Lots of nervous laughter going on at the DUmp.

[Lord Undies]

You need one of those "sarcasm" thingies they use at the DUmp! Danica is in the Tony George Joke League. Most of the IRL cars don't have enough sponsorship to pay for their fuel. Only five or six have any chance to win. Now that Tony has been thrown out of the family business, it's hard to see how his league, or IMS for that matter, will survive. Danica has brought in big money with her bikini spreads and commercials, but even with the lion's share of the money and a pitiful league for competition, she's won only once and has not threatened to win a second.

I hope I'm wrong, and Sarah Palin does not become the Danica Patrick of politics, but I think she's fighting long odds after this move.

But, hey, a couple of years ago, who would have thought a muslim from Kenya could be elected president?

Sarah Palin will be fine.  Up until a year ago this month nobody knew who the heck she is.  I think you will find she is the Cher Bono of politics.  Before you dismiss that idea, remember Cher won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1988 for "Moonstruck".  This happened after Cher's career was pronouced Officially Dead.

[DixieBelle]

^exactly.

[docstew]

Has anyone ever been treated like Sarah Palin has been treated?  Can anyone name the last two governors of Alaska?

Frank Murkowski(R) and Tony Knowles(D)

I doubt it.

If she was Vice President would she have resigned the governorship?  Have the democrats turned her term into a circus?

Will Alaska survive?

Surely.

Sorry, just wanted to be a smartass

[Lord Undies]

Sorry, just wanted to be a smartass

I was talking about Little Goons, but you will do.   :innocent:

[kenth]

They're losing their minds, or as close a facsimile as possible. They claim to think her inferior, and not up to national politics, but they are so scared of her that they obsess.

[franksolich]

.....a great money machine.....

The classic case, although there's other examples, was that of Richard Nixon circa 1965-1967, after the elections of 1964, in which Republicans got trounced.

Nixon had been in the political wilderness after his loss in the gubernatorial race in California in 1962, and retired to practice law in New York City.

But after the elections of 1964, he began going around, speaking and raising funds on behalf of any potential Republican candidate for office during the mid-term elections of 1966.  No candidate was too obscure, no office too lowly, for Nixon to allow himself to be used for attention and fund-raising.....just so the candidate had an (R) after the name.

He boosted conservative Republicans, moderate Republicans, liberal Republicans.

Anybody who asked him.

Historians generally credit Nixon for the Republican resurgence of 1966.

The Republican presidential nomination in 1968 was no sure thing, and in some ways a close run thing, but what put Nixon over the top were all of these senators, congressmen, governors, state legislators, county sheriffs, &c., &c., &c. whom he had helped, who returned the favor.

[Lord Undies]

They're losing their minds, or as close a facsimile as possible. They claim to think her inferior, and not up to national politics, but they are so scared of her that they obsess.

Seriously, they are total idiots.  No one cares about the enemies then can defeat.  The fact Sarah Palin drives them insane is too telling to be believed.  

[Lord Undies]

Seriously, they are total idiots.  No one cares about the enemies they can defeat.  The fact Sarah Palin drives them insane is too telling to be believed.  

[Chris]

Nixon also lost the 1960 Presidential election to Kennedy (most likely due to favorable 'photogenic' TV coverage during the debates).  I forget what he was doing between 1960 and 1964.

[Eupher]

Who's Michael Steele?  j/k I doubt if many people know who he is, and it might help to have someone with name recognition as head of the GOP. However, I think Palin has too many enemies in the establishment.

Steele's been in the saddle for maybe four months? He's been about as effective as a fart in the hurricane. As far as I can tell, he's not organized a freakin' thing, he's not been in the news, and whoever he hired to replace the shitbirds he fired haven't been all that vocal either.

[Chris]

Steele's been in the saddle for maybe four months? He's been about as effective as a fart in the hurricane. As far as I can tell, he's not organized a freakin' thing, he's not been in the news, and whoever he hired to replace the shitbirds he fired haven't been all that vocal either.

Can we trade him for Jesse Lee Peterson? 

[DULurkster]

The DUmmies seem sure that there are/will be indictments coming down based on smears from the Daily KosPlayers, and something called the Bradblog.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5982497

24 bidness hours and we'll know for sure.

