skippy the bush kangaroo

Friday, July 03, 2009

sarah palin: quitter

via memeorandum, alaskan tv station ktuu gives us the scoop:

gov. sarah palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her wasilla home friday morning.

lt. gov. sean parnell will be inaugurated at the governor's picnic at pioneer park in fairbanks the weekend of july 25, palin said.

there was no immediate word as to why she will resign, though speculation has been rampant that the former vice presidential candidate is gearing up for a run at the 2012 republican presidential nomination.
she probably needs to find some writers to come up w/jokes about dave letterman's family.

but seriously folks (we love saying that after making a joke about jokes...it's all so "meta"), it's no surprise that maggie o'connell decided not to run for re-election. everybody this side of ron paul knows she's planning to go for the presidency in 2012, and, as she proved last year, it's hard for her to run and chew gum govern @ the same time.

however, nobody has any idea why she's quitting early. maybe she wants to set a good example for mark sanford. maybe she's got her own appalachian trail to hike. maybe she can't take all the heat from that flaming liberal rag politico.

personally, we would not be surprised if it had somethign to do w/embarassment over todd's affiliation w/the alaska secessionist independence party. but we will have to wait and see if the truth comes out.

[ed. note: environmental reporter cookie jill was working on the below post @ the same time as ours above, so we present jill's here, en toto, and dorothy, too:]

my, oh, my...wonder if she or todd "went hiking"...or could an oppo person found something of major political valez-esque....

a spokesman reports sarah palin is resigning as alaska governor effective july 26. - usatoady

this may open the way for palin to pursue a career in television, radio or prepare to run for president in 2012. - newsminer.com

maybe she's ditching her state cuz it's "hard work" or maybe to take time to savor her recent award win....

the national society of newspaper chose gov. sarah palin last week as the winner of its annual sitting duck award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at "the crème de la crème of the most ridiculed newsmakers in america."

...past president mike leonard, a columnist for the herald times of bloomington, ind.: "as a hoosier, i feel that she's done something that dan quayle could never do. which was to make dan quayle look good. ... after the election, the video of sarah and the poultry processing factory ... that pretty much says it all. the gift that keeps on giving." - juneau empire
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commented by Blogger Cookie Jill, 1:22 PM PDT  
wow...stunning....gee...does make one wonder if there is an "Appalacian Hiking" story about to break....

and the Vanity Fair article didn't help this week did not help her "career"....

cant wait for the other shoe to drop...gee I hope it is not a 2012 shoe.....
commented by Blogger enigma4ever, 1:49 PM PDT  

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