The reason she drives the Republican minority absolutely crazy because she's incredibly dumb. Anyone who believes that we lose 500M jobs every month the government doesn't pass a stimulus package riddled with pork spending or believes that birth control will help to stimulate the economy (No, seriously. Her argument is that fewer people mean less expenditures the state has to spend on things such as health care) is anything but bright
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Ever wonder why we had to pass such a bad stimulus bill? Hint: it's because the Republicans got psychotic at the mention of spending, most of the dems in conservative districts had to play along or loose their jobs, and they had to be allayed with pork. Because Republicans opposed an otherwise good bill. Pelosi, Obama and Reid would have loved to come up with a really bi-partisan bill with the best suggestions from both parties, but when the Republicans biggest suggestion was "Freeze all federal spending" well... Let's just say that's the kind of thing that gets you sent to the kiddie table while the grownups make decisions.
And to say that stupid people don't get a climate change bill through the House doesn't make much sense, considering the fact that any and all climate change bills are stupidly pointless and only stupid people support them, as they result in not only incredibly large tax hikes, but job losses, as well, as companies and corporations cut workers in order to offset increased costs. And what's make it funny is that, in the end, they don't even make a lick of difference in the climate.
Actually they do. Believe it or not, when you cut down on pumping crap into the atmosphere, the atmosphere gets less crappy (or at least gets crappy at a slower rate). As for "only stupid people support climate change bills" do I really need to get you a list of award winning scientists who said this bill was a good idea? Because the next biggest one isn't the scientists saying climate bills are bad, it's the ones saying it didn't go far enough. Finally, we come to the ironic idea of this bill being bad for the economy. It's going to shuffle jobs around, no debate, but it's going to create new ones, just like it's going to axe jobs that actually hurt our economy in the long run.
But, moving on, what do you mean "Sarah Palin couldn't cut it as governor of Alaska"? Are you saying that because she resigned? It's not uncommon for politicians to resign from their post in order to pursue another post (If that's indeed what she's doing).
In case you didn't notice, we have no idea what's she's doing. Her father-in-law was shocked. The people who run her twitter blasted the people criticizing her for announcing that she would fill out her remaining term and then not seek a second. If Palin's people don't know what she's up to, I sure don't.
But quitting her job now isn't "not uncommon", it's all but unheard of. Bush and Clinton stayed in the governor's office right up until they were elected. The real issue here is Palin's experience. She's been governor for less than three years, and there's a fair chance she's going to run for President. Uhuh, no way. I place more value on competence than experience (which already disqualifies her) but running a state like Alaska for two and half years simply isn't enough experience. Even Obama was better off in that regard, being a national senator for four years, and having a background in the senate of a large state like Illinois.
Also, I'd be willing to bet that you couldn't name a single thing she's done for Alaska without consulting Wikipedia-- Just one.
Keep going Bei. Napoleon once said "Never stop an enemy when he is blundering" Go on, tell people how little Palin did for Alaska, and how blank her resume is.
And I'd be willing to bet that you didn't, and still don't, realize just how much of a [poopie] hole Alaska was before she took office (Comparatively speaking, anyway). It leads me to wonder just where people are getting their info regarding Palin and what they're basing it on.
What I think you don't realize is that Alaska hasn't changed since Palin took office. Whatever shot it had was mired by Palin's ridiculous number of ethnics hangups, and inability to work with the legislature, both of them stemming from her office's chummy, paranoid, and secretive sub-culture.
And to say she can't take a couple of months of "half-hearted poking" from the media is understating it. Remember how up in arms people got over the whole NYT cartoon concerning Obama and the stimulus package, which really was just "half-hearted poking"? Now, imagine that multiplied a hundred times over, only it's not "half-hearted poking".
In case you didn't notice, she mostly got a free pass from the media during the elections. She got made fun of and some investigative reporting was done, but nothing serious. It was after the election, when McCain's campaign dissolved, that she got nastier treatment. And still, the media treats her like a serious, respectable politician, refuses to so much as take a glance at the cesspool of her Alaskan work, and generally satisfies themselves with patting themselves on the back about giving Palin a "tough vetting". Puh-lease.
