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Palin's July 4 Facebook Note
She's made herself scarce since her resignation announcement on Friday, but Sarah Palin took briefly to her Facebook account to pen a missive about the "higher calling" taking her away from the Alaska governor's seat. Under the subject line "Happy 4th of July from Alaska!" Palin took "a moment to reflect on the last 24 hours." The 460-word note referred to Palin's decision to step down as one "my family and I" decided because "we have accomplished more during this one term than most governors do in two." As for whether the resignation was planned: "For months now, I have consulted with friends and family, and with the Lieutenant Governor, about what is best for our wonderful state. I even made a few administration changes over that course in time in preparation for yesterday." She took another few digs at the "main stream media" for being "most predictable, ironic, and as always, detached from the lives of ordinary Americans," and "sad" for "never understand[ing]." Will Palin stay in politics? Unclear from the note, but she certainly doesn't plan on leaving the public eye, or her followers' field of view: "I look forward to making a difference - with you!" Then, with a sign of her name, Sarah was over and out.
AlwaysOptimistic
Winners never quit and quitters never win....
Sara Palin is a quitter.....Bye, bye Sarah!
DemsDeBreaks
So, if she had made it to Washington for a 4 year term, would she have resigned after 2-1/2 years there, too, because she would --think-- she'd done twice as much as any other VP?
Give me a break.
The pitbull has turned into a shitzu.
cbeenthere
I am still so confused in regard to her recent SarahPac infomercial stating "why we need sarah now" which was pulled within two hours on Thursday.This was replaced by independence day sarah, an edited version which had a bizarre ending. Strange.
hasbro
This woman is ridiculous. The fools that support her are equally ridiculous. We don't need to see anything more on the subject. What a joke.
Mhussein
Sarah please stop talking....
We understand you are no quitter, you're just a fish....
That woman is so sad.....I hope McCain takes responsibility for destroying this woman's life..
Twisted
You think that by picking this unknown, undereducated torturess of the english language, it's grammar and syntax as his vice presidential candidate that John McCain ruined her life?? How about Ms Palin finished any chance that John McCain had of getting elected. OK lets get all the repug tools into one Fox news studio and they can rewrite history.
danfromtexas
Here's hoping she and her clone, Carrie Prejean, hit the road in skin tight outfits and carrying oversized Bibles. They may save us yet, America!
piktor
One is here to "progress America" the other is "here to save marriage"!
DemsDeBreaks
No, not Carrie:
Palin / Bachmann 2012
Oh, please, GOP, make it so.
rapierwits
Such is the nature of delusion!
She really doesn't get why anyone could possibly criticize her decision to resign the governorship with a year and a half left!
Seriously, ya'll have to follow the link to her facebook page and count the things that don't make a lick of sense!
AllAlongTheWatchtower
It's incredible. Her defenders say we should excuse her for the language she uses when she speaks off the cuff. Okay, I can live with that. Some of us aren't at our best in these situations.
However, this Facebook statement is laughable. It reads exactly the way she speaks. She had time to sit down and think this though. She could have had someone proof it for her. Hell, she even had time to let someone else write it for her.
dixie-chik
I read it. I thought my head would explode.
mdargo
The speech was not stream of consciousness. Palin wrote it herself and posted it word for word on her website. She read the speech into a teleprompter. Greta's show posted enough video that it included pan back shots showing the teleprompter Palin read into, with a camera on either side of the prompter. Paul Begala's take at HuffPo on her posted text is priceless, with all of its various ALL CAPS and exclamation points and odd punctuation. The rambling syntax was planned!
www.gov.state.ak.us/exec-column.php
www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/sarah-palin-turns-pro_b_225633.html
Genni2002
That is a good point: What will Greta do now? Will she have to cancel the show for lack of a Palin?
schneezy
Maybe she saw Speide quit and rejoin Celebrity in the jungle and thought it was a good idea. We'll have to wait and see if she tries to get her job back?
SkuddGobang
In conclusion... "WWHHHAAAA!!!!""
Mommy!!! You said that I could do ANYTHING if I wanted it enough. And I REEEAALLLY wanted to be president..er.. Vice President. And those mean old media and stuff pointed out how I had to idea wtf I was doing... that's not fair!!!
mattbenzor
RESIGN ALREADY.............! are you still talking..
SkuddGobang
Oh, and you know that Tina Fey just let out a sigh of relief that she'll NEVER have to do that impression again.
idicula1979
The best part of this story is that chris, I mean Sean Parnell will take over, if that is not an SNL skit I don't know what is and also there has to be a movie made about this woman.
williamboot
If she threatens anymore libel suits, her attorney should inform her about SLAPP suits -- strategic litigation against public participation.
They're illegal in half the states, and are the bedrock of the First Amendment right to criticize public officials without fear of retribution.
She wouldn't even get a court date.
jakesplace
How is it possible that Mrs. Palin is described as "plain speaking" when she can't cobble together a decent sentence and speaks in riddles? I suppose that "plain" is code for rambling on, generally sounding uneducated, and not possessing much of a vocabulary. Silly me for thinking that plain speaking would perhaps intimate something different, like, say, direct, smart, honest, tough, and fearless. Or, maybe, just maybe "plain" is actually a misspelling of "palin" which actually makes perfect sense! It's still such a shock to the system to think that this person is even known about, outside of some freaky "reality" show, much less part of the political landscape and shame on Senator John McCain for subjecting us all to this mess.
labman57
I find it incredible that some of her supporters insist that Palin is not a quitter. If it looks, talks, and acts like a duck, it is not a swan.
Palin was elected Governor of Alaska during a period of prosperity due to the overinflated prices on crude oil, and she rode the coattails of good fortune as her constituency profited while the lower 48 suffered at the gas pump.
Well, times have changed, oil prices (and hence state revenues) are down, and the same constituency and legislature that had applauded her folksy style have been scrutinizing her management style more carefully.
Bottom line, when the going gets tough, Sarah throws in the towel.
democrate4life
Oh...OK....see ya!
wsu1983
This is the same woman who couldn't decide on a college to stick with! The criticism coming her way is NOT because she is a female, nor even because she is a republican, this PERSON has not the work ethic, integrity, demeanor, thick skin, character nor intelligence to lead the free world! She should NOT hold public office. If she wants to write books, fine, kids can always use coloring books.
DemsDeBreaks
Exactly.
I'm just hoping Palin picks my crazy District 6 congresswoman, Michelle Bachmann, as her running mate. Those two are cut from exactly the same piece of cloth. And both used their hot soccer mom good looks to get into office and advance their careers. And, hey! God told Michelle to get a law degree and become a congresswoman, so Michelle could probably brush up Sarah's knowledge of constitutional law while they are both deciding whether or not dinosaurs wore saddles.
Palin / Bachmann 2012
spinozareader
@DemsDeBreaks
"while they are both deciding whether or not dinosaurs wore saddles"...THANK YOU for the great belly-laugh!
DemsDeBreaks
Glad to be of service. :) Keep an eye on the 2010 Congressional race in MN. By now, everyone in District 6 who isn't on a respirator should know that Michelle Bachmann only plays a Congresswoman on TV. In reality, she is a hardcore Evangelical who believes that anyone who doesn't agree with her is Satan's mouthpiece. MN isn't a hardcore Christian fundamentalist area. Lots of people in 6 believe in the 21st Century, I daresay most of them. However, if Michelle gets re-elected...Again...it will be a very scary indicator of Palin's actual chances in 2012. They both remind me of that Reese Witherspoon character in the movie Election. Dumb movie, but Witherspoon's character has creepy similarities to these two.
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