So long Sarah (Palin)

She leaves the national political scene the same way she came into it: suddenly and controversially. Sarah Palin, the attractive former Governor from Alaska, shocked the political world in the summer of 2008 when she was chosen by John McCain as his Vice Presidential nominee. With her striking good looks, well spoken manner and tough, ‘pit bull’ political style, the admittedly Conservative Republican captured the attention of everyone last year and continued to do so in defeat, but then just 3 weeks ago she decided to step down as Alaska’s Governor with 18 months left in her term, leaving us all to ask why?

Question’s and theories abound as to why Palin decided to leave her office prematurely: there are ethics probes and mounting legal bills, all pointing to something sinister in her political background. And then there are the countless rumors of her courtship by Hollywood to host a TV show (perhaps a more republican version of The View?), rumors of book deals and a potential run up to the Republican nomination to run for president in 2012. No matter what her reasons, one thing I think we can all say with certainty is that she isn’t going to go quietly into the night. For better or for worse, we have far from seen the last of Sarah Palin.

Whether this is a good thing, I know not. I was never a huge fan of the McCain/Palin ‘ticket’ last year, but I did like that Sarah Palin spoke well, spoke her mind without remorse, took no bullshit from the establishment and would go as far as necessary to expose corruption where it prevailed-even within the confines of her own party. Her hard conservative beliefs turned me off, but I don’t believe she would have ever tried to force them down anyone’s throats. Personally, I always thought she would lead by example as those things were concerned, which was something I could respect.

Regardless, for now we must say goodbye to Sarah Palin and turn a questioning eye as too why? Why now and what for? Is there some seriousness to some questionable ethics practices on her part in Alaska? Probably, but I have my reasons to doubt that it could be anything worse than we see out of politicians on a daily basis in this country. Whatever her motives may be for her sudden departure from the Alaskan Governorship, we will be questioning why for some time to come, but there are 2 things we can say for certain about it: she leaves the national political scene-most likely temporarily-the same way she came into it-with more questions than answers; and, as a red blooded American male, it’s not a bad thing to watch her walk away…