Fourth of July is typically a slow news holiday. Traditionally everyone is concentrating on baseball (Gal raises her hand) or barbecues or the beach. This year we can add the ongoing Michael Jackson death investigation/funeral arrangements to the mix. It's not uncommon, then, for politicians to do a news dump: announce things that they don't want to receive too much attention, trusting it will be old news by Monday.Sarah Palin announced today that she's not only not running for re-election, she's stepping down as Governor of Alaska in two weeks -- BEFORE her first term is even done. She gave no tangible reason for this.
I hope none of her children are ill or in trouble. I also hope she will now disappear from the national scene because she really annoys me.
As do the Milwaukee Brewers, who fell to the Cubs in the 10th! (Exciting game.) Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, and it's generally found in ORs. I admit I've been following both those stories closely on my day off.
But Governor Palin, we all caught this, too.
My take? Money. She can make a ton on the book/speech circuit. Which would not hurt if she's think of running for another office. I wish she'd go away...
ReplyDeleteBuh-bye. Well, I wish it would be the case.
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