Letter to the editor:

Lame duck excuse is just simply lame

Paul Feldman, Las Vegas

Monday, July 6, 2009 | 2:04 a.m.

By quitting the job the citizens of Alaska elected her to do, soon-to-be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is blatantly violating the will of the people.

But it’s her reasoning — that embracing lame duck status “would just be another dose of politics as usual” — that sets an important precedent for future politicians. I guess when Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were elected to second terms — thus becoming lame ducks — they should have immediately resigned. As should all governors and state and city officials facing term limits.

I’m sure her real reasons will emerge. Perhaps she thinks that by resigning mid-term, she’ll escape responsibility for Alaska’s mounting economic woes and the myriad ethics complaints against her. By all accounts, Palin has managed her state about as well as she’s managed her family.

Personally, I’d prefer not mentioning her family issues, but as long as Palin has turned her entire brood into props at press events — with travel frequently paid for by Alaska taxpayers — who am I to ignore them?

She has apparently also caught the bug of national celebrity — and ambition — to a degree that has rendered her incapable of shouldering the responsibility for which she campaigned just three years ago. Her constant complaints about the media are also absurd. I don’t remember Barack Obama throwing in the towel when Fox News Channel reported his touching fists with his wife, Michelle, as a “terrorist fist jab.”

I hope for Palin’s sake that quitting when the going gets rough plays well in the patriotic parts of the country that she so enjoys visiting. To me, it doesn’t sound very American, and she has set a new standard of public disservice.

Discussion: 10 comments so far…

By Future

7/6/09 at 6:09 a.m.

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More power to Sarah Palin for doing things her way, on her timetable so she can set her own agenda.

While having the children of Palin's family abuse by the likes of David Letterman, Joy Behar, and Maureen Dowd, and having to personally pay out millions of dollars to defend herself under the quirky AK ethics law for frivolous complaints, and having accomplish what she wanted to in Alaska why not move on.

The Media should be happy that Sarah will now be more accessible. If Sarah moves to Washington or New York Maureen Dowd may actually meet Palin and well will see where that go.

Free at last, Free at last, thank God Sarah is Free at last.
By WillieTanner

7/6/09 at 7:51 a.m.

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I'm expecting some nude photos!?
By gunowners4obama

7/6/09 at 9:15 a.m.

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Scary. Has she resigned to buy herself more time to work on a presidential bid? The popularity of this woman is astounding. She doesn't seem all that bright or informed, and appears ethically challenged, not to mention obnoxious to anyone who doesn't buy her holier-than-thou, religious, we're-better-patriots-than-you brand of "conservative" thinking. She got way too close to the presidency. Now she's a celebrity, and will get free press no matter what she does. It's too much to hope that she just wants to make money, and stay out of politics. This woman is power hungry.
By El_Lobo

7/6/09 at 10:34 a.m.

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Hmmmmm....I see Future has decided to try and "kill two birds with one stone..."

I thought he was much more creative and astute that having to resort to using the same post for two different threads....

It appears I gave Future a lot more credit that he deserves.... After all, he's just another typical right-winger!
By isthis4real

7/6/09 at 12:28 p.m.

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when obummer and the left goes after all your guns....just remember you voted for him....frankly I do not trust nor will I vote for an idiot that talks out of both sides of his mouth....he told the gun owners what they wanted to hear and the anti-gun fanatics what they wanted to hear....
wait till you have to nationally register your guns and have your prints on file in Washington D.C.....hmmmm!
By WillieTanner

7/6/09 at 12:47 p.m.

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isthis4real: If you're a law abiding citizen why are you afraid to have your prints on file in Washington, D.C?...............hmmmm!
Wouldn't that info be helpful if some unregistered gun owner killed you and threw your body in a river?

write to www.don'tunderstandgunowners.com
By BobbyG

7/6/09 at 1:01 p.m.

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Please give generously!

I know we're all suffering from compassion fatigue, but this is vital:

http://bgladd.com/SkinGrafts4Sarah.org

Bless you.
By ksand99

7/6/09 at 1:37 p.m.

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Lobo, what's truly funny about Future's impotent copy-and-paste manifesto?

On the other thread, he chides Maureen Dowd for "copy-and-pasting." What's that clinical term? Projection?

Palin has chosen her own political ambitions over the interests of her constituents. But hey, she said it herself. It's better for the state she governs if she abandons it in its time of need.

Alaska needs a steady hand, not some wishy-washy yo-yo.
By StanG

7/6/09 at 5:04 p.m.

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Here's a 2012 Republican ticket we can all get behind:
Palin/Coulter
Close behind.
I wanna be an intern.
By WillieTanner

7/6/09 at 7:57 p.m.

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All that pent up anger on one ticket! Yowza! I'll work there for free too. I don't think those two would be going out for burgers together. Caaaaat fight!