Recall Governor Sarah Palin explaining how she felt when John McCain offered her the Vice-Presidential spot:
“I answered him ‘Yes’ because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can’t blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we’re on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can’t blink. So I didn’t blink then even when asked to run as his running mate.”
And then she blinked?
I'm trying to generate some sympathy for Sarah Palin. She clearly wasn't ready for the national stage. Her family has been the subject of public ridicule, and very unflattering elements of her character have become the subject of media scrutiny.
However, its difficult for me to feel sympathy for her. She used her family as a political prop when it was advantageous. She had no problem insinuating that her political opponent was an unamerican friend of terrorists. She eagerly whooped it up with racist political crowds carrying water-melons and stuffed monkeys. She also told many, many lies - strike that, many bald faced whoppers that were refutable by reference to taped prior statements. These things make it hard for me to feel her pain.
By the way, this piece, written shortly after Sarah Palin accepted the Republican Vice-Presidential nomination, is still one of the funniest things I've ever read. I recommend that you all read it as a tribute to the non-blinking one.
Joe H.
UPDATE
Andrew Sullivan has created a list of the untruths told by Palin in the few short months we've known her. Hats off to Andrew -I just don't have time to keep up with the facts.
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You have to be a great writer to write as poorly as Saunders did in that piece. Funny!
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson's recent column on Palin's "resignation" concludes, as some have speculated, that Sarah may soon (and perhaps has been auditioning all this time) join the talking heads pundits that she enjoys whacking.
Joe - check out www.plumbbobblog.com, a few posts back on Palin - what do you think about the charge that Sullivan has been completely out of his head against Palin for some unexplained reason?
Clearly, some of Sullivan's "lies" are interpretations in the worst way possible of some of Palin's statements. Phil says even the New Republic says Sullivan is simply unable to be objective about her.
Do you know about any of this?
Jim
He's not been out of his head. Although some of his examples of Palin's lies are a stretch, many of the examples are not.
When she was asked about foriegn affairs she claimed to have participated in "trade missions" but never did. She said she opposed the "bridge to nowhere" despite the fact that she is on tape in support of that project. And when the tape came out she kept telling that same lie. She presented several different versions of why she fired the director of puvlic saftey - who refused to fire her brother in law who was, at the time, locked in a bitter divorce battle with her sisteer. She denied firing the Wasilla town librarian - who subsequently turned over her termination letter to the press. Etc.
Sullivan is agahst at what the conservative movement has become - a party that could nominate a person like Palin to be vice-president.
Joe
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