LATimes: After McCain's concession speech - Palin came out for private curtain call

[sabra]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/11/sarah-palin-201.html



Sarah Palin, the 44-year-old governor of Alaska who burst onto the nation's political scene Aug. 29 with her selection as the first woman on a presidential ticket in the Republican Party's 164-year history, quietly walked off the Phoenix stage with her running mate, John McCain, last night after his concession speech.

But a little while later, the rest of the country's attention was focused on Barack Obama's speech on Chicago's lakefront (see complete text here)

Thanks to the sharp eyes of The Times' Seema Mehta, Palin and her large, extended family were spotted walking back out onto the Biltmore Hotel's expansive lawn to what would have been the victory celebration site.

There, where McCain had graciously conceded shortly before, the Palin family posed with one another in front of the large U.S. flag hanging as the backdrop. A couple of dozen people nearby began chanting, "2012, 2012, 2012."

Palin smiled and waved. Was this the start of something? Or the end?

[Ozma]

1. The end of Sarah and Joe the NOT plumber!

[Doityourself]

2. Fuck Palin..she's finished..

[Ganja Ninja]

21. If she's around that'll be a good thing.

She'll be like a fart in an elevator in the next GOP primary. The fight for control of the GOP will be between the loony evangelicals and the traditional Republicans. They won't unify around her. She can only be a disruptive force. I look forward to seeing her in the run-up to the next election.

[SoonerPride]

3. It was the end.

She is a footnote now.

[godai]

4. It may be the start of her Senate campaign.

Someone on DU suggested that she may try to somehow get out of being Governer, then get appointed to Stevens position, when he resigns. Ugh...

[TornadoTN]

13. I don't think the Gov. of Alaska gets to make the appointment

I believe there is a special election, in which case, she will probably freely run for that seat.

[godai]

16. You're right...makes it easier for her, right? n/t

[dennis4868]

5. fuck her and....

her palling around with terrorist comments....

[Rocknrule]

6. She can go back to Alaska and get eaten by a polar bear for all I care

as revenge for killing it's mother, no doubt

[Jade Fox]

7. She looked really sad last night, as she does here.....

Apparently, she really thought we might elect her to the 2nd highest office in the land.

You smug, arrogant woman, go back to Alaska.

[Barack_America]

8. Just when I think I can't hate anyone more than Bush/Cheney, the GOP scrapes up something new.

:thumbsdown:

[oviedodem]

9. God she looks pathetic

[nini]

10. She is one dangerous nutcase

Let's hope we've seen the last of her.

[Alhena]

11. She may run- Repukes are too pragmatic to nominate an unelectable candidate though

they tend to nominate their most electable candidate.

[merh]

12. The RNC will be wishing it were the end

But Palin is like a STD, the gift that keeps on giving.

Palin "Shopping Spree" Bigger Than Reported

In their special election edition, Newsweek reports that Gov. Sarah Palin's "shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy."

"One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family -- clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill."

"Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent 'tens of thousands' more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide ... said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/11/05/palin_shopping_spree_bigger_than_reported.html

[Lugnut]

14. The end.

I think the Replublican machine will make sure her 15 minutes of fame is over.

[MarianJack]

15. Just like at the convention.

Sarah is in it for SARAH!

[begin_within]

17. Crocodile tears

[lumberjack_jeff]

18. The family had one last fashionable outfit to model. n/t

[ITsec]

19. She's gone.... her reputation is tarnished, and she paraded her...

pathetic excuse for a family all over hell and creation as props for her election campaign. Her kids were exposed as what they really are, and her husband as a closet militant.

Fuck her.

[beachmom]

20. Even Republicans don't like her. Romney and Huckabee are polling higher than her for 2012.

And this would be the moment where her name recognition is the highest. I do not think she will get the nomination in 2012.

[Colobo]

22. Call me crazy, but there is something beautiful about that picture.

Sadness is capable of bringing out the innocence and vulnerability of people...

[blue cat]

24. Ok

you are crazy.

[Colobo]

26. I see something poetic in her pain.

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Yes - that might be the first photo of her in which she is being genuine

[Poseidan]

23. if we don't see you again, Sarah

Good luck with your life. I'm sure you try your best.

[tishaLA]

25. I wonder which Nieman's that jacket is from

and how much it cost.

[Epiales]

27. Its looking like the McCain camp is trying to finish her off

I guess they are thinking that they brought her onto the national stage, and now they will take her off.

Couldn't happen to a bigger fraud.

[mollymongold]

29. She's a joke like Dan Quayle. If she runs in 2012,

it will be a 1984 landslide all over again for Obama.