Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
Not just the liberal media. They are simply the messengers.
Think about it. An obscure governor from Alaska who many had never heard
of suddenly makes a dramatic arrival on the national scene. Qualified or
not, she put a brief breath of life into McCain's dying campaign and
captured the interest of many with a homespun style of politics. They
lost of course, but the liberal left and their support media just can't
get over it. It's been almost 7 months since the election and she's
still in the news every day. Olbermann can't get enough of her. Harry
can't get enough. You can't get enough. She suddenly is the subject of
15 or 16 ethics investigations, all but one of which have been dismissed
and the remaining one will likely die as well. She's found herself
with half a million dollars of personal debt for attorney fees defending
baseless claims. She and her family have been the subject to a degree of
personal attacks that go way beyond traditional political criticism.
Harry is infactuated with the quality of her skin.

What are you liberals so worried about?

Eisboch
snerk
Sarah Palin is the perfect "poster person" for the Republican brand. It's
fun reminding people of what a piece of crap she is, an incompetent,
hypocritical, lying, quitter who tries to blame everyone else for her
defects and shortcomings.

The woman is a cipher. But, hey, SW Tom liked her...a lot.

I thought Rush was your poster boy. Make up your mind. You are entitled to
one only.

Eisboch



Rush is the "Dear Leader." Sarah is the "Moral Compass."

Gene Robinson, the Pulitzer-winning editor at the Post, pretty much
nailed it:

A Starter, Not a Finisher

By Eugene Robinson
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

What can you say about a public official who ridicules those who would
take the "quitter's way out" -- as she faces reporters to announce that
she's quitting? A governor who claims that "the worthless, easy path"
would be to serve out the remaining 18 months of her term? An ambitious
politician who says that "life is too short" to worry about, you know,
boring things such as responsibility or duty?

You can say that all of us who ever took Sarah Palin seriously -- or
pretended to take her seriously -- should be deeply ashamed. And you can
say that John McCain should publicly apologize for putting the nation he
loves at risk by choosing Palin as his running mate. Imagining Palin
within a heartbeat of the presidency should be enough to make even
die-hard Republicans shudder.

The reasons she gave for stepping down are not just contrived or
implausible but literally nonsensical. She can most effectively serve
the people of Alaska by ceasing to exercise the powers of chief
executive? She worries that as a lame duck she would somehow be
compelled to waste taxpayer money on useless junkets? In her "Don't Cry
For Me, Alaska" news conference announcing her departure, the folksy non
sequiturs -- "Only dead fish go with the flow" -- were like nuggets of
Cartesian logic amid a tub of mush.

But I'm stating the obvious. The thing is, Palin's unsuitability for
high public office has been obvious all along. Tina Fey got it right;
the rest of us were far too reluctant to state plainly that the emperor,
or empress, has no clothes.

There are basically two reasons the political class and the commentariat
continue to speak and write about Palin as if she were a substantial
figure whose presence on the national stage is anything but a cruel,
unfunny joke. The first is fear -- not of Palin and her know-nothing
legions, but of being painted as elitist and sexist.

From the beginning, Palin has been a master at maneuvering her critics
into this trap. Like most Americans, she didn't go to an Ivy League
school; like most women, she deals every day with the challenges of
juggling work and family. She highlighted these aspects of her
biography, then used them to portray herself as a victim whenever anyone
had the temerity to criticize anything she said or did. The most recent
illustration is what she posted on her Facebook page last weekend on the
reaction to her announced resignation:

"How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about
country. And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their
positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course
we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the
decisions I make."

What is she talking about? Who are these "countless others" who
supposedly have made the same decision to abandon governorships for no
credible reason? The names don't come rushing to mind. Why is any
criticism of Poor Little Sarah the result of the "different standard"
that mean old "Washington and the media" always apply? Because blaming
her favorite alleged persecutors allows her to ignore the bewildered
reaction from her constituents in Alaska who are stunned and mystified
at her decision to skip out.

The other reason Palin is taken more seriously than she deserves is that
she has a constituency. Heaven help us.

Palin has far-right conservative views, and while I disagree with her on
almost everything, there's certainly nothing inappropriate or
illegitimate about her philosophy. But I feel sorry for conservatives
who look to her as a champion because she's going to let them down.
Articulating a political vision and inspiring people to believe in it
are true accomplishments, and no one can take that away from her. But
realizing that vision through legislation or executive action requires
discipline, persistence and rigor. To return to stating the obvious,
these are attributes that Palin lacks.

Anyone tempted to see her resignation gambit as a masterstroke,
positioning her for a presidential run in 2012, is riding for a fall.
She will flake out.

Sarah Palin is by nature more of a firebrand opinion-maker than anything
else. I know one when I see one. She can deny it all she wants, but
really she's -- gulp -- one of us.

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Poor, poor, pitiful Sarah.