19 posts tagged “sarah palin”
Palin puts faith in God for 2012
Defeated Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said she hopes God will "show her the way" on any future bid for the White House.
The Alaska governor said 2012 was too far off for her to decide whether she would run for the US presidency.
Mrs Palin, who was accused of going rogue during the election campaign, also admitted veering "off script", but denied harming the Republican ticket.
She has been touted as a possible White House candidate in four years' time.
In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News, the 44-year-old said: "I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is."
'Open door'
The mother-of-five added: "And if there is an open door in [20]12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plough through that door."
Mrs Palin admitted occasionally not having toed the line during the campaign, but added: "If I went off script once in a while, I can't for the life of me remember any one time where it would have harmed [Republican presidential nominee Sen John McCain], or the ticket."
She also said she neither wanted nor asked for the wardrobe costing at least $150,000 (£96,000) that the Republican Party controversially bankrolled for her during the campaign.
"I did not order the clothes. Did not ask for the clothes," she told Fox News. "I would have been happy to have worn my own clothes from day one."
Dismissing reports that she had been unaware Africa was a continent, Mrs Palin said: "Never, ever did I talk about, well, gee, is it a country or is it a continent."
This week, Mrs Palin has also scheduled national interviews with other TV networks and she plans to attend the Republican Governors Association conference in Florida.
Correspondents say she has a range of political options, including seeking re-election as governor of Alaska in 2010 or challenging the state's Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski.
There is also a possibility she could run in a special election for the seat of Ted Stevens, Alaska's other senator.
His bid for re-election last week remains undecided, although he may be forced to step aside whatever the outcome after being convicted of corruption.
Hmmm.
So I'm like "God," (ya know, cos I talk to him and stuff) "Can ya please just smite her and stuff? Maybe while she's ploughing through one of those doors you're going to open for her?"
Many commentators (press and blogosphere) are taking great satisfaction from the meltdown and sniping among Republicans. My overwhelming reaction is one of relief that Obama won, accompanied by not a little satisfaction that Palin has to drag her nasty little ass back to Alaska.
This morning's Guardian hit the nail on the head for me, identifying the feeling as 'Palinfreude'. You can read the article in its entirety here, but some of my favourite exerpts include:
Liberals, indulging in what the writer Andrew Sullivan termed "Palinfreude", were presented with a smorgasbord, ranging from the tale of how McCain's pro-Palin foreign policy adviser had his Blackberry confiscated in the closing days of the race, to how the party had paid for Todd Palin's silk boxer shorts.
The fighting consuming the McCain and Palin camps threatened to derail broader efforts to overhaul the Republican party after Tuesday's decisive defeat, for which some insiders blamed Sarah Palin. Veterans of the right gathered in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, on Thursday for a summit on the movement's future, but even as they did so, the blame went on.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is worse than I thought," Limbaugh told listeners. "What the Republican party, led by disgruntled and failed McCain staffers, is trying to do to Sarah Palin, is unconscionable ... There are country-club, blue-blood ... Republicans who want nothing to do with a firebrand conservative [who] can fire up people." He added: "We're going to be taking on two things here [over] the next four years: Obama, and our own party establishment."
It goes on:
The main ammunition in the war was a lengthening list of allegations against Palin: that she thought Africa was a country; that she failed to inform the campaign about a scheduled call with Nicolas Sarkozy which turned out to be a prank; that she refused to undergo coaching prior to her disastrous interviews with CBS anchor Katie Couric; that she couldn't name the three countries in the North America Free Trade Agreement; and that the party had spent up to $70,000 (£45,000) on "wardrobe items" for Palin and "luxury goods" for her husband, in addition to the $150,000 already reported. (Some of the claims were revealed by Fox, hence the boycott.)
The New York Times reported that when Palin met McCain in Phoenix on Tuesday night, she held the text of a speech she planned to deliver, in defiance of campaign convention, and had to be overruled.
While it's interesting to hear what the various aides have t say about Palin now, it's a 'gosh-darned' shame we didn't know all of this before the election. The fundamental blame for this debacle lies at the feet of whoever chose Palin as McCain's running-mate, and I'm not entirely sure it was McCain. She turned more people off his campaign than anything he said or did and we finally got to see the old McCain when he presented his concession speech.
There's just a couple of days left until the end of the US Presidential Election and I'm glad this only happens every four years. I'm exhausted and can't handle any more. I just want it to be all over now.
As I've previously indicated, I'm rooting for Obama. I've been giving this a lot of thought over the past few days and have come to the conclusion that I'm not exactly pro-Obama, but fearful of another Bush clone (and his nutbag sidekick) taking over the White House. The world is is a state o' chassis (as Joxer Daly famously said) and I don't want an angry, bitter old man with his finger on the button.
I am truly fearful of what Palin could get up to as VP. Aside from making Tina Fey a bazillionaire, her gaffes would recall Bush Jr's worst slip-ups and remove even more of the gravitas that should be associated with the Presidency. And when (not if) McCain shuffles off this mortal coil, who'll be there to fuck things up? I shudder.
On the other hand, I'm optimistic that Obama will cleanse the political palet of the US people, reminding them that their commander in chief doesn't have to be the kind of guy you'd want to have a beer with... reminding them that anti-intellectualism should not be a badge of pride... reminding them that pride in their own country doesn't have to be at the expense of the integrity of someone else's.
I would hate for any readers of this blog to interpret my dislike of right-wing Republicans as a generalised dislike of America or Americans. I can separate the Presidency from the people. I've visited the US many times (and no, not just NYC) and have absorbed its mass media since I was born. I think America has had a wonderful and positive impact on the rest of this planet. I'd like to view Bush and his ilk as a blip. A momentary lapse in judgement. We all make mistakes. Making Obama President is an opportunity to move on and demonstrate to yourselves (and the rest of the world) that you haven't fallen for the same old right-wing nonsense.
Please don't prove me wrong.
The election is a week from today, who are you going to vote for?
Obviously, I don't have a vote in the US Presidential Election. I'm Irish (real Irish, in that I was born in Ireland, not fifth-generation Boston cop Irish) and live in the UK.
But like the rest of the world, I have a vested interest in who gets the top job next.
A cursory glance over the recent content of this blog will tell you I'm no fan of John McCain. If I had a vote, it would go to Obama. I hope it plays out that way next week.
The thought of Sarah Palin strutting round the White House is just too terrible to contemplate.
My fingers are firmly crossed.
Sadly, yes. And she's not alone. I truly believe that democracy (one person, one vote) is the way to go... but watching this makes me want to propose IQ cut-offs for theright to particiate in elections!
I snagged this from my most excellent neighbour, Gunderson Bee, in the belief that as many people as possible need to see this.
Of course, I always refer to the religious beliefs of candidates' mothers when casting a vote in any major election. It's the only way to go. Screw policies and leave it all up to the Lord. Well, you puddin-faced piece of white-trash: don't they also say "The Lord helps those that hep themselves".
Who are you to critique someone else's Christianity? Where exactly did you procure your Doctorate in Divinity or comparative religious study? Didn't Jeebus warn against pointing to the splinter in your neighbour's eye while ignoring the plank in your own?
And if your husband's business goes under, I'm sure you'll reject any form of financial assistance from a government led by a man whose mother ws an atheist. Of course. Jeebus himself will apear in your kitchen, bearing wads of cash, so you can drag your fat ass back down to McDonalds.
Agh! The anger. It burns....
....have you remembered these voters?
