JLS, by going against the grain here, I have attracted a fair amount of posts that disagreed with me. Hey I knew I would and that’s okay. I am getting to the point that I have repeated myself quite a bit.
I would urge you to check out my comments on this thread and this one, if you would like to know where I’m coming from in a broader view.
Here you mentioned the issue of her deciding there was a better tact to employ, namely stepping down and taking another path.
Sarah has lasted 30 months. She only has 18 to go. I realize that is 18 more than she wants to stay on, but it was crucial that she did.
She needs to be able to point to successful Executive Experience. Now she can’t. She can only point to a stint as the Governor of Alaska, which ended with her quitting because the going got too tough. Please don’t try to frame this differently. You have to see this through the eyes of people who do not support Sarah today. She must attract these people, because you, I and the rest of the Conservatives can’t elect her by ourselves. We don’t have the numbers.
If Palin served out her term it would have made six very important points.
1. It would have shown she had the faculties to be a very successful Executive
2. It would have shown she was one tough cookie, able to take everything her enemies could fire at her, and still fulfill her duties and come out smelling like a rose.
3. She could have written a book, explaining what things she had to face as Governor, reinforcing what leadership skills she exhibited, and causing many in the public to respect her.
4. She would have immunized herself against the charge that should didn’t have the stamina or sticktuitiveness to handle the job of a chief executive.
5. She would have shown the left that pulling a Tom Delay on Republicans won’t drive them from office.
6. She would have reinforced the idea that she could withstand the pressures of international incidents, and situations calling for the use of our military.
Sarah states that she did everything she wanted to do. Okay, but even if the state is perfect, doesn’t it need a good chief executive to keep it that way. And who would be more qualified than Sarah to make sure it did.
I’ll stop there. There are some important reasons I didn’t touch on here.
You take care.
Check out my comments on this thread too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285286/posts
I understand and certainly go against the grain here from time to time. However by resigning now Palin:
1. made herself available to fund raise for other GOP candidates in 2010. This will strengthen the party.
2. made her own fundraising available to her to run for the presidential nomination should she decide to seek it. As it was much of that money might have been chewed up by legal expenses.
3. allows herself the time it takes to get ready to run for president if she so decides. This includes still writing a book if she so desires. Running for president is a tough haul, having a bit of time to prepare can be important.
She also likely determined that some would never give her credit for being the Alaskan governor and others would credit her executvie experience anyway. To a great mass of voters she will be Gov. Palin and they will not remember that she left office early.
You keep saying the going got too tough. I keep saying, that she quit to allow herself the freedom to explore running for president. You are taking the MSM position, I am the one really going against the grain here.