I'm betting scandal of some sort about to break. Announcing the resignation right before the holiday weekend so the news will get buried. Not sure what the scandal could be, though -- I mean, there was tons of stuff that came up during the campaign that didn't seem to faze her.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Jul 03, 2009 10:55:20 am PDT #27215 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Barb - Jul 03, 2009 10:57:06 am PDT #27216 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
This is an update from CBS timed 3:44 PM
[link] Sarah Palin has announced that she will resign as governor of Alaska and will not seek a second term.
CBS Affiliate KTVA reports that at a press conference this morning Palin said she will resign the governorship within a few weeks.
CBSNews.com producer Scott Conroy, who covered Palin's vice presidential campaign last year, confirmed through a source close to the governor said she is leaving office.
Earlier today, a holiday, Palin sent out an early morning press release indicating that she would be making an announcement from her home in Wasilla.
Joining Palin were her parents, family and state commissioners.
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.
She did not field questions, and would not give any indications about her future plans.
According to USA Today, she'll be stepping down on July 26th.
brenda m - Jul 03, 2009 10:59:08 am PDT #27217 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm betting scandal of some sort about to break. Announcing the resignation right before the holiday weekend so the news will get buried. Not sure what the scandal could be, though -- I mean, there was tons of stuff that came up during the campaign that didn't seem to faze her.
Yeah, I'm trying to imagine what would be enough that she wouldn't just try to muscle through it.
Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2009 11:00:35 am PDT #27218 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Maybe she just needs to devote more time to her 2012 campaign.
Sue - Jul 03, 2009 11:01:38 am PDT #27219 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Maybe she just needs to devote more time to her 2012 campaign.
This is what Politico is suggesting.
Tom Scola - Jul 03, 2009 11:06:54 am PDT #27220 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Somehow, I doubt that Sarah Palin will quietly go away.
Laura - Jul 03, 2009 11:08:10 am PDT #27221 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
A really good scandal would be fun. Her affair with McCain. Her long term sexual relationship with Sally exposed. She gave Michael Jackson the fatal injection. Not to focus on 2012. I'm not ready for that.
Barb - Jul 03, 2009 11:10:30 am PDT #27222 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Oooh... How about she's one of the women with whom Sanford "crossed the line" and there are steamy emails floating around?
Narrator - Jul 03, 2009 11:13:43 am PDT #27223 of 30000
The evil is this way?
Palin is about to be revealed as the second killer on "Harper's Island." She's been hiking the Appalachian Trail (that's what the kids are calling it) with John Wakefield for years ....
Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2009 11:13:57 am PDT #27224 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Or Trig really IS Bristols. That would just be fun.