Palin who thinks the Universe is 6,000 years old, is against birth control and women’s choice, advocates faith healing, and pursued finding “the proceedure” for removing books she did not like from the AK library, and has the delusion she is qualified to be president used the “basket ball” analogy to make “some point” was just more “Dribble” out of this creature. The statement (?) that followed with the dead fish and queers was one of the most uninteligble ramblings yet. I find her entertaining, that anyone that ignorant could possibly hold any office, or any job, at any level, totally amazing!!!! She should be baned from White House tours!!!

Sarah is hiding something. This is too strange!

Where is the "Cookie Jar"? The media needs to ask some serious questions!!!

Todd,

Meltdown! you have captured Palin in one word! This "meltdown" has been coming and you could see it when her and McCain took their final bows! What were the Republicans thinking when they bragged on her and brought her into the public eye? Sad situation. I didn't vote for McCain but was eyeing him until he brought this disaster into the public eye. I knew it would blow up in his face. I do feel sorry for the Palin children. This woman is crazy and she really needs to stop while her children still have a chance of normalcy.

Am I the only one that thinks Ms. Palin has an over inflated sense of self importance? That smug line in her recent speech about how 'one day she would reveal all the details of her family meeting' . Who cares??

Palin is the antiChrist of Renewable energy......plain and simple, I helped elect the first Green President and if she and the republicans stupid enough to try and run her again (well, I guess we can count out the South Carolina Love Governor), I will work twice as hard for a President who advocates green energy vs """Drill Baby Drill"' and '"""quit baby Quit"'!

So much for country first, its hard for people to see when they get in to deep. Maybe she realized that shes not a good Governer, nor would she do well in any other govt office so she quit. Seems logical to me but im sure that level of self awareness is beyond her.

The right wing Palin fans keep saying the dems are out to "bring her down" or somehow destroy her career.

Haven't they noticed that literally everything that's happened to damage her image and career has been at her own hand?

It just amazes me that she has a book deal. However, I am glad that somebody is actually going to write it for her. I have read the Dick and Jane books and really don't think that they need a sequel.

Where the heck is my book deal? My life is so much more interesting than hers.

She wasn't kidding when she burst upon the stage for that "electric" speech to say she was a "hockey mom". Seems like eons ago.

Being any type of mom requires maturity, the abiltiy to put others front and center in one's life.
One that same stage she paraded her children as props.

By now we must all be sincere, she was way out of her league from the beginning, she was used/abused mostly by her own party, as they continue till this day... to try and run her out of the lower 48, and wash her out of our hair...she's her to stay!!!

Somewhere PALIN, is out there. Where? playing basketball without a hoop. I'm calling for an audit of the ex-Governor's State of State of Alaska. Then we will know how she would handle our National Budget now in play. It's been close to a week now, do we know Why did Palin resign?

Wonder what David Letterman is thinking now. I take my sorry back?

Palin is not savvy and is in a long-term meltdown. She's just boring and out of touch.

Palin's Critic's are certainly not without ammunition. Palin is Anti almost everything : Anit- Big Government, Anti -Gay, Anit -Science, Anti- World View. An American Politician Has to be FOR Something. The poor woman believes the world is only Several thousand years Old? How can She Govern a State much less a Country with that Mindset?
Ultimately Palin is a "Really Ambitious and Successful BEAUTY QUEEN".
A Beauty Queen with a thin political skin. She Quit her Job and Responsibilities As Governor of Alaska & now is Applying more make up for her next Close UP.

That ramblefest of a resignation was one of the more entertaining political events this year. Was I hearing things, or as she was quitting her job, did she say that staying at her job would be tantamount to quitting?

That had to be one of the biggest "WTF" moments I have ever seen on television...

Another blog to elicit the rage from women in america; women can rip apart other women like nobody else can:)

wow!!!! good job republicans. PALIN 2012. where was this woman 2 yrs ago before the stupic Mccain introduced us to her. now we see what too much exposure to camera could do to ones brain. how the hell did she get into office in the first place? rush limburgh seem to understand her well, they sure are taking the same medication. BRAVO REPUBLICANS!!!!!!

She's a JOKE! I love the article's Title "IT" Came From Wasill". IT sure did and I'm thinking she won't be staying there too much longer either.

