But she said a major factor in the decision was the mounting legal bills she and the state have had to incur to fight ethics charges from her political adversaries. None of the accusations have been proved but, she said, the costs of fighting them have been enormous.

Like she said in article if taken at face value, she is doing a good thing, saving her state and herself from endless legal bills.

like I said...she gave reasons. people want to argue about the reasons she gave

1. if it is a legal issue....she may not be able to talk a lot about it until it's settled
2. if it is a personal reason...then it's personal.

either way...she gave a reason but it's still not good enough

An article I read yesterday, quoting her attorney, said that part of the reason why she resigned were the comments made by David Letterman. I'm sure that will look great on a resume...

"Why did you quit your last job?"

"The media was mean to me."

i see that winx...what 9 pages of assuming? she gave her reason and it's still not good enough. she doesn't owe anyone any more. she's gone...someone else took her place

Think the wardrobe will end up in a museum?

I for one am gonna miss her - she has great style in shoes

Rose,

Other things have been discussed too. This is all on the news too.

Are you saying that you want this thread to end?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/07/palin.resignation/index.html

"I am not a quitter. I am a fighter," Palin told CNN on Monday while on a family fishing trip, on the heels of her Friday bombshell announcement that she was resigning as Alaska's governor.

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On Monday, her personal lawyer also spoke about her resignation.
No legal "bombshell" or personal scandal lies behind Palin's resignation, but off-color jokes by talk-show host David Letterman contributed to her decision to step down, Thomas Van Flein said

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And he said Letterman's early June joke about one of her daughters being "knocked up" by New York Yankees outfielder Alex Rodriguez "demonstrated to her that there's some sort of disconnect here."
"When people don't accept normal bounds of decency making jokes like that about children, maybe this is not good for the state right now," Van Flein said. "And maybe somebody else who is not the subject, and whose family is not the subject of this scrutiny, can move the state forward."
Letterman said the joke was aimed at Palin's older daughter, Bristol, who had a son with her high-school boyfriend in December. However, Palin was in New York traveling with her 14-year-old daughter Willow at the time, and she accused Letterman of making jokes about sex with an underage girl.
The CBS "Late Show" host ultimately apologized, saying "If you have to explain the joke, it's not a very good joke."

Sorry, Sarah. What you are doing would be the very definition of the word quitter.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/07/palin.resignation/index.html

"I am not a quitter. I am a fighter," Palin told CNN on Monday while on a family fishing trip, on the heels of her Friday bombshell announcement that she was resigning as Alaska's governor.

(snip)

On Monday, her personal lawyer also spoke about her resignation.
No legal "bombshell" or personal scandal lies behind Palin's resignation, but off-color jokes by talk-show host David Letterman contributed to her decision to step down, Thomas Van Flein said

(snip)

And he said Letterman's early June joke about one of her daughters being "knocked up" by New York Yankees outfielder Alex Rodriguez "demonstrated to her that there's some sort of disconnect here."
"When people don't accept normal bounds of decency making jokes like that about children, maybe this is not good for the state right now," Van Flein said. "And maybe somebody else who is not the subject, and whose family is not the subject of this scrutiny, can move the state forward."
Letterman said the joke was aimed at Palin's older daughter, Bristol, who had a son with her high-school boyfriend in December. However, Palin was in New York traveling with her 14-year-old daughter Willow at the time, and she accused Letterman of making jokes about sex with an underage girl.
The CBS "Late Show" host ultimately apologized, saying "If you have to explain the joke, it's not a very good joke."

Sorry, Sarah. What you are doing would be the very definition of the word quitter.

She said that she's not a quitter and that she's a fighter?!

She said that she's not a quitter and that she's a fighter?!

what's wrong with that, I used to say I was happily married

Yep. Like I said before "whack-a-doodle"