The 15 or so ethics charges against her (all proven false) have cost the state of Alaska 2 million, her personally $500,000 and takes of 80% of her time in office right now.
You can't be Governor of a state effectively if 80% of you time is dealing with lawsuits. Nor is it fair to the people of Alaska.
I guess now that she can free herself from governorship she has launched a lawsuit covering some the more destructive slanderers. Something like this:
Conservatives4Palin reported:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 4, 2009
On July 3rd, 2009, Governor Sarah Palin announced her intent to resign her gubernatorial duties and transfer the powers of Governor to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell.
Almost immediately afterwards, several unscrupulous people have asserted false and defamatory allegations that the real reasons for Governor Palins resignation stem from an alleged criminal investigation pertaining to the construction of the Wasilla Sports Complex. This canard was first floated by Democrat operatives in September 2008 during the national campaign and followed up by sympathetic Democratic writers.1. It was easily rebutted then as one of many fabrications about Sarah Palin. Just as power abhors a vacuum, modern journalism apparently abhors any type of due diligence and fact checking before scurrilous allegations are repeated as fact...
To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as fact that Governor Palin resigned because she is under federal investigation for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation. This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law. The Alaska Constitution protects the right of free speech, while simultaneously holding those responsible for the abuse of that right. Alaska Constitution Art. I, Sec. 5.http://ltgov.state.ak.us/constitution.php?section=1. These falsehoods abuse the right to free speech; continuing to publish these falsehoods of criminal activity is reckless, done without any regard for the truth, and is actionable.
Interesting to see what that might go.
But she will have a book out soon, and with some speeches should be able to make enough dough being a voice for the GOP instead. Less responsibilities, more fun, more pay. And able to take care of her family better. So this is win-win as I see it for her. Less BS, more pay, more flexibility.
