Sarah Palin Steps Down As Governor Of Alaska

[Rock Action]

I don't think she stepped down because she wants to make a run in 2012. I just think the negative attacks from the press and the people were too much of a burden, and she just didn't want to deal with it anymore.

I think her political career is done. Why would the GOP pick her as a candidate? She doesn't have the goods. She has no expertise or specialty, so a future cabinet position seems unlikely. Obviously Alaskans wouldn't elect her to another position, like congress.

She's done, but what she can do is become a lobbyist or do speeches, and support the GOP while building up her personal wealth for her family, while having limited responsibilities. That's sounds like the better option.

That sounds like a very reasonable assessment. I sure hope so, as I don't wish to eat a shit filled hat!

PS. ALL POLITICIANS ARE HYPOCRITES. So all of you, no matter what your affiliation, can stop pointing at any particular party. They're ALL shit.

[Electrophile]

Awww, for shame. Hopefully this means Tina Fey will get some more work.

[Del Zeppnile]

I seem to remember something about Mark Sanford saying Bill Clinton should be held responsible for committing adultery and lying abut it and he should leave is public office.....

I don't care what Sanford or Clinton did outside of their marriages, that's their business. However, I did have a problem with Clinton doing his inside the oval office and then attempting to get his secretary and staff to lie for him to cover it up.

As long as Sanford 'did his business' with his own time and money (if that is the case), then I don't care. It's between him and his wife. Clinton involved other people, and that in my opinion was the issue.

Besides, unless you had a problem with:

Jefferson

Lincoln

FDR

Eisenhower

and JFK too.

Then I don't think that is a subject that either party is actually without it's share of dirty little secrets.

and, if the GOP's position is to keep government out of our lives... then why do they feel the need to make a law that infringe on people's individual rights? (i.e. same-sex marriage and abortion.)

Marriage laws fall under each of the states to decide, and abortion does involve another "individual" that being the unborn baby.

[manderlyh]

Well, I didn't say she didn't have ANY positive attibutes. Oh yeah, that and she likes hunting and fishing. OK, there's three....

If she runs and wins in 2012, I'll eat my hat. But I'll shit in it first, just to raise the stakes.

Watch out...our good friend Del ended up having to eat his crow when he said something similar about Obama.

I seem to remember something about Mark Sanford saying Bill Clinton should be held responsible for committing adultery and lying abut it and he should leave is public office.....

OOPS!

Or Larry Craig, who pushed for a harsher punishment against Barney Frank for a gay prostitution scandal.....

OOPS!

and, if the GOP's position is to keep government out of our lives... then why do they feel the need to make a law that infringe on people's individual rights? (i.e. same-sex marriage and abortion.)

I'd call all those examples of hypocracy.

your move, sir.

Larry Craig is STILL making waves in Idaho. I had to tell the kids in my class the other day that they couldn't start talking about what he did in explicit terms.

[Del Zeppnile]

Watch out...our good friend Del ended up having to eat his crow when he said something similar about Obama.

Whatever do you mean Manders?

(image compliments of 'HERMIT' -- a good guy who was made not welcome here for some really shitty reason I won't go into now)

[allthekingshorses]

Her stepping down was very surprising to me. And I thought, how could this woman be a quitter??? It just doesn't fit with the whole barracuda thing. Which leads me to believe that she has a scandal about to break or she sold out and will soon be on Fox News or a reality show.

She has no chance in hell to run for President anymore. Yea!

[~tangerine~]

Her stepping down was very surprising to me. And I thought, how could this woman be a quitter??? It just doesn't fit with the whole barracuda thing. Which leads me to believe that she has a scandal about to break or she sold out and will soon be on Fox News or a reality show.

She has no chance in hell to run for President anymore. Yea!

This is probably far fetched, but since recent memories of raising a baby are still fresh, maybe raising all those children (including the new grandchild) is starting to take some energy out of her. Anyway, i never understood her appeal, and don't see her ever being Presidential material. I have no idea why anyone does.

[danelectro59]

The bottom line here is Sarah Palin will never get elected to another public office again.

a Playboy spread maybe?

Nah!

[eternal light]

If George Bush can be the President then I do not see why Sarah Palin cannot.

draftpalinforpresident.com

[L 7]

I smell a little pre-emptive damage control from another brewing scandal.

Palin is un-electable as seen in 2008.

Look for Bush III when Jeb decides to throw his hat in the ring.

[THE FIRST LEDZEP]

Sarah Palin is HOT

[Virginia]

Sarah Palin ... Para Sailin' ...

(per my kids)

[bigstickbonzo]

She's everything wrong with the Republican Party, and her "politics as usual" gumdrop is as laughable as her ego.

I hope the polar bear she's for destroying eat her alive.

Aww shucks, ya'no.

