It was Limbaugh that called Chelsea Clinton the White House dog. But in 1998 McCain did tell a tastless joke about Chelsea at some republican gathering, "why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father." Real knee slapper huh?

which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead.

....politically speaking, let's hope.

Now maybe her successor will be someone with a shred of decency and will stop the senseless cruel slaughter of Alaska's wolves.

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that it was Rush Limbaugh who called Chelsea Clinton the "White House dog." McCain said some pretty despicable things during his campaign, but he did not stoop quite that low.

Some here seem to have done both. Last night, having seen the short one, I thought she sounded manic. Since then, I've watched the whole thing at the Alaska station website KTUU. She does set up more of a context, and talks more fully about frivolous (sic) ethics lawsuits, etc. Then she goes more off track (er, out of bounds, bad point guard!) near the end, in the second clip.

Like most here, I think quitting (midterm) your elected office for anything smaller than a terminal diagnosis of self or a femily member; or moving to a larger elected office (and sometimes that is dicey, too) indicates no sense of government service. And Palin, being herself, is difficult enough. But I was struck at the different impression watching these two parts made, even though there didn't seem to be obvious editing, aside from time, or getting to the meat of her remarks.

Yeah, and the right never hated Clinton.

What short memories. Clinton was called a "murderer" and McCain called 13-year old Chelsea "ugly" and compared her to a dog. In fact, Clinton was so hated by the right that they spent $6 million trying to pin something on him and the best they could do was prove he got a blow job and lied about it.

Al Gore was painted as a "liar" (which all evidence proves he was not), and he was ridiculed for everything from his demeanor to his clothes.

John Kerry, a confirmed war hero, was speciously attacked for "lying" about his service and his war wounds were ridiculed. His wife was likewise hated and ridiculed unmercifully.

And you guys are whining because we on the left hated bush for what he actually DID during his tenure - others have written exhaustive lists here? We actually witnessed the war of choice and the poor treatment of our soldiers and vets, the destruction of our economy and our environment and the respect we held around the world, the war profiteering . . .

And we hated it.

The right on the other hand, hated and attacked every democratic candidate with a white hot fever, just because they were democrats.

After all the attacks on all democrats for decades, you expect us to feel bad because we call Palin for what she is: an ignorant and arrogant nut who thinks god talks to her and runs for the second highest office in the nation without even knowing what the job entails, and someone who fomented hatred at her rallies until people yelled "Kill him [Obama]" and she only smiled, attacking Obama unmercifully over nonsense and who now cries that the media has been "mean" to her.

Highly hypocritical to whine over what liberals say about Palin after ridiculing John Kerry's war wounds AT THE RNC.

We will now witness the real Sarah.

And the libs are terrified.

In '10 they'll start to lose control of Congress.

Then USA will be reinstated to normalcy after Sarah wins in '12. ACORN be damned.

But don't take my word for it. Hide and watch.

I really am curious to know what you mean by, "The USA will be reinstated to normalcy." What is normalcy, as you see it?

I listened to the video and I even read the text of the speech and I still don't understand what that woman is talking about. It's not coherent to me. Why is she leaving......not that I care. She needs to have an interperter with her whenever she comments. anyway, Bye.

i sense a horrified reluctance to watch, as one among us, possibly suffering mental illness, embarrasses herself... perhaps those who love her are urging her to step down before her condition unravels more publicly?

Just look what The Bamster is giving us. Wait till tomorrow.

According to reporting all over, there may be a federal embezzlement indictment over Palin's house. One report says her house in Wasilla and the sports complex built during her tenure are said to feature the ’same windows, same wood, same products, and Max Blumenthal has even more at the Daily Beast. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-03/did-a-scandal-sink-the-uss-palin/?cid=hp:mainpromo2

Maybe this has already been discussed, sorry if it is a repeat. However, this would be the most likely scenario because to just up and resign is a very strange and shocking behavior for someone who has the need to run for national office. If there is an indictment is on the way, I can completely understand why she resigned right now. She needs to get out ahead of this and make some money. There will be substantial legal bills involved if this actually happens to be the case. Brad blog has more reporting on this subject as well. Happy reading!

but this is the opening act for her presidential ambitions. Running a state in a bad economy where budgets don't really balance on their own is not fun anymore so she is putting herself first and saying good bye.

she is now free to go on talk shows, make money, talk to adoring GOP crowds

if we elect her in the future to anything other than dog catcher we deserve what we get.

Aurora borealis will come south when the time comes for the great showdown in '12. Without McCain to stifle her.

... about Bristol being Trig's actual mother, not Sarah. This video makes a great case:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEQdYdCfl60

Watch and make up your own mind... it's pretty obvious to me.