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That republican tree is shaking and its interesting what is falling out......next!

After the holiday, it will come out that she was one of Sanford's other women...you betcha

Jbird,

I assure you that liberals have no fear of Sarah Palin. What they do have is a deep resentment of someone calling their patriotism into question for not agreeing with her views.

People who seek to divide the country by calling those areas where she is popular the "real America" is an insult that only a demagogue would throw out.

In my mind, she is sowing the hate she herself reaped.

-J

@Brad(R) July 3rd, 2009 6:07 pm ET

Marissa
You are allowed to have your own opinion,never denied that. And yeah maybe 9/11 could have been avoided,I wasn't to into politics when it happened so I cant make much of a point on the intelligence he gathered.However,maybe al-qaeda would of never become a threat if Clinton would of stopped accepting money from the terrorists not to take bin lawdon out.

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Brad I suggest you read the 9/11 commsion report. Also Clinto was bombing al-quaeda camps. Bush stopped doing eveything that Clinton was doing. It took Bush three press conference before he finally know how to pronounce al-aqaeda. He never met with the administartion terroists expert in 1:28 on 9/11/01, Even though Richard Clark was begging for a meeting, Clinton, on the other hand met with Clark every morning. Read the report...educate yourself to the facts...bush blew it!

Perhaps she will lead the Right to Life Movement. A good fit for Ms. Palin.

This statement from RGA says a lot. They don't give a crap about our states, our nation, or anything else. All they care about is control of government. It's no wonder things go to crap, especially the economy, when they are in control. I wish they would all just focus on keeping their extra-marital affairs and stay out of government.

Wave your little hand and whisper so long dearie
Dearie, should have said so long
So long ago

To those obsessed with Obama, read a bit the stament by RGA:

The RGA’s focus remains firmly on the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia this year, and the 37 gubernatorial elections that will take place in 2010. We know that winning these races is the most important task facing our Party over the next two years.”

I would think that the RGA is suggesting that gov Palin has been thrown under the bus. Remember, gov Palin had to pay back money that she embezzled from the state of Alaska. She might be in a very difficult situation. Let's see how this whole thing plays out

I say don't let the door hit ya in the rear lady! Pathetic.

Lucky for politics she got a better offer money.The true root of every republican.

This lady has a SERIOUS track record of QUITTING.

Please let this lady be the GOP front runner in 2012. The Democrats will be handed the election on a Golden Platter!

GO SARAH 2012!

GOP please elect Sarah Palin as your front runner! LOL

To Brad (R)
Whew... you're a prime example of why this country desperately needs not only education, but higher education... doofus!

No sympathy for Sarah Palin. With her attacks against the media as she broke out on national stage; to the lies accusing President Obama of "paling around with terrorist"; to her divisive speeches and attacks against "community organizers; PALIN HAS EARNED HER UNDIGNIFIED SEND-OFF.

What will the lemmings whine about now? Sadly, she's not stupid; she's more intelligent than a majority of this country.

Good riddance to a bad politician. Period. Sticking up for Palin makes about as much sense as some of her interviews did...NOT VERY MUCH (in case her supporters needed help deciphering my witty sarcasm).

This goes to show her ignorance not only as a politician, but as a human being. She has swayed Republicans around the nation to vote across the lines, she was the target of comedy shows, news broadcasters of all kind, and was generally to blame for McCain's loss in the election (thank you for this much...)

But seriously. Nobody with half a brain likes Sarah Palin. She practically stumbled through any interview she had, she sounded like a complete and total moron, and there is no excuse for such behavior when a person runs for the second most powerful seat in the country.

So good riddance to her. I personally look forward to her not making it past the primaries, and even more to the chuckles she'll provide me with when she can't answer a single question during an interview.

Usual republican rhetoric. Let's win elections then rob from the poor. Governing is to complicated so let's show them government is evil and doesn't work.

I'll say this as politiely as I can...... the woman is not very smart. As an example of a female politician, she is an embarassment . Truely, her only asset is her physical beauty.

I had forgotten how awful a public speaker Palin is: she rambles incoherently or else lurches from one point to another racing to the end of her sentences without any pauses or pacing. I actually had to leave the room because listening to her is so painful.

NoTelePrompTer: We are not afraid of Palin. We are afraid that the American public will once again get suckered in by a person spouting their "born-again Christianity" and their pride in their total ignorance about anything of importance. Been there (8 years), done that. And our country is a mess because of it.

NoTelePrompTer: Yes, Palin did lie about Obama when she said he "palled around with terrorists." Being on a board with someone who in the past threatened our government is like saying Palin is a pothead because her almost-mother-in-law sold dope.

She lied when she denigrated Obama's work as a community organizer – tell that to the real people in real neighborhoods that Obama helped. BTW, he never up and quit when things got hard.

She lied when she denied instigating the people at her rallies to yell threats of assassination and violence towards then-candidate Obama.

The woman wouldn't know the truth if it bit her in the behind.

So just imagine if in 2012 she did get elected as president (yeah, right!).

Anyway, once the going got tough and her political opponents criticized her policies and world leaders weren't fawning all over her, what would she do?

She'd QUIT!

The woman is a flake and a narcissist. I also bet one of her closest advisors is Karl Rove (she is, afterall, a female version of George W. Bush).

When the goings get tough the Republicans get going.

She is not as dumb as she appears, theres money to be made out there and she is aiming to get it. Now if the political career happens then for her thats a extra bonus, this woman is looking to get rich. That was the conversation she had with the family, do you want to be rich/wealthy or do you want me to continue with this job as Governor and not have a chance to cash in on my popularity while I can, and of course you hear her one person in her family said 'Hell Yes" to her decision.
The woman is a joke for the Republican but not a idiot when it comes to looking after her own needs.

Also if she was going to make this statement today, why was Todd away on a fishing trip. I believe he was just in the dark as the rest of the public, she decides her own way, usually down the road to destruction but this time she's out for the money.

The only I fear from this woman is her ability to convince simple-minded people into liking her. All our country needs is a female version of George W. Bush: Under-educated, incapable of speaking correct English, swagger and shoot from the hip, holier-than-thou, fear-mongering, egocentric, and pretty much DUMB!

Thanks – but no thanks!

Hope the GOP outdoes itself by choosing Failin Palin as its Prez candidate in 2012

Give me a break , this idiot is leaving for some reason which will probably surface in the near future. Great news for the people of Alaska.

Good riddance to the "Wicked Witch of the Northwest".

Marissa, if you're in the top 10% income in the Chicago area then you must be a government employee. Too bad with all that money you can't get a little more education in subjects like history and economics then maybe your position would be different. I just see the same old lame liberal democrat end game, when you can't attack the politics you attack the person. How about let's clean house of all "career politicans" in DC and start anew in 2010 & 2012, how could we do worse?

America and American potilical parties eat their young we all share similar values, we are suppose to all be American, you allow political parties and politians cause desenting in American most of them don't mean what they say,and don't do what they mean, this is my first time on this sight and I can see what this system of tearing down has done to the average person, we are all Americans with different pricnipals and ideas, but isn't that what American I fought in a war so all American can have their beliefs and ideas. Simple because we don't agree doesn't mean we can't get along, we are one America, and have one president who but the way was elected by Americans, who all have different views let us not let parties or politians make us forget that we are all Americans, on this fourth of July where people fought for all of us to have the right to say what we believe, and that we must respect others beliefs.

WHAT A HYPOCRITE! In Sarah Palin resignation she indicated that one of the reasons she is resigning is because she is tired of the political attacks. WHOA!!! It was Palin who attacked the media at the 2008 RNC, and she also made famous the lie that candidate Obama "pals around with terrorist".

Supposed she got elected this past November and the same situation occurs (not being able to work with people, job too tough, etc.)...what would she do then? Just quit?

It doesn't matter if it's a democrat or a republican...quitting mid-game is not really presidential.

Sarah "Hillbilly" Palin knows that she would NOT be re-elected in Alaska in 2012 – and that her entitlement dream of leading the GOP the presidential nominee would become impossible. After all, she spends more time trying to get on national TV than doing the "people's work" for the state she represents.

Or maybe she heard that Katie Couric was planning on interviewing the current Governor of Alaska next month?

Next, she will suspend her campaign to fix the economy.

Now to read between the lines on the RGA statement...

"YEAH! Finally we can be rid of this distraction to the GOP! Goodbye... And don't call us anymore."

She is going to prove that ANYONE (no matter how inept) can get rich by spouting lies and being just plain stupid. She will no doubt start making the rounds of Repug chicken dinner fundraisers and the religious kooks as well as all the in-breds in the right wing will actually pay to hear her babble on and on about nothing of substance. This will happen unless of course another out of wedlock pregnancy is in the offing for one of her children. Oh, I forgot, this is a self righteous soul that I'm speaking about so that really wouldn't matter.

Wow, so much hate from people who supposedly subscribe to the politics of acceptance, tolerance and inclusion.

You guys make Michael Savage look like a folk singer.