Edited to Add: I'm sure she'll be writing cook books, and best selling self help books, "How To Clean Your Gutters Without Breaking a Nail."

What's pathetic is, Bush 43 lowered the bar in everyone's mind because he was that much of a fuck up. So..we elect someone who has little to no experience into office. It's not unforseeable we'd elect a former Elk Snout sports castor with a speech impetiment as the next CiC. This is America, the land of cable news and uneducated couch critics.

[~tangerine~]

She's everything wrong with the Republican Party, and her "politics as usual" gumdrop is as laughable as her ego.

I hope the polar bear she's for destroying eat her alive.

Aww shucks, ya'no.

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LOL, that's hilarious!

[creditmoonforthename]

The bottom line here is Sarah Palin will never get elected to another public office again.

"If I can dream..."

Not quite sure who it was who said Sarah Palin represented everything wrong with Republicans, but that pretty much sums it up for me. As an Independent myself, I think she is a horrible representative for Republicans and feel she was a poor representative for women (even though I'm not a woman). I think if another woman was to be on the Republican ticket in 2008 that either of the senators from Maine, Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins would be fantastic choices.

[eternal light]

[Karlzbad]

I don't care what Sanford or Clinton did outside of their marriages, that's their business. However, I did have a problem with Clinton doing his inside the oval office and then attempting to get his secretary and staff to lie for him to cover it up.

As long as Sanford 'did his business' with his own time and money (if that is the case), then I don't care. It's between him and his wife. Clinton involved other people, and that in my opinion was the issue.

Besides, unless you had a problem with:

Jefferson

Lincoln

FDR

Eisenhower

and JFK too.

Then I don't think that is a subject that either party is actually without it's share of dirty little secrets.

Marriage laws fall under each of the states to decide, and abortion does involve another "individual" that being the unborn baby.

The point isn't the sex, its the way your dickhead fascist heroes have portrayed themselves as asexual and then fucked everything they could.

As for raising taxes in a recession, who's taxes exactly have been raised? People making over 200k will have the bush tax cuts expire in 2 years. Limbaugh and Hannity left those parts out of their speeches didn't they? Regarding "whacky socialized healthcare", you guys keep trying that socialism boogey man, but nobody gives a fuck; you showed us what runaway capitalism is like, just like "bleeding heart liberals" tried to tell you it would be, and we don't like it, and we don't like your heroes for still trying to pimp it to us. Most people find the whorish nature of American medicine to be disgusting and would like it to be quite a bit more socialized than it is now. We also like socialized fire departments and socialized military, which I'm sure you're especially fond of.

I for one find the whole pro life ultra right to be pretty fucking reprehensible when they can only stop complaining about abortion to scream about the dangers of socialized healthcare.

There's a whole world out there besides fox "news." You do realize that you actually lambasted Obama for not delivering on his liberal agenda and then complained that he's too liberal?

When does the part about how god loves america better than any other country in the world come?

[creditmoonforthename]

I don't care what Sanford or Clinton did outside of their marriages, that's their business. However, I did have a problem with Clinton doing his inside the oval office and then attempting to get his secretary and staff to lie for him to cover it up.

As long as Sanford 'did his business' with his own time and money (if that is the case), then I don't care. It's between him and his wife. Clinton involved other people, and that in my opinion was the issue.

Besides, unless you had a problem with:

Jefferson

Lincoln

FDR

Eisenhower

and JFK too.

Then I don't think that is a subject that either party is actually without it's share of dirty little secrets.

Marriage laws fall under each of the states to decide, and abortion does involve another "individual" that being the unborn baby.

Eisenhower and Lincoln, in all honesty, probably don't belong on your list. There is really no credible evidence supporting the alleged affair Lincoln had with Ann Rutledge and little if any solid proof of Eisenhower's supposed affair with Kay Summersby. In fact, most respected historians and biographers of the two dispute both claims. Summersby's claims are believed to have been fabricated by the ghostwriter of her 2nd autobiography, Barbara Wyden. Merle Miller, another biographer from which this rumor comes, was also known for misquoting people and as such, isn't entirely trustworthy. JFK, FDR, and Jefferson are pretty well known for their adultery though.

Besides, it is possible to think somebody did a great job and was a good person, but did bad things from time to time in his life. We are too quick to automatically qualify this person as perfectly good in every way and the next person as bad. People are a little more dynamic and complex than that. It's perfectly reasonable to think Jefferson, FDR, and JFK were fine leaders but still "have a problem" with them sleeping around on their wives. In fact, I'd kind of be concerned if anybody didn't fault them for their infidelity.

