Politically speaking, 'If I die, I die.'

[tngirl]

Palin: Politically speaking, 'If I die, I die.'


By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer Dan Joling, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 57 mins ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sarah Palin says she's not a quitter, she's a fighter, but adds that, politically speaking, "if I die, I die. So be it."
The Alaska governor spoke in taped interviews on ABC, NBC and CNN broadcast Tuesday morning.
She told CNN that "all options are on the table" for her future.
But told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she recognizes she might not have political staying power after her surprise resignation Friday, which came just as she had been expected to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 GOP presidential run.
"I said before ... 'You know, politically speaking, if I die, I die. So be it,'" she said.
Speaking in fishing waders from the town of Dillingham, Palin said her administration has been paralyzed by fending off frivolous lawsuits.
"I'm not going to take the comfortable path. I'm going to take the right path for the state," she said of her resignation, which she characterized as a matter of progressing in an unconventional way.
"That caught people off guard. ... It's out of the box and unconventional. That's what we are as Alaskans and certainly how I am as a public servant."
Palin said she doesn't think she needs a title to affect "positive change," but added that she can't see herself being totally out of public service.
Palin is returning to the public eye four days after her bombshell announcement, albeit in a place far removed from the glare of the national media: in a remote fishing village 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Palin was scheduled to appear in Kotzebue to sign a bill designed to bring public safety officers to small towns. Kotzebue, a town of about 3,000 people, is 550 miles northwest of Anchorage and lies on a spit of sand at the end of a peninsula.
There has been speculation that she has some legal issue that is not yet known to the public. But her lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday that she has no legal problems whatsoever, and simply is tired of the hostile political climate, legal bills and other distractions.
"She is leaving now because I think she believes that she has become the issue, rightly or wrongly, with all these ethics complaints and with the issues involving the Legislature, the combativeness they've been demonstrating toward her since she returned from the campaign," Thomas Van Flein said.
"I think she believes it's in the best interest of the state to progress forward, for her to move on to other issues."
Palin has become a lightning rod for partisan politics in Alaska since her return from the 2008 presidential campaign after John McCain selected her as his running mate for the GOP ticket. She has racked up an estimated $500,000 in legal bills defending the flurry of ethics complaints, including one filed Monday that alleges she is violating ethics law by taking per diem payments when she stays in her Wasilla home instead of the governor's mansion in Juneau.
In addition, her relationship with Democrats in the state Senate — once among her staunchest allies — deteriorated in the last session.
At the state Capitol in Juneau, the "Time to Make a Difference" clock that counted the time left in Palin's term was taken down from the wall outside her office. And people from around the country called up her office to inquire about the situation, as did a few cruise ship tourists who made the trek to the Capitol.
The young woman at the desk outside Palin's office was busy answering phones.
"Yes, she is getting swamped with e-mails," the woman tells one caller. "Yes, they do get forwarded to the appropriate person."
"Unfortunately, we are having a back load of e-mails so it will take some to get a response," she tells another.
Where is she? Why is she stepping down? When is her last day? Why so soon?
The tour guide tried to politely answer the questions for the tourists when she could, but for the most part had no answers.
Some of the visitors left Palin messages in a guest log.
"Sarah — Please Stay!" one person wrote.
Kathy Waldo-Gilbert, a registered Democrat from Iowa who was on her honeymoon in Alaska, said she was especially disappointed because she believes that Palin's early departure from the governor's job will make it harder for other women who want to be taken seriously in high-profile positions. Waldo-Gilbert voted Republican for the first time in last year's presidential election.
"When things get hard, you stick around," she said.
Erika Fagerstrom, executive residential manager at the governor's mansion, said Palin and her family will be missed. Even though Palin lived most of the time at her home in Wasilla, she spent "quite a bit" of time at the stately columned mansion near the capitol building, she said.
"We are sad to see her go. They are a great family," she said.
Palin will be succeeded by Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who has announced he will seek to retain the office in the 2010 election.
State Rep. John Harris, a former House speaker and Republican from Valdez, announced Monday that he's preparing to file paperwork with state election officials in a bid for governor.
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AP Writer Mary Pemberton contributed to this report from Juneau.

Doesn't sound like a quitter to me and she actually realizes the consequences of leaving office early.

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[SHELBYDOG]

But told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she recognizes she might not have political staying power after her surprise resignation Friday, which came just as she had been expected to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 GOP presidential run.

Resignation
A resignation is the formal act of giving up or quitting one's office or position.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation

Sounds to me like it is what it is................

[pepperpot]

Perhaps she is doing it for the 'right' reasons.......but it's not a 'plus' in my eyes to vote for her in the future. I want people (officials) to do things for the 'right reason', but I also want them to be committed to their jobs, if they can't....they can't.

[SHELBYDOG]

Personally I'm glad she's quitting, whatever the reason be for the good or for the bad, she's still quitting, bottom line.

[tngirl]

Geez, how do some people get caught up in the definition of a word...lol. There are so many different definitions and uses of any particular word. Amazing how some people cannot spread their thoughts wide enough to envelope them all.

Besides, like the article says, she realizes what her resignation will mean to her political future. And as I stated in another thread, I personally would not vote for her for POTUS after her resignation as governor. But, I do still like her. I think she has balls and has taken a lot of gruff since her nomination for VP last year and believe she has handled herself well.

