July 04, 2009

Thoughts on Palin's resignation

Not sure what it is she's doing.  A part of me thinks she's had enough, and is leaving the political realm.  I wouldn't blame her, and I'd never fault her, I've never seen such a vicious assault on the character of another human being.  It will still be a huge coup for the left, the media and the RINOs and their one party regime if that is what she's doing. 

A lot of people think she'll run in 2012 or 2016, and she's leaving Alaska to devote herself full time to getting ready.  Entirely possible, and I hope that's what she's doing.  This is going to sound counterintuitive, I think most people would tell her to lay low, do private dinners for Senatorial, Congressional and Gubernatorial candidates, and study, study, study, I think she needs to do that, but laying low is not the way to go for any more than six months.  There's one thing Palin has that no one in the GOP leadership has, and that's political charisma, and the ability to speak and lead. 

She needs to start small, speaking for some candidates running for offices, and use that to rebuild and reorganize her base of support, then start doing her own speaking appearances until she's drawing big crowds like she was during the 2008 election cycle.  She should go light on doing the political endorsement stuff.  She needs to ignore the media completely, working through talk radio and friendly websites and social networking sites. 

Starve the media, walk right by NBC's fucking cameras, and talk to the conservative blogger with the Handi-Cam.  She's also going to have to stage a coup against the GOP leadership by cutting their knees out from under them.  She needs to become the voice of opposition to Obama and the Democrats.  Actually, it might be more filling a vacuum than staging a coup. 

She's not going to need, or want much of the establishment's support.  She shouldn't expect the establishment's help.  They'll betray her.  Besides, who needs the establishment when you can assemble an army of volunteers in no time?  I bet she could rival Obama's organization if she plays her cards right.  The fact that she and her family have been savaged by opposition is only going to make that more intense.  This is a huge part of what fuels the Palinistas zeal for defending her.

There's going to be a strong thirst for revenge against the left, the media, the RINOs and the inverabrate GOP leadership, either in 2012 or 2016, and if Palin is up to the task, she can lead the charge.  Gonna be interesting.  All that said, if the GOP doesn't find someone to lead and rebuild things by 2016, the whole party is going to collapse. 

*  Clearly I'm not the only one thinking this way.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 01:32 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 Thanks for giving me something optimistic to think about in regards to Palin leaving office.  There's a lot of negativity floating around...

Posted by: Elliott at July 04, 2009 01:42 AM (bYTjt)

2 Same here, but hell, if I had to deal with the flippant lawsuits that she has had filed against her I would be a little miffed at the political process as a whole. Drop out and regroup is what I hope is happening.

Posted by: Old Iron at July 04, 2009 02:09 AM (tD0Cq)

3

Drop out, but weapons and ammo, and fuck the government.  That's what I hope she's doing.  If, as the country falls apart, she comes out as a leader, that's great.  I honestly couldn't care less about the race for 2010 or 2012 at this point.

The entire system is corrupt to the core and I'm simply loading for bear.  This, of course, is why I haven't been posting.  Politics as usual is all just way too silly for me.

Posted by: Hermit Dave at July 04, 2009 02:30 AM (WhFvm)

4 Based on nothing other than guy feeling, I think she's saying fuck that shit and walking away from politics entirely.  That is something for which I cannot for one moment blame her.  I hate to say this, but an incredibly ugly strain of sexism by the Left and some of the Right was exposed by this.  The notion that a woman must have certain political beliefs or she is not truly a woman is as vilely limiting as the notion that a woman must stay in the kitchen.

There's a huge, huge part of me that wants to say "oh these are the rules now, okay" and go after the families of those on the Left just as hard.  Blood for blood, baby, blood for blood. 

Posted by: alexthechick at July 04, 2009 09:43 AM (0Igse)

5 Dave, I'm definitely moving closer to interpreting things the same as you...not there yet, but getting there.  Things are falling apart, and rapidly.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 04, 2009 09:55 AM (yEHJP)

6 A small part of me thinks things can be salvaged, though.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 04, 2009 09:57 AM (yEHJP)

7 maureen dowd should have her snatch sewn shut so she can't reproduce.

Posted by: tangonine at July 04, 2009 02:42 PM (C8Pcc)

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