Palin Quits

norm

cnn is reporting that she will quit as governor of alaska in a month

ledvedderman

Well...I guess she thinks she is ready for the national stage. I think the 2012 campaign will be kicking off halfway through 2009

Lizard

god help us.

Anon

I've been saying that for the last eight months.

Capricorn Sister

Palin resigning as Alaska governor
WASILLA, Alaska -Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement from her home in suburban Wasilla on Friday morning. She said she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans.
"Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional Lame Duck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_(politics) status in this particular climate would just be another dose of politics as usual, something I campaigned against and will always oppose," Palin said in a statement released by her office.
"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," she said.
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the governor's picnic in Fairbanks at the end of the month, Palin spokesman Dave Murrow said.
Palin was first elected in 2006 on a populist platform. But her popularity has waned as she waged in partisan politics following her return from the presidential campaign. Her term would have ended in 2010.

sickgirl

I just don't understand how so many people take her so seriously. I wonder where she thinks she's going from here.

gimmesometruth27

if in fact she does run for president i am predicting right now that she will not make it past the super tuesday in 2012. the other GOP candidates are going to use everything in their arsenal against her and i think there are a lot of skeletons in her closet that are going to be brought out in the national campaign if she runs for the top-of-the-ticket. the GOP needs a can't lose candidate and clearly she is not it.

i thought i read or heard a couple of weeks ago that she may be considering running for the senate seat in the next election.

callen

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

if in fact she does run for president i am predicting right now that she will not make it past the super tuesday in 2012. the other GOP candidates are going to use everything in their arsenal against her and i think there are a lot of skeletons in her closet that are going to be brought out in the national campaign if she runs for the top-of-the-ticket. the GOP needs a can't lose candidate and clearly she is not it.

i thought i read or heard a couple of weeks ago that she may be considering running for the senate seat in the next election.

Right......so wondering if something may come out. Listened to her speech and was comprised of unrelated talking points merged together into scrambed mess.

Enlightenment inversely related to Palin support.

WaveCameCrashin

callen wrote:

i think there are a lot of skeletons in her closet that are going to be brought out in the national campaign if she runs for the top-of-the-ticket.

Please man :roll: Give me a freakin break
Like what ?? Everything about the woman and her family have been scrutinized by the media and every one else that hates her. What's left ? No one has ever been more demonized in politics than that family has.

ledvedderman

prfctlefts wrote:

callen wrote:

i think there are a lot of skeletons in her closet that are going to be brought out in the national campaign if she runs for the top-of-the-ticket.

Please man :roll: Give me a freakin break
Like what ?? Everything about the woman and her family have been scrutinized by the media and every one else that hates her. What's left ? No one has ever been more demonized in politics than that family has.

Bill Clinton comes to mind

dimitrispearljam

sickgirl wrote:

I just don't understand how so many people take her so seriously. I wonder where she thinks she's going from here.

+1

WaveCameCrashin

ledvedderman wrote:

prfctlefts wrote:

callen wrote:

i think there are a lot of skeletons in her closet that are going to be brought out in the national campaign if she runs for the top-of-the-ticket.

Please man :roll: Give me a freakin break
Like what ?? Everything about the woman and her family have been scrutinized by the media and every one else that hates her. What's left ? No one has ever been more demonized in politics than that family has.

Bill Clinton comes to mind

not even close

ledvedderman

Seriously? May I ask how old you were in the years of 1996-1999? Hell, 1993-2001. You think the media was tough on Bristol? I would have lived in a cave for the rest of my life if I were Chealsea Clinton.

g under p

prfctlefts wrote:

callen wrote:

i think there are a lot of skeletons in her closet that are going to be brought out in the national campaign if she runs for the top-of-the-ticket.

Please man :roll: Give me a freakin break
Like what ?? Everything about the woman and her family have been scrutinized by the media and every one else that hates her. What's left ? No one has ever been more demonized in politics than that family has.

Whenever a candidate runs for office they're going to be scrutinized by the media and the public especially Sarah Palin's case since she was basically was unheard of before last years Presidential election.

Only in our hyperactive news environment can a political reporter feel embarrassed for coming late (a full hour behind the action) to the puzzling Sarah Palin resignation story because he was quietly reading at home on an unofficial national holiday. But quickly scanning the initial news stories, I kept encountering widespread speculation that Palin was abruptly stepping down as governor so that she could concentrate full time on running for president.Nonsense. There are many potential explanations for her decision -- and do not rule out the most obvious that she quickly wants to make scads of money unencumbered by Alaska's ethics laws. But the idea that Palin somehow needs to jump-start her 2012 presidential campaign two-and-a-half years in advance is as ludicrous as the idea that she is abandoning the governorship to spend more time with the John McCain's aides who were so warm and supportive during her vice presidential phase.

A nice article on Sarah Palin's decision today. What the Sarah Palin Bombshell Means

Peace

WaveCameCrashin

ledvedderman wrote:

Seriously? May I ask how old you were in the years of 1996-1999? Hell, 1993-2001. You think the media was tough on Bristol? I would have lived in a cave for the rest of my life if I were Chealsea Clinton.[/quo

dob: 10/03/74

PearlJain

Lizard wrote:

god help us.

Go Sarah! See ya in 2012! Don't let these "Libs" scare ya away!

NoK

It would be a real shame if she was your first female president. You'd want a milestone like that to be remembered positively by the public which I doubt it will.

FinsburyParkCarrots

She couldn't browbeat David Letterman, let alone Barack Obama.

I'm not a gambling man, but I'd wager on Michael Jackson playing all fifty dates at the 02 Arena this summer before placing a bet on Palin's political ascendancy.


Happy fourth of July.

justam

I don't often hate strangers but I think I might hate her for what she's trying to do. :twisted:

Lizard

PearlJain wrote:

Lizard wrote:

god help us.

Go Sarah! See ya in 2012! Don't let these "Libs" scare ya away!

oh....and this too...

South of Seattle

They're reporting she's resigning because of all the ethics questions. If that's the case, I can't see how this helps her in any way for the 2012 election.

Personally, I hope she runs