Comments on: Abandon Ship!

By: chicago bureau

chicago bureau — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:45:37 +0000

nojo: Dude -- reading is fundamental: Boy, the Corner is a treasure trove today. I noted Rich Lowry’s assessment in a thread. So we're even. Love you.

By: Serolf Divad

Serolf Divad — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:06:09 +0000

Bill thinks this possibly is a good move? Well, that seals it.

Yeah, Kristol’s approval is the unintentional kiss-of-death for any project, venture or goal. Palin is toast.

By: nojo

nojo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:14:07 +0000

Missed one. Rich "Starbursts" Lowry:

I think I have pretty well-established credentials when it comes to being charmed by Sarah Palin, but that statement, as a statement, was simply terrible. Rambling and not at all persuasive as an argument for her decision. More Gibson/Couric than GOP convention speech.

Ah, The Speech. Written before she was chosen, updated like a Wikipedia entry to accommodate her selection. It had nothing to do with her. All she demonstrated that night was her effectiveness reading off a teleprompter. Every time she went off-script, she was (and is) a disaster. There was never any there there. The only question last fall was how soon the voting public would notice.

By: nojo

nojo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:39:29 +0000

@chicago bureau: Although we may need to add a Political Suicide Montage.

By: nojo

nojo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:37:14 +0000

@chicago bureau: Damn. Beat me to the ten noms gag.

By: chicago bureau

chicago bureau — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:32:19 +0000

nojo: To be serious, you have to time your flame out at the end of the year, so that it's fresh in the minds of judges. Strategic timing FAIL. (P.S.: Do not go with 10 nominees. That'd be super lame. Five is just fine.)

By: nojo

nojo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:25:02 +0000

Competition for the 2009 Stinque Award for Best Republican Flame-Out is going to be fierce.

By: nojo

nojo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:15:55 +0000

@redmanlaw: And Taegan (who was MIA much of the afternoon) quotes Charlie Cook running a less-silly Kristol angle. The underlying premise apparently being that Sarah Palin is a brilliant political strategist — much like Geezer proclaiming "We have them where we want them!" once he was behind. But really: What could be so bad that she would be forced to resign from office? Everyone's guessing indictment, but that didn't stop Blago for months. I think we're still in the trail-hiking portion of this, and the real news will Blow. Our. Minds.

By: redmanlaw

redmanlaw — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:06 +0000

“The gubernatorial cheese has slipped off the cracker.” Taegan Goddard on political wire.

By: ManchuCandidate

ManchuCandidate — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:54:30 +0000

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.