Sarah Palin is not well. Anxious, underweight, thinning hair. (NYT)

[jefferson_dem]

Palin’s Long March to a Short-Notice Resignation
By JIM RUTENBERG and SERGE F. KOVALESKI

ANCHORAGE — In late March, a senior official from the Republican Governors Association headed for Alaska on a secret mission. Sarah Palin was beset by such political and personal turmoil that some powerful supporters determined an intervention was needed to pull her governorship, and her national future, back from the brink.

The official, the association’s executive director, Nick Ayers, arrived with a memorandum containing firm counsel, according to several people who know its details: Make a long-term schedule and stick to it, have staff members set aside ample and inviolable family time to replenish your spirits, and build a coherent home-state agenda that creates jobs and ensures re-election.

Like so much of the advice sent Ms. Palin’s way by influential supporters, it appeared to be happily received and then largely discarded, barely slowing what was, in retrospect, an inexorable march toward the resignation she announced 10 days ago.

Ms. Palin had returned to her home state from the presidential campaign as one of the hopeful prospects in her struggling party, even if she had much to prove to her detractors. Standing before the Legislature in January, she vowed to retake her office with “optimism and collaboration and hard work to get the job done.”

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Ethics complaints mounted, and legal bills followed. At home Ms. Palin was dealing with a teenage daughter who had given birth to a son and broken up with the infant’s father, a baby of her own with special needs and a national news media that was eager to cover it all.

Friends worried that she appeared anxious and underweight. Her hair had thinned to the point where she needed emergency help from her hairdresser and close friend, Jessica Steele.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/us/politics/13palin.html?_r=1

[havocmom]

1. Did Levi's mom slip her some bad stuff?

Seriously, one hope Palin gets some help for whatever it is she suffers from.

[jefferson_dem]

2. If she seriously seeks help and slinks away from public life and stops her nasty spewings...

I'll wish her well.

[tanyev]

22. Me too.

But I don't think that's what she has in mind.

[Raine1967]

3. Sadly, I can see this.

Sarah is not -- imo -- a strong woman. She is a fighter who doesn't know what she is fighting for-- She really doesn't seem to have a sense of self. She is more worried about what people might think of her than herself.

This can cause a serious case of Cognitive dissonance.

[David Zephyr]

4. Meth will do that to you.

Apparently it has.

[Cha]

5. "palin's Final Insult" by Max Blumenthal at the Daily Beast

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"Since her sudden resignation from the Alaskan governor’s office on July 3, Sarah Palin has created a constitutional crisis that could cost state legislators hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers' money to resolve. Palin appointed Lt. Governor Sean Parnell to succeed her, and tapped Lt. Gen. Craig Campbell, the commissioner of the Alaskan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, to fill Parnell’s post. However, the state legislature had already chosen someone to succeed Parnell in case of an emergency: State Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt. To resolve the conflict Palin created, the legislature will almost certainly have to call a special session, an event that could require at least $200,000 to administer."

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"The legislators said they would also use the special session to recover $29 million in federal stimulus grants Palin rejected in May. At the time, Gara and other lawmakers accused Palin of rejecting the money to further her national political ambitions. “I’m worried that the governor has taken this sort of national political stance, which is that she’s going to be the opposite of Barack Obama on everything,” Gara said in May. Now that Palin is on her way out, a bipartisan consensus seems to have emerged on retrieving the funding, which would enable the state to fulfill weatherization and energy-efficiency priorities."


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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-12/palins-final-insult/

[JayMusgrove]

34. Geeze that woman is high maintenance, and her mistakes are

costing the state $200,000?????

I have a feeling we are hearing about just the beginning of the mess she made up there.

[Blue_In_AK]

36. The AG who said that Craig Campbell could serve as lite guv

without immediate legislative confirmation has himself not yet been confirmed. Sarah is leaving such a huge mess here it will probably takes months before the true toll is known.

[Cha]

37. Thanks, and this is what should

be getting out in the mainstream news. If not, then we have to get it out as much as possible.

[MADem]

6. I regard Sarah Palin as a blessing.

I mean, really, she was the final nail in the GOP coffin. And she came on SO strong, looking SO good at first blush--a fresh, energetic face, nice looking, pulled together (seemingly), an "All American gal," on the surface. And then, the air starting leaving the tires....and the Straight Talk Express became mired in the mud.

