Palin Attorney: Her Resignation Is "Self Sacrifice"

[ananiasacts]

She resigned because she's an incompetent fraud and everyone knows it.

[marniespeaks]

Palin - yawn

[blackforestghetto69]

wow

"the state of alaska has been spending money on public record requests".. That's so kind of her to think of the public's good. How come she spent 150000$ of public money on clothing ? How much did it cost America to have the republicans paralyze the whole government for two years over Clinton's infidelity ?

[appatel]

Palin is Flashy , Undereducated, Annoying Bitch.

[justonefirefly1]

appatel just replace flashy with trashy and its' perfect. Gotta pull a palin on you an quit.

[sploogersmoof]

emptiness is in the eye of the beholder. atheists arent universally lonely, depressed people. they just think people like you are full of shit.

and either way, emptiness is something we all feel from time to time.

i would rather vote for an atheist because they at least are honest about there motives. idiots like palin think their stupidity is divinely inspired. there is nothing more dangerous then an idiot who thinks god is on there side. case and point, suicide bombers.

[TedinLasVegas]

I guess it all depends on the person's religion. True Christianity doesn't call for the killing of others nor for the forcing of Christian beliefs on others.

As for her position on Abortion; since 1974, SCOTUS has usurped the states' authority over that matter and until SCOTUS follows the constitution, not much can be done.

[gisforgary]

ted!  you are getting smarter hanging around and debating with all these liberals. glad to see it. i am impressed you are actually making correct statments and kind of embarrassed at some of these comments -- but then again being liberal doesn't always mean you are smart - and there are plenty of palin bashers that aren't liberal.

i would like to correct your statement on oil companies - corporate oil has indirectly murdered lots of people and i don't think anyone here has murdered anyone.

[TedinLasVegas]

That can be said of almost every industry but here's a question for you:

How many oil company employees have pulled (squeezed!) the triggers of the guns that killed?

No industry is any better

[gisforgary]

A mercenary army called Blackwater, contracted by Kellog, Brown, and Root, which in turn is "formerly" a subsidiary of Haliburton perhaps? Isn't that a messy little trail.

You are right -- many large corporations maim and murder throughout the underdeveloped world. Many things go better with Coke -- like bullets through the head of pro-union employees in Columbia. Consumerism isn't a pretty business -- even if they do get atheletic icons and supermodels to cover for them.

[sploogersmoof]

the carpeting industry doesn't hire mercenaries to kill environmental activists in africa and support dictatorships.

[wtfoof]

Wow, Palin's Attorney though she was articulate? I guess he was the only one.

[JerezJulio]

wow, she Self Sacrificed he said.

[andrewh23]

Yeah - it's the media's fault that Palin took bribes in the form of free home remodeling in exchange for lucrative government contracts. Why won't the media stop forcing innocent politicians to defraud taxpayers?

[TedinLasVegas]

Umm, that wasn't Palin, that was the allegations against Ted Stevens, former US Senator from Alaska.

Remember, he was convicted before the Judge threw out the conviction because of all the prosecutorial misconduct...

[skydogz1]

Palin 2012!

Three short years ..it's happening!

[btownhotties]

What wait, was that a teleprompter is just saw??

[btownhotties]

*I just saw??

[WinterHaven]

The Republican Party LOVES Sarah Palin! That's because she IS everything they believe in: Red necked, God, Guns, and Hate Gays!! God Bless America. Now wave your guns, beer, and rebel flags.  God loves you.

[WinterHaven]

I would love to see Sarah Palin as the presidential candidate and GOP darling-she is the icon of the GOP. As president, she would be PERFECT for she is the the very quintessence of the Average Amerian: Red necked, God, Guns, and Hate gays! She has my vote.

[AtlasShruggery]

Most of us have long suspected that Sarah Palin was in way over her empty head as a governor. Her resignation confirms that.

