"On a hunch, I reviewed online lists of all the men and women who’ve been elected governor of their state since the year 1900. Pored [sp] over them for a few hours. Over 1200 politicians have taken that first-term oath of office. Some soon died in office. Many resigned to accept other positions in government, including Spiro Agnew who was “tapped” by Nixon after being the Governor of Maryland for about five minutes. On a handful of occasions, a first-termer was dragged off to the slammer or impeached. One was incapacitated by a nervous breakdown and one left just as impeachment came knocking on his door. So—how many out of over 1200 just up and quit before the end of their term?
Three: Jim McGreevy, Eliot Spitzer and
Sarah Palin." --from a
submission to
Andrew Sullivan
"On a hunch, I reviewed online lists of all the men and women who’ve been elected governor of their state since the year 1900. Pored [sp] over them for a few hours. Over 1200 politicians have taken that first-term oath of office. Some soon died in office. Many resigned to accept other positions in government, including Spiro Agnew who was “tapped” by Nixon after being the Governor of Maryland for about five minutes. On a handful of occasions, a first-termer was dragged off to the slammer or impeached. One was incapacitated by a nervous breakdown and one left just as impeachment came knocking on his door. So—how many out of over 1200 just up and quit before the end of their term?
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What's the difference between Sarah Palin's mouth and her vagina?
"Let me tell you, Alaskans really need to stick together on this with new leadership in this area especially, encouraging new leadership… got to stiffen your spine to do what’s right for Alaska when the pressure mounts, because you’re going to see anti-hunting, anti-second amendment circuses from Hollywood and here’s how they do it. They use these delicate, tiny, very talented celebrity starlets, they use Alaska as a fundraising tool for their anti-second amendment causes."
mmm... starlets
Funny: William Shatner on Palin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCdqRbWYWbU&feature=player_embedded
Obnoxious: Bill Maher on Palin. http://www.breitbart.tv/bill-maher-america-is-stupid/
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