Roundtable: Palin’s Bombshell

Who cares what Sarah Palin does? And why after the public has already moved on to things that have actual relevance to their daily existence, does the media insist on minute to minute coverage of stuff like this?

The woman is dumb as a post. Get over her.

She has plans far outside any box that the elite leftists OR the Republicans in Name Only are trying to put her in. I’ll wait for her to announce and then support her 100%

Why is quitting her post as Governor mid term seen as a good thing and a harbinger of future leadership opportunities? If she is “unhappy” governing Alaska how could she handle an ENTIRE COUNTRY? Sarah Palins penchant for playing victim is also a red flag. Sarah Palin will never be able to effectively galvanize and lead anyone until she stops whining and blaming others for her reality.

She has almost a million dollars in legal bill to defend ethics charges from being gov. for less than 3 years, sounds like a perfect GOP presidential candidate. Palin/Stevens 2012

Palin is the Chance the Gardener of the GOP. No one could make sense of her ramblings for a reason. Move along…

If she was supposedly the saviour for the GOP during the election cycle why did they get kicked to the curb?

I guess I still don’t understand why the Dems are so obsessing with her. By the way, isn’t Mayor Berry a Dem?

Karl Rove who successfully guided President Bush to the White House twice, was remarkably cold on Sarah Palin’s decision to resign as governor of Alaska during an appearance on Fox News Sunday.
The former Bush strategist and current Republican commentator argued that it was “not clear” what Palin’s strategy was in resigning just two-and-a-half years into office, adding that the move was risky, left her vulnerable to her critics, and would damage her chances of becoming president.
“I think it hurts,” Rove told host Chris Wallace. “When you’re a sitting governor, you have the tactical advantage if you’re thinking about running for president of turning down a lot of things with an excuse that people will accept. ‘I’ve got a job to do as governor.’ She’s now removed that.

Rich Killion, Adviser to Gov. Mitt Romney,
“How can Palin convince a General Election Audience How Quitting on her Constituents is a Good Thing”
Posted by Read It For Yourselves at
Rich Killion: Palin Cannot Convince People that Quitting is a Good Thing
John Weaver:McCain’s Fmr.Adviser..
Palin has ‘No Real Accomplishments as Governor’
John Weaver,a former Senior Strategist for McCain’s Presidential Bids.
“Policy is Politics and Palin Has No Real Accomplishments as Governor”

I think she saw herself spinning her wheels against absurd ethics attacks and knew there was an onslaught that would not stop no matter how ludicrous the claims were. It is better for her state and free’s her up to get her message across.

Alaskan Jr. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski on Palin’s [Resignation]..
“I am Deeply Disappointed that the Governor [Palin] has decided to Abandon the State and Her Constituents Before Her Term has Concluded,”
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Note: Sen.Murkowski has a Much HIGHER Favorable RATING in the state of Alaska than Sarah Palin..FACT
Lisa Murkowski would Demolish Palin in a Senatorial Election. Abandoning her Governorship in 2 1/2 Years Kills her Chances in Alaska Period.
Murkowski has Much More National & International Experience than Sarah Palin, who has Absolutely [NONE]
Lisa Murkowski is an Educated Attorney and law Background.
Palin took 6 Yrs Hopping from College to College, only to Garner a Degree in [Journalism]
Governors have only State Side Experience

Cleo, What would that message be? Maybe quitting when the going gets tough is always a good thing. Come you can come up with something better than that.

Wow, really amusing to watch a bunch of DC insiders discussing Ms. Palin. They dismiss her as a light weight, but they are obviously so energized by her. They don’t realize there is an enormous mass of people in this country just waiting for a leader. It’s certain that none of the current leaders of the Republicans are going to suffice. If she can tap into the energy of this mass, there will be a tidal change in the nation. Anybody remember 1994? The press did not predict that either. Maybe that’s what scares them…

Sarah Palin’s higher calling: MONEY!!!

I think the truth to why Sarah Palin resigned as Gov of Alaska, which is what I heard from the beginning, was simply because she realized that all the frivolous noise the left was making about her, was a distraction from her job. The left and MSM weren’t going to let that up any time soon, so instead of spending her time as Gov, addressing the daily onslaught of babble spewed at her, and a ton of money in defense of the idiotic diatribe being assailed at her, she bit the bullet and did the better thing for her state and resigned.
I’m sure there may be some that will find the need to come up with all kinds of speculation why this isn’t so, but save yourselves some time and bring some facts with you, rather than the half baked assumptions I’m seeing on the threads.

