It´s getting tiresome to hear supposedly in the know pundits and political operatives who profess not to know why Sarah Palin quit her job as governor, and want to denigrate her for it. That includes Tucker Carlson and Karl Rove.

I will take Sarah over Karl Rove any day.

Has Tucker forgotten why Palin resigned as governor or is he on the trash Palin bandwagon that Karl Rove seems to always be driving?

The pundits have heard Palin´s reasons for quitting. They just don´t find them credible. I don´t either. It was certainly her right to leave her post for whatever reason she chose, but she seems to have destroyed her options for a higher office.

SARAH PALIN deserves respect for her accomplishments as a mayor, an authority on Alaskan oil and governor of her State. She is a phenomenal speaker, a patriot, a lover of the Constitution , etc. This she accomplished before the leftist politicians, the left wing media and the weak kneed Republicans decided to knee cap her. There were wonderful speeches at CPAC, Ted Cruz, Pat Caddelll, Ben Carson and many more, but Sarah Palin was a standout to those without ´brain distortion´ due to the aforementioned groups. When you make a characature out of someone, people do not want to be associated with praise for the characature, lest they be the next one to be characatured. Her speech delivered truth with humor and verve. Viva Sarah!

it is hard to take seriously a nerd who wears a bowtie

Tucker, not to put too fine of a point on it, but what exactly do you do?

Sarah speaks for me and mine. Neither "Tucker" or Carl or the entire RNC does.....

Things have to move beyond Sarah Palin and the turdblossom.

Karl Rove certainly comes nowhere near speaking for me, as I consider him to be without principle, ethics, or a conscience. He is a huckster, in every sense of the word.

But Sarah Palin does not speak for me either, maiinly because I see her as an attention-grabbing, rural Kardashian-type who stands for nothing, but has a ton of people who idolize her for their own reasons.

Bottom line is, tbere is no thing, and no BODY in the republican party that impresses me in the slightest.

Our Ship of Fools sinks with all of us at each other´s throats.

No need to take sides. Rove is a Bush company man who has sees his future in the continuation of establishment power (Jeb) over conservative principals. Sarah is a beautiful woman that a desperate McCain chose in a Hail Mary to squeek the election through conservative voters. She is the victim of her own followers who fell in love and won´t let go - unable to admit her limitations. (She envisions herself a player - so much that she stupidly quit on Alaska and thought she could still go to the White House) Let´s ignore both of them.

I like Sarah Palin. She is threat because she isn´t part of the "accepted" speakers for the Washington Rep. Party. She talks about the things many Americans think about, things that are talked about but never seem to register with the reps in Washington.

She has common sense. She calls them as she sees it. And one of the most impressive things, she can answer a question with one word! She is more accomplished than Obama and his wife.

I don´t know why anyone listens to Tucker or takes him seriously.

she flicks away gnats like Carlson.

There are a lot of things that the members of the GOP Ruling Class aren´t clear on. That´s why they lose. And drag us and the country down with them.

Agree entirely, #4.

#4, #16, Palin incurred over $500,000 in legal bills having to defend herself from frivolous ethics charges. Do you think she should have stayed as governor and incurred another $500k in legal bills? A "yes" would mean that you are not credible.

Well, Mr. Carlson, Sarah Palin can point to a number of significant achievements on her resume. And you? What, beyond ink and pixels, have you produced? As for Mr. Rove, his batting average on winning elections (his supposed expertise) is one of the worst in politics.

We need Mr. Smith to once again go to Washington.

"I would not be in the U.S. Senate today if it were not for Governor Palin," Cruz said in gratitude.
Cruz said Palin, like him, drives the mainstream media "bat-crap crazy" because she is "fearless," "principled," and "courageous" while the mainstream media wants conservatives to "shut up and accept defeat and be timid."
Cruz also simply said, "Sarah Palin picks winners," in reference to Palin´s early support of candidates like Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and governors like Nikki Haley (SC) and Susana Martinez (NM), and former Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC), who is now the state´s senator.