I think she has serioulsly embarressed herself, and she has decided to leave to save her own skin...

excuse me, but didn't everyone's precious Obama "QUIT" his job as a Senator? Seems to me that there is someone else finishing his job, a man by the name of BURRESS! Leave her alone. Stop talk about her like she is a piece of trash. You all should be more worried about who could be aiming missiles at us instead of why Gov. Palin, is not finishing her political sentence. And you know, maybe just maybe she is quitting for the good of ALASKA, did all you nay-sayers ever think of that? NO! I'm not surprised you all will ride anything said about her into the ground. Shame on all of you. And, you all still wonder why people won't accept Obama, it's because of supports of his like all of you. CNN, stop wasting NEWS time on Michael Jackson and Gov. Palin report on the economy, what Biden says about him and Obama being wrong, you know stuff that really matters.

Palin is her own worst enemy. If she would learn to keep her mouth shut when she doesn't know something then she might appear to be more intelligent than she really is, but she didn't keep her mouth shut and I think even after Bush it was a horrifying sight to even contemplate having Palin as a VP. Why did she quit? Who knows? But perhaps there was an ethics charge coming that she knew she couldn't get around and if she were out of office it would be less likely to appear and by 2012 too old to bring charges.

Why are they talking about the good time they had after the party last night, I didnt get to go home with a beautyful sexy woman lake they did.

Let's hope this is the end of her political career. Dangerous extremists like her do nothing for the public good. She'll probably make tons of money with the book and out on the lecture circuit, but why anyone would pay to read or hear her inane blathering is beyond me.

Disastrous performance!! Didn't realize running for office was a performance...........Oh yeah, that's how Democrats pick their leaders, all based on a phony performance and not substance. Thanks Democrats for giving us clowns like Franken, Pelosi, Reid, Frank, Biden and oh yeah...........The biggest empty suit of all with a rock star image – Obama.

This just proves that Palin doesn't have what it takes to lead even a state,

Joke....Now can she go away? PLEASE...Im BEGGING!!!!

Sarah Palin is incapable of avoiding making a spectacle of herself; the majority of voters look for stability in a candidate -Palin fails yet again.

Poor girl, I dont even know how she ever became Governor, She is really out of touchwith (all) of the issues and she really makes america look dump, Why would any sane person vote for or follow this woman other than her nice legs,nice butt and cute face, Thats all she has.

Annie Kate: How in the world are you supposed to know if someone is smart if they keep their mouths shut? Perhaps her quitting is exactly what she thinks is best for Alaska? but of course if that turns out to be the real reason, and the truth none of you will admit she did the right thing. You all will still be looking for anything negative you can find to sy about her. And, IMO Obama is also a "QUITTER". He quit on the people of Chicago to run for POTUS, plus he still took his pay from them, when he was campaigning, but of course all of you see nothing wrong with that. RIGHT?

Get a grip. Too funny that my comments won't be put on CNN because of their small media following of the small liberal population. So sad that the country denounces someone of integrity and character such as Sarah Palin. Is it jealous women who cant hope to aspire to her level in looks, drive, and integrity.
Sarah is great and will do well in any political position.
Enough,,,,good for you. You see through the disaster heading our country's way with the inexperienced president and his counterparts who are slowly destroying our country as we know it. All the Rock Stars promises were just that...promises. He still has to scratch all the backs who put him in office.
Palin is definitely one who will walk the walk, not just talk the teleprompter talk!!!

Thank goodness she passed the ball for victory. I hope she uses her time to good use like taking care of her family.

Oh please, can we please stop putting this woman in the spot light? Tis "hockey mm" may not just want to be a mom. She obviously wants the publicity and thrives off of the public's attention twoards her. Honestly she is just leaving Alaska to die during a time compared to the depression, sarah, please stop making baloney stories about yourself, and this time, actually TRY to help america for once.

My source says this: "As has been noted on many blogs, Palin is under investigation for embezzlement. The Palins accepted supplies and labor to build their lake home. As mayor, she then slung the contracts for the new hocky rink to that contractor. She hopes to avoid prosecution or notice by resigning, thinking as she usually does that anything the Obama administration does has to do with embarrassing her. If she is no longer a potential contestant in 2012, perhaps Obama will drop the entire prosecution. This is as far as her self focused mind can contemplate, as the thought that true ethics in government might be an agenda of importance never crosses her mind. She is a hypocrite, a liar, and will eventually be prosecuted for this and perhaps other crimes."

MAKE HER GO AWAY! And yes, I'm shouting. And make her take her "supporters" with her too. She's going to need them after she completely melts down.

