She was trying to pick up women in airport bathrooms using a "wide stance".
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 03, 2009 11:33:55 am PDT #27231 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
bon bon - Jul 03, 2009 11:39:27 am PDT #27232 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't think Palin is the type to quit before scandal gets to her. She's a bluffer. Feeling like running a state with fewer than 1M people gets in the way of spending more time on the national stage? Letting someone talk her into that? That sounds like Palin. Trying to guess what the hell she's thinking is a hopeless quest.
(edited because I forgot that "fewer than" signs are html)
beekaytee - Jul 03, 2009 11:44:58 am PDT #27233 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I don't really find that convincing. It's way too soon to resign to do that and not have some taint of "quitter" about it.
I agree with this, and I also think bon bon has a point.
I'm just afeared that the snake shaking, 'protect her from the devil' minister that anointed her a while back, or someone of that ilk, has offered to help her to ascend to Mayor proportions and take over the world. Because, after all, God has special plans for her.
I'd join in the schadenfreude, except that Jon Stewart blew a few good holes in the Prez's image last night. Oy. I want our side to be better than hers!
Laura - Jul 03, 2009 11:45:25 am PDT #27234 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Trying to guess what the hell she's thinking is a hopeless quest.
Understanding her is likely a scary place to be.
Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2009 11:48:15 am PDT #27235 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah. Senate Run seems likely.
Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2009 11:50:38 am PDT #27236 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
OK, a friend in Facebook just came out with:
Her official reason is, since she's not running for relection, she'd be a lame duck and doesn't want to waste the taxpayers time/money being lame for the next two years?
brenda m - Jul 03, 2009 11:53:13 am PDT #27237 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yglesias is saying she's now saying she's out of politics for good, but no link so I don't know what that's about.
Also,
As I thought about this announcement that I wouldn't run for re-election, and what that means for Alaska, I thought about how, well, how much fun some Governors have as lame ducks. They maybe travel around their state, travel to other states, maybe take their overseas international trade missions.
Is she talking about Sanford like Kos suggests? This is all so bizarre.
Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2009 11:54:54 am PDT #27238 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
She's off to be Girl Rush. This was all her roundabout means of ending up with a TV show.
Jesse - Jul 03, 2009 12:42:26 pm PDT #27239 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The timing is what makes the Palin thing so odd to me, but yeah, I bet she ends up making money in the media, Huckabee style.
Laura - Jul 03, 2009 1:36:46 pm PDT #27240 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Palin as a media personality does a lot less harm than her governing while still leaving her around for the mockage.