Palin may have resigned as governor so she could focus her attention on running for the Senate in 2010. Lisa Murkowski, Republican Senator from Alaska is up for re-election at that time. For Palin, this makes more sense than a 2012 run for the Presidency. As a U.S. Senator, Palin could still make a run for the White House in 2016 - true, she would be a Junior Senator, but that didn't stop Obama from running (and winning) in 2008.

If you're still hoping for a Palin GOP ticket in 2012, read the Vanity Fair exposé on her, out this month. Not a pretty picture...

Hey, maybe someone needs to investigate if Sarah and Mark were having a fling! I wouldn't put it pass either one considering the lies they have both told. And lets not forget about the bet they had, they seemed a bit too chummy!!

She did not lie about Obama. You cannot give me one example of that. Unless you assume that Obama is the great truth teller.
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Lie #1: "Obama is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate"

Lie #2:"Today, we learned that Obama’s decisions continue to impact Alaskans; while we as taxpayers now own General Motors, Obama closes another dealership – this time in Soldotna as more of Alaskans’ hard-earned money and jobs are lost to big government."

I got a lot more of them but then why should I do the research for your ignorance? Try picking up a newspaper ... maybe you wouldn't so brainwashed by your Bible thumping leaders.

I will be most surprised if this comment is included. The last time I sent one in that was complimentary to Sarah Palin, it was not. Sarah Palin is NOT a quitter. She explained perfectly well why she is "stepping down". The media has been, and continues to be, grossly unfair to her.

Oh, and Marissa, Jordan offered to get Bin Laden for Clinton. But Clinton did not want to get his hands dirty, and that is a fact not an opinion.

GWB had to make difficult decisions for this Country that were not popular. But they are decisions that Clinton was not man enough to make and decisions that Obama will have no idea what to do when and if something happens on his watch.

Wow, Marissa... You are one bitter woman. Breath, breath, take prozac. That's a good girl.

Question 1: why would anyone quit a job just a few weeks of the job ending anyway? Question 2: what does this have to do with Obama? can we please stop associated every move made by someone having something to do with Obama, I am absolutely 100 percent sure she did not have a conversation with President Obama before she made this decision.

We laugh at Palin because we FEAR her? No, we laugh at Palin because she makes it so easy to do so just by opening her mouth. The only FEAR I have about Palin is that she was one heartbeat away from being the POTUS. But, she would have quit after 2.5 years anyway...so maybe she could have shot Osama bin Laden like a wolf from her helicopter while looking out over the Russian terrain. See...that's why we laugh!

The GOP definitely seems to have filled its ranks with a number of brilliant social models. Cheating hypocrites and self-serving whine-bags seem to make up the elite of this party...

Well, now she's free to make gobs of money off of the faithful palinites and pay people to keep reality away.

And she doesn't have to learn a thing!

I really feel badly for all of you who suffer from Palin Derangement Syndrome. We'll pray for you and your recovery!!!

who cares about *Miss Drama*

I think McCain must be wringing his hands and saying to himself

*Omg I have created a Monster* lol

First let me address Palin's Press Release, with jumping all over the map on why she is stepping down, is nothing more than a coverup of the truth. What I take away from her comments is that she cares absolutly nothing about Alaska, only her own ambitions of making more money now that she in very small circles is a celebrity. Or if the rumors are true about a criminal investigation then I say let the chips fall where they may.
One things is for sure, the reasons she gave today is for the good of the Alaskian people is not the truth. Uselly when a politician step down so abruptly is they are about to charged with something. So I say to all you Palin fan, dont be so stupid to believe this woman.

There are so many mean spirited people. I'm glad that I'm not a liberal democrat. You're a bunch of idiots!

I admire Palin for stepping down, unlike some of those Democrats and Republicans who refuse to do what is right for our country...you know Blago and Sanford. However, knowing this message board, I fully expect to hear a ton of cheers from our LIBERAL NUTJOBS and and a HUGE SOB from our RIGHTWING FANATICS.

I am surprised there wasn't more hateful and obnoxious comments from the peanut gallery on here, but I suspect it is a Friday and everyone is ready to enjoy their July 4th.

And I want to applaud our IDIOT parade of posters: NIKI, Tim, AMN, Darth Vadik, Barbara, RUTY et. al.

Look it is clear that no what the LIBERAL NUTJOBS on here would have said "She should QUIT" and if she didn't "She is a QUITTER" either way it was a lose, lose for her. Where are the moderates around here? It seems like this forum is full of children.

Thanks God is Friday, Good Bye Sara Palin please do us a favor stay home we had enough of you already. Better take care of your children and put your acts together.

My niece (who lives in Alaska) told me by phone that she felt relieved that Sarah Palin resigned. She said that Palin destroyed their government's office of foreign affairs by cutting that budget to a one person office. My niece explained that Alaska needs foreign relations for trade but Palin missed the point of how important foreign trade is to Alaska. ( I am being polite and restating my niece's statements to keep the profanity out.) I may not have stated the correct government office title but you all understand what I mean.

I on the other-hand am thrilled that Palin has had to resign. I am not a supporter of the religious far right trying to take over our country. She represents that group. All civil servants, elected or appointed must not overstept the first amendment. The religious far right want her to be their leader. Oh, please God NO..o...o..o..

I was very happy to hear that Sara Palin was stepping down as our missing in action Govenor. She did nothing for us in Southeast Alaska. She ran her office from Anchorage or Wasilla, asked for per deim everyday that she did not stay in Juneau. She says that she is an Alaskan but never took the time to address all the important issues that needed her attention. To me I felt that she only wanted what she enjoyed the most and it was al the Lime light that her and her family got. I am just curious just how much time she helped all the other legislatures with session. We are celebrating Alaska's 50 year anniversary this Saturday at the Juneau/Douglas City museum and I had heard that our Govenor was going to go to Woodard, Ok. , I could not imagine what was more important than our 50 year statehood celebration. Maybe we need to be part of the lower 48 to receive some of her attention. Ahh! What the heck, how can we miss her when she is never around.

People, do you have ANY idea how sick and tired this country, no the entire WORLD, is of having you blame everything on Bush and gossip like 12 year old school girls about Gov. Palin????

You'll find out at the next election.

If I were you, I'd go get a good education. You're in dire need of it.

I'm curious on how she is going to spin this for 2012. As far as I see she A) didn't have the stomach to see an entire term through, or B) she a is calculating politician who abandoned her duties to advance her own career.

Either way, quitting early seems contradict her self-proclaimed identity as a hard-working, "real" person.

Who will support Todd?

She has been married to Todd since 1998. Either she has 2 or 3 kids born out of wedlock or they have a different father. We as America would be lost without her higher than thou family values. hmmmm

God bless the president , Barack Obama, he is the leader of the world and the strongest country in the planet.
He is the leader of the country.
Mean while, his strength and influence is disseminating the Republican party even with their hate fest platform.
Ensign, Sanford and now Palin is gone.
The rest should be careful , because God is with the president.

If you think about it, what has she really done in her Political career.
Keep in mind, John McCain only chose her as a "token" VP candidate, to try and pander to women voters.

Sarah Palin has no political clout beyond the obscure state of Alaska.

She is irrelevant. But I must admit, she does make a nice MILF.

We as American for years have known for years politians will say and do anything to get elected. I respect Ms palin as a human being, and to have comon everyday hardworking people in office is American, but in the higest office in the counrty in a dangerous world we need the most skilled people in the country handleing our affairs, and for anyone to think or believe Ms. palin was even remotely quifiled for the job, one heart attack from the presidency, should move to north korea where sucession is a family matter, and look what they got.

@ Brad(R) Where do you get your information, RUSH LIMBAUGH. You my friend are a babbling Idiot.

She sounded worst than Bobby Jindal. The (R) is dying slowly but surely. Hopefully her 15 minutes of fame are up.

How about " FORMER Republicans React to Palin News"...

Many, many of the smarter ones switched partys after or during (like me) the election because she was even a considered.
Their (his) choice of her showed a total lack of seriousness. Her empty head should have been discovered during the vetting process.

Prayers do work!!

stay in Alaska,,, please, do us all a favor

I'm sure that the Republicans are relieved. I am also sure they are hoping that she does not rear her head during the primaries as a contender. I'm sure they are hoping against hope that there isn't a brewing scandal. The party of "family values" and "high morals" can't afford too many more of these revelations. Well, we'll see.

You get the feeling alot of the republican comments in this article are out of desperation, they feel that by lashing out they can defend their ideology from it's imminent demise... Republicans had no answers when they were in power, and they surely don't now either... For every republican that's mired in scandal, you have to assume there's 2 others that haven't been caught yet....

sarah is a NUT. can't finish what she starts. these repugs have truely lost their minds, what little they had left. she was just rambling on about NOTHING. Hopefully we won't hear from her again, but I'm sure we will. Maybe, just maybe she will use this time between now and 2012, to further her education and take some english lessons. She is a complete IDIOT.

I guess that Caribou Barbie finally realized that people are just not into her that much. It surprises me that she thinks she can launch another bid for elective office after becoming a quitter.

I hope very much that Palin will finally shut up and just disappear. What a pathetic, demagogic and stupid woman! What kind of person can like or, God forbid, love this woman? It is a scary thought that there are so many people in this country who ‘admire’ her; she probably makes them feel smart.

