Days of Change

Day 264 – Sarah, no time is a good time for goodbye

This is why local elections matter.

Sarah Palin resigned for most of the reasons speculated about in the media. The insults of her. The insults of her husband. Speculation about her children. Personal attacks and off-color Letterman jokes. She was losing popularity in her state and would face an ugly re-election fight in 2010. A presidential run would have been impeded as governor of Alaska. And then there are the ethics charges.

I think the latter is the key to this. Alaska has been a bastion of corruption for years. Palin fought against it and made a number of enemies of both parties in the state. Her legislature decided to get back at her by making dozens of complaints proved false involving anything where she left the state. She was even charged with starting a legal defense fund to fight the ethics charges brought against her.

This is MoveOn 101. Monstrous billionaire George Soros made sure after the election of 2000 to bring the fight to the states. If you buy a candidate who controls election returns, you have a very good chance of a close vote going your way. Early instant voting was riddled with fraud. In Minnesota, ballots were counted based on political demographics. ACORN workers used a temporary address to vote in swing states like Ohio instead of foregone states like New York.

There were many calls to “let Sarah be Sarah” during the campaign. I suspect that’s what she’ll be now. She’ll be criticized in the media right from the get-go and they will be out of insults by 2010, like a bandage ripped off in a moment. At the same time, Jackass will face a protracted dribble of scandals right up until the Congressional elections that will burn through the Democratic Congress like Hellfire. Palin will be there supplying the fuel.