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…which means she’s apparently just bored of Alaska.

I wrote on Friday that I was going to avoid snarky comments on Palin’s bizarre decision to abdicate her responsibility to her state, because I assumed something awful must be about to come to light. Palin, though, said nothing was wrong, and in her typical style lashed out at the media for daring to speculate:

“How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country,” Palin wrote. “And though it’s honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make.”

It’s about country? Or it’s about your massive ego and your demand for a larger stage? I have a tough time figuring out how this move is for the good of the country, or even for the good of your state. It’s nice that you think you have a “higher calling” than serving your state, but delusions or grandeur notwithstanding, you have a job to do. Yes, others have “left their positions” when tapped by the president to serve in national office. That’s a little bit different than your decision to resign early because you want to run for president three years from now.

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Won’t Sarah Palin ever go away? Please, spare me the trumped-out outrage and take a one-week media vacation.

Here’s the latest:

A week after a high-profile uproar with comedian David Letterman over the late-night host’s joke about her daughter, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is again sharply responding to the appearance of her children in the public sphere.

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“Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child,” Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapelton said in a statement provided to CNN. “The mere idea of someone doctoring the photo of a special needs baby is appalling.”

The latest “outrage,” seen above, has absolutely nothing to do with Trig Palin. The blogger responsible for the photo superimposed the face of a conservative Alaska talk-show host Eddie Burke over Trig’s face, by way of saying that Burke is far too close to Palin. Does she really not understand that? Does she really believe this photo is a “malicious desecration?” Or is this just her way of staying in the media for yet another week?

You know, I feel terrible for Trig Palin. He is going to grow up as his mother’s favorite political tool, being trotted out to inspire the base, and thrown out in front of her as a shield against any political attack.

This is pretty entertaining:

In other Philly/Palin news: To make a long story short, the other night (in Philly) a cabbie told me (in a heavy Indian accent) that he has two sons in Iraq, that we need Obama because McCain is just more of the same failed Bush policies, and as for Palin, “she is just stupid.” I can’t even begin to do justice to how funny the Palin statement was in context.