I can't say that I'm surprised that she's resigning.....since she landed in the national spotlight she has struck me as the type of person who will always opt for what will further her own agenda and need for self gratification. I am ashamed for her that she has put her own ambitions ahead of her commitment and responsibility to the people of Alaska.

Everyone keeps saying they want her to just fade away. Well, each time there is an article on her and someone posts, it just makes her bigger and bigger. She is probably quitting to learn more about national affairs and how to speak proper English so that she can make a bid for the WH in 2012. Hard to hold an office and run for another polical post at the same time. Look at our current President, John McCain GW Bush and the list goes on and on.................................

Its not suprising to me that Sarah Palin is jumping the ship....Only palin realise that she can never get her re-election so run run run...

Hopefully she'll just fade away from memory and take all you "old school" republicans with her. Until you all realize you have to change with the new culture of the country you will continue the downward spiral!

Ah, the 'Dead Fish' good bye speech – kind of appropriate, dontcha' think?

I see that several Republicans here are trying to celebrate Palin's announcement as a good contemporaneous speech without a teleprompter. Are you people serious?! She could not have been more meandering and disorganized if she tried. I would give a student in my class an F for this sort of effort. Get a clue, you hapless buffoons: this woman is an embarrassment to anyone with a three-digit IQ, and your party will go down in a blaze of glory if you make her your nominee in 2012.

Sarah Palin, you have made a BIG mistake. Girl what are you thining of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If there has been any self serving, fame loving individual it is this woman. I am amazed that English is her first language, because she does seem to say a lot but with very little if any meaning in her speech. Its laughable to think that if John Mcain had won, Sarah would have been the vice president of the greatest nation on earth. In all honest, it scary what I hust listened to. What the hell was she talking about.

I'm watching her speech now. Did anyone else hear sheep bleating in the background? The irony and poetry are astounding!

@ NoTelePrompTer:

You clearly are "truth challenged" and wouldn't know the truth if it slapped you upside the head. Palin is incapable of making any honest, objective statement about President Obama aside from "he beat me and John McCain."

I could present many more untrue statements Palin has made about Obama, but I'd be wasting my time arguing with someone as intellectually vapid as you.

Finally, a moment of intelligence.

I've heard Republicans calling this a "brilliant" move. I wonder how the people of Alaska, who elected her to do a job, feel?

Maybe one morning she was in her backyard and saw Putin and now they are soulmates.

Palin is quitting to make money first, then eye the senate and then look at 2012. She is only out for herself and really got full of herself during the campaign. She has sacrificed her family for fame & fortune & she knows it. I cannot & will not respect a person of her character, regardless of her political agenda. I am a democrat, but I truly respect Mr. McCain for some of his politics, but he made a mistake in bringing Ms. Palin to promenence. To all of you who argue about this country & Pres. Obama, shame on you because it has only been a few months and expectations are too high. Our country has been spiraling down for many years. It is going to take years to get back on track. One thing I can say about Pres. Obama is that he is attempting to do almost everything he campaigned for and we should try to work together to get through this mess.

I smell some sort of scandal. She is just getting out while she is ahead. I am still hoping though that she runs for president, as this would ensure Obama another term. I just do not understand how the far right thinks the rest of the country is afraid of her. She apparently cannot handle the pressures of being a governor, how in the heck does anyone think she can handle the pressures of being president. It was clear to a large marjority, she was out of her league in terms of the national scene. I can see Tina Fey working on a skit for yet more weird Palin rambling.

What will she name her show on Fox News at 5PM after she completes her book tour and fundy fund raising.?

kaChing

@ MartinN, Plano:

You read my mind. I expect her to pop back up in about 2.5 yrs in a run for the White House. I think she's gearing up for it.

Ok, this is great! We get to watch this self absorb LOON keep talking with her, gosh, golly, also, you betcha, and all her other ignoarant talk. I am excited! Its fun watching a train wrecK!!!! Oh and congrats to Alaska, you finally got rid of her

believing in smaller government ,maybe shes tryin to lead the republican party,, by setting a good example,maybe she'll follow michael jacksons lead and hire a private physician a perscription of rivitran.

It was a poor choice by the McCain folks and a terrible choice by the people of Alaska, What will she do next, Take a job with AIG, Citicorp, or just go snoe-boarding with her tag along husband, you Betcha....

Sarah spoke more truth and common sense during the election than the whole lot of phony baloney pompous asses in Washington.

Just look at the bunch of arrogant circus clowns up there: Barbara "General, you will address me as SENATOR, not ma'am" Boxer; Harry "Keep those stinky citizens away from me" Reid; Chucky "Hey, nobody out there cares if we blow a few billion" Schumer; Nancy "CEOs will now drive to Washington, and by the way I want the biggest plane for myself" Pelosi; Barney "the brothel closes at 2 am" Frank; Chris "Gimme another sweetheart mortgage before I write up some more easy credit rules" Dodd; and Barry "I want to steal trillions from the working class and give it to the clueless" Obama.

I'm neither pro nor anti Palin but something seems really strange about all this. I suspect there is some sort of scandal behind her resignation. We will probably be learning more soon.

Can you tell me how our President's life is a lie? What an ignorant and malicious statement. Palin had no idea what she was talking about in the primaries, even McCain's top people are blasting her, but somehow you miss all her faults in order to make some insane comment about our President. Try and focus.

Sure jbird the word progress can be used as a verb such a "make progresss in" or "seek progress for" her state of Alaska, but it is incorrect and clumsy English to talk about 'progressing Alaska' And therein lies the problem. it is not that Palin's critics are afraid of her, We are not. It is that reasonably intelligent people like you will go to lengths to defend her obvious weaknesses, instead of acknowledging them and perhaps stressing her strengths.

Though obviously popular among some people Palin is obviously not qualified by any means to be on any national stage and the fact that smart people like you can't admit this...that is what is really scary for this country.

Can we just cut out all this nonsense and get back to putting our nation back on its feet? It's going to take all of us. We don't have to agree with each other, or even like each other, but in order to survive, we all have to help.

What a melt down! This women is a ding bat. And she bables like a crazy women. I cannot belive she brougt up MacAurther. Wow, the GOP is in full bloom!

Another member of the Flat Eart Party's Circular Firing Squad goes down. Good Shooting, Repubs !

This women's life is one big soap opera. She needs to go away and allow the adults to make important decisions.

@ NoTelePrompTer who wrote:

July 3rd, 2009 6:08 pm ET
She did not lie about Obama. You cannot give me one example of that. Unless you assume that Obama is the great truth teller. What a laugh that is. That man's life is a lie.
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Please do give some examples of how Obama's life is a lie. We will be waiting to read your examples!

HERE IS THE .......LIE........ PALIN TOLD ABOUT OBAMA:

" HE PALED AROUND WITH TERRORISTS." NO HE DID NOT.

Ayers was not his PAL, nor was Ayers his best friend!

To insinuate that Obama is a "terrorist" because "he paled around with one" is like saying (excuse the yelling) THAT ALL CATHOLIC PRIESTS ARE PEDOPHILES BECAUSE ...... A FEW ARE!

Sarah lacked power in her words of the speech. She rambled and did not support her thinking with good sense. None of her points proved powerful and connected with the rest of her speech. Why do people call her "charismatic?" She seems to have some raw intelligence but she does not use language in an educated way. Intelligence works well with charisma.

Didn't Governor Palin make a commitment to her state when she became Governor? And now she's giving a three-week notice that she'll be stepping down? Talk about poor judgment!

I'm glad I'm not from Alaska – I'd be so ashamed.

Good riddance Miss Wasilla! You can now be added to the worst “former” governors list.

I agree palin should go away , now only if obama would only follow her lead !!!!

First: NO ONE fears Palin! It is sad that a small vocal group of paid Republican stooges (they must be paid because I do not think anyone would say the silly things they post for free). They only jam up the blog with all their cheerleading for Palin.

The point is the timing of this decission to STEP DOWN is strange to say the least.

It is rude for people to slander others with silly name calling. Enough of it goes on from both sides and serves no perpose.

We need to do some digging to find out the REAL REASON for her to step down if she really loved the job as much as she said in the interview.

Sarah please remember something that those that have so much time on their hands that they can go around trying to belittle others are only ignorant and only belittle themselves,so don't pay any attention to them. your better than they are....

Hopefully Huckabee will the next Republican to quit Politics because sorta reminds you of Charles Logan in 24.

To everyone sooooo upset at all the name-calling Sarah Palin seems to attract...can you please tell us ONE name Obama called her during the election?

Now - watch the blog heat up: can anyone tell us the names Palin called Obama?

Joe the plummer has more of a chance to be president that Palin the quitter.

What a completely self-serving opportunist ... abandoning her State responsibilities. If she is that cavalier about her responsibility, thank God she flamed out in November.

Now, if she had said she was retiring from politics, that would give people something big to celebrate over the July 4th week-end. Hell, I'd even spring for some free fireworks for the State of California.

Ms. Palin, the citizens of the great State of Alaska thank from the bottom of their hearts for this announcement. It's good to see that at least someone will be pleased.

