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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.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
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To: SolidWood

You know what I learned last week?

I learned that the elite and arrogant on the right are almost as bad as the elite and arrogant on the left.


61 posted on 07/11/2009 4:38:25 PM PDT by alarm rider (My tagline is back from vacation. It had a great time.)
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To: New Jersey Realist

Being a “New Jersey Realist”, is that a surprise? Tell us, are you in the conservative counties in New Jersey or in the socialist counties?


62 posted on 07/11/2009 4:40:40 PM PDT by Aroostook25
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To: Yorlik803
Oorah! Ready for action! Sarah, I will go where you go, do what you want done. I'm not called the Dream Warrior for nothing.

Can wait for our counterattack at the socialists and those who would do our constitution ill.

63 posted on 07/11/2009 5:18:34 PM PDT by Dream Warrior (The government is NOT your friend. Sarah IS your friend.)
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To: alarm rider

Once, in a previous life, I was a fairly radical liberal. I even campaigned for a Sierra Club cause. That was where I found out that both sides of hard-fought issues resort to lies and subterfuge. I think that was the beginning of my awakening.


64 posted on 07/11/2009 5:38:38 PM PDT by oldfart (Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
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To: SolidWood

I truly love this woman. And I want to send her my deepest sympathies for the crass and disgusting attacks made on her children.
Only pondscum go after a special needs child.


65 posted on 07/11/2009 6:28:48 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: Jeff Head

Oh I would SO LOVE to see her in the White House next time.
Thank you for the poster.


66 posted on 07/11/2009 6:31:46 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: alarm rider
"I learned that the elite and arrogant on the right are almost as bad as the elite and arrogant on the left."

Your statement contains ONE word too many. See correction above.

67 posted on 07/11/2009 6:44:45 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog ( The Hog of Steel)
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President-To-Be-Elected Palin is...

...the Jefferson of our time


68 posted on 07/11/2009 7:10:47 PM PDT by jla
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To: Islander7

Bookmark - great image


69 posted on 07/11/2009 7:40:50 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Congressman Billybob

No offense, but the WashTimes had the story first.


70 posted on 07/11/2009 7:56:25 PM PDT by jla
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To: New Jersey Realist; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; Conservative Vermont Vet; ...
New Jersey Realist says:
I’m done with Palin. Can’t stand her voice for another minute.
Well, for the conservative who values life, liberty and property the voice of Sarah Palin cuts through the rino fog and will be heard. I suggest that you grasp your liberal tendencies and celebrate Obamanomics. Real conservatives recognize one another.
71 posted on 07/11/2009 8:01:18 PM PDT by narses (http://www.theobamadisaster.com/)
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To: SolidWood
"I can't fight for what's right when I'm shackled to the governor's seat," Palin said.

Alaska state senator and Palin ally Gene Therriault told me. "The call went out from the national Democratic party to take her down. Some of the Democrats who worked with her previously took their marching orders."

"In politics you're either eating well or sleeping well," Palin said. "I want to be able to sleep well."

Palin has begun ramping up her criticism of President Obama. "Somebody's got to start asking President Obama questions" about how he plans to pay for his agenda, Palin said.

In her July 3 speech, she blasted "debt-ridden stimulus dollars," said that "today's Big Government spending" is "immoral and doesn't even make economic sense," and called the national debt "obscene."

In an interview last week with Time magazine, she called cap-and-trade "cap-and-tax," and said the policy would "drive the cost of consumer goods and cost of energy so extremely high that our nation is going to start exporting even more jobs to China."

"It's not 'meddling' in another country's business when you understand that what happens over there affects us over here," she said. "I wish Obama was tougher in that area."

72 posted on 07/11/2009 8:20:36 PM PDT by GVnana (Sarah for America)
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To: narses

“Real conservatives recognize one another.”

Just like the Hell’s Angels. :}


73 posted on 07/11/2009 9:20:51 PM PDT by dsc (Only dead fish go with the flow.)
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To: dsc

Tremble libs, tremble.


74 posted on 07/11/2009 9:24:36 PM PDT by narses (http://www.theobamadisaster.com/)
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To: alarm rider

“You know what I learned last week? I learned that the elite and arrogant on the right are almost as bad as the elite and arrogant on the left.”

I’d really like to hear more about that.


75 posted on 07/11/2009 9:31:42 PM PDT by dsc (Only dead fish go with the flow.)
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To: redhead

Yes, a list is being kept. But it’s the author of the article who has the list on his desktop, not Sarah.

As someone commented earlier in the thread, she’s flushing the rats and snakes out of their holes for all of us to see. She radiates light. They’re squirming.

What’s going on is nothing short of phenomenal.


76 posted on 07/11/2009 9:49:03 PM PDT by CharterOakie (It's Sarah's if she wants it. 1 John 4:4)
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To: CharterOakie
"What’s going on is nothing short of phenomenal."

I agree. She has the instincts of a champion athlete, and the skills of a seasoned hunter. I'm never really SURPRISED by what she does, but I am always in awe of her utter courage.

77 posted on 07/11/2009 10:09:17 PM PDT by redhead (Liberalism: The STD of American politics. Check out the Half-baked Sourdough! (shameless blog plug!))
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

‘saving prvate mittens’ was even better...


78 posted on 07/11/2009 10:14:16 PM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Luke 22:36...Trust in the Lord...=...LiveFReeOr Die...)
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To: redhead

“I’m never really SURPRISED by what she does, but I am always in awe of her utter courage.”

redhead, your entire statement was worthy of quoting above, but I’ll settle for emphasizing that part.

She is fearless and yet so gracious. It comes from above.

She’s well prepared for the contest to which she evidently has been called.


79 posted on 07/11/2009 10:17:29 PM PDT by CharterOakie (It's Sarah's if she wants it. 1 John 4:4)
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To: narses

They are demonstrating the old nostrum, “When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”

The trembling will come later.


80 posted on 07/11/2009 10:53:44 PM PDT by dsc (Only dead fish go with the flow.)
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