Another prominent Republican has fallen in the forest. Everyone heard it. Everyone shrugged. Sarah Palin, the meteoric loser who sank the McCain campaign (according to his staff) last November, has resigned as governor of Alaska as of the end of this month.
Ms. Palin had way more than fifteen minutes of fame. During her turn under the lights, just about every media entity took their swipes at her, from Katie Couric to Tina Fey to David Letterman. Mad or otherwise, at least she's going away.
Oh, she'll still be around for those cheerleading - sorry, fundraising sessions in Washington; she says she'll be focusing hard on issues like energy independence, national security and other things she didn't quite seem to grasp during the election. As for 2o12, well, you know what they say in Alaska.
(Don't you? Actually, I don't either. Oh, well.)
Out of all the angles to this story, the only real problem is the way the media handles it, as the governor would likely agree. Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post, for instance, got it wrong until the very end. From his recent column:
"And there was Palin firing the state public-safety commissioner, who happened to be embroiled in a bitter divorce and custody battle with the governor's sister."
See, that's the kind of lazy, uninformed journalism that has been eroding the Post's circulation for years on end: You don't ever start a sentence with the word "and". Beyond that, the public-safety commissioner was actually fired for refusing to dismiss a state trooper who was embroiled in that bitter divorce and custody battle with the governor's sister.
See? That's sloppy journalism, worthy of criticism. Stupid media, always trying to portray things in a negative light where Sarah Barracuda is concerned.
Or was.
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