That caught people off guard… It’s out of the box and unconventional. That’s what we are as Alaskans and certainly how I am as a public servant.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin • Describing her decision to resign as a way to help her state. Uhhhhhh what? That makes absolutely no freaking sense, and we hope that Top Conservatives on Twitter (a.k.a. #tcot) have a field day giving us grief for criticizing their leading lady. Because we’re saying she shouldn’t be, and people in her own party are saying the same thing. “I said before … ‘You know, politically speaking, if I die, I die. So be it,'” she went on further to say. Wow. • source
Normally, we don’t confirm or deny those kind of allegations out there. But, by not doing so, it just casts her in a very bad light. There is just no truth to those rumors out there in the blogosphere.
FBI Special Agent Eric Gonzalez • Regarding rumors that Sarah Palin was under investigation for corruption during her tenure as governor of Alaska. It’s interesting that they went out of their way to actually say something about it. So, in other words, she really did leave office because she wants to become president. • source
I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint.
Sarah Palin • On her Facebook page, in response to the criticism she’s gotten since deciding somewhat randomly to leave office yesterday. Without offering firm details, she makes it clear that her future plans involve trying to focus on improving things on a national scale. Regarding the sometimes hostile response to her resignation, she says that “for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make.” • source
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
Palin’s rise to the GOP’s top tier happened after she defeated former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski in a Republican primary in 2006. She hadn’t held a state office at that time, and easily won election afterward.
Then today, claiming that she wanted to do more for the world outside of government, she unexpectedly resigned. Depending on who you ask, the post was either holding her back or she screwed up. Too early to tell.
Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No.
David Letterman • In an apology about a series of jokes he made about Sarah Palin’s daughter, which Palin did not take kindly to. Palin said, regarding the jokes, “it reminds us some Hollywood/N.Y. entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands.” To those looking to defend Dave: Well, he did make sexual jokes about her 14-year-old daughter. • source