Pulling a Palin

Speaking of barrel-fish-shooting, Reg, I suspect your Reg-ulars can come up with other possible meanings that outshine the following (just off the top of my head):

She didn't pay for those new expensive clothes, she pulled a Palin.

Instead of sticking with his decision to speak at the political dinner, he pulled a Palin.

After her water broke a long way from home, she pulled a Palin.

Although he accepted the government funding for the pork-barrel project, he pulled a Palin.

OK, gang, I'm sure you can do a lot better than this!

Reg, could you find out why your time-stamp is five hours ahead of local time?  I posted the above comment at 3:51 EDT, not 8:51 PM.  Is your blog headquartered in London or Lisbon?

Reg, those fish are in the barrel for a reason, evidently.  Ours is not to wonder why... :)

I love this.  Tucked away in Alaska, the Libs were going to be limited on Palin jokes.  Now it's blast away.  Hopefully, EVERY day, you'll be able to see that face, those glasses, hear that wonderful voice, etc. etc. etc.  I love it.

Why do the Libs hate Palin so much?  Let's see...they had a really great black guy to replace all those old white guys (Pelosi included) who would get 94% of the black vote and who knows what % of those who voted for him to show how cool they were, BECAUSE he was black.  The guy actually became a celebrity--and we know what that means--LIBERAL.  100%.  ALL THE TIME.  That's the Liberal domain--celebrity suck-ups.  Boot licking, butt kissing, goo-goo eyes at anyone with no talent making a lot of money.

And what does the GOP do?  Come up with a celebrity with brains.  "OH NO!!! That makes our celebs look dumb.  We can't have that.  OH NO.  What to do?  What to do??  I know..start rumors, make fun of her kids, make fun of her, make fun of Alaska, make fun of salmon, make fun of air, make fun of trees, and really, really go after her Downs Syndrome kid.  That'll show her and the GOP.  Hollywood R' Us. "

I love it.

The face.  The glasses.  The voice. Day after day after day after day.  Enjoy.

I tried to coin the phrase "pulling a Nixon," meaning declaring a victory and getting the hell out of Dodge, a few decades back. I like "pulling a Palin" for trying to make quitting sound like the honorable thing to do.

Titan, you contradict yourself by saing Palin is a celebrity, and all celebrities are liberal.

You defy reality by calling her intelligent.

I fervently hope she is a competitive candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2012. It will show what a joke that party has become.

Kevin, Good one!  Although I seem to recall it was Senator George Aiken (R-VT) who advocated declaring a victory in the Vietnam War, then "getting the hell out of Dodge."

your article is just another baseless attack on sarah palin. no substance, not even a reference to any of her policies or visions for america. just attack her personally. yet you bathe in the glory of a president who is leading an economy into an abyss. keep blaming bush, palin, conservatism, and every other boogeyman. the piper always get paid.

Congratulations, Mr. Henry! At 7:00 PM, "Hurrah for Sarah Palin, America's best quitter" was the number one e-mailed PG story!

Attractive but doltish Ms. Palin's fate is inexorably tied to President Obama's success in avoiding a catastrophic recession. As of today, many financial pundits, who thought the economy had stabilized, reversed their opinions, and now predict we are sliding back into a deeper crises.

If Palin attracts the right Svengali, and tutors under a talented Henry Higgins, then this Eliza Doolittle could morph into the first female American president. Galatea reborn!

It all depends on Mr. Obama.

momusin, you evidently live in a very different world than I do.  Tell me, do the Pirates stink in that one too?

little minx, Aiken may have suggested it, but Nixon did it.

Momusin (scary name-Mom usin' what?) the article was surely an attack on Sarah Palin, but it was far from baseless. She quit the job she was elected to perform, with no reason other than "folks are giving me a hard time!" Then she tries to frame her quitting as honorable and blames (of course) the liberal media. Why doesn't she just change the station to FOX news, where she is portrayed as a brilliant, sexy leader?

Palin didn't just turn off liberals.  I know a number of conservatives and independents who switched their votes after she joined the ticket, including neighbors who were once huge McCain supporters.  

