Palin Quits, Transfers Power to Lt. Governor

[fightingquaker13]

$210,000.00 pension from UMass for little Billy last I heard!  He must get something from the Senate too...

His bother suld have gone into administration. That is absurd.
FQ13

[tt11758]

I finally found a copy of Palins speech. If I didn't like her before, I really don't like her now. My two favorite quotes:
 "It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down plod along.That's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out."
Really? Sorry Sarah, its called doing doing your damn job when the going gets tough, and its inconveinant, and you promised people you'd do it. And the quitter's way out is, well, quitting.
Something I think even Tom will agree with me on is my second favorite:
Her quote from "MacArthur" " We are not retreating, we are advancing in a different direction". Sorry, but that was not (to my shame, uttered by an Army General) it came from a Marine. Specicificaly Oliver Smith of the 1st Marines who led his men out of the Choisin Resevoir. The quote was "Retreat Hell"! We're just advancing in a different direction". If the woman cannot be bothered to properly attribute one of the most famous military quotes in American history correctly in a prepared statement announcing a momentous political event, even getting the service branch wrong........
Sorry Sarah, those fish floating down stream you mentioned? You betch'a!
FQ13

At least she didn't claim it as her own......UNlike the guy YOU elected as Vice President.

[tombogan03884]

$210,000.00 pension from UMass for little Billy last I heard!  He must get something from the Senate too...

Not to bad for a raggedy assed kid from Southie.

 DeltaM, While Harry Truman had some very commendable points he was a left leaning Democrat who snatched stalemate from the jaws of victory in Korea and  left us with a problem we are STILL trying to solve.

[Pathfinder]

Interesting analysis here: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/palin_cloward_piven_and_kafka.html

FTA: "What happened to Sarah Palin is a political game changer on the national level.  It also may be a preview of what every American may face in a few years.

The 18 ethics charges filed since she rose to prominence in Republican circles might be the first time the left has successfully used the Cloward-Piven Strategy to stop an individual politician on the national level.

For those who do not know, the strategy was developed in the late 1960s by two sociologists at Columbia.  In a nutshell it seeks to "hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse".

It was implemented in NYC where activists on the left lobbied for new social programs then worked to fill the rosters.  By the early 1970s there was one person on welfare for every two working in NYC.  This nearly resulted in NYC declaring bankruptcy in 1975, averted only by a federal emergency loan.

In the case of Sarah Palin, political opponents overloaded her with a flood of complaints and consequent legal fees, thus pushing her toward a personal financial crisis and her exit from the public arena.  Like NYC she may come back, but the rules of the game have changed."

[MikeBjerum]

Interesting analysis here: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/palin_cloward_piven_and_kafka.html

FTA: "What happened to Sarah Palin is a political game changer on the national level.  It also may be a preview of what every American may face in a few years.

The 18 ethics charges filed since she rose to prominence in Republican circles might be the first time the left has successfully used the Cloward-Piven Strategy to stop an individual politician on the national level.

For those who do not know, the strategy was developed in the late 1960s by two sociologists at Columbia.  In a nutshell it seeks to "hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse".

It was implemented in NYC where activists on the left lobbied for new social programs then worked to fill the rosters.  By the early 1970s there was one person on welfare for every two working in NYC.  This nearly resulted in NYC declaring bankruptcy in 1975, averted only by a federal emergency loan.

In the case of Sarah Palin, political opponents overloaded her with a flood of complaints and consequent legal fees, thus pushing her toward a personal financial crisis and her exit from the public arena.  Like NYC she may come back, but the rules of the game have changed."

If this is true we are on a slippery slope of our system being abused and needing to be reigned in.  How the hell do we fix this without eroding Rights?

[Sponsor]

[fightingquaker13]

The right used the same stratey with Clinton. Mind you, I drank champagne the day he was impeached, but all the nuisance law suits and discovery motions filed by Judicial Watch and others left mid level staffers with thousands in debts and tied the White House in knots. It is a pernicious strategy no matter who uses it as t keeps our elected officias from doing their jobs. This is one point where I sympathize with Palin, and give very gruding thanks to Pelosi for not allowing impeachment hearings. Except in case of corruption or gross abuse of power (or both in Clinton's case) our elected officials should be held accountable to the voters.
FQ13

[TAB]

still waiting for some one to explain why she is so great...



Tom, less then 4 years as the governer of a state that has extremly low population, its not exactly what I would call exp...  hell the county I live in has almost 3x the population of thier state...( 08 est are 700k, sac county has 2 mil)

[Pathfinder]

still waiting for some one to explain why she is so great...



Tom, less then 4 years as the governer of a state that has extremly low population, its not exactly what I would call exp...  hell the county I live in has almost 3x the population of thier state...( 08 est are 700k, sac county has 2 mil)

Explain why the left still hates her so - a hard, palpable hate at that, virulent hatred for her. Answer that, and you will know why she is "so great" as you put it.

As for your county, it - and your state - are probably high on the gummint seizure lists for bankrupt socialist oligarchies. So I wouldn't be casting too many stones at one of the few states in the Union that is still solvent - without Fed bailouts.

Besides, the point is that even with "less than 4 years" - that is still way more experience than bho and the plagiarizer had together.

[TAB]

its hard to say why the "left" hates anyone...   the "right" is the same way...

Democrats are not liberals, and Republicans are not conservatives.  calling a chicken a duck, does not make it taste like duck.

[tombogan03884]

 FQ, Yet again you skim over a significant fact, the Clinton and the people in his administration were actually GUILTY. And before you go cheering that old bat Pelosi you need to realize that if charges start getting thrown around Geithner is screwed. Spiro Agnew , a sitting VP went to PRISON because he underpaid $40,000 in state taxes. Your treasury Sect. blew off, what $128,000 in FEDERAL taxes