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This just in: Palin to resign on July 26
neo-neocon —
... been so deeply concerned about with her son Trig and her reproductive organs. But somehow I doubt it.
Or perhaps some new and wretched revelation is at hand.
But if Palin is running for president, perhaps she sees the danger facing us in the Obama presidency as so powerful and so imminent that she wants to devote more time and more speeches to fighting it in a very public way. Or perhaps not.
Your guess is as good as mine.
[ADDENDUM: Here’s the full text of her resignation speech.]
Just What She Said
Talking Points Memo —
Here's the transcript of Gov. Palin's rambling resignation statement.
Adele Stan: Sarah Palin Will Be Back
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... against her (in a state in which the bar is quite low for the filing of such complaints). Yet none of the complaints filed so far have stuck, so what gives?
The governor mentioned a resulting half million worth of legal bills for her and husband, Todd, but that should be chump change with someone with Sarah Palin's standing among the G.O.P. base. Surely, she could raise that with a legal defense fund.
Palin basically said she was getting out of the way in order to take one for the team:
Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me -- ...
Shorter Palin: Real Winners Quit
Talking Points Memo —
Perhaps the best part of Palin's announcement today:
Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: "Sit down and shut up", but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out.
Quitters stick to it. Winners quit.
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Sarah Palin's Resignation Speech (Department of "Huh?")
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Full Text Of Palin's Resignation Speech | LiveWire: Hi Alaska, I appreciate speaking directly TO you, the people I serve, as your Governor.
People who know me know that besides faith and family, nothing's more important to me than our beloved Alaska. Serving her people is the greatest honor I could imagine. ...
Perky Pest Resigns
The Democratic Daily —
Sarah Palin announced today that she was not running for re-election and stepping down from her office as Governor by the end of the month:
Click here to view the embedded video.
The top speculation is that Palin is resigning so that she can focus solely on running for the Republican nomination in 2012. But there’s plenty of other speculation too.
The full text of Palin’s resignation speech is available here. Stay tuned…
Barracuda
Obsidian Wings —
... I just watched Sarah Palin's announcement that she will step down as governor, which was surreal even by her standards. It's hard to pick just one favorite moment, though this has to be on anyone's list: ...
Barracuda
Political Animal —
Barracuda I just watched Sarah Palin's announcement that she will step down as governor, which was surreal even by her standards. It's hard to pick just one favorite moment, though this has to be on anyone's list: "Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: "Sit down and shut up", but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out. And a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just hunker down and "go with the ...
Now, only an ex-Governor, with lipstick
The Reaction —
... is in. And, check out the way The Wasilla Whiz Kid was gulping air through out the speech; Sarah Palin Announces Resignation as Governor, Part 1 Sarah Palin Announces Resignation as Governor, Part 2 (You can read a transcript HERE) I half expected to ...
The Rude Pundit — ... (An earlier posted version apparently contained numerous words in all caps. One looks forward to the release of the shaky crayon draft.) ...
PALIN ABSOLUTELY DOMINATES THE NEWS CYCLE
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... Bob Cesca / Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!: The Storm Off Versha Sharma / Talking Points Memo: Full Text Of Palin's Resignation Speech ...
Making Sanford look sound and reasonable by comparison
Political Animal —
... ? Everything about this was hopelessly bizarre. The speech was written by an amateur and delivered by an amateur. It was rambling, petty, and defensive -- for no apparent reason. Palin didn't deliver an announcement so much as she rambled on for about 20 minutes. And if you watch all the way to the very end of Part II, you'll notice that Palin wasn't actually speaking to the press or a large audience, but rather, about 10 supporters. The transcript doesn't do it justice, but it makes it easier to notice the near-constant contradictions. She says she's "given my ...
She's Done
Talking Points Memo —
... To a degree it goes without saying. But it's worth reviewing just how deeply preposterous Palin's argument yesterday really was when she claimed that she refused to exploit the people of Alaska by serving out her full term. ...
Sunday Talk - You Can Go Your Own Way
Daily Kos —
There's an old saying, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going." And so, being that she's a fighter, it should have come as a surprise to nobody that Alaska Gov. Sarah "Barracuda" Palin decided to take a page from Eric Cartman's playbook. In her resignation speech, which many have described as rambling and/or bizarre, Palin announced her desire to "effect positive change outside government." Palin + outside government = change I can believe in.
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Sarah Palin Complains That Critics Are Applying A 'Double Standard' To Her Decision
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... who would not be running for another term by choice. THIS ALL MADE PERFECT SENSE, TO EVERYONE. Why haven't John Baldacci, Phil Bredesen, Donald Carcieri, Charlie Crist, Dave Freudenthal, Jennifer Granholm, Brad Henry, Tim Kaine, Ted Kulongoski, Linda Lingle, Mark Parkinson, Tim Pawlenty, Sonny Perdue, Ed Rendell, Bill Richardson, Bob Riley, Mike Rounds, Mark Sanford, and Arnold Schwarzenegger done the same? Are they just blind to the pain their constituents are going through? Like Palin said: ...
A shaky story starts to look worse
Political Animal —
A SHAKY STORY STARTS TO LOOK WORSE.... The rationale for Sarah Palin's resignation has never made sense, but it seems even less clear now. One of the few specific points the governor has raised deals with "frivolous" ethics violations filed by her political enemies. Here's what she said in his announcement speech on Friday: "Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I've been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations.... "The state has wasted ...
Also sprach Sarah-thustra
Corrente —
Linguistic foibles! Read more…