Google the source (the person named as the author for Bradblog)

Some Alaskan c&nt who can't even hold down a job at a progressive local radio station.  She describes herself on her stupid web page...

... Born Alaskan. Patriot. Constitutionalist. Lover of Freedom. Giving hell to the establishment. Standing up to fascists and tyranny…both foreign and domestic. Radio. Active. Truth.

I guess SP is one of either domestic 'establishment...fascists... 'or' tyrant'

Then she posts on her dopey blog...

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, ALASKA! PALIN STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF JULY

After Sarah Palin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week she has announced she will be stepping down in a few weeks.

Then there's a bunch of comments >(113) from a whole collection of freaks. 

Personally, I think she is a very sick woman and needs professional help. Perhaps she can get it now? She has done the very best thing for the State of Alaska!

THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THANK YOU AND MY DOG THANKS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ll bet it was the criticism that she’s been getting, she’ll blame it on us! ...
It’s good to get Pebbles out of office.

Reading further in the comments it's just a lot of 

I'd kinda like to leave a comment  but figured it'd get deleted right away.

link
http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/

This "Iceberg" bs is totaly manufactured bullshit.

The stupid douche shanny...

who originally broke the news at HuffPo today, tells me she believes, with good reason, that there is an "iceberg scandal that's about to break. She's doing damage control."

... she also talks out through her ass. I bet most of her contact with  SP was while she was shreiking at the Governor at a protest rally.

[AllosaursRus]

Personally, I think all this BS has taken a helluva toll on her family. She strikes me as a family first woman. Wouldn't surprise me if she just tells everyone to go to hell and hits the speech circuit. She will make millions, ala Billy J.

[diesel driver]

You need one of those "sarcasm" thingies they use at the DUmp! Danica is in the Tony George Joke League. Most of the IRL cars don't have enough sponsorship to pay for their fuel. Only five or six have any chance to win. Now that Tony has been thrown out of the family business, it's hard to see how his league, or IMS for that matter, will survive. Danica has brought in big money with her bikini spreads and commercials, but even with the lion's share of the money and a pitiful league for competition, she's won only once and has not threatened to win a second.

I hope I'm wrong, and Sarah Palin does not become the Danica Patrick of politics, but I think she's fighting long odds after this move.

But, hey, a couple of years ago, who would have thought a muslim from Kenya could be elected president?

Since she drives for Team Andretti/Green, I'm sure they have enough sponsorship for fuel, no, I don't need a sarcasm tag, what's wrong with bikini spreads and commericals, and if the Republicans had run a real candidate instead of RINO McCain, there would be no Kenyan, muslim or otherwise, in the White House....

[BlueStateSaint]

The classic case, although there's other examples, was that of Richard Nixon circa 1965-1967, after the elections of 1964, in which Republicans got trounced.

Nixon had been in the political wilderness after his loss in the gubernatorial race in California in 1962, and retired to practice law in New York City.

But after the elections of 1964, he began going around, speaking and raising funds on behalf of any potential Republican candidate for office during the mid-term elections of 1966.  No candidate was too obscure, no office too lowly, for Nixon to allow himself to be used for attention and fund-raising.....just so the candidate had an (R) after the name.

He boosted conservative Republicans, moderate Republicans, liberal Republicans.

Anybody who asked him.

Historians generally credit Nixon for the Republican resurgence of 1966.

The Republican presidential nomination in 1968 was no sure thing, and in some ways a close run thing, but what put Nixon over the top were all of these senators, congressmen, governors, state legislators, county sheriffs, &c., &c., &c. whom he had helped, who returned the favor.

Exactly.  She left on her own terms, no matter what the rabid oxygen-waster from that blog says. 

In time, a new nickname for Sarah Palin, perhaps?

Phoenix. 

[The Village Idiot]

we can hope. otherwise this country could be toast

[Karin]

I agree, too early for prez run.  That's interesting about the RNC chair.  Hadn't thought of that.  There are a lot of people with Steele buyers remorse.  Me, for one. 

All the talking heads are being so negative and dismissive.  Even Rove, whose opinion I respect.  The fact of the matter is, she attracts crowds and tremendous energy.  She may be eyeing the very conservative cause itself.  I just don't know.  But, you're right, she can say anything she damn well wants to, now, and that may be a powerful weapon.  Let someone else be the glad-hander, while she's being the 'cuda. 

