Comments on: Harpy Seminar: WTF Sarah Palin?

By: Harpy Seminar: Sarah Palin’s New Gigs - The Pursuit of Harpyness

Harpy Seminar: Sarah Palin’s New Gigs - The Pursuit of Harpyness — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:02:10 +0000

[...] ditching her job as Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin’s been on the road, speaking, promoting her book and [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:51:08 +0000

Can anyone real tell me that you were impressed by her exit speech? You know, if she can’t take a joke, don’t get in the game, its politics, they all get kicked around. My beef is that she reminds of unqualified people like Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle, and George “W”. She is just another “W” in heels and she is stringing the religious right along, she will sell you her books, her radio/TV shows and speaking engagements. Let me paint you a picture, in my opinion, for the last eight years where the mantra was no regulation and no oversight and spread to all federal agencies and the justice department was filled by unqualified religious types and the dullard (ex-drunk) religious president started two wars of choice with extreme tax dollar spending, is anyone real surprised with our current economic situation because of those choices. Sure “W” sucker the religious right to vote for him (and it didn’t hurt that they were promised federal dollars) and that’s why he placed unqualified people in positions of responsibility and they failed (almost a “plan to fail”). I am so tried of unqualified religious zealots controlling the government and their attempts to make the second coming of Christ a reality, their hatred of women, gays, minorities, and immigrants (even though they use them to reap higher margins for their businesses) disgust me. For 7 of the last 8 years they had the majority and the presidency and they tried to force their religion and look where it left us, in the gutter, but our country does not quit and we will rise again. Do you remember how Ronald Reagan got us out of a recession? By spending and we will do the same. Lastly, I do not want you to believe what I believe, so please keep writing, feel free, I am starting to enjoy this.

By: Sissy Panty Buns

Sissy Panty Buns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:05:34 +0000

Sarah Palin wants money, fame, and most of all she wants power. It’s understandable that she would want to escape her ethics problems, promote her own agenda and start her presidential campaign. This is a great boon for comedians like Sara Benincasa who recently posted an hilarious new vlog mimicking Sarah Palin on her WordPress blog at http://www.sarabenincasa.wordpress.com/ In real life, however Sara Palin is truly scary. I believe she would not only try to implement enforced ignorance, but if elected President would be a war starting unethical tyrant. Conclusion: She would be a boon for comedy but horrible for the world. P.S.: I found out about your blog via Kelsey Wallace’s profile at Bitch Magazine

By: Benito

Benito — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:07:21 +0000

When she accepted the VP nomination, she knew she needed to bring her professional game up to another level, she never did. She knew that her family would get attacked as did Hilary and Chelsea before her (by even her twin maverick brother McCain in 1998), let face it she knew her family affairs would come out. But now she plays the victim card again, a card she played after those comical first extended interviews that we all enjoyed and SNL immortalized. But for the icing on the cake, she quits, because she does not want to be a lame duck governor, because the lawsuits keep coming, because it was the media’s fault, because seeing Russia from her house finally got to her, because its not fair that Alaskan’s paid her salary while she was running for the VP position, take your pick. So what does she tells us? Dear Mr. President, when things get tough, quit. Dear military men and women, if you are not having fun, quit. Dear son or daughter, if things are not going your way, quit. Sure, I agree when she first was introduced and gave a descent speech, sure the polls went up, but after the extended interviews, they went where they ended, down. She showed her true character, I real hope the book deal, Radio/ TV shows and the lecture circuits make up for what her party has lost by her actions. She may go down in history as the quitter that twittered.

By: vertigo

vertigo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:47:01 +0000

Since I am currently living in the UK, I am not aware of the details of her resignation. However, for some bizarre reason I am not surprise by her resignation… rather I am indifferent to her. Can we just move to another topic? Please!!

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:36:54 +0000

Man, she’s freakin’ nuts.

Her rhetoric this time around is beginning to scare me for real. She has removed herself of the political structure that helped her become famous but which she sees an encumbrance. So now she’s entirely free to pursue her messianic mission (she did use the words “higher calling”, I believe)-but she’s the messiah. Whatever she has planned for her immediate future, and I think a talk show is a good bet, she doesn’t see herself stopping there. In fact, it’s not clear where she sees herself stopping.

Curse the Republican party for inflicting this lunatic on the nation. I sure hope there’s something nasty that’s about to pop. Otherwise who knows how the hell we’ll get rid of her.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:50:50 +0000

@bluebears: So the thinking is that the media won’t be able to call her the failed lame duck governor in 3 years because she’s quitting right now? And it’s better to quit than be caught doing a lousy job? Yikes. But logic never was her strong suit.

By: bluebears

bluebears — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:46:32 +0000

I listened to two Alaskan political reporters this morning on NPR and they both sort of convinced me that the joker really does think this will free her up to run for president (they mentioned how difficult travel to the lower 48 is from Alaska) and also how at this point because of her own feuding she has alienated the entire legislature (including her own party members)and was in a huge hole there. Not a good excuse to quit, but it certainly put it in a better context.

By: kithkin

kithkin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:36:02 +0000

dailykos suggested this weekend it might have something to do with the embezzlement rumors about the Wasilla Sports Complex and her house in Wasilla, but those have come up before and blown over. Maybe the other snowmachine boot is about to drop?

By: BearDownCBears

BearDownCBears — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:55:42 +0000

@Aftercancer: Fifty bucks says Todd is pregnant.