Sarah Palin to resign as Alaska governor

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by sdeason1

So, does she rearlly bringing to the table in the future?

Tom, put down TEH MOONSHINE...

[UGAalum94]

I'm trying out a new signature.

[starang21]

LMAO!

[VandalSquirrel]

An angle discussed today is that she's stepping down now to get her crap together for any future elections. A portion of that would be no family surprises in regards to teenage pregnancy, or being accused of bad parenting or neglecting her newest child who has Down's syndrome. That was an area where people made comments when she was running for VP, particularly about her family, so it is a plausible theory.

Alaska may be Republican overall, but there is a strong lean to Libertarianism. If there's a viable Libertarian or Democrat candidate, it wouldn't surprise me in the next election if the governor wasn't a Republican. The attitude is somewhat "do what you want, but don't screw up or embarrass us"

[UGAalum94]

Yeah, and that's why I got so frustrated with people who wanted to paint Palin as a theocrat. I don't think a conservative coming out of Alaska is going to think that everything that's a swell idea personally is something the government ought to do.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Yeah, and that's why I got so frustrated with people who wanted to paint Palin as a theocrat. I don't think a conservative coming out of Alaska is going to think that everything that's a swell idea personally is something the government ought to do.

My opinion is that she was one of the least Libertarian leaning in recent years. If she was representatively Libertarian the GOP wouldn't have been interested in her. Decisions she's made and other policies have religious leanings more than the general Alaskan population. A lot of people are living off the grid and don't want any government, but they don't vote so they aren't represented. The Libertarian streak is pretty prevalent in frontier areas like Montana, Alaska, and even in parts of Idaho.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

My opinion is that she was one of the least Libertarian leaning in recent years. If she was representatively Libertarian the GOP wouldn't have been interested in her. Decisions she's made and other policies have religious leanings more than the general Alaskan population. A lot of people are living off the grid and don't want any government, but they don't vote so they aren't represented. The Libertarian streak is pretty prevalent in frontier areas like Montana, Alaska, and even in parts of Idaho.

Show me where she made a political decision or took an action in office that seemed religious, please. There was a lot of talk, but very little that she seemed to actually try to effect, as far as I can tell, but I may have missed stuff.

Compared to Alaskans and real Libertarian party members, sure, she wouldn't be libertarian; compared to the average GOP politician in Georgia? That's what I was thinking about. She has faith that personally guides her, but I don't think there's much evidence that she expected to actually change policies for others based on that faith.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by honeychile

If Tina Fey hadn't looked so much like her that people misquoted Sarah by using Tina's words, the whole tone would have been much different.

I don't think Tina Fey & SNL had anything to do with it. The script writers used a LOT of words/phrases that Palin herself used.

Middle class question about bailing out the banks Fey vs Palin

She (Palin) also used lines like "I'll try to find some and bring them to ya," when asked about some specific examples on how her running mate McCain supported regulation

Video of the now infamous interview

If there was any damage made, it was her own, and not because Tina Fey portrayed her on SNL. SNL used the very words & phrases that Palin used. She probably added some "ya knows"

I really wish I could find the entire SNL "interview" split screen w/ the one Palin did with Katie.

Dollar value meals, and asking Russians to "shoo" aside, a LOT of the skit from SNL was almost verbatim from Palin's interview. I would be concerned if people seriously thought Palin talked about dollar value meals.

[UGAalum94]

I know reasonably intelligent people who think Palin said she could see Russia from her house.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I know reasonably intelligent people who think Palin said she could see Russia from her house.

Well if they aren't smart enough to watch the actual interviews, then I question their intelligence.

<edited out b/c KSigKid has an issue with it>

Political figures have always been mocked on TV and SNL especially. Why should Palin be any different?

Not 100% of everything used in the SNL skits were her words, but many of the words & phrases were actually used by her. The SNL writers didn't have to scratch their heads for very long when writing those scenes b/c Palin made it really easy for them.

Even if she could see Alaska from her house or some remote island in Alaska, that doesn't quite qualify her for Foreign Diplomat of the Year

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

I don't think Tina Fey & SNL had anything to do with it. The script writers used a LOT of words/phrases that Palin herself used.

Middle class question about bailing out the banks Fey vs Palin

She (Palin) also used lines like "I'll try to find some and bring them to ya," when asked about some specific examples on how her running mate McCain supported regulation

Video of the now infamous interview

If there was any damage made, it was her own, and not because Tina Fey portrayed her on SNL. SNL used the very words & phrases that Palin used. She probably added some "ya knows"

I really wish I could find the entire SNL "interview" split screen w/ the one Palin did with Katie.

Dollar value meals, and asking Russians to "shoo" aside, a LOT of the skit from SNL was almost verbatim from Palin's interview. I would be concerned if people seriously thought Palin talked about dollar value meals.

The ONLY thing people remember?

"I can see Alaska from my house."

According to polls? Palin said it. You're overthinking this.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Well if they aren't smart enough to watch the actual interviews, then I question their intelligence.

There was some survey that said some Right-wingers actually thought Stephen Colbert Report was actually real and not satire. Not smart either.

Political figures have always been mocked on TV and SNL especially. Why should Palin be any different?

Not 100% of everything used in the SNL skits were her words, but many of the words & phrases were actually used by her. The SNL writers didn't have to scratch their heads for very long when writing those scenes b/c Palin made it really easy for them.

Even if she could see Alaska from her house or some remote island in Alaska, that doesn't quite qualify her for Foreign Diplomat of the Year

The people I was referring to aren't Right wingers for whatever that's worth.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

The ONLY thing people remember?

"I can see Alaska from my house."

According to polls? Palin said it. You're overthinking this.

So because Tina Fey said "I can see Alaska from my house", Sarah Palin's political future is over?

I doubt that.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

The people I was referring to aren't Right wingers for whatever that's worth.

Whether they were right or left it doesn't matter.

Just the fact that they actually thought it was true is kinda silly... Just like that study of people who thought Stephen Colbert wasn't using satire on his show

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Whether they were right or left it doesn't matter.

Just the fact that they actually thought it was true is kinda silly... Just like that study of people who thought Stephen Colbert wasn't using satire on his show

It's silly, but unlike the Colbert think the media coverage of Palin may have been a problem.

Not the only problem, but a contributing problem.