I didn't say I didn't like it. I said the comparison is specious. Which means it's an illogical, false comparison to make.
let's look at Newt Gingrich. He has held elected office. He has an important role to play in the Republican Party. But now his role is not in elected office. His role is as a speaker, writer, and advisor.
Still not the same. Newt is a former professor who has more of an analytical mind-frame than Palin. He was born to do what he's doing now rather than actually doing the job, which didn't work out too well for him. Palin is a workerbee, citizen politician. She's hitting the lecture circuit and writing books out of both enriching her family and making a difference in the country, as opposed to helping the Republican Party advance.
Palin had accomplishments as governor of Alaska, but they were modest.
Passing a pipeline deal that was on hiatus for 30 years is not a "modest" accomplishment. It's unprecedented. Sweeping out corruption in the state and rejecting stimulus funds were not modest either.
And those accomplishments came by close cooperation with Democrats in the Alaska legislature.
So what? Again, would it have been better for her to work with corrupt Republicans? The key thing though is: Did she compromise or yield her conservatism to them?
No one in the conservative establishment is complaining about Palin making money on the speaking circuit or from a book she wrote.
They are. My point is that liberals ran her out office but now are complaining about the money she's making and being in the news all the time. If they had left her alone, she would have quietly finished her term and probably went back to private life. Establishment conservatives are guilty because they view her as a celebrity and disregard her accomplishments in the 14 years she has held public office.
She yielded to her opposition when she resigned. She is a nice woman, but she has demonstrated that she can't take the political heat while in office as governor.
My point is that liberals ran her out office...
No body ran Palin out of office. She ran away from a political fight on her own volition.
She is a nice woman. I wish her well. She has a place in the Republican Party. But that place is not in office.