Palin resigns

[plagiarism]

The lieutenant governor says she's "Alaska's greatest gift to the United States." Send everyone a bushel of king crabs next time, OK Alaska?

[MARV]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Seeing Red Fan[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by mar￾ã[/i]
<br> I say she had an affair.
[/quote]Why would you say that? What makes you the expert?[/quote]

Sudden, rushed and awkward resignations in the political arena often follow or precede scandalous personal activities. Scroll down to the Sex Scandal part of this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_ ... ted_States

I guess you can call anybody who watches the news (or reads a Wiki page) "an expert" but it's all really speculation. I'd be curious to know what your guess on the matter is, if you weren't so obviously here to make pot-shots and not adhere to the discussion.

Seeing Red Fan, I see you just joined our community so let me be the first to officially welcome you. I can't help but notice that you post under a spoofed IP address. I'd like to share my thoughts.

There are very good reasons for anonymity. Anonymous free speech is indeed supported by the Supreme Court as "vital to the democratic discourse." Yet despite all the valid reasons and protestations to the contrary anonymity still can be a coward's way of blogging - at least on those sites (like music discussion boards) where the discourse is not about life or death situations. I'm tired of hearing the canard about anonymity being the "new communication." Whether new or old, when someone makes a statement on a blog or website - critical or otherwise - the individual should take ownership. Often the most critical commenter is one who hides behind the mask. Doesn't this invalidate the comment and the commenter? Should an anonymous retort have the same weight as a signed one?

Anonymity devalues the discourse because it removes the principle virtue from a point of view - the context. I want to know who I am listening or talking to and I'm certain the anonymous ones would prefer that too.

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[SallyLightfoot]

[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by SallyLightfoot[/i]
<br>Bizarre. Looks like she's done in politics. Time for her to sign a multi-million dollar book deal.
[/quote]

My first thought was that now she can devote her time fully to the 2012 campaign. And of course make a lot of money making speeches as a private citizen.
[/quote]I agree about the public speeches, but how could she run for President (or even Vice President) after abruptly quitting your first-term state governor job only midway through? That there is political suicide. I think she is leaving her thankless governorship to cash in on her celebrity.

[ghosty]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SallyLightfoot[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by SallyLightfoot[/i]
<br>Bizarre. Looks like she's done in politics. Time for her to sign a multi-million dollar book deal.
[/quote]

My first thought was that now she can devote her time fully to the 2012 campaign. And of course make a lot of money making speeches as a private citizen.
[/quote]I agree about the public speeches, but how could she run for President (or even Vice President) after abruptly quitting your first-term state governor job only midway through? That there is political suicide. I think she is leaving her thankless governorship to cash in on her celebrity.
[/quote]



I'm hearing through the grapevine that she's moving to Los Angeles and getting a talk show.