Sarah Palin: Political Fool Or Cincinnatus In The Making?

The Whistler • July 8, 2009

We all know the story. Sometime in the years of the early Roman Empire Cincinnatus, a former Roman General, had quit fighting and had retired to his farm.
Rome, under inept leadership, got itself in a bind fighting a couple of the many tribes it fought through the years. They were losing to barbarians. They needed a leader, so they sent for Cincinnatus, who put down his plow and assumed the role of leader once again. As the story goes, he led Rome to victory.
So….how does this compare to Sarah Palin’s apparent political suicide of recent days? Here’s how.
Right now the Republican party has absolutely no one with the magnetism and charisma of Palin. Like her or hate her, the media can’t seem to get enough of her, either to tear her down or – in rare cases – build her up. She may have resigned as Governor of Alaska but she will not fade from the public eye. Every noise she makes, every word, will be dissected, dismantled, and pontificated upon by the media who so disdain her. They have her down – or so they think – so why stop kicking now?
If she’s half as smart as I think she is, she’ll take this opportunity to learn, to be able to speak on matters on the public stage in a more sophisticated way. The media will continue to hate her – and to cover her. No other Republican will have anywhere near her profile. And when the time comes, either in 2012 (which may be too early) or in 2016, Rome, in the guise of the GOP, will go to her and ask for her help to crush the barbarians that are taking over our country.
Then she’ll climb out of her fishing boat and take on the mantle of leadership, and the people, sick and weary of savages destroying what was once a magnificent republic, will see her with different eyes.
So, is she a political fool, or is there a bit of Cincinnatus in her? We’ll see.

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http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

So the gops want to appoint her as dictator?
http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

So the gops want to appoint her as dictator?

As ussual adding nothing to the discussion. Are you related to DINO?
duh moments

Sarah has never been a political fool–unless that means staying honest no matter the consequence. And THAT is what this country needs. No foolin’!
Bat One

So the gops want to appoint her as dictator?

Even for you, that’s an extraordinarily stupid remark!
http://northerngleaner.blogspot.com/ Gene

I guess Sarah as Dictator would be my preference to Obama as Dictator.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Thank you all for actually goggling the legend and reading what the actual story is.
Pilgrim

rbb,

That’s not what I meant, and you know it.

I just told my wife that I’d bet cash that one of the liberal fools who comment here would say something like that. I’m surprised it turned out to be you instead of someone like Dino. Mindless snark is more his style.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Thank you for your kind words.

By challenging Sarah to “take this opportunity to learn, to be able to speak on matters on the public stage in a more sophisticated way”, tell us that you don’t think she is/was ready for the world.

If she takes the opportunity and still comes out on the other side as the same shallow inarticulate spotlight hogging fool she is now, will you support her?
Pilgrim

If she takes the opportunity and still comes out on the other side as the same shallow inarticulate spotlight hogging fool she is now, will you support her?

No.

But if she turns out the other way, will you support her, or will yo stick with party ideology?
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

As will you, I will stick to my party’s ideology.
Bat One

Its difficult to imagine that Palin, the former governor, could do any worse than the inexperienced hack who is currently driving this country’s economy and its international stature into the ground with his ideologically driven ineptitude.

That is, unless one is another ideologically driven hack for whom platitudes and propaganda are more important than principles and proven policies.
studakota

It’s got to be 2012. Obama and their friends at Acorn have gotten hold of hundreds of billions of tarp and stimulus dollars. That money is sitting in banks, controlled by the government. The main stream media is also in the pocket of the Democrats. So lets put this together. What makes you think they wont devise a scheme to “BORROW” a good chunk of that money, flood the airwaves, billboards, pamphlets,political rallies, in such extreme overkill that even the most hard core conservative will think himself Anti-American if he doesn’t vote for “the One”? This money will allow them to hire Acorn Thugs, and have them in attendance outside every voting precinct to “ADVISE” us as to how we should vote. Oh some of us may protest, we’ll be roughed up, and threatened, but the MSM will turn their camera elsewhere. The fraudulant votes will be counted and, as per the recent election in Minnesota, very strange shit will happen. The first thing we must do is find out where that money is, who is authorized to spend it, what it may be spent on, etc. These are Chicago style politicians folks. They’ve never had such a bonanza fall into their lap. Forget Cincinnatus, that avenue will only cause us to take our eyes off the ball. Think El Duce, Hitler, Franco, Castro, Chavez, Putin, Huey Long even, and ask yourselves what they would do with that much money at their disposal? A Messiah with money? That’s a nearly unbeatable combination folks.
Mickey

Sarah Palin ran for the office of governor to help Alaska. The Alaska voters gave her their highest office to clean up the Juneau cesspool. She wound up the negotiations for a gas pipeline that had been languishing for decades, and put her state on the national radar screen for the first time since 1958. If she runs for the Republican nomination in 2012 and if she had remained a Governor, She could not spend as much time in her government job as her constituents needed her to do. She did not hurt Alaska or her future by stepping down now.

