# Why did Sarah Palin resign as Alaska's governor?

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**Created:** [August 9, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-sarah-palin-resign-as-alaskas-governor/549736 "2010-08-09T17:54:10Z")
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### Author: ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-sarah-palin-resign-as-alaskas-governor/549736/73 "2010-08-10T18:24:47Z")

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> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#):
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> None of her hillbilly brood are ever going to be on the public dole.

From [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly)

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> Due to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage

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