Perhaps Palin did the honorable thing (July 10)
By Chuck Doud
The Madera Tribune
Gov. Sarah Palin is being skewered by certain commentators for her decision to resign her job at the end of this month, and it is not surprising, as they are the same commentators who skewered her when she was Sen. John McCain’s running mate during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Why did they do all they could to defame her? Probably because she scared the dickens out of them.
Barack Obama’s carefully orchestrated post-convention bubble broke with a pop the minute Sarah Palin strode onto the political stage and all eyes turned on her. She was a fresh face, she was conservative, she was attractive, she was capable of self-expression and she had standing. She had as much political experience as Obama, she had youth, she had energy and she had a big, attractive family. The Obama campaign just wasn’t ready for that kind of opponent.
As it turned out, the McCain campaign just wasn’t ready for that kind of running mate, either. McCain’s campaign wasted her strengths and didn’t compensate for her weaknesses.
Her return to Alaska after the presidential race didn’t mean her political star had faded, however. She has remained a focus of national attention — and the focus of hatred from those whom she still scares.
Her decision to resign was in the best interests of Alaska, she said. Why not just believe her?
If South Carolina Gov. Mark Stanford had resigned in the wake of his visit to his Brazilian mistress, wouldn’t people readily have accepted that? But he couldn’t have resigned because he wouldn’t have known what to do without the perks of being a governor. He remains a leech on the belly of his state.
Palin may be going on to other, better things for herself, but so what? She has done the honorable thing.
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