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Sarah Palin stepping down as Governor

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I apologize for saying that your state is better off, however still I feel the US is better off without her being in power.
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You're right dude, this country has been doing amazingly well since Obama has taken over.
 
Originally posted by: Medellon
I apologize for saying that your state is better off, however still I feel the US is better off without her being in power.
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You're right dude, this country has been doing amazingly well since Obama has taken over.
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Agreed.
 
Originally posted by: jman19
Today is a sad day for comedians everywhere - another easy target taking herself away from the spotlight 🙁
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If anything, with the Letterman thing fading away, this puts her back in the spotlight for a while...
 
Originally posted by: Medellon
She sure as hell would be doing a better job than Obama who has not done a damn thing for this country.
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We're not on the same planet. If you came here praising Mao, it'd not seem any more absurd.
 
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: jman19
Today is a sad day for comedians everywhere - another easy target taking herself away from the spotlight 🙁
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If anything, with the Letterman thing fading away, this puts her back in the spotlight for a while...
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Temporarily, but what about down the road? 🙁

Although I have a feeling she'll be back. For all the whining she did about the media, she sure seems to like being the center of attention sometimes...
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Somebody stick a fork in Palin's career, I'd say it's done.
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I think that happened about 3 days after she was chosen as McCain's running mate, you know, as soon as the glow ended.
 
Originally posted by: jman19
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: jman19
Today is a sad day for comedians everywhere - another easy target taking herself away from the spotlight 🙁
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If anything, with the Letterman thing fading away, this puts her back in the spotlight for a while...
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Temporarily, but what about down the road? 🙁

Although I have a feeling she'll be back. For all the whining she did about the media, she sure seems to like being the center of attention sometimes...
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Sometimes? She LOVED playing the victim for everyone about everything.

As long as someone gives her a microphone allowing her to ramble off some good old-fashioned cliches, trust me, she will be around.
 
I think either she or her "first dude" got a litle bizzo on the side during the campaign trail.

and someone found out about it.
 
Originally posted by: Fern
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Is she going after her own political-type show - whether on TV or talk radio? If she wanted a show, I bet she could get it.
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It wouldn't be unprecedented. There's pat buchannan for starters.

This reveals something about a politician who claims to just want to help people. In fact, they just want to help themselves.
 
Originally posted by: OrByte
so.....do we still think she was an excellent choice for running mate with McCain?

ha!
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who's to say if that question will ever be answerable.

we can't know how many conservatives might have just stayed home had McCain picked someone more centrist.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
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Now i liked McCain. HATED palin with a passion.
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As far as republicans go, I liked mccain in 2000 - before he continuously prostituted himself for bush for years. That picture of him hugging and hanging onto georgie is indelibly burned into my memory.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Two GOP governors in hot water in a matter of weeks; we hit the jackpot.
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this is why politics and the goverment is so fucked up. you care more about the "party" then what is actually happening with the country.
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what do you expect, he's a partisan hack who's ashamed of america and hopes her soldiers get killed.
 
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: OrByte
so.....do we still think she was an excellent choice for running mate with McCain?

ha!
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who's to say if that question will ever be answerable.

we can't know how many conservatives might have just stayed home had McCain picked someone more centrist.
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Well, you seemed to have found her strong enough to be the VP - how's that playing out now?

Please, correct me, Jerboy, if I'm wrong in that.....
 
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
She's never had much depth. She's probably realized that she's peaked politically and wants to give her family a break and cash in on it all.
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It's pretty obvious there's no depth. What isn't obvious is that some people vote for her anyway. This is much more of a problem than sarah palin, as an individual, is. There will always be a sarah palin politician. This could easily happen again.
 
I just had to c/p this from S/A :laugh:

Panama Red posted:

Mitt Romney had sold his soul for 2012. He had done things, bad things, he would never thought he would do. In the depth of night, he would toss and turn, struggling to justify to himself his black deeds, committed in the name of seeking power. Usually he convinced himself that it was all in the best interests of his country. Usually.

The weak pretenders to the throne in his party had to go. They couldn't take down Obama. They didn't have the vision or the character to go up against the Messiah and bring him down. They lacked the intelligence, the wit and the ability to change with the times. But they had the base frothing at the mouth for them. Those stupid sign-waving, slogan-chanting obese idiots wearing baggy t-shirts with words written on them... Joe the Plumber didn't know what was best for him. Mitt Romney did, but Mitt couldn't make Joe love him.

Jindal had been the first to go. It had been so innocent. A left-over laxative in Mitt's pocket and a few minutes alone with Bobby's Diet Sprite. It was a bitter act, but with that first sinking of a political career, Mitt had been emboldened. He suddenly saw a path to the White House, with the bodies of his fellow Republicans pushed to the side.

