Comments on: Palin: I'm Not Leaving Politics

McCain Says His Former Running Mate Simply "Changed Her Priorities" in Resigning as Alaska's Governor

[dennisall77]

A quitter is not a quitter when she LOOKS like Palin. With her intelligence level, if she had average looks, she would just be a hocky mom now

[steeepe]

She's got hubris and confidence completely unjustified by her own meager abilities.

[cbsantispin]

Levi Johnston, 19, whose wedding to Bristol Palin was called off earlier this year, says he believes the governor is resigning over personal finances.

Johnston says he lived with the Palin family from early December to the second week in January. He claims he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book.

?I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars,? said Johnston, who has had a strained relationship with the family but now says things have improved.

Source: http://www.theinsider.com/news/2404330_Levi_Johnston_Sarah_Palin_Is_Leaving_Office_To_Chase_That_Money

Isn't greed still one of the 7 Deadly Sins? I think Palin also misses those expensive clothes the Republican machine gave her that she had to return! "Pay to Play" doesn't get any clearer than this. Is Palin's service about the people or making a profit? Palin quitting her Governor's job 18 months early to chase money would seem to indicate "greed" is the Palin agenda now. Levi Johnston is not some speculative blogger guessing, Levi is a Palin insider who heard Palin with his own ears! I can't wait to hear Palin's response. Alaskans must be disappointed they elected a quitter.

[dennisall77]

HEY! Does anyone seriously think Sarah would be anything but a hockey mom if she looked like Janet Reno? She probably wouldn't have done anything by now but get pregnant, if that. Good Looks open so many doors and make people think your wish for world peace is sincere. Just how shallow do you have to be to enter a beauty pageant anyway? How may pageant entrants have EVER done anything significant in life beyond charity work?

[dennisall77]

GREAT OBSERVATION!!

[stevex47]

Gee, do you think it was her looks that caught mcsame?

Noooo, he's not known for decisions based on something so superficial.

[Stormy500]

You read my mind, dennisall77. Before I read your post, I was just about to use the Janet Reno comparison myself! Although, I do know many attractive people who have always worked at increasing their brain power and did not use their outside appearance as their only weapon of success. And none of them were ever beauty pageant contestants.

[banders6]

Palin and her advisers have done it again, completely put BO and his 300K obots in a tail spin. BO knows if she runs in 2012 she will beat him. If BO had waited to sick his obots on her until after she announced her 2012 plans then she would have been defending herself more that running. Now all they have is history to file against Palin. Now she has two years to put the filings to bed and to get the money behind her as BO does, and when she does, she was born in the US and can go after BO unlike McCain who could not make an issue of it because he alike was not.

[toldyouso29]

Surely you jest. This is politics--no issue is ever put to bed--if she runs--all issues will be resurrected and reaired on tv on all channels and you tube including Sarah's ethics problems and her infamous Couric speeches--in fact, even if she comes off as half intelligent--she will be eclipsed by the clips of her being a ditz played over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over--until no matter what--she will be known by the Saturday night clips and no one will even hear what she says or has become.

She is a cariacature--if she runs, the press and the Dems and the bloggers and youtube will eviscerate her. Bet on it.

[toldyouso29]

Born in the USA? Are you retarded?

"the act of Congress of 1790 which states that a "natural born citizen" means any citizen whose parents are American citizens and who would naturally be considered a citizen no matter where they were actually born due to their parents citizenship. Americans do not know their own law--or else they would know that the challenges they make to Obama were already resolved in 1790 (Act of March 26, 1790, ch. 3, 1 Stat. 104) which states "the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of limits of the United States shall be considered as natural born citizens" please feel free to cut and paste this and hopefully put a lot of ignorant conjecture about Obama to rest.

The rule also is "If the mother ofa an "illegitimate" child is a US citizen, her foreign born child is a US citizen by birth if she had ever spent at least one year's worth of continuous, literal, physical presence in the US. This means Obama's mom being a citizen and having lived in KS made him a US citizen no matter WHERE he was born. This applies even if the father is not a citizen. A child only needs on US citizen parent to be considered a citizen though an illegitimate child where the mother is from another country faces other hurdles.

Hope all of this helps--for those who would like a web site on this issue--look up richw.org/dualcit/faq.html or google dual citizenship--see pg 12 of 20 for info about when a child can be considered a US citizen--natural born...and see pg 13 of 20 at the bottom of the page (section 15) to see the law of 1790 which established the citizenship of persons born outside our borders--to at least one US citizen parent. "

Catch a clue--Kilroy.

