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The political psychopaths who targeted Governor Palin with charges of non-existent ethical breaches were in effect shooting at the citizens of Alaska.
In stepping down from her position as Governor, Palin drew fire away from the people she took an oath to serve.
Whenever given a choice between personal gain and moral or public duty, Palin has always chosen duty.
That is pure horses patooty. Sounds good to the folks who wish to believe it, sounds like excuses to anyone else.
An oath to serve is an oath, right? Those people elected you because they chose to believe in you. By telling them you are doing them a favor by stepping down, you would have to fade into the background instead of making tons of bucks and setting your sights on higher office.
Now how do you explain you want to be POTUS, but if folks start hammering you and things get tough, as they actually will, you will step down to do the people a favor? Who buys that stuff?
If Palin gets the nomination, I will hope that the person who should have been the President is VP.
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“Whenever given a choice between personal gain and moral or public duty, Palin has always chosen duty.”
She hasn’t had any personal gain since stepping down?? Required disclaimer: I’m all for her making as much as she possibly can and I will vote for her if she’s the candidate. However, I can’t reconcile your statement with what’s transpired since she resigned.