AC,
It is a disservice to the public that no one in the popular press is asking Sarah to explain why she should not be cited or prosecuted for wilful and reckless endangerment of an unborn child.
She needs to be reminded to call a press conference to rebutt the view that she wanted the pre-nataly diagnosed unborn Down Syndrome baby (Trig) still birthed since she could not abort him for political expediency.

Losing amniontic fluid and in labor, she jetted round three states and did not seek medical intervention for nearly 20 hours.

This is double-standard reporting.
Cara.

Thank you for doing the best thing you have done since you "burst onto the scene" as our savior for the Republican Party: QUITING! What a relief! Now our party must pull ourselves up by our boot straps and pick dedicated responsible and credible people to lead by example! Palin was and continues to be a detriment to our party.

hello lampe! obama quit his senator seat not because of heat but because he was runnibg for president, palin is a fool if she thinks she will ever be in 2012 elections. she is dead in politics, people, what ever party do not like people that quit because of people talking about her. grow up, and take some acting lessons. she cant talk how will she write a book?

Thank God! she came to her senses to get back to her normal life with her family. and to focus on what she really want to do, after all that she went through that campaine, she was Used up..... and didn't get no credit she was the one to put McCian on the map! if was't for sarah palin they would have not made it that far!

lampe you need to understand politics before u comment on them. obama is going to take your guns and amo, is going to make all of us muslim, going to tax all and break the american people. you are just a puppet of rush lindbaugh and the religious right. take off those blinders and see that things are getting better dah.

all sarah thinks about is killing wildlife and protecting unborn children. where is the compassion for unborn animals shouldnt she want them born so she can shoot them from a helicopter? yes she is a christian, noah built an arc pallin wants to hunt on that arc

what business is it of you losers to want to know what Sara Palin has on her mind for her future. you are so ready to make nasty remarks about this lady but I bet most of you have never ran for political office or any important occupation tht would contribute to this country. wise up or shut up. at least Sara has proved herself and was Governor of a state. what did you run except your mouth full of stupidity.

My guess this will all come down to money in the end. She's too restricted as governor to tap in financially to her public relations potential (and it's gold). I would never vote for Palin ( and NO I'm not jealous, intimidated by her or any of these stale lines...can someone come up with a new one please) The VP job was really a pipe dream and the presidency?....well...laughable but in the process she realized that she is worth far more in the public forum through books, possibly a movie deal, talk shows, speaking engagements, endorsements, spokesperson roles, you name it and her opportunities are unlimited. Plus she can accomplish all of those things without constant personal scrutiny and having to answer to a media she despises and refuses to be accountable to. I fault no one in realizing their true worth and going after it. She's not a politician and she's finally figured it out.
HIGHER CALLING.....translation .....HIGHER PAYCHEQUE

I will bet that Sarah Palin is resigning because she is going to seek a senate seat in 2010 or 2012 and a presidential run in 2016.

The difference between Sarah and Obama is that Sarah quit her job for money and celebrity (how about that book deal huh?). Obama resigned as Senator to move directly into another form of public service. There is simply no comparison although Sean Hannity and other Fox analysts are working hard to spin it that way.

The pseudo intellectual elite and the angry, intellectually challenged, extreme BO followers are certainly frightened of Sarah Palin!

Is it the fact that she, or her daughter, didn't abort her baby for convenience sake or is it her authenticity, integrity, courage and innate wisdom that gets under your skin?

I’m an Independent, and I like her “not politics as usual” style!

Why on earth does do we continue to give this women media attention? Who really cares what she does? it's ime for her to just fade away...far, far away.

It's interesting to me how a person's world-view colors her opinion of other people's actions. With my eyes, Sarah is a wonderful change from politicians who lie with every breath, who use their position in government to ensure their own padded retirement, who vote for the largest donor knowing well that they are voting against the good of the people who elected them. Sarah chooses to serve the people, and tell the truth.

One of the 10 Commandments is "Do not testify falsely against your neighbor." Yet there have been so many false tales about Sarah, even from the Republican party. Can it be there are those who know if she is elected, there will be a badly needed housecleaning in Washington? Fearing they will be exposed, they are trying to take her out??

In spite of all the things that have been said about her, and the many failed attempts to brand her with some ethics violation, she still remains extremely popular with conservative people who are values voters. I, for one, can hardly wait to see what happens next, and to see the answer to the question "will God preserve those who trust in Him?"

