The bloom is off the Palin rose
Sarah Palin, sanctified by many Republicans just a few months ago as the party’s next national leader, can’t live up to the hype. She has been overexposed and underwhelming, and the trajectory is clearly downward.
As the AP notes:
“Last month, Republican presidential candidate John McCain wouldn’t commit to endorsing his running mate for president if she ran in 2012. This week, he didn’t even include her name in a list of young and dynamic Republican governors.
Palin once wowed thousands of supporters at campaign rallies, but was dropped recently as the keynote speaker of a high profile Republican fundraiser in Washington, D.C., after a communications mix-up between event organizers and her political action committee.
And this week, lawmakers are slashing her budget ahead of a Sunday adjournment. Instead of staying in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, Palin plans to attend another partisan fundraiser: a Thursday night county right-to-life dinner in Indiana.”
That decision to leave the state as the Legislature comes down to its last critical hours doesn’t have legislators very happy with her either. “We’re a small state,” state Rep. Jay Ramras, a Republican, told ABC News. “When you get down to the last days of the legislative session it’s a little bit like the last two minutes of a basketball game. You want to have your best players there”
The New York Times quotes a leading Alaskan Republican as being pretty disenchanted with her leadership, or lack thereof.
“The source of the greatest tension this year between the Legislature and the executive has been certainly the appearance that the executive is prioritizing her national image, her national brand, over the day-to-day operations of state government and the interests of the State of Alaska,” said Mike Hawker, the Republican co-chairman of the House Finance Committee.”
Then there’s the whole Levi Johnson mess, and Palin’s attempt to reject federal bailout money, a step other leaders in Alaska see as an effort to win national acclaim at the expense of the people of her state. The state House recently voted unanimously to accept the money that Palin is trying to reject.
All in all, Palin is coming off as what she is, a shallow neophyte. Historians will shake their heads in wonder at the idea she could have been nominated to be one heartbeat from the presidency.
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Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
1:13 pm
There was never a bloom, only thorns.
I Report/ You Whine
April 16th, 2009
1:25 pm
Aahhh, yes, I was wondering if we had been cured of our PDS but here it is, rearing it’s diseased head-
“Last month, Republican presidential candidate John McCain wouldn’t commit to endorsing his running mate for president if she ran in 2012. This week, he didn’t even include her name in a list of young and dynamic Republican governors.
It just goes to show you what a real clown McCain is and how lucky we are he wasn’t elected.
The Conservative movement would have been in a shambles by now.
Instead, sweet resurrection, yes!
We own your socialist as-ses, Obozo is so ova.
ty webb
April 16th, 2009
1:25 pm
No Palin fan here, but I think recent history has proven that “shallow neophytes” can be elected president.
DB, Gwinnettian
April 16th, 2009
1:26 pm
“he didn’t even include her name in a list of young and dynamic Republican governors.”
This is only semi related to the topic at hand, but am I the only one a bit puzzled by McCain’s behavior of late? Maybe he’s just joking, but other than that I don’t see why he wouldn’t at least pay lip service to Palin’s prospects; where’s the harm in that?
PJ
April 16th, 2009
1:27 pm
Stick a fork in her beacuse she is done.
Susan Myers
April 16th, 2009
1:32 pm
Oh just pose naked in Hustler and move on!
Hillbilly Deluxe
April 16th, 2009
1:33 pm
DB:
It is a bit puzzling. You’d think a former candidate would at least mention his running mate. Nothing says he’s have to endorse her but it strikes me as a little bit classless to now act as if she doesn’t exist.
PJ
April 16th, 2009
1:43 pm
McCain doesn’t mention Palin because he realized too late for himself that he made a collasius mistake. How many of us like to admit we were wrong?
RW-(the original)
April 16th, 2009
1:45 pm
Is there an opening at the Anchorage Daily News that Jay B is auditioning for? I guess bashing Sarah Palin is easier than facing the facts of the disaster we did elect though.
Guess I’ll head to the forest and meet you all upstairs later. Maybe we’ll have another Dear Jay B column on how to improve the Republican party by then.
Reebok
April 16th, 2009
1:46 pm
I think Newt sees himself as the savior of the Party. A Gingrich-Palin ticket in 2012 would thrill the right-wing base, carry 3 states, and get 25% of the popular vote. The GOP is like a slow-motion multi-car pileup right now…you don’t want to stare, but you can’t look away…
Corporal
April 16th, 2009
1:47 pm
When you are having a bad day and think that you are having problems …
JUST REMEMBER:
SOMEWHERE IN THIS WORLD THERE IS A MR. PELOSI.
Taxpayer
April 16th, 2009
1:50 pm
I seem to recall Andie and some of the other fringe right wingers as having quite the incurable crush on Sarah.
DB, Gwinnettian
April 16th, 2009
1:53 pm
HD, that’s more or less what I was thinking too—it’s not just somewhat politically inastute, it just seems kind of petty or, as you say, without class; ungentlemanly, if you will.