[grabac9]

Very well put it! It makes perfect sense in the current political context of Alaska and the fact that 18 months would've added nothing to her potential as a candidate and Alaskans were paying for the national democratic atack machine operating and obstructing at a state level. As far as these left wing wankers below me are concerned I think is safe to say that Palin is not the least worried about them bitches...keep yepping while she "rope dopes" you all...

[axleruzi]

Wow.  He thinks she was very articulate.

[Doggieman1111]

Everybody in the country already knows whether they would vote for her or not. She's going to go on the circuit and be a pretty face propping up other politicians, not run herself.

[vertigate]

I don't quite understand. Does he think it makes Palin look better, that she had become so much of a liability that she had to step down to liberate Alaska of her burden? If that is the case, I sure don't want her for president, if that's what she's preparing to run for in her demented head. A quitter is a quitter, no matter how you try to paint it. It really looks more and more as if she didn't have a reason at all. Maybe she really does suffer from depression.

[fishhead06]

Appropriately, I hear loons calling in the background.

[oolong2]

"the message she does explain is being questioned"

Those fucktards! How dare she say something and someone questions it.

How dare the media questions her on something she actually said! WTF?!

Hello?! The media should only question OTHER people on stuff they DIDN'T say!

Jeez what a child.... For her sake I hope the real reason is that Ted Stevens fathered one of her kids.

[micahgee]

The State of Alaska 'has' to spend money investigating their Governor, because of allegations of corruption and ethics issues.

Alaska wouldn't have to spend money investigating its governor if the governor was not breaking the law.

What bizarre logic..so its self-sacrifice to STOP breaking the law???

Anyone else get that part about ethics investigations?

If she WAS NOT acting illegally why would there need to be so many investigations?

I love how he blames the state for Sarah's crimes...

[bonzaibb12]

I am guessing she made a bargain to step down in order to avoid prosecution

[micahgee]

exactly!

she had so much heat from her own state that she had to quit or would be investigated for ethics violations and corruption.

[TedinLasVegas]

15 complaints, how many facts? 0, as in nada, as in nothing.

Just a bunch of liberal whiners bringing false charges to smear her because that's all you can do.

[oldtownkid]

She's taking heat from both Dems and GOPers in Alaska !

[buddhaplex]

BWAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHA! Great joke.

[chapparrel]

I wouldn't let her run the local McDonald's let along our country!

[micahgee]

"she laid out all her reasons for resigning"

NO SHE DIDN'T

"I didn't find her speech rambling"

HAHAHA I LOL'ed when he said that

Anyone else noticed how Willow Palin was put front and center?

Sarah wraps herself in the flag, holds the bible and blames the media.

[TedinLasVegas]

I think libs are just so emotional in their hatred for this wonderful woman that they can't pay attention to anything she says. That way they can deny themselves actually having to think for themselves.

[micahgee]

Please tell me how this woman is "wonderful"?

What does she actually say?

Sarah Palin only cares about her self-promotion and if you can't see that then you are pretty damn naive.

She parades her large family as if they are objects to show off! Plus she hides behind them, saying that she quit because of her kids telling her to.

Sarah Palin is a brain-dead bible-thumping disgrace to Alaska, women and America as a whole

[TedinLasVegas]

Well, you can't be a Bible-thumper and be brain dead at the same time, so you obviously don't know what you're talking about.

[micahgee]

yea you can...

you only need a few neurons to recite the bible

[TedinLasVegas]

But to meditate on it and learn Its meaning requires more brain cells than most people, apparently, want to use.

[taoofmichael]

Sarah Palin is a leach, looking to make some money, while the fire is hot. Look up in the right hand corner of your screen. Sarah wants your money.

Send your money to Sarah!

[TedinLasVegas]

That is her legal defense fund, to fight of the numerous illegitimate ethics complaints.

[taoofmichael]

PAC = Political Action Committee.

Send Sarah money!!!

