Sarah freakin' Palin was SO 2008.

Sarah freakin' Palin was SO 2008.

God, wouldn't THAT be great?

But NOOOOOO, the idiot brigade (the Freepers, the RedStaters and the other cavalcade of reality-ignorers) seems to believe that this will HELP her.

I'll say that again, because it was so stupid that most sensible people would think that it might have been a mistype: "They believe that this will HELP her."

I don't see the positives in this. Why leave?

Is it because of scandal? Then she's a lawbreaker and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

Is it because things have gotten unpleasant, mostly because she can't stop eating her own foot? Then she's a craven coward and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

Is it because she wants to concentrate solely of becoming President, so she abandons her sworn duty only halfway through her term? Then she's an opportunistic selfish asshole and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

Hey, GOP: which is these is a positive thing? Is it the lawbreaking, the cowardice or the selfish opportunism? I'd love to be enlightened.

If Palin ever became President, expect America to become a third-world country within the first month of her Presidency - and this is me being GENEROUS!

There's a distinct possibility that she jumped before she was pushed.

Oh come now. It's not selfish opportunism...it's expanding her enterprise! Who needs to be encumbered by political office when seeking political office?

Really, this has much to do with her angling for 2012 by squawking for the next three years in the lower forty-eight. Her fanboys, inappropriately adulating her, will not see the irony in how someone aspiring to the chief executive position of the nation has just abandoned her chief executive position of her state because of "the fun" of being a lame duck. That's executive experience for you.

SARAH PALIN IS MY AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!

I'll say that again, because it was so stupid that most sensible people would think that it might have been a mistype: "They believe that this will HELP her."

To be fair, they believe so many asinine things that that might be one of their least ridiculous ideas.

If Palin ever became President, expect America to become a third-world country within the first month of her Presidency - and this is me being GENEROUS!

As I said at the election, it would be like putting a kick me sign on America if Dubya Jr. won. Any investor with a lick of sense would drop any assets in the U.S. and those that have none would do so after the crash. The idea of her trying to do any function of office would be comical if we hadn't seen the tragedy of it the last 8 years.

The idea of her trying to do any function of office would be comical if we hadn't seen the tragedy of it the last 8 years.

'Comical'? More like 'apocalyptic'! Also:

Don't say bad things about Sarah Palin now. She'll sue ya.

No, really.

"Gov. Sarah Palin blasted the media Saturday in a tough Facebook post"
I don't even need to make a joke.

Given that her family is over $500,000 in debt due to these trumped up ethics charges (all of which were frivolous and should've been thrown out, all of which she was acquitted of), and that they've cost the state of Alaska a few million dollars...not surprising.

Given that the media circus against her family has not let up one bit (for example, mere hours after her resignation, a Huffington Post writer put a post up about how Palin was going to run in 2012 on a platform of "More Retardation". She has a child with Down's Syndrome. Also imagine the furor of the media (plus everyone else) if somebody casually talked about Obama's daughters getting knocked up by A-Rod, as Letterman did with Palin's own minor daughter.)...not surprising.

Given that she's accomplished a lot of her objectives (she got the gas pipeline deal done, which had been in the works for over three decades with little to no progress until her term, her state's actually one of the few with a budget surplus, among other things)...not surprising.

Even if she never gets involved in politics again (which I wouldn't blame her), I can't blame her. Because apparently the rule about not aiming for family members who aren't politically involved doesn't apply to her.

Is it because things have gotten unpleasant, mostly because she can't stop eating her own foot? Then she's a craven coward and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

Bolded due to the existence of Joe Biden.

Is it because she wants to concentrate solely of becoming President, so she abandons her sworn duty only halfway through her term? Then she's an opportunistic selfish asshole and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

Better than the umpteen others who campaign while still in office and ignore their duty for days/weeks on end...and even if they lose, go back to the job they were AWOL from like nothing happened (hey Kerry, McCain, here's looking at you!).

Is it because of scandal? Then she's a lawbreaker and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

There's a distinct possibility that she jumped before she was pushed.

FBI says "lolno." (FBI counters rumors, says Palin isn't under investigation)

If Palin ever became President, expect America to become a third-world country within the first month of her Presidency - and this is me being GENEROUS!

Eh, we just need another stimulus bill. Eventually we might have stimulated ourselves enough to be like Zimbabwe!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to observing the train wreck that is the Obama Administration (oh, and just for the record, a little consistency on foreign policy would be appreciated: we won't talk about Iran's election fraud and the riots due to fears of 'meddling', yet we'll freely join the likes of Chavez and Ortega in condemning the legal, constitutionally-acceptable ousting of Honduras' old president Zelaya for seeking to illegally extend his term, while at the same time condemning the president of Niger for doing the same thing Zelaya's attempted. Come on).

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to observing the train wreck that is the Obama Administration...

I can always lend you a pair of scissors for your nose if you like?

The way things are going you'll end up with over 100% of the population being unemployed! D: (also wut @ x-axis)

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to observing the train wreck that is the Obama Administration...

I can always lend you a pair of scissors for your nose if you like?

The way things are going you'll end up with over 100% of the population being unemployed! D: (also wut @ x-axis)

Yeah I noticed that about the x-axis.

Though extrapolation has its downsides.

We already ARE a third-world country, thanks to the Republicans.

Ultra, I'm not certain what your defence exactly is.

