Is she doing this to have more time in the lower 48 in advance of a 2012 presidential run?
She said she would resign at the end of this month and transfer power to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell.
Palin made the announcement from her home in Wasilla, flanked by her husband, Todd, and family and state commissioners.
she would effectively be a lame duck because she isn’t seeking reelection…kind of a weak excuse.
That’s the point I was trying to make above, where Daddio got so offended by my “mean-spirted comments”.
I know…..the thought of this woman having had our nuclear codes makes me physically ill.
Oh calm down….I didn’t call her schizophrenic!
My point was that the speech was her rambling on, changing subjects. I think you’re being a bit too sensitive there buddy.
Some of the stuff she said didn’t even make any sense. Like when she was talking about her baby Trig and that “we need more people in the world like Trig”. I would never condone people mocking a baby with Down Syndrome and I’m a strong advocate of people with cognitive disabilities, but I don’t think we “need” to desire that their be more disabled people. I think I understand the point she was trying to make (everybody’s life has value, whether disabled or not, and that society as a whole needs to be more accepting and respectful of individuals with cognitive disabilities) – but the way she worded it was just weird.
To think that if John McCain were to drop dead (heaven forbid), this woman could have been President!
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Hmmm – what has the cross-eyed one done now that requires her to resign in such an unseemly rush?
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Jake:
You just couldn’t stop yourself from joining the words “unseemly” and “Rush”, could you?
pizzaman
Hey, it’s Friday night. Whatdya want, pepperoni?
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I’ll just quote myself—yet again.
“It would be really unusual for someone who’s committed the time and energy to actually become governor of a state to simply pick up one day, and, without a word to anyone, go for a walk-about.” Posted by Rocky the Liberal Rottweiler, June 23rd, 2009 at 11:36 am
My guess is she’s cut a deal to avoid an indictment. But it’s just a guess. So don’t even bother asking for sources LoL.
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I hope she does run in 2012….best thing for us Democrats! Yes….the GOP can get more stupid folks!
FuRyUs Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Palin/Sanford 2012!
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Palin / Joe the Plumber 2012!
FuRyUs Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Joe the Plumber/Barney the Dog 2012!
pierre Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Palin/Hannity/ Rush need to stay in Exile.
Rocky the Liberal Rottweiler Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Palin/Craig: with her broad appeal and his wide stance they’d be unbeatable.
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Pierre says: “Palin/Hannity/ Rush need to stay in Exile.” Who doubts that if Pierre had the power, he actually WOULD shut these three up?
Ah, Pierre, you so . . . so FRENCH.
pierre Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Pizzaman, you are so Italian.
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Her running for president in 2012 spells disaster for the GOP (go ahead and do it though). She’s already lost as VP candidate. Does she really think she’ll win as candidate for president? A good part of the defeat last year was her presence on the ticket. The GOP would be wise to go with somebody who is moderate on social issues, knowledeable about economics, and good with national security at the same time. That’s not her.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 1:58 am
well I’m sure FDR should have taken approach..well I already lost once as VP…there’s no way I can win as President.
but I’ll agree she shouldn’t be a candidate for the GOP’s sake.
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I’d say it’s fairly likely that whatever is causing her to resign, will cause her to not be a candidate in 2012 (and I’m sure the GOP is breathing a sigh of relief. I have no doubt they regret the monster they created).
Should be an interesting story to see develop.
crh3e Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:25 pm
There’s more than meets the eyes here for sure.
Budda Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
What was the question again, Charlie?
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Probably more relatives arrested or something!
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
And Um Cara -
I wouldn’t put it past her and the GOP to be that stupid.
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Right, UmCara.
This woman was never meant to be President. As a conservative, I respect almost all her views (including that of the Russian coastline — a little self-effacing humor there), but she’s not the right leader. It will be interesting to see how this plays.
pizzaman
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I wonder when the Palin-the-Eternal-Victim-Who-Accuses-Others-of-Pallin-Around-With-Terrorists-While-Winking Tour starts.
Aaah! And I thought the Sanford fiasco was funny. That rambling, bumbling press conference just reinforced her image as a fool. I hope for her sake, she isn’t doing this so she can run in 2012. Because a foot race is the only chance she has of beating Obama. Why would he accept anyway. He’s the President and she’s soon to be another average citizen.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Maybe Joe the Plumber can be her side-kick on the tours.
trees are people too Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Why not?
That formula worked pretty well for Obama using Joe Biden.
Formula = Goofy unpredictable gaffe artist.
jasperjava Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Maybe she’s leaving Todd and the kids to run away with Samuel the non-plumber.
average james Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Hey that’s what I was thinking Jasper.
Ha ha ha too funny.
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Dear BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA:
I missed the press conference. What did Palin say that was foolish?
pizzaman
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:37 pm
It was like listening to convoluted schizophrenic ranting. Her worst speech ever…not that I liked any of them.
