Sarah Palin: When a Pitbull Drools

I am stunned.

Mark SanfordMark Sanford stays a governor while Sarah PalinSarah Palin quits. Something is not right here.

At the very least, Sarah is fed up. She said so herself. But why would she be fed up when the game was just beginning?

I can equivocally state that her prospect as the presidential candidate of the Republican in 2012 is over. The idea that she was stepping out in order to get ready to step back in is a fallacy, unless she is heading out for months of intensive study of Social Studies 101. It is sad because she would have been an interesting candidate against President Obama.

If you ask me, I think there was something big that was about to go down. She got out of the way, else she’d be smashed. But that, too, will come out in due course.

Just like Mark Sanford, Sarah Palin began her hurriedly organized press conference by saying, OK. And when a politician begins a press conference with Ok, it is usually not Ok.

I detested the gloating of the Democratic Party’s spokesman. Gloating should be left for people like me. The Democratic Party should have said that she contributed immensely to the American political life and wish her well in her future endeavors.

The lesson in the short political life of Sarah Palin is that politics is tough and those who do not have tough skin should stay away. You cannot be in politics, dishing out dirt and dart at opponents and expect that you would be exempted from receiving such.

This week’s Vanity Fair magazine article written by Todd Purdum damaged the reputation of Sarah Palin beyond repair. Coming at the end of her feud with late night comedian, David LettermanDavid Letterman, warranted an immediate vacation from public office.

The inordinate amount of bad press Palin received since she became Senator John McCainJohn McCain’s vice presidential running mate had been unprecedented. It would do her a lot of good if she disappears for a while and hope that we forget.

With Sarah Palin essentially out of commission, Gov. Tim PawlentyTim Pawlenty of Minnesota, is now the leading Republican candidate for president in 2012. He will square it out with the likes of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt RomneyMitt Romney and former Speaker of the House of Representative, Newt GingrichNewt Gingrich.

Gov. Bobby JindalBobby Jindal of Lousiana licked the dust in front of a national TV audience. Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Senator John EnsignJohn Ensign of Nevada fell off the wagon listening to the boss in their pants.

Could it be that those dreaming of replacing Obama in 2012 are determined to self-destroy?

From the moment she came on the political stage, I saw Sarah Palin as a woman full of gas. That she ran out of gas, so quickly, is a testament to the quality of gas produced in Alaska.