Posted on 02/24/2012 6:36:02 PM PST by Timber Rattler
Just a few months after returning from the presidential campaign trail, a weary Sarah Palin shot off a 1 a.m. email to top colleagues in her office.
Buried in ethics complaints that she deemed frivolous, the Alaska governor was feeling increasingly detached from her family. She faced mounting legal bills that only exacerbated the financial turmoil related to her family's travel.
"I'm just beat down on this one. I am tired. The opponents have succeeded on the drive towards our personal bankruptcy, and have divided my family," she wrote.
She finished the overnight email with a sobering conclusion: "One has to be single, wealthy, or corrupt to function in this political system."
(snip)
"I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't. I'm condemned and scrutinized for not being here enough," she wrote.
The governor said she paid out of pocket to repay travel by her family, which was "based on bogus accusations that I traveled too much in the past," and said she paid back taxes for not being in the governor's mansion "enough" during renovations.
"This Juneau situation cost Todd and me about $35,000 recently. The double standard applied to me and my spouse keeps me from freely traveling as other govs did," she wrote.
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Sick
I wish there was some way she can get her 2 pounds of flesh.
Most people wouldn’t be able to take the beating she took for as long as she did. She’s still a hero to me. When you’re a politician, you’re fair game. The commie ‘RATS went too far when they conducted their Naziesque blitzkrieg against her family and her infant son. Twenty years ago, Americans wouldn’t have allowed the commie ‘RATS to get away with what they did. We had values (and a conscience) back in those days.
I wish that some people on FR would stop calling a quitter.
It is amazing she hung on as long as she did.
i went to the AP link, and it seems like they purposely tried to put a certain photo of her there, that made her seem angry or something!
Yeah, they sure did.
One person against the machine. SHe held up far better than I ever could. And now that she (and we) know what we’re up against, the next time will be different. Both sides feared her...and set out to destroy her. They have not succeeded...she is still Undefeated.
Even the greatest generals knew when to retreat...and when to strike and win.
Then when she didn’t run for the GOP nomination, some of her faux loyal supporters called her a “quitter.”
Imagine THAT!
The courts pretty much deemed them frivolous too, didn't they?
I hope some day to call this brave woman, Sarah Palin, my Presidnet.
The sooner, the better.
As for the PDS’ers on this forum, stay off this thread. I’m not interested in hearing your drivel. You could not hold a candle to her.
Post #12: Presidnet = President.
Sadly, it wasn’t the Commie RATS who did in Sarah Palin - It was the good ol’ RINOs who didn’t want to see her succeed at the National level. She made her name in Alaska politics by refusing to go along with the corruption in her own party. If she started turning over rocks in DC, who knows what she might have found and the GOP establishment didn’t want anyone to upset their padded little nest eggs.
If the “leadership” of the Republican party (Bush, Boehner, McConnell, McCain, Rove, etc) would have come to her defense, most of these stories would have gone nowhere but I suspect that more than a few of them were planted by GOP operatives who wanted to make sure that Mitt “go-along-get-along” Romney had a clear path to the nomination, which they already know he will lose in the general election.
I’m not worried. I think every sane American realizes that the most extreme leftists camped out on the Palin’s doorstep, filmed every move they made and intruded on their private lives. There were political terrorists that filed frivolous lawsuit after frivolous lawsuit upon Sarah as governor with the intent to drive her out of office in scandal and bankrupt her and her family.
Not only was this a violation of her privacy, but then they went through every word of her personal/private garbage and emails while she was Governor!!!!! Who in the hell would survive that type of scrutiny? The answer is NO ONE!!!
Sarah won in the end and decided to play the game on her own terms. Yes, she gave up the governorship, bur who the hell cares - especially after all that she accomplished? She was finally able to make some well deserved money for her invasion of privacy, troubles and heartache.
The result? Now everyone reacts to every word that comes out of her mouth and conservatives love her more than ever! I’d say Sarah won in the end and will continue winning over the masses!!! All she has to do is open her mouth and the liberals/commies/Marxists go bonkers - which just proves the point that Sarah appeals to the masses and her enemies are VERY afraid of her!
And then she got THIS from her own damned party...
We need a REAL alternative party led by Sarah.
Sad email. I love Sarah and am happy she survived and is now a multimillionaire from her books, tv show and Fox appearances! Go, Sarah, go!
What these emails show is what hell this woman has been through, emotional hell. Anyone else would have slit their wrists if they had to go through 5 percent of the hell Sarah has had to endure. Not only from leftists, but from RINOS in the GOP who have hated her since the beginning. She never got any support from McCain, who is a despicable human being, never defended her, and had his goons trash her. Anyone who wants to call her a quitter, live 1 week in her shoes, live her life, and see how long you last before you lose it
faux loyal supporters
OK
I don’t believe that I will live long enough to see her in the White House, but I will pray for you to get your wish.
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