One aspect that doesn’t get mentioned as often is that all those “ethics charges” against Palin were being reported as blazing headlines. Every week a new one. The media was using them to deliberately paint her as the most CORRUPT politician in America. It was working. When the charges were dismissed, that ‘never’ made the headlines; it was buried deep by the media.
So, in addition to having her family being deliberately bankrupted and tossed into severe debt (it was heading up into the millions range at the rate it was going), had she stayed in office, with all those negative ‘ethics’ headlines, her name would have been absolute mud. Which itself would have killed her political worth and viability. Now, had the GOP come rushing to her defense when all this was going on, she might have indeed been able to stay in office and combat all that. But they didn’t lift a finger to help her. She was in a hellacious box, and frankly did the only thing she could. Anyone condemning her as a ‘quitter’ because of her action are pathetic morons.
Sadly, there are some in our camp who either don't have the mental horsepower and clarity of mind to process those simple facts, or they're so irrationally prejudiced against this woman, that they refuse to apply their God-given powers of reason to sort out what occurred.
Either way, I think it's a sad commentary on the state of mind of some on our side. We all want to think the very best of our compatriots, but some of them just do not see as clearly as the majority.
This is nothing new. The same sort of variation in mental awareness existed during the formation of this country. Chalk it up to the human condition. It's a pickle barrel, and not all of them float to the top.
also, the DEMS and PUBS at the Alaska state house shut her out of the legislature and wouldn’t pass anything from her docket. The Dems were on orders from DC not to help her or risked getting primaried. The Pubs wanted to go back to the good old days of the CBC (corrupt bastards club).
She was getting into debt, locked out of the statehouse, getting smeared and nothing was getting done.....and no one (McCain’s campaign or the RNC) lifted a finger to help. After the Gifford’s shooting the RNC was as useless as teets on a bull.
To all of the naysayers and backbiters...when your candidate gets the bum’s rush and you need help and support (man the phones, canvass the districts, etc.,) don’t come asking me for help. You pissed on my leg and told me it was raining.
Romney lacks that -- Romney is consistently progressive statist sympathizing, so I will always oppose Romney. My vote will go elsewhere.
And it is galling to read from posters who always wanted Palin to thrown in the towel, and who rationized their reasons in a way that made them lose ethical credibility with me. There are plenty of criticisms of Gingrich and Romney that are honest and accurate. To denigrate Palin as fully, on the other hand, required conscious misrepresentation or outright falsehood. Well, they got their wish -- Palin threw in the towel.
I and many others concluded that Palin was most likely derailed by enemies who threatened harm to her or hers. Considering that her most vocal enemies here were the types to morally stoop to lies and deliberate misrepresentation, it stands to reason.
"Palin supposedly writes at an 8th grade level ..." wrote one of FR's most ardent Palin antagonists. *sigh* All I can do is shake my head in sorrow.
Why didn’t the Alaska legislature introduce new legislation to undo the ethics law that got Palin in such a tangle? Was the Republican party in Alaska so weak that they couldn’t?