Governors often step down before their term expires. My own state governor (Doyle) has hinted as doing so. He probably has liberal wet dreams of an appointment somewhere in the Obama administration. Either that or he sees the writing on the wall and he doesn’t want his name associated with an ass whooping in his own campaign.

I have confidence in Palin’s decision Unlike Obama; she actually has courage of conviction to do what is right. Her actions are not wrapped around herself. She stands for family values, patriotism and the conservative principles of limited government.

Even if she doesn’t run in 2012 she can galvanize the party just like she did before. And if she does it from “outside” of politics it will make the personal attacks from Dummycrats look petty and sexist. (In reality, which is what they are anyway). The electorate will always fall for the professional pol, slick, convincing, and empty, before turning in desperation to the truly human candidate. Obama is the glitzy empty suit here. Not Palin.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

She quit because she is a fighter who passes the ball because only dead fish go with the flow also for the good of Alaska and America that she step aside in what sense Charlie, I quit.

She quit mid first term. She has quit before, it’s a pattern with her.

She couldn’t take the pressure of reporters asking questions and comedians making bad jokes. Thank a god none of those thing happen to our actual presidents.

Even if she doesn’t run in 2012 she can galvanize the party just like she did before.

Please, please, please nominate her, PLEASE.
conundrum

But will the independants vote for her.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

But will the independants vote for her.
conundrum

“The electorate will always fall for the professional pol, slick, convincing, and empty, before turning in desperation to the truly human candidate.”

So why would the electorate vote for her?
http://kutsownstyle.blogspot.com/ Mharms

I think she is the ONE we need in the White House.
robert108

…reporters asking questions and comedians making bad jokes…

Translation: vicious, lying smears, one after the other, false accusations that drained her resources and Alaska’s resources, constant attack that made it hard to govern, and vicious, lying and murderous attacks on her family, including pedo Letterman making a rape claim about her 14 year old daughter(that was no “joke”), and death threats against her infant son.
Little parrot vomits this kind of crap on this blog every day, so he can’t admit the truth.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Big 180, thank you for corroborating the fact that Sarah quit because of bad jokes and couldn’t handle the pressures of modern political life thanks to Lee Atwater and his clone Karl Rove.
http://northerngleaner.blogspot.com/ Gene

Sarah isn’t done yet…..Her quote, if I die, I die, is from the story of Esther. She has been favorably compared to Esther.

13 Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. 14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.” 17 So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

Then who is Hamman?

I have names, but I’ll let you guess.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Karl Rove?
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

She said it herself that she was sick of just sitting around taking a bunch of shit when there are things to be done.

Why didn’t she just stop sitting around and start getting things done. Seems like it would be what a real leader might do as opposed to quitting.

She didn’t change horses mid stream, she got scared, jumped off her horse and swam back to the shore.
Doug

Look, Palin is a doer, not a watcher. Palin does, the media watches and comments. It’s that simple. She said it herself that she was sick of just sitting around taking a bunch of shit when there are things to be done. She’s gonna just turn the helm of Alaska over to the unknown Lt. Gov, who can then go back to getting things done for Alaska. She’s gonna go find a situation where she can get the things done that she thinks need to be done.
I’m an OBGYN doctor. If the baby’s coming in Mr’s Smiths room, you don’t sit around in Mrs. Jones’ room checking on her PAP smear. You go where the action is and get the nurse practitioner or another competent individual to take care of things of lesser urgency. I totally understand what Palin is doing. I support her move absolutely. I don’t think she’s going out just to “get out of the line of fire”. She wants to get to a place where she can Kick some ass and get a few things done that are long overdue.
robert108

Big 180, thank you for corroborating the fact that Sarah quit because of bad jokes and couldn’t handle the pressures of modern political life thanks to Lee Atwater and his clone Karl Rove.

More lying smear from one who deals in lying smear. The name of the tactic used against Sarah by the lying lefties like you is called the “Cloward-Piven” method. You can look it up, but you already know and practice it every day on SAB.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Still can’t get over Sarah quit on you, huh Big 180?
Buzz

every word, will be dissected, dismantled, and pontificated upon by the media who so disdain her.

Like these?

As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?
Sarah Palin
Her surprise at US presidential candidate John McCain choosing her as vice-presidential running mate, interview with CNBC’s ‘Kudlow & Co’, July 31, 2008.

