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She doesn't want to run for office, she's content to be a consistent advocate for curtailing all the rights stemming from the First Amendment.

Palling around with quitters, are we?

Just read in the Huffington Post that a pundit on Faux News called Palin "inarticulate and undereducated"! Hell must have frozen over!

Someone on Faux News actually telling the truth! Wow!

THANK YOU AMERICA FOR REJECTING MCCAIN/PALIN!!

Stu @ July 6th, 2009 2:24 pm ET "Palin is the only national level political candidate who is truly middle class. The rest, on both sides of the aisle, are millionaires out of touch with reality." I think if you look at the assets the Palin family holds, you will find that she is a millionaire, on paper, at least. As for her "touch with reality," we can only judge by her actions. BTW, there are several members of congress who are not millionaires. Dennis Kucinich comes instantly to mind.

She is the poster child for Harry Truman's statement of "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the Kitchen!"

Maybe Ms. Palin should have consider hte "inconveniences" of running a state when she ran for governor. Doesn't like the "commute"? What, did she think Alaska would move its capitol to Wasilla for her conveniences?
And she doesn't like the media?
I have a great idea.
Media, ignore her. No more coverage. No more mics. No more cameras.
Let's see how long she can stand that.

Think about it: Sarah's argument is that the media sunk her reputation. But she came out swinging in MN. She was out to clobber Obama's reputation and all. She was not a respectful adversary, and she even attacked the media. Plus, she was the one who gave those dreadful interviews, she would not take her teams advice, and and she made judgments as to who real Americans were, and were not. She did so without regard of what peoples response would be, and she did not like the results. Now she quit her job, but she can still make tons of $ which is not a bad spot to be in. SHE NEEDS TO STOP CRYING ABOUT HER COVERAGE. Nobody is assured fair press. The press is an element with its own properties. There is no controlling it. Once false move and Obama will have to court them too.

I WISH SHE WERE DEAD. SEEMS THE ONLY WAY THE MEDIA WILL FINALLY STOP MENTIONING THIS BRAIN-DEAD AND VERY, VERY DANGEROUS PERSON, WHO IS AN EMBARRASSMENT AND A DISGRACE FOR AMERICANS WITH A BRAIN. I don't know who she slept with to get to be a governor and to force McCain to "choose" her as his running mate, but I wish those people to rot in hell forever, as well as the brainless deer killer herself.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Really?? *sniff* Stop...you're making me cry.

GO HOME TO WASILLA, SARAH! Stay there! Take care of your baby, and get out of a game for which you are both emotionally and mentally unsuited. Alaska is well-rid of you as "Govenernor".

What? Can't take the heat?

She was all over Obama because he was too busy on the campaign trail....

At least he didn't drop out...

Maybe her chickens have come home to roost, as with the rest of the republican party.

Now she's gone from governor to just a babe.

I am glad in a way that Sarah Palin wanted to leave public service to spend more time with her family and follow her personal agenda. I think family is most important. However, with our leaders, we need them to sacrifice their family and their own agenda somewhat for our overall benefit. The leader's spouse and others need to understand that. Although Obama could make a great involved father, he can't be there as much as his girls would want. That is a sacrifice that he has made and we should thank him for it. Likewise, I just had surgery - and I am happy that my surgeon sacrificed his family to work 100 hours a week to train to be the best surgeon possible. I wouldn't have wanted him to leave training early each day to go home and play with his kids.

Sarah Palin wants all the attention and fame, but may not be able to handle the stress and the time and the responsibility, and be able to smoothly handle critics, to really be a national leader. Not everyone can. That is why people need to be tested on a smaller scale before handing them the ultimate job. McCain, Hillary, and to a lesser degree Obama have been tested. Palin has failed. Who in history have left their jobs early to concentrate on a national campaign 3 1/2 YEARS before the election? That is crazy.

She just wants to follow her own personal agenda of preaching to the choir which she can do and be successful at on Fox News or speaking engagements, but certainly she has failed as a public servant, sacrificing for the greater good. She will never get elected again.

The only thing I see here is that she wants to become Alaska's senator in 1 1/2 years then run for presidency immediately after, and figures she can secure her and her family's finances over the next year. She can make millions. The Alaska governor's position is indeed getting in the way. Except that everyone will see through her ignoring local Alaska's needs for her own. That is quite selfish. This will fail, but in the end she will have millions. Who knows, she might not have had any other choice. She is not ready to give up a national agenda, but it was not working as her still governor - bills were mounting and her approval slipping. So here we are.

"commuting posed a major challenge"

Am I reading this right? Commuting? What a silly thing!

We'll hear about the legal troubles soon enough.

She needs to put on her cowboy hat and ride off into the sunset.

How can anyone possibly goevrn in such a hate-filled political environment? America is dying and good people are being run out of giovernment and the slobs and rats are in!

"Her life is very difficult, she cannot spend time with her family." Really? Was Palin held hostage all those times she appeared at GOP fundraisers, rallies, interviews and photo ops? Wasn't her family with her at many of those media events? Isn't the primary responsibility for a governor to serve as the state's chief executive, not travel the country pushing his or her national agenda? Are we seriously expected to feel any sympathy for her?

The Ducks made more sense than she did during her resignation speach, it you can call it that.

Let me give you COMMENTORS free advice, if you want to release a BOOK or an album and you want to make kill on it. CAUSE a scene and that is exactly what Palin has done.

CNN devotes disproportionate coverage to death of a celebrity they once hounded because –at least one suggested on Sun. morning– they feel a little guilty about what they did to MJ. At that earlier time, both public and comedians ridiculed MJ as well. American media and unfortunately the public at large have the maturity/mentality of high school freshmen: Let's grovel before who is "cool" at the moment and harass whoever the cool kids don't like. Those shout the loudest who most need approval from the reigning prom king/queen/jock.. Sarah Palin is just the latest to be targeted LIke many who don't fit into high school cliques, she'll go on to a happy life.

Palin was one of the other women Mark Sanford fooled around with. Several in attendance saw them leave together at the last Governor's conference.

Stu July 6th, 2009 2:24 pm ET

"Palin is the only national level political candidate who is truly middle class. The rest, on both sides of the aisle, are millionaires out of touch with reality."

Huh? What about Joe Biden? I make more than that guy makes. And I'm no millionaire!

Stu July 6th, 2009 2:24 pm ET

Enough hateful comments please. Palin is the only national level political candidate who is truly middle class. The rest, on both sides of the aisle, are millionaires out of touch with reality.
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Yea! Who cares if she's stupid and a quitter. As long as she's 'not a millionair' it's all ok. Let's elect stupid people (some of US republicans fit the bill!), as long as they aren't millionaires!

Palin's remarks about wishing that there were more children in the world like her son Trig, I am the mother of a handicapped child whom I loved with all my heart "He's has passed" but to wish all of the struggles on another child NO. I feel that she uses this child as a prop when its convient .Just like the attact on Letterman,She appeared on SNL and they
had said much worse about her family "Todd being involved in incest w/his daughters" she complains about being mistreated when its convient
or suits her purpose. Everytime she opens her mouth something stupid comes out Sarah PLEASE STAY HOME . I would love to see a Woman in the White House but I want someone who can do the Job and not quit
when it gets tough. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!! Pricilla

Palin is Bush in drag.

I've always liked Sarah, but I don't see how this can be spun as a positive. It seems to me that she couldn't stand the heat as governor. I know she had more to deal with than most governors, but this is a woman who wanted to be vice president, and maybe president someday. I'm not sure how well she'd handle the job if the admittedly difficult trials and tribulations of governing Alaska was too much for her.

After the stuff this woman said about President Obama trying to make him sound dangerous did he whine did he quit NO, Palin is a whiney little girl shes not fit to be Gov or any part of politicts stay home Palin be a wife and a Mother cause you sure cant take the Heat

Now she will have the time to travel to the "country" of Africa!

She has mounting legal bills so she quits her job and loses her income? That makes perfect sense – NOT! Of course, that huge contract she's going to sign with FOX will take care of all that! Love hearing all the Repubs trying to defend her resignation. If a Democratic governor did that, Repubs would be screaming that he's a quitter. Such hypocrisy! Well, I'll say it - she's a quitter. Put that on your resume, a one-half term governer. A resume so thin you can see through it! Quitter.

If she truly quit for her family, then good luck.

But what I think happened is the same as Ensign and Sanford. These guys were thrust almost unwillingly on the national stage by neocon agenda setters, with no vetting at all. They lived their lives and ran their deals ... what happens in _______ stays in ______. Esp freaking Alaska .. no one goes up there and looks around. This scrutiny is unwanted, wasn't looked for nor desired, but there it is. And these unprepared lives get exposed. I think Palin actually is doing the smartest thing she can and that's to get out from under the ethics probes and try to clean dirty laundry away from political office, so she can in fact come back on national scale. Alas, its too late. That genie is out of the bottle or out of the pipeline.

oh, boo hooh!

