Sarah Palin quits

[Straw Man]

Alaska’s Lt. Gov. says ‘insane’ legal bills forced Palin to quit

Alaska’s next governor says that Sarah Palin blamed “insane” legal bills connected to non-stop ethics probes which forced her to resign.

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell said, “I think what I heard from the governor really had to do with the weight on her, the concern she had for the cost of all the ethics investigations and the like — the way that that weighed on her with respect to her inability to just move forward Alaska’s agenda on behalf of Alaskans in the current context of the environment. So that’s what I saw.”

“Mr. Parnell, who is scheduled to take over for Ms. Palin on July 26, said it was costing the State of Alaska about $2 million just to pay for the staff to deal with the records requests from the ethics complaints,” the New York Times notes.

Parnell added, ““That was just over the top, and I think she used the word insane in her remarks.”

so all the other reasons she gave were just more lies?

[Soul Crusher]

so all the other reasons she gave were just more lies?

Straw, go ahead, keep attacking her.  Palin is going to run circles around you no matter what she does. 

 

[BM OUT]

Sad.  Alaskans seemed to really like her.  Hopefully she will rebound with a high-profile FOX news show, and have a good career in TV.

Your one of the few who seem to get it.She is going to put her book out,tour and then go into the media.2012?I doubt it.Goodbye Gretta,hello Sarah.

[LurkerNoMore]

Straw, go ahead, keep attacking her.  Palin is going to run circles around you no matter what she does. 

 

How is it attacking her?

She said one thing, now we hear from the Lt. Gov that it is something else.

Question is, why couldn't she just come out and say it?  Whatever reason instead of giving some long ass rambling, no sense making little speech that really did nothing.

[Soul Crusher]

Your one of the few who seem to get it.She is going to put her book out,tour and then go into the media.2012?I doubt it.Goodbye Gretta,hello Sarah.

Honestly, it is embarasing for our country how badly they treated her and her family.  She did not deserve a fraction of the garbage she got.  

Billy - I posted my own thread about Palin being a convenient distraction for Obama supporters for 10 reasons.  

There is not going to be a recovery so long as he is president.  
 

[muscleforlife]

Politics, you gotta love it!

Maybe it was about location?  Blogoveich went down fighting to keep his positon, Palin voluntarily stepped down.
Both had legal issues to deal with while running their states.

I honestly don't see Palin running for public office.  She will stump for candidates to raise money and do whatever else to get garner income her celebrity can bring.  Smart career move, bad political move.

Sandra

[Soul Crusher]

Politics, you gotta love it!

Maybe it was about location?  Blogoveich went down fighting to keep his positon, Palin voluntarily stepped down.
Both had legal issues to deal with while running their states.

I honestly don't see Palin running for public office.  She will stump for candidates to raise money and do whatever else to get garner income her celebrity can bring.  Smart career move, bad political move.

Sandra

How can you compare Blago to Palin?

Blago is under Federal indictment while EVERY SINGLE SMEAR AGAINST PALIN HAS BEEN DISMISSED. 

[muscleforlife]

How can you compare Blago to Palin?

Blago is under Federal indictment while EVERY SINGLE SMEAR AGAINST PALIN HAS BEEN DISMISSED. 

Both govenors, both dealing with accusations, investigations, running a state.

One dealt with it, the other one didn't.
Simple.

[Soul Crusher]

Both govenors, both dealing with accusations, investigations, running a state.

One dealt with it, the other one didn't.
Simple.

Amazing. 

Palin was slandered over ten times and blago is on tape selling his seat and you compare the two???

[muscleforlife]

Amazing. 

Palin was slandered over ten times and blago is on tape selling his seat and you compare the two???

Yes, both took oaths to govern over their states.

Neither were able to finish the job they swore to. 

For whatever reasons, those are the facts.

Sandra

[BayGBM]

Rove 'perplexed' by Palin, Huckabee calls move 'risky'
Politico Live

Former Bush adviser Karl Rove and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee both seemed to be scratching their heads over Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to resign her office in an appearance along with Alaska Lt. Gov Sean Parnell on "Fox News Sunday."