George Will, you missed a good opportunity to admonish the morbid media and crazy comedians who have made ripping Sarah Palin to shreds into a national sport. She holds no national office yet holds the media’s attention like children gripping their favorite toys. Why? Because she is plain spoken and connects with the common people. She articulates what they are thinking. You, on the other hand, have obviously gone over to the dark side – the nabobs of negatism, the loony left.

GREAT SEEING TONY BLANKLEY JOIN THE TEAM …

Can someone tell me why all these comments against Palin stepping down as Gov. of Alaska?  Liberal media should be jumping for joy. I had to listen to wonderful Tucker, who I was thrilled left Atlanta Journal,be an expert on Palin and yet she has no family or husband of her own to realize this was for Sarah’s family. Palin will outdo Tucker anyday on the being tops on tough meter.

The irony is that those who bemoan the worshipping of Obama can’t stop for a second and realize they too are worshipping a false prophet in Palin.

First, in my humble opinion, there were only two positive comments made by the panel this morning concerning Palin:
Tucker: “quite frankly, women take a lot of that (criticism).” My comment? On the political stage, in the workplace, in the home, in relationships, etc., etc., etc. Yes!
Blankley: Palin is “intuitive…gut sense to talk to American people…doing something right those of us in Washington don’t see.” My comment? You betcha’!
Secondly, there were the negative, reason-why-women-have-not-broken-the-glass-ceiling, comments:
Purdum: “If there is anything that is predictable about her, it’s unpredictability…mental disorder…narcissistic…takes everything personally” — My comment? A male, macho analogy if I ever heard one!!
Dowd: “lack of discipline and focus..discount her ability to advance” her political cause. My comment? Reagan, in his run for the presidency, appeared not to have discipline and focus as evidenced in his first debate, and most political commentators “discounted” him. But he did get elected and in most circles is considered one of the great orators and effective presidents our generation has seen in years.
G. Will: “No!” in answer to Stephanopoulos’ question if Palin stood a chance for a “plausible comeback?” My comment? See above concerning Reagan.
A word to all political commentators: GET YOU HEAD OUT OF THE WASHINGTON DC SAND!!

This is a governor of a state with a small population and easy economics (high natural resources)– and she is finding the work too difficult to live up to her elected committment — and this is supposed to suggest it is time that she step UP? Her statement was incoherent. Surely, there is a another shoe waiting to drop.

This is a CLASSIC CASE of TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN…palin just got an advance for a book deal of $7 Million, early this week (google it, you’ll find it), and then later that same week, she resigns…she can’t take the criticisms and personal attacks any longer, so she’s doing what probably 90% of us would do if we won the lottery…we’d quit our jobs, and go on a looong vacation called retirement. I’ve never agreed with any of her points-of-view, I don’t like, once again, how she’s hiding the truth behind her facade of chivalry, but I do understand her wish for peace, in passing her 15 minutes of fame on to the next contestant, and taking full benefit from her lottery winnings. Congratulations, Sarah…

Palin was unhappy governing AK because it was, like, actually, WORK. And, she had to face her critics.
Now, she can flit around like the celebrity she is, making millions for giving goofy speeches she doesn’t have to prepare for, in front of crowds that only adore her. She can make millions hogging her own TV show where it’s all about her and no one gives her a hard time.

oh how ironic – Palin is going to become one of the reviled community organizers.
come on republicans – we know you are capable of better than this? don’t you see that someone who insults voters that are moderate or college educated or professional women are just turned off by her?

She has plans far outside any box that the elite leftists OR the Republicans in Name Only are trying to put her in. I’ll wait for her to announce and then support her 100%
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And that is really sad about this country…I heard folks say that about GWB too. Palin has shown who she really is: a political neophyte, a diva, and someone who cannot hanlde the job she was hired to do when things get tough…My advice is to never support any politician 100%…They will only disappoint…If Palin has not disappointed you as a Republican then your eyes are closed and there is simply no hope for your party..

Omaar: I agree with almost everything you’ve said. One thing, though: when did exhibiting “any LEADERSHIP power” become a prerequisite for becoming president? The lack of it didn’t keep George W. Bush from being elected. Sadly, as an electorate, we Americans continue to prove we are far more influenced by and attracted to STARS than we are to LEADERS.

