Posted on 09/28/2009 6:59:40 PM PDT by STARWISE
You can't fight a blizzard of bogus ethics violations that are hampering your ability to govern and costing your state millions of dollars.
The ethics law as written had no recourse or loopholes against those who filed frivolous suits. The suits really locked her down and by resigning she completely turned the tables on the operatives. AK was a key gubernatorial race in 2010 because the Dems wanted to exploit that pipeline deal.
If she would have "stayed and fight," the remaining 3rd of her term would have labeled "scandal-marred" by the MSM and would have weakened her drastically. She had nothing to gain by staying, plus the legislature isn't in session until next spring anyway. She would have been the lamest of lame ducks.
Read her accomplishments sometimes. She accomplished more in her 2.5 years as Governor than most Governors do in 2 terms.
She is I think GOING ROGUE on big government and the idea that we the sheeple serve the government NOT the other way around.
Great idea for a book!
Oh, it will certainly galvanize them, but I believe that, with appearances leading up to any campaign, she will have been able to change minds that were already made up against her. She will have the opportunity, over the next couple of years to put herself out there, to show the American people what she's truly like, and the ideas that she represents. She's already made great strides in this respect with her opinion pieces, and her presence on Facebook.
I believe the MSM, after a couple of years of That One, will be discredited in their slobbering over him, and will lose clout in being able to define Sarah.
Yeah same with that lame actor Ronald Whathisname.
Not a chance in heck.
She made it clear, in her resignation speech, that she'd done much of what she'd said she'd do when elected. For things that remained to be done, she said that she and her Lt. Gov. were of a mind on what needed to be done, and she had every confidence that he'd work for those issues. She didn't leave Alaskan voters in the lurch.
Sorry newbie troll, your drive-by hit doesn't wash. Sarah was very clear why she left 18 months early.
socialismislost Since Aug 9, 2009
The suits could have been easily fought off if more contributed to her defense fund. Her defense fund could have easily negated any cost to the state. It didnt happen. The donations did not happen to offset the lawsuits. Her term would have been labeled as such anyway, that is why she needed to stay and fight the bastards off. But she didn’t.
Her accomplishments wre getting the pipeline deal through among other things. That being the biggest. She could have done much more for the largest state in the US, as well as for oil interests, if she had stayed. She could have then said she served a full term, AND made many more contributions in oil independence. Now she can do neither. Its a major sticking point with my family because they really thought she was going to pull it through for McCain with all of her rallies.
perhaps read some of my comments and posts before you decide to write me off. I still say she is the top of the bunch for now and both myself and my family loved her and voted for her. I know this is an emotional issue for many.
Obama is already losing poll points. He is doing great damage already. But the stories about Palin are all ready out there, as much as they are unfair and discredit her unfairly. I am more interested in the message than any particular candidate.
Ladies and Gentlemen... the NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Accompanying Mrs. Palin to Hong Kong was Randy Scheunemann, the former foreign policy adviser to John McCain, who lost the 2008 election to President Obama.Just look for it. Every time Palin goes anywhere, she goes with McCain advisors, every time she gives a speech, it's written by McCain speech writers. I started noticing this trend a while back. Palin has never seperated herself from McCain and his people. She is a John McCain-style 'maverick'. She's never claimed to be anything different. She does not, and never has seen McCain and his people as the enemy within. She is firmly rooted in the McCain camp, and the McCain world view. Many people want to see her as something else, just as people wanted to see 0bama as something other than the Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers type he really is.
The poisoned cookies are nice too!
You have the memory retention of a housefly, don’t you.
Perhaps you are the one who so easily forgets.
Sarah Palin is John McCain’s hand-picked, personally groomed protégé.
The perfect McCainian Candidate.
Im just assuming you are a guy April, but the “hotter than heck” comment makes me wonder. Anyway, homosexualism does not have a place in our party. I am adament on that point. Time for the abortion and homosexuals to leave conservatism. Same with RINO’s who support any type of social programs. We are not going to win in 10’ or 12’ by compromising our core principals.
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