The low information types do not know why Sarah resigned as governor. They show their ignorance repeatedly.
Sarah Palin has far more character than any of them. Contrary to Carlson´s comments, I know what Sarah does. She drives her critics bonkers!

Tucker, do you know what the Kenyan has been doing for the last four years with money and authority we have given him?? We haven´t given Sarah anything from the public trough. Leave her alone.

#17, and the state had similar legal bills that suddenly disappeared after she resigned.

She did the right thing for her state, and her family.

Are other Republicans doing the same, or are they simply trying to garner some crumb from the liberal Democrat establishment to get-along?

Thats it. I have heard enough. The daily hate Palin articles have finally changed my opinion and brought me around to right thinking. Palin bad. Rino good. Constitution bad. Power good.
Must...reach...across...the...aisle...

Sarah is damaged goods because of a corrupt media combined with a lot of really ignorant close-minded Americans. The RNC and their supporters contribute greatly to the financial well-being of the corrupt media by going on their stupid shows, participating in democrat run debates, and advertising their businesses in the same media that wishes their extinction. Opening their mouths before their brains are engaged helps reinforce the dem talking points that we are a bunch of dumbasses out of touch with the "masses". Do you think dems do anything but laugh at the hapless boehner making kissy-face with our arch-enemy? He and his McCain/Graham look-a-likes do one thing well. Play the fool.

#17 -- While I understand why she did it. I still think she should´ve stuck it out. She was incurring the legal fees, but in today´s world, she would´ve been able to pay those off as soon as she left office given the books, speeches, etc. I wanted her to remain a REAL player, a real example of conservative leadership. She stunted her own growth and track record in that arena.

But this is what the Democrats and their allies in the media do best...if they can´t defeat someone in an election, they go after that person in a personal way to make it almost unbearable for them to serve. How do you think Barack Obama got elected to the Senate in the first place?

Sadly, for Palin, and those of us who really wanted her to succeed, she is no more than a talking head, JUST LIKE ROVE. They may differ in opinion, but they are basically serving the same function.

Sarah Palin´s main function appears to be keeping Republicans on defense. Last week is a perfect example. Jeb Bush, probably the most electable politician in the party at the Presidential level got completely washed out of the coverage by Sarah Palin´s soda snub and jokes about her rack. She´s overexposed.

I know why sarah cut and ran, she could have fought off her detractors and stood her ground and recovered costs if she won. I am tired of those excuses.

Amen. Not about Jeb (get him away from us!) but Sarah has made herself look smaller. She´s now a comedic cheerleader of the party. Smart, ambitious, but she´ll never run for any office, so we need to put our energy into candidates who WILL.

In the words of a giant of an artist. I can bring home the bacon; fry it up in a pan and never let you forget I am a woman

That is our Sarah. She brings life to an old bunch of foggy fogies. She stands on her terms on her values. Men want at least a little of what she seems to have...charisma. They would sell their soul to the devil for it.

Run Sarah, Run Sarah We are searching for a true conservative and await the opportunity to vote. Are you ready yet?

The Moderates that hate Palin today hated her in 2008 as well. She is a Christian, intelligent, Conservative, beautiful, full of energy....... all the things Moderates despise.

I´m from FLA and I voted for Jeb twice and his father and brother twice... BIG disappointment all SIX TIMES!
Better than the lefties they defeated BUT notas good as they should have been, especially George jr.

She is an activist, etc. Basically, a conservtive community organizer.

Boy, was I wrong! Until just this minute, I was a long-time, avid fan of Tucker Carlson. But, now he’s at the top of my just-another-insipid-Washington-insider short list. Giggle and disparage away, Tucker! You’re among friends.
And lest I forget to make mention of that always-under-the-radar factor… abortion remorse.

