What would we be without wishful thinking?
By Glenn Beck is funny:
Seriously, what sort of “creative extremism” is Palin supposed to practice now that she’s gone Galt on Alaska and thrown off the gubernatorial shackles? Will she ride a unicycle? Wander the land holding a giant puppet? I must confess that I don’t understand why folks are straining to find some sort of credible motive or strategy in Palin’s resignation, as if she actually still possessed a political future, much less a chance of running the country. Though we have a tradition in the US of electing Presidents who have lost previous campaigns for lower office, there’s no precedent for advancing quitters to the White House.
Moreover, Palin’s central argument — that she’s doing this for the good of her state — is just bizarre; no one resigns from state office “for the good of the state” unless they’re morally or legally compromised. The last people who genuinely believed their resignations were for “the good of the state” happened to be Confederates, resigning from federal office to preserve a racial caste system. Given Palin’s bizarre political upbringing, I suppose that’s not an inapt tradition from which to draw hope — but though many ex-Confederates managed to get their jobs back, I don’t think there’s a chance that Sarah Palin can be reconstructed or redeemed.