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Danielle
What did she SAY??
I’ll settle for an honest paraphrase stripped of ad hominems.
pizzaman
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Pizzaman,
I’m being honest…I can’t even summarize it – that is how scattered it was.
Daddio Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Danielle,
You’re mean spirited comments are ….well…mean spirited.
You can dislike Sarah without calling her a schizophrenic. That is just plain disrespectful.
Danielle Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Oh calm down….I didn’t call her schizophrenic!
My point was that the speech was her rambling on, changing subjects. I think you’re being a bit too sensitive there buddy.
Some of the stuff she said didn’t even make any sense. Like when she was talking about her baby Trig and that “we need more people in the world like Trig”. I would never condone people mocking a baby with Down Syndrome and I’m a strong advocate of people with cognitive disabilities, but I don’t think we “need” to desire that their be more disabled people. I think I understand the point she was trying to make (everybody’s life has value, whether disabled or not, and that society as a whole needs to be more accepting and respectful of individuals with cognitive disabilities) – but the way she worded it was just weird.
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
For starters,Palin needs some1 well rounded in Public Relations and solid staffers as well. Some1 that has the balls and say,shut up,no response to this or that. Comment when need be . No fighting with the talk show host and people not important.
Keep her family from being the topic as well. By not taking her kids into the spotlight.
Saying all of this,i know this lady will do her own thing by turning people off and have unwarrantable media fights .
Palin for president is right on with me because the lady is her own nightmare.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Fox news- Stop blaming David Letterman for your stupid candidate!
FuRyUs Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
When is Rush gonna blame Obama for this?
steve Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Soon !!!! Preaching craze insanity.
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 pm
yeah…apparently Michael Jackson’s death was implied to be Obama’s fault by Rush.
TDro319 Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Hey, Rush blamed Obama for Sanford’s affair, so I wouldn’t be surprised.
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:37 pm
C’mon. Let’s be Frank. Or Ernest. Or Julio, I don’t care.
Palin’s not stupid. What happened to her is what invariably happens when people are under immense pressure of the moment in the national glare. They have brain farts and say stupid things. Obama, for all his brilliance, once said he’d been to 57 states. So what? Anyone can be caught doing that, if you keep the mike on them long enough. But the plain truth is that she didn’t have the experience to step in at a second’s notice. Very, very few people do. And ALL of us would occasionally misspeak. So be fair. And if you measure her by how fluently she speaks, listen to Obama some time. It’s painful. So stop calling her stupid unless you have something to point to other than a brainfart that she spoke. It’s dishonest . . . SO dishonest that it’s STUPID. Now, if you can point to something really stupid that she said, we’re all ears.
And that’s NOT a poke at Obama. Well, OK, it is.
pizzaman
pizzaman
jasperjava Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:49 pm
“Palin’s not stupid”
Screeching halt… ya lost me right there. What’s your evidence for this outrageous assertion?
Listen to the Couric interview. I challenge you to pick out one sentence that was coherent or intelligible, that made any kind of sense whatsoever, that didn’t sound like a childish ignoramus.
steve Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Very true. Palin is not stupid. Palin is hard headed if anything and she needs a crash course in public relations.
Reagan was blasted,roasted and so forth in 75 and 76,but he won it all in 80. I don,t care for Palin,s polices and the current state of the GOP since 80. However Palin can take a cue card from Reagan and be stronger than ever.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Something strange is afoot at the Circle K.
TDro319 Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
i’m thinking the same thing.
average james Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Maybe she’s pregnant.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I really hope she is running for the White House – just so long as she doesn’t expect every talk show host or comedian to apologize every time wittle-biddy Sawah gets her wittle-biddy feelings hurt – Jesus Christ almighty, if she whines like a hyena when David Letterman makes a lame joke at her expense – what will she do if Ahmedinejad or Putin starts in on her – stomp her feet and hold her breath till her face turns beet red?
Epiphany Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Exactly. Right on the money Jake. She’s just not presidential material. Too petty, tempermental and bitter. She should take lessons from McCain, Obama and especially Hillary Clinton on how to rise above slings and arrows thrown her way.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I especially enjoyed the waterfowl during the press conference. At least they weren’t being fed into a grinder in the background…
Rocky the Liberal Rottweiler Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:10 pm
“At least they weren’t being fed into a grinder in the background…”
Hey, now that’s funny!
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
LOL!
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
The two worlds of Sarah..
There was her ‘pretend world’ in this world she was more than qualified for higher office, she relied and believed in voodoo, she believed pro Americans only live in small towns, censorship of books good, science bad…..
The real world or reality, she was at best a wink and a smile. give her a couple of lil quips and she was off to the races, in reality all she had was talking points. She was not equipped with the necessary tools for the pressure of politics. Most people are not btw.
Apparently the two worlds collided today.
Reality won
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I think it’s Craig who lives in two worlds. “She relied [on] and believed in voodoo.” What the hell you talking about??
