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Out of Alaska - Palin on why she resigned and what it means for her future (golden quotes)
The Weekly Standard ^ | July 20, 2009 | Matthew Continetti

Posted on 07/11/2009 1:06:16 PM PDT by SolidWood

In early July, while most Americans were preparing for a long weekend of celebratory parades, charred meats, and noisy fireworks, Sarah Palin made some plans of her own. The Alaska governor had been the object of endless media attention and assorted calumnies since she became John McCain's vice presidential nominee last August. Now she wanted to try something new. So, on July 3, in a speech delivered from her home on Lake Lucille in Wasilla, Palin told her constituents that not only would she not seek a second term, but she would also be transferring authority to Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell on July 26, abdicating her office with about 18 months left to go. The announcement, as one might expect, received global press coverage, dominated the weekend headlines, and gave stories about the late Michael Jackson a run for their money. Meantime, the political world went into sustained convulsions.

The fierce reaction surprised Palin. She is acutely aware of what the media and her opponents say about her. She heard some people say that the timing of her speech was odd. Not so. "Independence Day is so significant to me--it's sort of a way for me to illustrate that I want freedom for Alaskans to progress, and for me personally," she told me during a telephone interview on July 9. Others said the motivation for her resignation was not clear. "I'm like, 'Holy Jeez, I spoke for 20 minutes' " giving reasons, she said. Bloggers conjectured that a horrible scandal was looming over her. Nope. Palin says she even heard a rumor that she resigned because pornographic pictures of her were about to hit the Internet. This left her bemused. "Between which pregnancies did I get to pose for those?" she said sarcastically.

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: hurricanesarah; moxie; palin; palin2012; palinping; presidentpalin; sarahpalin; weeklystandard
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To: KansasGirl

She is a lifetime NRA member and a hunter, I could support her as a candidate and vote for her.


41 posted on 07/11/2009 2:30:03 PM PDT by Citizen Tom Paine
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To: jessduntno

I already emailed Glen Beck when he was gone he had some dork taking crap about her - filling in for his show.

you reading this Mr. Beck?! Are ya?

I also turn off any other radio show that says anything bad about this women.

I don’t have tv so I only can turn off the radio.


42 posted on 07/11/2009 2:44:21 PM PDT by ezo4 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32cxf_yuri-bezmenov)
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To: New Jersey Realist
I’m done with Palin. Can’t stand her voice for another minute.

LOL. I won't respond to the obvious - that you either want to get flamed or you forgot the sarc tag. I will say that Sarah's voice is very endearing to me (as a Midwesterner) because it has an upper Midwest sort of pitch to it. I'm glad she 'aint from Joisey.

43 posted on 07/11/2009 2:48:35 PM PDT by neocon1984
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To: SolidWood

I loved the article.


44 posted on 07/11/2009 2:58:49 PM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.last.fm/music/Gloria+Jane)
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To: SolidWood

Good stuff. No. GREAT STUFF!!


45 posted on 07/11/2009 3:00:31 PM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: New Jersey Realist
"I’m done with Palin. Can’t stand her voice for another minute."

That's OK, noob. Most Americans can't stand the New Jersey whine for ten seconds...

46 posted on 07/11/2009 3:16:47 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: New Jersey Realist
"I’m done with Palin. "

LOL! Eat your heart out!

47 posted on 07/11/2009 3:17:44 PM PDT by YHAOS
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To: SolidWood
To the media and her detractors, she is a force of nature. She cannot be ignored. The obsession is sure to intensify. Be prepared. Hurricane Sarah is about to descend on the Lower 48.

Hurricane Sarah

48 posted on 07/11/2009 3:22:12 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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To: SolidWood
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49 posted on 07/11/2009 3:26:21 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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To: Islander7

“If you stand with America, I will stand with you.”

Great bumper sticker.

We’ll see some amazing things from Sarahcuda in a few months.


50 posted on 07/11/2009 3:26:26 PM PDT by GoodDay (Palin for POTUS 2012)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

LOL! Love the ‘toon!


