Posted on 07/03/2009 1:59:46 PM PDT by RangerM
"Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long shot national political ambitions or she simply can't handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down. Either way – her decision to abandon her post and the people of Alaska who elected her continues a pattern of bizarre behavior that more than anything else may explain the decision she made today."
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The article said — “Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long shot national political ambitions or she simply can’t handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down.
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Well, she made it clear that she wasn’t leaving them high and dry, but enabling the people of Alaska to have a “governor” that wouldn’t be tied up doing things that had nothing to do with helping Alaska. And she said that she was leaving Alaska in the capable hands of the Lt. Governor (soon to be Governor).
And also, she said she was doing this as a “team member” and with the goal of the game in mind and not something for herself.
I know that the DNC is unfamiliar with thinking like this... LOL...
Whoever wrote that did not read, or listen, to Palin’s speech at all...”Tokyo Rose” is at it again...spreading the lies to demoralize the troops.
Each time she gets out of bed they have a talking point. She is a talking point to those morons. That's what they do. They Talk. That's all they do. For that we give them the keys to the kingdom and all the money we'll ever have. When's it going to end?
This DNC response is classless and mean-spirited. I guess, in other words, it’s in keeping with the Democrats.
Not one of the scumballs who contributed to the constant attacks on Sarah and/or this sleazy response could handle a fraction of the pressure that Sarah has endured.
She will now be able to go on the road throughout the country in 2010 campaigning full time on behalf of Rep candidates, building up her political IOUs when she goes for the Presidency in 2012. Essentially, she is constructing her national political organization.
RE: Or when Bill Clinton resigned the Governor’s office early AFTER he had promised the people of Arkansas that he would serve out his full term.
WOW—the state run media has a short memory or selective amnesia. When will they resort to real reporting? I hope all of the Freepsters avoid the station, and keep ratings low.
The speech came on eve of “Independence Day” (no accident), and if you listen to Palin’s words you will get the answers and you are right, but there is more...here is my first comment about it on another thread:
Palin’s Dereliction of Duty
Friday, July 03, 2009 5:44:07 PM · 110 of 110
Kackikat to Pining_4_TX
The problem is too many conservatives have forgotten what it means to “change the rules of engagement”. In football it’s called “the best defense is a great offense”. Sarah has been on the defensive with all the lawsuits/ethics complaints sucking up AK taxpayer dollars, and her staff’s time. She has resigned to change the “rules of engagement” from defense to offense. I love it!
2010 is coming, and “offesive engagement” is coming for the likes of Dodd, Pelosi, Reid and people like them. Sarah said nothing about running for President, but she did say she would fight for freeom, national security and our country...think about it. She will be free to campaign for the opposing candidate of the jacka$$es we all want out of office. What better place to start, and without being accused of abdicating her duties as governor while doing so.
In the meantime she can write a book, spend time with family and plot strategy...and with all the current ethics complaints thrown out, this stepping down will put her out of the line of fire until the real war heats up. God bless Palin, and we now have a chance in 2010 to end the problems in Congress. Palin draws huge crowds, and that is what many new candidates will need. It isn’t about herself, it’s about stopping the costs to AK, and helping America. It is no accident it was stated on the eve of Independence Day...go Sarah!
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What an ugly and ungracious comment. Of course, you have to admit that ugly and ungracious comments come from our side from time to time.
I love this!! Obama must be wondering what she is up to.
And for all the critics out there...
Bill Clinton did not complete his last term as governor, which he had promised he would do.
Barack Obama was a do-nothing senator, who used his office (and the people of Illinois) as a springboard to the presidency. He would have been more honest if he would have stepped down.
I can’t for the life of me think how quitting your current job, before it’s completed, shows that you are ready to be President of the United States.
This is the first thing Palin has done that has me questioning. I know a lot of people have been saying she wasn’t ready, but I didn’t buy it. I still don’t, but I can’t imagine trying to fight those people now.
Brian Moran resigned his house of delegates seat before his term, so he could run for Governor, and we rightly attacked him for being a quitter. I don’t know how this doesn’t come out the same way.
But I’m sure a lot of people here who would call anybody else a quitter will explain why this is so different. Problem is, after a while, the average folks start asking why you have to explain things all the time.
First Sanford’s cheating, and now Palin’s resigning. We are running out of conservatives.
Surely no one here was expecting anything different?
we dont she is ready to be president
if she campaigns in 2010 and shows herself a force, she has all the credibility she needs to run in 2012
Obama used the people of IL before he became the Manchurian candidate; as said above Clinton broke his promise not to serve out his term
she likely would have finished were it not the harassment; she needs a break from political office to pay her bills and get herslef established for possible national run
if she bombs out helping 2010 conservatives, then there is no 2012 run.
Nothing is decided today
How many terms as House Delagate did Moron serve? Voters would forgive politicans quiting their posts if they served the position for multiple terms. But quiting in the middle of your first term like Palin did is bizarre.
Its really sinks for the GOP. Why do the good ones like Palin quit, but the undesirables like Sanford insist on staying?
Well said, K.
Look deeper. She resigned for the betterment (financially) for the state she loves. Such selflessness is rarely seen in politics. We should reward it, not denigrate it.
We can reward it or denigrate it as we like. I don’t see how this works with the national electorate.
It sucks that a state can be driven to distraction by ethics complaints, but if you quit they win. We could have saved a lot of money and american soldiers if we had quit in Iraq.
Alaska vs. Iraq is apples & oranges.
Short-term “apparent” victory for the haters of Sarah, but she just may have the last laugh. It’ll work out in her favor (as well as all Conservatives) in the end, IMO.
Any example is going to be apples to oranges. Can you name the last time a sitting Governor resigned office without being driven out over a scandal?
No, I can’t name an example of that, and normally don’t pay as much attention to that as to other issues more important to me.
Perhaps Sarah senses the urgency of the moment, and feels compelled to make an even bigger difference in preventing (or slowing) America’s slide off the Socialist cliff & into the Globalist abyss.
No question that TPTB are going to be against her no matter what she does, because she represents a stumbling-block to their plans of global domination & control. Keep your eye on the ball, which is the bigger picture of agendas, not merely short-term political impacts.
The DNC is scared to death of her and their plans to put her in their crosshairs as governor have just disintegrated.
Palin will be the “anti-establishment” candidate in 2012. I think the American people by 2012 will be so sick of every single politician in Washington (Republican and Democrat) that she will be a great choice.
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