Alaska Governor Sarah Palin did some traveling in June. And one of the places she visited was Auburn, NY, the home of former Secretary of State William Seward, the mastermind who brokered the purchase of Alaska from Russia under President Andrew Johnson.
To say she received a hero's welcome would be an understatement. She rode in a parade down streets jammed with gushing well-wishers. Local television showed smiling faces -- young, old, male, female -- all saying how attrractive she was, how sweet, how much they admired her.
She has deeply devoted, dedicated suppporters. One high school senior attending her prom the night of Palin's Auburn appearance skipped her hair appointment - a date she'd booked weeks in advance - to see Palin live.
On that day, Palin enjoyed a kind of rock-star celebrity that was a far cry from her more pedestrian day-to-day dealings with legislators back home in a state where her approval ratings have dropped significantly since she stepped onto the national stage.
As Palin noted in today's jaw-dropping news conference, she and her husband Todd have racked up half a million dollars in fighting accusations of ethics violations.
The equation of Palin's resignation is easy to add up. She experiences love and cheering crowds when she travels to select locations. She's having a hard time back in Alaska and feels that if she continues on as a lame duck governor, she'll be playing politics as usual. It's more appealing to be a maverick and quit instead of continuing to press her nose to a grindstone that doesn't give her warm fuzzies. It's a matter of the instant gratification of "We love You Sarah!" screamed by fans in the lower 48 vs. the delayed gratification of a full term served out in Alaska. It's a crazy move, but it's consistent with what we've seen of Saran Palin.
There's one thing that puzzles me. Palin hails from a family that takes its commitment to team sports seriously. One of the first things a student athlete learns is never quit. Her perseverance as an athlete and runner has constantly been referenced, and ironically enough, she's being featured in an upcoming issue of Runner's World. So doesn't quitting equate to being a bad sport?
We're all still reeling from the news of her resignation. As we wonder about the possible reasons why -- an undisclosed scandal about to surface? bad times ahead as the governor of Alaska? more ethics charges lodged against her? -- remember the story of Auburn, NY. It isn't so far-fetched.
To me, she now looks like a quitter. _________________ "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill
I think this paragraph from the article nailed it.
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It's more appealing to be a maverick and quit instead of continuing to press her nose to a grindstone that doesn't give her warm fuzzies. It's a matter of the instant gratification of "We love You Sarah!" screamed by fans in the lower 48 vs. the delayed gratification of a full term served out in Alaska. It's a crazy move, but it's consistent with what we've seen of Saran Palin.
_________________ Blessed happy, fortunate, prosperous and enviable is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly (following their advice, plans and purposes) . . . Ps 1
She's so full of crap. It's not in Alaska's best interests to constantly see their governor go through "frivolous" ethics violations lawsuits? Right.
She's resigning because she's a crook. Her husband's a crook, and because having the national spotlight on them revealed their true nature they were actually called out on it. boo freaking hoo. Good riddance to bad rubbish. _________________ Top Music I've Listened to This Week
"I'm not a crook" - Richard Nixon _________________ "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill
What you are experiencing is a group fear and mass hysteria that Palinism is growing and will energize the silent majority that see the ugliness of the beast arise against the beauty. Sarah will be free and incognito as she triumphs across the nation speaking out and raising the ranks.
You can almost smell the the tangible fright of the liberal pores oozing out. You can actually feel the ground quaking under their feet, and hear their knees knocking. They don't know how to destroy a decent mother, wife, christian women of principled values without it looking, well . . . just like what it is, nastiness. She is a long distance runner and knows about pacing herself for the long haul. She's no quitter and they can't stand that she won't be holed up in the great state of Alaska. I hear you Sarah (wink, wink) you can count on my support as you educate and become educated in the cesspool we call national politics. You're a winner! _________________ Blessed happy, fortunate, prosperous and enviable is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly (following their advice, plans and purposes) . . . Ps 1
What you are experiencing is a group fear and mass hysteria that Palinism is growing and will energize the silent majority that see the ugliness of the beast arise against the beauty. Sarah will be free and incognito as she triumphs across the nation speaking out and raising the ranks.
You can almost smell the the tangible fright of the liberal pores oozing out. You can actually feel the ground quaking under their feet, and hear their knees knocking. They don't know how to destroy a decent mother, wife, christian women of principled values without it looking, well . . . just like what it is, nastiness. She is a long distance runner and knows about pacing herself for the long haul. She's no quitter and they can't stand that she won't be holed up in the great state of Alaska. I hear you Sarah (wink, wink) you can count on my support as you educate and become educated in the cesspool we call national politics. You're a winner!
You guys see that right there? That is a perfect example of the modern conservative. Too infatuated with his own hyperbole to open his eyes and see that his "shining heroes" all have clay feet. He'll be the band playing on the deck of the republican titanic, you can be sure, and he'll only play louder the more clear it becomes that the ship is doomed.
That's why they're ever increasingly becoming extinct, and why they need to become extinct.
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