I am deeply disappointed that the Governor has decided to abandon the State and her constituents before her term has concluded.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski • In a statement released Friday night. The senator had made a deal with Palin just months ago that the governor would help raise money for Murkowski’s 2010 senate run. Either way, you know something’s not right in Denmark when someone from your own state – and your own party – pulls out word daggers like this. • source
Nixon, bludgeoned and bloodied by a loss in the California gubernatorial election, said he was straight-up quitting politics. Instead, he used the next few years to rebuild his base, and wouldn’t you know it? By 1968 he was elected president. source
Palin, a popular if controversial figure defined by her left-field moves, appears to be doing the same by resignation as Alaska’s governor, her base says. Now, if she ends up president in 2012, good for her, but it’s still an incredibly risky move. source
It has to be asked whether the actions of (Mousavi and his supporters) are in response to instructions of American authorities.
Hossein Shariatmadari • An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader and the leader of a powerful newspaper group in Iran. That’s right, this jerk is claiming that the U.S. had a direct role in the rise of the opposition. No, idiot. The opposition had a direct role. They were the only ones. The spin cycle isn’t working; they really want to hang you guys out to dry. • source
Post-coup, the country left the Organization of American States. Honduras has been in a state of disarray this week after ditching their President Jose Manuel Zelaya in a coup. Outside the Central American country, support for the new regime is very low, and they’re becoming increasingly isolated. “We wanted to ask that this situation be reversed,” said Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the OAS. “Unfortunately, one must say that there appears to be no willingness to do this.” source
This type of North Korean behavior is not helpful. What North Korea needs to do is to fulfill its international obligations and commitments.
U.S. State Department spokesman Karl Duckworth • On the nuclear testing that North Korea did in defiance of U.N. sanctions on the country. North Korea is kind of like that Smashing Pumpkins fan who was trying to start an argument with us on Twitter yesterday over our BIlly Corgan coverage. Look, we’re not giving into your game, so you should just stop now. • source