[taoofmichael]

Do you know for a fact they are illegitimate? Or are you just presenting your mouth-farts as fact again, like Rush Limbaugh?

[TedinLasVegas]

Well, there you go again.

15 complaints have been decided; guess how many have turned up anything?

0, nada, nothing.

[btownhotties]

She's NOT religious you moron. She doesn't believe ANY of it. How can you be so naive and thinks she's actually a religious person? No politician is.

[TedinLasVegas]

WOW, you seem to be able to peer into the souls of other people and KNOW what is their hearts! Where did you learn that skill? Was it on an LSD trip in Berkeley?

I was a politician and I trully believe that Jesus Christ is God-incarnate, who left His throne to bleed and die on the cross for the sins of all who would simply call upon Him as LORD and Savior.

Are you telling me that I don't trully believe what I KNOW I trully believe?

How does that work?

[sploogersmoof]

politics is an evil business. politicians, by the nature of there profession, are lying scum who suck the life(or in laymen s terms, money) out of everything.

politicians dont believe shit about god, power is there god. and if its not then you arent a very successful politician.

[TedinLasVegas]

I'm sorry you're so jaded and while I would agree that many politicians are or become self-serving, there are also many who truly believe in their causes - on both the left and the right.

[sploogersmoof]

sure, there are plenty of people who believe in their causes. and they dont get elected because they arent willing to pander to idiots.

thats not being jaded, thats being a realist. which may or may not be the same thing but i dont really care.

[TedinLasVegas]

Maybe that's what's throwing you off about her...

She's a true believer.

[sploogersmoof]

anybody who takes money from oil companies and kills things for fun is not following gods path. anybody who abuses the trust of religious fanatics in order to gain political power is not following gods path.

she can go to church as much as she wants, as far as im concerned her logic is flawed. just like her beliefs. at least an atheist wouldn't bring it into office.

[TedinLasVegas]

What does taking money from oil companies have to do with spiritual righteousness?

What does she kill for fun?

When did she abuse the trust of religious people?

An atheist brings emptiness to anything they touch.

[sploogersmoof]

oil companies are satans minions, as evidenced by the fact that exploit corrupt governments and destroy everything they come into contact with.

sarah palin shoots moose from a helicopter for the thrill of it. hence, killing things for fun.

and saying "i love god, abortion is naughty, family values!" over and over again like a mindless drone so religious people will vote for you, and then not backing it up when you get into office. the government(i hope) has way better things to worry about

[TedinLasVegas]

You're spewing typical mindless drivel. Oil companies are no better nor more evil than you.

I've never heard this claim about shooting moose from a helicopter; I think you're getting 2 different stories mixed (1, she hunts moose - and eats her kills and 2, Alaska does shoot wolves from helicopters to keep the carnivore population down).

[sploogersmoof]

1)i am pretty sure wolves are an endangered species, and even if they weren't, im pretty sure if we left them alone nothing bad would happen. hell, we have been leaving them alone for thousands of years.

2)oil companies are far more evil then i am. i dont fund dictatorships who in turn fund terrorists and destroy the environment.

3)killing things and eating it for fun is the same as killing things for fun.

[TedinLasVegas]

Boy are you out of touch with nature.

1) Wolves are predators. If we don't cull their numbers, too many herbavores are killed - some are needed to feed people and then people die too.

2) You may not do the same evil things that oil companies do, but since we ALL do evil things - neither you nor I are any better.

3) Killing things for food is part of nature; are you so removed from reality to have lost ties with your ancestors? I thought liberals were supposed to be in touch w/ nature.

[sploogersmoof]

1)we destroyed there natural habitats, brought them to near extinction, and dont live off animals found in the wilderness. we have large, elaborate, cattle farms far away from any wolves for that.

2)i dont destroy the ocean and atmosphere. i also do not fund dictatorships who commit genocide(sudan)

3)i eat meat all the time. but unlike sarah i dont think shooting something is fun. and neither do people at slaughterhouses. fun from misery is sadism.

