Video: Sarah Palin to step down as Alaska Governor

July 3, 2:43 PMPhoenix Conservative ExaminerScott Martin

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Is this the start of her 2012 Presidential campaign, or is she done for good? If it's the start of her campaign, it's the ballsiest political move I've ever seen.

Here is the part that, to me, showed just how fed up she was with everything she's been dealing with. Can she turn this into a positive, a selfless move designed to allow Alaska to get back to business? I think it's going to be a tough sell to anyone who wasn't already a fan.

Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I've been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations – such as holding a fish in a photograph, wearing a jacket with a logo on it, and answering reporters’ questions. Every one – all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We’ve won! But it hasn't been cheap - the State has wasted THOUSANDS of hours of YOUR time and shelled out some two million of YOUR dollars to respond to “opposition research” – that’s money NOT going to fund teachers or troopers – or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the “politics of personal destruction” … Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn’t cost them a dime so they’re not going to stop draining public resources – spending other peoples’ money in their game. It’s pretty insane – my staff and I spend most of our day dealing with THIS instead of progressing our state now. I know I promised no more “politics as usual,” but THIS isn’t what anyone had in mind for ALASKA.