Let’s think about that. From what I’ve read, Palin’s reelection as governor was a lock. So under what bizarre “Palin logic” did she consider herself a “lame duck”?
Lame duck generally means “an elected official or group continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a successor.” It’s usually applied to presidents who are finishing their second terms, because they are unable to run for a third term. To put it another way, a lame duck is a politician without any power because someone new will soon be taking over.
But in Palin’s situation no one else was taking over. She had 18 months left on her term plus she was the front runner for the next term. So how was she a lame duck? I haven’t a clue.
Apparently, under Palin’s bizarre world view, the first day a politician is sworn into office, he or she immediately becomes a lame duck. And also apparently, the proper thing to do in that circumstance is to resign from office the second day.
And it should be noted, that Palin’s selfish act in refusing to take a lame duck salary for the next 18 months is pure nonsense. Someone will have to take over for her. That someone will be paid. So regardless of Palin’s action, the money will be spent. Her action does not save the citizens of Alaska any money.
So yes, when she claims to be a lame duck when she clearly is not a lame duck, that’s bat-shit-crazy.
So the next step is determining whether such bat-shit-crazy behavior is “great entertainment.” To me it is.
I’ll admit that entertainment is subjective. Some people love the Beatles. Some people love Brittany Spears. So I’m certainly not saying that you have to find Palin’s bat-shit-crazy behavior entertaining, but I sure in frick do.
So now we can finally address your assertion that my reaction to this bat-shit-crazy lady is somehow irrational. I simply do not see it. She is bat-shit-crazy. Her unintentionally bat-shit-crazy shtick is highly entertaining. Therefore, it’s completely rational to be entertained by her. To argue that it’s irrational to be entertained by Palin’s bat-shit-crazy actions is like arguing it’s irrational to laugh at Elmer Fudd shooting Daffy Duck in the face. Funny is funny, there’s no denying it.
I believe she’s quitting because the attacks are getting to her — she’s taking them personally, which is appropriate, because a lot of them are personal.
If I read that Vanity Fair article correctly, she achieved most of what she ran for governor on, and she may feel that with all the attention and attacks, she won’t be able to achieve much else during her term, so why not quit now? Or maybe it is the financial cost of fighting all the lawsuits and ethics charges.
I think her biggest fault is that she runs off at the mouth way too much, and her “Id” shows when she does. (That plus her being a quintessential right wingnut and completely unsubtle about it.)
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‘ # 76 BigBoyBC said, on July 7th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
#72 cosanostradamus, 80% of americans? You have the facts to back that BS up.
Just read the posts on this blog site everytime Palin’s name is mentioned, there is nothing but fear, hatred and bat-shit crazy BS from your guys. What sad twisted little people you must all be. ‘
Sarah Palin is an idiot, and a nutjob to boot. So is anyone who doesn’t recognize those obvious facts. The rest of us just laugh at you clowns, now that the reigns of power are permanently out of your hands, thank Gawd. We have no emotion invested in your stupidity & madness, just pity and amusement. You are of no consequence whatsoever. Have a nice day.
BWAWHAWHAHHAHAHAAAAAAHAWHAHHAHAAAA!!!
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# 79 cosanostradamus said, “Sarah Palin is an idiot, and a nutjob to boot…”
Who happens (as measured by objective irrefutable metrics) to have run a state better than ANY liberal gov currently in office… So that makes the existing lib gov’s… Lower than your description of her.