@Chloe in Chatsworth, Ca@12:57

Once again you talk about liberals as opposed to REAL Americans. I think that all Democrats who are fighting overseas should come home immediately because they "have a higher calling". I am sure that Republicans would understand!

Oh say it aint so !! This woman was chosen by the Republican Party front runner just a few months ago to the VP, of the Maverick. She is as smart as a fly and as dangerous as a child with a loaded machine gun ! It is incredible how Sarah "Drop Out" Palin can quit at a time when "The Great State of Alaska", were she can see Putin (ha ha ha), needs her the most. She has no business in politics, and certainly no business in serving the people of any state or country, not even Iran or North Korea. Conservatives will always support Dim Wit, Bible thumping adultering hypocritical racially insensitive homophobic anti-immigrant socially repressive talibanistic people because the alternative, is an educated black man with his liberal socialist ideas and his ethnically diverse followers....bhooo sounds scary. Wake up America...ignorance and mediocracy is not beneficial to our great country. Our founding fore-fathers were brilliant men with passion, not quiters!

Palin sees the world against her. She is always the VICTEM! The fact that all these problems are brought upon her by her own actions (dragging her family on stqge making them aprt of the political program) all points to the fact she does not really GET IT.

If I were to run against Ms Palin either as a Republican in the promaries or a Dem in 2012 the first thing out of my mouth at every question or speach would be "Do yuou want someone that will go the DISTANCE or do you want a QUITTER?"

demwit July 6th, 2009 2:21 pm ET

Palin, Pelosi and Hillary are proof that women belong at home in the bedroom, washroom and closet.

demwit, your comment is hilarious! We need more people like you on this site.

How in the world would she have handled the vice presidency? She haven't been in the national spotlight for a year and can't take the pressure. She's weak and make all women look bad.

Enough hateful comments please. Palin is the only national level political candidate who is truly middle class. The rest, on both sides of the aisle, are millionaires out of touch with reality.

There is more to this story I smell a SCANDEL stay tuned!

I'm not a fan of Mrs. Palin, but after her campaign efforts during the General Election I came to firmly believe her real niche is talk radio. She shines in that arena. Move over Rush Limbaugh.

That's going to be cool if she runs for President. She'll quit when it gets hard on her or her family.

You GO Sarah, live your life as you see right. Who cares about all those people who depended on you when they elected you! Screw them all.....it's all about YOU girl!

Yay for Sarah Palin, she's original: A politician that will quit on you when ever she feels like it!

Just when a Palin/Coulter 2012 ticket seemed possible. "We'll make them Dems sweat. You betcha!". Rush for Secretary of State. Dream Team

Did Governor Palin not know where the state Capital of Alaska was when she ran for Governor? To say the commute is hard is to imply that the location of the state capital was a surprise to her.

@ Mary Bonella July 6th, 2009 12:25 pm ET

RUN, SARAH, RUN (for president)!!! That is my new bumper sticker that will sit along side the one that says OBAMA IS RUNNING A GANGSTER GOVERNMENT. And in closing, LETTERMAN YOU ARE AN IDIOT!

Mary, I hope I never see your car . . . I might be tempted to throw paint on it!

No, it's not a slap in the face to Americans who are deperately looking for work to see an elected official and self-proclaimed role model just pick up and leave her job.

It's not selfish or cowardice, its all about using the family you are so desperate to protect as an excuse to leave a job that the people voted you to do.

As for all the people on here who are defending her, when your bills are mounting and you miss your family who depends on your job to survive, do you just pack it up and quit because of the pressure?

If you answered yes, you don't deserve a family.

Fox will pick her up any day now. We'll probably have to put up with her idiotic blatherings every day. Does anyone know what the heck she was talking about when she quit the other day???

So cry me a river.

Palin, Pelosi and Hillary are proof that women belong at home in the bedroom, washroom and closet.

Sarah–For your next career, memorize these lines: "Table for how many? Smoking or non-smoking?"

Chloe in Chatsworth, CA said:
"Liberals, even those with who have devoted their lives to public service or have loved ones in the military (or even lost a loved one in a foreign war), could never understand the sacrifices Sarah Palin has made for her state and her country. Sarah Palin is a true American hero."

Was this said tongue-in-cheek? Too, too funny!

The Palin and Republican Motto: "Quit when the going gets tough"

She is an idiot. I would imagine everyone is happy she isn't a heartbeat away from the POTUS position. She can't even handle being governor of a lightly populated state. OMG.

Gov. Palin owns the moral high ground. Her attackers need to learn, when they attack her, they must do so in a unscrupulous manner. That makes it easy for her to put them in their place. Just as she did with Letterman, and those that brought the "embezzelment" allagations. This woman has more integrity then her attackers will ever know.

She's not a happy person right now? Oh Really.??And why should she be! Why does she think she deserves everything and everyone should just bow down to her? Because GOD is on HER side or whatever!?!?
I see her moving into t.v. land to rake in the millions. And I don't think Levi will ever get to see his baby out of the Palin's, they're moving it on down to the lower 48.

Yabetcha!

Maybe Sarah and Mark Sanford can go into group therapy together and figure out what they want to do if they grow up.

The problem with Sarah Palin is she can dish it out but she sure can't take it... she's probably been 'paling around with terrorists' and is worried it will get out to the public... She's just un-Repentant.
The Republicans needs to look for a leader that's not modeled after the likes of Jethro Bodine.

"Her life is very difficult," he said. "She cannot spend time with her family."

What???? But just a while ago, she was running for Vice President. Would she have stepped down from that?

Good for her. She was in over her head.

Since when does deciding not to run for another term mean you quit today. What about the people who elected her to serve? How is she going to explain this if she wants to run for another office? There is no logical explanation that anyone with half a brain will believe. She will be branded a quitter.

Oh . . . it all becomes clear now. The woman who's been whining about not being treated fairly by the press because she's a woman, is resigning because her life is just too hard.

When the going gets tough, Sarah gets going!

"Needs more time with her family" and "gives her more time to travel"...? is it me or do these two contradict each other? Well, Wouldn't be the first time for her.

Good for you Palin live your life on your own terms!

It seems that the libs/dems paint everyone that has opposing views as stupid. When you can't make a valid argument against someone's policies it easier to create a personal attacks.

The posts here crack me up – the ignorant libs calling the Gov “stupid!”
Classic!

She stepped down because of the disgusting way she is being portrayed by the media,who continue to lie about how good Obama is and grab at any diversion to hide the fact that Obama's qualifications for President and performance as President are grossly exagerrated.She was one of those diversions and she did the right thing.America threw away a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to elect a really different White House when it passed over McCain/Palin and Hilary Clinton.And you're gonna pay for it for a long time – no jobs,no healthcare,no economy and escalation of wars in the Middle East.

I don't think it's that she can't handle the pressure or no longer wishes to serve, as others seem to think. She has to earn the money to pay her legal bills – she's not rich and she has nearly half a million dollars in legal bills. Her governor's salary doesn't cover that so she has no choice but to earn the money elsewhere.

I predict she will be the female version of Rush Limbaugh and start raking in the bucks. It is amazing to me how she can dish, dish and dish more, but when it comes back to her, she cannot handle it. She must be palling around with quitters.

Somewhere in Alaska, there is an insurance agency that can use this woman's God-given talents.

Stepping down is the brave thing to do. I have no doubt she believes she is doing the right thing for Alaska and for her family. I hope the next chapter in her life is a happier one.

Take your time Sarah and make the right decision. Don't be like the rest of the politicians who seem to be nothing but liars, cheats and thieves,as my father used to say.

Boo hooo!!!

July 26th will be one of the greatest days in our nations history, and the greatest day ever in Alaska's history. That day will mark the end of Sarah Palin in the political arena forever. She should never got herself involved in politics, and now she is finnally making the right chice to leave them. Sarah is an idiot and has a dysfunctional family, while preaching and running on family values and religious beliefs. She is nothing but a typical conservative hypocrite and anyone who thinks she will ever hold any political office again has something worng with them. Good riddance!!!

She doesn't get to spend time with her family? And she will as President? This lady is a joke. Bring on Mitt Romney!

Sorry to hear that Sarah is not happy. Well she is leaving a job, not losing a job. Her job is still in Alaska, not outsourced to some other country. Many people are not happy, but they keep what they have and work to improve it. Not many can afford to walk away. I'm not degrading
her. I just don't think she knows what she wants. We Americans want work, but greedy CEO's sent it elsewhere, then complain when the jobless want to eat. They would be happier if we all starved to death.
Their wish is getting more in sight every day. No wonder we need government control. Thieves in neckties need huge oversight, and prison cells.

