Editor's Note: The following story appeared on the CNN Political Ticker on July 26, 2009.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (CNN) - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska's governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning "to chart a new course to advance the state."
"Now people who know me, they know how much I love this state ... I feel it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical, politics-as-usual, lame-duck session in one's last year in office," Palin said, just moments before Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell was sworn in as governor.
"With this decision, now I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right and for the truth," Palin continued. "And I have never felt you need a title to do that."
Palin announced in early July that she would step down this month. She has attributed the decision to tremendous pressure, time and the financial burden of a litany of ethics complaints in the past several months.
The complaints were without merit and took away from the job she wanted to do for Alaskans, Palin has said.
From CNN Politics
© 2012 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
| Advertising practices | Advertise with us | About us | Work for us | Help
I guess the folks of Alaska are taking a day off in celebration today.
Can she just go away?
That's one small step for Alaska, one giant leap backwards for humankind.
SURPRISE......Now on this day July 26,2010 ; CNN and SARAH PALIN will announce we will never hear from her again.
She isn't too smart
Quitters never win.
Sarah Palin quitting as governor in the middle of her term is news?