Kathleen Parker's Farewell on CNN Takes Less Than Ten Seconds

As The Blaze's estimable Jonathan Seidl reported yesterday afternoon, Kathleen Parker announced in a written statement yesterday that she is leaving the Parker Spitzer show.  Last night, Parker bade her audience adieu formally. Her farewell, bizarrely, lasts less than ten seconds (h/t Hot Air):

A few months ago, radio host John Zeigler predicted the demise of the Parker Spitzer show. Over at Mediate today, he revisits the reasons why the show--and Parker's presence on it, specifically--were doomed:

There are many reasons why Parker’s short stint on CNN didn’t work. Some weren’t even really her fault. The taped format was antiquated, boring and stuffy. Creating chemistry with a notorious dog like Eliot Spitzer would have been impossible for any “conservative” female to do without turning themselves into an almost literal call girl. Plus, the show’s time slot is the most competitive in cable news television.

But the primary reason why the program couldn’t work is also the very reason Parker got the gig in the first place. She was clearly hired because she was perceived as a “conservative” who was willing to vigorously attack Palin, while not holding any particularly strong conservative opinions which might offend the largely liberal CNN audience. It is hardly a secret that the best (and perhaps only) way for an unknown or career-challenged conservative to achieve mainstream media acceptance is to be a sellout to their supposed cause (just ask Arianna Huffington, Peggy Noonan, David Brooks, David Frum, Michael Smerconish, or Joe Scarborough, to name only a few).

Criticizing Palin (along with endorsing Obama) has quickly become the most reliable path to instant notoriety/credibility for ambitious “conservatives,” and Parker became the poster child for this phenomenon. When Iwent on CNN during my film’s first release, I was actually asked to respond to a Parker quote about Palin. This was especially absurd because Parker had no special knowledge of Palin and was virtually unknown before she “led” Palin’s “assassination.” Had Parker praised Palin, CNN would never have found the quote remotely newsworthy.

Here is shot of Parker's final moment on the show: