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Sarah Palin Could Make $2 Million By Resigning

July 12, 2009 01:01 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

Resigning Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's payday could top $2 million, says a publicist who knows her well. And that's just for speeches, not a book or TV gig. "She needs the cash, and by quitting now she can probably make a couple million in the next year," says the associate. "She wouldn't have been able to do that as governor, and who knows if everyone would have been as interested in her 18 months from now."

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Sell Out

Public Service ... not for Palin. She's in it for the money pure and simple.

I give her points for resigning and being honest about going out and making a buck.

We are ill served by the greedy crooks STILL in office. I didn't vote for McCain because she was on the ticket and simply not ready in terms of foreign policy, but she is up front about her ambitions. She ain't ever going to be President; however, she is on her way to being both RICH and FAMOUS.

Palin is a quitter

Alaska is better off without her, but she IS a quitter. She campaigned for the job, she was hired for the job, and now she's quitting the job. That makes her categorically unfit for any political job in the future. She's unreliable and greedy, period.

Sarah Palin

Good for you Sarah! You could use the book deal and possible TV deal. She has been torn apart like no other; women did not stand up for Sarah, "shame on you". She had the guts to stand up for her values, only to be knocked down.

I wish her all the best.

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