Put it this way: I’m sure that (for example) Al Gore had some pretty serious post-election issues with Joe Liebermann, and you can bet that Kerry thought Edwards debated like a wuss, but there weren’t any public displays of disaffection that I was aware of, mere months after their respective defeats. Nor of Dole for Kemp, for that matter.
Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
1:54 pm
Palin…..Jindal….now Rick Perry
Midori
April 16th, 2009
1:55 pm
***BREAKING**** Obama to release torture memos
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/secret-in... /
radiowxman
April 16th, 2009
1:55 pm
The fascination (or obsession) of the left over Sarah Palin continues to amaze me. Seriously. Has there ever been a vp candidate that got so much coverage and hand-wringing and snide comments post-election?
John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Jack Kemp, Dan Quayle, Lloyd Bensen, Geraldine Ferraro all pretty much faded into obscurity after election night, and Edwards/Lieberman didn’t really start making news again until after they ran for president themselves.
Taxpayer
April 16th, 2009
1:55 pm
The GOP does not need improvement. It is perfect just the way it is. Newt/Palin or Palin/Newt works just fine for me. Get that message out there to the people. Newt is against big business. hehehehe. I’m sorry. HAHAHAHA. Stop it. I just cannot stop laughing when I hear Newt being against his source of income. HAHAHAHA.
Corporal
April 16th, 2009
1:56 pm
HEADLINE: (AP) “A Michigan Muslim organization said Thursday it has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate complaints alleging the FBI is asking followers of the faith to spy on Islamic leaders and congregations.”
Well, let’s have none of this President Obama.
Oh, BTW …
“Jesus Missing From Obama’s Georgetown Speech…
White House asked university to cover symbol…”
Catholic University spokesman Victor Nakas:
“I can’t imagine, as the bishops’ university and the national university of the Catholic Church, that we would ever cover up our religious art or signage for any reason,” Mr. Nakas wrote. “Our Catholic faith is integral to our identity as an institution of higher education.”
Midori
April 16th, 2009
1:57 pm
Mrs. G,
Molly Ivans used to call Perry “Gov. Good Hair”
Joey
April 16th, 2009
1:58 pm
Since the “bloom is off the Rose” and “the fork is in because she’s done”, then we are all through with Sarah Palin.
If this is true then I suppose this will be the shortest post that Jay has ever had. And it will be the last time we read about Sarah Palin in Jay’s blog and maybe even in the MSM.
And yesterday little gatherings were nothing more than a picnic for white America.
Dream on Democrats. The worm is turning.
How does she phrase it? Flatearther, Nutroots, Truthers, …….
Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
2:06 pm
Joey…
Please get it right….
teabaggers, flatearthers, birthers and prompters……
Yes, the worm is turning and heading back down it’s hole.
PJ
April 16th, 2009
2:07 pm
Mrs. Godzilla – And don’t forget Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina.
Taxpayer
April 16th, 2009
2:08 pm
Joey,
Don’t forget the anarchists and end-timers. They’re quite common in Alaska as well.
ty webb
April 16th, 2009
2:09 pm
first teabagging, now references to worms in holes. We may now officially be in the gutter.
Bud Wiser
April 16th, 2009
2:10 pm
Too bad little boy “doctor” Chadly isn’t here for this topic. Palin was one of Lady Chadderly’s biggest fans.
I bet he even has a poster of her on the bathroom wall.
Of course all of the losers here rail on about Palin, sounding like a bunch of chickens scratching and cackling when the farmer is outside the pen with the grain.
As in everything else you losers focus on, it is always yesterday[’s news, or last years’ people. As I have said many many times, the inability to focus on the here and now, much less the future, is why as of the ignoramuses are, well, ignorant.
AmVet
April 16th, 2009
2:11 pm
“The Conservative movement would have been in a shambles by now.”
WOULD HAVE BEEN???
What pray tell is it’s condition now?
The past two elections the “conservatives” have gotten their collective heads kicked in by a combined tally of 61 – 4.
That’s not exactly what I’d call a healthy and robust performance,
Never let the facts get in the way of a story …
Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
2:14 pm
PJ….
I predict…..Sanford of SC as GOP nominee in 2012, and Norm Coleman replacing Steele at the RNC, before the year is out.
PJ
April 16th, 2009
2:14 pm
My only sorrow about yesterdays gathering is that I did not buy any stock in Lipton. I could have made a killing on the sale of all those teabags.
Joey
April 16th, 2009
2:15 pm
I think I like my way better.
Pinkers, Flatearthers, Nutroots, Truthers, ………
radiowxman
April 16th, 2009
2:15 pm
Picnic for white America. Nice.
Let me know the next time you see a minority member of Code Pink.
And those WTO riots in Seattle were hardly an ethnic mix of people.
I Report/ You Whine
April 16th, 2009
2:22 pm
TaxCheater- And I still have a crush on Hot Sarah.
