"The world needs more Trigs, not fewer."

Did you see Sarah Palin's resignation speech, the one she timed perfectly late on a federal holiday Friday afternoon? Wow was that one great big barrel of crazy?! Would it be going out on a limb to speculate that something is up, that there's more to this than meets the eye?

The statement today by the Ice Princess way another one of her classics...a rambling, incoherent word soup laden with patriotic cliches, catchphrases and contradictions, but there was seriously something amiss about it. She seemed nervous, frayed, almost as if she was on the verge of coming unhinged. Maybe the squawking waterfowl in the background made her nervous (nice touch Sarah), but I have a feeling that there's so much more to this. I don't buy the notion that her decision to step down Immediately was motivated by her "no more politics as usual" desires. Horseshit.

And, of course, Sarah couldn't resist setting her and her family up for martyrdom by suggesting that comedians cracking jokes about Trig is part of her motivation. Just when you think she can't possibly be more revolting...

Here's the speech as it was covered on MSNBC. Sarah comes in at about the 2 minute mark.



If there's one good thing to come out of this, it's that maybe Palin's wacky announcement will give the cable news outlets something to cover this weekend other than Michael Jackson.



UPDATE 5:22 PM: I've been told by a source that rumors have been swirling for weeks that the IRS has something big on the Palins. What that is is unknown, but I can't wait to find out.

Ridiculous pic in short-shorts with the American flag via Runner's World