I'm not sure what reality momusin and Titan are living in, either; whatever it is, it must have good drugs.  The latest turn of events in Palinpalooza makes it abundantly clear that she is tempermentally unfit for higher office.  She's a whiner and a diva who lacks the self-discipline to complete what she starts.   How could she possibly have the strength of character to hold down the office of vice president (or, God forbid, president) if she couldn't even hack being governor of a state whose population is half that of Allegheny County's?

kevin morris, by the time the last US troops left Saigon in April 1975, Gerald Ford was President.

john lease: your comment proves my point.

kevin morris: typical liberal ploy - attack my username, and you know nothing about me. read the article again - no mention of what sarah stands for and that was the point of my comment.

mermaid: now i guess i am using drugs. thanks for letting me know. i will inform my family and friends.

i thought i might find a logical debate here. i was obviously wrong. i don't care whether you are a republican or a democrat. i want the best for this country.

i hope you get what you want.

Momusin, "typical liberal ploy" sounds like a Rush line (now that is a typical liberal ploy). Please don't pull a Palin and quit because the liberals don't all just agree with your arguments.

We already know what Sarah Palin stands for; does the writer have to review her entire history to criticize her most recent actions? You called the attacks baseless, but the writer presented an excellent case for the attack.

kevin morris: amusing comment - i have probably heard the rush show (on the high end) three (3) times since he came on the air approx twenty (20) years ago. i am a working american and don't have the opportunity that you may have in your day. it is surprising you have the opportunity to listen to rush, since you reference him, plus listen to the psycho babble of the left. you must work nights. not intended as a snide remark - only that i don't understand how you and many others quote rush when his show is in the middle of a workday.

you say you know what sarah palin stands for - could you remind me? i am very interested. i would like to understand your view of sarah. give me the specifics and leave out the silliness. also, you call sarah a quitter, but what should it matter to you since she would probably never get your vote anyway? did she quit on you? don't you think it is more of a concern for her and the republican party? do you have a stake in the decision or does it just make you feel good to make that statement?

people disagree with me daily - it is the nature of my business. it  only bothers me when they do not provide facts and not opinions. if you provide facts, i would be interested in continuing this conversation. not knowing a single fact as to why sarah ended her governship and labelling her a quitter puts you in the category of a speculator, border liar, or certainly a no nothing busybody. probably many shades of the last three adjectives i used, in order to provide you the benefit of the doubt. nothing personal - i just know there have not been any hard reasons publicized why she did what she did. but maybe you do know, so let me know if you do, so i can correct myself and apologize to you.

on a different topic and so important to the left- i lived and survived global cooling during the 70s. do you think we will make it through global warming during the 2000s?  and global warming is now characterized as the result of global cooling? don't you find it amazing the earth is billions of years old and we have experienced global cooling and global warming within a forty (40) year period as if this has never happened before? did the cavemen develop the thermometer -the historians must be confused since we have only been recording temperatures for approx one-hundred  (100) years. let us start selling those carbon credits so we can line the pockets of soros, gore, pelosi, reid, franks, murtha, etc.. if you agree with that route jim jones would have loved you in jonestown!

i want the best for all americans whether i agree with them or not. provide me with reasons why we are moving in the right direction. i don't want to hear anymore from the left about bush, sarah, cheney, or conservatism. our future starts now. tell me where we are going? are you sure rising unemployment, huge dificits, government ownership of our largest companies, and subservience to middle east leaders is where we want to go? can you explain the results of these actions. make me feel comfortable that you are so right.

Momusin, I really don't have time to try to convince you that a leftist, liberal perception of the world is the way we all should

go through life and make decisions. I wouldn't be successful; you have already made decisions that point you in the opposite direction, and I am willing to admit their are logical arguments on both sides of the continuum.  I actually agree with several planks of the conservative agenda-I am a firm beleiver in a total school voucher sytem, for example. But you can't get to my perception of the world, and I can't get to yours. Hopefully we can agree on issues that both you and i recognize are in humanity's best interests.

kevin morris: i agree we can disagree. you are one of the few left of center (i assume) people, i know, that look at the issues logically without spouting unsupported statements.

best to you kevin.

Here's a theoretical exercise for momusin, kevin morris and anyone else who's so inclined: Reread Reg's column while pretending that Sarah Palin is instead a liberal of, say, the moveon.org or Daily Kos stripe.  I suspect conservatives would find Reg's lacerations of Palin surprisingly mild -- while liberals would cringe with embarrassment that she's widely perceived as being their party's standard-bearer.

Spot on, Minx.

Why thank you, regis!

My, my, my.  The interest in Palin is overwhelming.  If most of you don't like her so much, why take the time to talk about her?  You too Reg.

In other late breaking news, one of Tina Fey's Emmy nominations is for her portrayal of Palin on Saturday Night Live.