# But Sarah Palin quit!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-sarah-palin-quit/557358>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-sarah-palin-quit/557358 "2010-10-16T16:36:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-sarah-palin-quit/557358/21 "2010-10-17T05:26:15Z")

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> [@Napier](#):
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> I think they call her “Governor” because “the quitter from Twitter” is too much trouble to explain.

So…something shorter? Like say “the twit”.

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**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-sarah-palin-quit/557358/22 "2010-10-18T04:12:22Z")

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> [@mangeorge](#):
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> Him too. Tho he didn’t really have a choice. To be honest, I wouldn’t put Palin in the same class as Nixon. She’s just silly and not too sharp. Nixon’s a crook.  
> **Clinton stuck it out.**

I see what you did there …

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-sarah-palin-quit/557358/23 "2010-10-18T13:47:32Z")

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Just in case any of you were missing Sarah and her whiny voice, [here’s](http://www.adn.com/2010/10/15/1503194/tlc-releases-trailer-for-sarah.html) the trailer for her new series on TLC.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-sarah-palin-quit/557358/24 "2010-10-18T13:50:34Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Nixon did not quit.

Then how do you explain [this](http://www.watergate.info/images/resign.jpg)?

It’s unarguable that Nixon quit. He did it because he knew he would be impeached and, most likely, convicted (even his biggest defender on the Watergate committee – Edward Gurney – said he would have voted for conviction). Nixon knew that the trial would be bad for the country, so he accepted the inevitable (and probably was thinking about his future – he’d do better if he resigned than if he were the only president removed from office).

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-sarah-palin-quit/557358/25 "2010-10-18T14:36:01Z")

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I think the proper etiquette in the case of Ms. Palin is to refer to her as Governor, but make “air quotes” when saying it. Rolling of the eyes is optional.

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