“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alaska, and that I will faithfully discharge my duties as Governor to the best of my ability.”
Sir, I do not see anything in this oath implying that it cannot be terminated, with or without cause. One might easily imagine situations in the normal course of events when leaving the post in an orderly transfer of power can be considered a faithful discharge of duties, especially when events have compromised “the best of [one’s] abilities”.
The strident tenor of your argument betrays a certain lack of confidence in its conclusions. I believe you are right: you’ve got “quitter issues”. You don’t know when to quit. The best time to quit is long before people get bored and walk away, leaving you ranting all alone.
Yawn.
Well, if you read the oath carefully and reflect upon what was going on up there in Alaska at the time, the oath would make it incumbent upon Mrs. Palin to step aside if she felt that circumstances made it impossible for her to faithfully discharge her duties.
What Mrs. Palin showed in resigning is that she more interested in making sure that the Governor of Alaska is spending her time governing and not being held hostage to Obama operatives.
And you gotta know that they rue the day that she quit. Things haven’t been the same for Barry since that day.