That is the question…
This, My Fellow Americans, is soon to be former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. You may know her as John McCain’s running mate in his failed 2008 Presidential Campaign. You may also know her as the single greatest plunder in the history of American Politics. Governor Palin, you see, was Sen. McCain’s last ditch effort to save a campaign he was virtually destined to lose. There are other ways he could have tried… if i were him I would have gone with “Yes, George W. Bush was an a**hole. But let us republicans fix his mess… Don’t let the liberals in!!”. McCain chose, instead, to run with a woman who at times bordered on mentally retarded. (Don’t take my words for it… listen to hers!)
Uh, what?
I know more than one just from Boston Legal reruns.
Doesn’t leave much room for debate, does it? The woman is about as politically sharp as a bowling ball. McCain brought her on board to try and effect a drastic turnabout, to swing women and liberal voters. Failed experiment, no big deal, life goes on.
Yet somehow, since the election, her name has floated to the top of the shallow pool of possible Republican candidates for 2012; along with South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, she was widely considered a front runner. In fact, with his recent ‘mishaps’ (see link), she may have actually emerged as the early frontrunner, as frightening as that may be.
But over the 4th of July weekend, she threw the political world a curve that even left members of her own party perplexed; she stepped down as Governor of Alaska. She held a press conference at her Alaska home on the third which did little to explain anything… in fact, she confirmed only two points…. she would no longer be Governor, and she might, in fact, be mentally retarded.
Again… what? Stepping down… why?
Keep in mind, the constituents of her state are, as a whole, not at all disappointed. Stories of Gov. Palin running their state via blackberry while she campaigned, and the fact that she has been all but absentee, ineffective, and by all appearances unperturbed, since her return have made this all but a blessing to most.
But the question still rings… why? There has been some speculation that she was stepping down from her post to pursue her presidential ambitions, but to do so at the cost of abandoning her position? Not likely. And, as is nearly always the case in politics, the likely truth was soon to follow…
So now we review. It isn’t a secret any more that Gov. Palin isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. You wonder, in retrospect, how did this woman become a governor? And how did she nearly come one step shy of the presidency? Whatever the reason, a good portion of America has become infatuated with this woman, with the rest of us left, jaws agape, to wonder how and why.
Let’s pull our collective heads out of our backsides and see this woman for what she is… an utter and total political catastrophe, and an idiot. As Matt Damon so aptly pointed out… this is not a Disney movie.
Nope, indeed.
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