[pepperpot]

........ I personally would not vote for her for POTUS after her resignation as governor. But, I do still like her. I think she has balls and has taken a lot of gruff since her nomination for VP last year and believe she has handled herself well.

[SHELBYDOG]

Geez, how do some people get caught up in the definition of a word...lol. There are so many different definitions and uses of any particular word. Amazing how some people cannot spread their thoughts wide enough to envelope them all.

I've often thought the same exact thing with all the Obama threads that the words get turned, twisted, changed, ect., in here.

Resignation only means 1 thing no matter how one wants to twist & turn it.

[gmyers]

Resigning, quitting who cares.

[justice250]

She's very brave, I admire her.

[Jolie Rouge]

Monday, July 6, 2009
New Frivolous Ethics Complaint Filed Against Governor Palin
By Tim Lindell

Anti-Palin blogger Geoffrey Dunn at the Huffington Post:

In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act.

Zane Henning -- a conservative government watchdog from the governor's hometown of Wasilla and an oilfield worker on Alaska's North Slope -- asserts in a letter to Alaska Attorney General Daniel S. Sullivan that Palin has "been charging and pocketing per diem to live in her home and has used the process for a personal gain since being elected."

Please note that, true to form, Henning published his frivolous complaint in a press release, violating the confidentiality provisions of the Executive Ethics Act.

( Previously debunked the bogus per diem claims here http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...-diem-tax.html and here http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...murkowski.html )

UPDATE: For those who may have forgotten, Henning was the same guy who filed an ethics complaint against the Governor for doing an interview in her office. It was tossed out, of course.... http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...dismissed.html


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Poll on O'reilly about Palin need to vote now. Results should be shown at end of show.

http://www.billoreilly.com/

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This works in Sarah's favor - it is easily debunked - and it once again explains to the MSM (who can't seem to understand) why she has to leave office.

Perfect timing for Sarah. Her ennemies are starting to become her friends!

"If Palin decides to make an example of [Shannyn** Moore and files a suit against her, by the time the blogger finishes trying to defend herself, even if Palin does not get a judgement against her, the costs can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars."

http://www.examiner.com/x-2547-Watch...-in-legal-fees

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Here is an example of a Liberal Blogger who crosses the line ( JMHO ) :

[quote]How Celtic Diva Treats Trig Palin
By Joseph Russo
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2...rig-palin.html


Here is how Alaska Democratic party operative Linda Kellen Biegel, aka "Celtic Diva," treats an image of Trig Palin. Take a look at how Biegel edited this picture of Trig:



Disgusting. You should be ashamed of yourself. Is this the position of the Alaska Democratic party? Keep in mind that she was the official Alaska blogger for the DNC.

Does Bob Poe, who attended a Q&A with Linda Biegel, approve of this?

Update: (H/T K.Carpenter) Biegel's blog is advertised on the Alaska Democrat's website.

As noted above, Linda Kellen Biegel was the official Alaskan blogger at the DNC convention. The DNC platform states:

"We believe that standing up for our country means standing up against sexism and all intolerance. Demeaning portrayals of women cheapen our debates, dampen the dreams of our daughters, and deny us the contributions of too many. Responsibility lies with us all."
(DNC 2008 Platform, Sec. I, Page 16.)

Ask the local Democrats in Alaska to chime in on this and explain whether they approve of what Biegel did to a photo of Gov. Palin holding her special needs son.

UPDATE II by RAM: This was the post that Biegel wrote in response to the public outcry her sick photo has sparked:

It's called "Baby Burke" because it's Eddie Burke...basically his probable second-biggest fantasy about the Governor.

She is claiming that it was a photoshop of the Alaska radio talk show host Eddie Burke being held in Gov. Palin's arms.



That photo was iconic. It meant a great deal to parents of special needs children. I recall listening to Bill Bennett discuss it the day after the speech with Laura Ingraham on her radio show. He said that it was beautiful how she turned her son around in her arms to show him -- as if to show the world that he was perfect and precious. It was a silent rebuke to a world that is too often indifferent to those who live with special needs. What a horrible and cheap thing to do to take that photo and make it ugly.

The photoshop doesn't look at all like Eddie. It simply looks like a grotesque manipulation of Gov. Palin's beautiful baby boy. It was a tasteless and heartless thing to do. It was the sort of thing a person who is sick with hatred would do.

And to then make a sexist suggestion about Eddie Burke and the governor is just too much. Biegel is objectifying the governor. Turning her into a sex object and suggesting that Eddie's admiration of her is nothing more than hormonal.

Why do they always attack her for her "femaleness" -- for her appearance or her attractiveness as a woman or her role as a mother? It's crude and sexist. It's not okay.

Let your voices be heard. Email the AK Democrats and ask if they approve of this.

UPDATE III by RAM: For those of you who might be unaware, Linda Kellen Biegel was one of the people who filed a frivolous ethics complaint against Gov. Palin. Her complaint claimed that the governor abused the Ethics Act because she wore a jacket with with the logo of the company that sponsors her husband in the Iron Dog snowmachine race. Biegel's ridiculous complaint was, of course, dismissed, but not after costing the governor thousands of dollars in legal debt to defend herself.

[speedygirl]

There are a$$holes that are both liberal and conservative that say the most ridiculous, outrageous things. The more we pay attention to them or pass their info on to others just gives them a sense of power and the cycle continues. Ignore them and without the ego-feed, hopefully they'll go away. Some bloggers get a lot more credit then they deserve because some morons take their personal opinions as facts.