Posted on 07/26/2009 7:26:05 PM PDT by GVnana
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but she left her long-term political plans unclear and refused to address speculation she would seek a 2012 presidential bid.
In a fiery campaign-style speech, Palin said she was stepping down to take her political battles to a larger if unspecified stage and avoid an unproductive, lame duck status.
"With this decision, now, I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right, and for truth. And I have never felt that you need a title to do that," Palin said to raucous applause from about 5,000 people gathered at Pioneer Park in downtown Fairbanks.
Her first order of business as a private citizen is to speak Aug. 8 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. She also wants to campaign for political candidates from coast to coast, and continue to speak her mind on the social networking site Twitter, one of her favorite venues to reach out to supporters.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks with a supporter as she serves salmon burgers at the governor's picnic in Anchorage, Alaska Saturday, July 25, 2009. Several thousand people attended the picnic. Palin will attend one more picnic in Fairbanks on Sunday where she will resign as Alaska's governor. AP Photo/Al Grillo
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The goal was to use the legal system to destroy her run in 2010 and make the democrat running against her look like a saint. The democrats could have taken Alaska.
She stole that away from them. They did all that and ended up with egg on their faces. That's why they're furious! They're calling her a quitter because "she can't quit. Not now. Oh no." The democrats have too much invested in her defeat!
Now, she's free to nail them all she wants. She's even going to write a best seller. She can hurt them now more than ever, and they can't stop her using the DNC paid lawyers anymore.
Not necessarily. She is a smart one and she may have out maneuvered the left. By taking herself out of the Governor's office, she enables herself to campaign, raise funds, support other candidates, write a book or two, get deeply involved with world affairs, speak freely about the dangers of socialism . . .in other words . . be a thorn in Obama's presidency.
Let's give her time and she will show us what happens next.
Did anyone else notice the very subtle, but profoundly accurate, slam Sarah Palin got at Obama — without even saying a word!
She only glanced at her notes occasionally, and although there were teleprompters on the stage, BUT they were covered with green canvas slipcovers throughout her speech! [You could see the surface rippling in the breeze]
A lot of her fans might have missed that little touch, but I bet Obama noticed.
I like your anaysis of the situation.
It is one that has completely escaped the talking heads of the state run media.
She pulled the rug out from under them so fast they didn't know what hit them.
At first I was saddened and didn't get it, but when I saw the democrats scrambling for a way to get back on their feet, it was easy to figure out. They need her as a punching bag, and they need her bad. The democrats are digging their own graves and they desperately need her as a distraction right now. All of a sudden, they need a target, but the Republicans aren't giving them one. "Oh noooooo".
I'm in awe. She's good. Very good.
True.. lets hope..
I'm not a member of an organised party..
I'm a republican..
Great analysis, totally agree.
She prefaced those remarks with (paraphrasing), "Hollywood sends those cute little actresses to Alaska to tell us about guns." Meaning Ashley Judd. kA-POW!
That's not her exact words but it's her meaning. Worth reading the transcript.
I have dreams of her touring the nation and kicking some lib ass.
I didn’t notice that. Thanks! and hilarious and fiesty!
I haven't seen POLITICAL skills like this, in the GOP, since Reagan.
Yes, she's that good.
No wonder the left is in a snit over Sarah Palin. She's comin' for 'em, and they're scared.
2 things:
Chambliss in GA won 20% after Sarah, and she drew 60,000 at the villages in FL.
And with the stench of McLame on her too.....
Unintended consequences. They tried to squish her like a bug, but instead turned her into a 50 foot woman.
Now, they're flopping around like fish out of water. They can't touch her.
True. If she had been allowed to just go back to Alaska, do her job and they had ignored her it would have been one thing, but instead the media went after her every sneeze and bloggers went after her every move with a vengence and filed all those bogus ethics complaints and all it did was build her up when they were trying desperately to marginalize her... Big A$$ed Mistake!!
They've already thrown everything they have.
She's now scandal-inoculated.
It'll be the arena of ideas where this one gets settled.
The person quoted at the end of this story, Larry Landry is not an innocent “Independent”. He has a long history of working for Democratic causes, including having been the Executive Assistant to Governor Bruce Babbitt (D). Please update this article to correct this issue.
For verification, google his identity and bio at Landry, Creedon and Associates.
Help me distribute this so that AP will pull this part of the story. If they want to quote an Independent then find an “Independent” not a Democratic Operative.
Is her speech online anywhere?
This is just the beginning. Everyday, Palin will be haunting Obama. This is going to be fun to watch.
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