Video of Sarah Palin Resigning as Alaska Governor

Here is video of Sarah Palin's announcement today that she is resigning as Governor of Alaska, effective July 26, 2009. . . . . (Watch Video)

First of all, I'm not a worshiper of anyone. While it would be nice to have a true Conservative run for President, I highly doubt she or any other Conservative female would ever get a fair shake from the press, or the so-called Republican party. She obviously posed a threat to some folks, and the only way they could attack her was through her family, and by filing frivolous ethics complaints against her. They couldn't fight her on the issues or her values, so chose to take the cowardly way out and pick away at her in an underhanded way.

You may think it was fair for Varney to push the issue that she resigned because of the pressure, but I personally didn't like it. He insinuated that she was weak and running from it all, and to me it seemed like he was desperate to get someone to agree with him. I don't believe it's a reporter's job to try to put words in peoples' mouths, or force them to say something they don't want to say. He kept trying to do that by pushing people to come to a conclusion over why she resigned, and what her resignation meant. Is she a chicken? and if so, how could she possibly think of running for President if she folds under pressure? He deliberately ignored her words. She specifically stated that she couldn't allow the State, or its people, to continue to pay for fighting the unending ethics complaints, just so she could stay in office. She also didn't think it was fair to the people that she was unable to spend the time she felt she needed to properly carry out the duties of Governor. Rather them give them a part-time Governor, she chose to step-down. Yes, the ethics complaints played a part, but not in the manner Varney or others seem to think they did.

Yes, the ethics complaints played a part, but not in the manner Varney or others seem to think they did.

That was your subjective opinion as to what Varney was doing. I think he was being a typical agressive, try to make it interesting and get different points of view pundit. But the original poster to whom I directed my comment knocked all of Fox, not just Varney. And compared Fox to NBC. How ridiculous, and what a stretch. Our one outlet on TV that at least presents our point of view on a lot of their programs, unlike any of the other TV stations, and he had to slam them. Wait till we have no outlet at all, and then talk to me about it, if you can communicate by then if obama has his way.

"“Brother says pressure of baseless ethics complaints and relentless defense of her persona takes 80% of her time. Not fair to family.”"

Yes, it took time away from her being able to properly do her job. She said as much herself. And she probably spent a lot of time on it when she was away from the office. I don't believe she cracked under the pressure, an idea some like Varney would push. She'd already won against all the complaints, so why would she be running from the pressure? The problem is that there would be no end to the ethics complaints, and she'd never be able to attend to her daily duties while fighting them. They hired her to be a Governor and run the State, not to have to spend most of her time preparing a defense against frivolous complaints from low-lifes.

"Our one outlet on TV that at least presents our point of view on a lot of their programs..."

I rarely watch Fox News anymore since their coverage this past election cycle. About the only program I'll watch when I remember to turn it on is Glenn Beck. I'll briefly watch Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer when I turn the TV on in the morning, but the rest of their programming leaves a lot to be desired. I'd rather watch a bad movie.

To each their own. Ok, don’t support in any way the one media outlet that we at least have a voice on, Fox. Stay away, and pretty soon you’ll have no TV media outlet at all. But I won’t worry as you are one complaint out there in the wilderness. Fox cable News isn’t the most popular of the TV news outlets for no good reason, it is because at least the traditional conservative viewpoint is more than adequately represented on it. But you can’t seem to figure that out. Again, each to their own.

You say “to each their own,” and then you go on to lecture me about what news channel I need to watch, and then run the doom and gloom routine on what will happen if I don’t watch it. Thanks, but I’m a grown-up, and don’t need anyone telling me how to live my life. I don’t choose to watch any news channels, which so far is still MY OWN BUSINESS, and my RIGHT as an American citizen. I know what my conservative viewpoints are, and don’t have to depend on a news channel to voice them, or reinforce them for me.

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