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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blog.newsweek.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx</link><description>Governor Sarah Palin's shock resignation last week prompted yet another round of colorful punditry on the woeful state of the Republican Party. If Palin does seek the GOP nomination in 2012, not only will she have an exceedingly short political resume,</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)</generator><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1078177</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:32:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1078177</guid><dc:creator>Winski</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Palin sounds and acts so stupid it won't get to the point of being applicable !&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: The Gaggle</category></item><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1078205</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:34:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1078205</guid><dc:creator>Dredd</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;What kind of office can she hang on to if she doesn't want to hang on to any office? DUH!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/07/get-back-joe-joe-get-back-loretta.html"&gt;http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/07/get-back-joe-joe-get-back-loretta.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: The Gaggle</category></item><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1078457</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:46:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1078457</guid><dc:creator>Omaar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Can You SEE Sarah Palin Debating National, International Policy &amp;amp; Business Strategy with Newt Gingrich &amp;amp; Mitt Romney ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Witch would be a &amp;nbsp;Laugh Out Riot !!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She's not &amp;nbsp;even a &amp;nbsp;[1 Term Governor] so her not having a Political Position is Meaningless as would be her &amp;nbsp;Running for ANY OFFICE GOING FORWARD.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She's a [Quitter] [Irresponsible] [Self Absorbed] [Self Centered] [Selfish]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She's Not [Presidential]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She's a [Hollow,Floating,Bubble]&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: The Gaggle</category></item><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1078656</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:10:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1078656</guid><dc:creator>Debunked!</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I thought Clinton was attacked badly but I think Palin has gotten worse treatment than Clinton. She's been called everything from a slutty flight attendent, stupid, undereducated to being a hillbilly! Not to mention the horrible attacks made on her children. Of the subject but I find her husband to be a cutie!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The attacks on her are so vicious so that means one thing----------she must be doing something right and apparently she is a huge threat to so many! Dems and Republicans!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I tell you I am liking this lady more and more..........I love her independent streak! Sarah does what she want REGARDLESS of what others think! Her gut feeling drives her NOT what is politically convenient or politically normal! I don't know what the future holds but I do know that as long as she stay true to what she believes, her values and what she says, I will be supportive of her! Sarah, keep doing what ya doing and keep smilin while the haters keep hatin!!! &amp;nbsp;You only need to worry when they stop trying to dog you! Let all of the negativity drive and motivate you,,,,,,,,,,You will be vindicated in the end!! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: The Gaggle</category></item><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1079034</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:55:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1079034</guid><dc:creator>Morgan2008</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I think Sarah Palin has what it takes to be a success at whatever endeavor she pursues next. &amp;nbsp;The main thing going for her is genuiness. &amp;nbsp;She is the epitomy of a REAL American pioneer woman. &amp;nbsp;Sarah Palin has the ability to think outside the box and she shows a lot of courage. &amp;nbsp;There is more than one way to skin a cat. &amp;nbsp;Sarah Palin is a person I would trust to do the right thing as a leader of America. &amp;nbsp;It is a real turnoff of the media for the way they ridicule Sarah Palin. &amp;nbsp;Frankly, I don't like and don't trust Barack Obama. &amp;nbsp;Everything about Obama just seems too staged! &amp;nbsp; It is a turnoff the way the media fawns over Obama and downplays negative news about him. &amp;nbsp;Also, I think Obama's agenda for himself and America will hurt our nation. &amp;nbsp;Hopefully, congress will block most of his socialist agenda. &amp;nbsp; I didn't vote for Obama this time and the way things are going I won't vote for Obama next time either. &amp;nbsp;My opinion is the sooner we get rid of Obama and Nancy Pelosi the better off America will be.