DamnYankees:

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Thank you.

I really do hope it's a mundane scandal or the ever popular reevaluation of priorities and not something serious with her or her kin.

I'm calling it now.

J.E.Bush/Palin - 2012's GOP ticket

ak_hepcat: ALASKA is so FARKING HAPPY at this announcement.

Yeah, even though she's a quitter, we still hate her guts.

Party at my place!!!

shower_in_my_socks:
Something bad is either seriously up, or Palin's PR people are the dumbest motherfarkers on the planet (possible).

exactly.

Get ready for more of Barack's "I can't believe I'm talking to this idiot" face.

Can she please go crawl back under the rock she came from.

CNN just had a quote from her - she's insane. Like, certifiable.

It's David Letterman's fault.

shower_in_my_socks: Announcing that you're resigning on a farking Friday -- and a Friday that many Americans have off, no less -- means SCANDAL.

Something's up...

Might have a little something to do with Jay Butler and Beverly Wooley.

CnFlght: DamnYankees: Why the hell would she resign? Something must have happened. Sex?

She has had lots of sex, which is why her family is large. This is also possibly why hard-core republicans like her: they can fantasize about her despite their repressed sexuality.

/Repressed huh? Link (new window)

DamnYankees: Here's the thing - no one ever resigns for no reason. Never. You resign only if (1) there is a scandal or (2) you are explicitely preparing to do something else. No one resigns because they just feel like it.

She's not resigning. She's announcing that she won't run for re-election next year.

Hmmm... Not wanting to seek reelection = "stepping down?"

Only in liberal land.

Philly:

I bet she's pregnant again.

Has Trig's daddy Bill Kristol been sneaking up north again?

What if she is Preggo, and she intentionally got preggo to get out of being Gov. of Alaska so as soon as she popped one out she would have a new adorable face to trot around the country?

the english language is inadequate to describe how catastrophically stupid this woman is.

what the hell. Oh well, so Obama loses the lightweight that was gunning for his seat. now he will have to deal with mittens and the huckster, neither of which hold public office. Man, the Repubs really don't care about 2012 huh?

Odds:

Her kid is pregnant again 4:1
She is / Hubby is having an affair 3:1
Provided moose tranquilizers to MJ 10:1
Forming a singing duet with Sanjaya Malakar for a Las Vegas show 12:1

El_Dan: She's not resigning. She's announcing that she won't run for re-election next year.

She's resigning. It's all over the news and the link was posted above.

Anyone wanna put some money on this? I'm willing to bet she isn't running for any political office for quite awhile...if ever.

Replacing the RNC Chair or running for the Senate seem like possibilities.

Tina Fey was getting pretty sick of impersonating palin, iirc.

/ hot like...well, she is a milf, even if I do dislike her.

flavor of the month: the english language is inadequate to describe how catastrophically stupid this woman is.

他是难以置信的愚蠢。

Palin seems to have fully embraced the bible-thumping, intellectually lazy, uncompromising, vindictive, nationalistic culture that has dominated the Republican party for several years. But, I am not convinced she is really un-intelligent, just morally bankrupt and lazy. With a couple years preparation, she could surprise the voting electorate.

If she seriously commits to a run at the Presidency, if she has the right people around her, she could be a serious contender. Bush couldn't find his way out of a paper bag and he made it in, and she strikes me as more intelligent than him.

WhoIsWillo: What if she is Preggo, and she intentionally got preggo to get out of being Gov. of Alaska so as soon as she popped one out she would have a new adorable face to trot around the country?

Frightenlingly, that makes senxe.

We're ready bring it on!

Wait... wait... she's going to RESIGN?

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wtf.

cnn just said palin's nation-wide approval rating among republicans is 80%. think about that for a minute before you talk about her lack of chances in the 2012 primaries.

Someone's blowing and awful lot of smoke up her slutty librarian ass.

I hate when people get all excited about the idea of her running because it's a sure victory for Democrats. Yes, I'm a liberal, yes I voted for Obama... but I hate the idea of going into a presidential race with one candidate who is so completely pathetic I can't even handle the possibility that they MIGHT win. I'd prefer a legitimate Republican candidate get the nomination so we can have some semblance of a real election.

She's not resigning, just changing her party affiliation to the Alaskan Indepedence Party.

WhoIsWillo: What if she is Preggo, and she intentionally got preggo to get out of being Gov. of Alaska so as soon as she popped one out she would have a new adorable face to trot around the country?

Next kid: Trot Palin.

And here comes the condescension.

The only way she would have a chance, would be to:
Have an affair
Some naked photos of her show up on facebook/myspace.
Get caught snorting coke, smoking weed.
Find out she stole thousands of dollars.

That's how liberals are elected. Seemed to work for Clinton, Hussein Obama and other LIARS.

She's not going to run for anything, but it keeps us from talking about why she stepped down.

damn, pasted the wrong link. Runner's World photos can be found here

/surry

NotARocketScientist: clearly america Alaska is on the brink of a new golden age.

FTFM Whoohoo! we get rid of the crazy biatch!

/might not be golden, except in comparison.

Completely bat-shiat-crazy people holding office is an Alaskan tradition. We didn't really mean to share the trend with the rest of the country, sorry.

CNN showing the tape now.

Teela: Klingon Penis: Not finishing her term.

I can haz scandal?

Willow's pregnant?

Is A-rod the daddy?

DamnYankees: She's resigning. It's all over the news and the link was posted above.

CNN is saying only she is not going to run for another term, NOTHING about resigning is being said on their site at this time.

Rockdrummer: Hmmm... Not wanting to seek reelection = "stepping down?"

Only in liberal land.


AHEM:

CBS News, 5 minutes ago: Sarah Palin has announced that she will resign as governor of Alaska and will not seek a second term.

Palin said that power will be transferred to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell, who will be sworn in during the upcoming governor's picnic in Fairbanks.


I guess facts don't matter in GOP land, eh?

Palin/Steele 12"!

El_Dan: DamnYankees: Here's the thing - no one ever resigns for no reason. Never. You resign only if (1) there is a scandal or (2) you are explicitely preparing to do something else. No one resigns because they just feel like it.

She's not resigning. She's announcing that she won't run for re-election next year.

On a day that most public employees have off, Palin sent out an early morning press release indicating that she would be giving an announcement from her home in Wasilla. Joining Palin were her parents, family and state commissioners.

Palin announced that she will transfer power to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell. Parnell will be sworn in during the upcoming governor's picnic in Fairbanks. An emotionally choked-up Parnell said he plans to keep all state commissioners and continue to pursue a natural gas pipeline.

Palin did not field questions and would not give any indications as to her future plans.

Sorry buddy.

El_Dan: She's not resigning. She's announcing that she won't run for re-election next year.
UM, NO-

Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla home Friday morning.

Essentially, she's saying "I'm such a big celebrity I have to resign because its not fair for Alaska to have a governor who is so popular with the press."

Seriously. That's what she's saying.

Oh good lord. She's saying "I'm taking the right path for Alaska." About the first time she's ever given a crap.

Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the Governor's Picnic at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks on Saturday, July 25, Palin said.

Yay!

Anyone else notice that she's holding that fishing pole upside-down? That's not the way you hold a rod with a spincast reel... it doesn't work that way.

FISHING FAIL FTW!

Atleast Shabash: Replacing the RNC Chair or running for the Senate seem like possibilities.

I didnt think about the RNC chair, but I have made bets that he would be gone before the end of july.

That would be a scary replacement

Rockdrummer: liberal l

she's passing on her governorship to her lieutenant governor (aka stepping down)

She's resigning July 25th.