Palin Reason For Quitting Appears To Be False

The Plum Line:

One of the chief reasons Sarah Palin has given for resigning as Governor of Alaska is that her state's taxpayers are being forced to spend money defending her government against ethics complaints that would otherwise fund teachers, cops, and road repair.

But in response to our questions, a spokesperson for the Alaska governor's office just gave us new information that casts serious doubt on this assertion. The revelation makes the resignation episode even stranger, and raises fresh questions about the real reasons for her abrupt departure.

Read the whole story: The Plum Line

Comments

[sleek]

Sarah Palin is the biggest hoax in US political history.

[mudkitten]

Word.

[Fishstory]

Yep.

[ozwald888]

She isn't smart enough to be a hoax.....

[frantaylor]

She still has a ways to go before she catches up with Franklin Pierce.

[LemonMeringue]

Will the ethics complaints stop coming if she is no longer in office?

This latest one is about a good chunk of change and I think the state would want it back even if she is no longer governor.

[sassafra]

"The complaints are “just distracting them from other duties,” Murrow said."

have the "other duties" been taken care of by other lawyers hired? if so, there's a cost and the money is wasted, if not the "other duties" are superfluous and the governor's office doesn't need the lawyers and the money is wasted.

[mudkitten]

I'm still waiting for some genius journalist to fact check Palin's claim that she has a half a million in legal fees.

I bet she doesn't.

I wish I could claim credit for this, but I saw it somewhere else ...
Why was she wearing rubber pants for that interview yesterday? Because they don't catch on fire.

[madtom]

Legal fees are confidential, between her and her attorney.

Having said that, she's exactly the sort of client from whom I would request a substantial retainer on the front end.

Grifter.

[mudkitten]

If she is going to trot out this "fact" every five minutes, I think it is reasonable to ask her for documentation.

[hortonhearsdawho]

unless u own a day care, well, the retaining is out of question..­.

[sleek]

Those fees are solely of her own choosing. She went with an expensive private attorney. The Attorney General is there for her to use for guidance on any legal matter.

Besides, if she is not guilty of anything why spend so much on legal defense?

[sjones66]

Because her private attorney represents her and it's confidential.

Now, what in the heck did she think he was going to discover that she can't afford to be revealed, if all of the ethics complaints are "frivolous"?

[ThinkCreeps]

The Dept of Laws, Fairies and Hot Chocolate should have been able to cope, dontcha think?

[Rapid Ray]

Interesting article, but for some reason my gut says this all has something to do with Todd that will either be revealed later or buried by the lipstick laden pit bull now that she has the spare time on her hands.

[mudkitten]

He could be leaving her. As we all know, she gets a bit tiresome after a while.

[LemonMeringue]

For Greta?

[jozzie]

They are heavily filtering this comment board. Maybe their afraid she willsue them, like shethreatened.

[lornejl]

That wouldn't surprise me. When the topic is a right winger the filter goes to DefCon 4.

[LemonMeringue]

Just put "I heard a rumor that..." in front of everything.

[Rickfors]

I''ll remember that. Thanks.

[MamaBird62]

Someone finally got the information I've been looking for. What Palin did is incredibly rare.
This is from a comment on another blog. Sorry, don't know the author's name, so can't give credit due.

"On a hunch, I reviewed online lists of all the men and women who’ve been elected governor of their state since 1900. Pored over them for a few hours. Over 1200 politicians have taken that first-term oath of office. Some soon died in office. Many resigned to accept other positions in government, including Spiro Agnew who was “tapped” by Nixon after being the Governor of Maryland for about five minutes. On a handful of occasions, a first-termer was dragged off to the slammer or impeached. One was incapacitated by a nervous breakdown and one left just as impeachment came knocking on his door. So—how many out of over 1200 just up and quit before the end of their term?

Three: Jim McGreevy, Eliot Spitzer and Sarah Palin."

[mudkitten]

I also was glad to see that info. Amazing what the MSM has overlooked, isn't it.

But McGreevy and Spitzer didn't exactly up and quit. They were both embroiled in sexual scandals.

[sjones66]

I think that's the point-- no one knew why they quit, but then suddenly it all came out. so to speak.

Not sure if it went down that way-- but I think Spitzer did.

[LemonMeringue]

THANK YOU

I could not think of a single governor who quit unless forced out by a scandal.

Why does she get to lie like this and the media just lets it slide?

[planetjeffy]

Nobody like a quitter...
oh, and a lier.

[sleek]

oh, and a hypocrite and a fraud.

[slaxx]

also, i dislike palin, but the argument in this article is frivilous.

[ignoranceequalsfear]

So now arguments that point out blatant lies are frivilous???
Wow, that's scary.

[caterpol]

How so?

[sjones66]

Yeah, we know. In Palinese , anything you don't want to hear about is "frivolous". Please join us in speaking the English language.

[Haitians4Obama]

lmao

[sleek]

Since you can't spell, you probably don't think all that well either. Which would explain why FACTS don't mean much to you.

[lornejl]

Has anyone here ever tried to talk to a crazyPerson ?

How did that go ?

[levibatgirl]

Like trying to talk to someone that's really drunk.

A waste of time.

[lornejl]

Yup Yup.

[slaxx]

she's baling because she's bored and she can make so much much more doing frivilous "work."

she wants to get out before the s**t hits the fan in AK like it has in every other state - watch.

[nbanflfan]

Catching Palin in a lie is like shooting fish in a barrel....­are we at triple figures yet?

[ThanksMatt]

The state has spent less than $300,000 on these ethics complaints.

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/850854.html

Moreover every single enquiry costs a large fee, so Palin’s claim that it costs extra money to search for the data etc is also not true.

I am glad she took the Bridge to Nowhere and resigned.

[Cinnamonape]

And in one case the state made back some per-diem money that Palin forfeited to get the charge dropped.

The biggest cost was Palin's OWN lawsuit.

And Palin herself set up the "system" she is now criticizin­g...

.... a system she repeAtedly used to attack others in the past so she could rise up the political chow-line.

[mollymac]

As many have stated, she lies. Pure and simply, she lies. And she always will.

[patnb]

I think Palin quit because she is on the verge of having a nervous breakdown. Though she tried to put on a strong performance, she looks likes she's about to break from the stress. I don't know if it's the ongoing public scrutiny, or the fear of of a future investigation, but she looks like she is hanging on by a thread... barely.

[blues101]

The eyeball spinning and jitterz are probably always there, but covered up during the failed vp run. Her elevator has never reached the top floor.

[sjones66]

LOL!!!

[truthartbeauty]

oh no, she's too stupid to even be aware of how stupid she is. you have to be smart to have a nervous breakdown.

[Rapid Ray]

Maybe this time she'll blink first....

[ThinkCreeps]

That's a double wink, you betcha.

[sparky09]

Looked/sounded to me like she dipped into Levi's mom's drug stash...

[Chicago jo]

She is doing so much damage.