Politically speaking...

Sarah Palin.

Sigh.

While I remain vastly uninterested in anything that woman decides to do with her life, I do firmly believe it best if she fades into some sort of sunset. I kept all thoughts to myself during the campaign and even after, as the sheer onslaught of media coverage was already too much and I really did not care to add to her 15 minutes.

With that said, please allow me a moment.

When the news broke that she was going to retire, my first thought was that some scandal was forcing her out. Her need to be in the spotlight was almost as embarrassing as her complete inability to free style speeches. Therefore, I was quite surprised that she would give up such a platform voluntarily – but quite fine with the thought of never having to listen to her trip over her own tongue again.

All hell broke loose in Fox News land and the staunch GOP’s were freaking out – crying over who would lead them into the next presidency. Speculation was at an all time high and again Ms. Palin was being squawked about repetitiously. And just before the dust finally settled on her political coffin, she gave a rousing “good-bye” speech that made most of us ask “what the hell just happened?”

Alas, she is back in the news again for spouting off on her Facebook page - yet again on a subject she should have done her homework on first. My first problem is her chosen method of delivery. She isn’t Lindsey Lohan or Ashton Kutcher for Christ’s sake – so to publicly slam the president from the comfort of her Facebook page is laughable at best.

You can bet your ass that the AP and Fox News are all over it, thus the rant I am on now.

The good old GOP needs to acknowledge that it was a bad choice. Hell, even McCain knew it was, and we knew that too. To continue to act as though they “meant” it and that she should ever be taken seriously is an embarrassment for the county as a whole. I am sure, that for some people – she spoke the tune they have been waiting to dance to. But for a progressive country at large, filled with women who vote and speak in fully formed sentences – not so much.

I am not making negative statements against her as a person, mother, sister, wife or head of the PTA. But, I am stating that politically speaking, she was - The.Wrong.Choice. To allow one more damn segment of news ANYTHING to cover whatever mumbling crap is falling out of her mouth currently, is a shame.

GOP folk should be apologetic and promise that they have put her away some place safe where she cannot get to John Q. Public again.

Her and Dick Cheney.

MichChick