Abandon Ship!
Boy, the Corner is a treasure trove today. I noted Rich Lowry’s assessment in a thread. But it’s not just him. The vultures are well and truly out. Lashing out for the disastrous veep run a bit late, I suppose.
Dana Perino (God help me, I’ve missed her):
If Sarah Palin was trying to make news today, she had odd timing. At a time when Farah Fawcett and Ed McMahon’s deaths paled — almost as much as another recently departed celebrity’s skin — into insignificance, perhaps she hoped her resignation on a holiday Friday would pass unnoticed. But that isn’t really her style, which makes today’s abrupt announcement seem more like a whim — a characteristic her detractors worried about during the campaign.
But… a minority view from (hoo boy) Bill Kristol:
All in all, it’s going to be a high-wire act. The odds are against her pulling it off. But I wouldn’t bet against it.
Wait — Bill thinks this possibly is a good move? Well, that seals it. Nice knowing ya, Sarah Plain and Dumb.
More Corner goodness, post-jump.
No way around it. She has just labeled herself a “quitter.” Someone who doesn’t finish what she started. What in the world is wrong with Republican governors? One self-absorbed politician after the next. Governors: “It’s not all about you!”
The title of that last Geraghty post is ”Steve Schmidt wins.” I note that only because a smart, pro-life, conservative said to me earlier today after listening to the Palin statement: “this statement is bizarre — is she trying to prove Steve Schmidt right or something?!”
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11:54 pm • Friday • July 3, 2009
What else are they going to say?
They pinned their hopes and their dreams and their sexual fantasies on her. Now? It’s all messy pile of ash.
It’s kinda too late to abandon a ship that’s spectacularly blew up in such a public and for the record manner.