Todd Palin resigns from oil job

[question everything]

Source: AP

The husband of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC comes almost two months after his wife stepped down as Alaska governor and shortly before the release of her highly anticipated memoir.

BP spokesman Steve Rinehart says Todd Palin's resignation was effective Sept. 18.

Meghan Stapleton, Sarah Palin's personal spokeswoman, says Todd Palin hopes to return to his union job and for now is spending time with his family.

State financial disclosures show Todd Palin earned nearly $34,472 working part-time last year for BP and about $51,679 in the family's commercial fishing business.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/ap_on_re_us/us_todd_palin_resignation

[polichick]

1. Well, somebody has to take care of the kids. nt

[joeybee12]

2. Todd is going to sit home and wait for the fortune from his wife's crappy book n/t

[WriteDown]

9. Bingo...

He married well. I need to do that.

[swilton]

23. Correction - his wife's ghost'writer's crappy book

Which was more than likely pre-manufactured by someone in the Republican seniorocracy.

The book is a job to manufacture the Palin image. :puke: :hi:

[DeSwiss]

24. It's shame trees will have to be sacrificed for Bible Spice's drivel.....

...and still end up like these:

Ann Coulter & Bill O'Reilly Books - Buy Now!!! (Now sold in bulk to ReCyclers)

[joeybee12]

35. Bible Spice? I like it!

:evilgrin:

[DeSwiss]

39. Here, enjoy this as well....

[tonekat]

3. Highly anticipated by who? N/T

[RoadRage]

30. Glenn Beck's Cult-like Followers..

They may be dumb, blind & stupid.. but sadly there are a lot of them.

[Brickbat]

4. What a freaking quitter. "Spend more time with the family," eh? Little late for that, doncha think?

Whatevs.

[totodeinhere]

17. He quit because he doesn't need to work anymore now that Sarah is making millions on her book.

I wouldn't call him a quitter. It's better for him to resign his job and let someone else who needs the money take it.

[question everything]

18. Is doncha from the same family as betcha? (nt)

[SOS]

37. According to Levi Johnson

Todd spends his days drinking beer in the garage.

Does that count as "family time"?

[Thrill]

5. He doesn't have to work anymore after the RW Crazies buy up her stupid book

[johnnie]

6. Quittin'

At least the Palins are good at something.

[Arugula Latte]

7. Quittin', spittin' and bullshittin'

So, that makes three things.

:)

[DeSwiss]

25. ....

:rofl:

[DWilliamsamh]

8. I'd quit my oil field job and play golf every day if my wife was on the cusp of a $million

We'd have the nicest lawn in Alaska.

[dysfunctional press]

11. she got a $7million advance on the book.

their party barge has come in.

[KatyaR]

16. And I wonder how long it will take them to burn through that money?

Todd should keep his job--he may need it in a few months.

[Dangerously Amused]

20. If they get divorced, the lawyers will burn through it pretty quickly.

Maybe Todd thinks he will grab his half and run, and be set for life. Hah!

[bermudat]

10. 'says Todd Palin hopes to return to his union job'

Union Job? I thought repugnantcan hated unions.

[madeup64]

14. No shit

That was the first thing I noticed in the article.

[Vroomfondel]

32. I worked in the same facility in Prudhoe Bay, occasionally with Todd

And a dirty little secret is that Todd is a Democrat. Always has been. He's a very strong voice in the steelworker's union, and before that the P.A.C.E. union. I can't imagine the friction that her neocon/religio-wierdness has caused between them.

[clixtox]

41. Amazing! Very interesting information, N/T

[tabbycat31]

43. I thought he was a member of the Alaska Independence Party

[AsahinaKimi]

12. Another quitter?

Runs in the family.

[Dangerously Amused]

13. How nice that they both have the luxury of quitting their jobs in this economy.

See, they're just regular folks like most Americans. I mean, gee, I don't know anybody who has to work for a living. Do you?

[saracat]

19. the GOP will never notice the hypocrisy.They will say the Palin's "earned" it

unlike folks like John Edwards who didn't "deserve" his money cause he sued those nice corporations and isnsurance companies.And "what" union job would he be returning too? There aren't enough union jobs to go around to give one to a meber who opposes them. And if the eceonomy isn't going to get better, as the GOP and MS.Palin say because Obama is doing a lousy job, how can Todikins expect a job?

[onehandle]

15. Mr. Sarah Palin. nt

[ret5hd]

21. hopes to return to his union job??? wtf?

[onethatcares]

22. oh gaud, they're going to do porn.

I knew it, I knew it, I just freakin knew it.:banghead: :banghead: :hide:

[shaniqua6392]

26. Quitting stuff sure does run in that family. n/t

[Historic NY]

27. Wow the speechifying & writing must be paying off.

[Blandocyte]

28. Take this job and SHOVE IT

I ain't workin' here no more
My woman just wrote a stupid book
Dumbasses'll buy in scores
Better not try to stand in my way
As I'm walkin' out the door
Take this job and SHOVE IT
I ain't workin' here no more

[harvey007]

29. Free at last

Just hope they don't use this free time to make more babies. Yuk!

:puke:

[NBachers]

31. Who, you mean Todd and Sarah? or . . .

[stlsaxman]

33. "Todd Palin hopes to return to his union job and for now..." is gonna bash the unions.

[Critters2]

40. +1 nt

[Cass]

34. I guess Sarah's advance check cleared. nt

[appleannie1]

36. Well, he only earned enough to buy her one dress. He is a bit premature.

What if no one wants to buy the stupid book?

[treestar]

38. What a quitter

I'm waiting for the divorce and his tell all book. You know it's coming.

[IDFbunny]

42. I'll say it again,

they're moving to NY.

[graywarrior]

44. Quitting: A Republican Family Value

[LynnTheDem]

45. The family of quitters.

Aren't they cute.

[MissMillie]

46. well, someone's got to raise the kids....

right?