They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan.
Sarah Palin
Speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, October 5, 2008.

They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
Sarah Palin
On her foreign policy insights into Russia, ABC News interview, September 11, 2008.

In what respect, Charlie?
Sarah Palin
Asked if she agreed with the Bush Doctrine, ABC News interview, September 11, 2008.

I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.
Sarah Palin
Interview with Alaska Business Monthly, March 2007.
Bat One

Nothing about Palin raising the dead forefathers from their graves to once again lead the free world?

An idea worth considering. Obama certainly isn’t offering anything remotely close to leadership even in his own country, never mind the rest of the free world.
Hannitized

Good heavens Pilgrim. Your imagination is more creative than I had anticipated.

Nothing about Palin raising the dead forefathers from their graves to once again lead the free world?
robert108

Still can’t get over Sarah quit on you, huh Big 180?

Wrong, as usual, little parrot! She quit on you lying leftie slimeweasels, and is now going national. You weasels are already crapping in your jeans.
Why are you so focused on her? She will destroy you bullshit artists now, since she is free to sue those who peddle lies about her. Be afraid, little parrot; be very afraid.

When the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor, one of their military leaders realized their mistake, and warned that they had “awakened a sleeping dragon”. This is what you moron slimeweasels have done.
http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

As will you, I will stick to my party’s ideology.

This is the statement of why the left hates her. Because she’s not a leftwinger. There’s really no need of discussion beyond that.

Thanks for your honesty Bob.
Bat One

…every word, will be dissected, dismantled, and pontificated upon by the media who so disdain her.

Nothing to worry about there. As the mainstream media’s leftwing bias becomes more and more apparent, their readership/viewer numbers continue to tank. The only news outlet showing any sort of sustained audience growth is Fox News.
Pilgrim

Good heavens Pilgrim. Your imagination is more creative than I had anticipated.

Not imagination, Hannitized. It’s comparison. By the way, keep underestimating me. I like that.

The left underestimates Palin every day. And since it seems they seem to have difficulty learning anything at all I’m sure that they’ll learn too late that underestimating an opponent is often a sure fire recipe for disaster.
Ken

If we choose Palin as our nominee, we’re screwed. We’ll lose in 2012 unless Obama manages to totally mess up this country by then. Palin is the right’s version of Obama; all personality and no substance. Give me a Jindal any day of the week over Palin. If Palin ends up being the 2012 nominee, I’m going to finally relinquish my GOP membership and become an independent.
Neiman

Ken: Right now there is absolutely NO other competant spokesperson-star in the GOP! Jindal has no charisma and cannot communicate very well. If Palin is such a dead horse, why are the media and the Democrats investing so much time attacking here? What are they afraid of? Maybe they know more than you do about Palin’s threat to them and I agree, I think she can not only get the nomination, if Obama falters at all, as it appears he is busy doing, she has a great chance at the White House.
Mickey

Pilgrim

Under estimation is what the left is all about. Afterall, OBAMA is the perfect example of under estimated accomplishment.

If Palin were no threat they would ignore her. Any party that has Joe Biden for VP can’t criticize any one else.

obama = one term Jimmy
Mickey

So why would the electorate vote for her?

conundrum on July 8, 2009 at 08:57 am

I never said she should run. I think she would be the perfect public voice to bash Obama 24/7 come election 2012.

But if she ran she has more entry credibility than obama had in 2008 and more honesty than obama will ever have.

Face it, she has accomplished more as a governor than obama has as president thus far.
Hannitized

Not imagination, Hannitized. It’s comparison. By the way, keep underestimating me. I like that.

I didn’t underestimate you Pilgrim, I teased you.

I was just joking and making light of the fact that you certainly built up an idea of what you believe she is doing and capable of without her having given cause to believe such things.

Admittingly, as many on the left did with Obama.

At least some of you are honest enough to admit this.
J.L.

RBB-” Why didn`t she just stop sitting around and start getting things done.” Maybe because she was constantly fighting baseless (15) ethics charges the Dems sent her way. If you guys really believed she`s that stupid, none of the attacks like above would be necessary. Your new name- Based Bob. The ability to observe reality is gone.
Hannitized

This is the statement of why the left hates her. Because she’s not a leftwinger. There’s really no need of discussion beyond that.

Thanks for your honesty Bob.

He said that is why he won’t vote for her, not why he likes to point out her flaws.

We point out her flaws because were trying to wake you guys up. She can’t even bluff her way through sounding like she knows what she is talking about.

Pilgrims admission of this was the honest piece, as well as the fact that he said he will not vote for her if she doesn’t show some learned knowledge between now and then.
http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

We point out her flaws because were trying to wake you guys up. She can’t even bluff her way through sounding like she knows what she is talking about.

