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It’s My Job, And I’ll Quit If I Want To

July 7, 2009 by John H. Taylor | Filed Under Sarah Palin 

John Podhoretz:

[Nobody] accused, say, Govs. Kathleen Sibelius of Kansas or Janet Napolitano of Arizona of “abandoning their posts” when they resigned to take cabinet jobs in the Obama administration. Nobody accused Rahm Emanuel of dissing his Chicagoland voters when he quit Congress weeks after winning reelection in November to become White House chief of staff. That these elected officials took other jobs in public service is meaningless; they all ran for full terms and decided that they wanted to do something else, so they went ahead and did something else. That’s fine, and so is Palin quitting for whatever reason she chose to quit. Being elected is not a prison sentence; just ask Barack Obama, who didn’t let his promise to Illinois voters that he would serve out a full term impede him from running for office; same with Hillary Clinton, for that matter.



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2 Responses to “It’s My Job, And I’ll Quit If I Want To”

  1. Tom Borcher on July 7th, 2009 12:34 pm

    Interesting that every single person you refer to in your comment left his or her job to take on a specific new post…..except Palin. That’s not “meaningless” although exactly how “meaningful” it is may be subject to debate.

  2. John H. Taylor on July 7th, 2009 12:37 pm

    Of course. Whereas it may be that Palin is leaving a post in order to prepare herself for seeking higher office without the distractions created by those who are using every possible means of leverage afforded by her office to prevent her doing so. Her maneuver will be judged entirely according to whether it works! Stay tuned — as we surely will.

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