The rabid anti-government ideology of the far-right base of the Republican Party is finally reaching its logical conclusion. According to the true believers, Sarah Palin's resignation is a higher calling because this seeking government office stuff that Republican politicians have been doing for far too long is part of the problem:
When Ronald Reagan explained that "government can’t solve the problem, government is the problem," he was not expressing some kind of "the state, my enemy" philosophy, he was just explaining that the solutions to our problems will not come, cannot come, from the government...
This is a crucial "learning moment" for the D.C. Republicans...
Let's hope so!
There's more:
[B]y passing the baton to a man who is ideologically in sync with her, but who also won’t face the opposition she would have since he is unlikely to be a national star, she is doing a service for the people of Alaska...
If her resignation gives the Republican establishment pause to think about their attitude toward those who are "just being a private citizen," then Sarah Palin may have already begun a revolution in politics of enormous proportions.
So the lessons here for Republicans, if I'm understanding correctly, are that the best way to be a good Republican is to not seek, or if they have sought, to resign public office, because staying in the private sector is the better way to serve the public sector. And if you must remain in public office, for heaven's sake don't be a "star" at it.
Sounds like great advice. I hope all elected Republicans are listening.