Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, didn't wait long to put out some hints for what she's going to do with her political life and what it might look like after leaves office at the end of the month. After staying out of the public eye for the most of Saturday, after she announced how she was leaving her job as governor, Palin indicated on a social network site that she would be taking on a larger, more national, and high calling role to unite the country along conservative lines. Oh God.Palin wrote on her Facebook, "I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint." Sarah's spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, confirmed that Sarah Palin did right this entry.
Sarah even shocked her most personal friend's on Friday when she told them about resigning on July 26 which is more than a year before her first term ends. The hockey mom has not revealed many details of any bigger plans or national agenda. Sarah Palin has cast herself as a victim and blasted the media. She should that the responses she had recieven were predictable and out of touch.
She had also released a statement saying, "How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country. And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing the term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make."
The abruptness about her announcement and the mystery surrounding her future plans have made a widespread speculation. But Sarah Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein on Saturday warned legal action may be taken against bloggers and publications that reprint what he calls fraudelint claims. Well fellow bloggers, be careful what you post. I guess there'll be a lot of sueing going on considering that the internet is always posting lies!
I guess maybe not everyone has gotten this mesage since notobly liberal Alaskan blogger, Shannyn Moore, are not claiming that the fact is Sarah Palin resigned because she is under federal investigation for embezzlement and other wrongdoing according to Thomas Van Flein. He also added, "This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law." I do hope they know that the web and the media tend to propagate a lot of things, shit happens.
He also told the Anchorage Daily News that Sarah Palin wasn't in any criminal jeopardy.... unfortunately because that would have made a good story. Flein also I guess wants to stress more that she is not under any criminal investigation whatever. I repeat, it is a zero percent change. Even the FBI claimed Saturday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is not investigating Sarah Palin as a governor, a mayor or anything to the Los Angeles Times for a story that was printed today.
Agent Eric Gonzalaz, the bureau spokesman continued to stress that the rumors to Palin being investigated is not true at all. I guess they really want us to know. Sarah Palin has kept a low profile since her sudden announcement on Friday at a hastily called news conference at her home in surburban Wasilla, outside Anchorage. All her public communications have been through Facebook and Twitter or through statements released by her office.
Palin had also informed her spokesman, David Murrow, early Saturday that someone was using her name, "exgovsarahpalin," on Twitter and was spreading a false rumor that there was to be a party at her suburban home in Wasilla, outside Anchorage. Sarah was afraid her home would be mobbed and security was dispatched, says David Murrow. I wonder who wanted to pull that prank on her.
A few weeks before Palin steps down, Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, takes her place, the governer spent the 4th of July weekend at the state capital, Juneau, but was only spotted briefly on the sidelines of the city's parade. Like last year, she had been invited to a ride in a convertible but she never told organizers weither she was attending or not.
Juneau parade director, Jean Sztuk, said officials drew up banners in case Sarah Palin showed and was willing to take part. As the last of the parade's clowns and marching bands headed past her, Sztuk gave up on Sarah showing up. She had added, "What governor wants to be at the end of a parade?"
Her low profile and keep em coming internet messages left a bunch of questions about her plans for the future which she for some reason is keeping a mystery. I'm scared of the surprise but still very curious. Will she lay on the groundwork for the 2010 presidential bid? Will she find a high-profile place in the private sector, maybe on the speech circuit? Or will she hopefully drop out of the limelight and focus on her kids? But then again she does entertain me. Without her what will I blog about?
Well anyways, her constituents, for one, wanted to know, especially in Jeneau, wanted to know how did she win over residents. State Senator Dennis Egan said that he thinks Palin should at least owe it to Alaskans to explain her reasoning. Dennis Egan is the son of Alaska's first governor, Bill Egan.
Egan who was hosting a 50th anniversary statehood ceremony, said he was dissapointed that Palin didn't finish her term which wasn't supposed to end till 2010. He also added that it was sad she abondaned Alaskans at such a critical time. He was also appointed a Sarah Palin to an open seat on the last day of the legislation session in April, after a protacted battle with Senate Democrats.
Sarah Palin's departure can't come soon enough for Laurel Carlton, a waitress at the Capital Cafe in the Baranof Hotel, where the city's political movers and shakers meet every morning before walking the blocks on the Capitol. Laurel feels like Sarah Palin's had a game plan that didn't involve Alaska and hasn't for a long time.
Carlton has also noted that Sarah Palin has a book deal. She seems to be heading for the national stage. Laurel Carlton is a girl I can like especially since she added, "If you're not going to stay and do your job every day, you should leave anyway, and so the sooner the better so somebody can step in and actually do the job. We don't care. We just want her gone." I think I love this woman.
Sarah Palin, who's popularity in Alaska has warned amid ongoing ethics investigations, gave many reasons for stepping down. She didn't want to be a lame-duck governor, she was tired of tasteless jokes aimed at her five children, including her son Trig, who has down syndrome (I'm sorry but joking about shit like that is pretty low), and she felt she could do more in another, still-to-be-defined role.
John McCain didn't rule out a return to politics for his former running mate. On Saturday he said he believes Sarah Palin will continue to play an important leadership role in the Republician Party and our nation. He didn't dish out any more details. Even Parnell who plans to run for re-election after finishing out Palin's term, said he was shocked at first when he learned about his boss' decision.
He adds, "But then as she begins to articulate her reasons, I begin to understand better. And nobody unless they've been in her position and understood what she has gone through and dealt with and who she is as a person really understands."
- Associated Press
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