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Get ready to see more of Sarah Palin around the continental U.S.: The Alaska Governor and former vice presidential hopeful says she will step down as governor at the end of the month, "We know we can effect positive change outside of government... It is my duty to always protect our great state. With that in mind, my family and I determined that it is best to make a difference this summer, and I am willing to change things, so that this administration, with its positive agenda, its accomplishments, and its successful road to an incredible future, can continue without interruption and with great administrative and legislative success." Politico reports, "Leaving office at the end of the month, [Palin] will be able to travel the country more freely without facing the sort of repeated ethics inquiries she’s been fending off since returning to Alaska earlier this year."
Here's 7 minutes of her 18 minute speech (which was something else—here's the text of her full, basketball analogy-filled remarks):
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The Caucus reports, "Her decision follows a week of extraordinarily bad publicity, from within her own state over ethics inquiries and across the national landscape as top aides on her vice-presidential campaign and supporters have been engaged in a highly public feud that has spilled out in vociferous tones online on blogs and on television. Bloggers in Alaska, critics of the governor as well as former Palin supporters, suggest also that pending releases of e-mails among the Palins were about to expose her to further questions about her finances and governance issues." The Democratic National Committee issued this statement:
Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long shot national political ambitions or she simply can’t handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down. Either way - her decision to abandon her post and the people of Alaska who elected her continues a pattern of bizarre behavior that more than anything else may explain the decision she made today.Ouch! Sources tell NBC News' Andrea Mitchell that Palin is out of politics for good.
Vanity Fair's scathing profile of Palin offered this post-2008 election observation, "The conventional wisdom among Palin’s supporters in the Republican establishment was that she should go home, keep her head down, show that she could govern effectively, and quietly educate herself about foreign and domestic policy with the help of a cadre of experienced advisers. She has done none of this."
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What a bimbo.
Someone please give her a tiara, tell her she's the President, so she can go home and smile vapidly.
What a nice birthday gift for America. Vh1 better save a good time slot for this one.
Palin is clearing the decks for 2012.
When Hillary Clinton ran for NY Senator in 2006, she pledged she would not seek higher office. This, of course, was greeted with a wink and a nod. We now have Kirsten Gillibrand.
www.forgotten-ny.com
Maybe, but since she did not complete her term, anyone running against her in a primary will point that out.
Chuck Todd of NBC put it best (paraphrasing): She can draw a crowd for GOP causes, but it may just people who watch car accidents.
Rahm Emanuel just had, like, 35 orgasms.
I would imagine the ballerinia would have... It WAS Gay Pride weekend just last week.
No, I am not a supporter of her but listening to people take pot-shots at this woman for the past year has become tedious. Lets hope they put their actions behind them as well.
She didn't exactly take the high road during the election, and her post-election resume doesn't read so well either. Examples of her hypocrisy and self-serving agenda abound. While she may seem like an easy target because she's an attractive woman, she has done nothing to prove to the public that that is not the sole reason she has ascended to the position she is in.
Replace your "she"s with "he"s and you could be talking about Obama. I'm no fan of Palin, but the vicious attacks on her were (and continue to be) completely over-the-top.
"He didn't exactly take the high road during the election, and his post-election resume doesn't read so well either. Examples of his hypocrisy and self-serving agenda abound. While he may seem like an easy target because he's an [african american?], he has done nothing to prove to the public that that is not the sole reason he has ascended to the position he is in."
First of all, Obama didn't get to where he is because he's African. He got there in spite of it, in spite of racism in America.
Second, if Obama had an unfair advantage in the election that could be compared to Palin's beauty it is his charm and charisma.
Third, Obama is infinitely smarter and more educated than Palin so even if his charisma gave him the final push in this election, at least he was fit for the job!
If you can't see that on your own I not sure anything that I can say will change your mind.
Yeah the poor lazy dumb puppet of Palin!
BOOO HOOO.
Only good enough for republicans!
Shame on the infinite ignorance of her followers.
How I wish this woman would just go away, but thanks to John McCain and the Republican party we will be stuck with her forEVer. She loves the spotlight. No way 15 minutes of fame is enough for her.
She's angling to be the next Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Ow...
But you may be right!
Right timing. It's right when the holiday weekend is getting started. Did this on purpose today and not say Monday or even last week? This is the only holiday weekend doing the summer..
I guess if somebody was going to do summer I would want it to be the holiday weekend. He's a nice laid back fun dude.
happy 4th of july present to me. thanks!
pitbull goes home with the tail between the legs.
just like with sanford, the other shoe will come down. should be interesting to see what it is.
I wonder what scandal is about to be released.
If only she fell off the helicopter for the wolves to eat her.
She should try her hand as a Community Organizer. It's kind of like being Governor of Alaska, "except that you have actual responsibilities"
I wish there were a "like" button for comments like this.
I think you found it. It's called the "Reply" button, and then you basically wrote what you did. You can also hit "Reply" and simply write "Nice!" or "I agree!" or "Thumbs up!" All of those work pretty well.
When I heard "she's out of politics for good" I said the only way that will happen is if she's going to jail. Turned out I might be onto something.
A federal indictment may be looming involving her embezzlement of building materials while she was mayor of Wasilla. Residents noticed that her house suddenly had windows and wood details very similar to those of the new city-owned building, and apparently federal investigators have been poking around in recent months looking for a case. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7280
That should read "A new city-owned building." The Wasilla Sports Complex, to be exact.
Now she can team up with Bloomberg and go after mooses and gooses.
"Well, y'know, I don't want to be known as a lame duck - it's offensive to our veterans AND our wildlife."
Don't worry haters, this is just the next phase of her national campaign run. Go Sarah!
If it is, this is the dumbest move she's made yet. No opponent will fail to bring up that she decided to run out on a job the voters elected her to do. Even many Alaskans aren't happy that she's running out after just 2 1/2 years as governor. Go ahead and keep your blinders on. Everybody else knows she's done in politics, if not facing imminent indictment in Housegate.
Windowgate?
You're right, she's trying to defend herself by saying she's against "politics as usual," and then does the most unfuckingusual thing possible. She's the Mad Hatter of Wasilla, and is going to embarrass the hell out of us.
Don't worry haters, this is just the next phase of her national campaign run. Go Sarah!
It's over. She couldn't raise a nickel from the Republican machine after this but she very well might resurface on QVC.
Excellent. Let me make some popcorn. I haven't had this much fun with politics since The West Wing.
Excellent. Let me make some popcorn. I haven't had this much fun with politics since The West Wing.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/03/palin-hockey-arena-scandal/
This dipshit turned an honest loss to a landslide.
She may have helped to galvanize the base but every time she opened her mouth a moderate went Dem.
She'll always have St. Paul.
MN doesn't like the lazy dumb puppet!