It's Called Quitting

OK, so the only apparent Republican on the national scene under age 60 quit her job as Governor of Alaska the other day. There's a lot of commentary and opinion flying around now about what it means and why she did it. I generally can't understand 90% of whatever Governor Palin says because it sounds like some sort of encrypted code most of the time.

"Many just accept that lame-duck status, and they hit that road," Palin said. "They draw a paycheck. They kind of milk it. And I'm not going to put Alaskans through that."

Barely half-way into her first term as Governor, she decided to walk away from her job and tried to paint it as a patriotic and high-minded act. Lame-duck status? They hit that road? They kind of milk it? What on earth is she talking about? Palin asserts she's not a "quitter," but that's exactly what she did. It's called quitting in the middle of your term. So the former Republican candidate for Vice-President who had hardly any credentials to begin with, now has less. Unless, of course, you count her responding to some sort of "higher calling." I'm afraid to even hazard a guess as to what that means.

I never had any use for Palin as a candidate, so I'm hoping she'll just go away now. We should be so lucky.