In a press conference set up in her “Barbecue Backyard,” Alaska governor and former vice-presidential nominee, Sarah Palin announced that she was quitting her job.

With husband and “chief advisor” Todd Palin, a high-schooler, beside her, birds chirping in the background, and what sounded like a moose “calling,” Governor Palin swung from left-field, unleashing a diatribe in trademark fashion — no commas, no fullstops, no pauses — just a fusillade of “patriotic” chants, “freedom” rants, and a heavy dose of “tea-bags” thrown at President Obama’s stimulus money — noting that America should be spending more money in Afghanistan and Iraq, “killing innocent civilians”, rather than helping the destitute ravaged by a bad economy.

Sarah Palin may be a hero to the extreme right, to me she is a “BIGOT ENABLER,” a KLAN-WOMAN, as evidenced during her 2008 run with quisling John McCain.

Now, Palin is not only a BIGOT, a WITCH and a WINKER, but also a QUITTER!

“The world needs more Trigs,” said Palin, referring to her Downs Syndrome child, a child she bore to suffer in this world, despite advice from doctors. Trig, forever, is doomed to a life with lower than average cognitive ability, moderate developmental disability and possibly, severe to profound mental disability.

Yeah, the world needs more of those!

I am not being mean to the child, he didn’t choose to be what he is right now, the mother (Palin) did, in spite of professional advice from her doctors. She did it to prove a point — that she is PRO-LIFE, a treacherous Republican delusion that one must bear a child even if it is thoroughly obvious that the child will live a sub-standard half-assed life of mental and physical ineptitude.

Sarah also used her barbecue yard press conference to blast bloggers and sundry — her tormentors, who she once called: “Bored, anonymous, and pathetic.”

Well, this one isn’t.

Gov. Palin, what President Obama takes in daily from the imbeciles on the right is one thousand times what you are complaining about, and he remains cool as a cucumber.

You are done Sarah. You never were presidential material …you hypocrite! Finally, you have done ONE “right thing” — please go back to being the what you should be — a “Mrs. Nobody Know-it-All.” A housewife, chosen by mere chance.

Why is Sarah Palin Resigning?

The Huffington Post reports that: “For weeks the rumors of a criminal investigation against the governor have been brewing.” Also, writing for the Daily Beast, Max Blumenthal pinpointed a burgeoning story that may be the source of the rumblings in Alaska:

Many political observers in Alaska are fixated on rumors that federal investigators have been seizing paperwork from SBS in recent months, searching for evidence that Palin and her husband Todd steered lucrative contracts to the well-connected company in exchange for gifts like the construction of their home on pristine Lake Lucille in 2002. The home was built just two months before Palin began campaigning for governor, a job which would have provided her enhanced power to grant building contracts in the wide open state.

From CNN: After Palin’s announcement, the Democratic National Committee blasted her “bizarre behavior.”

“Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long-shot national political ambitions, or she simply can’t handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down,” DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse said.

“Either way, her decision to abandon her post and the people of Alaska who elected her continues a pattern of bizarre behavior that more than anything else may explain the decision she made today.”

Alaska’s senior senator, Lisa Murkowski, was not happy with Palin’s decision.

“I am deeply disappointed that the governor has decided to abandon the state and her constituents before her term has concluded,” the Republican said via satellite phone from interior Alaska, her office said.

Murkowski is the daughter of former Gov. Frank Murkowski, whom Palin defeated in the 2006 gubernatorial primary.

Republican strategist and CNN contributor Ed Rollins said that, to a certain extent, Palin’s announcement makes her look “terribly inept.”

“I think everyone is shocked by this, and I think to a certain extent everyone is going to assume there’s another story. You don’t just quit with a year and a half to go. You certainly don’t do this as a stepping stone to run for president. You finish the job that you’re in, and obviously she’s not doing that,” he said.

“I think people are going to be very suspicious because of the timing. You don’t quit on the Friday of a three-day holiday. If you are going to do this, you think it through; you give a good speech,” Rollins said.

However, CNN Republican strategist Mary Matalin said she thought the move was “really brilliant” on Palin’s part, though she admitted she was surprised when she heard the news.

“Her delivery was incredible. If you’re a less charismatic person, you probably couldn’t pull it off,” Matalin said. “[Now] she will be freed up and liberated the way Mitt Romney is to raise money and get political chips by spending it and getting political capital. And she is still raising the kinds of crowds and money she always did.”

Now, Matalin says, Palin must focus on “putting up with the conventional wisdom” that this was a bad move and travel the country to drum up support for a presidential run.

“She takes that target off her back with a good record to launch from,” Matalin said.

When asked whether it’s possible Palin stepped down because of negative news that has not emerged, Matalin referenced Palin’s own words that investigators have dug through research in the ethics investigation.

“We presume if there was anything else, we would know it by now,” Matalin said.

In an interview last month with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Palin said she was unsure about her re-election bid because she needed to focus on her state and her family.

“So, no decision yet on either 2010 or let alone 2012?” Blitzer asked.

“No decision that I’d want to announce today,” Palin responded. [ READ MORE ]

Pundits React

References:

1. Now, Sarah’s Folly — Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy. As Alaskans settled in to enjoy holiday salmon bakes and the post-solstice thaw, their governor had a solipsistic meltdown so strange it made Sparky Sanford look like a model of stability. [ READ MORE ]

2. Sarah’s Straight Talk — Sarah Barracuda made her big announcement Friday afternoon on the lawn of her home to an audience that appeared to include only Todd, the kids and the next-door neighbors. Smiling manically, she looked like a parody of the woman who knocked the Republicans dead at their convention. She babbled about her parents’ refrigerator magnet, which apparently had a lot of wise advice. And she recalled her visit with the troops in Kosovo, whose dedication and determination inspired her to … resign. [ READ MORE ]

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