There's no other way to see this than as a long-overdue smack-down. If it wasn't coming already, it would have had to happen after she trotted out Joe the Plumber again yesterday, in the umpteenth iteration of a stump speech that only served to remind her audience what big, fat losers they are.

For such a born(again) entertainer, this woman seems to have zero ability to read the room. Or anything else, most likely.

Mark Sanford (SC) - chairman, Rick Perry (TX) - finance chairman. Haley Barbour (MS) - vice-chairman, Charlie Crist (FK) chair for the annual RGA gala, Sonny Perdue (BA) recruitment effort.

Southern White Men's party?

it's not yet clear if Palin ...turned it down.

Yeah, like she might not plow through that open door?

this is too funny.

And Steve--you really are a Mensch, for apologizing to T.P. when you didn't have to.

It's unfortunate that sexism has much like Vladimir Putin reared its ugly head in this decision by the governors by the Republican Governors Association which could I think benefit by having more women in its leadership because that would send a message and also a message would be sent and too this is not about me but about what I represent to so many Americans so many hardworking patriotic Americans who share the values of this great country as well and so I think we have to ask ourselves what kind of party what kind of America do we desire to be going forward and we need to think about the part women governors can play in that also.

SS,

*literal spittake*

thanks for making my friday afternoon!

I think God has shown her the door, it is the one back to Alaska.

The word from above is clearly to deep-six La Palina. Too many skeletons in the closet.

We'll miss her.

It's unfortunate that sexism has much like Vladimir Putin reared its ugly head in this decision by the governors by the Republican Governors Association . . . Posted by: shortstop

Relax. This is only a partial rundown. I'm pretty sure Palin's on the decorations committee for the gala.

They must be on their knees thanking their god for Linda Lingle. Is she the only other female GOP guv?

Whoops, I forgot about Jodi Rell.

Heh, now will the Freepers go wingshit against the RGA? And now will they be made "Lepers" by the Redpsychoticstaters? Oh the schadenfreude keeps getting better and better, it is so unrealistically wonderful by now we might as well call it schadenfreakout.

These are some interesting "minutes" here, for anyone who still hasn't found it. I guess it's real but I didn't think Sarah used such bad grammar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMocEINn-E8

Southern White Men's party? -- Danp, @16:45

Well, there's also this:
"Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will also sit on the RGA's executive committee."
So, neither entirely male, not entirely Southern. And, perhaps, Palin could help Crist with the gala, at the catering end. I'm sure everyone would enjoy home-made moose-burgers and moose chili, especially if it were from home-shot moose.

Shortstop, @16:50,
I have to ask... Did it hurt (to channel Palin)? You probably need another couple of lessons though; there were whole stretches of that sentence where I could, almost, understand you...

LOL--yes!

God has shown her the proverbial 'open door'--and let's hope she'll plow right through it and roll down the rabbit hole into oblivion.

In some very important ways, she already has.

I credit many for this, but wow--Tina Fey is tops on that list.

Shortstop, did you write that as is, or did you run it through Bablefish into Romanian and back before posting?

I think it's just that she isn't a joiner. She was a journalism major at Idaho state or wherever, but here name does't appear in the student newspaper or any other student publication.

I've met Linda Lingle a couple of times and she is an eminently reasonable person. Still a Republican, at least nominally. But Hawaii's Repubs are like anyone else's Christian Democrats.

Here's a cute quote from comments at http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/13/gop-governors-unhappy-with-palin-press-conference/#comments:

Recipe to make Sarah Palin: Take George W. Bush, remove 20 years, add estrogen.

Shortstop - It's ridiculous to think that the Republican governors should have selected Palin for a leadership position simply because she's a woman. An unqualified woman in a position of party responsibility would only harm that wounded party even more and certainly harm the increasing role of women in politics.

Well, I guess God (or the GOP governors as it were...) has shown her the crack of a door - and it is the CRACK TO A TRAP-DOOR!

Dear Sarah,

I'm showing you the door. Please take care not to let it hit you on the ass on your way out.

Sincerely,

God

The Anchorage Daily News political blog just commented on this.

Sound familiar?
Posted by Alaska_Politics
November 14, 2008 - 1:18 pm

From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage --

The Wall Street Journal has a short item today on the Republican Governors Association picking new leadership, noting that Gov. Sarah Palin isn't on the list.

Yesterday, we talked to political science professor Frank Gilliam, dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs, about Palin's next move in national politics -- including a potential senate run. Gilliam, who'd been following coverage of Palin's appearance at the RGA meeting this week, had this to say:

"There is some concern inside the Republican party that she has been circumventing establishment Republican circles, that she has been running a media campaign of which the party's certainly not controlling and therefore either being self-anointed or media-anointed as the future of the Republican party."

And: "The party likes to control things. You know, they think they control money, they think they control state party machines, and she may decide that she doesn't need them, and that may be their concern."

That's going to sound familiar to anyone who was here for Palin's battle against the state GOP in 2006.

