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Anonymous | 1:10 a.m. July 6, 2009

The game Palin was in was ugly, dangerous and rigged. Her party and fellow republican did not come to her aid or protect her, she was on the court by herself with a vicious opponent. Where is even common decency in this country. Letterman hit the low mark. If she is out of politics, she left with grace and her head held high. God bless Palin and her sweet family.

Reason | 1:35 a.m. July 6, 2009

I truly hope she’s not ending her political career. She is a smart, competent leader who actually believes in the Constitution, if you can imagine such a thing.

Timj | 4:41 a.m. July 6, 2009

"A good point guard doesn't follow a good pass by walking off the court."
They do if they just fouled out. Or if they're about to just foul out...

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Anonymous | 6:55 a.m. July 6, 2009

Nice letter, Mr. Samuelson. But she's more than unstable. She's absolutely stupid. And uninformed. And ignorant of her own ignorance. I pray that she will just disappear, out of the limelight, left only to raise her brood of kids.

uncannygunman | 8:00 a.m. July 6, 2009

I wish no ill health on John McCain, but if he does become incapacitated sometime in the next seven years we will be reminded of how close we came to having nutty Sarah Palin running the country (assuming she hadn't quit yet).

Honest Luke | 8:05 a.m. July 6, 2009

She does walk off the court if she knows that's what's best for the team. It's called self-sacrifice. What Palin did for the people of Alaska is what Bill Clinton would have done for all Americans had he been driven by honor, rather than ego.

Anonymous | 8:14 a.m. July 6, 2009

Palin is the most selfish politician I have seen in 54 years. It's all about her, and then blame others for her miscues. Go away, Palin!

Good thing she's gone | 8:20 a.m. July 6, 2009

Her rambling wreck of a resignation speech was tedious. Nobody is even sure what she said.
She is dumber than a mud fence, and a huge liability to the GOP.

Thank GOD that the senile old fart and the ditzy broad were not elected.
Mike

to reason | 8:39 a.m. July 6, 2009

Only a person without any brains at all thinks Palin is smart.

Hypocrisy | 8:56 a.m. July 6, 2009

I'm sorry, but Palin resembled more a bumbling, fumbling, unintelligent, hillbilly, and completely incompetent Greg Ostertag than a smooth, clever, intelligent, capable, leader like John Stockton or Deron Williams.

Roger | 9:33 a.m. July 6, 2009

Palin has the potential to become america's female Bob Hope, she is funny and she has the features, antics, and material to pull it off. She will make a good comedian, but a real poor political leader.

Gus Talwynd | 11:19 a.m. July 6, 2009

The metaphor becomes even better if the reference is made about the Center. As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin was the central person responsible for looking after the people of her state. However, she decided to surrender that position and give the people of Alaska a slap in the face.

She decided she didn't want that job anymore. For whatever reason, her actions are an indicator of her commitment to the task. This speaks volumes about her character and is an indicator of how she would be in national office.

What would people say if David Petraeus, commanding General for Afganistan and Iraq, were to just up and quit his job because it's become too controversial? It a sure bet he would never occupy a similar position ever again!

AB | 12:36 p.m. July 6, 2009

Even the best point guards have to leave the game when the opponent plays dirty. When every time you go for a shot and the other team cuts your legs out from under you and then spits in your face while you're lying on the ground,and then goes into the stands and slaps your children, eventually you'll get so beat up you have to leave the game. What's even worse is when the referees turn their heads away to avoid calling the fouls.

To: Good thing she's gone | 1:29 p.m. July 6, 2009

The one's who are dumber than a mud fence are those who still believe electing Obama was a good idea. Palin may not be the best choice, but she would have been better than what we have. The vitrol from the left is a good indicator that there is more to her than meets the eye. They are obviously afraid of her.

Dear AB | 1:35 p.m. July 6, 2009

There you go again. When will you realize that you are championing the cause of a corpse, the Republican party?
But we love to see you squirm.
Keep writing pal. The pain, hand-wringing, and crying from the right are SUCH a pleasure for us.
You and your kind ran our country into the gutter, and now you stand there, shaking your fist.

Please continue to post and let us see your pain and suffering. It does us good.

