I dismissed Sarah Palin when she resigned as Governor of AK. I never have been able to figure that out. It gave me the impression she is a quitter.
[EXPLETIVE], not this $#*+ again!
The mystery is why she didn't run in 2012, when her "listening tour" showed she'd win in a landslide.
Resigning as governor was obvious - Rats were exploiting a loophole in the law where they were able to file constnat frivolous suits against her (which they never won) that she had to defend with her own money, and which also took away from heer ability to run the State. After her nth win, the legislature should have admitted the abuse and fixed the loophole, but no way - they were behind the harassment in the first place. Stepping down under those conditions, IMO, was brilliant, and showed she cared more about Alaska than forcing the State to deal with her personal issues. That's true leadership.
Your impression that she is a quitter also has to ignore the tremendous fight she made - and again, won, against the entrenched good old boy Republican and oil factions up there, which no one had been able to crack. On the other hand, you're paid to mimic soccer-mom feeling-words and link them to the word quitter in order to target female middle-of-the road social conservatives who read this site, so I understand that part of your post very clearly.
It was brilliant. She would have been hard pressed to have accomplished anything more impressive in the remaining term, plus the Democrats were bankrupting her family by filing frivolous law suits against her which their family had to pay to defend against.
Resigning as Governor took away that weapon, and she would be far more useful to the cause elsewhere.
They were bleeding her family dry with legal expenses. Short of filing bankruptcy she had no alternative. She could not ask for legal defense donations, she could not recoup attorney’s fees. You would do the same thing in her position.
Alaska should pass a law that vexatious litigation against a publicly elected office holder should be initially funded by the state treasury or public donations and another law that the loser pays.
I understand. Some people have a hard time figuring out a lot of things. I admire you for at least trying.
OMG.
A leftist *admitting* that Sarah Palin is smarter than they are!
Does the recent indictment against Governor Perry give you the impression he is a felon?
If you would pay half a million dollars over six months to keep a $125000pa job you might not be a quitter - but your sanity would be in question.