First, it sounds like a condemnation of the Alaskan government for doing their job in investigating ethics charges. The state legislature started investigating on 1 August of 2008, at least twenty days prior to being publicly announced as the vice-presidential nominee. The charges amounted to nothing, as you said. Where does the problem lie? Should Alaska have ignored the complaints altogether? This is maybe the closest you get to a legitimate point, but this particular charge stems from an action she personally undertook.

Second, you go for target practise using the media. Right, left, or centre, the media is always presenting itself as the self-appointed keepers of public morality while simultaneously grinding down any politicians in its sights. Is this fair, appropriate, or responsible? No, of course not, but the public thrills on that kind of garbage. In other words, it comes with being a politician, and if she's upset about that, politics is not the place for her. And if you'd like to explain where Letterman referred specifically to Sarah's underage daughter, be my guest. (Agreed that extrapolation is a bad thing; still not seeing why she left office, though.)

Third, you're claiming her major political achievements give excuse for her to leave. Lacking your canny political insight, I must ask you to explain the logic behind this. Not knowing the size of Alaskan bureaucracy, I don't know if balancing the state budget is some kind of heady political victory.

Then you bemoan the media targeting non-political family members. Rather like Michelle Obama as the token angry black woman who uses the term "whitey", methinks.

The rest of what you have to say is a whirlwind of complaints so spattered and chaotic that it makes a Jackson Pollock painting look tame:
1. "Bolded due to the existence of Joe Biden." If the libs do it, it's okay for us too! Truly, this goes back to my point about the self-righteous media, regardless of political bent. I'm not seeing how this defends her decision in any way, however.

2. "Better than the umpteen others who campaign while still in office and ignore their duty for days/weeks on end...and even if they lose, go back to the job they were AWOL from like nothing happened (hey Kerry, McCain, here's looking at you!)." Hm, dereliction of duty? Like disappearing from the state one is governing for three months for a campaign? Again, does not validate the resignation.

3. "FBI says "lolno." (FBI counters rumors, says Palin isn't under investigation)" Agreed, for a change of pace. Once again, the media enthralling its audience with speculative balderdash. But...oh, you know what I'm going to say: it doesn't address her resignation.

I'd go so far as to discuss how the stimulus package was far too scattershot and the nature of US foreign relations (as a serious question, where do you see the administration condemning Zelaya? I've yet to see that anywhere in the news), but that would be missing the point, wouldn't it? All of this is a flurry of partisan complaints that has strayed well away from Sarah Palin's resignation. Even if you aren't attempting to defend her, you've still not explained any of this in the least, for many a politician gets back up from being steamrolled and dusts him/herself off. Not everyone quits because the job stopped being fun.

Ultra, I want to care what you think. I really do. I'd love to be able to see how a rational conservative views this. But then you make a post that reads like
LEAVE SARAH ALONE

And you know what? Your post is too silly to legitimize with a point-by-point deconstruction.

Anyway, your political posting history shows that you'll just go back to the classic "LIBRUL MEDIA" dog whistle like in your previous posts, no matter what I say, because that's your people's straw man and by God you're GONNA STICK TO IT. And you know what? It's not worth it. Not now, not ever.

Video has been removed. ;_;

Damnit, Ultra

Most Republicans think Palin is failure.

You're somehow one of the few who thinks she's competent.

Social conservatives, sheesh. >_>

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure Mark Sanford, we believe you.....

i'm going to have to google these, as i don't get what the heck the elephants are supposed to represent. ^^;

i'm going to have to google these, as i don't get what the heck the elephants are supposed to represent. ^^;

The elephants represent Republicans. Don't ask me why, I'm just as baffled as you are. Crazy Americans.

the internet tells me it's their mascot or icon. interesting. o.o

the internet tells me it's their mascot or icon. interesting. o.o

Yeah, 'tis true. The Democratic Party's mascot is the donkey and the Republican Party's mascot is the elephant. Me? I woulda chosen a dragon or a phoenix or some other kickass mythological creature like that.

Dragons and Pheonixes were the devil back in the day. =p

Dragons and Pheonixes were the devil back in the day. =p

Only to the ignorant!

Then she's a lawbreaker and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

The same could be said for Bush too; that didn't stop him from getting re-elected. o.o

Then she's a lawbreaker and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

The same could be said for Bush too; that didn't stop him from getting re-elected. o.o

Sadly, yes. But that's all in the past now and the past is dead. Well, unless the concept of retrocausality is true at both a microscopic scale AND a macroscopic scale. Then that would mean that the past is still 'under construction' (so to speak), just like the future is also apparently still 'under construction'. But I digress. I should bring this thread back on topic again. Sarah Failin is a tart. There. Back on topic. Kinda.

Then she's a lawbreaker and as such SHOULDN'T BE PRESIDENT

The same could be said for Bush too; that didn't stop him from getting re-elected. o.o

Sadly, yes. But that's all in the past now and the past is dead. Well, unless the concept of retrocausality is true at both a microscopic scale AND a macroscopic scale. Then that would mean that the past is still 'under construction' (so to speak), just like the future is also apparently still 'under construction'. But I digress. I should bring this thread back on topic again. Sarah Failin is a tart. There. Back on topic. Kinda.

I fail to see what such pseudoscience has to do with my point ANYWAY. I'm just saying that if it happened before, it can happen again.

Don't look at me, I voted for Santa.

No less than three Nixon gags. Wooow.