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Based on how Palin did things for her 2006 gubernatorial run -- which incurred for her the enmity of many in the Alaska Republican Party
until they started lining up behind her as VP candidate -- this seems altogether possible to me. Besides that, Palin has an established
reputation here of being nurtured by a more-experienced political mentor & then stabbing him in the back -- which certainly appeared to be happening in the last couple of weeks of the McCain/Palin campaign.

Mel, with the Redstate and Freeper folk out to wage holy war against anti-Palinites, this would make for a Republican /conservative civil war of staggering fierceness. Their base against their establishment ... Man, what a brawl.

exlibra, it did burn my fingers as I typed, but on a second reading I feel I could have folksed it up quite a bit more, as well as left out some key verbs.

How frightening to realize that it's not even as much fun to do Sarah Palin as it was to mock Mary.

10th avenue freeze out repub style.A most interesting problem is how far to go in giving her a cold shoulder.Will Fox Spews get the memo to gently play her down ? Or will they play her along with a talk show like Huck?

impeachcheneythenbush: The election's over. You can turn your snark detector back on now.

@Shortstop. Good start, but she rarely uses the base infinitive conjugation of any verb, do/see/hear; She prefers the participle, doing/seeing/hearing. They fill in the empty spaces better, i.e. more words with same meaning. I've translated:

It's unfortunate. Sexism much like Vladimir Putin rearing its ugly head by the governors of the Republican Governors Association in deciding this. Its leadership could be benefiting by having more women because that would be sending a message that this is not about me but about what I am representing to so many Americans so many hardworking patriotic Americans who are sharing the values of this great country as well and so I am thinking we are having to be asking ourselves what kind of party what kind of America are we desiring to be going forward and we are needing to think about the part women governors can be playing in that also.

John Henry, you're a genius. You nailed it, pal.

let me take a stab at the latest iteration:

It's unfortunate also. Sexism much like Vladimir Putin as well there rearing its ugly head also by the governors deciding this of the Republican Governors Association. Leadership also could be benefiting there by having also more women because that would be sending a message about me this is not me also but what I am representing there. So many Americans also are so many hardworking patriotic Americans also who are sharing the values of this great country as well and so I am thinking there that we are having to be asking ourselves what kind of party what kind of America are also we desiring to be going forward and we are needing to as well think about the part women governors can be also playing in that.

Check out this video of Governor Sanford taking it to Congressman Rangel and others over yet another bailout bill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GxY2WzaGjE

Who cares about Palin....Sanford seems to be the real deal and what Republicans need on the top of the ticket if they are ever going to get their groove back.

Where, also,is Bobby Jindal?

Charles

It just gets better and better. karen marie, we know who you really are, missy. Return those clothes at once!

--As I predicted -- she will be pulled back and if necessary, suffocated by her own -- or if not by her own, per se, by the Republicans.

It will not stop here because I predict that she will not be stopped but will try to push through this first restriction. She is unaware of what a REAL smackdown or ultimate suffocation will be like but we will see. She is un mentored, uncoached and will be - ultimately, unloved. Someone in Alaska needs to salvage THEIR reputation and get her under control --- FAST.

Good one Karen Marie. I took the liberty to drop your/her g's.

It's unfortunate also. Sexism much like Vladimir Putin as well there rearin' its ugly head also by the governors decidin' this of the Republican Governors Association. Leadership also could be benefitin' there by having also more women because that would be sendin' a message about me this is not me also but what I am representin' there. So many Americans also are so many goshdarn hardworkin' patriotic Americans also who're sharin' the values of this great country as well and so I am thinkin' there that we are havin' to be askin' ourselves what kinda party what kinda America are also we desirin' to be goin' forward and we are needin' to as well think about the part women governors can be also playin' in that.

Actually, I wouldn't read too much into Gov. Palin's not being selected for a leadership post. In the three Governor's Associations -- Dem, Rep, and National -- the leadership choices are made long before the meetings are held.

Personal relationships matter a great deal in these very small groups, and it takes a while to build those relationships. Gov. Palin has been in office less than two years, Gov. Jindal only one. The leadership governors have all been in office longer and their relationships with each other are better established. Some are in their second and last term-limited term, a great time to spend a year in a governor's association leadership role. I don't think it's a smack-down. I think it's evidence that she wasn't involved enough in RGA for anyone to notice.

If you go to the RGA website, you'll see that Gov. Palin is the only Republican Governor whose photo appears twice on the opening page, once in a group, once solo.

The leadership posts were essentially determined at last year's meeting--today was just a formality. Everyone ran unopposed. Palin and Jindal did not ask for a position last year. Palin heads the energy committee at the NGA.

Bye bye Miss American Pie . . .

Did anyone notice how Rick Perry literally pushed her away from the microphone. That, my friends, is sexism and I don't use that term lightly as many did during the primaries.

Along with the meida attending the RGA, "a man from Hustler magazine dispensing DVDs of a hardcore pornographic spoof, wrapped in brown paper and entitled Nailin' Paylin."

It's the only Palin production that won't leave them in tears.

What a blunderhead.

Please inject the word, "perhaps", into the parody of Palin's speech -- maybe four or five times. That would bring tears to my eyes.