Honestly? What crossed my mind was that she had been pregnant, but decided to end the pregnancy, and that somehow that news had gotten out. Which would obviously be pretty much the biggest kind of hypocrisy ever, and would be scandalicious.
But it NEVER occurred to me that she was currently pregnant and decided that should stop her from holding office. Jesus.
BTW, the college health center line made me snarf my water.
Also, Rick Sanchez completely missed the point. Sarah Palin is resigning because Barack Obama is making her take federal money. And she is making the brave choice not to spend it on herself, or for the people of Alaska. Spending money to do your job is wasteful, so she's gonna let the Lieutenant Governor do that.
She's plotting her presidential bid, and trying to run away from all sorts of accusations of wrongdoing while in office, and she thinks she's going to get away with it.
Maybe she can't stand being one of the only politicians in the country treated like Paris Hilton instead of, um, old white male governor no one's ever heard of? Okay, okay, so she is an idiot and ran for VP, and in some ways she and certain members of her extended family have reveled in the attention, but still - political paparazzi and celeb paparazzi are different animals, and being ready for or courting one type isn't the same as dealing with the other.
@HeatherNumber1: I don't understand. Resigning before fulfilling a single term is a Paris Hilton-y move (IMO). Unless she is going for Stevens' Senate seat (and her AK popularity is so high she just has to avoid the dead hookers and small boys) - I don't get how this move isn't putting her firmly into the cushy, non-serious poli-debutante role. Which would be celebrity not 'Meet the Press". Again, I don't understand?
@HeatherNumber1: I agree wholeheartedly. This is so bizarre that I'm sure it is entirely a bonehead decision that we'll all be snickering at or she is heading to Costa Rica to be on the Celebrity- Get Me Out of Here show. Blagoyevich's wife did it.
@HeatherNumber1: I don't know, man. Mark Sanford is certainly getting his ass handed to him.
She gets attention because she makes idiot decision after idiot decision, and she does them loudly and in full view of everyone. I mean, you don't see the media going crazy over Jennifer Granholm, who is just as attractive, because Granholm never gives them something to go crazy over.
Oh please, like a wittle bittie pregnancy would keep Sarah Palin from realizing her grand ambitions. What ever her reasons for resigning, it must have been huge. She is so ballsy, she'd continue her career even if they found a dead body in her office. She'd just whine that dead bodies are found all the time in the offices of male democrats and the meanstream media refuses to report it because they resent her small town values.
@CuffLinks: You mean the evil liberal media, of course. The unbiased conservative media wouldn't subject that poor woman to such wanton abuse over a little thing like a corpse.
@unmoldednicole: Hardly - I'm merely commenting on Letterman's and Palin's disquieting tendency to publicize "the low-hanging-fruit" of Palin's personal life.
See, my first assumption was that she cracked a code in the bible, and discerned the personal message for her buried deep in Leviticus. She will go off into the wilderness of Alaska, and when she returns, she will be more powerful than we could ever imagine.
Hortense, we may have gone to the same college. Actually, it's probably a requirement at all colleges.
When I went I had to emphasize that no, I had not had any sex in the last three months. Or ever. But still no period. I all but had to scream "NO ONE WANTS ME!" to get them to believe me.
Yeah, I doubt Palin is preggers. That's not a reason to resign. That's a joyful occasion, even if its your teen daughter. Unless she was pregnant with Levi Johnston's baby.
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But it NEVER occurred to me that she was currently pregnant and decided that should stop her from holding office. Jesus.
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She gets attention because she makes idiot decision after idiot decision, and she does them loudly and in full view of everyone. I mean, you don't see the media going crazy over Jennifer Granholm, who is just as attractive, because Granholm never gives them something to go crazy over.
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For what ever reason she gives, I'm just happy she's leaving. Let's all just be happy she's leaving...
Though, like all good soap stars, How do you know they're GONE?? (Greenlee, I'm looking at you, sister.)
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whoa!!!!!!! brave one you are
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My apologies to Trig Palin.
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Also, why apologize to Trig Palin?
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I apologize for his being born into a family that has and will continue to use him as a prop.
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took any time off and was back at work something 36 hours after giving birth?
Even though she knew he had Down's?
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When I went I had to emphasize that no, I had not had any sex in the last three months. Or ever. But still no period. I all but had to scream "NO ONE WANTS ME!" to get them to believe me.
Yeah, I doubt Palin is preggers. That's not a reason to resign. That's a joyful occasion, even if its your teen daughter. Unless she was pregnant with Levi Johnston's baby.