Palin Quits, Transfers Power to Lt. Governor

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/03/palin-opts-run-second-term-alaska-governor/
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday that she would not seek a second term, setting up a potential run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shocked the political word Friday by announcing that she will step down at the end of the month and transfer power to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell.

Palin made the announcement from her home in Wasilla, flanked by her husband, Todd, and family and state commissioners.

Palin's decision now allows her to avoid the difficult task of running for president while serving as governor.

Palin gained national prominence when GOP presidential candidate John McCain picked her as his running mate last year. But her approval ratings in the state have skidded in recent months.

Palin has been dogged in recent months by ethics inquiries. Her office last month announced the 15th dismissal of an ethics complaint against her or one of her staff.

Palin defeated incumbent Gov. Murkowski in a primary in 2006.

[twyacht]

She is not going quietly into the night,....

I hope she has her sights on calling out this current admin. for what it is, and can assist in getting rid of the present POTUS.

[fightingquaker13]

Things do not look good for team Wasilla. Look, love the woman or hate her, there are two things I know.
1) Anyone would rather run for President as an incumbentant reformist governor than someone who quit out of the blue halfway through their first term. Regardless of ideology, people will ask why would you do this? If you would rather run for office than do your job, or why should I trust you with the next one?
2) In the politics business Friday is called trashday. You take out the garbage on Friday afternoon because no-one reads the papers onSaturday. That is doubly true of the Friday before July 4th. If she wanted this to make a splash all wrapped up in red white and blue, she would have done it last Monday.
Something is very wrong in Casa Palin, or she is very stupid. I don't think she's that stupid.
FQ13 wo says stay tuned for further news

[TAB]

There has to be a reason for her leaving... I'd bet its not a good one.

you don't just quit mid term like that... 

[tombogan03884]

 You both have maintained an irrational, and unsupported hatred of her since day one so your opinions don't really mean much, BUT FQ's #1 is a valid question, her term was up in 2010, that still would have plenty of campaign time, and resigning in mid term is bound to raise questions unless her goal is not the Presidency in 2012, but the Senate in 2010.

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[philw]

You both have maintained an irrational, and unsupported hatred of her since day one so your opinions don't really mean much, BUT FQ's #1 is a valid question, her term was up in 2010, that still would have plenty of campaign time, and resigning in mid term is bound to raise questions unless her goal is not the Presidency in 2012, but the Senate in 2010.

good point,   


I would vote for her either way though  as she falls in to all the categories  that I have for voting 

Hot,  likes Hunting / Shooting  ,   and Hot

[BAC]

good point,   


I would vote for her either way though  as she falls in to all the categories  that I have for voting 

Hot,  likes Hunting / Shooting  ,   and Hot

You forgot to mention Hot.

[philw]

You forgot to mention Hot.

I don't know why she did not get more votes   she should of been No1 on the ticket 

http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/08/30/sarah-palin-vs-barack-obama/   sums it up very well 





http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_gov_sarah_palin_tells_mag_i_could_beat_president_obama_in_running.html

If only all political races could be settled with a simple cross country run.
That's probably what Sarah Palin would want, anyway.
In a recent interview with Runner's World, the governor of Alaska expressed how she'd do in a race against President Obama.
"If [it] were a long race that required a lot of endurance I'd win," she said, boasting that while she may lack the physical strength to take on the President, she could outlast him by sheer will power.
"I betcha I'd have more endurance," she said. "If you ever talk to my old coaches they'd tell you, too. What I lacked in physical strength or skill I made up for in determination and endurance."
Although Palin did admit she likely wouldn't do well against Obama at basketball, the President's chosen sport.
"He towers over me and I wouldn't be complaining about an unfair advantage there," she said. "But maybe I'd do better playing H-O-R-S-E with him than one-on-one," she said.
The one-time vice presidential candidate also spoke on how much running is a part of her life, and has impacted her view on politics:
"You have to have determination and set goals, and you don't complain when something's hurting because no one wants to hear it," the 45-year-old Republican said.
"You get bummed and burned out sometimes in running and in politics, but if you're in for the long haul and you're in it because you know that it is a good thing, then you get out there and you do it anyway."
Palin also revealed that she was injured running at John MaCain's ranch only days before the debate with Joe Biden during the presidential campaign.
"I was in heaven and there were plenty of hills so I knew my thighs were going to just throb and my lungs were going to burn and that's what I crave," she explained, adding that Secret Service agents were along for the jog.
While running, she fell, cutting up her hand, which required her to wear a bandaid during the debate.
"I made those guys [the Secret Service] swear to secrecy," she said. "And I have this great respect for them that they've kept silent all these months."
Palin also noted that her runs usually consists of some of the same music, including Van Halen and AC/DC. Although she does close it out with a little country, such as Amy Grant.

OK  she wins   she is an AC/DC  Fan   

[TAB]

You both have maintained an irrational, and unsupported hatred of her since day one so your opinions don't really mean much, BUT FQ's #1 is a valid question, her term was up in 2010, that still would have plenty of campaign time, and resigning in mid term is bound to raise questions unless her goal is not the Presidency in 2012, but the Senate in 2010.

whats stoping her from running for senate?  does AK have a state law against the gov running for senate?

even if that is the case, why not just come out and say that?  


as to why I never cared for her... its simple, just like obama, she has zero exp in running a country, hell she has zero exp in running a biz... thats not some one I want one heart beat away from being the POTUS.  Not to mention the fact that she "stood" for the christan right, yet thats not the way her or her family lived...   then there was the whole no real info on her... lots of questions that were never answered...


why don't you tell me why she is so great?

[fightingquaker13]

I finally found a copy of Palins speech. If I didn't like her before, I really don't like her now. My two favorite quotes:
 "It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down plod along.That's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out."
Really? Sorry Sarah, its called doing doing your damn job when the going gets tough, and its inconveinant, and you promised people you'd do it. And the quitter's way out is, well, quitting.
Something I think even Tom will agree with me on is my second favorite:
Her quote from "MacArthur" " We are not retreating, we are advancing in a different direction". Sorry, but that was not (to my shame, uttered by an Army General) it came from a Marine. Specicificaly Oliver Smith of the 1st Marines who led his men out of the Choisin Resevoir. The quote was "Retreat Hell"! We're just advancing in a different direction". If the woman cannot be bothered to properly attribute one of the most famous military quotes in American history correctly in a prepared statement announcing a momentous political event, even getting the service branch wrong........
Sorry Sarah, those fish floating down stream you mentioned? You betch'a!
FQ13