There's a report from an NBC affiliate in Alaska that Sarah Palin is going to resign. What on earth? I can't imagine! Stay tuned.

Gov. Sarah Palin to resign her office - KTUU.com | Alaska's news and information source |

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Interesting. I can't imagine that she would resign that job in order to pursue the national stage. I don't think she wore well down in the lower 48 after the first few "minutes" of seeing/hearing her.

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Something reeks to high heaven. She's not even going to complete one term? She's just quitting? This is so strange.

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I just heard her meandering speech. Dh thought that she was having a breakdown...even the commentators were trying to figure out just where she was going with her point.

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Hmmph. I wonder if she is gearing up for her "run" at Pres in a few years. Or is there is a scandal about to break and she wants to get out of the line of fire.

What were her reasons that she said she gave in her speech that she is resigning? She rambles and rambles never actually getting to the point, basketball, the soldiers, love of her job and Alaska, mean spirited people, a note on a refrigerater, fighting for what is right, effective change.....Whaaaaat?

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People were mean to Trig? WTH? She's a complete loon.

If she ever had a chance to run for president, she can kiss it goodbye now. She looks ditsy, erratic and incapable of completing a job. She just wrote the DNC's campaign ad's against her.

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My husband just asked me what if she had been elected last November. Would she have resigned six months later?

I am sure there will be some people who will say she resigned to go after the Presidency whole heartedly but I do not see any other former Gov, then Pres. have to resign their job as Gov before they are running for election. (did that sentence make sense?).

I would like to hear how the Palin supporters are going to spin this.

ETA: I listened again and she stated that time is precious in regards to her littlest one, Trig. If that is true then we shouldn't see her running for the presidency because running and being the President is sooooo time consuming, if she thinks she doesn't have time now, she won't then.

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She's pathetic. If she was worried about time with her children, why'd she think she could take months to run for VP and potentially years to serve as VP or president? She's such a liar.

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I read somewhere that she has had an extramarital affair that has lasted a couple of years. I doubt it but thought I would throw it out there. If it is true, maybe she wanted to get out of the line of fire and people going through her background snooping for information. That would be something she wouldn't want out in public. So, if she is out of the limelight, people will leave her background alone. But, surely she isn't thinking that running for President would stop people from either looking into her background, take up less time, stop people from being "mean" to her babies, etc.....

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Another rumor I heard is that the IRS is looking into her and Todd's affairs. I don't know, it's all just speculation, but the explanation she gave is completely ridiculous, so I can't help but think that there's something out there. And dumping it on the Friday of a holiday weekend? Very suspicious.

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I think we might have to wait for awhile to see how this one plays out...too many unanswered questions right now to be definitive, imho.

I agree (betcha never thought you'd hear that!)

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Hoping it would get buried in the news with the holiday weekend and MJ funeral on Tuesday, it will get buried.

Why now? While I do not think that she has a chance at the Pres. do you think she is so arrogant that she doesn't see how this does not enhance her credibility?

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I'd be pissed if I was from Alaska, at least if I thought that she was giving up the governorship for a better shot at presidency. When you get elected to a state office, you are expected to put the state first. Palin seems to be putting Palin first.

We'll see how this plays out. I have a hard time seeing, however, where this move will help bolster her already skinny resume on governance. Maybe she is going to run for the Senate.

I think that Sarah Palin is a fruit loop. Her and her family...all fruit loops. I'm glad that I didn't have her as my governor! LOL!

Down the pike we're all going to look back on her and say, "WTH was she all about?"

Or.....?
This is all just very weird. And that's the word that came to mind when I first heard of this earlier this afternoon.
Without disclosing how I feel about Palin as a politician, this is all very sudden and strange.
Then again, don't politics make for strange bedfellows?
Veddddddy interesting ( forgive me Arte Johnson ;-)

There's definitely a few pieces missing to this puzzle but there's no way in hell the liberal media will let this story die a quiet death. They'll dig until they find whatever scandal is out there.

