Some seem to have short memories. Here's a excerpt from her Resignation speech.
Every one - all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We've won! But it hasn't been cheap - the State has wasted THOUSANDS of hours of YOUR time and shelled out some two million of YOUR dollars to respond to “opposition research” - that's money NOT going to fund teachers or troopers - or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the “politics of personal destruction” ... Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn't cost them a dime so they're not going to stop draining public resources - spending other peoples’ money in their game.
I suggest everyone go back and refresh their memories by reading the whole speech.
http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/full-text-of-palins-resignation-speech.php
"And so as I thought about this announcement that I wouldn't run for re-election and what it means for Alaska, I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks... travel around the state, to the Lower 48 (maybe), overseas on international trade - as so many politicians do. And then I thought - that's what's wrong - many just accept that lame duck status, hit the road, draw the paycheck, and "milk it". I'm not putting Alaska through that..."
My God, does she really believe that once she became a lame duck she had no choice but to behave this way or quit?
By this standard of character every term-limited politician should quit.
Of course this reasoning is nonsense. Many if not most politicians with over two years to go in their term (the term that they sought) spend their energies working for the people who elected them...not galavanting at their expense. Hell, most of them keep at it right up to their last day in office.