Palin Resigns as Governor of Alaska!

My gods, she's weird. Although I have to think that, unless some scandal surfaces, she's doing it to concentrate all of her time on the 2012 election. That or moose hunting.

Jesus Christ! Check out this rambling incoherent mess of a resignation speech.

Amazing. This is a *prepared* speech. Just, fucking, wow.

Now that I've seen that, it's pretty clear to me what she's doing. She's separating herself now from the Dems in Washington, securing her "meverick" status, and will rise in a year or so as the new voice of the Republicans in order to take advantage of any mistakes made by the current administration who are totally up against it with the mess that's been left to them.

She'll disappear, focus, reinvent, and return to pounce on any failings, kicking off a campaign of point-and-blame-with-no-solutions the likes of which we've never seen. If she stuck out her term and then decided not to run again, it wouldn't get as much press or be seen as "mavericky" enough.

At on some level, it's "hey, they're talking about me again!"

When Dan Quayle said silly stuff, you kind of knew what point he was trying to make no matter how horribly it came it of his mouth. However, with Palin I have no idea what she is talking about or what (if any) point she is trying to make. It's like a bunch of random political catch phrases, truisms, cliches, slogans, etc strung together in no particular order.

And Scotto is right, it puts her back in the news and frees her up to start the behind the scenes political maneuvering to best Romney who's probably the GOP's strongest contender for 2012.

Oh lordy, can you imagine Romney and Palin in the White House? It'd be like a bad sitcom from the 80's. I would imagine it'd be called something like "Leave It To Palin" or "Mitt Knows Best".

Jessica

Excellent, filmgal. You made me miss "Soap".

She's as duplicitous a player as you'll find, that's why she tends to ramble. Luckily, she's not as skilled as some yet has the foolish cajones to shoot from the hip thus revealing her shortcomings.

Sadly, by the time she reveals herself as "The Candidate that Quit for America", most Re-thug converts will already be blaming Obama for not magically fixing every single problem brought about by Bush's disastrous tenure. They won't have the brains to work out the cause and effect of his failings, of which it will take only ONE to convince them to switch back to where their lizard minds are most comfortable.

As a registered Independent who supports the current administration more than any other in my lifetime, I fear there is a danger of losing in 2012 unless every single initiative hits it out of the park. On the other hand, I'm naturally optimistic and to what filmgal alluded, running against a Romney/Palin ticket could be like shooting fish in a barrel.

i cannot wait for her to disappear.

Wow, I literally cannot understand a godamn thing she says in that speech. She 'gives her reasons, candidly, truthfully' according to her, but I have listened to it and cannot list ONE reason except she claims, for some reason, this is no more 'politics as usual' and that's why she's got to go. What millions of dollars is she wasting that she's talking about, for Alaska, by staying Governor?

She's fighting from OUTSIDE the governor's office from now on, according to her, so I assume, sadly, she doesn't plan on going away anytime soon.

Is it just me or does she seem like she's about to cry in this speech?

This has got to be the most confusing thing I've ever watched. What was up with the basketball references?