If you run for any political position, and lose, you pretty well have an obligation to your party to say you fought a good fight, and will be ready for your next chance. The woman basically had to say she wanted to be president, regardless of any actual plans. Still, this is a WTF situation.

It's the job of the press to investigate and uncover scandals; it's not to just repeat press releases.

The thought crossed my mind that perhaps she is suffering from post-partum depression or peri-menopause or something like that. Those things can make a woman seem a little ditzy.

cj/

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when i first heard of it i thought uh oh there must be a scandal fixin to hit. then when she said something about spending time with her youngest son i thought maybe he has something we dont know about and will die early?? i dont know but i thought it was strange. im thinking theres a scandal fixin to hit.

steph

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She wants to run for President. She's delusional. Even the people of Alaska can't stand her. If she is elected to the Presidency then I will cry out in sadness at the fact that American registered voters are even dumber than I previously thought.

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I'll probably get flamed, but i heard on the news that the only people who still support her are those who are not college educated and who don't live on the East of West coast. If you ask me, she's God's gift to the Democratic party.

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What a nut job.

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She just committed political suicide. She is going to make some money giving speeches, and then fade away. The GOP is going to want nothing to do with this hot mess.

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I read a big story in my paper this morning and they mentioned that McCains' presidential committee staff( who are now dispersed all over the country, went mad emailing and phoning each other becasuse it was so unexpected. There was NO leak that this was going to happen so they were all taken by surprise

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As someone else who spent years on the basketball court.....she is correct that a good point guard passes the ball, but in this case she DROPPED the ball. Passing means you stay in the game....and finish what you started until the buzzer goes off....win or lose.

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Yeah...well....there are many of us who feel this way about those who supported the current guy in office.

I doubt she would win even if she did run. I think she shot herself in the foot before this decision- even with many of us conservatives. I still like her as a person,just not for President. I think she is a lot smarter than people think she is- maybe just not in foreign affairs...LOL!

You have to be nuts to want to get into politics- no matter what party.
I hope to see more of Bobby Jindal.

Amen!!!!

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Seriously, Bobby Jindal? His foot-shooting moment was months ago. He's got a long way to go to overcome that embarassing performance.

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Double Amen!

Let's make it a triple!

I'm anxious to hear what the 'story behind the story' is here. A lot of things crossed my mind, from (as was mentioned before) that something is wrong with her youngest to something being wrong with her, medically, and.... well, her kids still seem to be fair game for nastiness and she may have reached her limit. She's in a position, personally, that is probably more overwhelming than she envisioned it would be, with two babies in the home, one of them with special needs... and I think that while before her oldest daughter had given birth she probably envisioned things being a certain way, they may have panned out much differently. From what little I've seen of the baby's father's family, they appear to have some issues, and it's possible that as a family they are having to juggle visitation issues in ways that are very difficult and distracting, and it may not be working to be governor *and* mom.

Who knows?

I know the Palins do fine financially from what we were told during the campaign - certainly not living on Obama-level cash, but having much more to their names than they had just a few short years ago. However, if this information is correct... ouch. That's gotta pinch to have had to spend $500,000 defending herself against charges that so far haven't panned out to have merit.

"In Alaska, she saw her popularity wane this year after returning from the presidential campaign. She's become a polarizing figure, which in turn has led to multiple ethics complaints filed against her with the state personnel board.

All but two of the 15 complaints have been dismissed with no findings of wrongdoing, although one complaint led to Palin's agreement to reimburse the state about $8,100 for costs associated with trips taken with her children. The state says it has spent nearly $300,000 to investigate the complaints, and Palin says she has racked up more than $500,000 in legal fees fighting them. "

My Way News - Palin resignation leaves questions on 2012 run

I guess she couldn't stand the heat, so she got out of the kitchen. Here's something for the religious to say Amen about: she isn't VP. If she can't stand the heat of being governor, she'd melt as VP.

She's like the wicked witch of the west, "Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I'm going! Oooooh! Ooooooh!"

