How the Subtext Reads in Governor Sarah Palin’s Resignation Speech

Pundits and Press are likely making a mistake in calling Governor Sarah Palin down for the count, or TKO’d.

I listened to her complete speech, and like many others thought it rambled on. But, as a shrink who from time to time analyzes documents and speeches for criminal lawyers, I know that rambling is often only a sign of impassioned assertion and ….not reading from notes that would normally rein in most ‘ramble.’

I applied to Governor Palin’s speech some of my customized methods for analyzing syntax, lexicon, etc, and although I did not perform a complete analysis… and this document below is in no way a representation of what Governor Palin actually did say… this is just a word-and emotive map about what this one analyst, thinks Governor Palin was saying in subtext, in other words, the deeper convictions/meanings beneath her words taken in paragraph aggregates.

If I am even half right, there’s no way she’s down for the count, nor running away, nor unable to ‘take the heat’ et al. Her impulse may not be to run for anything at this time–or ever– but to take on a powerful way of influencing ‘directly’ in a whole other and new way.

I hope you will read it all the way through, it is fascinating for it does not ramble in subtext. Quite the opposite… surprising to see how much continuity her speech had… its repeating three themes over and over.

For instance, in subtext, we see that the affronts to her family and herself have been many; but it appears from various clues within her speech, that those are not the biggest issues for Governor Palin

The Big Issue is her being blocked from being a visionary, living that way, being seen that way, accomplishing things that way … and instead her being forced over the last eleven months, to have to live/act/spend days on end, down with the less elevated … thereby interfering with what she sees as her true calling… and also forcing her to subvert one of her most precious ideals as a conservative; her State being forced to spend money to defend their Governor deemed by some/many/herself, as visionary.

Subtext of Governor Palin’s Resignation Speech

(I don’t want to speak through middlemen any more: I insist on speaking from now on, to people directly)
(I realize I’ve had a once in a lifetime opportunity in Alaska)
(I have been ridiculed and mocked, but I am very, very valuable)
(My home place is my refuge, where I am better understood by many)
(People who are not visionaries cannot see me nor my contributions)

(I have a Destiny, and the energy for it is God-given)
(In our times, I am a lone voice in the midst of chaos)
( I am created to help people better the world through my views of how I think policies ought be laid down)
(I don’t give up on my ideas)
(I know how to force through; I have an independent spirit that is personal to me)
(I can see predators that others cannot see)
(I can confront predators.)

(I cant do everything, but look at what I can do)
(I punish those I see as predatory according to my personal vision)
(Often I can make things work according to my personal vision)
(When called to account, I will try)
My pattern is to take credit for being smart to hire people who are able to work within my vision)
(I see predators that others do not see)
(I am willing to suffer opprobrium for ‘my people.’)

(As a visionary, I can see what other elected officials on both sides and far higher up than me, are blind to. )
(As a visionary, I see ‘that bad ninth court,” and all those associated with it, without naming names. )
(The press cannot see me as I truly am, nor what I’ve done for you, my Alaskans.)
(I did not change my character; the press tried to spin my character into something I am not.)
(The press hanging of a false self constructed by their partisanship over my true visionary self has been on my mind, will continue to be on my mind for a long time to come. I’ve already mentioned this three times in this speech and if you want to know where the affront lies, look at what I have mentioned to you in my speech more than once, twice, thrice)

(The press tried to bring a visionary person down into their own mundane, less than stellar, world.)
(Not my position, but the press’s position has wasted the coffer’s money that I was saving for you. The press has forced you to lose because of their desire to try to get a leg up on me. The press does not care about you or our Indian villages, or our poor. They want to bankrupt all the needy of Alaska via their desire to depose a visionary.)

(My visionary legislation that allows ethics inquiry, is what these press people are using to rob the poor of Alaska. They are attempting to use my own visionary honesty against me. And so, my decision is…. I’m going to put a stop to this:)
(Being pulled down into the trailer-park-desiring machinations of the press, does not allow me to follow my personal visions. The press and I are on two very different plains. They’re in the dirt vs. my ideals are lofty.)

(If there’s one thing I’ve learned, a visionary does not go where others go, or and especially not where others try to force her. She goes where she chooses to go. A visionary cannot be bridled.)
(As you can see, I’m doing fine, I still have my ‘quotable quotes’ intact, one of my great skills … to tell my truth and make people laugh in recognition at the same time. But, also I’m done rolling in the dirt with the rabble. That’s no place for a visionary.)

