Lenny_da_Hog: DamnYankees: This is going to make Andrew Sullivan Halcro's day, that's for sure.

Edited to apply to Alaskans....

Heh, I'm checking his blog now. Looks like he hasn't quite posted about it yet.

I don't think can stomach another 4-year campaign.

Yeah, that librul media sure persecuted the shiat out of you, giving a whole day and a half to finding out your husband was in a political party for secessionists during "TERRORIST!" 24/7. Asshole.

Lost Thought 00: How long until she tries to un-resign, and blames Democrats for being obstructionist and not letting her resume her governorship?

About five and a half minutes.

What in the blue fark was she talking about in her statement? It was like the ramblings of a mental patient with lots of terrible sports metaphors thrown in.

Anyways, this is fantastic news for me. I'm moving to Alaska on August 2. I sure dodged that bullet!

how is this a selfless act again?

Dinki: DamnYankees: This is going to make Andrew Sullivan's day, that's for sure.

Hehe maybe that's it- Sullivan got a hold of the hospital report showing that she wasn't pregnant.


She was the only candidate in the 2008 race that didn't release her medical records. Something was seriously up there, either the whole Trig thing or something earlier in her history -- possibly an abortion or something else in her past that wouldn't make the fundies to pleased with her.

If you want to place bets on a potential scandal, I'd look to the medical records as the source first.

I dont know who I stole this from the other day but god bless you ...

In case anyone was wondering, her current term was set to expire December 2010.

lstywnch: I almost wonder what Wooley, Butler, and McAllister have on her.

It's gotta be....

I noticed the governor's Legal dept. had told them not to comment at all about the incident, saying it was a "personnel" matter -- the same as they told us about Walt before Troopergate.

Maybe she wants to get back to drilling.

ZangTT:

Pat Buchanan is basically thinking she'll move to Iowa to run for Pres.

OH HELL NO!!

Although she might fit in with some folks over in King's district (Western Iowa).

/orig. from NW Iowa

I just listened to Gov. Palin's announcement on CNN.

For those who missed it, here is what she said:

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There were more, but I was too fatigued to continue.

I thought she wouldn't stand for re-election for a couple of reasons.

The Repubs. in Alaska aren't exactly happy with Palin due to the way she won the election and how she has acted as governor. More than likely she would be facing a tough election campaign with all sides firing at her.

A loss would devastate her on the national level and would end her chance in 2012. She leaves office and goes to the Primary States and touts herself as a successful Executive leader and the right choice to challenge Obama.

The resignation, especially considering the timing, is surprising and buried on Friday says scandal unless she thinks announcing the beginning of her 2012 Presidential campaign on July 4th 2009 is a good idea.

Megain: "the world needs more trigs"

heh

i failed trig in high school, the world doesn't need more of it, trust me.

Mr. Chainsaw: What in the blue fark was she talking about in her statement?

Oooh, I like that phrase.

she sure was anxious during that. uncomfortable trying to look comfortable.

Befuddled: So did Palin do some poling in her home state and find out that she's got less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection as governor? I can't imagine she is all that popular in Alaska right now.

Her popularity poll numbers in Alaska are higher than Obama's nationwide. Do you think Obama has "less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection"? Or are you seeing what you want to see?

what did he just say about a gas line?

Shabash: Finest wharrgarbl I've ever heard live.

yourube link yet?
we need this archived.

I did not see this coming... announcing not running, sure, but resigning is bizarre.

Looks like she finally started to realize that with the permanent fund dividend tanking and people actually IN Alaska loathing her more and more that she'd get her ass stomped in that re-election campaign.

Mr. Chainsaw: Anyways, this is fantastic news for me. I'm moving to Alaska on August 2. I sure dodged that bullet!

Well that's it right there- she heard you were coming and wanted outa there. :)

lstywnch: Lenny_da_Hog: DamnYankees: This is going to make Andrew Sullivan Halcro's day, that's for sure.

Edited to apply to Alaskans....

Heh, I'm checking his blog now. Looks like he hasn't quite posted about it yet.