@NoTelePrompTer

The primary defense mechanism for paranoia is projection of one's own conflicts, fears, and rage. You seem to be doing just that and misperceiving reality if you think Democrats are afraid of Palin, you are mistaken. I would love to see her run for President, really. I think it is you that fear President Obama because you do not understand his election. You see tele, we just got tired of the distortions and fear-mongering of the Bush Administration. And yes, I fear Cheney because the freedoms he says that he wants to preserve were eroded in the name of national security.

what did the DEMS find out about the hag, GO DEMS

Please, please, please god. . . let Tina Fey come out of summer recess to do a riff on Palin's "selfless" act of quitting. Although it will be tough to outdo the actual Palin press conference, for pure inanity, Fey could surely make it inspired hilariousness.

@ NoTelePromTer

I'm not scared of Palin's honesty, it's her stupidity that scares me. As far as no Democrat being attacked the way she's been attacked, look at what's being said about our president by the likes of Fox News and Rush and the like. Of course, if you discount them as real media, then you're probably right.

As for her resignation, it's bizarre. Maybe she's prepping for a run at the White House in 2012, but quitting your first major office in the middle of your term is a mighty odd way to start.

She made Sen Kerry's wish come true. Thank you Sarah. She's gone and we're satisfied.

There MUST BE more to the story than is being said. All the reasons Ms Palin gave for her choice did not make any real logic. The only thing she said that could haaved a thread of truth was the cost ofdefending against the charges against her.

Let us hope that the charges are not allowed to fade away.

Then there there is the chance she is going to go back to school and learn whatr a VPs job is.

This is a remarkably milk-toast response to big news from someone who is supposed to be the future of the party. Interesting.

So, is she one of Mark Sinfords "other women that he crossed the line with?" I say, yes.

Are republicans serious? Sarah Palin is the best they have to offer? If I were a democart, I would pray for a Palin candidacy in 2012.

I think Sarah Palin has gotten a taste of what big time politics is all about and I don't think she can handle it. The absolute best thing Sarah could do is to resign from public life and devote her time to raising her family. Its the only thing she is qualified for.

College Station, TX

It's just as well she quit, I belong to our local Moose Club and we would never elect her president of even that. Get it?

This is not about Obama you stupid haters. It is about your drama queen Palin. You Republicans love to turn everything into a Obama story. With Obama no DRAMA!

My question is if she had a National position, like VP or President, would she quit in the middle of her term. She is making a really bad decision, can she be trusted, does she have the mental state to govern? This woman has killed her political career with this decision. She is lacking in a good education, and certainly not leaving Alaska in the best of shape. SHE HAD LOST HER WAY.

I think she was finally told that she would not receive backing from the GOP if she wanted to run for office in 2012. Due to the fact that she won't be able to maintain her office as governor in the state of Alaska. The GOP does not like her, and the only support she has is the right wing extremist groups, who have begun to define the republican party.

She is the GOP Pink Elephant in the room.

If the GOP nominates this woman for 2012 they are choosing to loose. She does not have the education, the experience or the disearnment to adequately fill the office of govenor let alone president. The only fear of this woman is that she would actually get the GOP nomination thereby giving the election away. I sat on a airplane recently next to a Canadian and he mentioned how much they loved her in the last election...then it became clear he meant for the comic value, what a joke she was. Honestly I am more qualified than she and I am qualified enough to know I am not qualified. What ever reasoned, intellegent part of the GOP that remains with the party needs to get this woman out of sight. Real revenge of the Dem. party would be to get wonder woman Sarah to register as a DEM and tell the world she is a blue shirt. They would be running for cover.

Glad she is gone.

Oh there has to be a reason. No one is THAT dumb. Well, it is Sarah Palin, I know, but she quits and there is no 2012. No one wants a quitter for prezzie...

I bet in a few days a scandal will be breaking news...

Cutting and Running huh?
What courage and dedication to duty!

BREAKING – she MAY be under investigation for criminal behavior.

She has seen what Obama is doing to the constitution, and with his backing. Maybe she want's to protect her family from the criminals in the other party. It's ashame how a women who has jesus in her heart is picked on so much by the STATE RAN MEDIA. Her character to me seem to be better then most of the people who make comments about her. It may of been hard being a honest person among a den of dishonest people (Obama). I hope she goes back home and still guides her family to living a better life.

Sarah said that if she stayed and became a "lame duck," she would be seen as a "quitter."

Didn't she just QUIT her job as governor of Alaska?

Huh?

NoTelePrompTer July 3rd, 2009 5:58 pm ET

I have to laugh at the remarks made by the lunatic libs on this site. You are terrified of Sarah Palin. Her honesty was so foreign to you you can't handle it. No Democrat of either sex has ever been attacked by the news media, idiotic talk show hosts and 'comedians' the way she has been. All of it was FEAR driven. I personally think it would be a great idea for her to run for the Senate.

You are either blind or stupid.

You don't pay much attention to conservative talk show host like O'reilly and the old windbag Limpbaugh do you? Man you ignoance is showing through. These two people alone have been attacking Obama from day one with name calling and lies. What planet have you been living on for the past year? Wake up to reality before it leaves you behind.

Good for you Sarah girl!!! Sure hope she stays in shape as she's sure a pleasure to behold!!!

May be a little light in the brains department but sure good looking!!! Sort of close to the perfect woman!!!

BRAD~ Bush keep us safe? REALLY??? What was 911? Wasn't there a warning a few months prior and the week before the actually attack? Weren't there about 4000 troops killed in Iraq based on a lie? I will need understand the rational here? If there is an attack with Obama, the first one doesn't count then,OK? It only counts if there is a second.

Then they broke laws with there war crimes. They said they had to do it, right? I guess they though that American laws were too WEAK to protect us? I know they have gotten us by for a few hundred years, but torture had to happen because all the laws we followed before were weak? I just want to make sure i understand the GOP mindset.....

What this ticker really needs is one more story concerning Sarah Palin! SEVEN just isn't enough I guess! C'mon CNN let this know nothing, imbecile fade away already! Sheesh!

It is now 6:40 PM EST. Lets' see how long until Clinton goes to the back burner and Palin dominates the Ticker...

Palin has as much chance of being elected President as Bush has.

I would not put anything past Sarah Palin. While it is risky to leave her post in the middle of her term you have to pay attention to the way she explains it. She believes that her presence in Alaskan politics is preventing the peoples business from being done. This is because instead of democrats trying to work with her, they are trying to destroy her. So why waste the people’s money and time when she can instead do the STATE OF ALASKA and COUNTRY more service by leaving the post and promoting her conservative policies and fighting for the people throughout the country. Simply put she did not back down from a fight but went on to a larger battle. What is laughable is that you lib’s think that because of this she will have no chance in 2012. The truth is it will be Obama who will have no chance. Americans don't want to be reliant on government, they don’t want high taxes, they don't want out of control spending, and they don't want a weak foreign policy that favors tyrants. They want someone like Sarah Palin who will put people before politics, who will empower individuals with their own destiny, who will not erratically spend your money then raise your taxes, who will have pro-growth free market policies, and who will carry with her over seas pride for America and be willing to defend our country in the face of evil tyrants. So don't say good bye to Sarah start saying your good byes to the joke of a president we have today.

Sarah Barracuda decides to step down for the Halibut? All this Sarah Palin news is giving me a Haddock. lol

Marissa, I believe your right. People will only blame who is in charge at the time. Its odd that it was the opposite was true with Bush and 9/11 while the Bush administration sat around on intelligence.

I hope Obamas policies do work, with all the hatred and people like Rush wishing for his failure, it downright unAmerican to witness these rightwing extremists cackle at every insignifcant thing. "..is he a Muslim or wheres his birth certificate?" Goodness, what a joke these buffoons are. They only want to shift your attention away from their failures over the years.

She's one selfish, lazy woman. She's been absent from her state ever since the election, not doing the job she was paid for, and now she's just going to quit because of her selfish (and laughable) ambitions to run for president?

Sarah Palin is the trailer trash of the GOP. As this Republican views it, she should finish INcompleting all of her endeavors. "No politics as usual" is her excuse. Is she switching parties? YEAH!
There's an old saying, "Rehab is for Quitters!". Palin is a quitter and a loser. And she will finish off the party forever.

Brad(R)

Dude, you are crazy. Seriously.

Do you see Canadians heading south and leaving "there" nationalized health care system for ours? Do you see Europeans doing the same? Yes, lots of people would love to come to this country, but it's sure as hell not because of our health care system!
Also, can any selfish-me-me-me conservative answer this: why is it that most Europeans, with their "socialized" healthcare, have the same life expectancy as Americans? Those socialist French!!!!!

As far as Congress, Democrats gained control of Congress in 2007. Reps were in control for most of Bush's last term. By then the house was already on fire

Last, whatever happened with the "country first" slogan? Loverboy in South Carolina leaves his responsibilities and heads south to his mistress. Now Palin quits before her term ends. Makes you wonder

Just in case it's not posted by the "liberal media," CNN

Brad(R)

Dude, you are crazy. Seriously.

