Sorry, moonman you misread my post...

I was refering to those who had critisizized Ms. Palin in other threads and who lauded her resignation in this one. I am not aware of your stance towards this woman, actually.

I wasn't specifically lumping you with the others. There is no need to be defensive.

I didn't misread your post (note the bold part) If anything You mistyped it. When I feel I am being accused of something I didn't do or say, I WILL defend myself.

Then I apoligize for the mistype..again I did not intend to lump you with the others.

She did hand her future political opponents a big weapon to use against her, Democrat OR Republican.

That's exactly what my first thought was, too.

If she resigned to spend more time with her family, don't you think she would have NEVER ran for Vice President? Because correct me if I'm wrong but the VP is a lot busier than the Governor of Alaska.



I don't think anybody is spewing bile at her. There's a difference between disliking her and thinking she's uncapable as a Politician and being intensely hateful towards her.

In my opinion, she was too arrogant and too selfish. Why else would anybody be willing to sacrifice so much time for the VP job when their children, one with special needs, are at home without their mommy.


And remember, first she loved all this media attention. McCain and her even went on SNL, but when SNL made fun of her, Palin blamed McCain for "forcing" her to go there and get made fun of.

Of course once McCain/Palin lost, all the problems they had came out. I never thought that they looked like they would get along anyways....

It seems unprecedented. Even if she is running for President in 2012, this is supposed to help her? Watching her speak - and on the Friday before a three-day weekend - she came off as someone who has not thought it through. Can anyone else recall a Governor just walking away with a year and a half to go as Palin has?

Palin links resignation to 'higher calling'

By MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press Writer
Sat Jul 4, 7:38 pm ET

JUNEAU, Alaska – Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a "higher calling" with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.
A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the controversial hockey mom was still keeping details of her future plans under wrap. But in a statement posted on Palin's Facebook account, she suggested that she had bigger plans and a national agenda she planned to push after she resigns at the end of the month.
"I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint," she said.
Palin also cast herself as a victim and blasted the media, calling the response to her announcement "predictable" and out of touch.
"How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country," the statement said. "And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make."
Palin's personal spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, confirmed to The Associated Press that the Facebook posting was written by the governor.
The abruptness of her announcement and the mystery surrounding her plans has fed widespread speculation. But Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein on Saturday warned legal action may be taken against bloggers and publications that reprint what he calls fraudulent claims.
"To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as 'fact' that Governor Palin resigned because she is 'under federal investigation' for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation," Van Flein said in a statement. "This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law."
Palin has kept a low profile since her abrupt announcement Friday at a hastily called news conference at her home in suburban Wasilla, outside Anchorage. All of her public communication since then has been on the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, or through statements released by her office.
At the same time, Palin informed Murrow early Saturday that someone using the name "exgovsarahpalin" on Twitter was spreading a false rumor that there was to be a party at her suburban home in Wasilla, outside Anchorage. Palin was afraid her home would be mobbed, and security was dispatched, Murrow said.
With only a few weeks before she steps down on July 26, and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell takes her place, the governor spent the Fourth of July weekend in the state capital, Juneau, but was only spotted briefly on the sidelines of the city's parade.
She had been invited to ride in a convertible, as she did last year, but never told organizers whether she would attend.
Juneau parade director Jean Sztuk said officials drew up banners in case Palin showed and was willing to take part.
As the last of the parade's clowns and marching bands headed past her, Sztuk gave up on Palin. "What governor wants to be at the end of the parade?" she asked.
Her low-profile and vague Internet messages left mounting questions about her plans for the future shrouded in mystery. Will she lay the groundwork for a 2012 presidential bid? Will she find a high-profile place in the private sector, maybe on the speech circuit? Will she drop out of the limelight and focus on her five children?
Her constituents, for one, wanted to know, especially in Juneau, where she has struggled to win over residents.
"I think she owes it to Alaskans to tell us why," said state Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, the son of Alaska's first governor, Bill Egan.
Egan, hosting a 50th anniversary statehood ceremony, said he was disappointed Palin decided not to finish out her term, which was scheduled to end in 2010.
"It's sad she abandoned us at this critical time," said Egan, who was appointed by Palin to an open seat on the last day of the legislative session in April, after a protracted battle with Senate Democrats.
Palin's departure can't come soon enough for Laurel Carlton, a waitress at the Capital Cafe in the Baranof Hotel, where the city's political movers and shakers meet every morning before walking a few blocks to the Capitol.
"I think she has a game plan that's not Alaska, and hasn't been for awhile," Carlton said.
She noted Palin has a book deal, and seems headed for the national stage.
"If you're really not going to stay and do your job every day, you should leave anyway, and so the sooner the better so somebody can step in and actually do the job," Carlton said.
And as far as Carlton is concerned, Palin doesn't need to explain why she's leaving.
"We don't care. We just want her gone," she said.
Palin, whose popularity in Alaska has waned amid ongoing ethics investigations, gave many reasons for stepping down: She didn't want to be a lame-duck governor; she was tired of the tasteless jokes aimed at her five children, including her son Trig, who has Down syndrome; she felt she could do more in another, still-to-be-defined role.
McCain didn't rule out a return to politics for his former running mate, saying Saturday he believes "she will continue to play an important leadership role in the Republican Party and our nation." He gave no other details.
Even Parnell, who plans to run for re-election after finishing out Palin's term, said he was shocked at first when he learned of his boss' decision.
"But then as she began to articulate her reasons, I began to understand better," he said. "And nobody — unless they've been in her position and understood what she has gone through and dealt with and who she is as a person — really understands."

The hits just coming - she is now warning legal action may be taken against bloggers and publications that reprint what her lawyer calls fraudulent claims (mentioned above in bubblebliss' post as well).

On her Twitter page, Palin posts a link which goes to Greta Van Susteren's blog at Foxnews.com. Remember Greta? I'm-not-her-handler! And Greta's husband John I-only-did-a-little-consulting-work-for-Sarah-Palin Coale. At Greta's blog, you can only see the first page of the sfour page letter Palin's lawyer has made public (because posting all seven pages is apparently a technical challenge)


What a brilliant PR move. On the fourth of July, Palin attempts to squash free speech by using her last few weeks in the Executive branch of government to bring down unenforceable legal threats on a private citizen in Alaska. A private citizen she names, and in doing so makes this person even more popular than she was.

Every elected politician now has cause to legally go after the evil crypto media, or is it the evil crypto librul media? Ever hear any "false and defamatory allegations" from - lets pick the obvious one - Fox News? Never. All of their, ah, hard hitting video doctoring oops reporting (with you deciding), is above board and simply beyond reproach.