Sarah Palin to resign as Alaska governor

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by bluefish81

Then, there's this:

http://www.reuters.com/article/press...08+PRN20081105

I didn't doubt SNL, The Daily Show, Stephen Colbert, etc. could have influence some people, but I'm saddened by how lazy and uneducated people have let themselves become. Especially when information is so easily available.

Welcome to American Politics. It absolutely shocks me how many people can't even tell you who their own basic representatives are, let alone those in another state.

FWIW, I wasn't thrilled about the naming of Sarah Palin as the VP contender, but kept quiet about it (certain GC people can vouch for that). The spoofs on her - which entirely too many people believed as truth, not spoofs - just made a bad situation worse. Frankly, the older man/younger MILF combination was a little creepy. Yet, while I will respect the Office of the President and Vice President, I'm still not convinced that the men currently holding these offices are the best that the United States has to offer.

I'm an American, and I want the very best for America. Nobody can convince me that the four people who represented the two major parties were the best this country has to offer. [/soapbox]

Now to the topic at hand:
I have a feeling that Sarah Palin may be pregnant. Has anyone noticed the clothing she's worn for "interviews" this weekend? The overalls, the waders, the loose dress - I wouldn't be at all surprised. I'm more surprised by the nasty remarks still made about her.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I'm an American, and I want the very best for America. Nobody can convince me that the four people who represented the two major parties were the best this country has to offer. [/soapbox]

That's all very dramatic and all that, but you're far from the only person on this board who felt that way (myself included). I think that was very much a topic of conversation on the board, and the only people who seemed thrilled by the results of the primaries were Pres. Obama's supporters.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by honeychile

FWIW, I wasn't thrilled about the naming of Sarah Palin as the VP contender, but kept quiet about it (certain GC people can vouch for that). The spoofs on her - which entirely too many people believed as truth, not spoofs - just made a bad situation worse. Frankly, the older man/younger MILF combination was a little creepy. Yet, while I will respect the Office of the President and Vice President, I'm still not convinced that the men currently holding these offices are the best that the United States has to offer.

I'm an American, and I want the very best for America. Nobody can convince me that the four people who represented the two major parties were the best this country has to offer. [/soapbox]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

That's all very dramatic and all that, but you're far from the only person on this board who felt that way (myself included). I think that was very much a topic of conversation on the board, and the only people who seemed thrilled by the results of the primaries were Pres. Obama's supporters.

But I think that's why the treatment of Palin matters, beyond debating to what degree we think she brought it on herself or deserved it.

What normal person of the kind of quality that we want to see would risk subjecting himself or herself to that?

How do we enjoy the freedom of speech and the press that we're accustomed to in the expansive way that the internet made possible and still have standards of decency in political discourse that would allow good people to enter the field?

ETA: I know there was no golden age of politeness in American politics, but I think there was a time when people still had private lives and could escape from the punishment of constant criticism.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Now to the topic at hand:
I have a feeling that Sarah Palin may be pregnant. Has anyone noticed the clothing she's worn for "interviews" this weekend? The overalls, the waders, the loose dress - I wouldn't be at all surprised. I'm more surprised by the nasty remarks still made about her.

Let's just say that any of those items aren't that ridiculous to be wearing. I wish you could see the "fashion" I wore last summer in Alaska. All three of those items I wore, for various reasons. I did my best to not be a complete disaster though.

ETA: Umm she was fishing in a remote area, why wouldn't she be wearing waders while fishing? That's what people do Fourth of July weekend, they go fishing. She'd be criticized for wearing something else, so this is lose/lose.