(A person of extraordinary insight, as they see life in their own special way, can never agree to tear good things and people down. To get away from the ‘tearing down press’ I have to make other choices. As you can see, from my personal view, I have many high concerns for us all that I mean to influence.)
(I will support any who see as I see, but I cannot be a visionary as the Governor of Alaska any longer)

(I’ve seen the handwriting on the wall, that as long as I’m in office, the press, even though they don’t give a darn about Alaska, will keep coming here to try to impede my work in Alaska and in the world. So, leaving the governorship is like leaving a neighborhood that’s been taken over by gangs so that 24/7 can only be concerned with whatever the gangs are up to next.)

(Lest you think I’m giving up? I AM NOT. There is no rest for me as a visionary person. And I am sorry that Alaska has been put through a mess of money waste because of the press … THAT is a blot on my record of conserving for us Alaskans, a stain not made by me. And, I will never forget those who came into the house of Alaska and tried to trash it.)

(So, I’m about to do something visionary again… isn’t that the proof of far-seeing and mostly-knowing? Things might look odd for a time and not be comfortable for every one at first… so stay tuned for the big announcement of ‘what next’ when I have all the small details worked out. It’s a little like embargoing a book… you don’t want to give away the best part piece by piece, but all at once!)

(As visionary, I put all in place for a successful reign of the Lt. Governor)
(I speak for visionaries everywhere: you’ve got to take a stand and not let the ankle biters keep having access to your ankles. As hockey mom, you gotta wear shin guards, know what I mean?

We’re in a new Barack Obama neocon environment, and the waste of money, is HUGE. Alaska is one scale, the nation is an entirely other scale. It is my intention to influence on a much larger scale, one for Americans, of which Alaskans are surely a part.)

(As I’ve said, and perhaps you can see now, this is really the main point I want to get across to you, using now the sports’ analogy to get through to those who ‘cannot see’ what I’m talking about…. I’m a visionary, and it’s time to pass the ball on Alaska to someone else… I am going to join another team… one where I can practice my gifts unfettered.)

(I wont tease anymore about what I am going to do in the near future, just know that ‘my way’ is my way of seeing the world. Just know for now that you can trust your old visionary here… I’m the one who refuses to play in the dirt with the press without hitting back hard. I mean really hard. As I inferred, Wait and see what I do next.)

Just to reiterate (because this has been a very important affront to me) some might say that they don’t mind the press wasting our tax dollars and state time with their nonsense. But the title of governor isn’t important to me, rather the title of ‘visionary’ is.

This is not a sudden decision. Every day I’ve had to waste in defense over foolish accusations has hardened me all the more to continue to climb above all that. My family concurs.

(I have seen across many blogs, the PhotoShopped mock-ups of our son Trig, who suffers from Down syndrome, made up to look like a horribly deformed monster in our arms. I’ve seen our son Trig… who cannot speak for himself, and who no doubt will face other cruel people in his life who make fun of his disabilities… be jeered at, and I’ve read some who have said Trig ought be killed or done away with.
He, like me, has been characterized, not as who he is, but who people of cruel minds want to make of him. I am, Trig is, at heart, good people. Would that the world could see as we see.

(I also identify with our wounded troops, who sacrificed to uphold visionary ideals and in the process, were injured. But like them too, I don’t give up. I too will be productive and choose to serve something greater than SELF. People like the troops and me, who carry that kind of determination and ideal should be given all the time and resources to bring their lives and their ideas to fruition. Certainly people and press should not dump on them to try to make this special group appear to be ‘less’ than those doing the dumping)

(It is important to me that you know I have loved being a visionary for Alaska. I’d rather it had continued unconstricted.
But it would not be good to have an unhappy visionary at the helm, and as I said before, with the press wasting Alaskans’ money to boot. As you know a visionary could explain and explain her reasons for leaving office, but really, only other visionaries can really understand.)

(I will work from the outside, with anyone who sees this new Obama admin as I do… and I will also work from the outside with anyone on the inside of what has happened to our Republican party since August of last year. It just cannot continue to be dirt politics; it cannot on any front be ‘politics as usual’.)

(I validate my own visions via our Constitution, that says people not big government at the top is supposed to shape the present and the future and redress the past. I am making the call audibly, that it’s time for MANY people in power to pass the ball… or else we’re doomed to be a non-winning team, a non-winning nation.)

(I’ll never forget the people who gave me an unleashed walk through Alaska, who empowered my vision. I will always remember that. And I will ever be close by, just call and I’ll help Alaska in any way I can. Just not as Governor. If the press wants to make of my words here that I just made a biiiig mistake or that I am in retreat, or ‘cant take the heat’…. all I can say, is wait…

MacArthur didn’t meet that enemy army head on, he changed direction, and came up behind them… and decimated them.)