Posted on 07/03/2009 5:01:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska announced Friday that she will resign her office July 26, fueling speculation that she intends to spend the next four years pursuing her party's presidential nomination in 2012.
Mrs. Palin made her stunning announcement at her Wasilla home with Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who will be sworn into office at the end of the month, she said. She did not take questions from reporters and only cryptically referred to her future plans.
In her announcement, she said it "hurts to make this choice," but compared herself to a point guard in basketball.
"A good point guard knows exactly when to pass the ball so the team can win," she said. "I know when it is time to pass the ball for victory." She added the decision to step down had been "in the works for a while."
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Democrats portrayed the decision as following a pattern of "bizarre behavior" coming from the Alaska governor.
"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," said DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan.
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While not detailing her plans. Mrs. Palin has been building up her political warchest in recent days, even as speculation over her political future mounted.
The Anchorage Daily News reported earlier this week that SarahPAC, the governor's political action campaign, sent out an e-mail seeking new contributions from supporters, in part to boost Mrs. Palin's fund-raising totals ahead of the June 30 reporting deadline to the Federal Election Commission.(continued)
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Calm down.
In RAT circles, the following is what constitutes normal behavior:
Move to Cuba. Take Obama and Pelosi with you.
You know - I thought about this. You were right, and I was wrong. I am sorry.
If the left says it was a bad move, then Sarah made the right choice.
Romney is a putz. ANother warmed over RINO who claims to be a friend of the common and while channeling Arlen Spector.
If Romney gets nominated in 012, I wont be voting.
Absolutely - the Left is terrified of Sarah. That’s why they vilify her so much. So if they disappprove of her decision it MUST be good! The timing of this announcement was brilliant - caught the Obama press off guard in their Martha’s Vineyard vacation homes. I say BWAHAAAAHAAA to their befuddlement....just wait, you arrogant, condescending drones....if Sarah does run you’ll see the Republican party energized like never before, no matter what the Beltway pundits like Krauthammer say. The people LOVE Sarah Palin. I have felt so hopeful since I heard the announcement. This lady is tough - a pit bull with lipstick, as she said - she’s not about to roll up into a fetal position and disappear. Nope, she’s got big plans and I am thrilled! I will make it my second - well, third job - to work for her election, and I’m sure there are a LOT of other conservatives out there who feel the same way. It will be a way to constructively put all the anger and frustration I feel at what Hussein is doing to our country to work. GO SARAH BARRACUDA!!!!
If you play it backwards really fast you get a Beatles song.
She has a lot of the same traits as Ronald Reagan. They have never been in the senate{ A cesspool of corrupt and mentally ill} and both have been governors of a state. And both has earned the disdain of the country club Republicans and the liberal elite.Both have been written off as boobs.
McCain and other RINOs be warned. This isnt thier party anymore. We conservatives are going to reclaim the GOP.
Translation: "Waitaminit! WE write the playbook that the Republicans are supposed to follow -- she's not playing by our rules!! We don't understand!"
Wow. That is the nicest thing they have said about her in over a year!
Gee, I think the government run media might just be warming up to her!
THAT is so sick!
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