ad7d/1246652198-palin.jpgVia MSNBC:

WASILLA, Alaska - Sarah Palin announced Friday she plans to resign as governor of Alaska in a few weeks, saying she will try to "affect positive change" from outside government.

She is handing the reins over to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who will be sworn in on July 25. Parnell and most of Palin's cabinet were present at the announcement.

"We know we can affect positive change outside government at this moment in time on another scale and actually make a difference," she said, adding that politics had become a "superficial, wasteful bloodsport."

Palin plans to leave behind the "superficial, wasteful bloodsport" of politics for more wholesome activities such as, say, AERIAL WOLF MURDER.