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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 653715" data-attributes="member: 9859">Island, I&#039;m not avoiding you, I just don&#039;t spend as much time as you and Tieguy online.First off ISLAND, Palin was collecting taxpayers dollars as a &quot;Do-Nothing Governor&quot; to begin with.She hardly earned her salary while she was home in Alaska before the RNC came knocking on the door. And now you obsessively want to spin this honesty and bravery argument because she quit, and basically call all other politicians liars and dishonest because their constituency encourages and backs them to run for higher office.Island, under your specifications, only CEO&#039;s, or rich unemployed saps would be qualified to run for high office, not the average Joe.Anyway, after losing the election, Palin knew that going back to Alaska wasn&#039;t going to be fun, and that she&#039;d face a lot of criticism. FYI, if you google Palin&#039;s gubernatorial accomplishments, she has introduced next to very little legislation compared to her predessor Murkowski — none that could be considered sweeping measures — and only one has made it into law. Honesty and bravery ? Island, is that what you got out of Palin&#039;s resignation speech ? Was it just me, or did most of the country recieve a lengthy political communication from her that explained nothing, clarified nothing, and expounded upon nothing, save for the fact that she speaks in riddles and koans. Watch it as many times as you like, you still come away feeling you&#039;ve been treated to a cozy chat with the Mad Hatter. Oh! &quot;The media is bad&quot;. &quot;Those ethics complaints are expensive.&quot; &quot;Alaska was a great idea.&quot; Put it all together and what do you get? A hockey Mom who has given us no sense whatsoever of what she&#039;s fighting for. America likes its politicians to communicate their ideas clearly. You will someday come to realize that while it&#039;s all well and good to be mavericky with one&#039;s policies, it&#039;s never smart to be mavericky with one&#039;s message. Palin&#039;s political skill lies in selling a persona but not a message. And in the end, this may explain why she quit. I would buy the excuse that Palin wants to spend more time with her family, the stress and demands of children and a husband. I can buy that she wants to push her conservative agenda. I would buy that she thought that she could do more on a national scale because of her popularity and because of her massiah stature. But the lame-duck analogy, you don&#039;t do that. You don&#039;t quit the game. I wish that she could&#039;ve been a better example for your daughter, Alaska&#039;s daughters, and all of America&#039;s daughters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 653715, member: 9859"] Island, I'm not avoiding you, I just don't spend as much time as you and Tieguy online. First off ISLAND, Palin was collecting taxpayers dollars as a "Do-Nothing Governor" to begin with.She hardly earned her salary while she was home in Alaska before the RNC came knocking on the door. And now you obsessively want to spin this honesty and bravery argument because she quit, and basically call all other politicians liars and dishonest because their constituency encourages and backs them to run for higher office. Island, under your specifications, only CEO's, or rich unemployed saps would be qualified to run for high office, not the average Joe. Anyway, after losing the election, Palin knew that going back to Alaska wasn't going to be fun, and that she'd face a lot of criticism. FYI, if you google Palin's gubernatorial accomplishments, she has introduced next to very little legislation compared to her predessor Murkowski — none that could be considered sweeping measures — and only one has made it into law. Honesty and bravery ? Island, is that what you got out of Palin's resignation speech ? Was it just me, or did most of the country recieve a lengthy political communication from her that explained nothing, clarified nothing, and expounded upon nothing, save for the fact that she speaks in riddles and koans. Watch it as many times as you like, you still come away feeling you've been treated to a cozy chat with the Mad Hatter. Oh! "The media is bad". "Those ethics complaints are expensive." "Alaska was a great idea." Put it all together and what do you get? A hockey Mom who has given us no sense whatsoever of what she's fighting for. America likes its politicians to communicate their ideas clearly. You will someday come to realize that while it's all well and good to be mavericky with one's policies, it's never smart to be mavericky with one's message. Palin's political skill lies in selling a persona but not a message. And in the end, this may explain why she quit. I would buy the excuse that Palin wants to spend more time with her family, the stress and demands of children and a husband. I can buy that she wants to push her conservative agenda. I would buy that she thought that she could do more on a national scale because of her popularity and because of her massiah stature. But the lame-duck analogy, you don't do that. You don't quit the game. I wish that she could've been a better example for your daughter, Alaska's daughters, and all of America's daughters. [/QUOTE]

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