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Sarah Palin resigning as Alaska governor The Wasilla soap opera just gets weirder as Palin complains critics are "picking apart a good point guard"
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  • remember when we all laughed about narcissist quote

    Well maybe not so funny, she seems full on crazy with the heat and maybe the monumental eqo snapped under the strain

    Se resigns and become what? Faux anchor...

    God would truly reveal a sense of irony that revils tha platypus thingy

  • WEIRD doesn't even touch it

    There's more to this story than meets the eye. Paraphrasing Bette Davis in "All About Eve" -- "Fasten your seat belts, we're in for a bumpy couple of months" while the real, full story unfolds.

    Or as Matt Drudge might put it: "Palin resigns -- DEVELOPING"

  • Alternate theory

    Sorry to post twice in such rapid succession, but let me be the first to speculate wildly in this direction:

    Maybe Palin and Mark Sanford found out that THEY are really soulmates, after working together in the Republican Governors Conference.

    Heh, heh...

  • Looks like perhaps

    she's gonna need time to distance herself from whatever new dirt may be about to be unearthed. Maybe?

  • Speculations

    a. She's indeed pregnant again.

    b. She has cancer or some other serious disease.

    c. Todd's been caught screwing around—ahem!—on the Appalachian Trail.

    d. She's about to be indicted for something.

    e. She's as crazy as a rabid dog in August.

    I think c) and e) are most likely. In any case, I hope this plays out in the public eye, because this shit is entertaining. The best outcome is that she's launching a fact-finding committee prior to a Senate run, like the über-bimbo would know a fact if it bit her on her shapely behind.

  • This gal

    is seven different kinds of stupid. I'm going to miss it. A little.

  • My Theory

    Perhaps she wants to take some time off to hike the Appalachian Trail, I understand it's very popular these days among the GOP.

  • This woman is bloody deranged

    And she was a vice-presidential candidate? A narrow escape, America.

  • She's loony

    So... she's decided not to run for reelection. That makes her a lame duck. And according to Palin, lame ducks just travel around on the taxpayer's dime on trade missions and suchlike.

    Just what changes in a governor's duties if she runs for reelection? I guess in that case, she just travels around on the taxpayer's dime running for office.

    Now we know how she managed to raise all those kids: she doesn't have much to do with herself as governor.

  • She's got a new career waiting for her...

    ...taking on David Letterman in "Celebrity Death Match."

  • Somewhere Readerreader

    .... is getting aroused.... his girl, soon announce her candidacy for pres...

  • Methinks that she found out that Alex did indeed visit

    Bristol.

  • Friday before the 4th

    Must have figured no more celebrities were going to conveniently die.

  • Upon rethinking, I realize that she is honest about helping Alaska

    How better to do it by resigning?

  • " a full court press... on the national level"

    If one puts oneself in the national spotlight, as Palin did, and one acts like a fool, then the response will be national.

    Whatever the real reason for Palin's resignation, it can't be any weirder than the other goings on in the rightwingnut meltdown "on the national level".

  • I wonder if we'll ever know...

    ...just what it is that somebody has on her that has caused her to resign. I'm still waiting to find out what damaging situation caused Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico to turn down the Obama administration job as Secretary of Whatever-it-was-Supposed-to-Be. Geez, what is it with governors lately?

  • Her resignation was so strange

    Rambling, one subject to the next then suddenly it was about the soldiers, don't forget to thank the soldiers. WTF? That little press conference, can we call it a press conference, she did not take questions. Well that press conference was so much worse than the Sanford one, it was more than crazy. Is some other shoe about to drop here? This just seems strange, you can't go on to win a national election after giving up office for what amounts to no reason at all at this point. What will we find out next?

  • "call an audible"

    in a basketball game?

    OK.

  • She's as crazy as a rabid dog in August.

    Oh that one was great! Picking myself up off the floor.

    Maybe God sent her an email that said STFU.

    But seriously, something more is coming and I, for one, cannot wait!

    ~Jo

  • So she's quitting cause the press is harassing her?

    There goes her presidential run. Assuming her story stands, how will she stand up to the very valid criticism that she couldn't even fulfill one term as governor because of medial pressure, so how could she be president.

  • Sarah, Total Rogue:

    I love this job (but I'm quitting it).

    I love Alaska (but we're moving).

    They keep dissing Trig (when I keep bringing him up).

    It's not politics as usual (but a totally new kind of politics).

    I'm passing the ball for the team (and walking off the court).

    The decision's been a long time coming (but especially this week).

    Trust me (I'm making this up as I go along).

    Dear Sarah - this does not you a candidate make.

  • @RichEmery

    I had much the same idea last week, when I fantasized on my Facebook page about Palin getting caught "hiking the Appalachian Trail" with Mitt Romney.

    This is going to be delicious...

  • Advance to the rear...

    Yes this is what a good leader does; claims that criticism is damaging their ability to lead? How's that again? This does not bode well for a presidential run. It certainly wasn't sexism that brought this house of cards down. It was a case of ambition outstripping character and accomplishment.

  • From this... to the Presidency?

    How can Governor Palin do this and still think she's a credible candidate for anything, much less the Presidency? The first question is going to be, why should we believe you'll stick around when things get tough when you bailed on your first term as Governor?

  • Oh Happy Day!

    The word is spreading like wildfire here in Alaska and people are coming into my office with big smiles on their faces doing the happy dance. We haven't had a real Governor for months, if not years. All the folks I know in the Legislature will be thrilled to get back to the business of policy making rather than soundbites. For all its vast size, Alaska really is one big small town. We know our politicians very, very well. They live and work in our small towns. Most of them work hard and try to do the right thing be they left, right or center. Before Palin's era, it didn't much matter what your politics were as long as you brought home that new money for the ballfield, or hospital wing or new fire station. I hope we can return to that kind of civil politics again when she is gone.

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