Will Sarah Palin Never Go Away? Plus Other Weirdness On The 4th.

Let me be the last to comment on the latest Sarah Palin weird.  I am no political guru, but it seemed to me that if she wanted to be considered a serious candidate for President in 2012, that she had to return to Alaska and show some leadership as Governor of the state.  Sorry, being Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, even being a female mayor, just doesn’t qualify you to even think of becoming the most powerful person in the world.

 

Now spin doctors may paint a far different picture, but I do not think resigning a leadership most in mid-term is a good thing for a serious candidate.  It may not be as bad as having an affair with an Argentine damsel, but it just doesn’t look right, or feel right.  If you can’t govern Alaska, how can you deal with Congress and the Middle East (I am giving Palin a free pass on Russia, since they are her neighbors).

 

Did Palin find that verbally jousting with Katie Couric was more sporting than shooting moose from a helicopter?  Did she discover that New York City is more glamorous than Juneau? Or maybe she is going to cash in on her fame while she is still famous.  She does have a mega-bucks book deal, and I would assume she can make more money giving speeches now as a one time VP candidate, than she might several years from now as the former governor of Alaska.

 

I really did mean let me be the last to comment on Sarah Palin.  I’m sure I won’t be though.  As a friend of mine said, “55% of the Republicans want her to be their candidate for President in 2012, and 100% of the Democrats want her to be the Republican candidate too.” According to her Facebook site-got this from Yahoo news, I am not one of her Facebook friends-Palin is seeking a higher calling.  Maybe that means she is going to be a talk show host like Rush Limbaugh.

 

Only in America-a hot dog eating contest.  And the winner downs 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes.  How?  I am a far too fast eater, and can put away a hot dog or two, but I couldn’t even down 10 in 10 minutes.  And that is without the bun. I had a nice grilled steak to celebrate Independence Day.

 

Despite a bummer of an economy, Americans can’t seem to give up their fireworks.  I could tell that just from my neighborhood, but Omaha stations interviewing fireworks retailers confirm that people still spend as much as always on things that go boom in the night.  I don’t consider myself unpatriotic, but I am not as fascinated by firecrackers as most people seem to be.  I will watch a big show occasionally, but my enjoyment of those shows is in inverse proportion to the number of mosquito bites I get while watching. I think inverse is right-the fewer bites, the more I enjoy the show.

 

1.6 million people wanted tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service.  Without question the man was one of the most talented entertainers ever, and Thriller will always be one of my favorite albums.  His bizarre personal life may be difficult to understand, but to me it is certainly a case of paying a terrible price for celebrity.

 

I am trying to decide how I want to spend the last day of my three day weekend.  I have to make a visit to a cemetery-I have put that off for over a week.  And I need to get to the Wellness Center for a work out, now that I can start lifting weight again-light weights, but I can still lift.  After that, I am thinking my Sunday paper, a nice nap, and maybe watching a little golf on TV. 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

~ by Ron Meyer on July 5, 2009.