There is no reason to jump to her defense because she is free to do what she
thinks is best.

Ron

--- In boomersinternational@yahoogroups.com, yingyangdingdong <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> Running for re-election with no promise to serve a full term Q: In
> 2000, you promised to serve a full 6-year term. Will you make the same
> promise today?
> CLINTON: I am running for re-election. I have made no decisions about
> any future plans. If that's a concern for any voter, they should
> factor that into their decision on Nov. 7. We need a new direction, and
> that's what I'm going to focus on.
>
> Q: So you can't make that promise then today?
>
> CLINTON: I'm not looking past this election. But I'm going to be
> very clear with the voters, I can't make a decision now, but if that
> concerns any voter, they should factor that in.
>
> Q: Are you saying don't vote for you if that's a concern?
>
> CLINTON: No, I think they should vote for me, but they should balance
> that against everything that I've done, my record and my values.
>
> SPENCER: I'm the only one standing here today that wants to be a US
> Senator for the next 6 years for the people of New York. I commit that I
> am not running for President and I will serve for 6 years.
> Source: NY 2006 Senate Debate, moderated by Bill Ritter Oct 22, 2006
>
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> rk> and former First Lady
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States> Hillary
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> had expressed interest in the 2008 United States presidential election
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> --- In boomersinternational@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald"
> <beachboyron19@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > tired of all the BS and abuse. Agree with her or don't agree with her
> > she seems to me to be a very free spirited woman. I said in a
> previous
> > post that I felt she may be in the wrong business. Very free spirited
> > people end up feeling like they are living in a box in politics.
> >
> > I can relate to that feeling that is why I never thought about going
> > into politics.
> >
> > My wife says if I went into politics I would probably end up
> > assasinated. She is probably right.
> >
> > Saying what you are thinking doesn't always work in politics.
> >
> > I don't agee with all of her politics and but I can't say I dislike
> her
> > either. In any case I would wish her the best in whatever she plans to
> > do.
> >
> > Ron
> > Palin resigning as Alaska governor on July 26 [AP]
> >
> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/brand/SIG=br2v03/*http://www.ap.org\
> \
> > >
> > * [Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down
> from
> > her position as]
> >
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> \
> > g> AP – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping
> down
> > from her position as Governor in Wasilla, …
> >
> > * [Gov. Sarah Palin]
> >
> <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gov-Sarah-Palin/ss/events/pl/082908govsar\
> \
> > ahpalin> Slideshow:Gov. Sarah Palin
> >
> <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gov-Sarah-Palin/ss/events/pl/082908govsar\
> \
> > ahpalin>
> > * [Breaking: Palin resigning as Alaska governor] Play Video
> >
> <http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=ArRjULIq93Yijg0pap5JpY9H2ocA\
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> \
> > QtdGh1bWI-?ch=4226713&cl=14306137&lang=en> Video:Breaking: Palin
> > resigning as Alaska governor
> >
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> > QtbGluaw--?ch=4226713&cl=14306137&lang=en> AP
> >
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> > ->
> > * [Sarah Palin Resigning as Governor] Play Video
> >
> <http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=An6FVrLxC46ZI.fv73yVG8FH2ocA\
> \
> >
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> \
> > QtdGh1bWI-?ch=4226716&cl=14306198&lang=en> Video:Sarah Palin Resigning
> > as Governor
> >
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> \
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> \
> > QtbGluaw--?ch=4226716&cl=14306198&lang=en> ABC News
> >
> <http://news.yahoo.com/i/2456;_ylt=ArSVvt8GfiQqiE02v3PhrxtH2ocA;_ylu=X3o\
> \
> >
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> > ->
> > By RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press Writer Rachel D'oro, Associated
> Press
> > Writer – 32 mins ago
> > WASILLA, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise
> > announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of
> the
> > month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising
> speculation
> > that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
> >
> > The former Republican vice presidential candidate hastily called a
> news
> > conference Friday morning at her home in suburban Wasilla, giving such
> > short notice that only a few reporters actually made it to the
> > announcement. State troopers blocked late-arriving media outside her
> > home, and her spokesman, Dave Murrow, finally emerged to confirm that
> > Palin will step down July 26. He refused to give details about the
> > governor's future plans.