To all the people complaining on here that the media pays too much attention to Palin…well get this…they only write stories they know will be read and clicked on. They can tell who’s reading what by how many clicks each story receives. So if you want to stop hearing about Palin, then stop reading their stories about her. It’s that easy!

First term Gov. Palin is Bailin’ and former Gov. Mitt Romney just bought a house in Nevada. Looks like the Senatour de Republican 2010 may be more treacherous than the Tour de France 2009.

I am a great grandmother that`s been around for awhile.I am a Sarah Palin fan.She stands for what our great country was founded on.I feel Hillary is the one that should be in the white house.Ladies we should stick together.

For those of you who think Palin has made a fatal error, just remember that we (not me personally) as a nation re-elected Bush for a *2nd* term. With an electorate so ignorant, Palin will have a shot.

Sorry for the delay. Had to go to the hospital for a relative who had a stroke this morning.
I’m afraid you missed my point, which was that people are spending an inordinate amount of time obsessing about how awful Palin is. You just spent more than a dozen lines in your last post doing so, and one person (see above) was even moved to sign her post as Palinisanidiot.
If Palin has star power it’s because these people have to spend so much time condemning her seven months after the election. Is she that much of a threat? Give it a break!

I meant “It is disturbing that Americans – left or right wing – accept vacuous platitudes from their leaders.”

Why wouldn’t you accept the comment that I just posted? Are you trying to suppress certain points of view? Are you engaging in willful censorship of free expression? Do you have a problem with the expression of certain perfectly rational ideas and reflections about the topic of this discussion? Why do you accept some commentaries but for no apparent reason reject others? If you wish to exclude certain points of view — including views of thoughtful people that are honestly expressed, given in good faith, believed by the writer to be in every way reasonable and appropriate, as well as truthful, and which are intended to contribute to the public good in the sense of helping people to understand the issue at hand — then I think you should advise potential commentators of these facts beforehand, such as by stating as follows: “Expressions of certain points of view are not acceptable and/or will not be considered for posting on this webpage, despite any merits or redeeming qualities that such expression may have. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY POST AT ANY TIME OR FOR ANY REASON WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION. IN OTHER WORDS, WE CENSOR CONTENT. CERTAIN POLITICAL VIEWS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE EXPRESSED.”
May I ask: In what way, or for what reason, did my commentary trigger the response, “This webpage cannot accept this data?” I strongly suggest that if you do reject expression of what would normally be considered perfectly reasonable or rational views, you should keep a permanent record of all such rejected data in an explicitly marked file, for purposes of further analysis. There’s something you may not be understanding correctly.

Why does the media give Palin any attention at all? She’s an embarrassment to women, more in love with herself than anything else. Her motivation for resigning midtern will come to light, she is the biggest lame duck of all.

She;s stupid because her speeches are not scripted and read from a teleprompter as well as Obama…is that it?? Ok..so Obama has better speech writers..great..that makes him presidential.

Our brilliant president is bankrupting our country, emboldening our enemies, and laying waste to capitalism in America..Im not sure Id making the US into the next banana republic exactly brilliant.

When I think of credible reporting, I don’t think of Vanity Fair. The liberal democrats have nothing tangible to hate her for, other then that she holds certain convictions they’ll never have.
Secondly, it’s nice to see ACORN finally got their man in the Senate (Al Franken), even though he lost by over 700 votes. Secretary of state of Minnesota (Mark Ritchie – A liberal Democrat) made sure there was a recount, and Franken won. Corruption shall bring more Al Frankens to the Senate. This is the “change” you voted for.

And Obama did?

She has multimillion dollar book deals and TV offers to go after. That is more important than Alaska to her.

Posted by: Diana
The Fascination Of Sarah Palin!
Well before you give your elitist self a pat on the back, for what I’m sure you think was brilliant, I’d like to remind you the Republicans are the ones that came back from the disgrace of Nixon and have held the WH for over 20 of the years since he left office (if you also count in Ford) so even though I personally would probably get no great joy from them returning to the WH, I would hardly begin to believe the WH won’t be traded back and forth between the two parties (and maybe even a third) long after you and I are both dead. The fact that you don’t fully understand what Palin stands for, (and to some extent me either) and how she connects with many people out there (this I get) doesn’t IMO mean her views are any more extremist than our Presidents. It just depends on your point of view. Many share her views, many don’t, but I do believe she does, (as does Obama) in there own way have the countries interest at heart. It’s the folks like you, that lash out and vilify people that IMO are the extremist.

