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Palin Matters
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Andrew Sullivan: "Some readers think my continuing attempt to expose all the lies and flim-flam and bizarre behavior of Sarah Palin is now moot. She's history -- they argue. Move on. I think she probably is history. Even Bill Kristol and his minions in the McCain-Palin campaign may not be able to resuscitate her political viability now. But even if she is history, she is history that matters." ...
Shorter Andrew Sullivan
Interesting Times —
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Shorter Andrew Sullivan I'll continue to talk about Sarah Palin because it's not about Sarah Palin. posted by Chris Andersen at ...
Compare and contrast.
INSTAPUTZ —
Sully: The Palin nightmare also happened because a tiny faction of political professionals has far too much sway in the GOP and conservative circles. This was Bill Kristol's achievement. It was a final product of the now-exhausted strategy of fomenting fundamentalist resentment to elect politicians dedicated to the defense of Israel and the extension of American military hegemony in every corner of the globe. Palin was the reductio ad absurdum of this mindset: a mannequin candidate, easily controlled ideologically, ...
Coming to terms with dodging a bullet
Political Animal —
... this afternoon, "We've simply never seen someone so completely unmoored from the normal requirements of national office before." I not only think that's right, I also think we're still coming to terms with just how serious this fiasco really was. Given this, Andrew Sullivan had a very compelling item explaining why Palin may be history, but "she is history that matters." Let's be real in a way the national media seems incapable of: this person should never have been placed on a national ticket in a mature democracy. She was incapable of running a town in Alaska competently. ...
Remainders: Orange Mocha Frappuccino
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Doyle could be Obama's Cabinet secretary.
Did you make love in the name of Obama?
The Onion: "International Con Man Barack Obama Leaves U.S. With $85 Million In Campaign Fundraising."
Malkin is not happy that the ICE held off deportations right before the election.
Robert Reich can't think of an American-made hybrid.
Lilly and Weigel debate putting Clinton and Schwarzenegger in the cabinet.
Sullivan will continue to go after Palin for the sake of American democracy.
And this ...
Andrew Sullivan on "the Palin nightmare"
The Reaction —
... Along these lines, our must-read of the day comes from one of Palin's harshest and most determined critics -- for which I admire him -- Andrew Sullivan, whose post "Why Palin Still Matters" is an excellent recapitulation of what was, and is, wrong with Palin and the man who elevated her to unwarranted prominence, John McCain. As always, make sure to read it in full. Here are a few key passages: ...
Holding the Gates
Newshoggers.com —
... By Fester:
American politics can be conceptualized as a competition between reactionaries, conservatives in the traditional small 'c' sense of the word, and liberals. Two to one wins and if the tag team lasts, it is a dominant governing coalition for a generation as the out group is marginalized to regional strong holds and discredited policies.
Andrew Sullivan looks at the reactionaries' belle femme and draws out her implications: Some readers think my continuing attempt to expose all the lies and flim-flam and bizarre ...
Palin Summary
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
What Sully said. This bears particular emphasis: The Palin nightmare also happened because a tiny faction of political professionals has far too much sway in the GOP and conservative circles. This was Bill Kristol's achievement. It was a final product of the now-exhausted strategy of fomenting fundamentalist resentment to elect politicians dedicated to the defense of Israel and the extension of American military hegemony in every corner of the globe. Palin was the reductio ad absurdum of this mindset: a mannequin candidate, easily controlled ...
Sarah Palin Cannot Move On
Comments from Left Field —
... My hunch is, the talking point smears are so well ingrained in Palin’s mind, hearing Blitzer say the words “pal around with terrorists” necessarily prompted her to start spewing her scripted nonsense all over again. It’s as if she momentarily forgot that Election Day has come and gone, so she repeated the words she’d said thousands of times before.
It’s kind of sad, really.
Sully thinks Palin still matters:
This deluded and delusional woman still ...
Why Palin Matters
Jules Crittenden —
... because aside from Prop. 8, Palin is almost all you find on his site these days. Blah blah blah, Palin this, Palin that. McCain, GOP in disarray. Obama, post for post, line for line, expended emotion for expended emotion, barely rates, even though it’s his job for the next four years. I don’t even care that much about Palin or McCain … or for that matter the GOP’s post-loss garment-rending, tooth-gnashing and back-stabbing … and I voted for them. The guy’s obsessed with her. In fact, delusional : Some readers think my continuing attempt to expose all the lies and flim-flam ...
Irresponsibility
Political Animal —
... who again on the front lines are forced to and it's our privileged obligation to find solutions to the challenges facing our own states every day being held accountable, not being just one of many just casting votes or voting present every once in a while, we don't get away with that. We have to balance budgets and we're dealing with multibillion dollar budgets and tens of thousands of employees in our organizations." It doesn't get better in context. I completely agree with the Andrew Sullivan post that Steve quoted earlier, and even more with ...
Irresponsibility
Obsidian Wings —
... lines are forced to and it's our privileged obligation to find solutions to the challenges facing our own states every day being held accountable, not being just one of many just casting votes or voting present every once in a while, we don't get away with that. We have to balance budgets and we're dealing with multibillion dollar budgets and tens of thousands of employees in our organizations."
It doesn't get better in context.
I completely agree with Andrew Sullivan:
"Let's be real in a way the national media seems incapable of: ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — THE REAL PALIN QUESTION IS: WHY DID THIS NOT HAPPEN BEFORE? Regarding Sarah Palin, Andrew Sullivan says: The impulsive, unvetted selection of a total unknown, with no knowledge of or interest in the wider world, as a replacement president remains one of the most disturbing events in modern American history.... Until we figure out how this happened, we will not be able to prevent it from happening again. But what's striking is that it's never happened before. The hardcore supporters of one of our major political parties -- the ...
The Emperor Has No Clothes
The Anonymous Liberal —
I share the frustration of folks like Andrew Sullivan, Kevin Drum, and Hilzoy about the way Sarah Palin has been covered in the media. Never in the history of national politics has a candidate's manifest unsuitability for higher office been so apparent. As Kevin Drum put it: I continue to think that the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate represents the breaking of a consensual cultural barrier far more fundamental than most people realize. It's not just that she was inexperienced (Spiro Agnew and John Edwards weren't much more ...
The empress has no clothes
Firedoglake —
... I want to take back everything bad I have ever said about Andrew Sullivan because this is one of the greatest cut-through-the-bullshit posts I have ever read. ...
Andrew Sullivan on “The Palin Nightmare”
The Moderate Voice —
... Along these lines, my must-read of the day (actually, from yesterday) comes from one of Palin’s harshest and most determined critics — for which I admire him — Andrew Sullivan, whose post “Why Palin Still Matters” is an excellent recapitulation of what was, and is, wrong with Palin and the man who elevated her to unwarranted prominence, John McCain. As always, make sure to read it in full. Here are a few key passages: ...
“If You’d Been a Dog, They’d Have Drowned You at Birth…”
I Am TRex —
... for the most part. I’m withholding judgement, though. He still seems a little apt to fly off to Cloudcuckooland at the least provocation if you ask me. (I admit, I took that Fifth Column bullshit of his at the outset of the Iraq War pretty personally.) This bit about Sarah Palin was pretty good, though: ...
