At the Florida GOP Governors' Conference, this morning Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sort of made her first attempt at a genuine press conference in months. She has made herself occasionally available for interviews, or availabilities, or mooseburgers at home to adequately neutered local Alaska reporters, but this morning's fiasco shows Palin unable to handle open questions on her past, present or future. Why am I not surprised?
I'll bet she can't wait to get back to the warm embrace of the Anchorage Daily News and KTUU TV.
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If she runs in 2012 I'm going to buy stock in apirin - because I'm going to need a HUGE bottle every single day. She gives me such a headache.
Let's hope she's the bright star for the Repubs in 2012. An Obama victory is sure as snow in Alaska.
She can sure talk and talk and talk and not say a blessed thing. Please can we get rid of her somehow when she comes back here? She has really embarrassed us on the national stage and continues to every time she opens her mouth. I'm so done with her.
"IT'S A BIG BAG OF WEIRD IN THERE..."
(Gilmore Girls Season Seven)
Rory: Sounds like you're over thinking this. Maybe if you just put pen to paper...
Lorelai: I tried that. I thought I'd just sit down and write…whatever comes...no judgment...no inner critic…ooh, was that a bad idea.
Rory: Really why?
Lorelai: Because my brain is a wild jungle full of scary gibberish…I'm writing a letter…I can't write a letter…why can't I write a letter?…I'm wearing a green dress...I wish I was wearing my blue dress...my blue dress is at the cleaners...the Germans wore grey...you wore blue...Casablanca, Casablanca...such a good movie...Casablanca...the White House...Bush...why don't I drive a hybrid car? I should really drive a hybrid car...I should really take my bicycle to work...bicycle, unicycle, unitard...hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, underpants.
Rory: Hockey puck, rattle snake, monkey, monkey, underpants?
Lorelai: Exactly! That's what I'm saying. It's a big bag of weird in there.
Lynn-in-Australia
She talked for seven minutes and said absolutely NOTHING! She didn't even answer the questions. Yeah, sure she thinks the GOP wants to include everyone...
I hope she does run in 2012, the re-election of President Obama will be a landslide victory over this "lady".
I REALLY feel for you guys in Alaska that have to tolerate her for a couple of more years...Margaret Carlson from Bloomberg has her pegged to a tee - great game show host - on public access cable...
solid Bond girl choice, even better GOP Prez 2012- Obama vs. Palin
dems could not ask for more
its like loving smokers- they die quicker
Huh? So, we're supposed to put the last couple of the months of the campaign in the past and not dwell on it, yet she is still harping about Obama's association with Bill Ayers? How many years ago was that again?
Quite a disconnect...
Ok I tried to watchher 22 minute speech on the future. Honest! I gae it a go! But my eyes crossed and my knee kept twitching and oceans of gibberish aside, I couldn't tread water against the wave fter wave of arrogance.
*Only* Republicans understand taxes. *Only* Republicans know how to run a government so *only* Republicans can step up and show Obama how to do it.
This from a woman who went to a Republican Governer's Convention and without attending *one* event (where she might have to sit quietly and listen to what somebody *else* has to say) ascended above the other governors to proclaim herself the solution to all of America'a problems.
Btw - who is writing her speeches these days?
Lynn-in-Australia
And just think - 57 million people voted for her. Don't kid yourselves - Pay Pay has had a taste of the limelight - she's not going anywhere. God may be opening the door of the senate to her.
There's a useful analysis of the schism in the conservative ranks of the GOP (and a eulogy for the old conservism) in this insightful article. "Sarah Palin is the Future of Conservatism".
Found on the blog "The Immoral Minority"
There is an online petition asking Sarah Palin to stop campaigning and go home already. Oh and to stop giving interviews and just - shut up. Anyone can sign it. I am signature #174 and proudly listed "Australia" as my city/state :)
http://www.petitiononline.com/1113nov8/petition.html
Lynn-in-Australia
The body language is curious...
I like how Big Texas Man Perry manhandles the situation. Notice how Sarah shrinks back behind Mr Big Finger until he grabs her a puts her back up at the mike. That's just weird. Where was Sarah's strong Alaska women persona? She looked like a little girl. Feminist? Not really.
I couldn't listen to all of Sarah's talk. I had to fast forward. She gives me the same kind of Bush cringe factor.
I think that it has become painfully obvious how little substance there is to Sarah Palin, less even than George Bush. Sarah is an opportunist who has spent her entire career jumping from one position (opportunity) to another, never staying long enough to do much damage, nor accomplish anything substantive. I saw it at the AOGC where Sarah hated a 9-5 job and jumped at the opportunity to out Randy, score some points and move on to something else. She leveraged that jump into the Governor’s mansion and once again was so confined by this day to day job that she unilaterally decided to “work from home” in Anchorage, and collect illegal per diem, to boot. In less than two years, she almost leveraged that job into the Vice Presidency but luckily for America, enough people saw through her. Now she is stuck back in the boring Governor’s job and the reality of the failure of AGIA is making her nervous. I truly believe that she would LOVE for Ted to win so that she could skip out on the failed Governor’s job and skip on to the Senate. No conscience, no concern for her country, her state or even her family. The perfect Prince. Machiavelli would be proud.
the weird thing is that her methods, management style and approach were well known, and yet she got elected governor anyway. why?
Clark - They weren't well known state wide; just locally (Mat-Su). And even then - only to those that paid attention.
The old Peter Principle has now become the Palin Principle.
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