Persecution Redux: Palin Still Doesn’t Get It

From a statement recently released, on Facebook of all places:

The response in the main stream media [to my resignation] has been most predictable, ironic, and as always, detached from the lives of ordinary Americans who are sick of the “politics of personal destruction”. How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country. And though it’s honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make.

Is this intended to be a slap at the media for picking on women generally, or her specifically? Either way, it’s baffling. What “higher calling” is she leaving to pursue? We don’t know, and she’s never said. Does she even know?And when was the last time a governor quit halfway through her term, for no (plausible) stated reason? Call it a good trivia question, because I sure as Hell don’t know.

Palin has spent her last few months tilting against various windmills – first David Letterman for an admittedly tacky (but pointless) joke, and then a hitherto unheard of blogger, because Palin was shocked, just SHOCKED, to learn that there were offensive things on the internet(s). Who knew? Now, in (political) death, we see her return to her favorite pastime, yelling at the media.

In many ways, this latest emergence of her persecution complex is a perfect encapsulation of her most glaring fault: first she does something weird (here, resigning); then, when called on it, she lashes out rather than fixing or learning from her error. It’s an ugly cycle, and one that would raise a red flag in a friend, let alone a prospective vice president.

I admit, the media has been hard on Governor Palin, some would say unfairly so. But especially given her bizarre resignation, it might be time to realize –

The fault, dear Sarah, is not in your stars, but in yourself.