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Palin is a classic example of someone who can dish it out, but can't take it. Have you seen the photo of her in Runner's World, with the flag draped like dishrag over a chair? If anyone else had done that, she'd been on them like white on rice, screeching about their lack of patriotism. She's a whiner and a crybaby, quick to take offense and even quicker to play the innocent victim.

I suspect her resignation is one of the best things that's happened to Alaska in a long time.

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So much for those unwavering convictions and a sense of duty to fix things that are broken that you praised her for when she was running for VP.

There is no "story behind the story" -- if there was something wrong with her or her child, she would have said she was stepping down for personal reasons and not made it some dog and pony show. I could be wrong, but one would logically think if she wanted the spotlight off her and her family, she would be concise in saying that is what she wanted....and that is not at all what she said. She rattled on for 18 minutes about what "the heat" in the "kitchen" was like for her, and basically said she wasn't going away anytime soon...she just was quitting. She said she was going to move on to do something Nationally, and yadda yadda yadda. There was no "with heavy heart I must step down because of personal/family/whatever reasons - and I would request some distance for me and my family" -- there was only "I love Alaska, but I am taking off for other reasons -- but, I'm not really going anywhere, just you wait and see what's next."

She just didn't quit a job, either. When you run for public office you make a commitment to the people of your district, state, or country (whichever you commit to serve - in total or part). Part of the deal is that at some point, even the best of the best, end up serving as a "lame duck" in some people's eyes. It is the way the system works, and what you sign on for in the beginning. And, you are only as LAME in that situation and you allow yourself to be. Please, all she needed to do it watch the last season of the West Wing to learn that lesson -- or better yet, how about the Brady Bunch Hair tonic fiasco when Bobby turns Greg's hair orange and Carol reminds him "Quitters never win and winners never quit." But, again...she just didn't quit...she broke a commitment. And if she is breaking it because she truly is having personal and family problems that require her to focus on her family right now, then I totally respect her decision....but, if she starts popping up on the talk show circuit, making $40k speeches here and there, and signing a multi-million dollar book deal, then she is exactly the piece of work that I thought she was from them second I laid eyes on her. And anyone that uses the "well, she needs to make money to support her family by doing these things" excuse -- well, you are as big of a hypocrite as she is...or maybe just a fool.

She has done some good things while she served in Alaska, but what she is doing now is a disservice to the people who put her in that position. IMO, she is no different than those Govs from NJ, IL, SC...all forgetting what they signed on for and abusing their power. Yes, they are all human, they all make mistakes (and I'm sure that some people think that cheating on your wife or making illegal deals is much worse than what she is doing), but when you raise your hand and say "pick me to lead" we do hold that person to a higher standard -- and again, I stipulate that if she is really stepping down because of a family crisis or medical problem, then that is exactly the right thing to do - but, based on her speech and "profound" facebook posting, that isn't what is happening, and she is a sub-standard leader at best, and nothing more than someone who took power for the sake of power and not to really benefit the people. When you take on a role of public service - as a police officer, a soldier, as an elected public official - the job is bigger and more important than your own personal agenda and there is the expectation that you don't quit just because you want to pursue a new ambition, because your "personal laundry list has been checked off." (As an example, I didn't see McCain or Romney drop the ball - they've both continued to honor their commitments).

Ugh. Okay, I've spewed enough about this train wreck. I'm happy to put here in the same category as I do Britney Spears , Lindsay Lohan and and that annoying Heidi and Spencer....I pray for the day that these idiots will just fade away and I don't have to hear about them anymore.

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Palin has held two statewide positions in Alaska and she's quit both. She's not a maverick, she's a quitter.

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Unlike some others on here....I'm waiting until all the news/reasons come out before I make a judgment. If she truly feels that her personal life has caused her too much time away from being governor and she is stepping down to let someone else handle it that's not necessarily bad for the state of Alaska. Her children sure have taken more "hits" than other politicians kids. As a mom, family first!, I can see how that would bother her. So until I hear more I will refrain from judging her and the decisions she is making for her family and even for Alaska.

