Sarah Palin on Alaska job: I can’t take it anymore, reveals new public emails

AP via The New York Daily News ^ | Friday, February 24, 2012

[Friendofgeorge]

AMEN!!!!

[JediJones]

It’s not really news. As I recall it was already published at the time she quit that she was having to pay for her own legal bills for frivolous ethics charges, and obviously couldn’t afford it.

The left did the EXACT same thing to Newt Gingrich in the ‘90s with the frivolous ethics charges levied against him. I’m sure they wanted him to resign too but they settled for a pound of flesh, having him settle for $300,000, which Bob Dole had to promise to loan him. The left probably thought that would be enough of a black mark on Newt’s record to stop Newt from ever running for president. The Republicans at that time barely understood what was going on I think, and certainly didn’t realize the left was trying to create a tactic they could use over and over again to destroy us. And now, often because of our own conservatives claiming Newt’s “unelectable” because of those bogus charges, conservatives are willing to give the left exactly what it lied and cheated to get by not supporting Newt for president. It’s a shame when even our own conservative brethren fail to understand the evil the left is engaged in to destroy anyone they perceive as truly conservative. And of course our own liberal RINOs are all too happy to take advantage of the groundwork the leftists laid. I’m sure Romney would have said Palin “resigned in disgrace” too if she had stayed in the race.

[newzjunkey]

It doesn't matter. In politics as in much of life perception is reality. Perception is she's a quitter so she's a quitter. The rationale doesn't matter. In time she can rehabilitate but 2012 isn't it. On the plus side, all the emails are out. There's nothing left to grasp for. We know from them the reasons given publicly are the reasons she was giving at work. These are now facts on the record.

Perhaps her mistake was agreeing to run with McCain but without that she might've been attacked the same way and had no means to climb out of the hole as she did in having become a national figure.

[Lee'sGhost]

Wow! Wonder how many people aren’t going to understand how you meant that?

[newfreep]

The truth was always there to see....

[SgtHooper]

LMAO! Keep the flames a roarin...

[JediJones]

What about this tidbit from the second page. Was this a joke of some sort or were they talking about getting a divorce?

The emails indicate her job had taken a toll on her marriage long before she even became McCain's running mate.

In a Sept. 26, 2007, email to Kris Perry and her husband Todd, titled "Marital Problems," Palin writes: "So speaking of... If we, er, when we get a divorce, does that quell "conflict of interest" accusations about BP?" Her husband was a former BP employee on the North Slope.

[redhead]

"Let's go to Lowe's or the Depot now and get the Visqween to avoid the rush so they don't splatter any cranal mattter on us!"

I don't need to. I still have my H-H yellow heavy-weather gear from the olden days in Valdez. I'm set. I keep it where I can grab it at a moment's notice. Just in case, you know.

[GATOR NAVY]

Perhaps her mistake was agreeing to run with McCain but without that she might've been attacked the same way...

Attacked by who if she hadn't of run as VP? National libs didn't pay any attention to her before McCain, and never would have without the VP run. Alaska libs loved her right up until McCain picked her, when they dropped her like a hot potato in the name of liberal solidarity. Gov. Palin was not VP candidate Palin or ex-Gov. Palin. Gov. Palin was a populist moderate squish, not a conservative.

[redhead]

"As I recall it was already published at the time she quit that she was having to pay for her own legal bills for frivolous ethics charges, and obviously couldn’t afford it."

It wasn't only that. If you remember, every one of these lawsuits had to be pursued by the State. Every one of them was costing the taxpayers of Alaska money. So, it wasn't just the personal expense to the Palins, it was the money that was being wasted by the State in chasing down each of these frivolous actions.

[JediJones]

Vote Newt and I am almost sure she’ll be part of his cabinet, either energy secretary or enviro. solutions agency. That would be the first step to building up her professional political profile and preparing her for a presidential run again.

[Sloth]

So what she said in secret perfectly matches what she said publicly. What a shock. < /sarc >

[itsahoot]

What do THEY fear?

Brokered Convention.

[onyx]

“A nightstick the size of a telephone pole and the muscle to wield it effortlessly.”

Sarah Palin is the most vetted politician in history, but her vetting includes vicious lies and smears that are still on going, (the new HBO film Game Change to cite just one example).

It's our problem, not hers alone, to educate voters and Americans that she is the patriot our nation needs to one day soon ascend to the presidency.

In the interim, if we're going to save and restore our Republic, my prayers, my hopes, and my money all belong to Newt Gingrich.

I don't see how we survive 4 more years of the Marxist or Obama-Lite Romney.

“A nightstick the size of a telephone pole and the muscle to wield it effortlessly.”

Sarah Palin is the most vetted politician in history, but her vetting includes vicious lies and smears that are still on going, (the new HBO film Game Change to cite just one example).

It's our problem, not hers alone, to educate voters and Americans that she is the patriot our nation needs to one day soon ascend to the presidency.

In the interim, if we're going to save and restore our Republic, my prayers, my hopes, and my money all belong to Newt Gingrich.

I don't see how we survive 4 more years of the Marxist or Obama-Lite Romney.

[itsahoot]

There has been a coordinated campaign by the Democrat Party and the MSM to destroy Sarah Palin ever since she got the VP nomination.

I think they cared less until she spoke at the convention, that was what woke the beast.

[itsahoot]

Does the spouse step in as has been done sometimes when a Senator dies while in office?

The governor of that state always appoints the replacement. Sometimes that might be the wife, but only if the Governor and the dead senator are of the same party.

You may be thinking about Missouri when a dead man stayed on the ballot and the governor promised to appoint the wife. John Ashcroft stupidly let that go unchallenged for whatever reason, and we suffered immensely because of it.

[little jeremiah]

Are those favorites search terms automatically generated?

[itsahoot]

It doesn't matter. In politics as in much of life perception is reality.

Repeat the big lie until it becomes true. So why do you help them? Unless of course them is you.

[Springfield Reformer]

That’s true. We all do make mistakes. The question is, why do some choose to believe the worst about a person as their first reflex? And don’t misunderstand. This isn’t personally directed at you. It’s just a curiosity to me. I’ve done it too. There arises a situation, and two or more ways of understanding it are on the table. Some people will always pick the one that is most disparaging of another’s character. Some will err on the other side, never questioning whether a person has done right. Both responses are defective. But the left (and others) relies on those responses. They are why negative campaigns work. So is it just human nature? Will it always be this way? Or is there a way for us to get better at this? I don’t know.

[Liberty Valance]

Thanks for posting Kristinn. Here’s hoping people read the whole article.