Sarah Palin will not seek re-election, and will resign…really?

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11 responses to “Sarah Palin will not seek re-election, and will resign…really?”

1. 

   Jen B.

   July 4, 2009

   Possibly HouseGate?

   http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/7/4/1282/35742

2. 

   J.M. Prince

   July 4, 2009

   More decent speculation on Palin’s future (yes, in politics) here via The DailyBeast.com:

   How Palin’s Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner

   by John Batchelor

   http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-03/how-vanity-fairs-palin-profile-helps-her/full/

   & Palin Has Really Gone Rogue

   by Michelle Goldberg

   http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-02/is-she-a-narcissist/full/

   The 1st is the better article, the last one (Goldberg) is a bit sloppy & in need of copy editing, but interesting just the same.

   I still say that if you had to bet? We’ve not seen the last of her. She’ll be making serious book on whatever it is she’s got for a long while. As a Fox TV host & commentator and/or as a national political candidate. JMP

3. 

   J.M. Prince

   July 4, 2009

   I think some of the betting is with Sara on a ‘bigger/newer scandal’, but really? It’s not come out by now? What on earth could it be? Worse than book banning, rape kit denying, global & constant craven cronyism? What?

   And really? We Want her around for the 2012 race! She’s comedy Gold people!

   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/comedians-mourn-palins-re_b_225550.html

   So no, I do not take this as especially good news. Some will see it as martyrdom and crucifixion by the ‘horrible liberal media’/MSM. Let’s hope it’s just another re-run of the ‘new, new Nixon’ & the infamous ‘Checkers speech’. Well w/o making much sense to anyone, or without much logic, nor with the raw calculating intelligence, political talent or animal cunning of Nixon either. Thank goodness!

   But still, always a laugh riot and like the top reasons 1-25 Never to join up with a national party that would have her anywhere near the Presidency.

   So I’m hoping she makes a partial ‘come back’, enough to spoil the race for plenty of Repug’s sometime in the near future. I do not care if it’s nationally or up there in AK either. Just please, make her continue in the role of the obvious politically ‘useful idiot’ she was born to be, evidently. Ronnie Ray-gun she a’int! JMP

4. 

   BigD

   July 3, 2009

   Catherine,

   “Congratulations to the people of Alaska! Whatever the reason, this is very good news for them.” Uncertain it is – apparently Lt Gov Parnell is a really ‘Club for Growth’ type they in fact backed him against Young in the 2008 Republican primary because Young wasn’t conservative enough – good grief

5. 

   J.R.

   July 3, 2009

   If she wasn’t already going to get destroyed in the 2012 primary, the fact that she’s bailing on her state mid-term is positioning her to be completely nonviable. The other thing is this frees her to get paid for writing and promoting her book, which I recall was not allowed by Alaska ethics laws.

6. 

   Catherine

   July 3, 2009

   Congratulations to the people of Alaska! Whatever the reason, this is very good news for them.

7. 

   JerryT

   July 3, 2009

   If there is a scandal, then the next interesting question would be who is pushing it?

   Given the bad blood between different factions within the GOP right now, it would not be surprising if it has Steve Schmidt’s fingerprints on it, or others inside the Party.

8. 

   Sara

   July 3, 2009

   There’s a scandal here, somewhere. You don’t quit midway through your first term and announce it on a holiday Friday news dump unless you’re hoping it will all blow over before the media and public really start digging. It might be something as minor as needing the money for her family, or it might be as major as an abuse of office charge that would be levelled at her (again) if she didn’t resign ASAP. Either way, I hope someone finds it eventually because I want this woman to STAY GONE.

9. 

   Paula

   July 3, 2009

   Top Five Things Palin Will Do Next:

   1. Open a running shoe store in Wasilla.

   2. Partner with Heidi Pratt to design a line of clothing for career-minded Christian women.

   3. Host a late night talk show.

   4. Have another baby (but we won’t know about it until she’s eight months pregnant).

   5. Start fundraising for a 2012 Presidential bid. (Ha ha, that one’s just a joke.)

10. 

    MelGX

    July 3, 2009

    I was just reading the VF story you posted earlier in the week. If she does suffer from NPD, it won’t be good. She’ll be completely off the chain.

11. 

    JerryT

    July 3, 2009

    I can’t imagine it’s so she can start campaigning. You don’t quit early to do that, do you?

    I smell a scandal coming.