I'm not aware of this at all. Sure Sarah was mocked, and maybe Bristol at times, but Trig? Sounds like another straw man argument.

This latest display reminds me of Susan Lucci playing Erica Kane on All My Children, if Erica Kane were to become governor of some state. Weird.

....just a comment that A Governor doesn't have to be particularly 'moral', or hardworking, or intelligent, or actually want to do his/her best for his/her state. Any fool can be elected governor. Any fool. Just look around you, past and present. It's a nowhere job. I think she's leaving without a thought for politics (as far as, like, governing a state) because Fox News is giving her a boxcar full of money to spout her ignorance on TV. That's all.

She couldn't wait until the end of her term to get a gig on Fox. There will be an announcement of a TV job shortly, where she can "change politics more effectively from the outside."

For someone with ambition well beyond her ability, actually trying to effectively manage the government of Alaska doesn't feed her massive ego. It is a small state. According to Wikipedia (2008): Alaska population: 686,293. if it were a county it would rank 75th in population (smaller than Suffolk Co, MA, larger than El Paso Co., TX). If it were a city, it would rank 19th, smaller than Charlotte, bigger than Memphis.

I get a kick watching her speak and bomb. But she has her adoring fans that will watch.

Canker sore? Hysterical!

Yesterday I saw this commercial where a bunch of people were having "brain farts" because no one knew the answer to some question.

A classroom of people whose heads were emitting fart sounds.

A guy walks in, gives them the answer, and says "at least open a window or something".

For some reason (I can't imagine what) Sarah's every utterance reminds me of this ad.

She does leave a bad after-odor.

Politically astute as GOP panderers would cheer. But I guess jumping ship as the State goes thru trouble is an admirable Republican principle.

Doesn't Palin realize that she just gave SNL a plot line to follow for months, years?

She's like a hick Mary Tyler Moore off to throw her hat figuratively in the national political ring. To hell with her day job, you know, GOVERNOR of the state. Bye!Sarah has to do Sarah now.

I'm appalled yet gleeful. This woman truly is the gift that keeps on giving.

Did not make much sense to me. And this was a prepared statement!

"It throws the attack machine of the left realing"

No kidding? "realing?" LMFAO, illiterate boob. She's a media whore, and I guarantee you we WILL have Palin to kick around for a LONG time to come. Palin will be the one reeling (note the correct spelling, libby).

She's attacked because she's a dim bulb with a fadingly pretty face, and is wrong about almost everything. No wonder you like her. She most likely gives you a stiffy.

Now, watch how many candidates actually WANT her to speak. It will be surprisingly few, for All About Me Palin will use the opportunity to a) talk about herself, and b) sound like the blithering idiot she is. Neither will be particularly good for candidate X.

Only a dipshit would support Palin for anything other than Bimbo of the Year.

A little quick on the straw man accusation there--there's quite a bit of "Trig" fodder out there if you're inclined to spend a minute or so looking, especially in relation to Palin's views on abortion.

I honestly can't blame the lady if she really is just fed up, but at the same time, she'll be doing us all a favor if she just gets out and stays gone. Fingers and toes crossed!

I'm thinking there's legal trouble brewing, and it would result in her being *forced* to resign. This way she makes it look like her choice. For now. But the truth, whatever it is, will out, and she will still be facing some pretty unpleasant music.

BRILLIANT satire!! Absolutely brilliant!

As others have pointed out, that quote ("We're attacking in another direction") is attributed to Major Gen. Oliver Smith, not MacArthur. Who are her speech writers?

On the other hand, they managed to equate continuing to do the job you were elected to do with taking "the quitter's way out."

Sarah Palin gave a long rambling speech which essentially said:

"I'm no quitter, so I quit."

Sarah Palin can't stand the heat, so she's getting out of the kitchen.

Obviously the strong, fearless leader that America needs in a time of crisis!

if it weren't so frightening that she could've been 2nd in line for President.

horklet: Were those loons in the background?

I'm not sure, but I think they were gulls. Either way, I was too paralyzed with hilarity even to laugh when the clip opened with the image of Sarah talking, but nothing but the cackle of the gulls coming out of her mouth.

She sounded like a child resigning as Student Council president.

And poor Piper, who either needed to pick a wedgie, or had stepped in seagull poo...that girl is going to write quite the memoir some day. And how did four kids answer "yeah" and one answer "hell yeah?" Surely Trig isn't talking yet?

I'm constantly overestimating the intelligence of most of mainstream America...but that video ALONE might be all it takes to shoot down her 2012 candidacy.

I'm happy for her too. Really. It's not every call girl who cis that successful, but hey - she fucked Alaska so thoroughly I'm SURE she's due millions.

Doomsday is near!!

She's going to be some kind of female Rush Limbaugh purging the country of vipers and claiming the territory for her African witch doctor.

The Bible doesn't say rich people go to hell; the Bible says it's extremely difficult for rich people to go to heaven if their hearts are attached to their worldly possessions.

Sorry, couldn't resist...; )