Good Riddance To The Griftzilla From Wasilla
Despite a penchant for bombast, Sarah Palin has revealed little about her inner feelings over her three years in the national limelight. But her rationale in announcing that she was not seeking the Republican presidential spoke volumes, albeit unintentionally.
“Not being a candidate, you are unshackled and able to be even more active,” she explained. “I look forward to using all the tools at my disposal to get the right people in there who have a servant’s heart.”
Translation: “I never really wanted to be president, I just craved the attention. And the millions of dollars that I could make playing paddy cake with my supporters, my party and the media.”
Palin’s announcement does very little to change the dynamic of the race for the GOP nomination, which is a measure of how far her stock has fallen since she was John McCain’s vice presidential running mate in 2008. While the former half-term governor still has a hardcore base, it is small and her supporters are unlikely to make a discernible difference no matter whom they throw their support to.
I wrote just the other day that in the end Palin would betray her base as she betrayed the people of Alaska and not run. After all, she has shown no capacity for growth, let alone be presidential, is incredibly thin skinned and good at only two things: Cynically manipulating everyone who crosses her path and making buckets of money. Perhaps most importantly, she would be unable to stand the scrutiny of her skeleton-filled closet not so much from the lamestream media, as she calls it, as from her opponents and enemies, of which she had made many.
In the end, it turned out that she only fooled the people who wanted to be fooled, including the people devoid of reality who will now say that she would have won if she had run. And no, she will not now run as a third-party candidate..
Her announcement will likely mean the end of her contract with Fox News. Roger Ailes has acknowledged that “I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot,” but she will soon be as cold as those Great Northland winters she has forsaken by moving to Arizona.
6 Responses to “Good Riddance To The Griftzilla From Wasilla”
This may be the most extreme example of visceral animosity I have seen on display at TMV. Shaun, in the future it might serve you well not to let your difference in political sentiments with a subject be so obvious, lest ye be labelled a left wing radical. I find the spirit win which you have written this most distressing.
For me there are issues aplenty about Sarah Palin that give me great pause in considering her as fit for the ultimate office in the land. In the end I am glad she is not running. However, I cannot help but point out and give a tip of the hat to anyone in America who fertilizes the withering plant capable of quick recovery and rapid growth called Liberty. Like her or not, Sarah Palin has done that.
Nothing new in that statement. Many of us have known all along that Sarah Palin was full of fertilizer… 100% in my opinion.
“However, I cannot help but point out and give a tip of the hat to anyone in America who fertilizes the withering plant capable of quick recovery and rapid growth called Liberty. Like her or not, Sarah Palin has done that.”
I would give some credence to this if Ms. Palin could at least have gotten her Paul Revere story straight
“I would give some credence to this if Ms. Palin could at least have gotten her Paul Revere story straight.”
Touche, Dorian, touche!
clydecpa et al:
I have been accused more times than I count of “hating” Sarah Palin or “being mean” to her. “Visceral animosity” is, however, a new one.
To be clear, Palin is not worth the energy it takes to hate someone. But she is a con artist pure and simple who, had circumstances worked out a bit differently, could have been a heartbeat away from the presidency and perhaps even president if John McCain had The Big One.
Palin does not get a pass of any sort for that simple but profound reason. I make no apologies for my attacks on her over the years.
Finally, make no mistake about it: Palin was not watering “the withering plant called Liberty.” She was urinating on it.
She sold out and cashed in. I guess you can’t really “sell out” though unless you have some acquaintance with the high ground in the first place – which it seems she never did. The republicans sure did swoon for her bigtime when she was a newcomer to their fold though eh! Alas, love is so fickle.