Rove said, "I'm a little perplexed," since "she's not going to be able to escape media attention."

And Huckabee deemed it "a risky strategy," adding that "if she did get out because of a feeling of getting chased, that's not going to stop if she stays in politics."

He also questioned the way the resignation was announced, saying, "You don't call a press conference to create questions, you call one to resolve them."

Huckabee, looking at his own time as a governor, asked that "If that had been the case for me, I would have quit about the first month? Been there, done that.? One of the things you have to do is decide, 'Look, they're not going to chase me out.'"

"The danger that Sarah Palin faces," said Huckabee -- who said that "I'm a Sarah Palin fan and I like her personally" "the challenge that she's going to have is people who say, '"Look if they chase you out of this it won't get any easier for you."

Both Huckabee and Rove counseled that Palin would now have to demonstrate that she was capable of effecting change without holding elected office if she wants to establish herself as a viable candidate for the GOP's 2012 presidential nomination.

Said Rove, "She can't be a conventional candidate, she never has been."

[Soul Crusher]

Yes, both took oaths to govern over their states.

Neither were able to finish the job they swore to. 

For whatever reasons, those are the facts.

Sandra

I agree, she should not have quit.

However, Blago quit for being under federal indictment and selling his Senate seat.

Palin, we still not not really know.  What I do know is that she has 500k is legal bills to pay off because of false allegations, every one which has been dismissed.   

[muscleforlife]

It will be interesting to see what comes out over the time.

Everyone knows politics is a nasty business. 

If she does do a fox show, it will be interesting to see.
Will the family stay in Alaska or move to another state?

Sandra

[BM OUT]

Rove 'perplexed' by Palin, Huckabee calls move 'risky'
Politico Live

Former Bush adviser Karl Rove and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee both seemed to be scratching their heads over Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to resign her office in an appearance along with Alaska Lt. Gov Sean Parnell on "Fox News Sunday."

Rove said, "I'm a little perplexed," since "she's not going to be able to escape media attention."

And Huckabee deemed it "a risky strategy," adding that "if she did get out because of a feeling of getting chased, that's not going to stop if she stays in politics."

He also questioned the way the resignation was announced, saying, "You don't call a press conference to create questions, you call one to resolve them."

Huckabee, looking at his own time as a governor, asked that "If that had been the case for me, I would have quit about the first month? Been there, done that.? One of the things you have to do is decide, 'Look, they're not going to chase me out.'"

"The danger that Sarah Palin faces," said Huckabee -- who said that "I'm a Sarah Palin fan and I like her personally" "the challenge that she's going to have is people who say, '"Look if they chase you out of this it won't get any easier for you."

Both Huckabee and Rove counseled that Palin would now have to demonstrate that she was capable of effecting change without holding elected office if she wants to establish herself as a viable candidate for the GOP's 2012 presidential nomination.

Said Rove, "She can't be a conventional candidate, she never has been."

hukabee is an ass.He dares compare what he went through to what Palin went through?Hey Mike,did anyone ever imply your kids werent yours?Did anyone call your 14 year old daughter a whore?Go back to thumping your filthy Bible Preacher.You trying to be MR. ME TOO is pathetic.

[240 is Back]

Rove 'perplexed' by Palin, Huckabee calls move 'risky'

Republican party telling us they don't want her in 2012.

She's gonna get rich now, but running for prez?  I don't think repubs want her.  I'm happy for any american able to make a good living.

[Soul Crusher]

Republican party telling us they don't want her in 2012.

She's gonna get rich now, but running for prez?  I don't think repubs want her.  I'm happy for any american able to make a good living.

Hey 240 - how is that stimulus doing???  4 million jobs created yet?

As far as Palin goes, you know I like her and I admit her flaws.  i think she has amazing potential and very decent core.  I think all but the most rabid left wing nuts will admit she was not treated fairly and her family was subject to vile disgusting behavior by a lunatic left wing.

[240 is Back]

Hey 240 - how is that stimulus doing???  4 million jobs created yet?

