OK, a friend in Facebook just came out with:
Her official reason is, since she's not running for relection, she'd be a lame duck and doesn't want to waste the taxpayers time/money being lame for the next two years?
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'Dirty Girls'
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.
Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2009 11:50:38 am PDT #27236 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
brenda m - Jul 03, 2009 11:53:13 am PDT #27237 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
Yglesias is saying she's now saying she's out of politics for good, but no link so I don't know what that's about.
Also,
As I thought about this announcement that I wouldn't run for re-election, and what that means for Alaska, I thought about how, well, how much fun some Governors have as lame ducks. They maybe travel around their state, travel to other states, maybe take their overseas international trade missions.
Is she talking about Sanford like Kos suggests? This is all so bizarre.
Trudy Booth - Jul 03, 2009 11:54:54 am PDT #27238 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
She's off to be Girl Rush. This was all her roundabout means of ending up with a TV show.
Jesse - Jul 03, 2009 12:42:26 pm PDT #27239 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The timing is what makes the Palin thing so odd to me, but yeah, I bet she ends up making money in the media, Huckabee style.
Laura - Jul 03, 2009 1:36:46 pm PDT #27240 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Palin as a media personality does a lot less harm than her governing while still leaving her around for the mockage.
msbelle - Jul 03, 2009 1:42:13 pm PDT #27241 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
If anyone gets an extra invite for google voice, I'd like one. thanks.
mac and I are home from and AWESOME day at the Bronx Zoo. We totally lucked out with weather. I am now beat.
We got home to 4!! boxes waiting for us. some puzzle, pjs and future gifts for mac. 2 plates and a madame alexander doll off ebay for me. Clothes and shoes from Land's End for both of us. One pair of shoes will have to go back, but the rest is great.
Jessica - Jul 03, 2009 1:48:18 pm PDT #27242 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Must be something in the air - we took Dylan to the Prospect Park Zoo today too. Had a great time until it started raining, then went out for yummy Mexican food for lunch. (Would have done Tom's, but the line was around the block.)
Dylan is now watching Manahmanah for the millionth time on my computer (oh second monitor, how I love thee) while I futz around on the internet. I feel I should be limiting screen time, but then when would I get a chance to check the board?
Tom Scola - Jul 03, 2009 1:50:28 pm PDT #27243 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Andrea Mitchell is reporting that Palin has told her allies she's out of politics completely.
Jessica - Jul 03, 2009 1:50:50 pm PDT #27244 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And out of the blue Dylan is now telling me he has two nipples. I guess I'm proud of him for the accurate counting?
(He also has taken to pointing to his penis and exclaiming "It's Mommy and Daddy's penis!!" The logic, I suppose, being that everything else he thinks is really awesome belongs to us and not to him, so why not this? Nipples, penis, and farting, though. The transition from baby to boy is now complete.)
Jesse - Jul 03, 2009 1:52:49 pm PDT #27245 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am beat from the zoo, too! And had yummy Mexican dinner! We are as one. I am also feeling pleased with myself because I took the rest of the can of refried beans and froze it in single-serving tostada-shaped blobs.