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Sarah Palin Resigns as Alaska Governor

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff , To Protect and Serve Opposing Views - July 03, 2009

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In a surprising move, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has announced she will resign from her post July 26 -- with two years left in her term. Saying she didn't feel she could do her job effectively and that her family had to come first, Palin didn't rule out a run for U.S. president in 2012.

“We’ve got to put first things first. I love my job, and I love Alaska. I am doing what’s best for Alaska,” Palin said Friday at a press conference in her hometown of Wasilla.

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and the real reason is?

I cannot help but wonder what the real reason behind this is? A run for the presidency? A way to dodge a scandal? Or perhaps she has learned that she can make more money as a public speaker then as governor?

- MrBook July 4, 2009 2:01PM

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- Time will tell
  
  Im not holding my breath to realize the outcome of this. Time did a top 10 on why she may have resigned. Your three on on there. I would not be in any way surprised to see her become the part time / full time mouthpiece for Foxnews.
  
  I would love to celebrate her leaving office with the hopes that she disappears from politics altogether. I know that is too much to ask for.
  
  - tek July 4, 2009 3:27PM
  
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- I think
  
  Presidential aspirations are out. Heck, if I ran the RNC, I'd pay her not to run.
  
  - quantummechanik July 4, 2009 6:59PM
  
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  - Do you think
    
    I bet she would take the money and run.
    
    - countryboy July 4, 2009 10:48PM
    
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    - We can only hope so
      
      I'm sorry. I'm as liberal democrat as you can get, but what Palin did to the Republican party just depressed me.
      
      - quantummechanik July 5, 2009 7:53PM
      
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      - Clueless again, quantum
        
        It's what the Dems did to her that will come back to bite you in the ass. You think she took down the Republicans, you're so very wrong. You think she's out of the picture? Again, wrong. You are underestimating her and you shouldn't do that. Just why are you guys so scared of her? Because you know you don't have an answer for her!
        
        - Blackbird July 9, 2009 10:56AM
        
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        Let's be clear now
        
        It's Sarah Palin we're talking about here, not Imhotep. I'm not terrified, and neither is anyone else, of the mummy's curse. And how did we not have an answer for her? She was almost as public, if not more so, than John McCain in the 2008 election . And we won.
        
        - quantummechanik July 9, 2009 12:47PM
        
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        Your fear is evident
        
        by your sleazy attacks. You don't attack politicians who don't present a threat to you. I think we can agree that our sitting Vice President has nothing in the way of intelligence on Sarah, but I wouldn't attack Biden, he's not a threat, so why do you attack Palin? Believe me, I'm good with you continuing to make like she's a dead horse. So was Mine That Bird right before she won the KY Derby.
        
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- I would say
  
  She can make more money as a public a speaker
  
  - countryboy July 4, 2009 10:46PM
  
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