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Old 07-05-2009, 12:27 AM   #31
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I can't imagine what she's thinking. It looks bad for a sitting governor to leave their term early; that won't be good for a run in 2012. I'm wondering if there is some other news fixing to come down the pike.
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Alaska bloggers have reported in recent weeks that “a long simmering embezzelment/IRS scandal is still being looked at by the feds.” In her press conference today, Palin asked the public to “trust me with this decision and know that it is no more politics as usual.” But she also bemoaned “political operatives” who have “descended on Alaska” to investigate “all sorts of frivolous ethics violations.” Palin said this “politics of personal destruction” was one of the key motivating factors behind her decision today.
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Old 07-05-2009, 08:59 AM   #32
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Sarah has a 'higher calling.' Oh won't you all stop picking on her? She's a victim in the meanie old world of politics.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...er-understand/

"How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country," she said in a message posted on her Facebook page. "And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make. But every American understands what it takes to make a decision because it’s right for all, including your family."

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Old 07-05-2009, 09:30 AM   #33
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Sarah has a 'higher calling.' Oh won't you all stop picking on her? She's a victim in the meanie old world of politics.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...er-understand/

"How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country," she said in a message posted on her Facebook page. "And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make. But every American understands what it takes to make a decision because it’s right for all, including your family."
I'd like to hear her definition of "a higher calling." Unless she's joining a nunnery or moving to Darfur, I call bullshit.

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Old 07-05-2009, 10:48 AM   #34
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I'm wondering if there is some other news fixing to come down the pike.
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Old 07-05-2009, 11:31 AM   #35
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If that turns out to be A-Rod's baby, there could be a dangerous irony implosion.
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Old 07-05-2009, 11:47 AM   #36
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And we'll crown David Letterman king!
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Old 07-05-2009, 01:01 PM   #37
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I'd like to point out that the President left HIS office to further his political career. Not a peep about that.
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Old 07-05-2009, 03:00 PM   #38
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He didn't resign the Senate until he was elected President, as is normally the case.
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Old 07-05-2009, 03:27 PM   #39
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Ew. That's not funny, about Piper.

Speaking of, that poor thing was getting bitten by mosquitos the whole time she was standing there! Shame on Palin for dragging her out there. In flip-flops, no less.
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Old 07-06-2009, 08:44 AM   #40
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Old 07-06-2009, 09:17 AM   #41
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Old 07-06-2009, 08:03 PM   #42
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Okay. But he can't see me from here.
Oh yes he can, UT sees ALL
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Old 07-07-2009, 01:12 AM   #43
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Old 07-07-2009, 08:47 AM   #44
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I see the Daily Kos published that Al Franken impregnated her youngest daughter.
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Old 07-07-2009, 08:58 AM   #45
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I thought it was David Letterman?
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