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What Is Behind Sarah Palin's Resignation: Is She Fleeing Scandal?

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David
- 125 days ago - alternet.org

It is estimated that the state of Alaska has spent nearly $300 thousand investigating ethics complaints against the Governor. There's no mystery to Sarah Palin's decision. She is merely advancing in a nutter direction? A scandal in the works?

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David Buchan (164)

Saturday July 4, 2009, 4:41 am
Sarah Palin has announced that she is resigning as Governor of Alaska. At a news conference from her house this morning, the Alaska Governor said that she will give up her post in the next few weeks.

Many observers expected Palin to announce that she was not seeking re-election -- a prediction fueled by recent speculation that the Governor was preparing for 2012 Presidential bid.

But Palin's shocking announcement seems to belie plans for a Presidential run. As Josh Marshall points out at TPM, "Generally, when you run for election to a high office it's understood that you'll stick around to do the job."

The New York Times seems to think that Palin's resignation means she is gearing up to run for President. Mitchell L. Blumenthal writes:

Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska announced Thursday that she would step down by the end of the month and not seek a second term as governor, allowing her to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012. (Who is in charge of The New York Times, another eternally hopeless RepubliCONNED, must be?...

But many Presidential hopefuls finish up their time in office. And Palin's statement doesn't seem to hint at Presidential ambitions. In fact, the Alaska Governor vaguely stated that she would do more good "outside government", and issued some Nixonian grumblings about the press, according to a reporter at the scene.

(On a hilarious note, if it turns out Palin is fleeing office in the face of something more egregious or scandalous, we would be averaging the loss of one GOP Presidential hopeful per week)
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Visit Site?...There is a lot more to read and a CNN video of her press conference (with transcript)..

The following are but a few comments from the site (And, of course in no way reflect my own opinion, you can tell that by the picture I have chosen, can you not? :-)...

Something Fishy============================================================
Posted by: Kitty Lady Oregon on Jul 3, 2009 1:34 PM

I think there is something fishy going on in Palin's life. Perhaps Todd has done something that can be bad for her image, or one of her kids has done another dumb thing. It may just be that she has realized that she has neither the intelligence or wide knowledge to be either governor of a state or president of the US.
Let us all hope that she fades back into the wallpaper.

Show me the MONEY !!!!!!----------------------------------------------------Posted by: gallery on Jul 3, 2009 3:18 PM

lazy, like bush..... attracted to shiny objects, like bush....... the capacity to maul the english language, like bush.

She wasn't in politics for the love of her (alaska) country, she was in it for her ego and the connections to power and money.
She probably figures that books and teevee will make her MORE famous than being POTUS, so why invest all that hard work to achieve her lifelong goal.
She is a vapid little shit, and unfortunately, will not be rid of her anytime soon.

Well, I smell a NASTY SCANDAL brewing here.================================
Posted by: Quannah on Jul 3, 2009 1:46 PM

Because resigning like this is political suicide. She would easily be labeled a "quitter."

She was hardly able to take a breath during her press conference. She seemed very nervous and shaken.

I think she's about to be hit with a horrible scandal, and chose to pre-emptively quit.

It makes no sense. She has been nothing but a scrappy fighter no matter what other scandal hit her in the past, including during her campaign as VP. She fought back with her daughter's pregnancy. She fought back about her scandals with the State of Alaska paying for her children's travel costs. She fought back over the clothes and hair dresser the RNC paid for during her campaign. She fought back as recently as over the David Letterman kerfuffle. She isn't known to sit quiet and keep her mouth shut.

So... it has to be something far worse than what has already gone before.

She probably will pop up on Faux Noose with her own program. She would fit right in perfectly.
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