Do you see Canadians heading south and leaving "there" nationalized health care system for ours? Do you see Europeans doing the same? Yes, lots of people would love to come to this country, but it's sure as hell not because of our health care system!
Also, can any selfish-me-me-me conservative answer this: why is it that most Europeans, with their "socialized" healthcare, have the same life expectancy as Americans? Those socialist French!!!!!

As far as Congress, Democrats gained control of Congress in 2007. Reps were in control for most of Bush's last term. By then the house was already on fire

Last, whatever happened with the "country first" slogan? Loverboy in South Carolina leaves his responsibilities and heads south to his mistress. Now Palin quits before her term. Makes you wonder

How's that for courage and the work ethic of finishing what you have started?

What would she have done when the going got tough as V.P. or heavens forbid, President?

My guess is that a nasty skeleton was ready to pop out of her closet and she bailed.

Did she really even care about the people? It almost seems she was parading around as if she was still beauty queen. Don't get me wrong, she is pretty, but there's nothing upstairs. Maybe it's time she stepped down and took care of problems at her home front. Good luck to her!

Democrats and Republicans need to be very afraid. She is not part of the good ol boy politics. She stands for what she believes in. The people who are so ugly in their remarks just shows ignorance. Instead of calling names, how about an intelligent remark instead. I guess the people calling Sarah Palin bizarre probably never heard of Gerald Walpin the inspector general.

This woman destroyed herself, and allowed her family to be destroyed by running with John McShame. Her ignorance and lack of knowledge of US and world affairs, plus her lack of knowledge and skills, showed the world just what type person she is.
She's as despicable as the rest of the republicans – John Boehner, Lindsey Grahm, John McShame, etc. etc..
She used her family to try and gain the white house – and failed miserably.
So, go home Palin, we don't want you.

I guess that the director of RGA wasn't given the reason for Palin's irresponsible resignation from her elected position as Governor. This shows every American why she should never be considered as a Presidential nominee, you don't quit your job because a better offer is presented, or your publisher needs your time, and no, not even if your health is in question. I see why the GOP is a house of cards, they're amateurs.

All right NoTelePrompTer, please enlighten us. Tell us how President Obama's life is a lie?

Now Sarah Palin can come back with a SLAM DUNK! She can now fight back in a wide open court, instead of in a back room.

The Court is yours Sarah? Let's play BALL!

jbird wrote: "Palin's opponents have overused excessive criticism to the point where it has lost its shock value."
Jbird, "Overused excessive criticism" is a bit excessive.

jbird – to set the record straight, we as opponents of Sarah Palin's politics are not, I repeat NOT, afraid of her. You want to keep that out there, that's your right. We think she is toxic. The hate rallies she held during the presidential campaign are a shining example. Take a look at some of the video of her at them, and the people who attended them. This type of toxicity is dangerous to our country. It's not fear of her, it's disgust at what she knowingly was doing.

There is a theory that the reason Obama will not release his birth certificate is because it shows his race as "white".

Marissa – I have never seen such hate as that which rises from you. You are a true Obamot, in the style of the German brown shirts of the 1930s.

If in 2008 was the nomonie instead of McCain then Palin would have won the election.
McCain was carrying to much garbage to win any election outside of the South and his relection campaign will not be a winner in Arizona because of this baggage.

Hey no teleprompter~ Palin has a serious truth aversion issue. I am sorry that you lack the ability to comprehend intelligence. Her hate speech is an issue. People like you believe the garbage even when there is solid proof. You NEED it to be lie. Truth will never replace your need to hate Obama for any reason. What is the deal with the prompter any way. They have all used them, even bush. The difference is Obama can read it. Obama also speaks in coherent sentences, unlike Bush and Palin.
Regarding Palin, this seems like an attempt to cut out on the Alaskan she loves to serve so much for a brighter more lucrative gig. Or maybe the pressure is too much? Or that she can not play with the adults cause her maturity level is equal to a fifth grader?

Character Is hard to build or maintain If you quit working at it. Ed Rollins is right, Quitting is no way to launch into national politics.
I wish Republicans would listen to smart people like Ed instead of partisan hack pundits that just say what their base wants to hear.

people like ZERO keep posting here saying how biased CNN is and how they hate CNN......well I think you'd feel a lot better at FoxNews, they have a site too you know.

Palin will drive Obama out of office in 2012. Obama will try a Chavez/Castro style coup but it will not work. Mark it on your calendar Obamots, the first Tuesday of November, 2012.

Might run for president in 2010? Go ahead... make the day for many Americans! This woman was an embarassment to John McCain and Republicans, in general.

Thank who is ever in charge upstairs. What a blessing for all of the American people that { " Fruit Cake " } Sarah is stepping down. God bless her and good luck with her book deal, may she fade away into the sunset .

well all you blind mice can now follow the press on this. if they say she did a poor thing you all can hammer a way. this all depends on the press coverage. most american can not think for them self.what the press hign lights for you democrats is what you all will take up.

Thank who is ever in charge upstairs. What a blessing for allof the American people that { " Fruit Cake " } Sarah is stepping down. God bless her and good luck with her book deal, may she fade away into the sunset .

It's clear she quit because of biased, sexist, media. They'd are even dirty and crooked enough to go after her own kids. I don't blame her, and most simpled minded rubber stamps are obviously going to have a problem with what i'm saying, because it's pointing out the obvious. Just a note, I watch most New shows every once in a while. And I have not heard a single nice thing come out of Keith Olbermann's mouth about her. Even if it's something good about her, he'll find a way to spin it into bad, or simply not cover it.

I think she was better off leaving the political game, because of the biased from the left was never kind to her in anyway. I noticed Hillary went through similar, but less extreme treatment during the primaries last year, and I recall Hillary fans were not so fond of it either. Most of the things I've seen Palin called stupid for weren't even stupid, they were really sexist attacks. The media even has a lot of people believe Palin said "I Could see Alaska from my house". Is it really good coverage if they people don't know who said what?

P.S. if you really think Palin said this, it was Tina Fey.

Folks,

I can see some battle lines being drawn from both sides.

If Pres. Obama fails, the left will blame the state Bush left the country.

If Pres. Obama is a success, the credit goes to Obama and the left.

Also, Pres. Obama has stated he went to Pakistan in 1981, and came back to New York. He could not have used a US Passport, since Pakistan at the time was on the 'no go' list from the state department.

What passport did he use then?

(For those of you thinking this is a birth certificate fabrication...you probably were thirsty for Pres. Bush's National guard record)

YES! Now, if she runs...Obama will win with a better margin than he did last year!

Thank who is ever in charge upstairs. What a blessing for allof the American people that { " Fruit Cake " } Sarah is stepping down. God bless her and good luck her book deal, may she fade away into the sunset .

Ding, dong the wicked witch is dead!

But please, resurrect her for the 2012 presidential election. May be by then, someone would have told her that Africa is not a country.

palin will go on to bigger and better things. watch out for 2012!!!!

Palin has more integrity than Obama could ever dream of. Palin is the epitomy of integrity, despite the gyrations of the Obamots here this afternoon.

So, she could handle being gov. when the job was easy, but now that the economy is bad and there are tough choices to be made, she chooses to quit. Imagine if she became pres. and things got tough- would she just walk away then, too? Or just curl up in a corner and cry!

NoTelePrompTer – She said Obama associated with terrorists, he was a socialists (which you rethugs OBVIOUSLY don't understand what true socialism is but you guys listen to lush limpaugh and hannity and believe every word the drug addict and liar say), she allowed people to scream 'kill him' at her rallies and never said anything, should I continue? One last thing, majority of republicans said they couldn't vote for mccain because of her.

Alaska can finally start rebuilding itself. Hopefully she never reenters politics if she can't walk and chew gum at the same time, g-d forbid she ever thinks about the White House.

Maybe like a true republican she is shagging one of those army guys she just met, lol.

We have the Obamaliar-In-Chief. We have the VP brazen liar, gaffematic and plagiarist Biden, second in succession, and we have the Blinker pathological liar, third in succession, and we have the MIA Secretary of State, Hillary, corkscrew landing liar, in fourth succession.These are the shameful dems that America voted for to lead our nation. Rentless attacks against Palin is a distraction from a runaway govt gone awry.

Obama democrates/liberals = party of hate and intolerance

NoTelePrompTer,

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

Cmon you have to be an inside liberal joke.

Sarah Palin honest?

Why don't you just say a thundering silence,
or a bright darkness,
maybe dry water,
a smart republican,
dark supernova...

@NoTelePrompTer Wrote: July 3rd, 2009 5:58 pm ET

I have to laugh at the remarks made by the lunatic libs on this site. You are terrified of Sarah Palin. Her honesty was so foreign to you you can't handle it. No Democrat of either sex has ever been attacked by the news media, idiotic talk show hosts and 'comedians' the way she has been. All of it was FEAR driven. I personally think it would be a great idea for her to run for the Senate

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Your the lunatic! Were not afraid of her by all means. She's just an idiot.

Well, she rarely attended that whole government thing anyway, so I guess the question is, will anyone miss her?