[TedinLasVegas]

Your arguments are self-contradictory and false to boot.

Wolves prey on cows, sheep, chickens, turkeys, and pigs too. Besides, as Sarah (and I) have proven, many people do still eat hunted meat; it tastes better!

Oil companies destroy ocean and atmosphere? Maybe in Algore's delusional mind but not in reality.

[sploogersmoof]

the way i see it, taste is no reason to go out in the woods and shoot shit for your own sick pleasure. you see, we have an entire system set up so you DON'T have to do that. but if you do, fine. justify it any way you like, you are still a sadist. i have been hunting, its not fun, for one, and its pretty cruel when you actually DO shot something.

and like i said, there are not any wolves in the places we raise cattle.

and oil spills and acid rain are indisputable fact.

[TedinLasVegas]

"there are not any wolves in the places we raise cattle"????

You are sane???

[sploogersmoof]

tell me, how many wolves do you think live in Nebraska? how about Kansas?

wolves are ENDANGERED as in, there are not a lot of them. and tell me, how many wolves do you know who can break into a big building? and even if they did, each pack of wolves could probably only eat like, one or two cows. out of thousands.

so, your theory of wolves depleting our food supply is pretty stupid. and we dont eat solely meat either.

[TedinLasVegas]

Oh, and if you hate oil companies sooo much, throw away your computer!

There's a lot of plastics in your computer and plastics are made from refined petroleum (oil).

[sploogersmoof]

i didnt say i hate them, i said they are evil.

prove to me they aren't.

[btownhotties]

Can you?

[wmg111]

Wonderful woman? You base this on what....you think she's pretty? She's fertile? She's an uninformed fundamentalist christian republican?

Thankfully not only liberals think for themselves, but also the majority of centrists do as well. She is rightfully becoming a footnote in the annals of history. I doubt the right wing has learned anything from this failed experiment in voter manipulation, but I can dream.

[TedinLasVegas]

I like that she's a christian republican; it shows she has both a brain and a spirit!

Besides, she's done more for American energy independence in the past 6 months than D'ohBama will do in 4 years.

[mattschlo]

Thanks for making me vomit all over my keyboard.

[wmg111]

Oh dear.

Move along people. Nothing to see here. No actual cognitive activity, merely the regurgitation of fairy tales written to keep the uninquisitive in their place.

When Karl Rove and his ilk plot their strategies they have dolts like you in mind.

[sploogersmoof]

i dont hate her, i just think she is stupid and like to mock her. just like the rest of the world!

in fact, i dont think anybody hates sarah palin. even her enemies love her because she is so easy to discredit.

[wtfoof]

Ted, this just proves what an idiot your truly are.

[btownhotties]

Now she's Jesus?

[Commonsenseification]

In American Politics, a politician that mixes up politics and religious is always hiding some crooked, self serving, mostly financially or sexually motivated matter.

as long as there are American voters willing to stay blind to that fact, America will never be the best it can be.

Any honest religious person should always be outraged if a pastor gets involved in politics or vice versa.

a political candidate who asks for your vote based on being against abortions or gay marriage is Liar.

[btownhotties]

I agree, great comment.

[achampag]

its kinda funny to watch her keep cryin

[justsumdude899]

God, stop giving her press.

[grudgekeeper]

Let me get this. She can't handle the attention she gets and running the state? This is someone that the GOP sees as their future? So admitting incompetence is now a virtue.

[ProfMTH]

Wow, her attorney thought she was clear as a bell and engaging in self-sacrifice. Now there's an objective assessment.

[cryan71]

I quit McDonalds as self-sacrifice too!

[tomiontomion]

I love the quaking in the background.

[killerbandit]

A republican quits and calls it self-sacrifice... I am absolutely shocked!

[437thx1138]

The Neocon blame shift machine gets going. How is this not Palin's fault if she quits when there is no legal action / scandal at all against her.