Palin wants to free up her time so she can make money at spreading hate, trickle-down economics ( if she knows what that is ) and wind up the right wing base. We know this women is useless at rising up America from the depths the Bush/Cheney Administrations took us. With a IQ as low as hers, I pray she never becomes another elected official, WHY? SHE DON'T KNOW SQUAT

the obama idoits are in full force while he makes treaties in Russia he is seen as weak Russia and China will continue there quiet cold war against us and Iran will continue to build nuclear weapons and liberals will continue to live in there utopia they call america

Someone wrote, 'this is all katie Couric's fault.' How true is that! And what a difference journalism can make if done correctly. Couric asked a couple basic questions whose answers shined a light on how uneducated this woman really was. Couric may have saved us all from a horrible fate if this woman would have been elected.

With her popularity dropping, she realized that she might not win re-election, so she thought it better to run again than lose. However, her quitting is quite another matter. Lame ducks often accomplish very much. In fact by her thought process, any president in his second term is a lame duck since they can't run again. This is truly a sign of a person without much thought processes going on. I'm not saying she's stupid, but .........................

Oh, the poor dear!

I think the best thing President Obama can do is nominate her for a position on the Supreme Court. I'd love to hear her home-spun decisions; "Well, by golly, if a man wants to marry another man, then he should just move to Russia so I can keep an eye on both of those sinners and then cast them to aitch, ee, double hockey sticks. You betcha."

If she honestly thinks she stands a chance to run in 2012, then she's a bigger moron than we all thought.

.......doesn't matter what her reason is.......just glad to see the sun finally setting on this for awhile........now back to the real news........

FIIIIINALYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Bye bye, chao, sayonara, adios, see yaaaa!!! (not really

Let's hope she goes to Alaska and NEVER shows her face or ugly tone of voice again.

The neocons on here love to say "The dems are running scared" Isnt Sarah Palin the one whos running scared? Sure seems that way to me.

"Life is not happy for her" right now....

So, what? She's not entitled to any of the attention and power she's stepped into. She is a dangerous tyrant, and thankfully the American people were wise enough to pass her over as vice president.

At a time when so many are hurting in this awful economy, that she gets her feelings hurt a few times is cause for NO empathy from me.

I fully expect that, despite these clearly planted leaks playing up her supposed love of family and her victimhood, Palin will, in short order, take some sort of conservative pundit gig that will pay her oodles of cash and take her away from her home in Alaska for much of the time...

Couple of randoms thoughts on Palin.

1. When you became Mayor and accepted the offer to run as VP with McCain, did you think you will have all the leisure time you needed with family? Dont you know what the jobs entail?

2. She is not been the most attacked politician. There have been many many politicians who have been attacked likewise and personally too. Obama and Hillary come to mind as recent cases.

3. The problem with Sarah is she cannot take the pressure. Also the self proclaimed barracuda is too soft skinned and personalizes everything. Katie Couric's question about "what do you read" is not a gotcha question, its actually a snowflake question and all you have to say is NYT, USA Today or whatever and its done. Comedians make fun of ploiticians all the time. Dont take it personal. Let it roll of the shoulder.

4. The speech she made, could anyone really decipher her ramblings?? I had no clue what really was her point and why she quit.

5. Okay here is the final Kicker. 100% SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. So if she does, does this mean she will have more time for her family and her family will get less hits??

Bonus

Whats the difference between George Bush and Sarah Palin?

LIPSTICK.

Oh, my goodness. Ms. Palin. Just go away!

Although I believe what the above informant says is true, Republicans would be better served to distance themselves from Palin. She is not articulate, and she only appeals to the conservative's conservative. She will only further fuel the image of the Republican party as being loaded with white ignorant hillbillies.

"Life's not happy right now"????????????? She wanted to be Vice President! What IF something had happened to McCain????! Does she think that being governor is play? Being in politics is tough, dirty, nasty and miserable at times! You can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

THANK YOU AMERICA FOR SAYING "THANKS BUT NO THANKS" TO MCCAIN/PALIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS. somethings wrong with this whole thing. There is something we are not being told.

I wonder what made her do it? I couldn't tell by her press conference. If there's anyone that knows what she was talking about can you let me know.

In August 2008 at a Newsweek conference on Women and Leadership, Palin commented on Hillary Clinton's statements on perceived negative press coverage...Palin's quote:

"I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton…but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think you know that doesn’t do us any good – women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country."

Hypocrite much, Sarah? Those of you that are her defenders need to look at this hard. She is doing EXACTLY what SHE HERSELF said was a bad thing for women...complaining about her press coverage. Does this show you ANYTHING about her character?

Oh, I don't Gov. Palin is thin skinned in the least or running away from anything. Something tells me she will be going after her prey (media and Democrats) and will eat them ALIVE!

Ensign 2012, well maybe not
Sanford 2012, well maybe not
Palin 2012, well maybe not
The party of Rush is running out of candidates

This is a MODERN woman??

Give me a break! Most modern women can handle a JOB and a FAMILY.

I don't like her poltics but I did respect her for doing both. Now she's blackened the eye of all working mothers, who *DO* do both!

"It's too hard".

THERE IS NO CRYING IN POLITICS, SARAH!

Im a democrat and all i have to say right now is i wish her the best!

Speech on Friday – Drama Queen 101 – Pity Party time.

This just means she learned to play the game, that's all.
Want to make lots of money ?
Create and run your very own PAC for fun and profit.

This isn't a crack at Sarah, but it is one at all politicians in general.

Give me a break. If it weren't for all this attention, good or bad, she wouldn't have just signed a multi-million dollar book deal. So cry me a river...there are tons of Americans with REAL problems to deal with, and her constant whining just shows how out of touch she really is with the middle class in this country.

Hey CNN!

Do you think it would be even remotely possible that you could say something positive about what this woman stands for, and what she has gone through at the hands of you and your allies in our leftist propaganda machine?

Would it hurt that much?

Lenin's Iskra had more respect for people than your outlet. Must be why you are losing market share.

I have no problem with Palin's decision to step down. The problem I have is her failure to clearly explain her reasons for doing so. A government official needs to be able to articulate complex issues in a way that adds clarity and direction. Her befuddling announcement further demonstrates that she is incapable of providing stable, competent leadership. There are many competent women in the Republic party who could outshine Sarah Palin on the political stage. Why the obsession with a person who continues to walk in her own missteps?

When the going gets tough, sarah palin QUITS.

Let's see... first-term gov with less constituents than the Mayor of Houston, spent half her time in office campaigning for VP, Journalism degree it took FIVE schools to get, can't string together a coherent sentence, and now we can add quitter.

Look at it this way... if the GOP thought bush was a great prez, then they must LOVE sarah!!

Sounds like the GOP has found their '12 candidate!!

Independent Again, if I were a Palin supporter I would never have compared her to Jon and Kate, but now that you've done it, please tell me how any of the three are worthy of elective office.

It just goes to show you that you have to be independently rich to serve in Government today.

Regardless if you agree with her politics this is one of the most incredible stories of personal success in the history of our Government.

Palin did not care about her family when she put them on front street, so why would you think that she cares now? Palin is for Palin only
its all about the money not family. For those who believe that she step
down because of family think again. She is evil and self center.

Tarheel, if you want a really good example of being "lawsuited to death" reflect back on the Republican vendetta against the Clintons–not only impeachment but Whitewater. And who came through both victorious and holding public office? The Clintons. Palin is a softy when it comes to political hardball.

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Steve-Michigan

Great to see such interest in SP–I can see why CNN publishes her every word–Obama has nothing to say without a teleprompter. Really hard to listen to–no emotion–just words. Sara has class and creates emotion. She loves America and America loves her–some are just not ready for political "change".

She did not complete the job for which she was elected. Period! She knew what it meant to be governor, she knew what it'd mean to be VP and she CHOSE to do these things. If she can't take the limelight then maybe she should stop throwing gasoline on the fire.

So, basically, this says she is a quitter. Happy to be in the job when it is easy and she can take advantage of it, but not willing to put effort into when she is being watched or it gets tough.

I am not at all surprised, if true.

Good riddance.

There is something else that's going to come out about Sarah Palin. There will be new skeletons for us to laugh about. This story is far from over.

I want to see a Palin / Quayle ticket in 2012. That would be fantastic to watch.

Her decision to step down sprang from personal considerations, he said. The combination of family duties and commuting posed a major challenge. "Her life is very difficult," he said. "She cannot spend time with her family."

If she was the VP it would have been even worst spending time with her family. Yes, American people we really dodge a huge bullit by not voting for the McCain/Palin ticket.

