VIDEO: Sarah Palin Won't Seek Second Term, Will Resign Mid-Term

Real Clear Politics ^ | July 3, 2009 | Real Clear Politics

[patriot preacher]

All other considerations aside, the fact that this woman — not wealthy, not an Ivy Leager, not a Washington Insider — was forced into half a million dollars of personal debt to defend her own integrity against the same wealthy, Ivy League, Washington Insider POWER PEOPLE who hated her, and they accused her of “Ethics violations” WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. DISGUSTING!
If Sarah Palin can’t serve as a Governor without being impoverished and so tied up with red tape and political vendettas at the behest of other politicians, then NO common sense, NORMAL people can. And if that’s the case, there will be NO “reform” of the American political system from within....

[GregB]

Hey go back to your loser candidates site. You are just jealous!!!

[GregB]

Ole Shep is running that network!!!The dam obama lover that he is!!!

[Ro_Thunder]

The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Gov. Jindal (LA), Sen Inhofe (OK), Rep Hunter (CA). Gov. Barbour (MS) may be, as could be Gov. Crist.

[freekitty]

LOL I don’t think so.

[freekitty]

Exactly. They don’t even lie well.

[pissant]

Jealous of what?

[Blogger]

AmericanSphinx71, so tell me...
I have seen you post something insinuating Sarah did something wrong; then you are jumping on to the rumor she is done with politics...yet you tell me from my mouth to God’s ears about her running in 12.

For the record, are you pro-Sarah Palin because you agree with her conservative principles, or because you think she would be easily beatable by the left? So far, I’m not convinced that you mean her well.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Funny thing, that's just what the DUmmies are saying.

Hmmmmm

[GoodDay]

She resigned because the socialist pigs were draining her dry with fake ethic charges. Why spend millions more fighting these lies when she achieved the goals she set as Gov and now wants to be free to travel in lower 48 states and build a natioanl base for a run in 2012. Plus , how effective of a Gov can she be for the next year fighting ethics and the media and run for President and raise a family.

It’s the best thing she could have doen.

That sounds about right to me. A very bold move by Sarah. And as far as some of the criticisms I've read here on FR regarding the executive experience she'd be forfeiting by resigning the governship, zerobama has proven that people will vote for a presidential candidate without experience if they are convinced of his or her leadership abilities.

I've contributed both to Sarah's legal defense fund and SarahPAC and consider it money well spent. If Sarah is truly positioning herself now as the anti-zerobama, then I'm all for it, and will try to help her in any way I can.

[gimme1ibertee]

Yes, I was surprised too...but,she's terribly smart and very shrewd.She had Andrea Mitchell reporting that,through her "sources close to Palin",Sarah plans to drop out of public life (as if she were shamed into quitting for some nefarious reason!).
Wait till my girl steps up...Andrea,the Huffers and all the leftists will vapor-lock!!!
They think their mission was accomplished-another dumbassed Republican bites the dust-well,they couldn't be more wrong.
They're too stupid to know she's just pulling back to regroup,retool and refresh,and then look the hell out.Besides,Sarah needs some family time to reconnect. She and her family have been through the wringer for months now. Time to take a well-deserved break,then the planning begins. GOOOOOOOOOO SARAH!

[AmericanSphinx71]

“For the record, are you pro-Sarah Palin because you agree with her conservative principles, or because you think she would be easily beatable by the left?”

I like Palin because she is pretty much on the same page with my beliefs. I like that she has a conservative track record and stands up for what she believes.

Unfortuntelay, I feel she was forced from power. Whether the is something stupid in her past, or if she she just got tired of the attacks on her family, she was driven from power. Whatever the case, we have lost one of the few real conservative voices in politics.

But as I said, considering how the American people as a whole have treated her and her family, this country doesn’t deserve her. To deserve something, it has to appriciate it first.

[Blogger]

Fair enough, but I still don’t think she is gone - just from Alaska Politics. I hope she shows the boys in the GOP they need to man up or shut up.