The party of individual rights and responsibility my a**.

[theastrusmega]

This just goes to show you how she wouldve done had her and Mccain won.

"Why are they talking bad about me?!?!?! I QUIT!"

[SabuPtolemy]

Sarah, if you want to commit an act of 'Self Sacrifice' - as your lawyer puts it - do us ALL a favor and jump off the Bridge to Nowhere (without a life jacket, of course).

[terrence0258]

Calling dumb people dumb is not criticism. Quitting your job for no reason isn't self sacrifice.

[FeelFreeToArgue]

What a truly noble sacrifice. The only more meaningful action she could take would be to give up her national aspirations as well. Let's all pray she finds the courage to do that.

[USFgasoline]

The ones who should be angry about all this are the Alaskans who voted for her. She is reckless and irresponsible by leaving the future of the state to someone Alaskans didnt vote for. finally i would love to see her debate Obama or for that matter point out North Korea on a map.

[matman125]

Looks like "fake" America got a little too real for her.

[bobby200606]

I LOVE YOUR COMMENT!!!

[sachaput]

What a true saint the woman is! She did it for Alaska and her family. Mother Teresa step aside, it's Saint Sarah!

Oh, please!!! Will she be working for Fox by September 1st?

[SevenSixTwoNato]

Likely. If she doesn't get her own spot, she seems well-suited as an adjunct for Huckabee.

[wildpeachatl737]

On behalf of America, thank you Gov. Palin for your willingness to sacrifice yourself for the best interest of the state of Alaska and the country in general. We appreciate it, now let's move on & let her do the same.

There's really nothing to see here, folks and the kitchen got a bit too hot for her taste, I suppose. She really doesn't help the cause of female politicians as the question of being able to balance home and family will contnued to be questioned and this doesn't help the cause.

[toribaltimore]

Sarah Palin's refrigerator magnet for her 2012 campaign:

"Oblivion: I don't know, what I don't know, and I don't care who knows it!"

[ver506]

Lol...yep, that sums it up!

[mikebee02]

This guy says exactly what he needs to in order to keep his job. How hilarious would it be if her own lawyer refused to defend her terrible speaking skills or lack of intellect?

[LifeinaRaindrop]

I would prefer this lawyer as McCain's VP before Palin.

[Richardgwm]

If she "laid exactly the reasons she stepped down", what were they. I still don't know anyone who knows why the hell she quit.

[carrierexchange]

I'm waiting for some asshole to compare her to Jesus on the cross. How fucking pathetic can this get?

[dogstar7]

"...she has become the issue..."

WTF!!!

If Sarah Palin is "the issues" is it because Sarah Palin MADE HERSELF the issue.

Hell-o-oo!

She issued the cockamamie Resignation Statement

She called the press conference

She even sent out her Goddamn attorney to talk to the press afterward!

[flowergirl1313]

Palin needs to learn how to speak in sentences. One of her "thoughts" had 4 or 5 complete ideas and 2 or 3 fragments strung together. Use periods; not commas

[bobparis]

Obviously, the ethics law Palin got passed has a flaw: There's no punishment for Alinskyite thugs who file frivolous complaints.

Palin gave perfectly cogent, honorable reasons for her resignation. Nothing devious. Nothing hidden.

Those Democrats and Republicans who are proclaiming that her career in politics is over: You're forgetting a couple of things. Obama by 2012 will be less popular than Herbert Hoover. And we don't care about "experience." We want INTEGRITY, and the Constitution.

[KataVideo]

boobparis, pretty funny. "Palin gave perfectly cogent.."

In what respect, charlie?

she rambled, & it wasn't that she failed to connect the dots.

she didn't introduce any dots.

"Nothing devious. Nothing hidden."

Nothing said. just like she never articulated a position on a topical issue, save for the gop red meat crap like abortion.

