Posted by
Andy Zarowny on Friday, July 03, 2009 10:03:42 PM
Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin
announced today that she will
not be seeking a second term
as governor. In true, Palin
fashion, she reasoned that to
be a lame-duck would not be
a benefit to Alaskans. So she
also announced that she will
resign her office as of July 26
and turn the reigns over to Lt.
Governor, Sean Parnell.
Immediately, the hyenas
crawled out of the brush to
call her a coward. That she
couldn't take the heat. That
she's a quitter. She's com-
mitting political suicide. That
she's crazy.
Today's announcement was
Classic Sarah. She is show-
ing once again that she has
the moral responsibility to be
a true leader. Already under
fire for taking trips out of the
state to promote her charities
(such as Autism Speaks) and
causes she believes in (such
as the Right to Life), today's
move clears the path for
Palin to assume a more
national presence. She will
no longer be restricted by
the critics, nor the great
distances to travel.
Palin is no coward! I did not
hear the pundits recall how
she resigned from her pre-
vious position, on Alaska's
Oil Committee, because she
became frustrated by the
"politics as usual". For over
a year she fought against the
stale and the corrupt, then
resigned to take up the sword
and run for governor. And
successfully, so.
Upon becoming governor, Palin
quickly went on the offensive to
clean up Alaskan politics. Her
strong ethics legislation, in fact,
may have proved to be too
strict, as it allowed a flurry of
ethics charges to be leveled
against herself, all of which she
has been cleared from.
She took on the most powerful
forces in Alaska, the oil com-
panies. Thanks to her, the
citizens now get a larger share
of oil lease monies. Palin cut
through 30 years of red-tape
to finally get a natural gas pipe-
line built. It will be the largest,
privately funded infrastructure
project in American history and
will deliver cheap, clean energy
to the "Lower 48".
During her first two years, Palin
also opened the door to more
exploration for oil and gas in
Alaska. Been an advocate for
the state's resources and wild
life. Protecting Alaska from
all exploiters, including the
Federal government. The state
just won two major lawsuits
against unconstitutional regu-
lations and mandates. Palin
accomplished her campaign
objectives and kept her
promises, something very few
politicians do.
During her announcement,
Palin made it clear how unhap-
py she was about the amount
of time and money the state
was spending just to defend
her from frivolous charges.
Some as inane as her wearing
a store-bought jacket that has
a company logo on it. Like
who in ‘normal America’ does
not own one jacket, t-shirt or
ball cap with a corporate logo?
Can you say “NIKE”?
Palin also cited her disdain
for the usual role of a lame
duck politician. To mark time
with junkets and banquets,
all the while drawing a public
paycheck and using the office
for personal gain. This woman
IS A TRUE MAVERICK! Far
more so than John McCain
ever dreamt of being!
Resigning now was a bold
and smart move! Palin may
now freely travel to promote
her causes and prepare for
2012. She knows she has
more ‘star power’, or celebrity,
than any other potential GOP
candidate. Romney already
had a shot and blew it, coming
off as somewhere between a
slice of milk toast and the boss
who lays you off. Huckabee,
while self-promoting himself
as a God-fearing populist,
also hit a brick wall, due to his
tax and regulating policies as
Governor of Arkansas. The
Governor of Minnesota, Tim
Pawlenty, is another stale
politician with a mediocre
record as a chief executive.
Palin shattered the mold of
your typical politician from
Day One! A humble, REAL
person, who’s life story any
of us can relate to. McCain
energized his anemic cam-
paign when he selected her
to be his running mate. Across
America, Sarah Palin electrified
crowds and large they were!
She saved McCain from total
disaster, despite the mishand-
ling by jealous McCain staffers
and Democrat smear mer-
chants.
So Palin now has the freedom
to due what she needs to for
her family and future ambitions.
She can help pay the $500,000
some-odd dollars of legal fees
she’s been forced into defend-
ing her honor and integrity. I
hear she can easily get as
much as $50,000 for a speech.
Palin can now spend the next
18 months writing her book,
raising money for charities, and
helping kindred spirits run for
offices across the nation. And,
of course, carefully prepare
and build an national campaign
organization to run in 2012.
This is not the end of Sarah
Palin. It is the beginning of
the next chapter. A recent
Rasmussen poll showed that
Palin was way ahead of any
of the other GOP contenders.
Palin has chosen not to be a
typical politician, who uses
their elected office while run-
ning for another. (Hint, hint,
Obama? LOL!). That she is
not some power-crazed
egotist who has to cling to
their office. She got a taste
of national politics. She met
real people from Florida to
California. Palin knows how
unhappy the public is right now
of our nation’s political class.
So Palin has shed herself of
any restrictions. She is now a
free agent. Independent of
all ‘official’ scrutiny. Able to
go where she wants and say
what she wants. Palin has
cast off the shackles of stale
conventions.
RUN, SARAH! RUN!!!