My Dad doesn't think so.

You really think so? I think she looks like Squidward to be quite honest.

Winx,

Does your dad watch Spongebob?

Why do you ask?

In all fairness, a lot of people DID take her seriously. It could be that she is resigning for the good of her State.

I wish Hunter S. Thompson had lived to see this.

As Hunter said, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Sarah Palin makes Mark Foley, the congressman who sent filthy emails to pages look almost normal. She makes David Vitter, the senator who was hanging out with hookers, look almost boring. She makes Larry Craig, caught hitting on a cop in a men's room, look almost stable. She makes John Ensign, the senator who was having an affair with a staffer, look almost humdrum (and compared to the rest of the GOP whack-jobs, he is). And she makes Mark Sanford, the governor with the Latin lover, look positively predictable.

It was an almost impossible mission, but in resigning from office with 17 months to go in her first term, Sarah Palin has made herself the bull goose loony of the GOP.

Let's stipulate that if there is some heretofore unknown personal, medical or family crisis, this was the right move. But Gov. Palin didn't say anything like that. Her statement was incoherent, bizarre and juvenile. The text, as posted on Gov. Palin's official website (here), uses 2,549 words and 18 exclamation points. Lincoln freed the slaves with 719 words and nary an exclamation; Mr. Jefferson declared our independence in 1,322 words and, again, no exclamation points. Nixon resigned the presidency in 1,796 words -- still no exclamation points. Gov. Palin capitalized words at random - whole words, like "TO," "HELP," and "AND," and the first letter of "Troops."

Gov. Palin's official announcement that she is resigning as chief executive of the great state of Alaska had all the depth and gravitas of a 13-year-old's review of the Jonas Brothers' album on Facebook. She even quoted her parents' refrigerator magnet. (Note to self: if one of my kids becomes governor, throw away the refrigerator magnet that says: "Murray's Oyster Bar: We Shuck Em, You Suck Em!") She put her son's name in quotations marks. Why? Who knows. She writes, "I promised efficiencies and effectiveness!?" Was she exclaiming or questioning? I get it: both! And I don't even know what to make of a sentence that reads:

*((Gotta put First Things First))*

Ponder the fact that Rupert Murdoch's Harper Collins publishing house is paying this, umm, writer $11 million for a book. Ponder that and say a prayer for Ms. Palin's editor.

I'm no latter-day Strunk & White, just a guy who was struck by Palin's spectacularly rambling and infantile prose. It bespeaks a rambling and infantile mind. But perhaps not. Perhaps this is all a ruse. Perhaps Gov. Palin wants us to believe she's an intellectual featherweight who is slightly shallower than an actor on High School Musical. Maybe she's trying to throw us off the trail.

Naah. A lot of people thought that about George W. Bush. He couldn't be so block-headed, they said. He couldn't be as childish and churlish as he came off. Oh yes he could. And so, too, might Ms. Palin be as vapid and puerile as her inane statement suggests.

We will know. In the fullness of time (and I predict, not much time) we will know. Again and again in her statement, Gov. Palin returned to the nettlesome ethics inquiries that have been visited upon her since she signed on to be John McCain's running mate. No doubt they are annoying. But does anyone believe that's why she's resigning? No, there's more to this story. And Ms. Palin's resignation only increases the chances that we will all know the rest of the story soon. Or, as she might put it:

We will all KNOW the "rest of the Story" *((SOON!))*

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/sarah-palin-turns-pro_b_225633.html

No kidding. {the Hope & Change part}

For someone who is supposed to be a flake (according to some) she sure gets people riled up.

Palin got "caught up" in something that they are not telling us. That is why when she made the announcement it sounded like she had gone all the way off her rocker.

Hopefully she does run in 2012 cause it will guarentee that the republicans will be out of it for another term. If stupid Rush runs it will also guarentee the repubs will be out of it for 2012

Some people do get riled up over stupidity. She was the most shallow and ignorant VP nominee I have ever seen. Of course I am only 45 so that only gives me about 6 or so elections to speak from.

ever hear of Al Gore...and...all his global warming nonsense ?...

Well, she's shown now that she can't even finish her job. That's pretty bad.

Yup, she even makes him look good...lol

She used the same excuse I used when breaking up with a girlfriend when I was in my 20's and 30's " its best for you if I move on"

Imagine had gore not had that election stolen what a better world it would be. No Bankrupting wars better fuel economy on cars, possibly not the insane run up in gas prices..... the list goes on and on...........

and maybe no Obama !...right ?... ...

To me it just seems funny. Obama is in office and one of his campain slogans was about uniting our country. But all it seems dems do is put people down. Sara Palin for one and the tea parties. The way dems go around calling people names and trying to make them out to be something they are not, doesnt seem to me to be a way of uniting our country. JMO

So then is it bad that Obama didnt finish his senate term?

That's funny that you see it that way. This past election showed me that it was the Republicans that do the name calling.

I was on the way to see fireworks last night with my family. We talked about Palin's resignation and recalled how vile she was with calling Obama names at her rallies and how Rush talks. I even asked my Dad why some Republicans are like that. We can't relate to talking like that.

I know both sides do it. But how does that get anywhere near uniting the country.