If she was, after the last election she would have gone back to Alaska, surrounded herself with foreign policy experts.
You mean Michael Glassner (current campaign manager) and Peter Schweizer (foreign policy) of the Hoover Institute?
and finished her term as Governor.
What was there to finish? After the 2008 elections, the Democratic legislatures shut her off from any legislative intitiatives while the Republican legislatures wanted her out so they could return to the “CBC” system (corrupt bastards club).
In early 2009, she was doing nothing but fighting off bogus ethics charges (aka: “The Alaskan Mudflats”) and spending over 500k in legal bills. Some of the filers were out of state and some didn’t even used their real name. The cost to them if a charge was dismissed...zero. The state, on top of Palin’s expenses, had spent nearly 3 million in investigation expenses. In essance, they were driving Palin to bankruptcy while tarnishing her record.
Where was McCain? Where was the GOP leadership? Where was the rank-and-file? NOWHERE!!! They left Palin out to rot. Many supposed “conservatives” just turned their backs and walked away. This is one of the many reasons why Palin owes the establishment nothing!
If she stayed, it could of been over 1 million in legal fees. They were forcing her to bankruptcy. Also, the complaints were on page one but the dismissals were on page 35, section 3, paragraph 5. They were also trying to smudge her image. Ironic, the SAME people who wanted her out were now griping that she resigned!!!
Palin played a big role in the 2010 elections. She has earned a lot of IOUs. She has acted as a rally point for the Tea Party base and is the voice for those who crave for a conservative voice in the wilderness.
Palin has been wise to wait. The front runners are bashing themselves silly and getting vetted. The secondary players are getting squeezed out or imploding. Her time is coming.
She is running and it’s driving the esblishment nuts. They’re even trying to push christie into the fray. My GAWD, has it come down to this!!! Are the GOP elites that desperate to thwart Palin???
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/06/six-clues-palin-is-running-for-president.html
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/09/patience-paying-off-for-governor-palin.html
All of that plus the state was getting no business done as state employees had to search for records to fight the ethics charges, bogus or not. The Dem operatives nearly brought state business to a halt. Palin did what was best for Alaska. She resigned in order to free the government. Never trust anyone that won’t relinquish power for the good of the people.
Hello ak267 -
Every time drivel like what Mikey_1962 posted, is posted by someone like Mikey_1962, they are secretly crossing their fingers, and hoping that someone like you does not come along to give them the kind of smackdown that you gave.
Thank you for saving me the trouble.
Seriously, I don’t even know why they bother. It’s like they’re aiming to prey on ignorance and laziness, because to refute a content-free accusation like “She resigned!” someone has to drag out many of the things you did.
- ROTB
What is Palin doing and why is she letting us down
"What is Palin doing and why is she letting us down" equals "I have my own ideas of what she should do, how she should do it, and when she should do it. Because none of this is happening according to the schedule and fashion that I envision, it's really a reflection of how she feels about me."
The idea some folks seem to be pushing--that there is something fundamentally wrong with her because she isn't copying other GOP folk announcing their candidacy by announcing when they announce and "running" when they run and "debating" them when they all get together in their gab-fests that have, until now, been managed by many of the very media people those same folks claim have no legitimacy--pretty much contradicts the claim by the same folks that they want a candidate who is different, who has her own mind and way of doing things.
It boils down to a whine of, "I wanted you to be different but here you are refusing to be just like everyone else in the Republican field of candidates! That means you aren't a serious candidate."
Is she talking with people who would vote for her? Yes. Is she doing this all over the country? Yes. Are those turning out to hear her coming in larger numbers than they are for any other "serious" candidate (like Pawlenty and Huntsman or this year's "It's Bob Dole's/John McCain's turn" candidate, Mitt Romney)? Yes. Does she continue to point out the flaws of a government controlled by folks like Obama? Yes. Does she continue to point out what has made America great in the past and what can make America great again in the future? Yes. Is she focusing the attention of people on serious issues and telling them that they can make a real difference and that it, like the election of 2010, depends on them and what they do rather than on what their Democrat/statist opponents think they can't do? Yes.
Then it looks like she's been doing a real service for the cause rather than merely using the cause as a means of promoting her own, relatively more narrow, agenda of running for public office. But then some folks, such as I've seen here (on FR, not just this thread), stamp their feet and say in a pouty Shirley Temple fashion, "But none of that counts because she still hasn't formally announced like everyone else who has already announced has already announced!!! She's just promoting herself by not announcing instead of announcing and promoting herself!"