51 posted on 07/11/2009 3:30:08 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: Jeff Head

“But, their efforts will come to naught as Sarah gets her book out, go on tour, give speeches and promote conservatie principles all over this country in the midst of the Obama administration disaster and gain great political capital in the process.”

LOL! Imagine: The zero will be apologizing for the U.S. at some international summit, while Sarah will give a speech to a crowd of 50,000 all chanting “Sarah, Sarah, Sarah” and “USA! USA! USA!” Lamestream media will go berserk.

I am SO looking forward to this! Good grief! She hasn’t even done anything yet and already I’m excited . . .!


52 posted on 07/11/2009 3:36:41 PM PDT by GoodDay (Palin for POTUS 2012)
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To: Elsiejay

Peggy Noonan has been out of touch since she became a political whore.....


53 posted on 07/11/2009 3:38:40 PM PDT by Shamrock-DW
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To: SolidWood

Funny. I’ve lived through five wars, police actions and assorted altercations plus the barely recognizable periods of “peace” in between and I’ve never seen anybody who has done a better job of pissin’ off the liberals than Sarah. That single attribute is enough to make me vote for her. I don’t know if she’ll even be on the 2012 ballot but unless the person who is on it is a better conservative than she is he/she won’t get my vote. In all the years I’ve been voting I’ve never had the opportunity to vote FOR a candidate. I’ve always had to vote AGAINST the other one. This may be my last election and I’ll either vote for a true American or I won’t bother to vote at all. I’m tired of voting for the lesser of two evils.


54 posted on 07/11/2009 3:55:32 PM PDT by oldfart (Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
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To: Jeff Head

Sometimes a general has to pull out one one fight and regroup to fight another. Sarah knows that she is going to have a helluva fight coming up and wants to clear the decks to prepare.
Sarah, if you are reading this, all we ask is that you dont fail us. Lead us and we will follow you to the ends of the earth to save this country. We are ready for a real leader, not another rehash-retread RINO.


55 posted on 07/11/2009 4:15:15 PM PDT by Yorlik803 ( If this be treason, then lets make the best of it.)
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To: SolidWood

Just read the whole thing, and it was VERY good. Great find!


56 posted on 07/11/2009 4:19:50 PM PDT by redhead (Liberalism: The STD of American politics. Check out the Half-baked Sourdough! (shameless blog plug!))
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To: supremedoctrine
Here's the part I liked: "Palin-hatred is visceral and unrelenting. "Our state was inundated with opposition researchers trying to dig up dirt, the Democratic blogosphere up here making stuff up," Palin told me. The file on my desktop labeled "Insult List" is an attempt to track every foul thing that's been said about Sarah Palin since she rose to national prominence.

"At the moment, the list is seven single-spaced pages long. Palin's been called, among other things, a "bimbo," a "cancer," a "farce," a "jack in the box," a "provincial," a "maniac," an "airhead," "Lady Gaga," and "political slime." And that's just a small taste of the G-rated stuff. The blue material is far worse."

She keeps a LIST. I LOVE IT!!

As I always say, "You don't have to be eaten by a bear to know that it will eat you."

57 posted on 07/11/2009 4:25:36 PM PDT by redhead (Liberalism: The STD of American politics. Check out the Half-baked Sourdough! (shameless blog plug!))
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To: Jeff Head; traviskicks

I have no idea why she resigned really. Nobody does.

If she is going to run in 2012, my purely constructive criticism would be that she should brush up on geopolitical national defense and libertarian economic and personal freedom issues.

She’s got the God, Guns and Guts part down already.


58 posted on 07/11/2009 4:26:24 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: meadsjn
"Whether she runs or not, she has gotten the rats and snakes to come out of their holes. Targets are in the open."

Isn't that what Ted Nugent calls a "Target-Rich Environment?"

59 posted on 07/11/2009 4:28:31 PM PDT by redhead (Liberalism: The STD of American politics. Check out the Half-baked Sourdough! (shameless blog plug!))
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To: redhead

Yep. Lock and load.


60 posted on 07/11/2009 4:34:22 PM PDT by 50cal Smokepole (Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
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