Is starting out this early for the 2012 even a good idea? While good ideas have never been Palin's strength, peaking too early and burning out potential voters is such an obvious risk that even Sarah should see it. It's right there, Sarah, next to Russia! You can see it from there!.

It is a big drama by sara palin....she quits, it is good for her and state...too....it is an eyewash....to get sympathy from public for next presidential election....people who are clever, know this...stuff...anyway i don't think she will win regardless of dramas played by her....

She did not lie about Obama. You cannot give me one example of that. Unless you assume that Obama is the great truth teller. What a laugh that is. That man's life is a lie.

First, a little grammar housekeeping:
Florida Joe, "progress" is a noun. It is also a verb, meaning "move forward."
In-Lite-Ted, Alaskans did vote to SUCEED when they elected Sarah Palin. You probably mean that you want to SECEDE.

Palin's opponents have overused excessive criticism to the point where it has lost its shock value. Name – calling (e.g, fruitcake, having mental problems, rubbish) are verbal weapons of people who cannot express an intelligent opinion. Paul Begala, commenting on CNN, suggested that she might haven a hidden disease. I'm wondering what disease is manifested by high energy, a smiling countenance, healthy-looking skin, charisma, and poise.

The opponents are merely telegraphing their fear of this woman. Even in the immediate moments after her announcement, a sign of desperation is evident.

The timing of the announcement has been discussed. Most of the time, announcements like Palin's are made with fanfare on slow news days, not the day before an important holiday. But I have noticed that she has nudged Michael Jackson and the Fourth of July off the top of the news.

Marissa
You are allowed to have your own opinion,never denied that. And yeah maybe 9/11 could have been avoided,I wasn't to into politics when it happened so I cant make much of a point on the intelligence he gathered.However,maybe al-qaeda would of never become a threat if Clinton would of stopped accepting money from the terrorists not to take bin lawdon out.Everyone has a bad president once in a while,Clinton I think was terrible,and Bush had his ups and downs. And I dont think Obama is living up to any expectations rite now, we'll see what happens later on. Thanks for actually having smart opinions and not saying the same thing over and over again like some people do.

She quits on the people of Alaska that elected her for a full term and she quit one college after another because the spoke good English, which she clearly can't master. She even has had multiple religions. The woman is a quitter when things get tough or when they don't serve her. See ya quitter! You betcha.

Ron, I think it is you..... that sounds like an idiot.

She is sooo fake! Not a person that seems trustworthy. GOODBYE!

I am so sick of neocons saying us so called liberals are afraid of Palin . WE LAUGH at her . we think shes a joke...... I am confident she will never be president. I dont envy her, I dont want to be her. I am a woman and think she is a JOKE. period. Dont confuse our laughter with fear. My husband is a Republican and other than saying she looked hot in a skirt thinks shes an idiot. I have 25 female employees and 1 man and out of that group 3 count it three like Palin ( and no the man thought she was a moron) This group of women are Republican . Democrat, white , black, Jewish, Latino, Caucasian, Phillipino,Indiana, Hindu, Christian. and all suburbanites and Chicagoans. and 3 out of 25 like her. So please dont insult my intelligence anymore and tell me Im frightened

PS I am in the top 10% of income in the USA..... So please dont come back as I usually get that I must be on welfare, or take entitlements.

NoTelePrompTer – No, your wrong, she is clueless, a pathological liar, she lied continuously about President Obama, was negative and can't answer a simple sentence. We are not jealous, we just see her for the evil, clueless woman she is.

Is it me or does she sound like an idiot every time she talks?

Garofulaar

we brought this country to its knees??? Okay the recession did start during Bush's 2nd term. All of you say he didnt do anything at the end of his 2nd term,because the democrats ruled the senate nothing would get past there. Nationalizing health care(democrats) realll smart, why do you think people come here and leave there nationalized health care systems?? Because it sucks. Thats going to bring this country to its knees, houses have to be up to date to sell(smart, house sells are down so lets enforce another law that would cost more money to sell a house or even get it in good enough condition to be on the market). THOSE are bringing this country to its knees,obama promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his 1st term(hopefully only),woww with this spending whats the cut in half deficit gonna be??? 50trillion. thats great. I'm outta here,I cant take this stuff anymore.

Oh Gads here come the birth certificare conspiracy nuts like Mike...... I hope she goes on FOX and spews her hateful opinions. Other than OReilly it wll be just another commentator I watch for laughs and giggles when I was FIxated against OBAMA ..... Xenaphobes 1

I have to laugh at the remarks made by the lunatic libs on this site. You are terrified of Sarah Palin. Her honesty was so foreign to you you can't handle it. No Democrat of either sex has ever been attacked by the news media, idiotic talk show hosts and 'comedians' the way she has been. All of it was FEAR driven. I personally think it would be a great idea for her to run for the Senate.

Brad you are entitled to your opinion and I mine. Thats what makes this America

However I am sick of hearing how George W Bush kept us safe for 7 years. Yes we were. But I will never forget who had been in office for 9 months when 9/11 happened. I blame Clinton too for not doing more. But Bush was given intelligence on Al Qaeda prior to 9/11 he and Cheney dropped the ball. I still support the invasion of Afghanistan to try to get Bin Laden . But 9/11 happened under BUSHES Watch.

I cannot stand the Republican headquarters Male Commentator on CNN Politics. He is why the Republican Party lost. Governor Palin made the smartest Political move for the Republican Party Ticket now and 2012 Presidential Election if she has to run against Obama, who I voted for or Hillary Clinton who I did not vote for but Hillary Clinton has the one job now that qualifies a woman to be president of the United States and if the Republican Party was not so prejudice they would have talked Condolica Rice into running in the Primary Election against Obama and Hillary because Rice's job put her in the catagory of women like Margrett Thatcher in the Argentina war and Golden Mier in the Olympic Terroist attack! WAKE UP REPUBLICAN'S I DON'T LIKE THE SOCIALIST Democrats that followed President Bush's example of "Welfare for Corporate Fat Cats that ship American jobs overseas along with th Manufacturing equipmewnt and our national Resources for CHEAP LABOR! If any Country other than the U.S.A. is importing more than they are exporting plus exporting American jobs, please let me know so I can visit them in the Mental Ward because if a county's tax base is on income taxes and you don't let the American workers earn income we are going to go broke with paper money not worth the paper it is printed on and HYPER Inflation to replace a Recession!

Another Republican bites the dust. Hurrah.

Quitting while Governor, not even near the end of the term. What happens if she holds the office of President or Vice-Present, quit when things get tough?

Any ordinary person quitting a job gets questioned about it later down the line as to why. Will people remember this when she comes back to the National stage?

Quitters certainly are not a role model.

Maybe now there will be a politician who will attack the liberals and and their failed policies on the liberal networks every evening. She may even be bold enough to ask – Where is Obama's birth cirtificate? Talk about is he or she qualified?

Old White Man Now Independent Party Member July 3rd, 2009 5:44 pm ET

John King is a staunch Republican who should be over at Fraud News (aka Fox News). I don't watch CNN when John King is on. I never watch any show where John King is talking, spreading his Republican agenda.

Ditto!!
John King is on the wrong network. He does a terrible job at hiding his republican, right-wing favortism. When he is on, I turn to another channel.

JFK

I voted for Obama. I am from Illinois so I had a good handle on what he had and had not done , what was truth or fact. I had trepidations about his lack of experience. I know that George W is to blame for the mess we are in ( sigh yes I voted for the idiot)..... I am hoping Obamas policies work . I am rooting for him. I am just realistic enough to know people are hurting. They are scared. I hear my employees worry about jobs, their mortgages.

If it doesnt turn around , the people will play Obama. The ball stops with who is in office.

But again Palin pushed me from voting for Mccain to Obama. Period. How can she possibly think bailing out 1 and 1/2 years left into her term is a good poltical move? She had plenty of time to run for president after her term ended. And if Alaska was in a good place in 2010 it would have given her an edge up with the neocons.....

Hey, that's the statement the RGA wrote in anticipation of Governor Sanford of South Carolina stepping down. They weren't expecting Palin to drop first, but all they had to do was change the caption.

Why the smile on the long face, John Kerry? Because I may have a face like a horse, but that horse's @$$ from Alaska is toast.

"It is always more difficult to build than to destroy". If it take George W bush 8years to destroy America, why should anyone expects Obama to fix the mess in one year.

It beats me

Brad(R) and other similar posters. Do you not understand that independents like me will never vote republican again while the likes of Palin and other right-wing religious nut jobs are candidates? You and your like are an embarrassment and will bring this country to its knees (actually, you already have).

Let's be honest, we all know she realized she couldn't handle it.

Well, am i suppose to feel sorry? Good riddence.

folks, those who are happy or sad because she's quitting, realize...she's quitting to focus on running for prez in 2012. So keep everything in perspective. As far as her recent attacks on Obama, Kerry, et al (Kerry;s joke WAS lame by the way), I think that, if Ms. Palin has presidential aspirations in mind, she should remember she has to get through a republican primary first, something she has no experience with on a presidential level. I don;t think Romney, Huckabee, possibly Crist, Pawlenty, Jindal, etc are going to roll over for Palin just because of her celebrity status.

it really doesn't matter who in the GOP says what about this EXCEPT Rush Limbaugh of course.....if he gives the thumbs up...the GOP sheep will follow as usual. And the way he's been in her corner it would not shock me if she conferred with him before she made the announcement.