She is going to be seen as a lightweight if she tried to run for the President of the USA in 2012.

If you really want to know how Sarah was elected, read article in todays (actually dated 8-29-2006) Alaska Dispatch titled "How Palin turned on her own party to become governor". Interesting read!!

now if she would just go away!

Aaahhhh,
Is the poor miserable witch feeling blue?

Just like a typical Republican, likes to dish it out but cant take it.
Figures.

"Life is not happy for her right now." Sure. As long as her face is being shown she's happy.

Stick a fork in her....even Faux News can't keep her afloat for almost 4 years.

She can't handle it. The manipulative bag just saw she cannot bully her way around.

Let's put her on Fox with an outdoor life show and they can have all the GOP folks come on and hunt and fish...maybe have Cheney come on and shoot someone

Who cares!!! After reading about her on the CNN web site, it looks like she never finished anything. So what would she be like if it got tough in another poltical office ? Palin only caters to big oil and big business, we already had one of those and look what has happened to our great counrty.GOOD BYE and leave poltics to those who won't quit.

Oh, it must be so hard when the "liberal media" is after you. I have to say that if she wasn't aware that public officials are fair game, then she should never have run in the first place. She is trying to get away from the questionable actions that people challenged. All those legal bills must be hurtful to her mental health.

Has anyone detailed what she has done while she was governor of Alaska? Budget questions – vote them down or compromise on them?

She probably does want time off to prepare for the 2012 election. She was pretty mad when the Alaska legislature made her stay home to deal with her state's business and miss out on a big time fundraiser.

The unfortunate part is that she truly thinks she has a chance of winning the presidency in 2012 so I doubt that she'll disappear. And there are enough right wing nuts out there to encourage her. The truth is, this move will destroy any political aspirations she might have had – thank God.

This woman gives all women a bad rap.

Susan

Monday that her decision to end her term early "is not part of a grand strategy" to run for president, and that he does not believe she will mount a White House bid — but conceded that, as far as he knows, she has not ruled out the prospect.

Either you are or you not Sara Palin. Don't play games with us voters. We all know you have your eyes on running for President and 2012 you just don't know how you are going to do it yet, but you are going to try to run.

She is a quitter! And...
gimme a break. We all know that she loves the limelight too much to just "spend time with her family." This is a step to her running for the White House. BRING IT ON, SARAH! WE DEMS ARE READY FOR YOU!!!

Plain & simple Palin couldn't stand up to the scrunity. Why? Because though she has style, she has no substance.

Let's be realistic , Sarah Palin deserves some credit for rising to the highest office in her State – but beyond that, she proved herself "not ready for prime time" again and again. President Obama has had to deal with hatred and racism from day one and has done so with grace, dignity and intelligence. That's what someone who deserves to play in the big leagues does; they don't just whine that the big old bad media is picking on them.

If she stepped down so easily as governor don't you think she would have done the same as VP since it's a job with more media spotlight and more work?

What a heroine she is!

Now imagine if our US troops just decided to leave the Army because they "cannot spend time with their family."

Conservative, you have found your true leader, Mrs Cut and Run!

Amazing…….

Hillary Clinton endured, survived and thrived despite a 15 year, 75 million dollar effort to destroy her. The whack job right wingers sunk to every low in a desperate attempt to ruin her.

She got up every day, worked hard, was graceful, smart and poised and went on to 2 landslide elections to the US senate, more votes than any presidential primary candidate in history and was named the Most Admired Woman in The World year after year in the Gallup poll.

And then there is weak little dim witted Sarah who can’t stand the heat after only 11 months in the kitchen. So she runs away.

Hillary = Strong, smart, confident WOMAN

Sarah = Weak, dimwitted, insecure GIRL

This lady needs to go into private life: I guess if she was elected and re-elected as president and became a lame duck, she'd resign and then the country would be in the hands of the vice president–Limbough WAKE UP WAKE UP!!! Swwwweeeeee what a nightmare

Sarah come away from the GOP, come to where you belong, bring your passion and common sense where it will be appreciated, join the Libertarian party.

It amazes me that people actually believe that Sarah Palin is disliked because she is a female, working Mom, republican, gorgeous, straight taker, or whatever....

She is disliked because she is incompetent, sarcastic, and divisive

Period

no other reason

she does not belong in public service

i would never want my son's future in her hands

the country just went through 8 years of the worst Presidency in history

the country did not want that to happen again....except for those who actually believed that Bush/Cheney did a good job

The media in this country is so bias....and all they have done is blast Sarah Palin. Why don't they just leave her alone to live her life in peace.
The media is out there glorifying a pervert like Michael Jackson, but they persecute a good Christian woman like Sarah Palin.......most likely this is because she IS a Christian and tries to live her life according to those principles.This world has gone to hell in a handbasket!

This woman and her ambition did her in. She was to eger to become the President the USA that it have made this woman lose her mind.

Quitter..... It's down right stupid to quit anything you haven't finished. I'm sooooooo glad she's not the VP.....

Every person that seeks the national spotlight should be aware that that opens them to scrutiny. Palin's narcissistic personality needs the spotlight but can't take the rejection. She's feels she deserves special treatment. Best thing for her is to bow out, focus on her personal life, and get some therapy!

Palin is one of those people who thinks she knows everything and that life is black & white, and if you don't agree with her then you are unpatriotic. In other words, she is narcistic and self-absorbed.

I shudder to think what would have happened if this woman had become vice president. She would have quit. As everyone knows after you quit once it becomes easier. She has let her constitutients down and everyone who thought she brought something to the table. Naturally it is because of the "liberal" media or some other bogeyman that she quit. She always has to be a victim. She has proven by this action that she does not have the requisite "fire in the belly " to cope with politics. Let her now go back to Wasilla and be on City Council. Hopefully we have seen the last of Sarah Palin.

All of this blind hate? Imagine if Palin actually did something illegal or immoral. The major majority of the people in Alaska where happy with the job she did.

Most of you are jealous because you will never achieve as much as she has.

wow, 8 months ago she wanted to be VP of the US.Today, she cant handle Gov. of Alaska... whatever reason she gives for quitting, its not going to matter. In 2012, people in voitng booths will remember this day and won't buy it... Incredibly stupid political move on her part...

By golly, your right. Ghee whiz those mean old media types sure were mean to her. You betcha. Those gosh darn left wing, politics of destructions types learned everything they know from those nice, gentle folks over at FOX News.

You betcha!

Stepping-down with 18 mos. to go shows lack of devotion to the duty she was elected to perform. I can not anticipate this nation would elect someone who would abandon their duties for anything other than a life-threatening illness. It takes a strong individual to stand up to the pressures of an elected office. Palin is a "Week Puppy"!

wow, 8 months ago she wanted to be VP of the US...Today, she cant handle Gov. of Alaska... whatever reason she gives for quitting, its not going to matter. In 2012, people in voitng booths will remember this day and won't buy it... Incredibly stupid political move on her part.

If she's so worried about her legal bills, why did she just pay her attorney to put out a multi paged letter threatening to sue bloggers and media?

Also too, the commute shouldn't be an issue. She has a nice big governor's mansion in Juneau to occupy with plenty of room for her family. How could she be missing her family.

If her insistence to live in Wasilla while serving as governor was going to be a problem, why didn't she foresee a commuting problem when she ran in the first place?

These excuses are lame.

wow, 8 months ago she wanted to be VP of the US...Today, she cant handle Gov. of Alaska... whatever reason she gives for quitting, its not going to matter. In 2012, people in voitng booths will remember this day and won't buy it... Incredibly stupid political move on her part...

She's right to leave If she can't handle the spotlight and be gov. at the same time. I just hope she doesn't think she can run for any elected position after abandoning her post.

She's such a strong advocate of the military, right? What would happen if they started abandoning their post 'cause they're not happy? What kind of message is she sending to the young women who looked up to her and saw her as a role model? Just quit when things get tough?! Hillary would not have quit. Palin is definitely no Hillary.

"Life is not happy for her right now"

Please... give us a break. Has "barracuda" gone soft since the going has gotten tough. What about those who lack jobs and healthcare. She has shown by her actions that she is nothing but a self serving individual dressed up in her "Christian faith" just like George W.

I for one, have absolutely know sympathy for this one women wrecking crew.

"A person close to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with knowledge of her thinking . . ."

Holy Smoke!

Steve said:
If you think the "system" gave Sarah Palin a difficult time, what then about Hillary Clinton?

One comparison between Hillary vs. Sarah, Hillary was a much better parent – and isn't a quitter.
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There is a difference. Palin puts family first & actually loves her husband and has small children. Chelsea is grown and even when she was in the WH she was heavly guarded and protected and the media knew to stay away.

