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Palin to quit as Alaska governor at end of July

Huffington Post, July 3rd, 2009

After Sarah Palin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week she has announced she will be stepping down in a few weeks. In a press conference call this morning, Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin has announced she will not run for re-election and is stepping down as governor.

She had a brief statement. She took no questions. Her commissioners and Lt. Governor were with her at her home. Palin did not relinquish the reigns of the state to the Lt. Governor while running for vice president.

Lt. Governor Sean Parnell will step in as governor at the end of the month. He was defeated by Congressman Don Young in the Republican primary last year.

Rumors of an “iceberg scandal” have been circulating.

Resignation is certainly out of character for Sarah Palin. Senator Mark Begich had a meeting with Sarah Palin two days ago with no mention of her leaving office. Palin’s press secretary, David Murrow had posted on his Facebook page Wednesday, “David Murrow is considering life’s ironies.” He was hired less than a month ago. Yesterday he wrote, “There’s gonna be some fireworks this weekend!”

Palin’s father, Chuck Heath, told Fox News that he thought her resignation was due to the negativity from the media. According to Heath, the governor was unable to be effective while she was constantly having to defend herself against ethics complaints and the media.

You betcha!

Sarah Palin has been a fascinating person on the political scene. She came out of nowhere, became the symbol of Republican conservatives and tried to convince everyone that she had a brain. Whether or not she tries to remain on the national scene, this week’s article in Vanity Fair told us that Sarah is a flash in the pan. Too bad, it would really be great have her as the brains of the Republican party.

Her announcement today seemed to have been written by Mark Sanford’s speechwriter.

Bill Kristol’s Weekly Standard says Palin is resigning because she’s tired of the incessant ethics investigations. Others on the net are speculating that a “Iceberg Scandal” of major proportions is about to surface. Stay tuned for more drama from our Republican friends…

Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm in National News, Partisan Politics.

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