– and, since I don’t have any inside info, I’ll assume that half a million dollars in debt, two infants, and general press-gang press abuse was enough for her to draw a line under her governorship and say, This is where I get off.
Do you need to say more about this woman than, she finally got people to stop talking about Michael Jackson?
I’ve been reading some of the speculation, until my eyes rolled back in my head. Most say she’s finished politically, whatever her motives. I myself don’t think anyone’s ever “finished politically” — this is the Land of Reinvention, after all, and a famous plagiarist is now Vice President of the United States!
A lot of what’s floating around pisses me off. Everyone who’s a regular here, knows I’m a fan, but besides that, it angers me that part of the attack now is that this is a sign of weakness, because, you know — she’s a mother.
That she’s a mother, yes. That this makes her unfit for higher things — maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t, maybe it doesn’t have a goddamned thing to do with it! Is there a politician with a penis that they’d call a wuss for stepping down “because of family”? Some of those blowhards at NRO could cut down on the carbon emissions if they’d just stop yammering on that point. (Amy Holmes, you’re one of them — seriously, you think it’s strange that she made lunch for her family while wearing a business suit? The woman comes home from the office to make lunch, and you want her to change into something — I don’t know — “hotdog appropriate”? SHUT UP!)
What I have always admired most about Governor Palin is her ability to take the abuse and still keep doing…all of it.
Maybe today she said, “I can’t do it all right now, and keep doing it well. So I’m just going to do…some of it.”
God bless, Sarah.
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That Amy Holmes comment was really weird. I’m not a knee-jerk Palin supporter (although I like her) but it was out of line to lump Palin in with Ensign and Sanford without any kind of evidence.
If she did step down because of her family, I wouldn’t see that as a sign of weakness. More of a sign of decency and having her priorities straight.
More pictures of her standing next to a flag in her jogging outfit! Oops, I’m sorry, was I being selfish?
She knows how hard the road is. Especially for her. She’s not quitting, Wanks.
Good post by Mark Steyn. So what else is new? He doesn’t believe this is part of any political strategy.
Thanks for the link. I love Steyn. And I am smiling because we both thought the same thing, which means, I dunno, something very, very cool about ME.
“…something very, very cool about ME.”
You forgot the exclamation point.
–Mike!
Whatever the cause, she’s a great “lady.”
Jane Galt anyone?
I don’t think she is quitting. I think . . . hope . . . she is hunkering down, thinking it through, and going for a smart run for president by raising money, giving speeches, helping other candidates in 2010, getting smart on foreign affairs, etc., and building on her already phenomenal grassroots support.
And if not, if she is leaving to be with her family 100% then good on her, too.
I’ve had reservations about her in the past. On the one hand, she’s hot. On the other hand, she kind of portrayed herself as the candidate for people with special needs kids, and then kind of did little about it (From what I can see, and to be honest I haven’t been looking closely) And of course she has a child with Downes Syndrome that just kind of seemed to melt in to the background and never get brought up during the campaign, nor since. So if she’s resigning to take care of her family, I totally support it. If it’s a political manuver, I’m less impressed. On the gripping hand, though, she’s sorta’ hot. Dunno if I mentioned that or not.
In Sarah Palin’s defense, if she had brought up her son, the media would have excoriated her for exploiting him for political purposes.
My guess is that she’s smarter than her critics (probably even smarter than me), and she knows what she’s doing.
Mitch Berg at Shot In the Dark suspects she’ll make a Senate run so she’ll have a couple years experience there. Like another 2-year senator who did pretty well.
I am thinking she will run for President or Senate. Murkowski is another establishment GOPER that is ripe for the fire brand to take on. No use reading into stuff. Sara isn’t stupid nor is she weak. There was a reason she did that Magazine and has that PAC. Watch for her. Turn on stealth mode and then ambush em. Thats what I believe she is doing.
@ Mike: True
Yes, some of the comments at NRO were pathetic.
It was not a politically astute move but I think it wasn´t meant to be. She was in effect hounded out of office because she couldn´t afford to be there. So much for the will of the Alaskan voters.
Dowd has dusted off the “narcissistic personality disorder” jab at Palin in her column today. While they’re looking through the psychology manuals to find something to pin on her, they may want to take note of the term “projection.”
Right on the money, Matt!
Brilliant!
If Sarah has a “personality disorder” then pigs fly, and the entire left side of the aisle needs to be committed to Bellevue! Scratch that first part and go with the left being committed to Bellevue!!