Palin Stepping Down as Alaska’s Governor

Courtesy Donklephant  Fri, 07/03/2009 - 2:26pm

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In a surprise move, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has announced she is resigning , effective July 26th.

She claims that because she is not running for re-election, she doesn’t want to be a lame duck and subject herself to politics as usual.

Odd excuse. Either some scandal is about to break or Palin has decided that stepping down over a year before her term is over will help her prepare for a 2012 run at the...


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