> >
> > "Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to
> embrace
> > the conventional Lame Duck status in this particular climate would
> just
> > be another dose of politics as usual, something I campaigned against
> and
> > will always oppose," Palin said in a statement released by her office.
> >
> > Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the governor's picnic in
> > Fairbanks at the end of the month, Murrow said.
> >
> > Palin was first elected in 2006 on a populist platform. But her
> > popularity has waned as she waged in partisan politics following her
> > return from the presidential campaign. Her term would have ended in
> > 2010.
> >
> > Palin said she planned to make a "positive change outside government,"
> > without elaborating. She also expressed frustration with her current
> > role as governor.
> >
> > "I cannot stand here as your governor and allow the millions of
> dollars
> > and all that time go to waste just so I can hold the title of
> governor,"
> > Palin said.
> >
> > Later, on Twitter, she promised supporters more details: "We'll soon
> > attach info on decision to not seek re-election ... this is in
> Alaska's
> > best interest, my family's happy ... it is good. Stay tuned"
> >
> > Palin's decision even took Parnell by surprise. He said he was told on
> > Wednesday evening, and was not aware that any presidential ambitions
> > were behind the move.
> >
> > Palin emerged from relative obscurity nearly a year ago when she was
> > tapped as then Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running
> > mate.
> >
> > She was a controversial figure from the start, with comedian Tina Fey
> > famously imitating her elaborate hairstyle and folksy "You betcha!" on
> > "Saturday Night Live."
> >
> > Most recently, she led a public spat with "Late Show" host David
> > Letterman over a joke he made about one of her daughters being
> "knocked
> > up" by New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez during the
> > governor's recent visit to New York. Palin's 18-year-old daughter,
> > Bristol, is an unwed, teenage mother.
> >
> > Letterman later apologized for the joke.
> >
> > Palin's family and the ridicule they endure being in the public eye
> was
> > part of her decision. She complained that her 14-month-old son, Trig,
> > who was diagnosed with Down's syndrome, had been "mocked and ridiculed
> > by some mean-spirited adults recently." She didn't elaborate.
> >
> > Palin campaigned on ethics reform in the 2006 election, defeating
> > incumbent Gov. Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary and a former
> > two-term Democratic governor, Tony Knowles, in the general election.
> >
> > She enjoyed an extended honeymoon with lawmakers and voters alike. Her
> > popularity was in the 80 percentile range, even though that fell after
> > the bruising, partisan presidential campaign.
> >
> > Palin's delivery of two weeks' notice rattles a Republican Party
> plagued
> > with setbacks in recent weeks, including extramarital affairs
> disclosed
> > by two other 2012 presidential prospects, Nevada Sen. John Ensign and
> > South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
> >
> > Ensign, a member of the Christian ministry Promise Keepers, stepped
> down
> > from the Senate Republican leadership last month after admitting he
> had
> > an affair for much of last year with a woman on his campaign staff who
> > was married to one of his Senate aides. Ensign later disclosed he had
> > helped the woman's husband get two jobs during the affair.
> > A government watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
> > Washington, wants the Senate ethics committee and the Federal Election
> > Commission to investigate.
> > Just days after news of Ensign's affair broke, Sanford admitted an
> > affair with a woman in Argentina. Some lawmakers are now calling for
> his
> > resignation. Before the admission, Sanford had been missing from the
> > state for five days visiting his lover. He had slipped his security
> > detail, lied to his staff about where he was and failed to transfer
> > power to the lieutenant governor in case of a state emergency.
> > Sanford admitted he also saw the mistress during a state-funded trip
> to
> > Argentina last year. He promised to reimburse the state for part of
> the
> > trip's costs. The state Commerce Department said the trip itinerary
> > originally included only Brazil, but the governor requested economic
> > development meetings in Argentina.
> > The GOP troubles seem to have left two prominent 2012 prospects,
> former
> > House Speaker Newt Gingrich and 2008 presidential hopeful Mitt Romney,
> > unscathed, however.
> >
>