John King is a staunch Republican who should be over at Fraud News (aka Fox News). I don't watch CNN when John King is on. I never watch any show where John King is talking, spreading his Republican agenda.

Oh no, no! I am crushed! I love Sarah Palin! I was counting on couple more years of amusement like she provided so far!
What is it? Did she hike with Marc Sanford? Is this something about Todd (he does look and talk like a goon)?
Or she simply can't stand Alaska anymore after being exposed to the lifestyles of the rich and famous in better climates?

Surely, she can't believe that she has a chance in 2012!

She is a clueless pathological, egotistical liar! Nothing more, nothing less!

The rest of us? Or just the rest CNN. You are not the "Rest" CNN.

Isn't capable of completing a relatively small job of governing a 'small' state, Alaska, for a full term?

'Stick a fork in her'; she's done politically!

Can't handle 'little' Alaska completely?
Sure cannot handle national office even partially!

Marissa said:

"For those who hate Obama you may be right , if the economy doesnt pick up in the next 12 months hes going to be in trouble. But one thing I can feel in my bones so strongly I would put money on it , is maybe a Republican will win in 2012 but it sure wont be PALIN ! Cant you see shes mentally unstable?"

If people are going to blame Obama for this mess, then they are idiots. Obama has kept it from becoming a full blown depression. The economy was crashing LONG before he got elected and was outright neglected by Bush. There was virtually little attempt to shore up the system before Bush left office. He simply didnt care since he was leaving.

Biggest mistake in Presiental politics since Giuliani decided to forgo the "smaller"states and campaign in Florida.

How'd that work out for you Rudy?

She will have more time to work on her sexual abstinence concept! Hopefully, she could at least apply it to those Boston child abusing priests and folks like Newt Gingrich (and his affair during the Clinton debacle) and Rev Cutie!

What on earth is going on with the Republicans? They are dropping like files.
Ensign
Sanford
Palin
And that is just in the past two weeks. They are imploding right before our eyes. Amazing
It continues to crack me up that the right says that the Des are afraid of the likes of Palin. How is afraid of a quitter . She poses no threat but you betcha, she sure is entertaining.

Palin is a moron. No intelligent person would ever consider this nutjob for anything. She isn't even qualified to be a Mother. She is one huge failure. Alaskans hate her and are cheering her departure.

She stepped down because a huge scandal is about to break. She has already been convicted of "abuse of power" in her very short time as Governor. She is unethical, erratic, unstable, incredibly stupid, and a horrible Mother. She and Sanford would make a great pair....dumbest and most corrupt ex-governors who got run out of office. Crash and burn for both of them!

For someone who supposedly hates the media – she sure can't seem to get enough of them. The media actually love her because she is always great for a good laugh.

Palin read the tea leaves and knew her reelection as Governor was going to be very difficult. This is a calculated move to quit when she seems to have accomplished something and to prepare for the Rep. primaries. Palin is all about herself and her quest for power.

CNN will be nothing but Palin now!! Goodbye Iran, goodbye Michael, goodbye Sanford...welcome the nonstop coverage of this accident waiting to happen.

'I AM SO HAPPY SHE IS OUT OF POLITICS, I was tired of hearing her name, and all of the drama.

Sarah Palin is better than any left wing liberal candidate that the left wing Democratic Party can run. She has more character, morals, integrity than all the Demos in the House and Senate put together even the so call blue dog dems. Ba rack does not even come close to being the person that Sarah Palin is. He is a disgrace to the American People. Go Sarah

OMG – what a rambling resignation. If her thought is to begin preparing herself for a presidential run in 2012, she certainly didn't chose the right way to enter the race. She sounded pathetic and unintelligent. But then, most of us already knew that. She could crack the books for the next 2 years and would be no better prepared for national office.

Notice how the people who speak out the hardest against something are usually guilty of doing it:

Rush against drugs,
Mark Folley against underage sexual predators,
Larry Craig and Ted Haggerd against gays,
Sanford preaching about family values....

etc...
etc...
etc...

at least when Democrats get caught with hookers, they didn't preach family values before....

She was too chipper during her announcement. She's seeing money and fame beyond what a governorship of a sparsely populated state can give her.

Marissa..
No i don't think its Sarah's fault he lost. I think she would be a much better VP than the one we have now. He gave the location away of where he'd be moved to in case of a terrorist or attempted attack anywhere near Washington. I don't think she was bad. And George Bush I still respect. He kept us safe for 7yrs and didn't do the popular thing,he did the rite thing. Look at how it is over in iraq and afghanistan now,thats the military's work and his work. No obama in there. I think republicans should of won this year. That's my opinion.

I'm glad to see her go away quietly...she has a "brain-disconnect". God help Alaska if she and the clan remain there.

Thank God! Hopefully that's the last of her, but I doubt it is. =/

Annie said:

"This should make all the liberal jerkhead creeps happy. One HONEST human being stands up for our country and she is absolutely slaughtered. I thought liberal meant live and let live not kill, kill, kill unless you have the same belief as the liberal spouting it out of their mouth."

Annie, I couldnt be happier she is gone. Not because she is a Republican but because she is incompetent for her job! Frankly, she is an embarassment to Republicans and politics as a whole. It goes to show that people are so easily fooled. And if you really believe everything she says or anyone else for that matter, then you deserve all you get.

Alexis, your right! I bet something big may come out soon with all her skeletons she is hiding.

everyone loves a quitter.

ONe of two possibilities – 1. BIG BIG scandal about to break, or 2. she knows without doubt that she would lose the next election because now that Alaska is not overflowing with oil tax revenue she is exposed as not being able to run the local PTA. Being cast out in the 47th smallest state would not exactly look good on a resume when trying to run for president, you betcha. Hopefully in a few days she is going to fade away dan quayle style and become a funny punchline for a year or two until nobody remembers who she was.

So what!

Is anyone advising this woman? I mean anyone that likes her.

Her book is going to be titled' "How to Commit Political Suicide"

First Nevada GOP sen. Ensign admits extramarital affair

Follow by Gov. Sanford who confessed his mistress is his soul mate on a national TV

This week is Gov. Sarah Palin is quitting her day job (couldn't finished her first term as a governor)

I am looking forward to GOP news next week CNN!

For those who hate Obama you may be right , if the economy doesnt pick up in the next 12 months hes going to be in trouble. But one thing I can feel in my bones so strongly I would put money on it , is maybe a Republican will win in 2012 but it sure wont be PALIN ! Cant you see shes mentally unstable?

One word for it...........TRAINWRECK!!!!!

If the GOP even considers letting her run because she will need their permission, they will have sealed their fate for 2012, write it down, I said it, you`ll see I`m right!

Maybe Ms. Palin is going to take some advise from Tina Faye and try to make it as a white "Oprah". If that doesn't pan out she could become Rush Limbaugh's "Ed McMahon". Let's all join together and send our good wishes to the state of Alaska on there good fortune.

I really wonder why she is stepping down? Did she not just make a snappy remark to Senator Kerry when he stated the wrong repug gov was being asked to step down. Now she is doing what, stepping down. Unbelievable, you would have to be pure dumb, not to know there is more to this.

If she goes underground, hopefully it's because someone has buried her alive.

Brad I hate to break it to you but I am a registered Republican. I think this woman was the downfall of Mccain. I simply couldnt vote for him when he picked that mornic woman. I switched to becoming an independent , I am a moderate. I have two friends who had a picture of them with GEORGE W BUSH on their mantle. They voted for Obama too...... and the husband had met Mccain personally many times. Stop making assumptions that all liberals are the root people who can not stand Palin. Mccain would have won if that was simply the case now wouldnt he. ?

If only Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Bill Kristol, and Grover Norquist would join her and retire, then we would truly have a much better country.

it's going to take a few more months for the current administration to cleanup the huge damage done to this nation over the past 8-20 years. But by next year, the economy will be growing, and our reputation in the world will be rising.

We don't have smarter people in foreign policy than Clinton, Mitchell and Holbrooke. We don't have smarter people in economics than Bernanke, Summers, Romer, Volker, Gross, Dimon and Buffett.

it's breathtaking how much smarter and more competent the current administration is than the last administration.

Every four years is a national IQ test. We usually get someone who is mediocre, who most of the country can relate to. And that's a disaster ... because it's a very tough complex job that requires someone with analytical depth, judgment and emotional balance that is far beyond the abilities of most people to understand.

We are very lucky to have Obama in the White House. In 4 years and in 8 years, this country will be in much better shape than it has been in many years.

The economy will thrive, our foreign policy posture will be strong, and we will make solid progress on energy, education and healthcare.

It's always darkest before the dawn. Obama can't cleanup 8 years of terrible leadership in 4 months. But we are on our way. We are on the verge of another generation of greatness in America.

Palin is a coward who, like Sanford, is running from their responsibilities.