If McCain had picked someone (a woman, because there were a lot of people who were annoyed about how Clinton was treated) with gravitas and staying power, it might have been a different story. The outcome probably would have been the same, but the margins may have been closer. And closer margins would have made it harder for Obama to govern.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. Steele and Palin make a wonderful pair!

[SPedigrees]

11. I agree. I'm thankful McLame picked her. She can take credit for sinking the repub party.

[XemaSab]

38. A stronger woman

could have been a true rallying point around which the republicans could form an opposition party.

Sarah Palin is a very tattered standard indeed.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. Thinning hair?

she will have to shave it off like Britney!

[denem]

9. Pure Spin.

Her recent photos are up for all to see in Runners Worlds, including the track top styled to make her look thinner. She in good shape. It's not her hair, it's the thin grey matter that's the problem

[sarah553807]

10. boo hoo

if she was elected president,will she resign also because she sees a few gray strands?

[Jennicut]

12. she would never be able to handle the stress of the Presidency. She is weak.

[Vektor]

13. That pic taken last week looks normal.

Her weight looks normal, and so does her hair. :shrug:

[lame54]

25. but I hate her choice of tie

[Cali_Democrat]

14. But the repukes said she was ready to handle the Presidency

That's what they told the American people. Had the 72 year old McCain died, they said she was more than ready to become the President.

McCain did have previous bouts with skin cancer, but the GOP assured us she was good to go if McCain were to die.

President Palin? :rofl:

[mitchum]

15. And she has replaced all of her RNC bought clothing with Motorhead t-shirts

The Tweaker From Wasilla

[otohara]

16. Why Oh Why Is She Continuing On?

apparently stress makes her sick and yet she's willing to risk her health even more...for money and fame.
Family my ass!

[KingFlorez]

17. This pity party is getting sicker

Falsely claiming health issues is low, but not too love for Palin.

[CakeGrrl]

18. The weight of her lies and hateful spew are taking their physical toll. n/t

[Number23]

19. "the seeds of her resignation had been planted the morning McCain named her as his vice-presidential

choice."

If I lived in Alaska, I would be mad as hell. Unsurprised, but angry.

Kicked and rec'd

[elleng]

20. Warpy said,

the woman is hypomanic
which gives her boundless energy and enthusiasm while making it impossible for her to focus clearly and follow anything through to completion.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6052352&mesg_id=6052501

Classic symptoms of hypomania include mild euphoria, a flood of ideas, endless energy, and a desire and drive for success. Unlike a lot of other mood disorders, people suffering from hypomania tend to be extremely goal oriented and many successful people have credited bipolar disorder in their successes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania

[inna]

21. why is this topic even in GD *Presidential*?? there is nothing "presidential" about her, period.

she_is_not_going_to_run_for_any_public_office.


she_does_not_want_to_be_a_president, she wants to be the next Rush Limbaugh.


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[Cognitive_Resonance]

29. Wants the attention, but not the responsibility of office

She realized she does not need "a title". All frosting, no cake.

[lunatica]

23. This is nothing more than the 'feel sorry for Sarah' spin

It's more whining, more self-pity, more of that don't pick on the girl 'cause she's really fragile, poor little Sarah, everyone picks on her and now look how she's suffered! Why her hairdresser has had to perform some emergency interference! Please! Is her hairdresser like the old barbers of yore who bled people with leeches? If not then what are her hairdresser's medical credentials?

[dkf]

24. Thanks Sarah for putting women back into the "too weak" category.

I'm sure some will categorize this as pure media with no basis in fact. They simply have to accept that Sarah Palin is a horrible role model for women and is simply out of her depth.

[BeyondGeography]

26. From pitbull to pure bull in less than a year

:patriot:

[TwilightGardener]

27. I won't be truly happy until her entire life lies in ruin. Until then, though, this is good...

[trof]

28. "emergency help from her hairdresser"

:rofl:

[Leo The Cleo]

30. Children, today we'll talking about the honor in quitting.

[laylah]

31. Though I think her a dweeb

and that she is an absolute idiot, I do not wish her ill. I just wish her to go the f*** away!

[Phx_Dem]

32. If I was that hateful, I'd be sick too. n/t

[Phx_Dem]

33. If I was that hateful, I'd be sick too. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

35. That explains the recent appearance of the hair extensions.

We thought it was just an affectation.

[PresidentObama]

39. So she thinks she can be President, but she can't handle the stress already?!

[kenny blankenship]

40. And I thought she was supposed to be protected from "every sort of witchcraft".

Just goes to show there's no such thing as safe where witches are concerned.