skippy the bush kangaroo: everybody doesn't like something, but nobody likes sarah p!

Friday, July 24, 2009

everybody doesn't like something, but nobody likes sarah p!

since sarah "iquitarod" palin has decided that actual governing would get in the way of her mission statement, america has finally begun to cool down in its fervor towards the ice queen of mean. washpost:

overall, the new poll found that 53 percent of americans view palin negatively and 40 percent see her in positive terms, her lowest level in post-abc polling since she first appeared on the national stage last summer as sen. john mccain's running mate.

the dip in palin's favorability comes as she gets ready to leave office sunday with about 18 months remaining in her term and plans to turn her attention to national politics. palin, 45, has said she intends to campaign for other like-minded candidates, and speculation has been rampant that she may seek the gop nomination to oppose president obama…

republicans and gop-leaning independents continue to rank palin among the top three contenders in the run-up to 2012, however, with 70 percent of republicans viewing her in a positive light in the new poll. but her support within the gop has deteriorated from its pre-election levels, including a sharp drop in the number holding "strongly favorable" impressions of her…

democrats, meanwhile, continue to express deeply negative opinions of palin, with more than three-quarters expressing unfavorable views, including 56 percent who feel that way intensely. among independents, 40 percent view her favorably and 51 percent unfavorably, the survey shows.

perhaps more vexing for palin's national political aspirations, however, is that 57 percent of americans say she does not understand complex issues, while 37 percent think she does, a nine-percentage-point drop from a poll conducted in september just before her debate with now-vice president biden. the biggest decline on the question came among republicans, nearly four in 10 of whom now say she does not understand complex issues. that figure is 70 percent among democrats and 58 percent among independents.

one reason for her percipitous dip might be her continuing struggle w/ethics, or at least w/accusations of ethics violations. the washtimes reports that bailin' palin soon will be found guilty of same:

the associated press claims that outgoing alaska gov. sarah palin will be found guilty of violating her state's ethics rules, citing a report leaked from the state personnel board on one of the 19 ethics complaints filed against her.

the governor may be counting down her final days in office, but she isn't letting the accusations go unanswered. she's even threatening to take some legal action of her own against the leakers.

according to the ap, the board will say she improperly used her public image to raise money for the legal defense fund created to fend off complaints made against her as an elected official. no punishment is expected for violating the rules; the board will only recommend that mrs. palin not take direct payments from the fund.

mrs. palin issued a lengthy statement late tuesday saying the fund "was the hallmark of legal compliance and prudent conduct."

meanwhile, here's sarah p. getting tackled by terry tate...

posted by skippy at 9:01 AM |