Not so in Palin and her family paid for it.

sifto77 12:20 pm ET "no liberal would ever be expected to understand "putting the people first" as Palin has done for her state."

Exactly. Liberals, even those with who have devoted their lives to public service or have loved ones in the military (or even lost a loved one in a foreign war), could never understand the sacrifices Sarah Palin has made for her state and her country. Sarah Palin is a true American hero. She may not need to be Governor of Alaska anymore, but she's not done by a long shot. She'll continue to fight anyone who stands in her way, until she's reached the pinnacle of power and influence. But only because she cares so deeply about the real America and the real Americans.

She should keep getting a hard , most wonder how she even got elected in the first place , this woamn is devisive and racist as they come and she definitely does not need to be speaking for our country , she' worrying about attacks from the media and the left , well if your in the public spotlight that's what usuallly happens .....duh , and I hope she does try to run for president in 2012 ,because we will have a field day picking her dimwitted brain apart , America is much safer with her out of the thought that she would attemp to run for POTUS , and last but not least , it shows a big sign of weekness to be a quitter ,you just don't walk away from a job like that because your being scrutinzed ....

I'm positive that the last thing her son in the military would ever think is that if he decides not to re-enlist, that he doesn't need to fight the battles that are left in his current enlistment.

Additionally, passing the ball is far different from quitting the team if you can't make the shot.

Palin's a quitter, period. No amount of spin, no fabricated excuses for wanting to answer a higher calling and no amount of phoney bleatings about "protecting" her family will ever change that fact.
For any conservative – base republican or whatever – to vote for her or give money to her causes is to be un-American.
"Real Americans" don't quit mid-stream just because things get stressful, are harder than expected or you get criticized, only imature and weak quitters do...

I thought that most governors actually lived in the capital city of the state they were elected to govern, not commute from her hometown.
She must have realized that to begin with, and if she didn't understand that she was elected for a 4 year term then what was she doing running for governor to begin with? This job isn't like a position you can just up and walk away from if you decide it's too time consuming and too much responsibility.

All the hordes of media and bloggers are once again happy with the knowledge that have successfully destroyed another person’s life.

She a shining example of the "it's not my fault" generation!

donttreadonme. You cannot be serious.

I am not a fan of Palin's , but I wish her and her family well.

I don't think life is happy for any of the americans, the way Bush created this idiotic mess and left with this unwanted fiscal mess...I am glad, we are leaving Iraq..Palin will be ok as a housewife...don't worry...

If Sarah doesn't like the term "quitter", perhaps we can find one she likes better.

How about "Cut and Run"?

The point guard has left the court mid game. She didn't simply "pass the ball".

Oh, remember when she was running for VP and said her foreign policy experience was trade missions to Russia? Then in her resignation speech, she said that very same duty was the job of a "lame duck".

This just keeps getting better.

What little respect I had for this woman is now long gone.

And it won't make any difference when, in a year or two from now, she makes excuses or basketball analogies for her current actions. Nothing she can say can change the fact that she bailed on her responsibilities to the good people of Alaska for her own personal agenda.

She was elected to a term in which she did not complete. The people of Alaska elected her to do her job, not so she could run off and do this interviews and events. Leaving office early is a failure to the Alaskan people as their governor. It might, though, be the best thing for everybody. Please take her out of the media spotlight, she does not have the intellect or even common sense to be there.

I hope she stays in the news just for the fact that it makes you lib monkeys chatter and run around your little government-funded cages in a rampage. I find it especially funny when insults are hurled her way that, if you replace a white attractive woman with a black attractive man, describe Obama. A good example is the lib monkey "Debbie" who doesn't see how a governor can raise small children and effectively their job. Hmmm, how old are the Obama girls? Libs are soooo predictable.

I wish she hadn't allowed the idiots from the left-wing Democrats get to her but I guess anybody can be law-suited to death. The ones who bring the frivilous lawsiuts should be forced to pay all lawyer fees. Good luck Sarah in whatever you choose to do.

Does this mean she "blinked"?

She's nothing but a drama queen.

Good riddance.

I do not wish her luck. She has an ego the size of Alaska and the media seem to love it. Every move she makes hits the airwaves. She is not someone who loves this country. She loves herself, if she thought so strongly about her family she would have never agreed to run with McCain. Every politician has to have a thick skin. Evidently she does not have a thick skin. Fighting with Letterman, how ridiculous can you get. I just wish the media would stop!!! Stop!!! We have had enough of her.

Maybe now, once and for all, her supporters will see what the rest of us have known since she was foisted upon us: SHE'S CERTIFIABLY NUTS. And yes, I also read the Vanity Fair article. Pathetic.

I guess she should have just kept on going, while her family disintergrate and fall apart. (Jon & Kate is perfect example) Then you who r condeming her right now would have said she should have stepped down if her family was unhappy and in trouble.

Admitt it all u haters would always find something. Hypocrites!!!

Ames July 6th, 2009 12:35 pm ET

If everything I did were criticized by venomous commenters who spew acid at people they disagree with, like most of you, I'd want to quit too.

Even if you dislike Palin, you have to admit that everybody gave her a pretty darned hard time – more so than any other politician I can think of.
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I guess that you have never heard of a lady named Hillary Clinton.

"Heat... Kitchen."

Pitbull my [censored].

It is DIFFICULT to help shape the lives of hundreds of thousands, much less hundreds of MILLIONS, of people.

Someone was looking out for us ALL. You guys better be VERY thankful that Mr. Obama got elected – Especially Republicans.

She is an over comer! She is what the true feminist movement should represent. She is a great example of career success, family values, and being a servant to the people.
Natural beauty without showing her boobs to the world.
She's doing something right because there is an effort to tear her down.

I will have to get my crayons ready in anticipation of her new book.

What would she have done if Putin had "reared his ugly head?" She could sure throw the dirt, but she just couldn't take it. Have nothing against the woman, just her brand of bad politics. This is someone who clearly was not ready for the heat.

I heard Sarah got hired to play herself at SNL....that's where she rightfully belongs! lol

Does the whining ignorant Palin expect us to feel sorry for her?

She was the most hate-spewing, racist, divisive, lying, and violence-inducing candidate I have ever seen in a national campaign. She was sure quick to falsely accuse others of every ridiculous claim fed to her.

Now when the TRUTH about her corruption, lack of ethics, abuse of power conviction, and vindictiveness is coming back on her, she plays victim and cuts and runs. Her hate and hypocrisy has come full circle and she is too weak and characterless to deal with it.

Palin was never ready for national office. She was in way over her empty head and she has just proven once again she is still not ready nor stable or trustworthy enough for ANY office.

If anyone saw her thrown-together "press" conference (with no press and only one local TV station), you would have seen a babbling, incoherent, dishonest, and weak-minded fool.

She looks like she is headed for mental breakdown. She needs to disappear, get help, and retire from public life completely. It's about time she really did focus on her dysfunctional family.

She claims she hates the media but she cannot stand to be out of the limelight for more than a few days. It doesn't matter anymore. She's done. We have seen the true Sarah. Unintelligent, incompetent, unstable, flaky, characterless, hypocritical and so superficial she abandons her oath of office as Governor for reasons no one has been able to figure out from her rambling, hysterical speech.

And Republican basers – no one is afraid of her or thinks this latest act of stupidity was "brilliant". She was never leadership material and as her own Party members are now rightly calling her..."an inept, bizarre, wacko". She just committed political suicide and no one will ever vote for her – not even in her own state. Go find a real candidate before your Party totally implodes. 4 high-profile Republicans fall in disgrace in one week!

Meanwhile our truly iintelligent and hard-working President is restoring this nation, creating programs to help the non-elite of us, and is truly securing our national postion and safety through diplomacy and thoughtful leadership!

@ Ames:

So you don't think that Palin has brought the majority of the criticism she receives on herself? Ever since the voters repudiated her and John McCain it seems this woman has done everything possible to make sure her name gets mentioned in the national media once or twice a week. She obviously thinks that there's no such thing as "bad publicity", but the facts are showing otherwise. I have never seen someone as accomplished at shooting herself in the foot as Ms. Palin.

Everybody gives Palin a hard time because time and time again she says and does things that show she deserves every bit of the approbation she has gotten from the public and the press. The Republican party already looks like a bad circus act without Palin taking center stage.

Interesting scenario when Palin's resignation took the mainstream repubs by surprise...can you say "maverick"?

As much as I support the family values part of her reasoning, I believe Debbie has the ultimate conclusion...if she cannot handle the duties of Governor of Alaska, why would supporters feel she could handle the White House?

and by the way, it is possible to travel and spend time with your family.

You reap what you sow.

Maybe if palin wasn't such an ugly person on the inside, life might be happier for her.

