Why would I read her book?
Anything that would be put in that book would be designed to make her come off as good as possible. If she did quit because the fire got too hot (my contention) she sure as hell is not going to admit it in her book called “Going Rogue” in which she presumably tries to portray herself as some kind of populist maverick.
I know that Bob Riley never resigned. Haley Barbour never resigned when his own numbers were around 30% and he was facing the worst budget crisis in Mississippi history. I do wonder if people would be this gaga over her if she was a middle aged white man and not a reasonably attractive young woman.
It’s an honest question. If Obama had been a middle aged white man he wouldn’t have been let near the White House. As someone who was black, well-spoken, and relatively young he was able to tap into that huge white guilt vote. What would we be saying about Palin if she were Sam Palin and not Sarah Palin? What would we be saying about her if she looked like Hillary Clinton and not like someone who could be on desperate housewifes?
If you won't even read her book and see what she has to say, then you have absolutely NO business coming on this forum and criticizing her based on your own ignorance.
You would if you were interested in proving or disproving your assumptions/contentions about Gov Palin as even a number of Liberals have managed to do. I’d read Bob Riley’s books too - perhaps you could send me some (non-Wiki) links.
Gov Palin was being bankrupted rapidly into the stone age by dishonest & frivolous ethics charges which combined with an avalance of FOI requests were also costing the state Government millions. The business of the state of Alaska was effectively being paralysed. Bear in mind also that Alaska’s arrangements are unique so comparsion with other Governors isn’t valid. Can you honestly say that she should have stayed on in these circumstances? This is the heart of the issue about the resignation. Since her resignation how many ethics charges has Gov Sean Parnell faced?
Gov Palin has several things over the other candidates, raw attributes of a leader. When she was gov she went after her own party and the cozy oil companies over contract fixing. She did not hesitate to tax the oil companies and challenge their leases when they refused to drill and sat on them while competitors who lost the bids were willing.
When McCain abandon the GOP supporters in Michigan as the polls showed he was behind by 5 points, Gov Palin on her own visited the state to assure the supporters win, lose or draw, the GOP supporters are not fodder on someones’s plan but flesh and blood and should be appreciated.
I think she has all the attributes of a good leader and will go about to get things done. She did not quit because she could not stand the heat (imagine what the state GOP and oil company did to her when she came after them). What she learned from the harassing ethics complaints is the Dems are vicious and that if she does not quit the gov job the Dems will bankrupt her. She could make the public happy but hanging on as gov and be stuck with personal legal bills or she can breakaway from the financial kill zone like a good tactician. The key thing is she made a decision and it was a good one.
Finally for the GOP to win in 2012, they must be able to tap into the Tea Party movement. Unlike most GOP/RINO candidates she does not avoid them and has made forays into issues that the Tea Party movement embraces including the “Birther” controversy.
As another poster said, you are spectacularly ignorant. If you haven’t kept up with the reasons Sarah resigned, you have no business voting. Sarah was nearly bankrupted by an unending series of frivolous ethics complaints, which she personally had to defend, and left her $500,000 in debt. They were bound to continue. This is one of the vagaries of Alaskan law. She had no choice but to resign (she was not wealthy). She angered Republican pols in Alaska by taking on the oil industry and winning. She was very effective as governor. As the old saying goes, you can’t control an honest man (or woman).
As another poster said, you are spectacularly ignorant. If you haven’t kept up with the reasons Sarah resigned, you have no business voting. Sarah was nearly bankrupted by an unending series of frivolous ethics complaints, which she personally had to defend, and left her $500,000 in debt. They were bound to continue. This is one of the vagaries of Alaskan law. She had no choice but to resign (she was not wealthy). She angered Republican pols in Alaska by taking on the oil industry and winning. She was very effective as governor. As the old saying goes, you can’t control an honest man (or woman).
Bob Riley is a Democrat.