Palin Resignation

Jason • 6th Jul 2009 • Politics • palin, resignation

I’ve been critical of Palin in the past, so I wanted to write something about her recent (surprise) resignation. However, I came across a pretty darn good post of the subject on, of all places, a conservative blog: Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air. Ed Morrissey nails pretty much everything on the Palin resignation.

The nonsensical lame duck excuse:

Bear in mind that the election isn’t next month but about 16 months from now, in November 2010. Using this logic, Palin should never have run for the first term unless she was willing to run for the second, and not run for either if she wasn’t willing (or legally able) to run for a third. Politicians don’t enter lame-duck status until their successor has already been elected and they’re running out the rest of the term. And all politicians become lame ducks at some point — and none of them quit just to avoid it.

And the miscellaneous other reasons:

I’ve seen a myriad of excuses on Twitter and e-mail for this bizarre resignation: her legal bills are too high, she’s putting her family first, she doesn’t want to distract Alaskans because of cheap-shot ethics complaints that are distracting everyone. None of those make any sense. If the spotlight was too much, then she shouldn’t have run for office in the first place. If she’s quitting because people are taking potshots at her, then she’s not the kind of political fighter we thought she was. The legal bills might be a rational reason, but thoroughly insufficient for betraying the people who put her in charge of Alaska — and her memoirs would have paid for her legal bills many times over, had she completed her term.

The funny thing is, she says these things in one breath, then hints toward running for President in another. She can’t handle being the governor of Alaska? No way she can handle being president. What she sees is just the tip of the iceberg. And what did she expect as a governor of small-time state thrust into the limelight as a major VP candidate? No one was going to pay attention to her? Ask questions about her background? Make charges (bogus or not)? Give me a break. I just can’t see any way she lives down this move if she is expecting to continue running for public office, much less the White House.

Pit bull? Nah. Quitter is all she’ll live up to from here on out. See you on Fox News, Sarah! (Just what we need — another wacky talking head. Her and Glenn Beck would make a great team.)