Palin Resigns as Gov? WTF?

[Finagle]

WTF, I’m listening to her announcement now. Did she just lead off by effectively saying “As a lame duck governor, I don’t have the strength of character to not just goof off and take it easy on the State’s dime for the next year and a half so I’m going to resign.”? Wouldn’t it be more reasonable to argue that as a lame duck governor, one wouldn’t be subject to self-serving decision-making?

Regardless, this is one of the most inept, incoherent press conferences I’ve ever heard. I think her political career is over. If she runs for President, her opponents are going to argue, rightly enough, that if she can’t finish what she started as a governor, why should anyone trust that she won’t get sick of being President after a few months?

[Simplicio]

Well, she said she doesn’t need an office to help Alaska and the US. So I can only assume that she’s going to become a community organizer.

[Johnny_L.A]

@DoctorJ

I’d love to think she doesn’t have a shot at the top spot, but the GOP is pretty bereft right now, and her brand of bullshit plays much better than it should in a rational universe.

Or as someone else put it elsewhere on the web:

All the libs are whistling past the graveyard. The libs are frightened to death by Palin because she is hot, smart and conservative. The lib women tend to be fat, ugly and not bright.

Notice ‘hot’ is first. And of course she’s a woman. So I think there is a segment that thinks it’s a good idea to run a hot (for the horny guys) woman (for the female vote) conservative (to save AmurriKKKa!).

[Declan]

@Frostillicus

Palin to resign as governor

What is going on here? The 2012 presidential election isn’t for another 3 1/2 years. Is she really in that much trouble up in Alaska that she was in danger of being booted out of office. Or is she just bored with the whole idea of running a government on a daily basis?

Dead boy, live girl caught on vid, the usual

Declan

[Johnny_L.A]

@Simplicio

I can only assume that she’s going to become a community organizer.

Ha!

‘You don’t need a helicopter to kill wolves! Get out there on yer snoow machines! Golly, you’ve got pack boots, haven’t ya?’

Actually, I think River Hippie might have it. I could see Fox making her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

[silenus]

@Johnny_L.A

Actually, I think River Hippie might have it. I could see Fox making her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

Maybe, but it will be an “after the fact” offer. They wouldn’t try to bribe her away from political office. That would be shooting themselves in the foot. No, I’m betting a nice, juicy scandal is in the works. Probably dealing with misuse of state money or the like.

[rocking_chair]

recently, as in last day or two, some emails were released regarding todd palin and the succesion group (alaska independence? independent alaskan?) could there be something there?

or was she betting on the holiday weekend, all jackson all the time news to cover the resignation?

[Johnny_L.A]

@silenus

Maybe, but it will be an “after the fact” offer. They wouldn’t try to bribe her away from political office. That would be shooting themselves in the foot. No, I’m betting a nice, juicy scandal is in the works. Probably dealing with misuse of state money or the like.

You may be right. She did look nervous.

[Quartz]

@DoctorJ

I don’t think there’s any chance she’ll run for VP again. Ever since the election we’ve heard one insider after another going on about how much she hated being the second banana and how she wasn’t much of a team player.

I don’t recall any of those statements making it over here. Besides, isn’t ‘not being a team player’ pretty much a death sentence in American business and politics? Then again, my original scenario was for McCain to resign after 3 years as President, leaving her with the Presidency and a run of her own with the advantage of being an incumbent.

[twickster]

@Simplicio

Well, she said she doesn’t need an office to help Alaska and the US. So I can only assume that she’s going to become a community organizer.

By george you’ve got it!

[Happy_Booker_1]

@Finagle

Regardless, this is one of the most inept, incoherent press conferences I’ve ever heard. I think her political career is over. If she runs for President, her opponents are going to argue, rightly enough, that if she can’t finish what she started as a governor, why should anyone trust that she won’t get sick of being President after a few months?

Maybe she’s going to become Bobby Jindal’s spokesperson.

[Frank]

If she is resigning to set herself up to run for president, it’s the stupidest thing she’s ever done. Nobody is going to be impressed by her abandoning ship. There has to be something else.

She could always change her mind, right? Up until she actually signs her resignation? “Due to the outpouring of love and support . . .”

[Jophiel]

@Frank

She could always change her mind, right? Up until she actually signs her resignation? “Due to the outpouring of love and support . . .”

I’d see that working about as well as McCain’s “I’m suspending the campai— well, ok, now I’m back” move.

[Jack_Batty]

Someone on Fox “News” just floated the idea that, “she realized that things were too partisan in Alaska, with the media and bloggers, and she knew she really wouldn’t be able to get anything done,” … or words to that effect.

Partisan bloggers chased her out, huh?

If this is the prevailing political wisdom, then I sincerely hope Obama doesn’t read the Internet.

[running_coach]

@Jack_Batty

Someone on Fox “News” just floated the idea that, “she realized that things were too partisan in Alaska, with the media and bloggers, and she knew she really wouldn’t be able to get anything done,” … or words to that effect.

**Partisan bloggers chased her out, huh? **

If this is the prevailing political wisdom, then I sincerely hope Obama doesn’t read the Internet.

If this is the case, it gets better in other states or at the national level?

[haymarketmartyr]

Only 2 things make sense here

1. she is fed up with politics forever

2. she is saying a big F YOU to the current political system and will return as a third party force.

I suspect it is #2 and her husband Todd is the big mover behind this.

[Bearflag70]

Bailin’ Palin

That’s all I got.

[elucidator]

ACORN. You heard it here first.

[Gotterfunken]

Maybe the photoshopping of lil’ Trig–oops, I mean, the malicious desecration of an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child–on the Something Awful forums was just too much for her to take.

[Equipoise]

Is it Christmas already??

@DSeid

Truth is that there still is a lot odd about what she says happened - that she decided to get on a plane from Texas to Alaska and then drive to her small town hospital where she could deliver in privacy with a premature baby and a leaking bag of waters - it was just placed off-limits by the MSM and then lost in the Bristol preggers mix. If what she said happened did happened then she is one irresponsible person who risked a baby’s life for no good reason.

Exactly. In shooting down the crazy conspiracy theory, Palin and her supporters proudly showed her to be a ditzy, irresponsible dimwit. It’s got to be one of the only times massive good came out of a conspiracy theory.
Anyway, I can’t wait to hear what the scandal is.