I think an elected official sleeping around is a big deal though because I want to know about the integrity or lack thereof of the people who write, pass, and rule on the laws by which I'm governed. It's important to know with whom your leaders associate and what the have done/do - not just in terms of if theyre misusing resources like time and money, but if they're breaking the law, taking advantage of other people, or if their actions could effect how they do their job (blackmail, coercion, bribery, etc.). If my money, trust, and possibly vote supports somebody in office, I want to know exactly what they're doing. You don't?

[marolyn]

I hope she runs for President. I liked the fact that she did not abort her down syndrome child like most of the liberal pro-death crowd would have done. That alone makes her a hero in my opinion.

lest we forget...

a hero would not have intentionally endangered her unborn child by having this test in the first place...stupid and unnecessary...exemplifys poor judgement on her part...with her own child no less!

one can only hope she runs on the republican ticket...go sarah!!!

[~tangerine~]

lest we forget...

a hero would not have intentionally endangered her unborn child by having this test in the first place...stupid and unnecessary...exemplifys poor judgement on her part...with her own child no less!

one can only hope she runs on the republican ticket...go sarah!!!

Great point, marolyn. I don't quite understand why Palin supporters feel "most" women in the same situation would abort their child. I also doubt that Political affiliation would be a deciding factor (ex. Liberals would abort while Conservatives would not, at least that's how i interpret Del's statement). I understand the "differences" between these two Political views, but don't see how it effects the decision. Just because people believe a woman should have the right to choose, doesn't mean every woman who supports that right would do it herself. I was in a high risk group when i was pregnant. I was offered an amniocentisis to see if there were any potential birth defects. My answer was "since i wouldn't abort my chld if there are, i see no reason to take an unnecessary risk". I am not a Republican.

[zosodude13]

Great point, marolyn. I don't quite understand why Palin supporters feel "most" women in the same situation would abort their child. I also doubt that Political affiliation would be a deciding factor (ex. Liberals would abort while Conservatives would not, at least that's how i interpret Del's statement). I understand the "differences" between these two Political views, but don't see how it effects the decision. Just because people believe a woman should have the right to choose, doesn't mean every woman who supports that right would do it herself. I was in a high risk group when i was pregnant. I was offered an amniocentisis to see if there were any potential birth defects. My answer was "since i wouldn't abort my chld if there are, i see no reason to take an unnecessary risk". I am not a Republican.

agreed.

there is a reason it is called pro-choice.

[Walter]

The bottom line here is Sarah Palin will never get elected to another public office again.

Never say never, in American politics!!

[~tangerine~]

Sarah may be hiding something? LOL. Well i hope her resignation from politics (one more week to go) is a permanent one.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=8139492

Gov. Sarah Palin May Have Violated Ethics Laws

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Implicated in Ethics Investigation of Legal Defense Fund

By RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska July 21, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press

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Questions surround Alaska governor resignation.An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts.

The report obtained by The Associated Press says Palin is securing unwarranted benefits and receiving improper gifts through the Alaska Fund Trust, set up by supporters.

[Aquamarine]

*sigh* Why even bother with the new screen-name?

[Del Zeppnile]

Eisenhower and Lincoln, in all honesty, probably don't belong on your list. There is really no credible evidence supporting the alleged affair Lincoln had with Ann Rutledge and little if any solid proof of Eisenhower's supposed affair with Kay Summersby. In fact, most respected historians and biographers of the two dispute both claims. Summersby's claims are believed to have been fabricated by the ghostwriter of her 2nd autobiography, Barbara Wyden. Merle Miller, another biographer from which this rumor comes, was also known for misquoting people and as such, isn't entirely trustworthy. JFK, FDR, and Jefferson are pretty well known for their adultery though.

Besides, it is possible to think somebody did a great job and was a good person, but did bad things from time to time in his life. We are too quick to automatically qualify this person as perfectly good in every way and the next person as bad. People are a little more dynamic and complex than that. It's perfectly reasonable to think Jefferson, FDR, and JFK were fine leaders but still "have a problem" with them sleeping around on their wives. In fact, I'd kind of be concerned if anybody didn't fault them for their infidelity.

I think an elected official sleeping around is a big deal though because I want to know about the integrity or lack thereof of the people who write, pass, and rule on the laws by which I'm governed. It's important to know with whom your leaders associate and what the have done/do - not just in terms of if theyre misusing resources like time and money, but if they're breaking the law, taking advantage of other people, or if their actions could effect how they do their job (blackmail, coercion, bribery, etc.). If my money, trust, and possibly vote supports somebody in office, I want to know exactly what they're doing. You don't?

Both Eiesenhower and Lincoln had a penis didn't they? That's proof enough for me. But I wouldn't fault them for that alone.

My point was that I don't care what a politician does as long as doesn't involve public money or a larger conspircacy that ends up involving other aspects of government. I actually hope Ike "rogered" that little English tart. The guy was probably under a lot of stress. Besides, he won the war for us didn't he?