Tucker has pretty much given up bow ties for rep ties, I think to appear more mature. Sorry, Tucker, it ain´t working. You´re still a lightweight.

Tucker had an abortion? Who knew?

I am continually amazed at the amount of time a couple of people have for scouring the news and posting any remotely unflattering article they can find about Sarah Palin. Are we supposed to be thankful for their diligent research?

Tucker Carlson has been a U.S. Ambassador,
President of corporation for Public Broadcasting, Director of Voice of America - is married, has 4 kids and has been a success - he is a busy guy and I am not surprised that he does not know what palin does.

If the Republicans look to Rove to manage and consult their candidates, they will never win another election. Rove is devoid of principals and beyond the smallest tactical sense, has no ability to formulate an over all theme for a Presidential campaign. So THAT´S what Sarah has become: the replacement for, and the antidote to Carl Rove. It´s no longer the Goldwater Republicans versus the Rockefeller Republicans; it´s the Rove Republicans versus the Palin Republicans.

I imagine that Sarah knew at the time of her decision that it would follow her for a very long time. Some people will never let it go. So be it.

I might be a bit more sympathetic to Palin´s claim that she resigned the governorship in July 2009 because of financial hardship if I didn´t know for an easily verifiable fact that she´d signed a multimillion dollar book contract in May 2009 for her memoir. Half the money was paid to her upon signing the contract, according to her agent for the deal, Robert Barnett. (That is, in fact, the standard procedure.) So she had at a minimum of 4 million--probably closer to 6--in the bank when she was pleading poverty.

But you can go to www.sarahpalinlegaldefensefund.org and make a donation to help with her past, present, and future legal bills, if you like.

Sarah Palin seems like a rather ordinary middle class American wife and mother. She does not strike me as excessively intelligent nor especially educated, categories in which few politicians are known to excel. Her values, as far as I understand them, are conventional, traditional, and except on the radical Left, uncontroversial. She is a patriot, a believer in individual ability and responsibility, and a skeptic of the promises and plans of big government bureaucrats and politicians. I really don´t find anything particularly unusual or remarkable about her.

Except, of course, for one very important thing: she regularly evokes a violent allergic reaction compound of fear, loathing, rage and downright insanity on the Left. People whose politics and values and behavior I detest the most -radical Leftists and clueless bourgeois useful idiots- are scared to death of her.

That´s enough for me. I don´t begin to understand it - but if she evokes such incredible dread and detestation from the Left, she has got something America needs and needs urgently. So I am for Sarah Palin, not so much because of who or what she is or what she says or does -though nothing I have heard is exceptionable- but because of the enemies she provokes.

I´m not clear what Tucker Carlson does.

A Rove comeback is precisely why they have such a problem. I´ll take Sarah and what she stands for any day over that pudgy self promoting fraud Rove.

Tucker Carlson is not much either.

Palin ain´t what ails us. The problem is with the people who consistently refuse to acknowledge the truth of her message and her approach. The establishment consultant political class, feeding at the trough of donated money, recognizes their private entitlement program dries up the minute the populist conservative base finally figures out
who they are and how little they stand for. That day almost came in 2008, but the Wallaces and her third string political operatives chose to sandbag their candidate, an effort that continues to this day, right her in this salon. Their influence wanes on a daily basis, with every new antiPalin post.

As for Tucker Carlson, a cartoon conservative created to present an illusion of balance for cable news outlets. Pays well.

# 4,9,11,16,23 (only in your mind)25 & 26,28,32 (OMG),27, - Big EGO was not a personality trait of Gov. Palin--that was proven in the nearly 40,000K emails which proved her quality of governing.
A family of 6 earning around $250K in a high cost of living state with personal legal bills for abouut 2/3´s of the frivolous ethics complaints (one signed by Mickey Mouse) running at about $500,000 and the Governor was responsible for her legal fees (now changed). Why would anyone let their EGO bankrupt her family and put them on proverty row.
Gov. Palen´s agenda had already been fulfilled in her tenure and the idiots who filed the complaints were already receiving monies she acquired for the state and them, but yet they filed whatever complaints they could. The complainers did not care if gov´t activity was halted or finances were used for their recklessness costing the state millions too. Gov. Palin wasn´t the only one in that administration who was being saddled with legal fees personally, others were too.
The same group of haters will never see the light of day, nor do they want too. More Romney´s (losers)??????

