Sarah Palin: If I Become A Distraction I Won’t Run For President

Mediaite.com:

Wow. While this probably won’t be the Sarah Palin radio quote that gets the most attention today, it might actually be the most interesting. In a humble and self-aware moment, Palin told Sean Hannity that she might actually not run for president if she fears that all the attention she’s gotten through reality television and her beef with some of the Republican leadership has become a distraction and might hurt the chances of obtaining her real stated goal: stopping the Obama administration.


“I want to be realistic about this. I want to offer myself up in the name of public service if I can do good and if the debate can be centered around those things that Americans should be talking about. Now I realize that I’m an unconventional potential candidate and, because of that, I don’t want to be speculated about – whether I’m gonna run or not – if all it does is kind of gin up controversy and superficial, ridiculous items to talk about, as we’ve seen in the last couple of weeks, and get people distracted from the important issues that Americans need to be discussing as we go into the 2012 election to unseat Barack Obama.”


These quotes are kind of brilliant for any number of ways. First off, Palin can point to them as a prediction of any criticism she may get in the future for her television series or mistakes she may make like the one this morning. More importantly though, if she does eventually drop out of the race, either to pursue other options (of which she has a great many) or because she doesn’t think she can win, this gives her a perfect and noble excuse. “Oh, Sarah Palin isn’t leaving the campaign trail because she’s not electable, she’s doing it for the good of the country.” It’s just like when she left her governor’s position and sent out a bunch of quotes about being better able to spread her message by being in the contiguous US.

Easily the most sensible comment she's made in a while. I mean, ff Sarah Palin feels the need to go after an 80-year-old woman for stating her opinion, how the heck is going to handle all the drama that comes with the Presidential campaign trail? I'm just saying being a "distraction" would be the least of her worries.

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Barbara Bush Gets Her Purse Stolen

Apparently, this bit of news has become the talk of Argentina:

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) -- Reports that an agile Argentine thief snatched the purse of one of the twin daughters of President Bush while U.S. Secret Service agents were nearby had local media in a buzz Wednesday.

"Bush's bodyguards couldn't handle San Telmo purse-snatcher," read a headline on the Web site of official news agency Telam.

Telam said a government source, who asked not to be named, confirmed reports regarding the robbery. Different local reports said the incident happened on Sunday or Monday.

A law enforcement source briefed on the incident told CNN that Barbara Bush's purse was stolen while she was in Argentina with her twin sister, Jenna. But the source said that "at no point were the protectees out of visual contact and at no point was there any risk of harm." Barbara Bush, 24, who has the same name as her grandmother, the former first lady, was in a restaurant in the San Telmo neighborhood when her purse was taken, Telam reported.It was not clear whether she was wearing her purse at the time of the theft or whether she was in an open-air restaurant or indoors.

Radio and television reporters flocked to the main square in the historic neighborhood -- known for its outdoor restaurants and tango performances -- trying in vain to find out in which restaurant the purse had disappeared.

First question: where the hell was the Secret Service? Second, I wonder if the thief had any idea that he was about the steal a purse from one of the daughters of the leader of the free world? Lastly, when did young Barbara become hotter than her twin sister Jenna?