We have John Mccain to thank for briging this idiot into the lime light. He goes and pick this nit wit and it cost him the race, which he would have lost anyway, but she contributed to it. I have never been a fan of hers she does not represent me as a woman because I think she is corrupt and she will use anybody or anything go get what she wants, a typicla republician.

I wonder how she became a governor in the 1st place....

maybe Sarah eventually realises like the rest of us hard working Americans....that she is NOT that smart and that drawing a paycheck for a job you're not qualified for is a disservice to our great nation.

anywayz, to this dimwit it's a "higher calling"....PUHLEASEEEEEEEE!!!

People she got a book deal worth millions, of course she was gonna quit. She could care less about Alaska, it's all about her. As for the 'unfair media', it's called Karma palin, you put out so much hate and negativity against President Obama that it is coming back to you. That's what Karma does.

This woman is an airhead and there is no way she could have taken national office. McCain should have realized this immediately. She is lucky she managed to get elected Mayor of Wasilla. She should have kept that job. That's about as far as she can go. If she gets a talk show offered to her by, who else, Fixed Noise, she won't last long since who could possibly be her guests? This would be another freak show. Intelligent, in-depth conversations would never take place, and only those on the "fringe" would even tune in. Maybe she'll write a book and get a $2 million advance, but I doubt the book will sell well. She just doesn't have a life worth reading about. It's not all that unusual. Just your typical soap opera.

Anyone out there willing to trust the Songbird's decisions now? Arizona? Anyone? (Remember, he quit the campaign to go back and push thru the 1st TARP with no strings and no regulations attached to it).

ANYONE?

Even Fox News is reporting that there is a possible Federal investigation of the contract between the Palin's home construction and the building of the Wasilla Sports arena. That the contractors would work on her home for free if they received the bid for the sports complex.

This woman became the national punching bag with the likes of David Letterman, being just one more batterer. Hillary Clinton was railroaded out of the nomination while Obama was glorified. This country has a serious problem with sexism and woman-hating. Sarah Palin did the right thing by saying she's not taking it anymore. This country should be ashamed of itself.

If you think the "system" gave Sarah Palin a difficult time, what then about Hillary Clinton?

One comparison between Hillary vs. Sarah, Hillary was a much better parent – and isn't a quitter.

Commuting was a problem, so she proposed the Alaska capitol be moved to Anchorage (of which her town is practically a suburb!). Now THERE's narcissism for you!

The party of "tolerance and understanding" becomes the party of HATE when Sarah Palin is mentioned.

Liberals, Hollywood, and the MSM should be ashamed.

I believe that the media is reporting this in a negative way. I am sure that Palin has her reasons and she knows what she doing.

Given the condition of the GOP, they need someone like Palin to turn this around.

How about Obama. starting in as a Senator, then in the middle of his term, starts his run for the Presidency? The media didn't have that much to say about it, so why is the media making such a big deal about Palin stepping down?

There may be something fishy in "ole Alaska". Anyway, she is a quitter and a looser. The book deal will take care of her and I am sure she will show up on a show of her own on "FALSE News". She will fit right in with that bunch of GOP talking heads. But, on the bright side..maybe she got out before she ruined Alaska and maybe devine intervention may have saveed our country from such a self centered ego maniac!!

In the future, ANYTIME McCain speaks, remember THIS was his choice to serve as VP? no one should belive anything he says again he has VERY bad judgement
What a joke these REPUBS are............

God evidently has switched parties....perhaps he/she saw the wackiness of Ensign, Sanford (and his soulmate), and now Palin the quitter. And the repubs and their idiot pundits like Limberger and Kristol obviously think they have to support these hypocrites, thus encouraging their mindless followers to rail against the Press for questioning these fools. Thank you for assuring the democrats keep power over the next 2 elections....God must be causing all these things to happen. Who else would think this stuff up?

Palin has set the goal of a woman in the White House back a decade at least. What a flake. A great communicator? I don't think so. Unless her every word is scripted look out. She just babbles on, and adds an "and" in everytime she breathes. Does anyone actually know what she was talking about during that backyard press conference?

Nannynanny boo boo. She took her ball and she's going home. I just hope she stays there.

and this woman wants to lead our party in the next 2012 elections...

we are running out of options and i am afraid to admit but Rush might be our only hope and thats bad...

For those of you who stated Palin is "right" and could save the country,
are you forgetting that more Americans disagree with Palin than there are Palin followers? Do you really think we are so easily swayed by anything Palin says?

I really question her judgment about making accusations and innuendos that she is being abused by the media. Does that empower her? Obviously not.

I applaud the Palins for making a good home for their intellectually challenged child, but am not impressed with her saying there should be more people with his syndrome. When their parents or caretakers can no longer provide care, these folks become institutionalized and their care is often funded through state and federal taxes.

donttreadonme, Palin is NOT hated for those things, she's hated for being a twit.

If she stayed In Alasks, doing the job she was elected to do, the commute would not be as long! A smart governor would have focused on making her state the best it could be to showcase her executive talents... but no – cut and run 18 months ahead of schedule, slamming all "lame ducks" who have the ethics to stick to their job ... while planning a book deal and a slot on Faux News. It's always about "Sarah" and everyone else is just a prop – her family – the voters ... nothing matters but the national spotlight.

She's done. It's about time.

If Palin resigned for political or financial gain she is toast. The people of Alaska will never forgive her and she has lost what little creditibility she had.
She conducted a campaign full of hate, anger, lies, attacks and dishonor. Any negativity towards her she brought on herself as she did not see a camera or a headline she did not love.
With her ego, ambition and lack of intelligence she will continue
to self destruct.

maybe she can use this time to sit in class with six graders and learn how to speak some ENGLISH!!!

Malabar....

I would suggest to you that the Clinton's AND the Obama's are as 'hated' as Palin is. Get your head out.

Those of you who think she was given a hard time, Bush was given a much harder but he stuck with it.

So what. Life isn't happy for alot of people right now, that doesn't mean they go abandon their jobs for it. Do you think life was happy for the Shrub for the last three years of his second term? Don't you think he would have loved to have just quit without finishing his term? He was being called every name in the book and being blamed for nearly every ill in the world but he still stuck it out.

Probably the only good thing the man ever did was show that he had the guts to finish up a term even when everyone in the entire world hated his guts.

Having an 'unhappy life' is not reason to be this childish.

To Palin I say "wah, deal with it".

The woman is an embarassment. Not only to woman kind, but to her party.

You never post any of my comments. It must not be true with CNN that the truth will set you free.

This is all Katie Couric's fault!

If this were anyone other than an attractive white woman, she would have already been run off the stage in disgrace.

Seems to me that Sarah is a very poor loser.
She's invited every bit of talk about her.
She subjected her family to ridicule; flaunted her baby and her daughter, expecting a baby...what did she expect?
I do sincerely hope that she will not be given a TV Talk Show.
Don't think she has enough sense to come in out of the rain, much less talk about positive things.
Just what our country needs, a female George Bush. NOT!

LOL!

Sarah did not get where she is by doing the predictable.

To Sarah supporters; dont lose faith.

Changes are coming very soon, by 2010 we will see her back and strong.

good riddance!...this dimwit woman is the most under-qualified individual to hold and run for any highest office in the United States!

sure, the fools on the right-wing block will want to make her look like something out of this world...bad example for women all around!!!!

Goodbye Sarah and good luck with that book deal.I think she wrote "My Pet Goat Part Two" Heres a towel for TCM and all the men and womens names he uses on these posts to make us think there are more rightwing jihadists than there really are.I laugh at you and all your Rush talking points.Thanks for making my day,I enjoy watching you cry.hahaha

Sarah should've thought of those things before she ran for governor. Most people are prudent enough to think through the obvious before making the kind of commitment that she did. Sounds like small-town mayor was the best fit for her (though I wouldn't want to live in any town where she as mayor).

Poor baby. She hasn't made life any more pleasant for us! Sounds to me like she can dish it out, but can't take it. You betcha!

Will she quietly go away?

Want some cheese for all that wine?

What, we wouldn't have enough cheese? Bet that is her liberal enemies fault just like everything else.

Grow Up Sarah.

To "vp in West Lafayette, IN": Are you serious? You wish more people were like Sarah Palin? You wish more people would quit when their job got too hard? You wish more people would put themselves before the people they took an oath of office to support? You have GOT to be kidding....

Then she could *never* handle the presidency. Weren't we supposed to believe a mother of young children could handle both parenting and the presidency at the same time? Now, she can't handle being a governor? I think her new role will be to bring people to Republican events like a hostess, but she'll play no political role. She's set women back 100 years! Please know that there are intelligent capable women out there! She doesn't represent.

If everything I did were criticized by venomous commenters who spew acid at people they disagree with, like most of you, I'd want to quit too.