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: The Gaggle</category></item><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1079226</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:40:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1079226</guid><dc:creator>MJ000777</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The woman obviously scares Liberals so much that they have to demonize her endlessly. &amp;nbsp;She has more Guts and common sense than the entire Dem party combined. &amp;nbsp;Obama is a Disaster and not very sensical. &amp;nbsp;Sure he has lots of book smarts, but so little common sense. We need to get rid of him and as many Liberals as possible in the coming elections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wake Up America. &amp;nbsp; Obama Lied and the Economy Died. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;It's the Economy Stupid&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; I remember a certain Democrat President ran an entire campain on that motto sometime back, but I guess it shouldn't apply now according to Liberals.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: The Gaggle</category></item><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1079614</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:16:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1079614</guid><dc:creator>labman57</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;So I was reading over Sarah Palin's pre-Independence Day speech, reflecting on the inarticulate manner in which she announced her resignation, trying to decipher the rambling, disjointed reasons that she gave for her decision, basically trying to make sense of it all, and this is what I came up with...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She's not a quitter. &amp;nbsp;Had she remained in office and finished her first gubernatorial term, then she would be a quitter. &amp;nbsp;Huh? &amp;nbsp;That can't be right.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh, I know. &amp;nbsp;She's a dead fish swimming upstream. &amp;nbsp;No, that doesn't make sense either.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How about this? &amp;nbsp;She's the starting point guard on her basketball team playing in the championship game. &amp;nbsp;It's midway through the third quarter and her team is down by ten points. &amp;nbsp;She drives down the court, passes the ball to a teammate, and...promptly takes herself out of the game, grabs a couple of pom poms, and spends the rest of the 2nd half on the sidelines hanging out with the cheerleaders. &amp;nbsp;What? &amp;nbsp;Hmmm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I've got it. &amp;nbsp;She's tired of all of the local ethics investigations and media intrusion into her personal family life, so naturally she has decided to move her act onto the national stage where nobody will bother her. &amp;nbsp;No, huh?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, after carefully analyzing her speech, I've finally come to the conclusion that Sarah Palin is simply a rebel without a clue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh, come on now. &amp;nbsp;Who are we kidding? &amp;nbsp;Palin betrayed her constituency and quit her job midterm because she saw the opportunity to cash in and make big bucks on the national lecture circuit and in paid television appearances. &amp;nbsp;Dollars over duty. &amp;nbsp;Cash over constituency.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;End of story.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: The Gaggle</category></item><item><title>re: Palin's Resignation: Will Holding Office Matter in 2012?</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/07/08/palin-s-resignation-will-holding-office-matter-in-2012.aspx#1087814</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:21:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1087814</guid><dc:creator>brt929</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Posted By: Morgan2008 (July 10, 2009 at 6:55 AM) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think Sarah Palin has what it takes to be a success at whatever endeavor she pursues next. &amp;nbsp;The main thing going for her is genuiness. &amp;nbsp;She is the epitomy of a REAL American pioneer woman. &amp;nbsp;Sarah Palin has the ability to think outside the box and she shows a lot of courage. &amp;nbsp;There is more than one way to skin a cat. &amp;nbsp;Sarah Palin is a person I would trust to do the right thing as a leader of America&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*******&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You mean such &amp;quot;genius&amp;quot; as her recent Washington Post commentary against Cap and Trade, when the state of Alaska has everything to gain by &amp;quot;Cap and Trade?&amp;quot; The fact that the natural gas line that she claims to take credit for, (even though it will be years before the first shovel is raised) would only benefit from Cap and Trade- something she forgot to acknowledge in her poorly written and her puerile commentary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Did you know that Bernie Madoff investors considered him to be a genius? &amp;nbsp;I wonder what they are saying now. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think you confuse &amp;quot;genius&amp;quot; with deception and guile. &amp;nbsp;You are right, she appears to be a master at that- she was elected Governor without the basic character or administrative skills necessary for that office. &amp;nbsp;It amazes me that she managed to get herself elected after her tenure as mayor left the city of Wasilla in unnecessary debt. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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