Lampe: While I'm willing to give Gov. Palin the benefit of the doubt as to what she thinks is best for Alaska, I had difficulty following her resignation speech. I suspect if the speech were turned in to my friend who teaches English comp at the local community college, he would not have given it a very good grade because of poor organization and lack of focus. Further, I'd like to point out the following: If you refer to Pres. Obama as a "quitter" for running for President while still holding his Senate seat, shouldn't you criticism extend to Sen. McCain as well. Both "still took... pay from them, when he was campaigning". There is, after all, a long tradition (going back to before the Civil War if I'm not mistaken) or Senators running for President.

i believe mrs. palin didn't quit she had no choice, a few months down the line they are going to indict her on some charge, Good Governors don't just qiut they are usually forced out.

She clearly was not ready for national ridicule. She has been slammed from the day she was named the Vice Presidential nominee and the insults have kept coming. Her children have even been attacked. I didn't like her due to her inexperience but someone has to draw the line with the jokes and attacks on her children. I would be very suprised to see her stay in the political arena after this. She probably does not have clean hands but her kids have nothing to do with that. Letterman may have been the last straw.

I am happy for Alaska. Yay! You just have a couple more days with someone in charge that has NO clue. Palin didn't know what she was doing. She just could not face admittttttting it. I just hope she leaves the political world alone. Stay away! Do not enter!! Good Bye!!! Adios!

Sarah…
Keep followin’ the rainbow … it’s been brutal but you’ve past with flying colors! Know that It will all be returned to you…1000 fold and know that we’re here for you girl, praying you through … every step of the way!!!

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Evidently,Sarah Palin has become addicted to her 15 minutes of national fame,she cant accept the relative obscurity of serving the people of alaska.She wants accolades without the actual accomplishments that warrant them...poor thing,she was a cosmetic accessory that john mccain used in desperation. She has morphed into a c-list celebrity as well as a tragic and unfunny joke.

I thought Palin was awful and not qualified to be a governer let alone a vice-president. So I wasn't surprised when she quit. Some how I knew she wasn't tough or smart enough to be representing any part of the U.S. Government.
As a mother of a special needs child, what really dissappointed me about her was her choosing power and fame over her young children.
Especially her young baby with down syndrone. What was she thinking? Did she think that baby was just as well with a baby sitter, or his dad, or her older girls? Take it from someone who knows children with special needs need their MOTHER like no other child does. And where was Sara Palin? Trying to become VP????? Funny she can quit being governer now but didn't quit when she gave birth to a special needs baby when he needed her the most???......Shame on Sara.
This is what happens to some power hungry women who have children. There children suffer and it doesn't even matter if they are special needs and they need extra, extra care from the MOTHER !! SHAME ON YOU SARA PALIN !!!!! Was it all worth it ?????

let her resign the world would be introuble anyway if she beame president .she need to stay home and raise those kids she got .
Her president a joke for real not hardly qualifided !

Its clear Ms.Palin got a better offer.

Palin won't be missed , If she's so tough on Russia , why didn't she volunteer to go with Obama? She believes she's a force in her own mind and she alone kept Russia from attacking us during her tenure. LOL. Too bad Alaska didn't have her Psycho-analyzed before the election , but then again so should've McCain as his people have stated.

Anderson
Who cares about Sara Palin!
By quiting she has shown her true colors and proven she has no vision and no clue that she has just destroyed any chances of being elected for any office ever again.
We're so lucky that McCain chose her to finally nail his coffin shut.
His decision to choose such a pathetic intellectually primitive inexperienced wannabe proved he had no good judgment and no vision either to lead this country.
Republicans are just too uptight, plain stupid and hypocritical to realize they have become a sad joke by allowing a pathological liar and sociopath like Limbaugh to speak on behalf of the party in the national arena.
It's sad to see the GOP has become a party laden with ignorant, judgemental, hypocritical protestant fundamentalist rednecks who only "embarrass" intellectually awakened americans in the international arena by denying science with their absolute creationism rethoric and making us all look like a bunch of retards in the international landscape.
If the GOP is that intellectually challenged to realize they have become a cult like joke, they don't deserve to represent us anyway.

I am so disappointed as to the whys of the majority of comments and related articles are mainly negative and "rip a person apart ones". Even I can see not only why Sarah Palin resigned, but also why an icon is dead. People are more than cruel, even down right relentless and barbaric in their opinions alone of our fellow human being and neighbour, than I ever believed or thought they could actually be. My rose coloured glasses have finally come off. We consider ourselves intelligent beings, the compassionate ones, the loving ones, the forgiving and second chance ones. I wonder why and how people can be so judgemental, even down right cruel of one person who so obviously made a decision that I would hope most of us would have, place our families first. I have to ponder if these same critical people would treat their loved ones in the same relentless manner as so many have treated this caring and generous human being. What is this message being passed down for generations to come by trying to destroy yet another person? It is not what is said most times, but how it is said and perceived that can make or break another fellow human being.