“She believed pro Americans only live in small towns.” I’m more conservative than Palin is, and not even I believe THAT. Honestly, what did she actually SAY that allows you to so ridiculously paraphrase her?
You say she also believed in “censorship of books.” Really? Hadn’t heard that. What books? What did she SAY?
pizzaman
craig7120 Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
google it Pizza. damn the right always looking for answers on a liberal site. j/k here ya go..
1. WASILLA — Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so.
2. We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation.”
3. The witch hunter? Muthee founded the Prayer Cave in 1989 in Kiambu, Kenya, after “God spoke” to him and his late wife, Margaret, and called him to the country, according to the church’s Web site.
In video footage of the speech, she is seen saying: “As I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he’s so bold. And he was praying “Lord make a way, Lord make a way.”
witches are scary stuff u agree? some burned a few back in the day.
pizzaman Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Actually Craig, you’re right. But your exaggeration and hyperbole deprive your point of force. She was asked to be President and saw a mirage in front of her. She forgot that to run this country respectably takes YEARS years of hard work, leadership, proven mettle, knowledge of history, economics, foreign relations, and on and on. She didn’t have it. But tell me honestly, what did Obama have along these lines?
pizzaman
trees are people too Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Pizzaman,
Obama was extraordinarily qualified for the POTUS based on these two achievements….
1. He ran and was successfully appointed to political office as a U.S. senator. (1 term)
2. He was a community organizer who displayed exemplary organizational skills within his community.
That’s it.
Um Cara Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I thought he was qualified to be the POTUS because he won a convincing victory.
However, I honestly think Palin lost McCain the election more than Obama won the election. If the Republicans can shake the death grip the evangelical right and Rush Limbaugh have held on their party prior to the next election, Obama will be a one termer.
craig7120 Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
‘years of hard work, leadership, proven mettle, knowledge of history, economics, foreign relations, and on and on.’
Name any of the past presidents with that resume
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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July 3rd, 2009 at 6:12 pm
So why is she resigning while Gov Sanford listens to “God” to stay in office.
Does she have an Argentine mistress as well?
Maybe she is getting out now before her secret activities become public knowledge like with Sanford.
pierre Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Maybe someone got knock up again.
Danielle Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Pierre- I was thinking it, but didn’t want to be the one to say it! Thanks:)
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I always suspected that Sarah Palin was certifiably insane. Now there’s no doubt, unless she has a very good reason… however, none seems to be forthcoming yet. She has completely destroyed her political career with this boneheaded move.
Which is good. I have too much faith in the intelligence of the American people to believe that she ever could be elected President, but accidents can happen. Look at Dubya – a man who should never have gotten more than single-digit support.
Now we don’t have to worry about that ignorant airhead ever again.
crh3e Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Amen!
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I’m waiting for the scandal to come out!
average james Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Yah Danielle,
Me too. It just doesn’t feel like it’s over.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Good riddance!
July 4th, 2009 at 1:29 am
So I read the transcript of her speech, then i listened to the audio…she makes some good points, but while I listened she sounded extremely nervous, and like she had something to hide, at least that’s what it sounded like to me.
If you just read it, she lays out some fairly clear reasons why she wants to step down (some of which are kind of lame, others of which are good) but her delivery wasn’t like anything else I’ve seen from her. There are lots of reasons she could be like that, but I sense something fishy.
July 4th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Her speech was one of the most bizarre I have ever seen from a public official. I just watched it again and a few things still stand out.
If this decision was made as a result of many months of consideration (and – as an afterthought – prayer) why did this sound like a stunned beauty queen’s fumbling attempts to make a coherent acceptance speech?
It sounded improvised, she was breathless, grasping ideas out of the air, she made many grammatical errors, her trademark wink replaced by random facial tics. I felt as uncomfortable watching and listening, as she apparently felt delivering this on-the-spot train-wreck of a public address.
The content of the speech was just nuts.
How is she a lame duck when the election is a year and a half away?
She claims to be want to avoid an interruption to the running of the state – yet isn’t the Governor abandoning her office just about the biggest interruption imaginable.
The one thing she said with which I completely agree is that she promised “efficiencies and effectiveness”. Her dumping the people of Alaska in pursuit of whatever her handlers have promised, gives that state the chance to be governed by an efficient and effective hands-on servant of the public – not a media-hungry absentee landlady.
Alaska – Independence day came 24 hours early for you.
Danielle Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
That’s the point I was trying to make above, where Daddio got so offended by my “mean-spirted comments”.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
July 5th, 2009 at 2:21 am
she would effectively be a lame duck because she isn’t seeking reelection…kind of a weak excuse.
July 4th, 2009 at 10:47 am
To think that if John McCain were to drop dead (heaven forbid), this woman could have been President!
Danielle Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I know…..the thought of this woman having had our nuclear codes makes me physically ill.
July 4th, 2009 at 2:43 pm