Maybe She Got Tired of the Full-Court Press (and maybe she got tired of idiots in the press)

washington Post ^ | 7/3/2009 | Howard Kurtz

[tobyhill]

She survived Katie Couric and Tina Fey, searing scrutiny, rumors about her baby, anonymous taunts of "whack job" from those who once touted her credentials to be a heartbeat away.

Yesterday Sarah Palin completed a remarkable media flameout that made her one of the most famous women in the world, the exotic Alaska caribou hunter, one of the most revered and reviled politicians in modern history. The governor announced she is calling it quits, just eight months after she and John McCain went down to defeat.

She has nursed a grudge against mainstream journalists, accusing them of peddling "gossip and lies" about her family, and at her Wasilla home Palin wouldn't give the press corps the satisfaction of a clear reason for leaving in the middle of her first term and refused to take questions. "Your enemies won't believe you anyway," she said during a rambling discourse that touched on her baby, her prayers, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, her visit to Kosovo and her life as a high-school point guard.

Perhaps it was fitting that Palin bailed days after a hard-edged Vanity Fair piece in which former McCain campaign strategists questioned her mental state and even wondered whether she was suffering from postpartum depression. Still, the red-suited Republican was upbeat yesterday alongside her snowmobiler husband and kids, a contrast to the grim-faced Mark Sanford and John Ensign, who in recent weeks have begged forgiveness for their sexual transgressions.

[1951Boomer]

“You know, sir/madam your setiments about Palin are
EXACTLY how I and so many of my friends feel about
Obama, the most unqualified person to ever serve as
our President.”

Excellent retort, my FRiend.

[Caribou]

After 26 July, she is a private citizen and can sue for libel if letterturd-type jokes are told about her and her kids.

Give ‘em hell, Sarah.

[Pan_Yan]

Fudge. Brain lock.