Palin Keeps Attacking Obama: "No Present Button"

The presidential campaign is over, but Sarah Palin -- still at the epicenter of media attention -- continues to take digs at Barack Obama.

Speaking at the Republican Governor's Association meeting on Thursday in Miami, the Alaska Governor spoke primarily about the responsibilities of Republican executives in supporting domestic initiatives like tax cuts and budgetary prudence. But then she offered an obvious swipe at the President-elect.

Governors, she said make "tough decisions to best serve the people who hire us. And we are held accountable every day. The buck stops on our desk. We are not just one of many voting yea or nay or present. No. There is no present button in our office, is there? We have to make the tough decisions."

The line about voting "present," of course, is a clear jab at Obama -- lifted from an attack line that the McCain campaign (and the Clinton camp) used repeatedly on the trail. The crowd, it seemed, got the joke.

The dig comes, moreover, after Palin has continued airing concerns about Obama'a associations and readiness to be commander-in-chief in recent interviews.

It's hard to understand just what type of strategy Palin is deploying here. Her popularity rating plummeted as the campaign progressed, in part because of her attacks on Obama, in part because, after the campaign ended, aides to McCain painted her as vapid and out-of-her-league.

As such, she needs to push back against these negative narratives. And so we see her taking all of these national interviews after mostly avoiding press on the trail. But by continuing to take swipes at Obama, Palin seems to be doing little more than reinforcing the image that she is hyper-partisan and bitter over the election outcome.

UPDATE: Reader JMZ points out that in many states legislation can pass without the governor's signature -- the political equivalent of voting present (governors don't have to watch as their vetoes are overturned).

Comments

[todhiye]

Sarah proves her self to the American public that she is sad from the elections outcome, out of brain and ideas and finally someone who understand nothing but only few words such as god---pray---bless.
sarah you need to take care your family including your teenage pregnant doughter.

[gentlernation]

For God's sake Sarah, America has already done the dumb president thing for 8 years. People will not be fooled againg. Economic crisis and unending war, makes you a little more aware that you need smart people in the `White House". Sarah did you not ge the memo that says that you lost and G W. is the worst president in the history of the F"/$%%?ing World.

[WilliamP]

"Palin has continued airing concerns about Obama'a associations and readiness to be commander-in-chief in recent interviews­."
Wow. Not only is Palin even less qualified to be commander-in-chief, but she's too dumb to realize the irony of criticizing Obama as unready.

[08politicaljunkie]

long past time to put a muzzle on that pitbull

[MaximMaximus]

She seems to be proud of being clueless, ignorant, undereducated, callous, and all that is adorned by an easy smile and expressed with a rhetoric devoid of substance.

[omalley313]

classless

[CR46]

I think she just wants to make sure she goes down in the history books on the wrong side!! LOL!!! Anything to "git hur name in one of them ther lernin' books" you betcha

[PsyOps]

Lipstick, meet pig.

Thanks for playing, Sarah. Time to go home, dog gone it.

[RocketSurgery]

The MSM loves Sarah Palin. Her verbal spankings get them all hot and bothered and they run back for more. The Morning Schmoe cast are her b*tches.

[theVoice0fReason]

I couldn't agree with you more...

They're like a bunch of highschool kids excited about something doin' down ballot, if you will.

And then there's Mika. it's like her first sorority sleep over, when she's a little too excited about the pillow fighting with the popular girl.

Grow up mornin' JOKES.

[suhud]

Can't First Dude muzzle that dingbat? A few of those Republican govs looked ready to volunteer.­..

[wonder6789]

Ms Palin... um... your 15 minutes of fame are over. Door is right over there... thank you, have a nice day.

[nana53nana]

SARAH PALIN NEEDS TO TAKE HER TIRED MOUTH BACK TO
ALASKA!! SHE DOESN'T KNOW BARACK OBAMA AND FOR HER
TO BE 2 FACED OVER HIS ELECTION IS A CROCK OF BULL!!
SHE NEEDS TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THE MAN AS IF HE'S
IMPAIRED. BELIEVE ME, I'D RATHER HAVE HIM IN OFFICE INSTEAD
OF HER. SHE'S OVERSTAYED HER UNWELCOME!!!

[hortonhearsawho]

What color is your not home button.

[wonder6789]

...Ms. Palin, um... your fifteen minutes are over. The door is right over there.

[mahdeealoo]

Pull the plug already, HuffPo. Don't you see, she is history? The part of history no one will ever want to remember. Female Dan Quayle - you betcha.

[harriscrl3]

She is so running for 2012 it cannot be anymore OBVIOUS. GO HOME SARAH!!!!!

Carol