Sarah Palin Resigns as Governor
Attorney · Raleigh, NC · Member since 2008 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
No not because she had an affair, but because she's focusing full time on a Presidential run in 2012. She's burned her ships. There's something you need to understand about a woman like Sarah. When a woman like her gets attacked, she doesn't cower in hurt. She gets motivated. You can't win giving a person like this negative energy. They only convert it to motivation and the more you attack, the more you support them.
Happy Fourth of July!
Tim
I couldn't disagree more and I can't wait for the chance to see it. Obama is as big of a joke as this country has ever seen.
From bowing down to the saudi king, to declaring that we are "Not a Christian nation", to disarming our military, to not not doing ANYTHING about north korea etc.
This guy is more of a national security risk then Bin Laden because he is killing our country from the inside.
Jeff
Let's have a constructive debate about this one, as I didn't mean to wave off your comment and I'd like to get a better understanding of your rationale here...
Here's why I believe this is one of the more ridiculous things I've read in a long time:
- First, why would anyone be trying to trap her with that question? It was a completely innocuous question, and I have to assume that Couric expected a quick little run-down of a few magazines and would then move on. What follow-up questions would you expect from Couric that would "trap" Palin on her response?
- How exactly could Palin be trapped on this question? You mentioned that people could look up whether she had a subscription or not. But, that wouldn't prove anything. I guarantee you that most high-level politicians read A LOT of magazines, and probably very few of them have personal subscriptions to the magazines they read. So, what exactly is the "trap" being set?
- Another reasonable assumption people could make from Palin's response is that she couldn't think of any magazines that she reads. That is a much simpler explanation (and makes much more sense) than the fact that she was avoiding some "trap." I'm not sure if you're familiar with Occam's Razor or not, but it states that given two explanations, the simpler one tends to be correct more often than not.
- If Palin was so good at avoiding traps, why were so many of her other answers completely ridiculous? If she were that intelligent, would she really have answered the foreign relations question with, "I can practically see Russia from my house???"
Okay, you're turn. I've just presented my rationale for why I think it's completely ridiculous to think her response was predicated on avoiding a "trap."
Now what is your rationale for believing it was? (and feel free to answer those questions in bold above while you're at it).
How about the fact that Palin doesn't deserve to be our next President because she clearly doesn't take her job as public servant very seriously.
She left her elected position as governor for absolutely no good reason. This cost the taxpayers money, this cost the people of Alaska continuity in representation, and the only reasonable explanations for the decision are purely selfish on her part.
It's one thing if she left her post to take a more important position in the government. But, unless she needs the next three years to study up, there's no reason to leave her post anytime soon for a 2012 Presidential run.
To me, it seems that she is putting her personal goals ahead of her constituency, and that to me should disqualify anyone for President.
Doesn't that bother anyone else?
First of all you are attempting to change the question here, as does happen soo often when caught.
The question was not what magazines do you read, it was what magazines do you subscribe to. Reading a magazine and having a subscription to a magazine are two differnt things. Thus her answer was simple, to the point, and truthful. And not as you originally gave the opinion of. Second, the question phrased thus was not innocoulus at all but any answer could be checked, and if wrong she could be called a liar and thus the trap was set and avoided by the answer. She is just to intellegent to be trapped thusly by anyone, especially the media that is so afraid of her.
Go ahead and twist some more questions. As far as foreign relations go, if you live close to any border you will have more understanding of how to deal with those from the other country as you are more apt to understand them from those who cross the border, rightly or wrongly. And in viewing and understanding what is happening on the other side of the border is also more likely.
As far as leaving her post for no good reason goes, I do not believe that she has told anyone of her intentions and therefore you could not know what her reasons are to say wheather or not they are for good reasons or bad reasons.
Plus with the continengcy plans that are in place in the state constitution, there is an automatic assumption of power and does not cost the state any money. If she had just quit and walked away, I might be inclined to agree with you, but she gave a notice and worked out that notice so that there was an easy transition. Not at all what a quitter would do.
As Tim mentioned this sounds like what Obama did to the state of IL when he did not show up to perform his duties because he was out campaigning for his personal goal of the presidency. At least Sarah did it in such a way that there would be someone performing the tasks that should be attended to instead of collecting a check from the taxpayers to do nothing.
And by the way, I for one appreciate someone who is willing to step down from their position (no matter what it is, REP, Senator, Govenor) to run for another office, if that is her intention.
I do not like those who get paid while not doing their job. Some of those you previously listed did just that and some actually vote when they were required to being kept updated by their pages and other helpers as to what was what back home.
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Check one:
[ ]I don't like Palin, I like President Obama (I am a Socialist)
[ ]I don't like President Obama, I like Palin (I am a Fascist)
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Reality check:
Palin did a horrible job presenting herself on several occasions while running for VP. She clearly made herself look unpolished and inexperienced at times.
That's fair.
I am not able to get the exact truth here, but from what I have been able to find, Gov. Sarah Palin had ZERO ethics complaints against her BEFORE she was the VP candidate. Since then, there has been something like 18 or more ethics complaints against her.
Did she suddenly become an 'unethical' person because she ran for VP? Even the most looney, jaded Liberal can see that something is wrong here, UNLESS they just want to destroy someone for having a different opinion. There is NOTHING that has been said against Sarah Palin that cannot be said against Barack Obama. Even being a QUITTER. Did Barack Obama finish his Senate Term? He may have had the title of Senator but he QUIT his job as Senator to run for the Presidency. At least Sarah Palin had the HONOR and RESPECT to fully resign her position and not pretend to be a Governor while out on the campaign trail. And, during the campaign, Sarah Palin went back to Alaska to take care of business a heck of a lot more than Obama went to back to DC to take care of business. If you ran a business and Obama showed up for work for you as much as he showed up in the Senate Chamber, you would FIRE him.