Gots to go and make my sign for the teaparty.  One side will say:

CAP AND TR8ER
WILL SENTENCE
US ALL TO
POVERTY

The other side will say:

SOCIALISM FAILS

THEN IT KILLS

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I hate to say it but...

...I too think Palin is done. I understand the MSM and lib brown shirts were merciless to her and especially her family but she's done.

She sure as hell ain't presidential material if she can't handle the shit handed to her already. A full on presidential run would be 10x worse.

It disgusts me that she validated the tactics of the leftist nazis because she's the only reason I bothered voting last year.

So long little girl...next time we'll send a real woman to play with the big boys.

[DULurkster]

I hate to say it but...

...I too think Palin is done.

I disagree.

Her lack of nuance may be her greatest asset, makes her appeal more to the avg citizen. I think there are many Americans who appreciate, among other things, her ability to speak from the heart and not have to rely on her teleprompter for the "pre-packaged, establishment approved bs."   

She is one of the few political figures (along with R_Paul) who are really speaking up for our natural liberties and abilities.

[diesel driver]

I disagree.

Her lack of nuance may be her greatest asset, makes her appeal more to the avg citizen. I think there are many Americans who appreciate, among other things, her ability to speak from the heart and not have to rely on her teleprompter for the "pre-packaged, establishment approved bs."   

She is one of the few political figures (along with R_Paul) who are really speaking up for our natural liberties and abilities.

I agree.

Because of her lack of nuance, she appears more like the populace, not some Ivy League, over-educated snob.  The more the MSM and liberal "elites" attack her, the more the people will view the attacks as personal toward themselves.  This will backfire big time on the media and their handlers....

[Carl]

I hate to say it but...

...I too think Palin is done. I understand the MSM and lib brown shirts were merciless to her and especially her family but she's done.

She sure as hell ain't presidential material if she can't handle the shit handed to her already. A full on presidential run would be 10x worse.

It disgusts me that she validated the tactics of the leftist nazis because she's the only reason I bothered voting last year.

So long little girl...next time we'll send a real woman to play with the big boys.

The lefts satanic hatred for her meant that she would be hounded daily with phony ethics accusations and lawsuits.

That goes away now and she concentrate on campaigning and developing a message.

[GOBUCKS]

She is one of the few political figures (along with R_Paul) who are really speaking up for our natural liberties and abilities.

 
 
WOW! I think she has probably damaged her prospects, but I would never mention her in the same breath with nutcase losers like Ron Paul and Ross Perot.

She is an intelligent patriot, not a deranged political clown.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

The lefts satanic hatred for her meant that she would be hounded daily with phony ethics accusations and lawsuits.

That goes away now and she concentrate on campaigning and developing a message.

Carl, I count you as a friend and ally so please don't over-interpret my comments but...

...that made no sense and seems tinged by aires of Denial.

If she raises the spectre of a future run for ANYTHING they will double down on her. They will claim she's just a bubble-headed Barbie who couldn't ahndle the stresses of public office and/or resigned to escape impeachment. The truth doesn't mean shit to these shitbags, they're stink will only get worse.

As I said in the "2012" thread in the political forum this is also a sad distraction at a time when we ned to focus on Obama's agenda but instead will be stuck with CNN, NBC, CBS, NYT et al telling us exactly what is wrong with the GOP.

 
 
WOW! I think she has probably damaged her prospects, but I would never mention her in the same breath with nutcase losers like Ron Paul and Ross Perot.

She is an intelligent patriot, not a deranged political clown.

I concur x1000.

I think she's heading for private life as the rumors now are she has told her staff they are free to assist other candidates in 2012. I think she has better prospects as kingmaker rather than running as queen and I think she will excel as a fund-raiser and commentator of who holds genuince conservative credentials.

I hope she returns to a very stress-free life of a private citizen whre she is happy, loved and a millionAmerican men wish they were Todd.

[crockspot]

I wouldn't count her out permanently. She said in the speech that she will be campaigning for and supporting conservative candidates, so I would expect to see more of her in the coming Congressional cycle than we have seen so far. She is also practically a child as politics goes. She has a good thirty year window ahead of her to make a run for the White House or the Senate, and she can only get better with age.

[AllosaursRus]

R____Paul? Ya gots to be kiddin!