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

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-sarah-palin-resign-as-alaskas-governor/549736
**Category:** Great Debates
**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: ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-sarah-palin-resign-as-alaskas-governor/549736/80 "2010-08-11T00:10:54Z")

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**TWEEEET!**

While the classist (not racist) term “hillbilly” was not a particularly appropriate choice of terms for this forum, the hijack over whether it should be permitted is seriously derailing this thread.

That topic is closed in this thread.  
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