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SARAH PALIN INSISTS YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE INTERNET ON HOLIDAY.
Never a slow news day with these Republicans.
Couple of quick hits -- it's worth re-reading Ann and Tim's initial reactions to the arrival of Sarah Palin on the national political scene as McCain's VP. (Shorter Tim: it's a gimmick. Shorter Ann: it's sexist pandering.)
Josh Marshall says we shouldn't rule out the obvious explanation for Palin's decision to step down--
Either Palin is resigning ahead of some titanic scandal (which should emerge in short order if it exists) or her resignation was triggered by an even more extreme mental instability than we'd previously suspected.
Worth revisiting this piece by Laura McGann on Alaska's culture of corruption:
Palin is a member of the same Republican Party as those ensnared in a corrupt web, but somehow she seems like a completely different political animal. Palin moved into the governor's mansion in 2006 on a platform of reform and change, having developed a reputation as a whistleblower after calling out the chair of the state GOP and the state's Republican attorney general on ethics grounds. ... [She] staked her political fortunes on her claims of being a maverick. But while she has avoided some of the worst entanglements of petroleum industry bribery, her fierce sense of family loyalty has landed her in her own hot water.
But really, isn't the real takeaway that Palin doesn't want to give the press freedom to enjoy a patriotic 4th merrily grilling without the distraction of our Blackberries?
--Phoebe Connelly
COMMENTS (5)
So we have one governor, Sarah Palin, who resigns without giving us a logical reason, and another, Mark Sanford, who refuses to resign while giving us, endlessly, a compelling reason for his resignation. Maybe Mr. Sanford should have gone to Alaska instead of Argentina.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
Posted by: altara | July 4, 2009 7:33 AM
phoebe, as superchicken said, you knew the job was dangerous when you took it.
news never sleeps, darling.
Posted by: skippy | July 5, 2009 12:40 AM
Alaska has and has had exactly the same number of honest leaders as there have been penguins in the Sahara desert.
Posted by: evil is evil | July 5, 2009 10:35 AM
"Palin moved into the governor's mansion in 2006 on a platform of reform and change..."
Did you ever know of any governor who didn't move into the governor's mansion on a platform of reform and change?
Posted by: Green Eagle | July 5, 2009 8:34 PM
You see that's the problem.
Palin never moved into the gov's mansion.
She charged the state per diem for living in her own home.
She now has a pattern of quitting. Never should she be that close to living in the White House again.
John McCain has ruined this country not by being President, but by introducing Sarah Palin to Washington.
Posted by: Diane | July 6, 2009 4:13 AM