Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin bid a fiery farewell Sunday amid a legion of supporters, thus ending The Fairbanks Follies, the most bizarre chapter in U.S. political history. Where she goes from here is anyone's guess. But if the conspicuous absence of coverage in Monday's New York Times and Wall Street Journal is any indication, no one really cares.
In her semi-angry, condescending 15-minute speech, the self-proclaimed maverick pulled no punches with her detractors. Of the media she said:
You represent what could and should be a respected, honest profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. Democracy depends on you, and that is why, that's why our troops are willing to die for you. So how about in honor of the American soldier, you quit makin' things up.
Yer darn tootin' right there, Sarah! You betchya, girl! But if only that were true. Please tell us exactly what the press made up about you, because the way I see it, your reputation for being a vacuous, uninformed, un-curious, un-read, inarticulate political lightweight is 100 percent factual.
She continued bashing the press:
One other thing for the media, our new governor has a very nice family, too, so leave his kids alone.
And as for those amoral show-biz folk:
By the way, Hollywood needs to know, we eat, therefore we hunt!
To say Palin is an unpredictable enigma is not enough. She's a walking contradiction. An uber-hypocrite who rails against "government bailouts" but as governor gave every Alaskan $1200 in "energy relief." Kinda hard to paint yourself as a role-model for small-government when your populist moves result in a $741-million handout. That's why Alaskans loved her, temporarily. Her approval rating was a whopping 93 percent two years ago but has since dwindled to the mid 50's this month. She exits office with a bloated budget, sagging oil revenues, rising unemployment and personal popularity that's hemorrhaging. She can blame Hollywood, the media, Democrats, President Obama, the Bogeyman and whoever else she wants. But she personifies Harry Truman's famous adage, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." She's a quitter. And nobody likes a quitter. Especially sitting in the Oval Office.
While she and the kool-aid drunken, MILF-lovin' Republicans who adore her delude themselves into thinking she's our next president, the rest of us sane Americans know there's not a shot in hell she'd ever make it beyond a GOP nomination, and even that's being generous. She's an empty Versace suit. Style over substance. All smoke and mirrors. And the mirror's gonna get foggier and foggier with each passing day that Palin hits the national stage and opens her mouth. Let's not forget how her woeful inadequacy, cheesy folksiness and obnoxious colloquialisms already derailed one presidential campaign. Now with the word quitter added to her existing unimpressive resume, she's got as much chance of becoming president as I do. I might actually have a better shot...
You've given her more credit on this one than she deserves. She lacks both.
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Sarah's definition of "media" isn't conventional. To her the media appears to be the gotcha news organizations and bloggers. Those evil doers who don't agree with her statements, vet her, expose her record, interview her in ways that reveal her weaknesses, prove her wrong or don't present events involving her the way she prefers.
I am not sure what she calls the media organizations she likes and feeds information to. These include Fox, The Today Show, People Magazine, John Ziegler, local talk show host Eddie Burke and some pro Palin web sites.
Sarah Palin is a private citizen now and not obligated to be covered for public interest. But she wants that public exposure and on her terms. She wants her name in the news. She wants accolades and attention while dishing out her deception du jour.
Notwithstanding a few comic jokes, her gratuitous and lame attempt to connect our disrespect for her ignorance with our respect of our troops fell miserably short. Moreover, as a veteran who intended to vote for John McCain until he chose her as his running mate, I am disgusted by her basic lack of knowledge about anything.
As far as the rapidly shrinking number of clueless sychophants who idolize her and think that she is the ONE, if they didn't get the hint in 2008, maybe they will in 2012; They STILL think George Bush and Dick Cheney were great.
Absolutely Amazing!
Sometimes, when the media actually reports the truth, it may appear to be somewhat cruel. The bottom line is that the truth is simply the truth, and some of those that are affected by it tend to wither and get defensive.
Four manifestations of defensiveness are denial, rationalization, minimization and projection. I ask those of you that see positive potential in her to take a bath in the truth and let your defensiveness go down the drain.
Sarah Palin puts the ick in pathetic.
Thanks!
As for "fixing 4 years of Obama", you're ahead of yourself. Presently the focus is on fixing the last 8 years of BUSH, as if I have to remind you.
I never forget, after the vp debate there was a repulican strategist on cnn and when asked how she though Palin had done compared to Biden, her response was, Oh I think she was great. she won this debate. Americans are so tired of politicans that confuse us all with facts. She is just the right politician for Americans, the apple pie, beer drinking politiican. I think all americans should be deeply insulted that we would not want our politicians to "confuse us with facts".
Matthews despises that Palin or anybody considers her presidential. He refers to Palins gaffs as her constantly hitting the "idiot button."