Palin resigns as governor of Alaska

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by cacophony

it's like the deodorant i saw at the store this evening. it was regular old secret solid but the cap now has a sticker on it that says, "for life's OMG moments." like a bunch of marketing people got in a room and said, "what is it all the kids are saying these days? OMG? okay let's put it on our tube of pitwax and teens will surely buy it!"

hahahahaha...

[Future Proof]

http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-Gay--Lesbian-Issues-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Sarah-Palin-said-to-be-facing-federal-indictment-for-embezzlement?cid=exrss-Gay--Lesbian-Issues-Examiner

Loose sources at the moment, but intriguing. Perhaps this is what she meant when she said that she wanted to help America -- if she lands in a federal prison then she'll be in capivity with Americans hailing from many states...

[//\/\/]

you only become a 'lame-duck' when you're into your final term. anybody calling themselves a 'lame-duck' half way into a first term is simply 'lame'. she's bailing out.

that speech is also totally bizarre. she's scarier than bush ever was - playing the politics of stupid. if you want to see how it plays with her 'base' - check the resignation comments thread at malkin

"anybody who can shoot and skin a moose gets my vote..." nice to know democracy's in good hands, ain't it?

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

she's scarier than bush ever was - playing the politics of stupid.

Sums it up perfectly.

I'm hearing lots of opponents urging her to run in 2012 in the belief that it will destroy the Repubs' chances.

Honestly, I wish I could be so confident. (That's even without a terrorist outrage or something else occurring in the intervening period to boost the chances of politicians with simplistic messages)

[kagenaki koe]

i'd like to dedicate a song for Sarah Palin..."I hope you have the time of your life...."

[cacophony]

thanks, american media:

http://i44.tinypic.com/sg4u8z.jpg

[Deckard]

I often check cnn.com and feel utterly bewildered by their bizarre 'news' priorities.

They make an already unenticing homepage even worse by turning some survey or poll or 'CNN investigation' or highly localized human interest fluff their lead story.

[Future Proof]

Originally Posted by cacophony

thanks, american media:

http://i44.tinypic.com/sg4u8z.jpg

Very unfitting for the liberal media, if you believed everything that Sarah Palin told us then every news outlet should be running wild with her story and preparing for a witch trial!

God I hate Sarah Palin, I seriously am hoping for a bad ending for this so it erases her completely off the political map, even if it means listening to the media drone on and on about it for a couple of weeks.

[Strangelet]

I got a minute in before the gag reflex hit. She honestly sounds like she moonlights as the voice over walmart speakers calling attention to an exciting sale of kathy lee gifford clothing over in the women's section.

[cacophony]

i've been reading quite a bit of commentary about this and there are two camps of speculation:

1) she made the announcement on the evening before july 4th to disappear into the nation's biggest news hole and dodge a lot of media attention.

2) she timed the announcement for the opposite effect, to dominate what is otherwise a typically soft-news cycle.

interestingly i'm not sure either theory pans out. look at google trends:

1. 4th of july
2. nathan s hot dog eating contest
3. joey chestnut
4. wimbledon finals 2009
5. staples center michael jackson tickets
6. sarah palin federal indictment
7. independence day quotes
8. kobayashi
9. happy 4th of july myspace comments
10. declaration of independence text

she's beat out by july 4th, wimbledon, and two entries for a hotdog eating contest. theory #2 doesn't really pan out for her if that really was her intention. and as for theory #1, that doesn't really pan out either because the trended term in the top 10 is about federal indictment charges, which are only rumored in the most tenuous way, but the concept is still dominating the most popular search term containing her name.

and remember, this is google. even our moms know how to use google. this isn't like trended topics on daily kos.

also, for any non-american members who really want to know what 4th of july means in america, the full google trends list is wonderful:

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X

i see homemade ice cream, flag cake, and costco hours on there.