... But the story is in the story. All but [Maureen] Dowd seemed to miss the boatload of delicious allegory about Palin's life and politics wrapped up in the episode. It was Palin on the hunt; on the hunt always. First, it was small-town politicos in Wasilla who befriended her, then GOP Chief Randy Ruedrich, then Frank Murkowski, who appointed her to a cushy job, and finally, a shot at Barack Obama. Older white men carrying her guns, loading them and handing them to her, advising her, telling her when to shoot, showing her how to do the job. Letting them do the work. Out of her element. Indoor girl in an outdoor world. Missed shot after missed shot after missed shot. Blaming someone or something else when it all goes south. Killing a scrawny little caribou to sell the image. Jumping the ship of state after only two disinterested, unengaged years, going for something bigger. Out of her element. Peddling the lie. The mama grizzly. Sarah the Sniper. ...
"Disinterested, unengaged." Perhaps that explains why Craig Medred wrote recently in "Palin's Record vs. Palin's Facebook," which is concerned with the discrepancies between Sarah Palin's record as Governor of Alaska and what she says she did as governor, "Sometimes it's pretty easy to get the impression that what Palin says and what Palin does, or what she believes she's done, are two distinctly different things."
Isn't it possible that Sarah Palin doesn't know what was done by the state's executive branch while she was governor? Wouldn't that explain why "her record" is at variance with what she says she did?
Will the real Governor of Alaska, while Sarah Palin warmed the chair, please stand up.
Maureen Dowd's "Pass the Caribou stew," which was mentioned by Jenkins, is here.
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A governor has ceremonial and executive duties. It's likely that Palin performed the ceremonial duties. As for the executive duties, it may be that they can be delegated, but there is no excuse for a governor to be ignorant of what was done in his or her name.
I can stop blogging about Sarah Palin, now! :)
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Kevin wrote at 4:-04 PM PST: You ask, "Isn't it possible that Sarah Palin doesn't know what was done by the state's executive branch while she was governor? Wouldn't that explain why "her record" is at variance with what she says she did?
No, it wouldn't explain it, since she could check the facts before announcing them, or say she doesn't know or doesn't remember if asked. As I commented on another blog, Palin appears to suffer from Mental Alternative Reality Syndrome (MARS), causing her to confuse her personal wishes with objective facts, a disorder that manifests as what is sometimes uncharitably called "lying."
I'm sorry you misunderstood the post, Kevin.
As Craig Medred wrote, "Why Palin exaggerates and misleads like this, when the truth might be quite good enough, is hard to know. She doesn't answer questions from the media. She basically only talks to Fox News, which pays her. She doesn't get asked any tough questions by the Fox crowd, and her only other means of direct communication with the public at-large is via Facebook, a one-way street down which Palin can roll her "truth" to the masses."
You're right that Palin could check the facts or say she doesn't know or doesn't remember; however, that isn't what she has done.
That she BSes about her record doesn't imply that she's not a liar; it implies that she didn't do what "her record" says she did. She's got more than a lying problem here.
Of course, she may have forgotten "her record," but that is a problem, too.
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