Palin Says She's a Fighter, Not a Quitter

**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 07:46 AM

Palin Says She's a Fighter, Not a Quitter

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Sarah Palin said she's a fighter, not a quitter, and added, politically speaking, "if I die, I die. So be it."

The Alaska governor spoke in taped interviews on ABC, NBC and CNN broadcast Tuesday morning.

She told CNN that "all options are on the table" for her future.

But told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she recognizes she might not have political staying power after her surprise resignation Friday, which came just as she had been expected to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 GOP presidential run.

"I said before ... 'You know, politically speaking, if I die, I die. So be it,'" she said.

Speaking in fishing waders from the town of Dillingham, Gov. Palin said her administration has been paralyzed by fending off frivolous lawsuits.

"I'm not going to take the comfortable path. I'm going to take the right path for the state," she said of her resignation, which she characterized as a matter of progressing in an unconventional way.

"That caught people off guard... It's out of the box and unconventional. That's what we are as Alaskans and certainly how I am as a public servant."

Gov. Palin said she doesn't think she needs a title to affect "positive change," but added that she can't see herself being totally out of public service.

Gov. Palin is returning to the public eye four days after her bombshell announcement, albeit in a place far removed from the glare of the national media: in a remote fishing village 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

Gov. Palin was scheduled to appear in Kotzebue to sign a bill designed to bring public safety officers to small towns. Kotzebue, a town of about 3,000 people, is 550 miles northwest of Anchorage and lies on a spit of sand at the end of a peninsula.

There has been speculation that she has some legal issue that is not yet known to the public. But her lawyer told the Associated Press Monday that she has no legal problems whatsoever, and simply is tired of the hostile political climate, legal bills and other distractions.

"She is leaving now because I think she believes that she has become the issue, rightly or wrongly, with all these ethics complaints and with the issues involving the Legislature, the combativeness they've been demonstrating toward her since she returned from the campaign," Thomas Van Flein said.

"I think she believes it's in the best interest of the state to progress forward, for her to move on to other issues."

Gov. Palin has become a lightning rod for partisan politics in Alaska since her return from the 2008 presidential campaign after John McCain selected her as his running mate for the GOP ticket.

She has racked up an estimated $500,000 in legal bills defending the flurry of ethics complaints, including one filed Monday that alleges she is violating ethics law by taking per diem payments when she stays in her Wasilla home instead of the governor's mansion in Juneau. In addition, her relationship with Democrats in the state Senate -- once among her staunchest allies -- deteriorated in the last session.

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**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 07:47 AM

this one baffles me, she says she is not a quitter yet she is resigning from office 16 months before her term is up?

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 07:53 AM

I could see her working for the FOX network or a community organizer.

**IronAddict** · 07-07-2009, 08:04 AM

Duh! No your not!

You could have said that while fighting ethics violation allegations. Or, while finishing your term as governor.

I get it, you just think we're all numbskulls here in the lower 48.

**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 08:06 AM

I just don't understand her logic, how does she not see herself as a quitter, not to mention contradicting everything she said in the past?

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 08:09 AM

I'm just happy she quit now, imagine if she was elected President and all of the sudden decided she couldn't handle the pressure.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 08:12 AM

Right now she is a joke, even FOX has taken jabs at her.......to think she was the shining star of the GOP.

My how they have fallen.

**IronAddict** · 07-07-2009, 08:13 AM

I don't think logic has anything to do with it. If it did, she would've never been elected Gov.

**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I'm just happy she quit now, imagine if she was elected President and all of the sudden decided she couldn't handle the pressure.

never would have happened.

**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 08:19 AM

btw, I am not trying to bash her, I saw her speech yesterday explaining why she was quitting and I was just shaking my head while she fumbled over words trying to say that she was quitting but she was not a quitter.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 08:38 AM

There only about 7 people there during that speech, I actually thought there were more.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 08:40 AM

Andrea Mitchell's Interview with Sarah Palin | The Alaska Standard

**busyLivin** · 07-07-2009, 08:56 AM

I like Palin, but think she's done politically. If she really planned on a future in politics she should have finished her term, IMO.

She was treated badly, but you need to have thick skin to be a Republican with an eye on the Presidency. She doesn't seem to.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by busyLivin

I like Palin, but think she's done politically. If she really planned on a future in politics she should have finished her term, IMO.

She was treated badly, but you need to have thick skin to be a Republican with an eye on the Presidency. She doesn't seem to.