I am not going to change your mind on Obama and you will not change my mind on Palin. Just remember, you point a finger at Palin and I can point a finger at Obama. Obama has raised the National Debt more than $1,000,000,000,000 in just six months. What has it gotten him? A nearly 10% unemployment rate! A pile of old clunker cars! Maybe he can start a "clunker house" program. A house worth $10,000, he will give you a $45,000 credit toward the purchase of a new, energy efficient house! He can call it HOMES: Help Obtain More Energy Savings!
Get the government OUT of my life, not more involved!
Can you point out anywhere on this thread where anyone has supported Obama?
For some reason, you are assuming that for people to dislike Palin, they must automatically support Obama. That's ridiculous.
I don't support Obama at all; I think he's done a poor job as President so far, and he's broken a lot of promises that I was hoping he'd keep. I'm not arguing with any of the assertions you make about him in your post.
In addition to not supporting Obama, I think Palin isn't qualified to be President, and harmed the system by quitting her job for no good reason.
So, I guess we can all agree that both Palin and Obama are bad politicians and neither deserve to be President.
My apologies J Scott. You want a DEFENSE of Sarah Palin!
OK, here it goes. I agree with her on an unborn child is still a life, an American Citizen if they are in the United States. I agree with her on trying to reduce government corruption, when she did when she was on the Oil and Gas Commission. Why did she even run for town mayor? Because she saw how poorly her town was being governed. She saw something wrong and instead of just blogging about it, she got her hands 'dirty' and jumped right in. Out of her realm of knowledge? Maybe. But she has proven to be a quick learner and a willing learner, running the town much more efficiently. She didn't get LUCKY by getting a 90% approval rating as governor, she earned it. Is she some sort of 'slick attorney?' NO. Did she pay for her college education by writing a 3rd grade level autobiography? NO.
Listening to Sarah Palin speak, you get the feeling of someone who understands you and someone who knows the struggles of life. Listening to Obama, you get the feeling you are listening to Shapiro or Cochran defending OJ Simpson. A slick, lying, conniving attorney.
Sarah Palin would make a good president because she knows what she doesn't know, and therefore, finds someone that knows what needs to be known. She is willing to put people around her who are SMARTER than she is, in a given area. Obama puts people around him that are dumber than him and that is no easy task. So he finds tax cheats, business cheats and generally scum.
This country needs to get someone in the Oval Office who has NOT been bought! Sarah Palin is struggling with a $500,000 legal tab. Most folks in Washington would just laugh, make a phone call, do a favor and DONE.
Give me Palin any day!!
Btw, don't think that I'm trying to bash Palin because she's conservative. I have plenty of conservative views on many things. And, there are plenty of other Conservative politicians who do possess these skills. Some of them I wouldn't want in office because I disagree with their views and some I wouldn't mind in office, but I wouldn't argue that they don't have the skills necessary to be President.
Palin I don't believe has the experience or skills.
(Oh, and please don't come back with assertions that Obama doesn't have the experience or skills either...we all already agree that he isn't a good President, so making the comparison just makes Palin look worse)
- Understand fiscal policy inside and out;
- Understand foreign policy in great detail;
- Understand the intricate details of how the gov't works;
- Be able to communicate precisely and concisely;
- Have the respect of other politicians (both in her party and the other parties) who the President will rely on to get good legislation passed and bad legislation overturned;
- Have strong negotiating skills;
- Etc...
I can only find two requirements in the US Constitution, the person must be at least 45 years of age and be a Natural born US Citizen. Sarah Palin qualifies on these two counts.
As for YOUR qualifications, history shows that Sarah Palin understands Fiscal Policy at the Local and State Level very well.
Understanding Foreign Policy is the perview of the Secretary of State, who then advises the president.
Understanding the intricate details of how government works can ONLY be learned if you are intimately involved. President Reagan was unfamiliar with the Federal Level but he learned it very quickly, like he learned California. Palin would have learned it the same way.
Have respect of other politicians, I have to totally disagree. How about respect for law, order, your country and your fellow citizens! Washington needs to get out of the "norm" and be shaken to it's very core. Currently, Washington folks only respect two things, POWER and MONEY.
Strong negotiating skills. I can agree with that to a point, not as a qualification but as a valuable skill. But the "you grease my palm and I will grease your palm" has to go.
If Sarah Palin does not meet YOUR requirements for president, then that is your right to believe so and vote accordingly. Other people have different requirements for what they are looking for in a president.
Here is my problem, I have two senators and one Rep that represent me in Washington. All three are Liberal. I have written them many times on many issues, and they always send me back the same form letter, that in so many words states, "Take a Hike, I don't care what you think or want." I think Sarah Palin will listen to all points of view, that she cares what others think, even if they have a differing viewpoint, and CARES about people.
Palin is the "paradigm shift" politician. The change we were promised has not happened and I think Palin would have brought real change that this country needs. This is NOT a comparison to the current president, this is a comparison of PROMISES.
Personally, I find Palin a refreshing change from the same, old, droll politician.
Passage that won Rumsfeld the the 2003 Foot in Mouth award from the Plain English Campaign.
Given your standards, I agree she fully qualifies.
Given my standards, she's nowhere close.
That's fair...
Yes J Scott, touche...
I find it ironic that those who claim Sarah Palin is so inconsequential and an unqualified politician have also made this thread one of the most popular on BP for the month of July.