And I'll bet Andree MCleod has pissed her little lace panties multiple times in the last 15-minutes.

Hobodeluxe: she sure was anxious during that. uncomfortable trying to look comfortable.

did she wink?

Lost Thought 00: How long until she tries to un-resign, and blames Democrats for being obstructionist and not letting her resume her governorship?


She's going to try to un-resign in August, and then shoot the Lt. Governor and a random gay person and use the Twinkie Defense to get off.

Wow, quite a personality on this new guy....NOT!

And who let the crackhead run the camera? Too many zooooms...

Alien Robot: Befuddled: So did Palin do some poling in her home state and find out that she's got less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection as governor? I can't imagine she is all that popular in Alaska right now.

Her popularity poll numbers in Alaska are higher than Obama's nationwide. Do you think Obama has "less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection"? Or are you seeing what you want to see?

as i mentioned upthread, her national approval rating among republicans is 80%. she's not an also-ran.

Was Mark Sanford banging Sarah Palin?

The world needs more.

Lenny_da_Hog: It's gotta be....

I noticed the governor's Legal dept. had told them not to comment at all about the incident, saying it was a "personnel" matter -- the same as they told us about Walt before Troopergate.

Well, Dr. Butler was talking like a madman from Atlanta. I worked with McAllister at the newspaper here years ago and he is not the type to suffer fools lightly. The ADN has another story about Wooley. There's something VERY interesting going on there and I'm certain all three of those folks are involved somehow.

Okay resignation is coming out

DamnYankees: Seriously. That's what she's saying.

In other words, it makes as little sense as everything else she says. She is quitting in her idiom.

hubiestubert: Now then, with two women in the race, it would leave ample room for ANOTHER great Maine Senator to rise up, who is a bit more like MCS, and tromp the crazy ones' tuckuses...

So very much this. I am getting increasingly irritated by politicians that vote straight down party lines. I think thats why I love Snowe and Collins. I request absentee ballots just so that I can continue to vote for them.

I have no doubt she could win the Iowa primary, but I don't think she has much chance of convincing anyone in New Hampshire to vote for her.

So that's perhaps the 2 most popular GOP governors in America ruining their careers in a matter of 10 days. This party sure is doing great.

Candy Crowley smells scandal.

If the Republicans nominate that woman as their lead candidate, they're done for as a national party.

Hobodeluxe: she sure was anxious during that. uncomfortable trying to look comfortable.

She said she was uncomfortable.

Republican strategy to get voted back into power: "we're gonna need more trigs"

Hobodeluxe: she sure was anxious during that. uncomfortable trying to look comfortable.

Resigning at 4 est. On a friday, which and a holiday.

Something is defintely up.

SilentStrider: Megain: "the world needs more trigs"

heh

i failed trig in high school, the world doesn't need more of it, trust me.

This. Algebra ftw.

Hobodeluxe: Candy Crowley smells scandal.

and smoked ham. always smoked ham.

Palin moose cookie frowns upon your shenanigans

Alien Robot: Befuddled: So did Palin do some poling in her home state and find out that she's got less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection as governor? I can't imagine she is all that popular in Alaska right now.

Her popularity poll numbers in Alaska are higher than Obama's nationwide. Do you think Obama has "less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection"? Or are you seeing what you want to see?

Unless her approval rating has gone up double digits in the last couple of months, then Obama's are slightly higher.

Weaver95: If the Republicans nominate that woman as their lead candidate, they're done for as a national party.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

/to both

Alien Robot: Befuddled: So did Palin do some poling in her home state and find out that she's got less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection as governor? I can't imagine she is all that popular in Alaska right now.

Her popularity poll numbers in Alaska are higher than Obama's nationwide. Do you think Obama has "less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning reelection"? Or are you seeing what you want to see?

I thought I was asking a question. That is what that curly thing at the end of a sentence means.

Lenny_da_Hog: And I'll bet Andree MCleod has pissed her little lace panties multiple times in the last 15-minutes.

HAHAHHAHAH!!