Even if you dislike Palin, you have to admit that everybody gave her a pretty darned hard time – more so than any other politician I can think of.

She is hated for opposing Obama, being conservative and believing in God. There is no room for God in the dem party or liberal media!

The final straw was probably the dems nailing her for using tax dollars to have her family travel with her.

What happened to being a MAVERICK????? Sarah was selling wolf tickets and got caught

oh poor Sarah. She is always getting picked on....TOUGH. Her playing teh innocent victim of the boogey-man media is old. If she can't deal with it, go away and leave us in peace.

@ Susie

Thank you for showing that sexism goes both ways by displaying your own.

Palin is and always be a JOKE!

Palin quitting makes John McCain wrong again as she flushes him down the toilet with her.

Good Riddance!!!!!!!

The half-wit has obviously been hired to be a talking bobble-head at Fox, so as a private citizen, hopefully the media will stop giving this moronette a venue, she will follow in the footsteps of Huckleberry. That way only the fans that udnerstand her rambling, aimless, stringing of random words together to make one run-on sentence, can tune in, while the rest of us will be spared having to translate Palinese.

She will have her show she will not need media coverage, like Hannity and Oral-reilly she will be back to her "sportscasting" career launched by journalism degree it 5 years and 6 colleges to achieve!

Too bad she will not be a viable candidate in 2012, I so wanted to see her run!

Goes around comes around...she's been making the sane portion of this country sick and miserable for long enough...

Palin dished it out, but can't take it. She had her crowds yelling "kill him" and she said absolutely nothing. It's a one way street with her.

She'll cash in by writing the book, and making speeches, and cry all the way to the bank.

She was attacked more than any other politician ever!! Her family was the subject of constant nasty, brutal attacks by the liberal media. I would have done the same rather than see my daughters go thru what Palin's had to endure.

Family is first no matter what. She stated that. Too bad most people here only believe that their selfish ways comes first above all.

In light of the recent events surrounding Sarah Palin and after listening to her rambling speech in the matter, referring to her as "Governor Moose Beam" seems most appropriate.

We hope finally we have heard from Palin. Now the GOP (Getting Over Palin) can get back to business of putting their foot in their mouth.

Who cares?

LOL...McCain has to be reeling right now! Good job vetting your VP pick John...lol

regardless of the reasons, she quit. a few months ago she was touting her 'actual responsibilities' and she shuns them. go figure.

she's about to become insanely rich and good for her. regardless of politics, no one can name any elected official who has been the target of more hate than sarah palin. she should rest, enjoy her family and do whatever the hell she wants. funny how people commenting on MJ throw out the whole 'innocent until proven guilty' phrase when someone calls him a child molester (there is creepy footage of him saying it's ok to share a bed with young boys), yet i bet it's SOME of those same people who fabricate stories about sarah and supposed crimes she has committed with no proof. Hypocrisy rules in the U.S. and it seems everyone is to ignorant to show any kind of basic, simple, respect that is due to everyone from elected officials to poor folks like me. everyone knows everything and everyone is a self-righteous two-faced, hate spewing scab. well, easily over 80% of folks on here anyway

I don't buy her excuse for quitting mid-term. Just because she'd be a lame-duck governor doesn't mean she'd have to act like one. Is this what she'd have done in the middle of a 2nd term as governor or president? I guess she just feels that the grass is greener in the lower 48 and the money is too good to pass up. She doesn't care about serving her constituents; she only cares about serving herself.

Why isn't CNN including the comments Palin gave on August 2008 when she criticized Hillary Clinton for her comments on her coverage. Palin called Clinton a whiner, stated that she should know she would be put under a microscope and should just work harder. Has Palin made you reticent about doing factual coverage of her for fear she might write mean comments on Facebook about you??

Hypocrit Palin is so full of contradictions and the old "do what I say and not what I do".

To be in politics, a person is better off, bein' called a pachyderm, rather than a weasel. Palin's problem is perplexin', since we were puzzled by her pungent attack on the press, which, possibly, may be one of several factors for her quittin'.

I loved the ducks in the background in her goodbye "speech". I think every time this crack pot opens her mouth there should be duck quacking played in the background.

Maybe she should have never left her job as Mayor of Wasilla ... obviously running a state was way over her head.

The first female governor in Alaska history and probably American history to quit because things got tough. Women have fought hard to attain equal rights and to be viewed as an equal in this society. Her actions will only make it harder for the next soccer mom who wants to be president, governor or mayor.

Big Money talks.....so she took a walk right for it. When does her book come out??????

Palin is full of hate and insites hatred and lied about our President. But we all know when she signed that 7million dollar book deal with the publisher this was gonna happen.

Dominican mama 4 Obama said"Once she decided not to run for re-election, he believes it made perfect sense to step down as soon as possible. "

When you run for a government post, aren't you duty bound to finish out your term? Otherwise, you should've let someone serve. Unless extraordinary circumstances dictate it, Palin should've finished out her term as governor. Stupidity does not qualify as an 'extraordinary circumstance'.

I believe that is exactly what she did she stepped down to let someone else serve. How do u know there wasn't some "extrordinary circumstances"? Just because she did not call and got your permission does not mean anything. Admitt you hate her and anything she does u will criticize. Which makes u nothing but a partisan hack!!!

P/S Your name reflects your intelligence level..
Enough said!!!

it continues to appear that the gop wants to irritate and alienate more and more americans. sad for the party of Lincoln

I'll bet she resigned because she got knocked up again. Have a nice day!

So what. Life isn't happy for alot of people right now, that doesn't mean they go abandon their jobs for it. Do you think life was happy for the Shrub for the last three years of his second term? Don't you think he would have loved to have just quit without finishing his term? He was being called every name in the book and being blamed for nearly every ill in the world but he still stuck it out.

Probably the only good thing the man ever did was show that he had the guts to finish up a term even when everyone in the entire world hated his guts.

Having an 'unhappy life' is not reason to be this childish.

To Palin I say "wah, deal with it".

The woman is an embarassment. Not only to woman kind, but to her party.

The real problem was that Palin wanted to spend time outside of Alaska raising her profile. Is hitting the rubber-chicken circuit raising money for local candidates in the lower 48 really a higher calling than serving as governor? The irony is that by increasing her political travel to the lower 48 she makes herself even more of a target of the liberal bloggers she complains about. She would have been less of a target (and could remain closer to her family) if she had just focused on building support and solving problems in Alaska. If every "lame-duck" resigned instead of finishing the job they were elected to do, then every President would resign immediately after being re-elected.

The President just signed an historic treaty with Russia, who cares about palin?

What am I suppose to do? Cry for Palin? That will never happen, do not feel sorry for her at all, just hopes she stays far away from the political scene with all her lies, name calling, and vicious hate mongering. Life is not happy for her now?....TOUGH, life is not happy for a lot of American citizens at this point in time, and they are the ones I feel sorry for...not some drama queen.

Oh good grief. Sarah Palin should have moved her family into the governor's mansion in the first place!!! What did she expect? Life would be like when she was mayor of Wasilla? Show up once in a while and let the city manager do the work? Clearly she did not think it through – which is scary. That is a rather important decision don't you think??

Good for you Gov. Palin and God Blessed! Don't care what others said about you and your family. I wish some of us are more like you. Good Luck!

sARAH, YOU ARE SOO ADMIRABLE AND YOU ARE TWICE THE 'WOMAN AND DOUBLE THE MEN. hAPPY FUTURE, YOU ARE LOVED, EVEN THO MEN ARE STILL sceered OF WOMEN AND WANT TO PUT US IN "OUR PLACE" ???? WE ARE so mUCH MORE THAN THEM.

As the saying goes, "when it gets too hot, get out of the kitchen".
Sarah Palin has shown repeatedly that when the pressure and stress of politics gets heavy, she cannot deal with it.
Thank the Lord that she is not our Vice President!!!

She always struck me as a bit thin-skinned for the brutality of politics on the national stage, but pulling out mid-stream was uttlerly mind-boggling. She quit, plain and simple.

Still, if you no longer love what you do, and it's costing you more to stay than it's worth, then it makes sense.

The liberal haters will have a field day, but the reasons she left were the same reasons I never wanted to get involved in the first place. Now she can make money and advance her own agenda, and tell the New York Times to sit on it and slowly rotate.

RUN, SARAH, RUN (for president)!!! That is my new bumper sticker that will sit along side the one that says OBAMA IS RUNNING A GANGSTER GOVERNMENT. And in closing, LETTERMAN YOU ARE AN IDIOT!

Mary
Maryland

Oh, boo hoo! Lot's of us have personal issues that make it difficult to focus on work and family needs simulataneously. We, however, cannot just quit! There are so many women who have to find a way to combine work and family needs, the last thing we need is a whining "champion" of working women quitting in a way that seems like a last minute, emotional decision. She should not have put herself in the spotlight if she couldn't take the heat. I hope she disappears into obscurity. No more press conferences, trips to NY or DC, or tell all books.

