A Friend Stopped By | 07/04/2009 7:55 pm
Ann Coulter Explains Palin's Exit

I’m confused by all the confusion among the chattering classes about Palin. I thought her press conference explained it very clearly – though she couldn’t put it precisely this way without sounding vain, but it’s obvious.
Even though she’s just a state governor, she’s a HUGE national star who is both sought after and attacked as if she is already a president (a Bush, not an Obama). But she basically can’t participate because she’s tethered to the governor’s office up in Alaska. Consequently, she has to fight with one hand tied behind her back and she also can’t go around the country campaigning for candidates and principles she believes in – because she’s governor and would be accused of neglecting the state.
Meanwhile, the Lt. Gov. is a great guy, so she’s leaving the state in good hands and now she can go on to be an even bigger star.
It’s a weird Washington insider perspective to be perplexed by what she’s doing. Contrary to Mark Sanford’s e-mails to his mistress, no one was really impressed with him; 99.99999999999999999% of Americans didn’t know who he was. Who is more influential: Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Bill O’Reilly, or Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal and Mark Sanford (before the fall)? As Palin said, God bless people who run for political office, but – and she didn’t say this part – she’s too big to be a lame-duck governor stuck dealing with fishing licenses in Anchorage right now.
She’ll be much bigger now and can play on the national stage without constantly setting off state ethics investigations by loons, parasites and liberals. None of this applied to McCain or Kerry – both of whom went back to the Senate – because their national campaigns diminished them. Palin’s national campaign made her a major star. As she said, she’s not retreating, she’s advancing in another direction.
Click here for Margo Howard’s opinion on Palin’s exit.























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Didn’t she already deal with this issue?
I am amazed that more Alaskans aren’t outraged that these few people keep wasting Alaska’s money to deal with all these ethics investigations as well as wasting personnel time which could be better used toward solving issues important to the state.
Apparently not ‘dealt with’ in a way that was good enough to end it: See the following cut and paste:
Palin hit with yet another ethics complaint. Palin Hit with another ethics complaint Your request is being processed…Your request is being processedYour request is being processed…Your request is being processed… Palin Hit With Another Ethics Com Your request is being processed…Your request is being processed… Geoffrey Dunn
Award-winning journalist, filmmaker and historian
Posted: July 6, 2009 07:44 PMIn the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act.
Zane Henning — a conservative government watchdog from the governor’s hometown of Wasilla and an oilfield worker on Alaska’s North Slope — asserts in a letter to Alaska Attorney General Daniel S. Sullivan that Palin has "been charging and pocketing per diem to live in her home and has used the process for a personal gain since being elected."
The Washington Post first broke this story last September during the 2008 presidential race, but until now, no formal ethics charges have been brought on the matter in Alaska.
In a detailed press release accompanying his complaint, Henning declared that:
Henning noted that "the State of Alaska provides housing in Juneau for the Governor."
Henning further argued that Alaska Statute 39.20.010 sets an "annual salary for the governor of $125,000."
According to Henning:
In February, Palin was required to pay back income taxes on thousands of dollars in expense money she received while living at her home overlooking Lake Lucille in Wasilla. Little more than two weeks ago she was forced to pay back the State of Alaska more than $8,100.00 for nine trips taken by her children that she had improperly charged as being part of official state business.
Henning contends the per diem is another way for the Alaska governor to line her pockets at the state’s expense:
"The Governor is quitting her job," said Henning, "and now more than ever the State of Alaska, along with its residents, need to be reimbursed for the per diem charges, including interest and a fine…[I]t is up to private citizens, like myself, to hold our Governor accountable."
Annnddddd…apparently, according to Palin…the ‘Department of Law’ likes whoever is the President of the USA—-but not her….FYI—-there is NOT a Department of Law in our Federal Government structure…..but there IS a Department of Law in the State of Alaska….unfortunately, Palin may not be aware of the US Govt. Judicial Structure?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/palin-department-of-law-p_n_226881.html
Oh my god……….If I were wanting to advance my career. Ann Coulter would be the last person on Earth I would want to join my Band Wagon.
What ever the real reasons for Sarah Palin’s withdrawal from her elected duties as the Governor of Alaska, might never be known to any except those members of her own family.
I for one don’t care what she does……….I don’t now, nor have I ever thought she was a qualified person to hold an Office of great responsibility. She is proving my point of view………not keeping ones committed promises to those who helped put her in office just shows how weak she is.
I hope she silently disappears into oblivion.
Takes care of her children and has a happy family life.
I for one, am tired of hearing this woman’s name.
I hope it doesn’t come up again……..probably will, but it doesn’t hurt to hope!
Donna Palin doesn’t keep her name in the media…The media keeps her name in the media.
Suggest you keep away from Palin blogs if you are tired of hearing about her. That make sense to you?
Sandbee, I agree with you. I’d go a little further and say that I don’t think definitions matter to Mrs Palin. Neither of "lame duck" nor of "free press." Her strengths lie in demagoguery, not in rationality.
Olive,
First of all in response to your post………I did not say I was upset………
I did not say awful things about Sarah. I said I thought she was weak……that’s not awful, just my opinion.
It’s a perfectly good English word. I also said I didn’t think she was qualified. That again is not a terrible thing to say about a person that has shown by her actions that she is not qualified for the position she sought as VP. Now she is telling the World she is not capable of continuing her commitment to serve out her first term as a Governor.
I certainly don’t Hate Sarah Palin………I’ve never hated but one person in my life (that was because this person murdered a member of my family).
Dislike, Yes I guess you could say I dislike her. Perhaps not really her because I don’t really know her as I’m sure you don’t her either…..I certainly don’t like what she stands for. I disagree with her Politically. That’s my right as an American.
I can choose what candidates I want to hold Office, just as you and all of her Millions (as you say) Followers can.
That’s why we have more than one Political Party in this Country. ‘To Each his Own’
As to Sarah Palin having millions of followers…….that’s no great feat. What kind of people are all of her followers.
Not the kind of people I want to hold High positions in our Country. If you feel insulted by that statement that’s on you. Not me.
Now, when you make a statement "BUT WE BELIEVE SHE IS CHOSEN" first I’m curious who the WE are?
Chosen by Who?………..Chosen for what?
I won’t even make any remarks about a statement like that……….It would get to personal I don’t wish to go there.
Republican analyst Ed Rollins said Palin seems to be acting "cuckoo". It was a strange news conference, to say the lease. I believe she gave the pundits one more negative mark to use against her, if she does run for president in 2012. They’ll label her a "quitter".