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Friday, July 3, 2009

Gov Palin Upholding Oath that Pres Obama Broke

Many were quick to pounce on the announcement of Gov Sarah Palin's resignation and call her a quitter, say she doesn't have what it takes, or the most common phrase that she "left Alaska high and dry." Oddly enough, I believe the opposite to be true. Imagine if she spent the next two to three years as Governor either running for higher office or campaigning nationally for candidates that uphold the true intent of the constitution. Would she not in that case have abandoned Alaskans? Is it not more noble to recognize a higher calling and pass the ball to fellow elected and competent officials without the target of the wretched liberal attack machine on your back? Does not the politician that diverts their attention from their current elected office for their own political ambition not leave their constituents high and dry? Do they not split their loyalties and abandon the oath of office they swore to serve their constituents? I never heard anyone accuse, then Senator Obama, that he was leaving Illinoisans high and dry when he spent the entirety of year 3 and 4 of his 6-year term, running for President. Alas, tis another double standard for a woman and for a conservative. I dare the libs criticize this move this way because their Comrade-in-Chief is guiltier than Gov Palin.

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  1. He only announced that he was running for president in Febuary 2007; over 2 years since he became a senator.
    But that's not even my main point; John Mccain, who was actually at the TOP of the GOP ticket, missed 85 more votes than Barack Obama during 2007. http://bit.ly/aXvnV
    You should do your research before you make these claims of hypocrisy.

    Every senator who runs for president has to deal with the missing votes problem; the only person who arguably did deal with it was then-senator Bob Dole in 1996, who resigned his senate seat in 1996 because he believed that his constituents needed reactive presentation.

    Regardless, Palin could have chosen to serve out the rest of her term, which ends in 2010, instead of resigning halfway though. This would still giver her 2 years to mount a presidential bid. Personally, it all seems quite a bit strange to me.

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  2. Thanks for the post Darsh. You missed the whole point but thanks for trying.

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