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Posted on 07/13/2009 12:51:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
By quitting as governor Sarah Palin stays true to her brand and is poised to grow.
Everyone -especially the political pundit class- seems to be calling Sarah Palin a loser, a quitter, a committer of political suicide by leaving office mid-term.
They are all very wrong.
What's being missed is that the usual political calculations simply do not apply to Sarah Palin, one of the most unusual public figures to come along in years.
With this decision and this announcement, Sarah Palin has been absolutely true to herself. Long-term, this will translate to a success that will leave most political pundits in the dust.
Why?
The pundit class is basing their analysis on calculations of the past (i.e., people who got elected president didn't quit as governor) and on the assumption that Sarah Palin made a political calculation in resigning.
They are simply not seeing either Sarah Palin for who she is, or what truly matters to the millions who support her, and they can't compute that there were no political calculations involved.
Her decision was one with her brand for two main reasons:
She's practical and holds government to this standard. This means that when she was watching millions be spent on what seems to amount to frivolous investigations against her, she couldn't stand by and watch the money be wasted. Not only was she being hamstrung in her job, but dollars were being thrown out the window. Her frustration over this waste showed at her press conference. Not only does this point back to the sincerity of her brand and reinforce that she actually cares about every taxpayer dollar, but it puts her "quitting" in a different light:(continued)
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What Sarah Palin realizes is that there has been a fundamental shift between the governed and the governing. The elites have always ruled this country but because of the Constitution, we dependent on the rest of us for legitimacy. With the leftist authoritarians taking contol of the democratic party, that has changed since these statist, in their elitism, have zero respect or tolerance for the individual let alone the classes of people that aren’t them. It’s nolonger a war between mian street and wall street, it’s a war between those who recognize individuality and individual rights and those who wish to supress them for power and control.
The charges are made up. They are harassment. You assume there’s some logic to all this and that these charges can be answered logically.
She’s squeaky clean. If they could nail her with something real, they would have. The media never connects the dots or impugns the motives of her attackers. That’s the first line of defense against anyone who questions a liberal.
All these 'investigations' were lawsuits (15 of them) and were dismissed. She now has a $500,000 legal bill to pay off. She can get this in spades in speaking fees (which she is now free to pursue) and also garner more for the GOP in the process.
All in all, a wise move on her part. She doesn't need to be Governor of anything to remain in the public eye. The Lamestream Media whores will see to that.
Think of it this way; When you get heavy flak...you know you're over the target.
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She’ll be HERE (Cheyenne Frontier Days) next Thurs. :-)
She HAS answered them, and is currently 15-0 in her favor with 4 more pending. It's cost her $500,000 personally and it's also cost the state of Alaska $1.9 million to process these ridiculous complaints because the law requires the state to take them seriously.
It was not gonna stop. I've seen estimates that it would cost the state $6-8 million more to fight off the Obama goons in the remaining 17 months of her term. She called it a waste of resources and she's right.
She broke for daylight to save her state from further waste and to save her from bankruptcy. Good for her. To be fair, there were other considerations in favor of her leaving office now. She wants to raise money for conservative candidates and speak out unshackled against what Obama is doing to the country. She could not do that from Alaska.
Occasionally, though, a person does rise to national prominence who by accident, by a twist of fate, or simply by the random choice of a desperate politician, is not fully vetter by the special interests and the people see their chance to promote a leader over the special interests.
As long as Sarah Palin continues to be hereself, which is all her supporters expect her to be, like themselves, a person with common sense, they will stick by her, and more will join.
ex animo
davidfarrar
We can do without all of snarky “pundits”. We can’t do without Sarah.
That should be a RINO on the far mountainside.
It might be a donkey, which would also be appropriate.
Both critters are to be purged from positions of power.
It would have been nice if both a donkey and a rhino were on that ridge.
bttt
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