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Sarah Palin: 'Going dark for a while'
by Mark Silva and updated with William Shatner
What, no tweets?
Sarah Palin has "gone dark?''
That's the word from AL-ASK-AH, where the self-retired former governor has left the hearts of Twitter fans all aflutter. (Facebook it: This beats talking about beer in the Rose Garden, Glenn Beck's mouth and President Barack Obama's birthplace -- Honolulu.)
In pursuit of the question, 'Where in the world is Sarah Palin?', Facebook fans are logging such queries as: "Is there any way you could somehow let us know you're reading this? Maybe a little tweet sometime when you get your Twitter up again."
Since she quit on Sunday, bowing out 18 months before her term ended, the ex-governor, ex-mayor of Wasilla and ex-vice presidential candidate has exited the tweet scene without so much as a, well, tweet. (Palin at her farewell with former "first dude'' Todd Palin at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, photo by Bill Roth / Anchorage Daily News / MCT)
No comment even on the FOX News poll that shows one third of the 900 voters responding suggesting that the pit bull in lipstick is best-suited as a hockey mom:
"About a third of Americans think the best job for Palin is homemaker (32 percent), while nearly one in five see her as a television talk show host (17 percent). Vice president of the United States comes in third (14 percent), followed closely by college professor (10 percent), with president coming last (6 percent),'' FOX reports.
"Republicans think the best job for Palin is vice president (27 percent), followed by homemaker (18 percent), talk show host (14 percent), president (12 percent) and professor (7 percent).
"More Americans have a negative view of Palin than have a positive one,'' the FOX report notes. "While 38 percent say they have a favorable opinion of her, 51 percent have an unfavorable view. Even so, her ratings are better than those of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 29 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable.''
In her final months as governor, Palin was all over Twitter, tweeting about state business and other subjects, the in Anchorage notes, "including domestic energy development, the death of Alaska-based soldiers and dismissals of ethics complaints against her. Nearing her gubernatorial departure, she indicated she would use a personal account on Twitter to continue to stay in touch and more freely speak her mind.''
"10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State site," the then-governor tweeted July 17.
Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein promises that Palin will return to Twitter, with some suggesting she deserves a rest.
"Sarah can't even go 4 days without tweeting?'' one supporter weighs in at Facebook. "I think she's smart to go 'dark' for a while."
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