Finally, my ladies are back after a long vacation! All of the women did their own thing for the last 10 days and we certainly missed them. Barbara was not there today, doing work in Vietnam.
So...alot was discussed today. Ranging from the number of high profile deaths these past few days, Governor Palin resigning to Governor Stanford's affair, etc. They also had Larry Miller on today as a guest. I usually side with Joy, but her feelings on Michael Jackson and his heavy media coverage totally rubbed me the wrong way. But, anywho, I still love you Joy!
Today, my focus was on the Sarah Palin convo. I watched the press conference the day after and wanted to play tic tac toe on my wrist- WITH A BLADE. J/K, but I seriously tried to take her at face value but the whole speech was so irritating. It was way way way too long. A sweet 5 minute- I love you Alaska, but I gotstago, Peace!- would have sufficed. The long, drawn out history lesson about Seward and Abe Lincoln, good freakin grief! And don't let me get started on the sports analogy! Thank you Elisabeth for recognizing the fact that the analogy could have been "tighter" and really made no kinda sense. Next time Palin, ask our President to jot a few notes for you before you get in front of the camera. Just saying....
However, some valid and interesting points were made in her speech. Like,the debt that Alaska has had to endure (some $2 million) used to defend Palin in allegations. I believe most, if not all, of these allegations have not been substantiated. Joy speculated that maybe Palin left her post 16 months prior to its conclusion, because she needs to generate additional income to support her children and pay $500,000 in court fees. If that's the case, well I can't fault her. Others have speculated that she is gearing up and prepping herself for a run for the presidency in 2012. She didn't say that in her speech, but politicians are clearly notorious for leaving out elephant-sized details. Look at Hillary and her "last minute" decision to run for office. Yeah, anyway. If this is case, I DEFINITELY agree that Palin needed to step away and prep herself if she wants even a sliver of a chance of competing with President Obama. However, while I do not fault her, I am a little dissapointed in a governor leaving her position prior to election. In the words of Eddie Murphy in the move 'Life', there will be consequences and reprecussions. Time will tell if these are negative or positive.
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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.
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