Have a nice day.
Mike

Dave | 1:45 p.m. July 6, 2009

Regardless of how qualified or not Palin happens to be, she's accomplished 10x more than BHO in her career as a politician and would've been a thousand times better than the wolf in sheep's clothing we have in office now. It's always been a shameful reflection on our society to see how the liberal media is believed by those uneducated followers out there. Good thing BHO will be gone in 4 years, hopefully he hasn't utterly destroyed our country and what our forefathers worked and died for by then.

jake | 2:36 p.m. July 6, 2009

Palin proved Obama to be a fool, and she refused to have an abortion. That's why liberals hate her guts. But what I don't understand is why these men would talk about a woman like they do. Are their mothers proud of them?

Dear Dave | 3:14 p.m. July 6, 2009

BHO is going to be our president for 7 1/2 more years.
The republicans haven't got a clue whom to offer up, nor any clue as to how to run a country.
Read this and weep.
And you can thank the GOP themselves for all this.
It is they who shot themselves in the foot, staging a senile mad old man alongside a goofy dame.
That's the best you have?
You better HOPE that the democrats hold sway for a few terms. God help us otherwise.
Carrie

Silva | 3:56 p.m. July 6, 2009

She's the Keith Mccleod of politics!

One Word | 4:29 p.m. July 6, 2009

Housegate.

Google it.

AB | 4:52 p.m. July 6, 2009

Dear Mike,
"My kind" is what will save this country from the inexperienced, weak, socialist dictator currently in office. And Im sorry to hear you cry when the truth is revelaed. When your taxes are at the highest margin nearing 80-90%, or when North Korea has dropped a bomb on Honolulu and spineless Obama has done nothing but beg the UN for more sanctions,and your still blindly follwing this moron like all the other lefty sheep, we'll eventually take back power and right the ship and you'll be begging us to forgive your ignorance. Maybe Ill let you work for me and teach you how real life works. Maybe not....

Big Stockton Fan | 5:15 p.m. July 6, 2009

Ummm. . .
In what way was Sarah Palin abused? Really, I don't get it.
She was a complete unknown, elevated to prominence in the middle of a Presidential campaign. She gave a pretty good introductory speech, in which she said 'here I am, here's what I've done.' So the media checked out her credentials, and it turned out, she'd padded her resume. They reported inconsistencies. That's normal; that's the kind of scrutiny she should have expected. She was given the opportunity, under carefully controlled circumstances, to introduce herself to the American people. Katie Couric interviewed her, and she pretty well bombed. Comedians lampooned her--that's also normal. Every bit of commentary I ever saw about her family was either complimentary or sympathetic. And absolutely nobody attacked Trig, or her for having Trig, as she's implied. David Letterman made one joke. Tasteless and unfunny and mostly aimed at Alex Rodriguez, and also no big deal. And he apologized, twice. I keep hearing all this stuff about how abused Palin is, and I don't get it. She's a politician. She should expect media scrutiny and snarky comedians.

Anonymous | 5:55 p.m. July 6, 2009

Yeah it a lot better to give some crazy marxist/communist nut with a MESSIAH complex access to the nuclear codes.

Anonymous | 6:14 p.m. July 6, 2009

"Yeah it a lot better to give some crazy marxist/communist nut with a MESSIAH complex access to the nuclear codes." LOL. The messiah thing was a creation of the conservative propaganda machine. They had to attack being popular and strike fear in conservatives. You proved it worked. :-)

Obama made over $2,000,000 selling books in the free market and that's socialism.

Seriously; why do you have such deep contempt for Americans? I have lived here 55 years. I have never known a socialist. I lived in California. I've worked paying as much as $20,000 a year in just income taxes. I'm single and I made up for those who don't pay because of their children. I pay to educate there kids. Being a veteran taught me the value of civic duty and that life isn't just about me.

I've never know anyone whose didn't dream of making it big starting a business or exploiting hard word, intelligence or talent.

America is over two hundred years old. Capitalism is ingrained in our DNA.

You can't have faith in a nation in its people if you hate it.

Westg323 | 7:46 p.m. July 6, 2009

The onslaught over media coverage has greatly magnified her every move. Darn near anyone would look bad with such a viscious partisan and sexist pack of wolves at their back. No wonder she quit. Family is more important.That is not quitting.

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