Sunday, July 5, 2009

It's About the Country! And Stuff.

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Poor, misunderstood Sarah.
The response in the main stream media has been most predictable, ironic, and as always, detached from the lives of ordinary Americans who are sick of the “politics of personal destruction”. 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. But every American understands what it takes to make a decision because it’s right for all, including your family.


She did this for her country. Presumably because Sarah Palin being governor of just one state past the end of the month was damaging to the USA. I guess. Your guess is as good as anyone's. As of this morning there's still no one who seems to have any idea what she was talking about, except that not quitting would be the quitter's way out. Sarah Palin is no quitter, except for quitting her job, of course.

Sarah will keep busy. She has a book to sell and fortune to be made of her fame before it goes stale. What she does not have, as far as her lawyer is aware, are federal indictments coming up any time soon. Best not speculate about any rumors floating around out there or he'll sue your ass. Even though the Alaska constitution guarantees free speech. I'd have thought that the federal Bill of Rights had that covered, but apparently up there they rely on Alaska's constitution for such things. Repeating such rumors is probably defamation of character, unlike, say, referring to Barack Obama as "palling around with terrorists" which is just artistic license.

The important thing is that no one who is not up for re-election should stay in office because they'll inevitably goof off and not do the work. That new standard is going to create some sticky situations in the case of any office involving term limits. If you follow the logic, it goes like this:

  • If you're a lame duck you should leave office.
  • If you're limited to two terms, which is common enough, your second term is all lame duckitude, so if re-elected you should quit.
  • Campaigns are expensive, exhausting and they eat your soul. So, why bother standing for re-election if you're quitting.
  • If you're not standing for re-election then you're now a lame duck, ala Palin, so you need to quit.
Seems to me that logic is going to cause quite a few politicians to wonder, "Why run in the first place?" Well, clearly so that you can be plucked from obscurity to run for national office and thereby develop a national fan base and massive earning potential, also. You betcha!






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5 comments:

  1. I love your interpretation of Sarah's logic. It's as if she thinks that lame ducks have no control over their own behavior!

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  2. I'm sure that some wingnut commentator has already placed the blame on Barack Obama for Sarah's resignation.

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  3. It is so hard to figure what she is trying to do, but I think you have guessed as well as anyone. I think she really figures she needs a head start so she would resign and start early. In her mind she doesn't realize that not finishing her term is a negative, she only sees that she is quitting to start a White House run, just as Bush did, however he had already finished one term..she didn't..
    Palin has never finished anything, she left the city council to become mayor, she left mayor to run for Lt Gov, didn't make it, was appointed to the AGOC and quit it in a huff, run for Gov and now has quit it, not to mention that it took her something like 5 or 6 years and 5 schools to get a 4 year degree.
    She is just deluded.

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  4. You nailed her 'logic' as well as it could be nailed! It will be interesting to see what she does next!

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  5. What would be sweetest is if she sank into oblivion, but alas, shit floats!

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