Sarah Palin to resign as Alaska governor

[JohnnyCash]

Hopefully she goes into porn now

[VandalSquirrel]

I wonder what's going to happen in the next election, there's been more attention to bad Alaskan politicians in recent years. Considering she was an outsider (even though she's lived there awhile) there may be a closing of the ranks for impression management.

My Alma Mater will also have to change the boasting from Alaska's governor, to the first woman governor of Alaska. She was kind of our big alumna we touted for awhile.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Why is she resigning?

Originally Posted by Smile_Awhile

The current prediction that I've heard is that she's gearing up for a Senate run.

Originally Posted by minDyG

Please tell me we have another Republican sex scandal in the making.

Originally Posted by texas*princess

She said something about "I don't want to be a lame duck politician" or whatever.

Originally Posted by JohnnyCash

Hopefully she goes into porn now

All reasons she could have left office...

But as has been said, I don't see how resigning will help her run for a more prestigious position later on. If this was her tactic (and maybe she tried to downplay it by breaking the news on a Friday before a holiday weekend), lying about the reason she resigned definitely won't help her gain support in possible future campaigns.

Another argument is that she is becoming increasingly angry/embarrassed/upset by the constant jokes being made about her and her family, and she doesn't want to be in the limelight anymore.

On the flip side of that, others are saying that after being the "star" that she became while being in the public eye, to return to the small state (population-wise) of Alaska was kind of a disappointment.

Whatever the reason, I think her explanation of not wanting to be a lame-duck politician was to conceal the real justification for wanting/needing to resign.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

All reasons she could have left office...

But as has been said, I don't see how resigning will help her run for a more prestigious position later on. If this was her tactic (and maybe she tried to downplay it by breaking the news on a Friday before a holiday weekend), lying about the reason she resigned definitely won't help her gain support in possible future campaigns.

Whatever the reason, I think her explanation of not wanting to be a lame-duck politician was to conceal the real justification for wanting/needing to resign.

Yea I totally agree.

I wouldn't want to vote for someone for Senate or *eeeep* President who doesn't even have the gumption to finish her term.

I def. feel her "lame duck" thing was a cop out.

[moe.ron]

wasn't there a corruption investigation by the Fed that was gaining steam? Maybe it had something to do with that?

[Xanthus]

Originally Posted by JohnnyCash

Hopefully she goes into porn now

Hahahaha!! Hilarious!