# Sarah the Quitter! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939 "2009-07-04T23:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/181 "2009-07-08T14:52:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > In her beach interview with Adrea Mitchell yesterday, Palin once again stated that if she stayed in office, it would cost Alaskans “millions of dollars” in legal costs over the remainder of her term. Legal costs for what? All but one ethics complaint have been dismissed, so what would the millions be for? Answer: nothing. It’s all bullshit. I’m just disappointed that Mitchell didn’t ask the question, nor has anyone else, it seems. What Palin was trying to say in her standard incoherent way was: ‘I’m such an ethics free zone and my husband such a dumb ass little shit we’re just bound to get caught at something if we’re left in a position where temptation just walks up to your door and knocks so it’s just better we go now and save you all the legal fees. Doncha know.’ She should stick to what she’s good at. Making movies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/182 "2009-07-08T15:07:25Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Rahm Emmanuel. Hillary Clinton. Janet Napolitano. Kathleen Sebelius. Ray LaHood. Hilda Solis. All Cabinet members. Three former Representatives, two former Governors, and one former Senator. Surely you knew that they quit the jobs they were doing to do what they are doing now, right? > > I’m not real keen on the martyr stuff that she’s pulling, but in that respect she’s not wrong, lots of others have quit and gone on to other things with nary a peep. But all of them left to move to more prestigious Federal jobs. She is quitting to do…nothing. Not really the same thing, now is it? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/183 "2009-07-08T15:13:57Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > What if we PAY you to take her? Sure; we’ll take Alaska. Vermont, too. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/184 "2009-07-08T15:16:44Z")
Only a right wing nut could twist this as a positive. She hung a “gone fishing” sign on her office and walked. How could she dream of running for president now? Does she not remember the crap Clinton went through.?Does she really think it would get easier? Even though she would have access to the "White House Legal department ",there. I understand the repubs are desperate for a party leader. She is not the one. She will only continue to be an embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/185 "2009-07-08T15:48:15Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Only a right wing nut could twist this as a positive. [70% of Republicans did not change their positive opinion of her after her announcement.](http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-07-palin-poll_N.htm) ---
**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:** [July 8, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/186 "2009-07-08T15:49:50Z")
Here’s an observation: we’ve been on the road now since May 24th. We have Alaska plates on both the car and motorhome. Not once have I been asked about Sarah Palin, nor has she been even obliquely referred to by anybody I’ve spoken with, even here in Redneck Center West, Montana. Perhaps we’ll hear something when we venture into the bible belt, but we talk to people from all over the US in these parks. Could it be that the obsession with her is all media driven, and the reality is that few people give a shit about a second-rate politician from Alaska? Say it ain’t so, Joe. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/187 "2009-07-08T15:52:39Z")
I just saw a post on Mudflats that compared Palin’s grasp of the English language to that of Darryl Hannah’s character in “Splash.” I think the commenter may be on to something. Has anyone really checked in to the possibility that Sarah Palin is actually a mermaid? Spawned upstream in the Pacific Northwest, granted legs by some passing octo-witch? This would explain her hostility to those political elites she’s always railing against. All she ever wanted was to be part of their world. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/188 "2009-07-08T16:18:07Z")
saoirse, if Palin’s a mermaid, she must’ve gotten kicked out of the clan. They couldn’t stand her dumb ass either. > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > …she basically said, “Ya know, everyone in AK would be better off if I **stopped doing stuff**.” “…stopped _pretending_ to do stuff.” Because, really, what has she actually done since returning to Alaska? Give a bunch of interviews, jot down to the Lower 48 a few times, let her lawyers fight the ethics charges, give some lip service to coming up with a budget. And…? Even _before_ being picked for the VP nom, weren’t legislators there asking “Where’s Sarah?” on a regular basis, even having buttons made up? [QUOTE=Kolga] [70% of Republicans did not change their positive opinion of her after her announcement.](http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-07-palin-poll_N.htm) [from the article] “ **Two-thirds of Republicans want Palin** , the party’s vice presidential nominee in 2008, **to be “a major national political figure” in the future** ” … _ **Republicans by 71%-27% say they’d be likely to vote for her if she ran for president in 2012** _… [/QUOTE] Good! Very, very, VERY good. Maybe we’ll get the entertainingly awesome duo of Palin/Bachmann '12 yet! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/189 "2009-07-08T16:32:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We have Alaska plates on both the car and motorhome. Not once have I been asked about Sarah Palin, nor has she been even obliquely referred to by anybody I’ve spoken with, even here in Redneck Center West, Montana. Have strangers, solely upon noting your license plates, come up to you and asked about other Alaska-related subjects? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/190 "2009-07-08T16:36:03Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > [70% of Republicans did not change their positive opinion of her after her announcement.](http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-07-palin-poll_N.htm) Right wing nuts are all that’s left of the Repub party. Why would they get off the merry go round? But when election time comes and they have to start cobbling together groups to make a run at the Dems, they better be far away from Palin. She is a thin skinned, not bright quitter. She plays a dangerous game in regards to ethics. She shows an urge to abuse her power. She would not survive a life investigation like presidential candidates have to go through. She would feel like she was being picked on. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/191 "2009-07-08T17:02:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Have strangers, solely upon noting your license plates, come up to you and asked about other Alaska-related subjects? _Say, does this salmon look rancid to you?_ ---
**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:** [July 8, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/192 "2009-07-08T17:15:23Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Have strangers, solely upon noting your license plates, come up to you and asked about other Alaska-related subjects? Absolutely. People make a point of coming up to us and are always asking about what to see there, how the roads are up through Canada, where to stay, the fishing, the wildlife, gas prices, food prices, nearly everything EXCEPT politics. I always brace myself for THE question, as I’m usually not very polite when it comes to Alaska politics or politicians, but it has yet to come up. And no, I don’t have any birkenstocky, granola-crunchy, backpacky, librul elitist, socialist bumper stickers on my vehicles that would warn somebody off. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/193 "2009-07-08T18:07:37Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I hear that they’re giving away Iceland free with a fill-up down at the service station. Good news: it only costs $8 trillion ISK. Bad news: that’s Eve ISK. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/194 "2009-07-08T21:10:36Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Only a right wing nut could twist this as a positive. She hung a “gone fishing” sign on her office and walked. How could she dream of running for president now? Does she not remember the crap Clinton went through.?Does she really think it would get easier? Even though she would have access to the "White House Legal department ",there. I understand the repubs are desperate for a party leader. She is not the one. She will only continue to be an embarrassment. I suspect she must have a clipping service/Google search in a macro to find the places where she and her kids are being insulted around the clock. I certainly didn’t see much except when her kid decided to back abstinence education - and of course the lame Letterman joke. It makes me laugh to see Republicans who no doubt were calling Obama a secret Muslim/Socialist/non-citizen writing to the paper to say how poor Sarah quit because she couldn’t take the heat. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/195 "2009-07-08T21:15:14Z")
So, one would assume that if you are the Governor and you only haved a few weeks left before you quit “for the good of the state” you wouldn’t be out wasting your time fishing and would instead be, oh, I don’t know, working. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/196 "2009-07-08T21:23:26Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Sure; we’ll take Alaska. > > Vermont, too. How about Michigan? We’re right on the border. We already love hockey and would be the best chance for a canadian team to win the cup. We’re even governed by a canuck already. If you won’t take us, how about just taking back Granholm? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/197 "2009-07-08T22:16:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Absolutely. People make a point of coming up to us and are always asking about what to see there, how the roads are up through Canada, where to stay, the fishing, the wildlife, gas prices, food prices, nearly everything EXCEPT politics. I always brace myself for THE question, as I’m usually not very polite when it comes to Alaska politics or politicians, but it has yet to come up. And no, I don’t have any birkenstocky, granola-crunchy, backpacky, librul elitist, socialist bumper stickers on my vehicles that would warn somebody off. I might’ve missed a post of yours somewhere. Are you just taking a trip around the Lower 48 or are you moving down here? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/198 "2009-07-08T22:32:52Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I might’ve missed a post of yours somewhere. Are you just taking a trip around the Lower 48 or are you moving down here? Both. We sold our house in May and have been traveling since then. We’re in Kalispell, MT at the moment and plan to spend another few weeks exploring Montana. Then on to MN/WI, then New England, then down, then over to the Southwest, then back up to the Northwest to look for a home. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/199 "2009-07-08T22:34:32Z")
I can recommend Ipswich, Massachusetts, as a darn fine place to live. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939/200 "2009-07-08T23:18:24Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > The worst part about all this quitting is that we will be exposed to endless amounts of Teh Sarah for the next three years. :mad: I disagree. When she’s elected in 2012, we will have to endure her for a total of 7 years. The Decline of the Republic, indeed. Fuck. Cartooniverse [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-the-quitter/501939.md?page=11)