As she stepped down Sunday as Alaska’s governor, Sarah Palin said she didn’t need a title to fight “for what is right, and for truth.” For most politicians, quitting midway through a first term wouldn’t further their careers. But Palin makes her own rules. Her immediate future appears to hold an Aug. 8 speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, work on her book and campaigning for like-minded Republicans, as well as more speaking out via Twitter. But “there is absolutely no plan,” she told the Associated Press. Meanwhile, a New Republic article paints a grim picture of her final months in office and relationship with state legislators. None of her major bills passed, and “she managed to alienate most of the 60 members of House and Senate,” said an aide to one GOP lawmaker. “It wasn’t a matter of burning bridges — she blew them up.”
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The headline should have read, “Alaskans, Free at Last”.
Palin marches to her own drummer. Lets see where it takes her.
“JWink” –
Check out:
http://gawker.com/5324026/sarah-palins-gradual-descent-into-incoherency
Complete with video.
The money quote –
“It’s like Peggy Noonan, Jack London, and William Faulkner wandered into the woods with three buttons of peyote and one typewriter, and only this speech emerged.” (on the Moose-Dresser’s resignation speech)
Free to cash in on the suckers at last, Thank God she’s free to cash in on the suckers at last!
Palin 2012!
A bucket of water could beat her.
“Go on, take the money and run”
Wasillabillies visit the bright lights!
Here’s one school teachers, editors, writers, anyone who actually knows English will appreciate –
Palin’s Resignation: The Edited Version
If you watched Sarah Palin’s resignation speech, you know one thing: her high-priced speechwriters moved back to the Beltway long ago. Just how poorly constructed was the governor’s holiday-weekend address? We asked V.F.’s red-pencil-wielding executive literary editor, Wayne Lawson, together with representatives from the research and copy departments, to whip it into publishable shape. Here is the colorful result.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/07/palin-speech-edit-200907?currentPage=1
And the Palin/DIM lovefest continues.
Isn’t Palin related to Dan Quayle? They seem to share so much in common.
Can’t read the teleprompter like the One.
She’ll have to take some Speech classes at the local CC.
Will Palin and the Republicans apologize the the American people? The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is planning on admitting that it was commodity traders who caused the huge increase in oil prices, not, as Palin and the Republicans claimed, due to a lack of supply.
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/28/cftc-speculators-caused-2008-oil-price-crisis/
Perhaps Palin can tour the 57 states of O’BAMA land?
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is planning on admitting that it was commodity traders who caused the huge increase in oil prices, not, as Palin and the Republicans claimed, due to a lack of supply.
B-b-but, I thought that free enterprise always meant cheaper prices for consumers and gov’t interference and regulation means higher prices.
Looks like I’ll have to question everything else the CONS say, heigh ho.
Free enterprise would have meant allowing drilling in some areas like oh say ANWR for instance to increase the supply.
Not a fact of course just an opinion.
“B-b-but, I thought that free enterprise always meant cheaper prices for consumers and gov’t interference and regulation means higher prices.”
Haha, yeah, they say the “free market” is cheaper, until you look at the actual costs. It’s more like the fake market. They tried to tell us the energy crisis in California was because of environmentalists, not that pesky Enron and deregulation.
The cons are right on economics as they are on climate change, in other words, rarely if ever.
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Regular
Posted July 28, 2009 at 2:37 pm | Permalink
Perhaps Palin can tour the 57 states of O’BAMA land?
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If you’d heard Obama’s remark you’d realize that Obama thinks there are 60 states, not 57.
He remarked that he’d visited all but one of the contiguous states and had not been to Alaska or Hawaii at that point.
Daniel, Republicans don’t think Hawaii is a state, they think it’s part of the African continent.
Obama thinks there are 60 states, not 57.
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Well, who doesn’t?
(Get ready for a take over, Canada.)
You say Hawaiian they say Kenyan, let’s call the whole thing off.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is planning on admitting that it was commodity traders who caused the huge increase in oil prices, not, as Palin and the Republicans claimed, due to a lack of supply.
Yes, supply/demand data had nothing to do with the fact that commodity traders who research this stuff were speculating on higher prices.
Why would a commodity trader look at the US current account deficit financed by a declining dollar and the failure of the worlds oil fields to maintain output and come up with the crazy idea that the ratio of value oil over dollars would go up?
Commodity traders don’t care about demand for commodities priced in fiat currency do they?
Sarcasm off.
Ah yes they do.
maggot’s argument is such a hoot since it reveals his ignorance on why commidty traders bid up oil to begin with and will do it again in the future. Commodity traders base their trading decisions on information. The information told them that selling dollars to buy oil was a smart trade.
It was a very smart trade until the credit crisis made everyone run back to the dollar and to gold. When the credit crisis subsides, where will the traders run back to after analyzing the economic fundamentals?
“Commodity traders base their trading decisions on information. The information told them that selling dollars to buy oil was a smart trade.”
