Palin resigns as governor of Alaska

[Future Proof]

Originally Posted by cacophony

thanks, american media:

http://i44.tinypic.com/sg4u8z.jpg

Very unfitting for the liberal media, if you believed everything that Sarah Palin told us then every news outlet should be running wild with her story and preparing for a witch trial!

God I hate Sarah Palin, I seriously am hoping for a bad ending for this so it erases her completely off the political map, even if it means listening to the media drone on and on about it for a couple of weeks.

[Strangelet]

I got a minute in before the gag reflex hit. She honestly sounds like she moonlights as the voice over walmart speakers calling attention to an exciting sale of kathy lee gifford clothing over in the women's section.

[cacophony]

i've been reading quite a bit of commentary about this and there are two camps of speculation:

1) she made the announcement on the evening before july 4th to disappear into the nation's biggest news hole and dodge a lot of media attention.

2) she timed the announcement for the opposite effect, to dominate what is otherwise a typically soft-news cycle.

interestingly i'm not sure either theory pans out. look at google trends:

1. 4th of july
2. nathan s hot dog eating contest
3. joey chestnut
4. wimbledon finals 2009
5. staples center michael jackson tickets
6. sarah palin federal indictment
7. independence day quotes
8. kobayashi
9. happy 4th of july myspace comments
10. declaration of independence text

she's beat out by july 4th, wimbledon, and two entries for a hotdog eating contest. theory #2 doesn't really pan out for her if that really was her intention. and as for theory #1, that doesn't really pan out either because the trended term in the top 10 is about federal indictment charges, which are only rumored in the most tenuous way, but the concept is still dominating the most popular search term containing her name.

and remember, this is google. even our moms know how to use google. this isn't like trended topics on daily kos.

also, for any non-american members who really want to know what 4th of july means in america, the full google trends list is wonderful:

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X

i see homemade ice cream, flag cake, and costco hours on there.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I don't know about you ma, but, the 4th of July...it's all about the whiskey for me. And T-bones.

[Deckard]

Andrew Sullivan makes a good point about this juncture...

"In some ways, this is a moment to reflect on McCain, and his irresponsibility, not Palin and her drama."

I'm still waiting to hear his remorse for that monumental lack of judgment.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

She, as a woman, is being used as the scapegoat for their failure.

wink, wink, wink. Not like that.

[cacophony]

Originally Posted by Deckard

Andrew Sullivan makes a good point about this juncture...

"In some ways, this is a moment to reflect on McCain, and his irresponsibility, not Palin and her drama."

I'm still waiting to hear his remorse for that monumental lack of judgment.

oh you didn't hear? he came out sometime in the last couple of months and publicly said he regretted choosing her as his running mate. then when asked if he thought she was an appropriate choice for president, he said no.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by cacophony

oh you didn't hear? he came out sometime in the last couple of months and publicly said he regretted choosing her as his running mate. then when asked if he thought she was an appropriate choice for president, he said no.

Did he really? Because I've been waiting too...