Have Rove and Carlson forgotten that GW Bush did NOT complete his term as Gov. in order to run for President?
The State of Alaska was paying much of the legal fees to defend their Governor (Palin) and she could not with good conscience continue in office while the many frivilous law suits piled up.
democrats did what they do best, use the courts,and dirty tricks, because they saw that Palin was an effective, Republican politician who connected with the People and so, had to be destroyed.
I am puzzled as to why WE as conservatives allowed it to happen.

Tucker, she speaks the truth. That is something we do not hear from the RNC or Rove.

I´m not in favor of Sarah Palin ever running for elective office again, but I love what she is doing, and hope she keeps on doing it. As above poster states so well, the enemy is scared to death of her. They´re laughing at the rest of the old guard, and most likely hysterical over Karl Rove...(and Jeb Bush.)

...HEY TUCKER...worry about what obama is doing NOT private citizen sarah palin!!!

Tucker, the real question is: What does Obie do? Other than steal peoples hard earned money and give it to his cronies I haven´t seen one lick of work from this grifter!

I understand her reasons for quitting as governor. As an alternative, I guess that I don´t understand why she didn´t set up a legal defense fund to accept contributions to defray the defense costs for the frivolous lawsuits. By that time she was nationally known and very popular and I think this could have worked.

She makes money.

#45, yes. Now the same Republicans who stood by while the MSM-Democrats-establishment R´s ripped the good Governor to pieces with lies and innuendo will stand by and support Governor Sandford in his new bid for office!

For #41 and others...

Sarah Palin was the first female and youngest governor ever elected in Alaskan history.
Alaska is tied for the second most powerful governorship in the United States.
Governor Palin’s approval rating average from the time of her inauguration until John McCain selected her to serve as the vice presidential candidate in 2008, was 77.38%
Cut state spending between 2007 and 2010 by 9.5%.
Reduced federal earmark requests by more than 80%:
Invested $5 billion in state savings, overhauled education funding, and implemented the Senior Benefits Program to provide support for low-income older Alaskans.
Stopped the “Bridge to Nowhere” and wanted to redirect the federal funds to Minnesota after the bridge collapse in 2007.
Rejected much of President Obama’s “stimulus money” in 2009.
Proposed a $2.6 billion investment in the Education Fund to help fund public education for the future.
Used her line-item veto to cut more than a quarter billion in superfluous spending in 2007.
Vetoed 361 line-items in 2008.
Utilized line item reductions to reduce proposed spending by $80.3 million in 2009.
Instituted a temporary hiring freeze to reduce expenditures during a period of unanticipated low oil prices in 2009.
Cut spending more than 33% in FY2010 from FY 2009’s budget.
Signed energy legislation suspending the state motor fuel tax.
Provide Alaskan residents with a “resource rebate” to help offset high energy costs.
Signed legislation opposing a federal aviation fuel tax.
Lowered unemployment insurance tax rates.
Cut property taxes as Mayor of Wasilla. She eliminated small business inventory taxes; cut property tax mil levy every year she was in office (6 years straight).
Reformed the state’s pension program by ensuring a successful transition from a defined benefits to a defined contributions system and addressing the $8 billion unfunded liability in Alaska state’s retirements, making it more solvent and leading to a decrease of 34.6%.

And a few more, but far from complete...