You say this as if it’s news. Gee, buy low sell high, do you think I’m not aware of that concept of tulip trades. The points, which you clearly didn’t grasp (typical of cons) is the folks who had been expressing denial about commodity trading causing the spike in oil prices have finally come around to admitting the truth.
Wish we were of her.
The points, which you clearly didn’t grasp (typical of cons) is the folks who had been expressing denial about commodity trading causing the spike in oil prices
-Maggotpunk
RFL
Posted July 28, 2009 at 3:43 pm | Permalink
“maggot’s argument is such a hoot since it reveals his ignorance on why commodity traders bid up oil to begin with”
“Sigh”
I never denied that commodity traders are responsible for bidding up the price of oil. In fact I said that they were. I placed the statement in bold characters this time to aid your lax reading comprehension skills.
The same commodity traders who bid the price up would also have to be responsible for bidding the price down.
They make their decisions base upon the macroeconomic trends and front page news pyschology which describes what is going on in the oil fields, worldwide political instability, the Federal Reserve, the credit markets, refiner activity, consumer driving habits, natural disasters and everything else in between.
They just took advantage of the ‘drill baby, drill’ kooks.
Where’d all the supply/demand arguers go?
The traders were just cashing in on repub dominance of govt., thought the party would never end.
Dunno if you saw Jon Stewart hand Bill Kristol his ass last night on “The Daily Show.”
It had to be edited for the half-hour format.
The full unedited interview is up at http://www.thedailyshow.com/
Kristol is forced to admit government health care is superior to for-profit health insurance.
They forced him to lie?
Ya know it did my heart good this morning when my staunchly pro-republican pro-military friend told me…that if Palin really becomes the leader of the republican party, she’ll actually end her 30 year membership to the republican party.
She said Palin is too stupid to be a leader. She’s more like a cheerleader.
Speaking of which, did you all see Colbert/Stewart and apparently some others had great skits on Palins whacko speech. Shatner anyone?
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-27-2009/bill-kristol-extended-interview
Speaking of Stewart…listen to another republican stick his foot in his mouth. The extended interview.
Shatner reads Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7_UHHA5peY
Sorry MH, you hit it first.
I am trying to lay off Palin, it has gotten almost as cruel as making fun of the handy-capped.
writerdog
Posted July 28, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Permalink
I am trying to lay off Palin
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I am trying to lay Palin
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writerdog
Posted July 28, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Permalink
I am trying to lay off Palin, it has gotten almost as cruel as making fun of the handy-capped.
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Or bad spellers.
Git in line Anti. I saw her first.
Anyone who can occupy a slew of far lefters in the sea of far flung red Kansas all day long after leaving office has GOT to be good.
“admit government health care is ”
You libs aren’t paying attention to the koolaid.
It is officially “public healthcare” now. Still dead, but with a more politically correct name.
I must say I’d want No one to do and say the things that have been said about Sarah Palin about myself or my Family.
Though I voted for President Obama, I must say that if anyone would have went after President Obama’s children the way Mrs. Palins Children and Family have been attacked it would be a RACIAL & HOLY WAR! That is not the case, at the end of the day I believe this Country just lost someone who does care about this Country unfortunately getting hooked up with John McCain was very unfortunate.
If you look at her record like any politician you win some and lose some. Still she did put a stop to some bad spending and worked through some very dirty political party messes.
No matter what it amazes me as a minority how it has come acceptable to treat or should I say mis-treat white people, hate to say it but no longer are we the minority and at the end of the day I do not see a group supporting white people like the NAACP and I do not see white colleges only!
We have come so far now a foot has been placed on the throat of many who have fought for our rights and now I am sure many are questioning why did I do this for a group/race that is now turning on whites?
I have friends on both sides and it is with out question sad how race has become such a major deal now, President Obama you did not become President with out white people voting for you start thinking things thru you embarassed our Country for getting involved in such a petty situation of late!
Get to work on the Economy and War! I am an educated man and no I cannot afford to have someone go over my submissions before being submitted on this post however your embarassing everyone when you fail to recognize your responsibilities!
I regret voting for President Obama though who else was there to vote for?
wereback – get over yourself, okay?
Obama simply defended a friend and Obama admitted he used the wrong word. And, I hear the 91l caller is now contradicting what the police officer wrote in his report. She said she never met with this police officer at the scene, like he wrote in the report.
So, exactly who is right and who is wrong?
If the truth be known, both Gates and Crowley were to blame for the escalation of what should have been a routine police call?
As for Sarah Palin stopping some bad spending – you do know that she still took that money for the bridge to nowhere – she just put the money towards her road to nowhere.
Palin never saved any money from being spent – she just spent it on what she wanted – like a typical Republican.
were-rabbit,
Palin was the one who put her kids in the spotlight as proof that she was supermom. Besides, what was done to her was peanuts compared to the trashing ‘publicans gave to Clinton’s family! Obviously, Sarah couldn’t stand the heat and got the hell out of the kitchen.