all of the video clips above are examples of Palin giving excuses for everything that went wrong:

-her kids...oh, well Obama's kids didn't get talked about....well could that be because he wasn't screaming about abortion and abstinence all the while her 16 year old daughter is pregnant and standing right next her.

-she just went off about a sexist photo on the cover of newsweek, when she willingly posed in running gear for another magazine's photoshoot.

these would be examples of blaming someone else for your inabilities...and why would you resort to these tactics...because one is angry.

You ask for examples sir....well, they right in the article excuse by excuse.

Hey you better turn the TV on, I think you are missing Fox and Friends.

She blames the McCain campaign, she blames Couric, she blames the media, examples abound. These are serious times (but when aren't they?) yet her 'pandemic' conceit is that no rigorous pursuit of solutions is necessary. No, if we just embrace our folksiness and pull up our bootstraps and roll up our sleeves everything will be ship-shape.

Her biggest disgrace is, in the guise of anti-elitism, she is promoting anti-intellectualism. From her book: "there's no better training ground for politics than motherhood." That's a wonderful bon mot that happens to be total B.S. I may have a wonderful mother, but she would be the worst president ever.

magicman wrote: "And what, pray tell, is your evidence of 'anger' in Palin, since you have neglected to point to a single instance or example?"

Anger does not always have to be seen as outwardly obvious. In fact, the most difficult anger to deal with in another is the near bitterness of their complaints of unfair treatment, being let down or betrayed by people they claim they saw as friends or at least friendly. Anger that gives a smile, yet at the same time offers excuses for what went wrong and doesn't admit to sharing any of the responsibility is controlled anger.

The anger that can be handled, even badly, is the anger that shows in ways that are most common: shouting, being physically aggressive, etc. The anger that is the hardest for others to defend themselves against or to counteract is the anger that pretends to be as I've written above. Her comments about Levi were NOT sincere and honest. If they had been, she would have refrained from any petty comments about his name or implied that he is doing porn. He is doing a photo layout without clothes, and I don't consider that porn as neither do most people. I've seen more behinds than I wish to see on TV programs, and some frontal nudity will never quite equal "The Crying Game".

Sarah Palin is an angry person. She just knows how to slice and dice with a smile, a word, and where to stick the dagger.

Ummm, yeah. Poor Blagojevich was just going about his business and they threw him through a "Political Plate Glass window." You must seriously live in a fantasy world if you think he did nothing to deserve being removed from office.

Palin had legitimate reasons for stepping down from the governorship, such as incessant attacks on her children that continued well past November 2008 and frivolous ethics complaints that were personally bankrupting her, as well as draining money from Alaskan taxpayers. Her point about titles is that she is still politically relevant, even as a "private citizen" with a Facebook page.

in order to be politically relevent, one would have to say politically relevant things, not "pull the plug on grandma/death panels"

magicman,

Miss Alaska is a title.

The governorship of the State of Alaska is the will of the people to represent them in that high office. It implies more than a personal label. It implies personal commitment to the People. Palin resigned the Office of governor for no important reasons other than cash in on her fame. Yet, she treated her Office like a title and nothing more. She is superficial and shallow when it comes to the will of the People of Alaska, that trusted her. It was not a passing honor, a title or a trifle.

Blago went down fighting and was booted out expeditiously. The Illinois Legislature did all of this, not Blago.

Hey, isn't it time for Hannity?

Wow! I meant "us" as in the "average person" (majority of population) who isn't a) born into a powerful, wealthy or politically connected family and b) a person who doesn't owe anyone/corporation any favors for reaching the level of influence or power (politically) that she has.

I personally feel this is a class war going on with Palin, the "elites" that manage the political machine, the ivy league "intellectuals" and the media don't want someone like her (i.e. the average American person) getting any ideas that we can actually make a real contribution politically. Plenty of "regular folk" are seeing clearly the message: stay out of politics or look at how you will be attacked on a personal level and how your family will be mocked and torn down (rather than verbalize anything substantial or important such as issues regarding policy)...and those easily influenced follow along, many--not all--people are just parroting what they hear in the media rather than do some critical thinking about what's REALLY going on here and if the level of anomosity against Palin is really justified.

If the fierce (and often emotional) negativity that's generated and spewed against Palin was because of what she stood for politically and what her actions were while in government (instead of made-up or exaggerated fairy tales and personal attacks), the Palin storming probably wouldn't interest me. But the vitriol is so off the charts it compels me to dig deeper trying to figure out why. I find that it's a fascinating story unfolding--especially since Palin seems to get stronger from it and as time passes.

LOL you're a "doctor" on the internet. Okay.

You don't get around much. You should consider expanding your sphere of acquaintances. No wonder you are so bitter.

You just descibed President Obama, who wasn't born into a wealthy or politically connected family, who went to an Ivy League school by earning it, and got elected by a landslide of votes.

When you live up north, you understand why it's necessary the wolf population be controlled. She was in a helicopter on a wolf hunt for those reasons when she was Govenor...when you're Govenor, you experience things you wouldn't normally as a regular citizen.

My point bgeasyas123 she was voted in as Govenor and was so popular with Alaskans NOT because she was born onto the political scene and NOT because she was oh so so very educated in the ivy league shools and NOT because she was uber-wealthy.

Her success, all that she's accomplished, and still accomplishing, is despite all those entry cards the "elite gatekeepers" demand.

She did some house-cleaning while governing in Alaska didn't she? I wonder how much money certain politicians and croneys lost when she shut it all down? They never thought the hockey mom from wasilla could shake out their game, but she did. I wonder if the "connected" in Washington were looking forward to her coming to Washinton and doing the same thing?

Just like you will deny that she left office because of the money it was costing her to defend herself against frivolous and harassing ethics charges from fat nobody bloggers.

She wouldn't have to respond, if late night talk show hosts weren't calling her 14 year-old daughter a whore, for example.

Paris Hilton has herpes.

She's trying to lose weight.