Helped the state to put $12 billion into savings.
AGIA (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act) — After many decades of unsuccessful attempts to bring a gas pipeline project into existence, Governor Palin and her team introduced to Alaskans the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) in March 2007. AGIA passed the Legislature by a vote of 57-1 in May 2007. The framework for America’s largest private sector infrastructure project—a natural gas pipeline—was signed into law by Governor Palin on June 6, 2007. In August 2008, the Alaska Legislature authorized the Palin Administration to award the AGIA license to TransCanada Alaska. In June 2009, Exxon Mobil signed an agreement with TransCanada to partner on the project.
Pt. Thomson: Under Governor Palin’s leadership, drilling Commenced at Pt. Thomson after Exxon Mobil had sat on their leases for more than 25 years The Point Thomson field contains one of the largest untapped and proven reserves of oil and gas on the continent.
Petroleum Systems Integrity Office (PSIO): Governor Palin created the “Petroleum Systems Integrity Office” (PSIO) in April 2007.
Served on national energy committees: Governor Palin served as Vice Chair of the National Governors Association and as the Natural Resource Committee and Chairman of the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission.
Chair, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Governor Palin fought for and signed sweeping bipartisan ethics legislation which restricted lobbyists, improved disclosure laws, and improved executive and legislative branch ethics laws.

#31, does everybody in Florida vote twice?

#37, I think you are confusing Tucker with his fater. Granted Tucker has 4 daughters, he is only a Journalist.

At least that is the way I parse the Wiki bio.

Indeed #57 is spot on, it was Tucker Carlson´s father who did the things #37 credited him with having accomplished. "He is the elder son of Richard Warner Carlson, a former Los Angeles news anchor and U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles who was president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and director of Voice of America." Emily Litella redux.

#54/55, I believe your source is Sarah Palin´s book, right? I don ´t necessarily doubt the information, but Alaskans must not believe or appreciate those efforts, because her disapproval numbers in that state hover around 62%.

Agree w/ #41. Sarah has an ordinary education. It is a gift of our brilliant and well-educated founding fathers that we have such a well-crafted constitution, one that ordinary citizens can understand and follow. Sarah´s drawing power is that she wants to follow the constitution. The ones with the fancy expensive education are the ones who can´t seem to grasp the constitution in its simplicity. Or they are so egotistical, like our current president, that they think they are so smart that they have a better idea, that the constitution is seriously flawed, and the country needs "fundamental change." I´ll take Sarah Palin over all the Harvard and Ivy League lawyers in The White House and the Congress, with the exception of Ted Cruz.

She makes fun of liberals and does it much better than you make fun of conservatives. She is also not ugly.

Sarah Palin is.....HOT.

She still has an active defense fund website?! What suckers we are!

Haters gonna hate. Sarah´s approval ratings fell after a blitzkrieg bent on destroying her was launched by the liberal media and the Democrat party. It is amazing that her approval ratings aren´t in single digits. Too bad so many gullible Republicans have bought into the narrative.

Who???

#59, where do those ridiculous popularity numbers come from. I don´t necessarily doubt you but who would constantly run popularity polls in Alaska on Sarah Palin? If someone does, please enlighten the rest of us. It might be a clue that there remains an ongoing effort to smear Palin.

#57 and #58 spot on...always count on #37 to snark re Sarah..but this time,may want to put on reading glasses ...just sayin´!!!!

Why even respond to this? Tucker and his bowtie are just another set of inside the beltway establishment lackies. They will parrott whatever the turdblossom tells them to to keep the access open along with grant money and donations flowing to fund their little journalistic ventures. Its how they get to bury their snouts in the D.C. trough as well. Of course they are going to attack anyone who threatens to tear them away from the political teat. Its the same reason why the same little cabal of Establishment cheerleaders get ban together in attacking those who refused to worship at the Republican Party altar. Common sense will lead one to conclude they or people close to them are binging at the government buffet. Instead of debating them, we should just be pointing at them and laughing. Especially when they sanctimo