"...the woman is inarticulate, undereducated, and I pose this question: What do you think William F. Buckley would have thought about her as the standard-bearer for the conservative party? I think a lot of this criticism is well deserved."

"I mean, this is one of the rare cases where I think all the liberal stylists like Maureen Dowd, Gail Collins, and the rest of them really have a case. I mean, she just begs for adjectives like flaky and wacky."

"This is a woman who has used her good looks and her gender to really get ahead in the political world. That's something the men don't want to admit, and certainly not the women. So what are we talking about here, we're not talking about a great statesman of profound experience whose matter is integrity. We're talking about somebody who right from the get-go has been a flashy person who gets into a lot of trouble and really has no credentials for any job."

Toku666

Columbus, OH

May 2004

JUL 07, 2009 02:56 PM

"Ma'am, we're from the Department of Law *meaningful look* and we need you to step out of your clothes, please..."

kthxbi

Gulf Breeze, FL

November 2006

JUL 07, 2009 03:07 PM

MrCrisp said:

Subrosa said:
This is a really good point: She has quit at pretty much everything she's ever done.

I can only imagine what would have happened if she was our vice president.

John McCain would die, then Palin would become President, then she would quit for her "higher calling" as Intergalactic Snowbilly Queen.

Tiger_Fodder

Braintree, MA

June 2007

JUL 07, 2009 03:25 PM

kthxbi said:

MrCrisp said:

Subrosa said:
This is a really good point: She has quit at pretty much everything she's ever done.

I can only imagine what would have happened if she was our vice president.

John McCain would die, then Palin would become President, then she would quit for her "higher calling" as Intergalactic Snowbilly Queen.

You are just being glib, sir!

s5

STAFF

San Francisco, CA

JUL 07, 2009 03:49 PM

MrCrisp said:

Subrosa said:
This is a really good point: She has quit at pretty much everything she's ever done.

I can only imagine what would have happened if she was our vice president.

A vote for McCain was a vote for President Pelosi.

Think about it. McCain dead in a year from the stress, Palin quits a day later. Pelosi is third in line.

Stiles

Oakland, CA

November 2002

JUL 07, 2009 03:53 PM

Time magazine reports money may have been the motivation:

Between her husband's income and her own salary, Sarah Palin is by no means poor. But the Palins have had to spend more than $500,000 to deal with the 15 ethics complaints filed against Palin by various outside groups in the past eight months. Palin has been exonerated in all cases, but Alaskan law states that she has to use her own money to defend herself. More cases were expected, which could've become expensive with four kids (and a grandchild) still living at home.

Quitting frees up her time for speaking engagements; politicians of Palin's stature get as much as $50,000 a pop. "I don't think Sarah Palin is a politician. I don't think she wants to be a politician. I think she wants to be an inspirational leader," says representative Mike Doogan, an Anchorage Democrat. "She has the opportunity to make a drop-dead amount of money in the next 18 months." Without resigning, she might have been looking at more than $1 million in legal fees over her remaining 16 months in office. Now she's looking at an unlimited, and very green, horizon.

MrCrisp

I'm lost

August 2004

JUL 07, 2009 03:55 PM

s5 said:

MrCrisp said:

Subrosa said:
This is a really good point: She has quit at pretty much everything she's ever done.

I can only imagine what would have happened if she was our vice president.

A vote for McCain was a vote for President Pelosi.

Think about it. McCain dead in a year from the stress, Palin quits a day later. Pelosi is third in line.

That would have been...interesting.

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 07, 2009 03:55 PM

She had set up a legal defense fund, but so far it has only brought in $150,000 of the $500,000 spent. Apparently, her followers are cheap.

s5

STAFF

San Francisco, CA

JUL 07, 2009 04:07 PM

Barack Obama today on Sarah Palin's political career:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/07/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5138968.shtml

"There are certain figures in our popular culture that just capture peoples' imagination, and in death they become even larger," Mr. Obama said. "I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable."

Oh crap, that was Barack Obama on Michael Jackson. Mea culpa.

sick

Minneapolis, MN

June 2003

JUL 07, 2009 04:16 PM

s5 said:
Barack Obama today on Sarah Palin's political career:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/07/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5138968.shtml

Oh crap, that was Barack Obama on Michael Jackson. Mea culpa.

Frankly, in the big scheme of things, Jackson is more important than Palin. They're both lunatics, but one had a forty-year career, was spectacularly influential, and will be remembered by millions of people.

ArtHippo

Edwardsville, KS

December 2007

JUL 07, 2009 05:57 PM

toothpickmoe said: I really think a Playboy spread would have been a better way to drum up some press. Or at least a sex tape. She needs a new campaign manager, obviously. "Here's the new angle, Sarah: You quit!"

Why do I have a feeling that porn would be the only thing she would be marginally good at? That is under the condition that she didn’t talk. God that would be horrid…

“Oh yeah, that’s so good, you betcha! Don’t cum on my face hun, I have my daughter’s soccer practice right after. Hey, do you think we could put a pillow under my knees? They’re starting to chafe doncha know”

That might turn me off permanently.

Sylvain said:

Keith said: At least one of the Palin women knows when to pull out.

LOL

That is totally un-cool, yet and at the same time unbelievably funny. I think I’ll just stick with funny since the ‘un-cool’ aspect is probably due to the fact that I’m jealous I didn’t think of it first.

IDGAS

Jackson Heights, NY

March 2004

JUL 17, 2009 08:30 PM

"Alaska experienced the largest overall drop in tax collections, 72 percent in the first quarter" (link) could that have anything to do with her resignation. She would not want to be associated with a tax increase if it became necessary.

MrCrisp

I'm lost

August 2004

JUL 17, 2009 08:46 PM

Why is pornography the most popular potential path for her to take now? How about obscurity? That's a pretty swell one.

The woman is more than just a body. Not much more, but still. I wish more people realized this, and maybe she wouldn't have gotten as far as she did.