I am pretty sure she will be out there...reparing for the future. There isn't much more to hear since she told us directly, herself, in her speech. It isn't as if there was talk and we are now waiting he hear what she has to say....she already said it.

I found it interesting that she said tht she would be willing to campaign for anyone and that sounds like she is going to try to put away some favors to pull out in the future. God, what is she thinking that she is important on the national stage. Tina Fey must have cut short her summer vacation to put together another SNL skit based on this speech

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I thought that I had read that her youngest has Downs Syndrome.
I really do not think this has anything to do with her resignation though.

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If those are her reasons -- why didn't she say so instead of her blather about lame duckishness? If those are her reasons, then why isn't she keeping her nose to the grindstone and running Alaska instead of gallivanting all over the lower 48? If she's mom first, family first, I'm sure she'll be refraining from making a run at the presidency in 2012, won't she?

It's particularly disingenuous to claim that her children have taken more hits than any other kids. They've taken far less than the Bush twins or Chelsea Clinton ever did.

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Everything is speculation except that she's resigning, as stated.

Possibly it will be for real and true reasons. As in, maybe, just maybe, other policitians can take notice that they need to reflect inward and maybe they, too, should resign.

It's possible there are many politicians eeking out their terms just to save face. I would look forward to some measure of truth and honesty with more resigning.

I am awake, but probably it's all a dream.

dl

Oh, the liberals on here just love it.

They remind me of the little neighbor ladies with their hair in curlers talking over the fence about the latest gossip!!! LOL!!!

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Liberals or conservatives ..what difference does it make?? I believe it is pretty much accepted that the internet boards have indeed replaced the back yard chat fests. Just like blow dryers have replaced curlers

You're here... so why the superior tone??

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She said on Facebook that she had a "higher calling". Looks like she just got tired of governing and quit.

Like others, I doubt there's any medical problem. There would be no reason not to say so.

Sue, you must be new here. LOL. It is gossip when people talk ill of someone who is conservative, especially Palin and it is discussing a valid viewpoint when those with a conservative viewpoint discuss Obama or Pelosi or Biden. It really seems hypocritical, doesn't it?

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How true! Furthermore, some will wait to hear all the news/reasons to come out before making a judgment on Palin, but will pounce in judgment on anything or anyone that slightly leans towards liberalism. Boggles my mind.

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Of course I am not new here LOL. I was commenting intellectually and logically...perhaps a mistake in the face of emotional and illogicsl responses

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Judgment shumgment. I still stand by what I said....if she quit for cash/fame then she is doing a disservice to the people who voted for her, supported her, and counted on her to serve her term as an elected public official. IMO, makes her a selfish, fame whore who bashes people about making comments about her children, yet continues to put them in the line of fire. If she was quitting for a family crisis or medical issue, then she did the right thing... but, should have taken some of that 18 minutes of babbling to make it clear that's her reasoning and asked for some distance for the sake of her family. THAT would have shown she was "family first."

You can make this a partisan issue all you want....but, like I said before....she made a commitment and she is choosing not to honor it....and if it is for a book deal, and some more fame and cash, then she is no different than that Heidi and Spencer. Maybe we will see Sarah in the I'm a Celebrity Jungle next year.....because, there is no room for her on the GOP Survivor Island anymore...they are making it clear that he torch is burned out.

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I thought Chelsea Clinton had a 'hands off' from the media. I think it makes a difference if the kids are minors. It makes a difference to me anyway.

Oh, I can remember the comedians snarking on Chelsea Clinton during her "awkward" stage! By the same token, I don't recall Bill andHill trotting Chelsea out during every public event....seems to me that Palin intentionally and knowingly placed her minor children in a very bright spotlight.

I tend to agree w/ Kelli---if Palin chose to get out of politics for health/family, then she's doing it for the right reason. Being an elected official is not something you can just "stop" doing because it doesn't fit into your plans...you have a responsibility to the people who elected you.

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