Being a politician it's open season especially if you have a weakness, and this goes for any politician whether your a Democrat, a Liberal or a Republican.

But then you have those who can do no wrong and walk on water.

Obama is one of them so far. I believe Kennedy and Reagan were a media favorites also.

People like Nixon, BushII, Gore, Clinton, Dukakis......all took a beating from the media.

**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by busyLivin

She was treated badly, but you need to have thick skin to be a Republican with an eye on the Presidency. She doesn't seem to.

treated badly? lol

**busyLivin** · 07-07-2009, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Prince

treated badly? lol

you seriously deny the ridiculous personal attacks against her & her family?

**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by busyLivin

you seriously deny the ridiculous personal attacks against her & her family?

no, however whether you're a politician or a "celebrity" I think people bring it upon themselves, do you feel sorry for the negative attacks on Michael Jackson, or would you say he brought it upon himself with the way he acted and things he did and said?

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by busyLivin

you seriously deny the ridiculous personal attacks against her & her family?

Attacks on her family were dead wrong.

**lnvanry** · 07-07-2009, 10:55 AM

I don't get what everyone's obsession is with her?...she's not that interesting and either is her story.

**tucker01** · 07-07-2009, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by busyLivin

you seriously deny the ridiculous personal attacks against her & her family?

You wanna dish the attacks you gotta be able to take them in return.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by lnvanry

I don't get what everyone's obsession is with her?...she's not that interesting and either is her story.

The republicans here thought she was the one republican who can lead the way, she was supposed to be elected in 2012.

Sad thing is that she didn't quit yesterday, she quit running Alaska last November when she lost.

**busyLivin** · 07-07-2009, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

You wanna dish the attacks you gotta be able to take them in return.

In her defense, the attacks on her were unnecessarily personal.

But as I said, if she can't handle the governor's job she has no business considering the Presidency.

**Prince** · 07-07-2009, 12:12 PM

I just have a hard time with two things:

first, she ran for office, got elected and signed up to serve a 4 year term, she should fulfill that obligation.

second, the fact that she can stand there and say she is not quitting, that is exactly what she is doing.

**busyLivin** · 07-07-2009, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

I just have a hard time with two things:

first, she ran for office, got elected and signed up to serve a 4 year term, she should fulfill that obligation.

second, the fact that she can stand there and say she is not quitting, that is exactly what she is doing.

I don't get it either. The more I watch her in interviews, the more I see she's at least considering a future political office because she's using typical politico talk and "not talking about the future."

I just don't understand why she would make such a bad decision and quit. All it does it add fuel to the "she's not equipped to be President" argument. I was a Palin fan, but it's hard to argue with that.

Maybe I'm missing something.. I just don't get it.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by busyLivin

In her defense, the attacks on her were unnecessarily personal.

But as I said, if she can't handle the governor's job she has no business considering the Presidency.

Remember the Chelsea jokes?

Hillary for all of her faults would kick Palins ass.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 12:21 PM

I was a Palin fan, but it's hard to argue with that

.
It's a good thing there are no people here to say " I told you so" because that would be wrong and childish.

Maybe I'm missing something.. I just don't get it.

Rumor has it there will be another controversy. Who knows..maybe she's pregnant with Rush Limbaugh's baby?

**IronAddict** · 07-07-2009, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by busyLivin

I don't get it either. The more I watch her in interviews, the more I see she's at least considering a future political office because she's using typical politico talk and "not talking about the future."

I just don't understand why she would make such a bad decision and quit. All it does it add fuel to the "she's not equipped to be President" argument. I was a Palin fan, but it's hard to argue with that.

Maybe I'm missing something.. I just don't get it.

Yeah, why she would resign her post and think she is going to advance to a higher political office, I don't get either. whoever, if, somebody is giving her advice it couldn't be more wrong.

**lnvanry** · 07-07-2009, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

I just have a hard time with two things:

first, she ran for office, got elected and signed up to serve a 4 year term, she should fulfill that obligation.

second, the fact that she can stand there and say she is not quitting, that is exactly what she is doing.

Your first point doesn't bother me at all...A lot of people sign employment contracts and opt out. I can name dozens of family and friends who have done it and for a plethora of reasons.

Your second point is pretty valid so far...but its just semantics...which is the core of US politics I guess

**AKIRA** · 07-07-2009, 05:10 PM

I just want to fuck her.

**min0 lee** · 07-07-2009, 05:12 PM

Really? She has pointy knees and no chest.

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