Arlington is full of men and women who made that decision. I guess it would have been OK for them to run away and not do their duty because it was going to cost them a lot.
Its called playing the hand you are dealt. No one forced her to be Governor. She knew the rules. If she were so strong, she could have dealt with it head on.
So, instead of staying on, running the state, and dealing with the issues head on, she bails out. She writes a couple of books, she goes on TV, she gets $40k per night to hear her talk and she enriches herself.
I am not saying I wouldn't have done the same thing. But then again, I am not running for anything, And, in the end, neither will she. She digs the limelight too much. It is easier to make money than it is to make policy.
So, instead of staying on, running the state, and dealing with the issues head on, she bails out.
That's just it, don't you see? She couldn't run the state, because she and her staff were being overwhelmed with frivolous, nuisance lawsuits, each of which was purposely designed to stop her from doing her job, and to personally bankrupt her and her family.
What on earth would she have proven by continuing to stand there, essentially unarmed and without protection, taking bullet after bullet from her enemies?
Would you have rushed to her aid with your dollars and your voice, if she'd withered and fallen from those unceasing attacks? br> Would you have defended her honor as she collapsed from the sheer weight of the assault against her?
Would you have fought to see her re-instated if she'd been impeached for failure to do her job as Governor?
Sarah Palin ran for the office of Governor to help the people of her state. She didn't sign on to be thwarted from doing that job while tied up in courts and lawsuits, and she didn't sign on to allow her family to be crushed to death.
I'd be willing to bet that you never read her book, "Going Rogue". If you had, you would understand every detail of that episode in her life. Perhaps you'd understand it well enough to refrain from unfairly attacking her over her decision.