Not yet.  18 months until I'll determine if it works or not.

As far as Palin goes, you know I like her and I admit her flaws.  i think she has amazing potential and very decent core.  I think all but the most rabid left wing nuts will admit she was not treated fairly and her family was subject to vile disgusting behavior by a lunatic left wing.

She used them as props.  They directly contradicted her positions on many issues.  I don't trust a skinny chef.  I don't trust a woman who says abstinence works when her own pregnant kid admits it doesn't.  I don't trust a woman on education when her kids don't finish high school.  Etc etc. 

However, now that palin isn't in a position to let her religious beliefs control our nation, I'm okay with her.  I hope she gets stinkin rich and has a good time working for repub candidates.  I agree with her on most issues - I just don't think she was qualified to be prez.

[Straw Man]

Straw, go ahead, keep attacking her.  Palin is going to run circles around you no matter what she does. 

run circles around me?  A guy on a obscure message board?

wtf?

Maybe I'm just not getting her point.  She says she's stepping down because she would be a lame duck and that would be unfair to Alaskans.  So how does putting an even lamer duck in her place improve the situation?

[Straw Man]

for once I actually agree with George Will.

Here are his thoughts on Palins resignation:

"The one that rings most hollow is, she doesn't want to put Alaska through the terror of [her] being a lame-duck governor," Will said. "If she is just weary of it, one can understand that. Still, she made a contract with [voters] to serve out her term. And she said, in her own words, she now is a quitter."

[240 is Back]

I think that 'lame duck' thing was something she just came up with during the speech.

She started with 1 reason then started rambling onto others.   The basketball analogy, was clearly made up at the time.

These are the kind of things that mccain's campaign didn't let her do - go off message and "over-explain" things.  Remember when nobody was asking about Todd's AIP membership in teh early days of the campaign, and she wanted to put out a press release anyway?  She's not all that shrewd politically. 

'The lady doth protest too much' is the phrase.  She has put out a few more detailed resignation releases this past weekend.

[Soul Crusher]

I agree that she should not have resigned.  However, in my mind there are massive issues other than her and MJ that need to be front and center.  

[BM OUT]

Not yet.  18 months until I'll determine if it works or not.

She used them as props.  They directly contradicted her positions on many issues.  I don't trust a skinny chef.  I don't trust a woman who says abstinence works when her own pregnant kid admits it doesn't.  I don't trust a woman on education when her kids don't finish high school.  Etc etc. 

However, now that palin isn't in a position to let her religious beliefs control our nation, I'm okay with her.  I hope she gets stinkin rich and has a good time working for repub candidates.  I agree with her on most issues - I just don't think she was qualified to be prez.

Thats fine and legit.I hope you feel the same about Joe Biden who is BY FAR the number one anti-drug guy in te country but has a coke head for a dughter,or Al Gore and his wife who campaigned against the bad influence of rock music and then ended up having a stoner,junkie kid who is a criminal.I guess banning rock music from the house didnt really stop him from becoming a junkie.

[a_joker10]

It still holds that the GOP desperately needs money and has few people that can bring it in as quickly as she can.

She was extremely limited in what she could do for the party in Alaska.

If she runs in 2012 or 2016 makes little difference.

The GOP needs at least the House in 2010.

If she can help accomplish this, she will be back on the rise.

[Soul Crusher]

After the filth she has been subjected to by the worst elements of our society, I wont pass judgement on anything she does at this point. 

Instead, we need to focus on the out of control marxist in the WH who needs to lose on cap & trade, health care, amnesty for illegals, more bailouts, and his entire communist agenda. 

 

[Straw Man]

After the filth she has been subjected to by the worst elements of our society, I wont pass judgement on anything she does at this point. 

Instead, we need to focus on the out of control marxist in the WH who needs to lose on cap & trade, health care, amnesty for illegals, more bailouts, and his entire communist agenda.   

when you refer to Obama as marxist or communist it just makes me think you're a nut and I can't take anything you say seriously.

It's the same instinctual response that I had when you were telling us all how great Palin was.   Comments like that just make it impossible to take you seriously