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Post by bruce on Jul 8, 2009 7:01:50 GMT -5
Palin returns to work, defends decision to resignsome excerpts: In an interview with The Associated Press, Palin defended her decision to step down after a year in which she has been bombarded with a series of ethics complaints and publics records requests that have cost the state nearly $2 million to investigate, according to a tally provided by the governor's office Tuesday. "You would be amazed at how much time and resource my staff and I, the Department of Law especially, spend on this every day," she said. "It is a waste. We are spending these millions of dollars not on teachers and troopers and roads or fish research and other things that are needed in Alaska."She has not said what she will do next, but a book deal is in the works. When asked if she will run for president, Palin responded, "That's certainly not within my immediate plans." ************************ It sounds like she has a sound reason for resigning. The constant investigations & complaints is hampering her and her staffs ability to do their work AND it is costing the state a large sum of money that could be used elsewhere. For the sake of the state, she is giving up her job. She has been investigated with a fine tooth comb and it ALL STARTED the day after it was announced she was the VP choice of McCain. She became such a threat that after the campaign the digs continue at great cost to the state. I doubt that any other governor would have any fewer given the same scrutiny that she has. I also question if some of the investigations are not excuses to cover a sexist agenda! It can't be dismissed, it is just as reasonable as some of the things she has been investigated for. Again, I would not vote for her as a president but I do like some of her political ideas. I like the idea that she is not a "city kid" too! I can't figure out if Tired and turk have been smoking something, or are just delusional. A 3rd party headed by Palin would take votes away from the Repubs far more from than from the dems. Palin is poison to at least half the public. Nice try Tired, but the spin your spinning is just that-spin. Investigations in Alaska had started long before her nomination.
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Post by jackoliver on Jul 8, 2009 12:03:08 GMT -5
The vilification of Sarah Palin has become an interesting study in current American politics. Personally, I hope she takes some time with her family and then goes out on the circuit and makes a shit load of money beyond the reported half-to-a million debt she has accrued to defend all the so far defunct ethics charges. I think she could be quite a draw to the tea parties who are attracting the growing number of independents who don't like the direction of either parties. I think it would be wonderful if Palin was the leader of the Tea Party Express Person Party as CNN called them. She would fit right in will all those that follow those beliefs. Perhaps she can have America secede from America !
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Post by jackoliver on Jul 8, 2009 12:14:12 GMT -5
Does anyone on this blog really want Sarah Palin as President? She is Gov of Alaska for 2-1/2 years and can't stand the heat that she herself created and has to quit. She is just a mouthpiece of social conservatives. There are very, very few Independents or Democrats who will vote for her. She's best placed on Fox News so that America can laugh at her. But maybe she's too educated to be on Fox News. Great post, Sadie. Join up and help the few sensible folks here fight the fight. As Bruce said, Welcome Sadie. Opinions like yours are always welcome here. To answer your question, No, I don’t want Palin to be President, BUT I do want her to RUN for President. IMO she turned off allot of America and put a very bad taste in the mouth with even conservatives by her opinions and style. She voted for Obama and didn’t even know it.
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Post by The Truth on Jul 8, 2009 12:35:33 GMT -5
Sarah Palin will be the next RNC Chairperson, replacing Steele.
Sarah Palin's bombshell that she is resigning as Alaska governor actually has boosted her a bit among Republicans, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, though it also has dented her standing among Democrats and independents.
Two-thirds of Republicans want Palin, the party's vice presidential nominee in 2008, to be "a major national political figure" in the future. Three-fourths of Democrats hope she won't be.
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Post by The Truth on Jul 8, 2009 12:41:27 GMT -5
America does not need an apologist.
The reports of her demise have been greatly exaggerated.
We need a fighter and fast....... she's the woman for the job.
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Post by jackoliver on Jul 8, 2009 12:52:21 GMT -5
America does not need an apologist. The reports of her demise have been greatly exaggerated. We need a fighter and fast....... she's the woman for the job. I dont see how a Quiter is a fighter? Maybee thats a conservative value I will never understand.
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Post by The Truth on Jul 8, 2009 12:56:08 GMT -5
Palin's complaints about unfair treatment by the news media resonate with many respondents. Three-fourths of Republicans, more than half of independents and a third of Democrats say coverage of Palin has been unfairly negative.
When it comes to a potential presidential run, the USA TODAY Poll displays Palin's strength in the Republican base and weakness among swing voters, who traditionally decide national elections. Republicans by 71%-27% say they'd be likely to vote for her if she ran for president in 2012, while independents by 51%-44% would not.
The poll Monday of 1,000 adults — including 321 Democrats, 323 independents and 316 Republicans — has a margin of error of +/–3 percentage points
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Post by jdredd on Jul 8, 2009 13:25:12 GMT -5
How much longer is this Palinpalooza going to go on? I'm as sick of Palin as I am of Jacko.
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Post by jackoliver on Jul 8, 2009 13:33:07 GMT -5
How much longer is this Palinpalooza going to go on? I'm as sick of Palin as I am of Jacko. Palin will continue to grace converstion as long as she cant keep you mouth shut. I think that will never happen.
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Post by EscapeHatch on Jul 8, 2009 14:40:11 GMT -5
I'm as sick of Palin as I am of Jacko. JD, I have to say that I find myself agreeing with you more and more each day. I too am sick of Jacko. And Michael Jackson. Or is that Sarah?
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Post by jackoliver on Jul 8, 2009 16:14:34 GMT -5
Ill never get sick of Jacko and Jackson and Palin
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Post by jdredd on Jul 8, 2009 16:16:49 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Wasn't Micheal Jackson called Jacko?
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Post by EscapeHatch on Jul 8, 2009 16:18:45 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Wasn't Micheal Jackson called Jacko? Give it some time.
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Post by jdredd on Jul 8, 2009 16:25:55 GMT -5
Did I miss something? Wasn't Micheal Jackson called Jacko? Give it some time. Oh, you kidder...
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Post by EscapeHatch on Jul 8, 2009 16:51:32 GMT -5
Palin will continue to grace convers(a)tion as long as she cant keep you mouth shut. I think that will never happen.I wonder if it is all the moose meat she eats. Ever had moose, Jack?
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