I was the first on SAB to point out that I wasn’t impressed with her. So your “enthrallment” card means absolutely nothing against me.

I also pointed out that she was the only one of the four qualified to be President.

She’s not the idiot you guys pretend. But hell, keep pointing out every flaw of hers as a way to distract criticism from the One. Not that it’s working anymore.
Hannitized

I was the first on SAB to point out that I wasn’t impressed with her. So your “enthrallment” card means absolutely nothing against me.

I also pointed out that she was the only one of the four qualified to be President.

She’s not the idiot you guys pretend.

That seems to be quite a series of contradictions. But….what ever!!

Tell me Kennny, did Palin not portray herself as an idiot, yes or no?
Buzz

If Palin is such a dead horse, why are the media and the Democrats investing so much time attacking here? What are they afraid of?

Why can’t you open your eyes? There is nothing to be afraid of, you have Dan Quayle in a red dress. No one attacked Quayle because they were afraid of him, the attacked him because it was easy. Just like Quayle, Palin IS FUCKING STUPID!!!! That is the long and short of it, nothing to read into it. It is just funny every time she opens her mouth, and the media knows people like to watch a train wreck when it is happening.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Kenny:

…I was the first on SAB to point out that I wasn’t impressed with her. So your “enthrallment” card means absolutely nothing against me…

Kenny on July 8, 2009 at 04:32 pm

If by first to point out you weren’t impressed with her you meant:

The only thing I like about Obama, and now Palin so far, is thier lack of experience in Washington. Washington is a cesspool, and they all end up bathing in it.

Obama is a Chicago insider. Chicago is even more corrupt than Washington.

Kenny – 04:08pm on 08/29/2008

Actually another SAB commenter was the first to question her qualifications:

Flipper’s age will now certainly be an issue on voter’s minds.
Face it, John is old.

3 years ago Palin was the mayor of Wasilla (pop. 5469).

Is she a good choice for second in line for Commander and Chief?

Flipper just pulled the plug on the experience card.

A governor under investigation is his veep choice?

McCain always did have a soft spot for beauty queens.

realitybasedbob – 08:08am on 08/29/2008
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Or perhaps by not impressed with her you meant:

Wow, I am starting to like her more each day. Too bad the lying media is presenting her a staunch conservative…

Kenny – 12:08pm on 08/30/2008
Hannitized

Looks like Kenny is MIA, Rbb.
robert108

Two narcissist buttbuddies jonesing for attention…
http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

Or perhaps by not impressed with her you meant:

Except neither of those quotes are mine. Both of those are the opening quote to my actual rebuttal. For the one that was:

Wow, I am starting to like her more each day. Too bad the lying media is presenting her a staunch conservative…

My RESPONSE, which means MY comments were:

The only thing that bothers me about this position is that she claims to be against it, then votes for it. I don’t particularly care about gay marriage. It’s not one of my hot button issues. But I do expect my leader to tell me where they stand and to vote accordingly.

There’s no praise there. Nor is there any to be found by me on that page.

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/sarah_palin_too_inexperienced_for_vp/

I apologize, you did beat me to the punch (even if your comments were snarky and useless). But to attribute comments by Dragon Poker, and then by HANNITIZED to me is insanely dishonest. I have always been lackluster on Palin, from the moment she was announced. I have criticized what I didn’t like. And I have never been a water carrier for her.

And shame on you for taking comments you KNEW not to be mine, and attributing them to me. Ass.
RJ Richards

That may be and then she’ll get a job on Fox News and get paid millions and millions to destroy the marxists who attacked her all these years. Either way she wins.
Buzz

You heard it here first, I’m calling it.

Palin will be 0 for 13 in the first round of primaries, but it will be the media’s falt. For reporting the stupid shit she says. Plus in four years she should be knocked-up again.
Buzz

Fox News and get paid millions and millions

Again, it’s all about the money. So she is quitting her elected post to get money. Yep, she is a true republican.
robert108

Republicans know how to make money; Dems/lefties/commies have to steal it from those who know how to make it.
http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

Looks like Kenny is MIA, Rbb.

Looks like RBB and Hannitized are MIA in an apology in knowingly attributing quotes to me that weren’t mine.

Honesty? Integrity? What are those?
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

Looks like Kenny is MIA, Rbb.

Almost as bad as rbb being MIA in providing an excuse for his “Actual Real Racist Scumbags” remark and Hannitwit being MIA in asking him for an explanation!

If you ask me, it’s a function of what’s MIA between their ears! Heh.
Hannitized

I did not know Rbb posted the comments that you were quoting. But I didn’t say anything about it. So why do I owe an apology? Because I wanted you to respond?

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