[Benton09]

She made her new decision based on conversations with her 'fighter of witchcraft and scorcery' Kenyan priest Thomas Muthee*. (*Republicans only approve of certain people originating from Kenya) Muthee prayed to bring finances her way in her future endeavors on the national political scene and maybe a lot of clothes for her and her kids (only if she doesn't have to pay for them).

[caliguy55]

Palin should take leave of the national political scene as she has clearly taken leave of her senses. Anyone who saw this woman's resignation speech knows that she is an irrational fool. I cannot think of any political office, which she is fit to hold.

[cs4466]

Oh, and by the way, the Democrats are terribly afraid of the Witch of Wasilla.

Because... she uh... quit. Right. :)

[iam4honesty]

NO, NO, NO!!

Sarah, please run for president!!

PALIN/LIMBAUGH 2012

[cs4466]

Newsflash: Quitter Palin not leaving politics! Woohoo! She's GOT to be a democrat somewhere under that makeup - no one has helped the democratic party more! LOL!

[ayatoldya]

Palin didn't just quit. She abandoned her post. And Sarah can't call it a retreat either, because that insinuates you haven't surrendered; which she did, without even a fight.

[rushlimpdrug]

Pleeeze go away Palin.

It would be nice if you took some of the oler skum
perverted politicians with you.

[iam4honesty]

NO, NO, NO!!

Sarah, please run for president!!

PALIN/LIMBAUGH 2012

[South-of-Heaven]

When is a Quitter not a Quitter?

[dennisall77]

A quitter is not a quitter when she LOOKS like Palin. With her intelligence level, if she had average looks, she would just be a hocky mom now

[bevkihei]

John McCain shot himself in his own foot by picking Sarah....she is supposed to be a public speaker - yet every time I have listened to her speak on national TV - a teenagers starting out in high school could have done a better job - she gets her words twisted around - she hasn't a clue how the Congress is run and yet she aspired to be the Vice President......as a woman and a Republican, I was turned off 100% by McCain when he chose her.

[pjk12354]

I'm having a really tough time deciding if Sarah Palin is:
A. Dumb
B. Just plain stupid

Does she really think a politician with a chance at winning would want her to campaign for them?

[johndevinejr]

by o_the_potus July 12, 2009 1:45 PM PDT

Couric: And when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?

Palin: I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.

Couric: What, specifically?

Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.

Couric: Can you name a few?

Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, "Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?" Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America


By any objective standard, snyone who does not know the names of the publications that she reads can reasonably be considered stupid.



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[tmittelstaed]

You have to be able to read to know publications names.

[pvperson3]

"spokespersons for our party and our principles", you had me going there for a minute Old John, but that last line was the sinker, YOUR PARTY HAS NO PRINCIPLES.

[johndevinejr]

She had the problem of being incompetent and not particularly bright.

[johndevinejr]

"Oh, I don't think she quit," said Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 who plucked Palin out of near-obscurity and made her a household name. "I think she changed her priorities."


John, if your house burned to the ground, would you say "My house didn't burn down, it's just very warm"?

[bevkihei]

John McCain shot himself in his own foot by picking Sarah....she is supposed to be a public speaker - yet every time I have listened to her speak on national TV - a teenagers starting out in high school could have done a better job - she gets her words twisted around - she hasn't a clue how the Congress is run and yet she aspired to be the Vice President......as a woman and a Republican, I was turned off 100% by McCain when he chose her.

[ayatoldya]

Palin didn't just quit. She abandoned her post. And Sarah can't call it a retreat either, because that insinuates you haven't surrendered; which she did, without even a fight.

[toldyouso29]

All Republicans took a secret oath to never admit that they made a mistake, never admit that they were wrong and never own up or take responsibility for anything. That is why they turned on Sanford...it wasn't the affair, it was that he went on and on about it and copped to many faults. McCain can't admit Sarah was a flake and a mistake--and Sarah can't admit that not studying and learining policy was a mistake--and Bush can't admit the war in Iraq was a mistake and REpublicans can't admit that electing Bush twice was a mistake. It is their one credo--those who were able to admit that Bush was a huge mistake also had to leave the party or were kicked out--ala Buckley.

[straightmate]

McCain got thrown under a bus on this deal. She quit, and even if she didn't the opposition will play it that way. The Republicans no longer have a party...they just have a mess after a party.

[toldyouso29]

VOMIT? lmao

[stuart2020]

mnmaid ....nice try there Rushbot but no deal. Remember during the 2008 campaign it was Sarah Palin who was doing the "cut down" and "humiliating" and (attempting) to "destroy the competition", namely, Obama.

And if you think that Sarah Palin has the where-with-all to get this country on track you are terribly deluded.