Palin chose to run for governor, and willing took upon herself the obligation to serve the term as governor. She quit to pursue other opportunities. She did not honor the obligation that she, herself, chose to take up.
Sorry, but the way I was raised is that if you say you will do something, you do it. She quit.
But I guess I was raised to honor my obligations, and that makes me an idiot now a days.
Sorry, but the way I was raised is that if you say you will do something, you do it. She quit.
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Balderdash! Any sensible chief executive continually
analyzes the current dynamics of the job and monitors
priorities, especially in this case where her time,
daily life, family, and her duties were increasingly
being so negatively altered by evil whims of outside
forces determined to immobilize her.
And those alterations were occurring to the detriment
of the efficient conduct of her duties to the state and
its citizens. The constant frivolous investigations,
mounting costs and time to hunt down and produce
paperwork to defend against spurious charges, the
continuing increased impingement on the time of state
employees caught in the legal webs, and many other
things we probably don’t know about comprised the
entire BIG picture.
The smart executive looks at the entire BIG picture
when it’s dramatically been altered.
Right decision, right time .. and control returned
where it belonged: to her and her family.
Oh no, that would be admirable. Chumplike, but admirable in a dimwitted way, I guess.
No, what makes you an idiot is that you looked at the situation and decided that's what it hinged on.
Most people look at it as recognizing she was fighting a war she could not, by definition, win. Her family would end up millions in debt, the money pi$$ed away on lawyers to defend bogus accusations. The state would suffer because, by law, she was required to respond. That tied up her time and staff time.
How much debt was enough? How much staff and personal time wasted was enough? Tell me, I'd really like to know what you "think."
If you dare.
Why is that a bad thing though?
I thought we hated politicians who tried to cling to office.