Who's life is not difficult, Sarah! ?! Finish your term. You asked for it. You got it. Republican worship this crazy woman. She transfered colleges everytime a class was to difficulte for here to complete. Now the governship is too difficult for her to complete. But she wants to be president. Sarah you love the fame; you just do not like the responsibility. GO HUNT A MOOSE! You lost the election for McCain!

Did she honestly believe that becoming governor would let her spend time with her family? That just seems insane to me.

Life is not happy for anyone either. Yet not many have quit their job when others are looking to get one. Something is fishy here. I said the same thing when SC Governor disappeared in to the thin air. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. Something is not right and sooner than later we would find out.

Palin is nuts... the commute? Her problem with being governor of Alaska was the commute? Is that why she charged the state for per diem while she worked out of her house?

and ther goes your mentor. Like you guys said she great right. Show us how it's done palin. When the going gets tough get the hell out of town.

In other words, ol' Sarah doesn't want to work. She just wants to do the fun (face in front of the camera) things.... especially ones that pay her outrageous fees.

At least she's gone somewhere... and let's hope we never hear of her again...

of course its a personal decision, this woman would be motivated by nothing else, fulfilling her commitments is just too much of a pain, man right wingers are soooo transparent!

Sanford, Palin. The Republican party has imploded.

and i couldnot comment on the stimulis bill. If these repubs will let the money be spent instead of trying to hold it up at every turn maybe if can work faster. Im so tired of you dumb bastards in america. And guess what I myself used to be a repub. And realy I dont think anything has to do with repubs dems indi whatever. It has to do with dumb as americans trying to block the money because they hate.

I know a lot of people that have thought about entering politics at the State level with asperations of helping the country at a Federal level. Literally, all of them have decided against it because of the media – not the scrutiny, but the bold-face lies about ones beliefs and their family.

Unfortunately, it is our county that suffers.

I do not know if Sarah Palin would have made a good politician at the Federal level or not, but I do know that she was a victim of the media.

such a shame that she can't even finish her elected term. way to go on those commitments you made to the people of alaska. Sorry that it's such a burden to do your job.

"Her life is very difficult," he said. "She cannot spend time with her family."

"The move frees her to raise money for candidates, push causes she cares about, and have the freedom to travel as she pleases."

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Walking, talking contradiction....

Do the people of Alaska get their votes back?

Oh this Gov. thing is tougher then I thought, the mean old media and David Letterman are just out to get me... PLEASE...The sooner this woman fades away the happier the rest of us will be

no liberal would ever be expected to understand "putting the people first" as Palin has done for her state. She could have collected money from Alaska for 2 more years like Obama did and not be availabe for the job–she took the high road knowing she would be trashed as usual by the media. I think Letterman and vanity fair trashing and smearing her 2 young kids (Triggy and Willow) was the catalyst–any mother worth her salt will do anything to spare her innocent offspring. Kudos to her–a bright and talented woman–to risk her very future (according to political "elite") for her children. A very American icon who–I hope will be back to help save this country from those who would destroy it.

Everyone, especially Palin supporters, must read the Vanity Fair article about Palin. It is not a smear article, but rather a well written and researched piece of investigative journalism that is really eye openining in its exposure of who Palin is. After reading the 10,000 word article, it becomes crystal clear that this women is certifiable and fits the diagnostic desription of narcissism, which is a true mental health disease. Whatever her future ambitions are, the woman is truly one sick puppy.

I'm going to try really hard to muster some sympathy for poor, poor Sarah, always the victim......

I'll let you all know when I muster that sympathy, but I urge you not to hold your breath waiting.

Don't try to turn the hate-monger into a saint. She's going after the money. Plain and simple.

She is LOONEY- She can "retire" knowing one thing for usre: She insured a Democratic Victory last November!

And, as Vice PResident, should would have had time with her family / Geeze – Thanks GOD she is moving Down and out.

The combination of family duties and commuting posed a major challenge. "Her life is very difficult," he said. "She cannot spend time with her family."

Umm, okay... She was willing to run for VPOTUS, which is a full-time job requiring travel, etc. but she can't finish out her last year and a half as governor of Alaska because it's too hard?

Wow, we really dodged a bullet there.

. . .Once she decided not to run for re-election, he believes it made perfect sense to step down as soon as possible. The move frees her to raise money for candidates, push causes she cares about, and have the freedom to travel as she pleases . . .
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And in doing so, leaves her "beloved" state high and dry, reneging on her commitment to the residents of Alaska? Her justification is absolutely drivel. She is moving on, no doubt about that, but where and why remain an issue she seems reluctant to address.

I'm going out on a limb here: Greed. Power. Narcissism.

I am just glad she is not running my state or my country!

Cassie Wallender, a national committeewoman from the Washington Young Republican Federation, then wrote: “Someone please help a naïve Seattle girl out, is Eric’s comment a racist slur?” She answered her own question one minute later: “Okay, why is this okay? I just looked it up. ‘It comes from a term baracoons (a cage) where they used to place Africans who were waiting to be sent to America to be slaves.’ THIS IS NOT OKAY AND IT’S NOT FUNNY.”
Today's Daily Beast

What a great day for this country when this bigoted nutjob stepped down! Good riddance!! Please go away now.

Please?

Every GOP hardliner and wannabees fought to defend this woman and what does she do... she QUITS. She was always a LOSER and now she proved it by being a QUITTER.
Americans are NOT QUITTERS! We keep fighting until we make it work.
Palin has her son fight for this country but she herself won't...WHAT A JOKE!

And just why couldn't she spend time with her family? All it would have taken is the word "No" to requests for speaking engagements and other functions. No, there is something else going on here. No one leaves office early after deciding not to run for another term without something suspicious happening.

ah, now there ya go again'.......say it ain't so...............................
Ya know she'll run............................somewhere...

She wants to spend time with her family, and she's free to travel.
Is that not a contradiction? Just a little help with clarity here.

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As a none Palin fan i would like to say.

I wish her and her family the best in all their non political ventures.

i do not like her politics but there needs to be a seperation between the candidate and their personal life.

As a none Palin fan i would like to say.

I wish her and her family the best in all their non political ventures.

i do not like her politics but there needs to be a seperation between the candidate and their personal life.

Not sorry to hear that she's not having a happy life right now...after all the misery she's foisted on the rest of us.

Good Luck Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Yep, politics ain't tiddlywinks.

Good for you Sarah Palin! We have NOT seen the last of this very outspoken woman – she will stand up for what is RIGHT!

My – the obama gang sure gets upset over a person they love to put down, trash and say does not matter – who cares – well – why are you so concerned?? If she is such a nobody – why does CNN cover her every move and word???

Maybe she can use this time to read the Constitution.

Poor Sarah, maybe she's worried that more and more people are realizing that she's a freak.

She can't even manage her own life. How does she expect to manage the United States. She's in way over her head.

Hang in there Sarah. You got the lib's running scared.

I'd expect a good Christian to remember the Golden Rule ... do unto others and you would have others do unto you ...

In my view, Sarah Palin violated this rule in the campaign. She participated in low, dirty, slanderous, lying, decieving, fear-mongering, hate-mongering, zenophobic politics. Now she is reaping what she has sown and she doesnt' like it.

This is God's way of closing doors for her. I hope she sees it and changes her ways. If not before man, be humble before the Lord, Sarah.

Man may pay you a lot of money for a book deal and a show on Fox. That doesn't mean that God is behind you. You'll be that rich person that is denied entry into the kingdom of Heaven.

Sarah Palin would do better by riding into the sunset, Alaska sold itself short by electing her as governor, she isn't alone, South Carolina did the same, and America upon election of Bush, the truth is painful, but it will set you free, people make super religious statements, and are often wallowing with pigs

So she didn't realize she would have to live in the governor's mansion when she ran for office. Not very smart of her nor is it surprising that she didn't realize she would have to work.

"A person close to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with knowledge of her thinking ..."

Signs of intelligent life? Thinking?

I'm skeptical.

one wonders how long she would have served as Vice President before tiring of that responsibility.

good job Sara!!!

Maybe Jennifer Anniston or Angelina Jolie can take her place. They are attractive celebs with opinions, too.

"Once she decided not to run for re-election, he believes it made perfect sense to step down as soon as possible. "

When you run for a government post, aren't you duty bound to finish out your term? Otherwise, you should've let someone serve. Unless extraordinary circumstances dictate it, Palin should've finished out her term as governor. Stupidity does not qualify as an 'extraordinary circumstance'.

Oh puleeze Louise...!