I’m just not sure why everyone is surprised at Sarah Palin’s announcement. Cokie Roberts has recently revised her book “We Are Our Mothers Daughters” espousing why there’s a need for women in politics. Unfortunately, Cokie hasn’t taken a clear view of how today’s women in politics are treating up-and comers trying to assimilate into that role. So — Sarah bahaved exactly how Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Dems/women in office have done, albeit w/a much larger dose of class. Called a news conference late Friday afternoon right before a major holiday (while congress wasn’t in town no less) and politely told the media to kiss off, leaving them to speculate and wonder why,why, why???
The answer is simple, dear ladies with dreams of entering the arena: The current barracudas in office will NOT allow those who aspire to be a civil servant room at the table. Doesn’t matter what party you’re in, if you don’t agree with them, they’ll chew you up and throw you out — by any means necessary. And God forbid that you NOT from the East Coast — I mean you KNOW no one with brains or importance lives beyond Iowa(or so the media would have you think)!
You go Sarah — I admire your refusal to play ball with these witches!
And the chickens they will be a comin’ home to rooset.

As a Democrat I can not think of anyone I’d rather have the republicans run.

To Cynthia Tucker’s comments re Hiliary Clinton vs Palin and “taking the heat”:
1) Hiliary was blasted while she was the SPOUSE of a President, NOT an officially “elected” candidate.
2) Barack Obamma doen’s have too much of a leg to stand on as far as “experience” is concerned. I suppose you think two yrs in the Senate voting “Present” and 2 yrs travelling around campaigning justifies “discipline?”
3) Intellectualism can “sound” good without meaning too much. Perhaps you should test the waters farther west than Iowa where people are smart but may not “sound” intellectual.
4) Sarah’s decision to make her announcement when she did was a brilliant strategy! If you can’t understand that, you’ve lived East Coast too long!

I loved Hilary Clinton and I was so sad to see her lose in the primaries. Most of you attact them both with a furry her like they really had a chance.
Posted by: Bea Alvarez-Esparza
I’ve raised this point before, but since you seem to be correlating the two, I’ll bring it up again. The Dem party has attacked Sarah Palin, like they’ve only attacked another woman Hillary Clinton. Two different parties with about the only thing in common is they’re women. The Dems tell us men have been attacked this way for years, but I never remember in the 30+ years I’ve been voting, for any other candidate to be vilified the way these two women have. Even McCain, didn’t receive the horrible treatment Palin did, and he was the one running for President. It has only gotten worse for Palin, and she’s not even running for anything.
The Dem party didn’t even have the decency after Hillary’s loss in the primaries to do what the norm has been in primaries, having her on the ticket to bring the two sides together. Instead they went against that protocol and snubbed Mrs. Clinton. This party apparently now is more than willing to show their sexist side, and then bring a group of paid male political analyst together, pat themselves on the back, telling themselves and the country it isn’t so. Unfortunately our country seems too uninterested to question this or they buy it.
At one time a woman had a chance not only to become vice president of the country, she also had a chance to break the glass ceiling. When Obama picked Biden, that hope was dashed, Until the women of the country rise up and tolerate this misogynistic attitude no longer, I fear the sexist ways of the Dem party will become more prevalent, and women will lose more of what they gained in the women’s lib movement.

To LastRepublicanStandinginMass
I believe your comments better fit our current President. Pray tell how well he represented the constituants of IL during the two years he voted “Present” for two yrs and then hitting the campaign trail for 18 months while ignoring his REAL job?

Hey Mr. Farrell,
Lot’s of words in your last post but you are wrong on all counts.
And to many others: If republicans were obsessing on her, who would know about it? At last count (that I saw) the news media was 88% Dem. If only repub’s cared about her, there would be no stories about her on CBS, NBC, MSNBC or ABC… You would have to tune into Rush to hear about her. Who’s done that?…show of hands?…I didn’t think so…I think she is scaring someone.
Or maybe you all get your news from Letterman…

I think, that is just Media, who cares, what this stupid woman would do.
Who else?
There are not many idiots in this country to support this Idiot-Palin.
So, woman should better go and work, that she never did in her life, but trying managing others.
That did not work: neither for her nor for others.
What a useless creature!