I am a man, after all, something you know nothing about.
ty webb
April 16th, 2009
2:23 pm
Amvet,
There is a difference between republican and conservative. I believe that the republicans who have lost in recent elections aren’t really that conservative. Neither are many of the republicans currently in congress, nor the past administration. therein lies the problem. That’s just this conservative’s opinion
Corporal
April 16th, 2009
2:26 pm
“Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano apologized to veterans in a FOX News interview after a DHS report labeled returning troops at risk for embracing right-wing extremism.”
Now resign.
PJ
April 16th, 2009
2:29 pm
Mrs. Godzilla I can only hope and pray you are wrong about Coleman. If he can’t give up one Senate seat and I can’t imagine him giving up anything in the slaughter coming to the Republicans in 2010. Put him in charge of the GOP and we will be seeing court cases from now until Kingdom Come.
booger
April 16th, 2009
2:29 pm
Replace Palin, and republican, with Obama in the first and last paragraphs, and you have a more accurate statement.
Taxpayer
April 16th, 2009
2:35 pm
Andie,
You being a “man” or whatever is something that I want to know nothing about. Keep those stories for your tea parties or whatever.
booger
April 16th, 2009
2:40 pm
Seriously Jay. When are you going face it. YOUR SIDE WON. You missed the window to be a gracious winner but at least get current.
We are going trillions into debt. Unrest in Korea, Lord knows what Iran is up to. The city of Atlanta is broke. Homeland security has declared those who are for states rights potential terrorist. Obama failed to meet his objectives for his first G-20 meeting……………And you are still worrying about whether Sarah Palin was qualified to be vice president. A little obsessed are we?…Or is it smitten?
jewcowboy
April 16th, 2009
2:42 pm
I do actually find it troubling that the conservative party has imploded. One very strong party and one very weak party bodes ill for the health of our nation, regardless of which is which. Throughout history, the U.S. was made strong because there was vigorous debate and compromise. It’s sad to see the conservative party hijacked by the far religious right, moderates are pushed out. One of the most disheartening things of this past election was the removal of moderate Republicans from office. As happy as I am to see them replaced by Democrats, they were holding the Republicans together. Now moderate Republicans, who are fiscal conservatives find themselves without a voice, and the ultra right religious have an outsized voice.
Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
2:45 pm
Yes booger
these are states rights guys:
http://www.adl.org/racist_skinheads/skinhead_map.asp
I assume you’re a member?
Susan Myers
April 16th, 2009
2:52 pm
Every time Palin speaks, some right winger’s IQ drops 5 points.
Corporal
April 16th, 2009
2:52 pm
jewcowboy:
It’s quite simple …
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
This is where it all started to go wrong and continues to this day …
Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
2:53 pm
Ms. Myers….I like the way you think.
booger
April 16th, 2009
2:57 pm
Mrs. Godzilla,
As a matter of fact I am not a member of any organization. I can actually have an opinion without feeling I have to have a support network. There are a few independent people left in the word who do not have to belong to a collectice.
booger
April 16th, 2009
2:58 pm
Correction…Collective.
ty webb
April 16th, 2009
2:59 pm
Mrs. Godzilla,
You win the prize for the first to bring up racism in this blog post. Your year supply of turtle wax is in the mail.
AmVet
April 16th, 2009
3:01 pm
ty, I’ve been inquiring of the other so-called conservatives on these blogs for two years what it is that defines that ideology.
And to date, have gotten a big fat zero in response.
I have also outlined in detail how the biggest part of this movement is anything but conservative. Never was and never will be.
And I, apparently along with millions of other Americans, believe that the GOP of the past two or three decades has been essentially hijacked by this new-age fraud conservatism. Yet all of it’s adherents on this blog call themselves true conservatives.
Ask them.
It’s a mystery…
Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
3:01 pm
ty webb,
are we talking skin heads dude?
Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
April 16th, 2009
3:02 pm
Jay, you say, “Historians will shake their heads in wonder at the idea she could have been nominated to be one heartbeat from the presidency.”
I doubt that historians will discuss this 100 years ago. Too sadly, they will discuss how the country could elects someone so inexperienced, corrupt, surrounded by even more corrupt individuals, polarizing, ideologically blind, weak and disrespected by the international community, and self-loating of Americans as President Ob-amatuer.
Happily, they will also be discussing how the Jindahl/Palin election in 2012 saved the American way of life that President Ob-amateur was bent on destroying.
Mrs. Godzilla
April 16th, 2009
3:04 pm
Booger, glad to hear you’re not a skin head.
You must understand though, if you don’t think groups like that should be on the governments radar most folks are going to think you support them in some fashion.
Do you support the skinhead movement?
Andy the Teabagger
April 16th, 2009
3:07 pm
Timothy McVeigh was?….
Just checking in on the rightwingbutternuts… Situation normal, beautiful day out and yet they troll nonstop on the liberal blogs…
ew