Mavericky Anniversary

A year ago today everyone outside Alaska was introduced to Sarah Palin. Right before her big speech Fred Thompson(actor) denounced Hollywood, Rudy Guliani (NY mayor) denonced being cosmopolitan, Mitt Romney (Gov. MA) denounced East coasters and they ...all pointed at the mixed race son fo a single parent, middle class home as an elitist. While running an Admiral's son who married a beer baron against him.

Thank you 2008 Republicans, for turning up the cognitive dissonance to 11 and showing just how backwards and evil politics could be.

I remember fondly how Repubs constantly said sexuality had nothing to do with it behind headlines of "McCain taps Palin" and shouts of "Drill, baby, drill!"

Of course, I believe she was the only candidate protected from witches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkb9_zB2Pg&feature=related

And noone could doubt her experience: http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/08/sarahpalin01.jpg Lots of experience: http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarah-palin-swimsuit-photo.jpg

And of course, now that we know she quits when criticized we can all feel a little better for having spurned this error, as a nation.

But lest I speak too much we shold pause and let Mrs. Palin speak for herself:

"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." --Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS's Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008

"I think on a national level your Department of Law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out." --Sarah Palin, referring to a department that does not exist while attempting to explain why as president she wouldn't be subjected to the same ethics investigations that compelled her to resign as governor of Alaska, ABC News interview, July 7, 2009

She WAS very good with foriegn dignitaries: http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/sarahpalinvideos/youtube/palin-prank.htm

And she knew the law: "Well, let's see. There's ― of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of ... Read MoreAmerica, there would be others but ―" --Sarah Palin, unable to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with other than Roe vs. Wade What with Roe vs. Wade being THE law.

And she read EVERYTHING! "All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years." --Sarah Palin, unable to name a single newspaper or magazine she reads, interview with Katie Couric

Her grasp of geography is brilliant: "They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan."

Did I mention er grasp of the law? "[T]hey're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom." --Sarah Palin, getting the vice president's constitutional role wrong after being asked by a third grader what the vice president does

And she had an incredible grasp of legal statutes: "I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'" --Sarah Palin, as quoted by former City Council Member Nick Carney, after he raised objections about the $50,000 she spent renovating the mayor's office without approval of the city council

McCain's aides remember her fondly: "A whack job." ―a top McCain adviser describing Palin, one-upping the McCain adviser who called her a "diva"

Women and Republicans praised her: "She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?" ―Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green, who is a Republican

Of course, the country embraced her. McCain had chosen her and he was obviously an expert: "Our economy, I think, is still ― the fundamentals of our economy are strong." ―John McCain, Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 15, 2008

But despite her gaffes you had to respect her honesty: "I'm very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing ... any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that." ―Palin, after an Alaska legislative report found she had broken the state's ethics law and abused her power in the Troopergate scandal

As well as McCain's honesty: "She's a partner and a soul-mate." ―McCain on Palin, whom he had met only once before selecting her to be his running mate

And we all know McCain knows how to deal wiht women: "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." ―McCain, to his wife, Cindy

She was QUITE prepared for the office: "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?" ―Palin

Sarah said: "Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. And the right reason is to challenge the status quo and to serve the common good." and then she quit! You betcha!

"No one expects us to agree on everything. But we are expected to govern with integrity, good will, clear convictions, and ... a servant's heart." Uuunitl you quit.

We had to admire her clarity and energy knowledge: "A gasoline will help shape our economic future - the same way that oil has shaped our economic present."

And lastly, let us remember how she bravely stood against socialism....as governor of a state that gave every citizen $3,269 in 2008 just for being Alaskan.