Comments on: Heard but not confirmed: Palin stepping down as Alaska gov?

By: eric

eric — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:53:19 +0000

(You do elect dog-catchers in the U.S., don’t you?)

No, it’s just a metaphor.

By: Gerry L

Gerry L — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:19:42 +0000

My first thought was that maybe she was quitting to become a community organizer.

By: Monado

Monado — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:15:27 +0000

I still don’t understand how saying that she can’t take the heat in Alaska would qualify her for any elected position above dog-catcher. (You do elect dog-catchers in the U.S., don’t you?)

Speaking of trailers, that reminds me of my favourite gay joke (well, after “irreconcilable similarities”):

Q. What does a lesbian bring to a second date?

A. A U-Haul(tm)

(That’s because they’re moving in together.)

My step-daughter just moved in with her new girl-friend. We teased he about it.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:55 +0000

My first thought was she was dropping out to prepare her campaign as Alaskan Independence Party candidate for president in 2012. You may have seen the emails from last October that were just revealed. But now I have a different idea.

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:22:37 +0000

I’ve listened to her, er, speech – um, statem – – – string of words twice now, and I think she’s trying to say that she was drafted for the WNBA.

By: becca

becca — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:11:16 +0000

Well even Michael Jackson’s death isn’t completely keeping people from discussing Sanford. They needed an impressive distraction.

By: Mike Haubrich, FCD

Mike Haubrich, FCD — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:25:42 +0000

Also, there is this possibility: (yahoo news)

Jerry McBeath, a veteran political science professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, called the pending resignation a "smart move," both for Palin and the state. "Alaska is an isolated stage from which to operate if you want to figure in American national politics. I don't know what she has in mind, some TV show or some national radio show. There are opportunities for her, I'm sure." "After all, Rush Limbaugh is getting old, and cranky, and the airwaves and the videowaves would benefit form a new present. She certainly is photogenic, and that is her area of experience. So I would say it's a response to opportunity instead of 'getting out before they get you,'" he said.

By: Dan J

Dan J — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:01:39 +0000

Oh no… No, Mike, please don’t make me think about… the… the… Lipstick Militia!!

By: Mike Haubrich, FCD

Mike Haubrich, FCD — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:56:07 +0000

I really think that she is taking the time so she can go out to the range and improve her aim so that she can fight off the Obama Internal Army that is massing up to take conservatives (who fill out the full census) to interment camps. She will be bunking with Michelle.

By: Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:02 +0000

Welcome gosh darn it to Wall. Oh, and Mart also too.