Some of the more gullible ones were easy enough to trick. "Secession is a hot issue," he had told Perry while duck hunting. "I mean, you see the stars and bars everywhere. The South has to rise again, right? Why not 2012?"

Others had taken more work. Sanford was principled; he wouldn't strike a deal or sit on the sidelines. It had taken Mitt calling in a favor from an old friend, a little harlot from Buenos Aires, to try and seduce the upright South Carolina governor. It worked; Sanford was soon upright in a different way, multiple times. Mitt hadn't expected Sanford to expose himself, but he did, bawling on national TV. Back in his den, Mitt could have tasted the salt of Sanford's tears on his lips.

But the big threat had always been that bitch from Alaska, the hockey mom. She had to go, but she wasn't like the rest; she had no real belief system, and would say anything for a vote. In the same way Rainman was with cards, she was an idiot savant with a gift for raw politics. Romney had to pull out the stops to bring her down.

"...Not retreating, simply advancing in a different direction." He had heard the tail end of Palin's speech over his cell phone.

"Okay, it's done," Todd Palin said on the other end. "Are you happy now, you sick son of a bitch?"

Mitt smiled, surprising himself. "Yes. Yes, I am." He looked at the cross-eyed baby sitting on the sofa beside him. "And little Trig is happy too. Aren't you, son?"

Dead eyes stared back at him. A trickle of drool fell down a rounded chin.

"Hello?" Todd sounded desperate. "Okay, we did what you wanted. Give our son back now. Give him ba--"

Mitt shut the phone. He had originally thought this would be the last one. But there was still a dark horse out there, a populist who could spoil everything. He had come this far; he might as well finish the job.

"May God forgive me," he said. "Ron Paul has to die."

Beside him, Trig cooed.
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Add a theory to the list: she wants to be appointed to the Senate in 2010.

Couple notes:

The Washington Post story earlier in the article (which was pretty disgusting for its 'you can't be President if you don't win over the Washington chatter class' message saidnot as a condemntation but with pride) notes that she was a "HUGE" handicap by being located in Alaska. Being in the Senate would fix that and give her plenty of access and visibility (while the Senate isn't historically good for candidates, note the top 3 candidates in 2008 were Senators).

Of course, the guy she makes governor by resinging might not feel too badly towards her. Any actual deal is pure speculation.

It would greatly help her reputation as a nutty Alaska governor whose foreign policy credentials were watching a plane fly overheard that might have had Putn in it.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Maybe she thinks she can raise more money for the Republicans for the upcoming 2010 elections if she weren't Governor.

EDIT: Maybe she's readying herself to become to run for Senator.
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I believe you hit right in the head! State Senator!
 
Sarah Palin is an attention whore. If this were in any way a positive thing, it would not be announced on a Friday afternoon, let alone a holiday weekend. If there were any legitimate positive spin to this it would have been announced Monday so the networks would swoon all week over it. My money is on another sex scandal.
 
LOL! I vaguely remember such accusations being thrown around last fall, around election time and Ted Stevens' troubles...it didn't gain any traction then...maybe now...?
Damn that'd be sweet as hell if it turned out to be true.
 
Originally posted by: Fern
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Nope.

You seem to be focusing on income tax. ATM, that's not 'in play' (might be later).

Income tax only accounts for about half the fed gov's tax revenue (per the AICPA etc).

The Obama admin and it's supporters are already explaining away Congress's proposal to tax employer provided health benefits. If it passes (and Obama won't be vetoing it) people will recognize that as a tax increase.

If 'cap-n-tax' passes, it will be a tax increase, and everyone will recognize it as such. Even if they carve out exemptions for poorer households (and likely not an exemption to exclude everyone making under $250K anyway) it will show up as an increase all across the board - all products we purchase. In effect it will be an additional and hidden sales tax.

Cigarette tax? People purchasing tabacco products, and there are more than you think, already complain about the tax increase.

Soft drink and other 'sin taxes'? Congress is showing a willingness to pursue these. Everyone recognizes that as a tax increase.

With this administration's plans they are going to need a bunch of new revenue, and it's not going to come from an expanding economy and the increased tax revenues that brings. No, I believe they're gonna be raising taxes is as many places as they can. I wouldn't rule out an income tax increase on those under $250K, everyone knows the real revenue is at the middle class level.

And they better be careful about raising business taxes, I know many if you on the left see busineses as some faceless evil entity. But most poeple are employed at small businesses, not the 'evil behemoths'. Raising taxes on the small employers will not go unnoticed in the least; both the owners and the employees and their families will be acutely aware of it.

Fern
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Fern, I have to say it is interesting to watch you become more and more radical as time goes on.
 
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