Sarah Palin

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

You just made the point how someone in office is distracted, to say the least, if they are running for another office and now you think Palin should have stuck it out?

Yes. If every politician who was the target of complaints and accusations decided to resign, there would be nobody left in any office.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by awpitt

Yes. If every politician who was the target of complaints and accusations decided to resign, there would be nobody left in any office.

You call what has been done to Sarah Palin "complaints and accusations"?????

Are you serious????

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by awpitt

Yes. If every politician who was the target of complaints and accusations decided to resign, there would be nobody left in any office.

We're not communicating, here.

We agree it's bad governance for a pol to be running for another office while serving, yes?

If you take Palin at her word, per her speech, that's what she's primarily doing, right, not abusing the office?

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

One of the things that needs to be considered is Rove's role in Bush's reign. The IRS handouts? The expansion of entitlements? Energy? Conduct of the wars? Doing nothing about Fanny? What were Rove ideas and what weren't? Certainly, he wasn't there to light cigars and go get pizzas.

If nothing else, I would think the 'compassionate conservative' scam was Rove's idea.

So, moving forward, how much of the problem was he and how much good did he do?

No argument about Rove's part in the Bush administration. I was only mentioning that Rove didn't seem to be criticizing Palin, just that he was definitely confused about her decision to do what she did.

Which I think is good! She's shaking things up and everyone is still talking about it 3 days after she made her announcement!

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Probably because integrity is new to them and they don't know how to react to it. Palin is a wildcard - she doesn't bang with the gang and I think the way the GOP has treated her has really opened her eyes. She's not a coward or political hack, and the party faithful don't know what to make of her.

And I'm sure they fear her because she makes them look bad - like the weasels they are. And I'm talking about both Democrats AND Republicans. John McCain can pretend all he wants that Palin cost him the election, but the fact is that he'd have had an even bigger ass whoopin' if it weren't for her.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Bann

No argument about Rove's part in the Bush administration. I was only mentioning that Rove didn't seem to be criticizing Palin, just that he was definitely confused about her decision to do what she did.

Which I think is good! She's shaking things up and everyone is still talking about it 3 days after she made her announcement!

As they say, when what you're doing isn't working, try something else. I'd just like to know more about Rove's story, what was his idea, what wasn't.

[This_person]

Originally Posted by awpitt

Yes. If every politician who was the target of complaints and accusations decided to resign, there would be nobody left in any office.

If it gets to the point where they can't govern, that's entirely different than merely being complained about and (in this case, wrongly) accused of things.

Clinton never learned that. Nor have most others. Palin, apparently, has.

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

We're not communicating, here.

We agree it's bad governance for a pol to be running for another office while serving, yes?

If you take Palin at her word, per her speech, that's what she's primarily doing, right, not abusing the office?

In her speach, she talked about being targeted and helping Alaska by taking a different direction. If she if stepping down in order to fully focus on the 2012 election, then I agree with what she' doing.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by awpitt

In her speach, she talked about being targeted and helping Alaska by taking a different direction. If she if stepping down in order to fully focus on the 2012 election, then I agree with what she' doing.

You have any doubt that she doesn't have her eye on '12???

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

You have any doubt that she doesn't have her eye on '12???

You're right on that. I just thought she would've finished out her term. Even then she'd still have two years to devote to the 2012 campaign.