"Obama by 2012.."

if you're so good at predicting the future, why isn't she vice president right now, dripping cyanide into president mccain's starbucks coffee?

[junkforkaryn]

aha! so you're the one she's talking about when she says "the world needs more trigs"...i get it now! well, if she keeps on breeding, she might actually have a constituency.

[carrierexchange]

Did you actually watch her press conference or are you just making this stuff up?

[toribaltimore]

Do you speak another language besides English? If so, you should probably try to write in that language.

Most Americans don't speak "Palien."

[oldtownkid]

We don't know how things will look like in 2012, but comparing Obama to Hoover and beleiving that Palin has a chance after this, is all wishful thinking. Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, unemployment rate was 7.5%, in 1983 it was 10.8%, that's when it started going down slowly, 1983 is also when re-election camp started. Reagan was re-elected , why, because people sensed some progress. If health care passes and the unemployment rate is at least 7.5% by 2012, the GOP is toast, whoever it is!

[EmperorAtahualpa]

Oldtownkid, thank you so much for posting this. Seriously! You see, I'm not necessarily agreeing or disagreeing with you, but right now I'm writing a master's thesis about economic voting in the Netherlands. Reading comments such as yours gives me a whole lot of motivation. :) So thanks again!

[SabuPtolemy]

"We want INTEGRITY, and the Constitution. "

Then we're in luck since the majority of Americans can still tell shit from shinola and Sarah Palin stands neither for integrity nor the Constitution (which, for one, recognizes the separation of Church and State and does not advocate a theocracy).

[bobparis]

Theocracy. Puh-leeeze.

I realize that "theocracy" is just a code-word for "a country in which people are not allowed to murder their babies."

[SabuPtolemy]

People aren't "murdering babies", numbnuts - they merely decide not to carry embryos to full term.

BIG DIFFERENCE!

Furthermore, I've always found it ironic that you anti-choice Nazis are so concerned about an embryo but once these unwanted kids are here you bitch and complain about women on welfare with too many kids you don't want to support with taxpayer money. And hardly any of you volunteer to adopt these kids either.

Typical Republican hypocrites.

[bernlin2000]

You can murder your baby in every country in the world, but there are consequences (jail, death, etc) for doing so. I decided to take what you said literally since what you actually meant was devoid of all sense and completely untrue.

[BigPurple121]

When someone this fanatical, fickle & incompetent is thinking about running for president, it is imperative to put her through as much scrutiny as possible

[CynicalSavior]

What a bunch of bullshit. I can't believe there is anyone in this country that still tried to defend this piece of shit.

[zidmt]

2 years and she calls it quits, I wouldn't be suprised if she takes the 2 years to get ready to run in 2012. She thinks 2 years will help her not fail like she did in 2008, but she dosen't know; you can't polish a turd.

[SgtMcCuddles]

spin spin spin... "i refuse to quit.. by quitting".. absolutely gripping arguments made by her camp

[MISSBEBEBLUE]

she lost in the election and she has just quit her job as governor =

a loser and a quitter

[BigPurple121]

don't forget about dropping out of college

[rickamabob13]

Don't forget about resigning as the Ethics Supervisor of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in Jan '04.

[joplintech]

The only thing Palen is qualified for now is a Reality show on Fox or a few pages in Playboy.

[robinvan1983]

i bet that will happen in a few months time :D

[Philinspaces]

Her message is "ME FIRST". That is such crap about saving money for the state. She is a quitter and a self promoter. It is sad and shows she is a LOSER.

[MrHelldogger]

The Japanese said the same thing about General McAurthor.

[Philinspaces]

just so you know, McArthur was a murderer and a rouge. He attacked the Bonus Marchers in D.C. without authorization and killed some U.S. veterans of WW1. He staged photo opportunitys as if he really did something. he was a jerk. So, really your comparison is appropriate.

[DarkManS32]

Palin is not Jesus. Move on... please. :(