Anyone is better than Palin. Maybe she can work for Sesame Street now!

I think there is something big that's about to blow out, this is why she stepped down. Think about it people, isn't being a governor a better position for you to stay in the national seen than being a regular citizen. As usual the Republican are not telling the truth, there is something behind the fact she is stepping down. Wait and we all we'll see what I'm saying.

Facts

- Alaska is facing a $1.3B deficit (a state that depends on oil revenues as a major source of revenue! An equivalent per-capita debt would $70B for California! Well, try to explain that... )
- Sarah insists that sexual abstinence works - yeah right... just like those Vatican folks that protected the Boston child abusing priests for decades until… they all got caught!

Unfortunately, one less gun/religion clinging moron in high office doesn't translate to one less gun/religion clinging moron in the world!

Someone please tell Sarah Palin that the word "progress' is a noun not a verb. She keeps talking about how she wants "to progress" the state of Alaska.

If she is going to bone up on public speaking, current events and everything else for 2012, then that might be a good place to start

To LJ, Colin Powell was my first pick as a REPUBLICAN but he was too honest for the GOP, so they go and pick a goofy, insane, hypocryte this country has seen in a long while, you need to open your eyes before you fall down!

Ha wow. Keep insulting Palin..its easy to see all of you liberals are scared of her especially from this comment from dsinger "Goodbye....and please don't come back."
Perfect evidence rite there,your ''savior" is blowing his life rite now so keep insulting the republicans,we'll see who's in office in 2012..

Rejoice Alaskans..You're Free.

What a maverick she is. [ Eye wink ]

There is no way Sarah Palin would resign a governorship early, except for a compelling reason...suggestions include: 1) She can't continue with a lucrative book deal without resigning due to conflict-of-interest rules; 2) Troopergate (or one of the other slimy back-stories) is about to hit the fan; 3) She's going to go underground for a period of time to allow other Republican presidential hopefuls flame out while she studies up on things like sentence structure, foreign policy and economics, and springs upon an unsuspecting public in 2011. Thoughts, anyone?

I really made an effort to understand her comments today. I concluded
that she was having a meltdown.

Leaving her position as Governor will not help her credibility as a
viable candidate for President.

Six Blogs to throw Crap at Sarah Palin. Nothing about Barack the Wimp Obama..

I`m resigning the office of Governor to spend more time hiking the Appalachian Trail

You are a bunch of left-wing critics. Nothing Palin could do would be the "right" thing to do. Really, do you know anything about her? NO.

Another two faced evangelical bites the dust ... please go away in silence.

To Sarah in 2012..........got mental problems, shes dead in the water! shes a phoney! wake up dummy!

Sarah Palin is no longer viable for the office of the President of the United States of America.By quitting her office and leaving Alaska in turmoil she has shown her contempt for office and the people of the United States.Who could cast a vote for her to be President if she can not commit herself to a place as small as Alaska?

This is a preemptive strike for upcoming bad news.
Her grand child is hers.

Is that pregnant-looking young teen in the red dress her daughter?

After Stevens and Palin, why would Alaska want another Republican in office? Lets just call it a win,win for the Dems in 2010.

SUCH A FAKE–most people could see right through her and see her for the fruitcake she is. She has a maturity problem and needs to be seeing a psych 3x a wk. Did anyone see the show with the older girls boyfriend? His description of her was that she was "out there".

Obama is sinking quickly as he has no clue how to fix the economy and the devastating unemployment and foreclosure problem....

He'll be gone in 12' to be replaced by the "Thrilla from Wasilla."

Who Cares !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Annie

This narcissist didnt step down because she was hounded by the media she was a media hog....... Either she is crazy to think quitting now will help her chances to be the GOP nominee in 2012 or something is about ready to blow up in her face in Alaska. Either way good riddance the people of Alaska really have something to celebrate now

I am surprised that her party is not calling her a Communist, or Fox news saying that Sarah Palin (D) quit. What a bunch of looney tunes.

To ANNIE, if you think Palin is honest then your ignorant! Shes a POLITICIAN....DUH, also is the biggest hypocryte thats come around in awhile. If ever elected she would try to enforce her version of what America should be and not applting that to her own family! She knew her daughter was having sex before she ever got nominated for VP but tried to cover it up! Shes a fraud in the worst way!

Bye bye, Sarah. And don't let the door hit ya where the moose should have bit ya. You betcha!

Has anybody here seen that movie Na*lin Palin. The girl who play her would make a better governor. At least she has a usefull talent

(if CNN post this, I'll dance the Jig)

Wow. So much anger, some of you should really get over yourselves.

Governing Alaska was relatively easy while the oil revenues were pouring in. The people of that state were very dependant on this money. Now that it has gone, tough choices had to be made, just like every other state has to. Governor Palin knows this, so she made the easy choice...Quit....There are probably dozens of Governors that would like to bail out on the mess they have..It will be funny to watch her start to steal the spotlight from Mitt and Newt and the rest of the "good ole boys"

So...the 'Right path but not the easier path' to Palin is to dump her constituients who elected her, take a book deal, and basically thumb her nose at Alaska????
....And this person thinks she can take the pressure of being President??

Didn't Sarah just get back from Argentina?

LMAO, she is an idiot! Never in my life have I seen such a farce! So she quits being a governor, she`ll lose in 2012 for sure, all she can hope to do is fleece the Republican Party during the campaign. GOP, wake up you`ll never win with sorry candidates you keep bring to the plate! You want to win, make up with Colin Powell and admit you were wrong for the past 8 years and let a real man lead your party to victory!

Good riddance to bad rubbish...her inflated opinion of herself gievs egotism a new name.

Well they say celebrities die in three's and I certainly consider this a celebrity death cause her 15 minutes of fame are certainly up! I look forward to her comedy show's reunion tour when election time comes around again though!

This is not news. Please look up "investigative journalism" and try it!

cutting and running thats what the Rush Limbaugh Party do

To; annie against biased news
Let me guess Fox News is your favorite channel?

Good, so we can stop reading about her now?

GI Joe,

like a broken clock being right twice a day, you are too, occasionally. About it being an insult that she wont finish her term and calling it a "Lame Duck". And remeber you guys wanted her to be second in charge after McCain!

I hope we will not have to hear about her from now on

See you in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If she becomes President.
All us Alaskan's will Vote to Succeed.
We have had enough of her.
The rest of the country should learn from our mistake

Republicans cause too much unnecessary drama, and Palin is the queen of it. Who needs their folly during these challenging times?!

She's looking to cash in (literally, not figuratively) on her celebrity and the heck with the folk that elected her. Or maybe she's just heading for Argentina.

A quitter for her state a quitter she would be for the nation

She is off to Africa to assist George Obama and help him move to a brick home instead of the dirt-floor and tin-roofed place he has now.

On her return, she will bring Obama's birth certificate and hand it to Hillary.

The McDonnell / Robertson / Cucienelli ticket would be a horrible blending of radical politics and radical religion that could set Virginia back thirty years. It would be a social and environmetal curse that would lead to disasters of biblical proportions.

Tina Fey was last seen shredding scripts and weeping at what might have been.

Sounds like the Republican Governors Association isn't sad to see Palin go AT ALL. Their Executive Director's statement reads like a "Thanks for Nothing" note.

But does anyone really believe that Palin wants out of politics?Knowing Palin, this is likely a stunt to stir up her supporters in the hope that she can turn it into a Republican Party presidential nomination in 2012.

Wait a minute, did she just announce that she was going to cut and run? Who would have thought.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are jumping for "JOY"!

Good riddins we will not miss you, how about taking sandford with you

This should make all the liberal jerkhead creeps happy. One HONEST human being stands up for our country and she is absolutely slaughtered. I thought liberal meant live and let live not kill, kill, kill unless you have the same belief as the liberal spouting it out of their mouth.

I've been a life-time Republican until all this Mark Sanford mess came about – which still has not been resolved by his staying in office.

But Palin's resigning is just yet one more indication that the party is just about non-existent.

GOP – Why was 'inclusion' such a dirty word to you that your pride cost you your party?

There is more to this story than what meets the eye. Maybe her and Gov Sanford will sale off together! (or already have)

Hopefully she will stay home and mend her fractured family AND STAY OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT, but I"m sure that's not going to happen.

So she is not as crazy as I thought. Or maybe she regained her sanity and realized how in over her head she was. Anyhow I think this is the best thing that could happen for the Republican party.

What an insult to her fellow republicans – Leaving it "Lame Duck".

Takes moron mentality to even tolerate this DITZ. Good riddance. The Lt. Gov. at least has a brain and can speak in sentences understood by all.

I wish she would quit attention grabbing.

(P.S. If you think a party of white old men would EVER put a woman in charge, YOU ARE HIGHER THAN KEITH RICHARDS)

Good thing Palin didn't win the election. She probably would've dropped out of her position like she is now to make a more positive change in the world. Umm...isn't that the goal when running and working for government.

Goodbye....and please don't come back.

Wow. Doesn't sound like they're too upset. As long as they got a Republican governor there, they couldn't care less about her quitting. Lol.