Sarah Palin's bombshell that she is resigning as Alaska governor actually has boosted her a bit among Republicans, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, though it also has dented her standing among Democrats and independents.Politicians are elected for defined terms. There are a handful of accepted reasons for leaving before the term up: Death, ill health, taking another post (usually by election), massive scandal or felony conviction. "Being bored" or being ground down by ethics complaints because one is a sleazeball who likes to skate on the edge are not acceptable reasons.
So what would a President Palin do if her ethics were questioned? Have a personal melt-down and quit? Would she get bored because Congress kept sending her legislation? Bailin' Palin can't handle the stresses of being the governor of a fairly empty state, how in Hades could she handle the stresses of being the president of a nuclear power and of one of the larger nations on the planet?
The plain fact of the matter, though, is that neither party has enough supporters to win the presidency without the support of both independent voters and crossover support from some of the other party. That is not going to happen with Palin. If the GOP is in the wilderness, now, Palin will drive them right into the Empty Quarter.
Sarah Palin is to the GOP what Jim Jones was to his cult in Jonestown.
I'm going to remember you wrote this Misfit and I can't tell how much I hope you are correct.
ReplyDeleteThese people are so stupid she may turn into a hero over this.
"Sarah Palin is to the GOP what Jim Jones was to his cult in Jonestown. "
ReplyDeleteNope, don't agree with that. She'll be to the GOP what Ann Coulter is to the GOP: a superstar moneymaker who has no future in elective office, but can shake the shekels out of the gullible.
And Coulter doesn't have a deck full of victim cards.