ad7d/1246652198-palin.jpgVia MSNBC:

WASILLA, Alaska – Sarah Palin announced Friday she plans to resign as governor of Alaska in a few weeks, saying she will try to “affect positive change” from outside government.

She is handing the reins over to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who will be sworn in on July 25. Parnell and most of Palin’s cabinet were present at the announcement.

“We know we can affect positive change outside government at this moment in time on another scale and actually make a difference,” she said, adding that politics had become a “superficial, wasteful bloodsport.”

Palin plans to leave behind the “superficial, wasteful bloodsport” of politics for more wholesome activities such as, say, AERIAL WOLF MURDER.

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64 replies on “Palin to Step Down as Governor”

  5. Here you go, Massive Attack: I think if her career wasn’t over before, it is now. People who walk away from their elected jobs in the middle of their terms don’t get nominated for President. I do think she has tremendous value as a traveling sideshow freak, demonstrating to all far and wide how disastrously out of control the Republican Party is. From this moment forward, every time she opens her mouth on TV, a million more Republican voters defect.

    @48, come and get me, babe. I’m right there on Google Earth; I’m sure your buddy can tell you how to find me. I’m waiting for you. I’ll even let you take the first shot for free.

  6. @48, well, at least I know how to spell “guerilla” and “corps.” But then, I guess someone with such a tiny little dick has better things than spelling to worry about. But hey, as long as your mother isn’t complaining about it, I guess it’s OK.

  7. So if she thinks she can effect more change outside the wasteful bloodsport that is politics…

    does that mean she’s becoming a community organizer?

  8. stale copypasta takes out the slog loser dream team of Big Toe Fnarf and Shitty-Poo-Eighty, Hook, line and sinker!

  9. Oh, if only politics truly was an actual bloodsport. Instead of a filibuster, a congressperson’s last resort would be a deathmatch in THE OCTAGON. Oh! Or, better yet, they could build a barb-wire PENTAGON inside the ACTUAL Pentagon. CSPAN’s ratings would skyrocket.

  11. From those who should know @ http://www.themudflats.net

    “Of course, those who have been follwing the Alaska blogosphere closely are aware of the rumors bubbling up that there’s something big…something really big that’s headed her way; the iceberg that’s headed for the S.S. Palin. We’ll see.”

    Lots of juicy speculation in comments, which have moved to HuffPo after mudflats’ server crashed.

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