Palin stepped down today, 17months before her first term would have ended! What a great resume to talk about Executive experience. On July 3, Palin announced her resignation and America breathed a little more calm. One less Fundamental Evangelical Neo-Con Republican away from politics. Both Ensign and Sanford should take note at what she did today!
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (CNN) -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska's governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning "to chart a new course to advance the state."Her approval rating has dipped to 40%.
"Now people who know me, they know how much I love this state ... I feel it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical, politics-as-usual, lame-duck session in one's last year in office," Palin said, just moments before Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell was sworn in as governor.
"With this decision, now I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right and for the truth," Palin continued. "And I have never felt you need a title to do that."
Palin devoted much of her last address to a rundown of her accomplishments as governor, including winning legislative approval for a massive natural gas pipeline. She said she governed "with fiscal restraint."
"What I promised, we accomplished," she told the mostly supportive crowd.
Palin has been a polarizing figure in the Republican Party since August, when then-presidential candidate John McCain made her his pick for vice president. At the time, little was known about the first-term governor. Within days, Palin's face and strong personality was splashed across newspapers, magazines and tabloids.
The 45-year-old mother of five startled the political world earlier this month with her announcement that she was resigning as Alaska's governor. The decision to step down a year and a half before her term ends and her often-disjointed July 3 resignation speech fueled days of debate among political analysts.
She has attributed the decision to tremendous pressure, time and the financial burden of a litany of ethics complaints in the past several months. The complaints were without merit and took away from the job she wanted to do for Alaskans, Palin has said.
On Sunday, Palin recalled promising ethics reform as a gubernatorial candidate, saying, "We promised it, and now it is the law."
A nationwide poll released Friday indicates that a majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of the outgoing governor. But the ABC News/Washington Post survey also suggested that seven out of 10 Republican voters maintain a positive opinion of Palin.
Fifty-three percent of those questioned in the poll view Palin negatively, with four in 10 holding a positive view of her. The survey suggests that among those respondents, there is doubt about Palin's leadership skills and her understanding of intricate issues.
Fifty-seven percent said they don't think Palin understands complex issues, and 54 percent do not feel she is a strong leader. Link
Palin has been late night comedy gold because many Christian idiots keep thinking she's Presidential material. We the Liberals and progressives aren't afraid of her, we're just laughing at her followers. The female messiah with an IQ of a houseplant!
Now she is a free agent to do whatever she wants to do to make money (and from what I hear, lots of it)! Certainly her Christian values in living a humble and meek life will take a backseat when the million dollar signs of capitalism are flashing before her winky eyes! Well, good for her!
A book deal and we all know she will milk the media market - the same media that she professed as the evil empire of lies and distaste. But again, the color of money will hide her disgust for the media. We all worship the al-mighty dollar!
Conservatives say we will not see the last of Sarah Palin but if America sees her emerge in 2012 as a candidate for the Presidency, forget the Democrats; the Republicans will eat her alive during the Primaries.
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