WASHINGTON - Is Sarah Palin going through a catharsis, some sort of political rehabilitation or is she now a permanent fixture on the national political scene?
The former Republican vice presidential hopeful returned home after the election to her job as Alaska governor where she promptly held a news conference and conducted several television interviews. She’s lined up for NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday.
In addition, later this week she will head to sunny Miami to attend the Republican Governors Association annual conference where she will again meet with reporters on Thursday.
She is to speak during a session entitled “Looking Toward the Future.” That wouldn’t have anything to do with 2012 would it? Nevermind that last week she avoided talking about her political future.
Also on the panel was another name that bubbled up for the 2008 Republican vice presidential nomination, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is expected to be a national player as the Republican Party regroups after losing the White House.
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- Photo credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking (Palin on election night)
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…and Jordan, the terrorists in question are not American, and thus are not subject to the legal privileges of being a citizen. We don’t have to read them their rights, as we only have to follow the Geneva Convention rules when it comes to prisoners of war.
- Posted by KaraAll Democrats should read the excellent articles on salon.com written by Camille Paglia, a left-wing pro-choice Obama supporter who is intelligent enough to recognize that SP is not stupid. The Democratic Party really showed its intolerant, misogynist side during this election. For example, no one blinked an eye when Edwards ran for office in 2004. No one. He had far less experience. Sebelius has an identical record to Palin’s, and no one questioned that potential VP pick. The woman is smart, and is running the largest state in the union while mothering five children. She doesn’t let her Christian beliefs get into her admin. She voted to keep domestic partner rights for Alaskan employees; she’s frugal - she sold the governor’s jet on ebay; she is extremely environmentally conscious; just because she has a hokey accent (um, Bill Clinton, anyone? Jesse Jackson? Al Sharpton?) does not mean she is stupid. Democrats were elitist and closed-minded during this election. Read instead of listening to sound bites. Don’t let yourself be spoonfed by the liberal pundits. Open your minds a bit, and do your research before going on the attack.
- Posted by KaraSherri
- Posted by dorothyI don’t see any hatred in these comments. A lot of people don’t trust Palin to be vice president based on our own opinions of what we saw in her interviews and the debate.If we just listened to her patriotic rhetoric and didn’r really pay attention to the rest of her actions and words we would be fooling ourselves. If you think that she was a good choice,that’s your decision and you are entitled to it. I have to wonder what makes you believe that she is qualified. When I say that she is not smart I am getting that impression by the interviews I watched. She didn’t strike me as someone who is capable of running the nation. Her sarcasm certainly wasn’t conduct becoming of a person running in an election. The whole way she has handled herself made me believe that she is an opportunitist and a very shallow person. This is not hate. I am actually afraid that she may get into the 2012 race and if enough people just look at her on the surface without really seeing what a phony materialistic,power hungry person that she is…..the US will be in big trouble. I honestly don’t understand WHY McCain chose her. There are so many smarter people he could have chosen. I honestly don’t think that she really would make it in another race but the thought that there is any slight chance that she might… is enough to give me nightmares because that would say an awful lot about the way that the majority of the people are thinking and THAT would be lopsided.
It’s really interesting that we are all here still discussing Sarah. I would have thought that once the election was over, all the hype over her would be silenced. I personally didn’t take her all that seriously once I saw the interviews where she side stepped most of the questions ( easy ones at that ) and double talked her way through the debate. How can she even begin to think of running in 2012? Wasn’t she humiliated enough this time around? I doubt that she will be any smarter in four years. She has time to brush up and become more informed but book learning and memorizing still doesn’t take the place of intelligence,common sense,and good judgement. I shudder to think that there may be a slim chance that she would be in charge of the most powerful nation in the world.I cannot imagine her having access to the nuclear code or attending meetings with world leaders.
- Posted by dorothyIf the Republican Party is dumb enough to select her in 2012 to run in any capacity then the Democrats will most certainly be celebrating another victory. She should do what she does best stay away from big time politics and concentrate on Alaska. They seem to have faith in her there and the rest of the world will not miss her.
Sherri-
- Posted by Coco“How sad that people are so lopsided and blind to reality that you think” someone could be qualified to be VP who does not have the knowledge base of national or foreign affairs could lead our county even as second in command (and God forbid as the Commander in Chief), cannot speak two coherent sentences in a row if you really take the time to try to listen to her, and winks and flirts to get votes (which, as a woman, I find it offensive and degrading to our gender and disrepectful to the battle we’ve had for equal rights based on our job skills and education), and is dishonest, not forthcoming when asked legitimate questions and shows vengeful tendancies even in the small quasi-political office she holds now. I’m not hating or fearing; Palin just does not represent an intelligent woman who would have good judgement to run our country. It appears that she is now willing to give more interviews to legitimate news sources than she was before the election. But then I guess being on SNL every week pretty much fills up your schedule. Thank goodness at least a small majority (the popular vote) was smart enough to NOT vote for Palin, or to vote for Obama, which ever way you want to look at it.
In response to the comment before mine, of course people are filled with fear in regard to Sarah Palin. I am honestly afraid of the change she would effect as President. She will abandon the country’s most basic principles in favor of right wing and evangelical beliefs. In her first address to the nation at the RNC she mocked Obama for wanted to read terrorists their rights. Well guess what? That’s the American thing to do. If you don’t read them their rights then you’re acting in opposition to core values of American society.
Beyond that, her conduct on the campaign trail was not at all befitting a presidential candidate. From troopergate to spending sprees to temper tantrums to being unaware that Africa is a continent, it’s become clear that this women has no place in national politics. The infighting that plagued the McCain campaign is the direct result of Palin’s underpreparation and ill-suitedness for the position.
- Posted by JordanEvery time I read comments from those who do not like Sarah Palin, all I see is hatred. There once was a time when those who served our country in Washington were not lawyers or elitists. They were regular people who wanted to effect change. Now, all I see in these hate filled comments is fear. Fear that someone who doesn’t fit their mold of a politician can actually become President and bring about REAL change not rhetorical “change.” How sad that you people are so lopsided and blind to reality that you think only those who can give a emotionally rousing speech are qualified for President. How sad that you don’t have the courage to think for yourselves.
- Posted by Sherri