Palin quits in mid term, Sanford says he won't quit. "We" have a serious integrity and accountability problem in this country, in big business as well. Shameful!

That was an amazing VF article. Explained how I see her to a T. I think her spokesman speaking to you that evening was sincerely rude. I SO APPRECIATED you saying, hey... I'm not into sports... several times to get clarification that many of us were seeking. You're second to none, Coop!!

Sarah Palin’s departure from the governors office to pursue a “higher calling” shows that her delusions of grandeur have crossed the line between perception and reality.

Strategically, it is wise move by someone who is ambitious, even though she fails to recognize her limitations.

As the darling of the neo-conservatives, she will now be able to freely raise funds beyond her dreams and build a much needed war chest for the upcoming elections without any restrictions from her government post.

All she has to do is continue to reiterate the conservative values of the republican party, even if they don’t make sense and has no empirical evidence to back up her claims. The right will love her and fund her efforts.

Whether she wins the republican nomination or not is irrelevant because she will become a power player within the party and whoever she helps win a presidential election will reward her with government post.

She has discovered a new way to exploit her talents in the limelight, something she has done all her life. This new limelight, however, resides in the lower 48 with expensive clothes, cars, restaurants, security details, private jets, first class tickets, invitations, TV appearances, speaking engagements and overall jet-setting. Who would like to return to Wasilla after enjoying a snow bird winter in Florida?

Her next steps will be to enjoy a down to earth summer in Alaska while resting from the hectic life, then establish a residence in Washington, probably part-time and temporary at the beginning, while the hoopla subsides. Her permanent move will be another press conference on how she has to work hard to answer the call for her country, but is best to establish her permanent residence in lower 48 for the sake of the family.

She is no George Washington, who walked away from everything after the war to return to his farm. She does remind me of the movie Trading Places, where Eddie Murphy gets a taste of the good life and understands the reasons why to stay there.

"I quit" then next day bleets "I'm not a quitter" URGH This woman is a lunatic. All she wants is publicity.
She has made her decision now she should just go fishing and shut up. She is history. She has gone by her own actions. If only she had the brains to realise it. She is no more – finito – the end.

Mitt Romney finished his term in Massachusetts, even when he announced he would not seek re-election a year earlier in order to run for president. I am not a republican, but I admire that he stayed to focus on the state's plan for health care coverage for all and manage the big dig. One can choose not to be a lame duck and do real work.

It is so sad that the brilliant and ethical Sarah Palin is having such things said about her. She is head an shoulders above Obama and his league of idiots who are destroying our country. Obama has a lot of people who he is indebted to for putting him in office. That is his only agenda is serving them, not the people of the country.
So all of you jealous females who don't get what Sarah Palin is all about need stop now as you simply can't hold a candle to her in any aspect we're sure....hence the criticism.
She is a woman of beauty, integrity, intelligence, and drive.
That is why she is being shot at by those who just don't have it or get it.

How do I begin?

Parading one's children, like props, is inexcusable.

Dressing as if one is in her mid to late fifties, when one isn't yet 45 is an affectation, and a contrived illusion.

Insistently wearing one's hair in the style of a bygone era, that one never lived in as an adult, is another affectation, another contrived illusion.

Confusing the time warp image is the up to the minute glasses, clashing with the outdated look (huh?) Especially when one's own staff says laser surgery occurred years ago. Another contrived illusion, a silly affectation.

I looked at this contrived image, outdated for the wearer, and assumed she thought she looked serious, and intelligent.

Then she opened her mouth, and removed all such illusion.

The scary part is, she's an icon for the emptyheaded l'il sugarplums of this country.

They turned out in droves, proudly holding their lipstick high.

I cringed at the sight.

A tube of colored beeswax is what defines them. Scary.

If she could have dressed her age, quit the updo hair don't, and shut her mouth, she'd have been an asset.

Regardless of my wholehearted disapproval, and eventually dislike, there's no denying she remains a very pretty lady.

Just the kind of woman that doesn't scare anybody.

Cute as a button, dumb as a brick.

When will this nation evolve?