Palin’s Quitting – my view

by Mr. Bob | 10:06 am, July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

#palin #ppc #tcot #redco

Just my two cents on the matter. I've never quite understood why people hate her so much but regardless, she was NEVER a normal politician. She was a mom with a ton of common sense and impressive outdoor skills. She was smart enough to make good decisions, not waste money and say no to cronyism.

When I saw her quit this weekend, she looked tired, out of sorts and seemed to now believe it just isn't worth it because of the attacks on her family and the state she loves.

She's a mom first and foremost and to have her daughters called whores, her downs syndrome child called a mistake, her husband called a buffoon, over and over again and worse, to have to spend her time defending herself against untrue and false accusations constantly she got tired and she quit, perhaps a mistake, but so what.

Her family is over a half million dollars in debt now because of these frivolous lawsuits...perhaps she also needs the money. Unlike Great Britain, in the US you can sue people and not have to pay their legal fees if you lose. That isn't likely to change with the current bozos employed on Capital Hill either. Suing basically is free, defending oneself costs millions.

Congratulations to the left, to the Democrats who unleashed hell upon her. You won, you knocked her down, out of the race. Great. If you feel good about it, you are a damaged soul and need counseling, perhaps with a two by four.

She was never a viable candidate for Presidency because she was not slick, she was short on ideas in a few areas, and because there were too many Republicans that also hated her for some reason. The media successfully demonized her to the general public, and Sarah didn't help herself enough when given the chance.

She answered questions and talked like a normal person would, unfortunately a normal person can't win the most powerful job in the world. That person must be able to communicate extra-ordinarily, she could not, she does not.

Had she ran, she would have been beaten in the primary. She can't run now because she will labeled a quitter (and rightly so.) We will hear from her again but it will not be as a Presidential candidate...that's my two.

Barriers to success, in America says:
Here are lessons of the Sarah Palin experience, for any aspiring politician who shares her background and her sex. Your children will go through the tabloid wringer. Your religion will be mocked and misrepresented. Your political record will be distorted, to better parody your family and your faith. (And no, gentle reader, Palin did not insist on abstinence-only sex education, slash funds for special-needs children or inject creationism into public schools.)

Male commentators will attack you for parading your children. Female commentators will attack you for not staying home with them. You’ll be sneered at for how you talk and how many colleges you attended. You’ll endure gibes about your “slutty” looks and your “white trash concupiscence,” while a prominent female academic declares that your “greatest hypocrisy” is the “pretense” that you’re a woman. And eight months after the election, the professionals who pressed you into the service of a gimmicky, dreary, idea-free campaign will still be blaming you for their defeat.

All of this had something to do with ordinary partisan politics. But it had everything to do with Palin’s gender and her social class.

Sarah Palin is beloved by millions because her rise suggested, however temporarily, that the old American aphorism about how anyone can grow up to be president might actually be true.

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