Republican governor of Alaska, and unsuccessful former vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, has announced she will resign the governorship of her state later this month.
Accordingly, various elements of the media have started to speculate about her motivation for such an unorthodox move. Some have stated she is being investigated by federal investigators over a myriad of alleged abuses relating to her tenure as governor. This has caused Palin's lawyers, Clapp, Peterson, Van Flein, Tiemessen & Thorsness, LLC, a law firm in Alaska, to issue a "Media Release," which can be nothing more than a blatant intimidation tactic that the First Amendment has been repealed seemingly in honor of Palin's privacy as a public servant (that's an oxymoronic statement). Her lawyers allude to a provision in the Alaska state constitution that protects its citizens from those who are "responsible for the abuse" of the freedom of speech. I'm pretty sure that the Constitution of Alaska, which may be a fine document, does not apply to those who do not live or conduct business in the state of Alaska. Furthermore, this issue would fall under the purview of the United States Constitution, via Federal District Court, not Alaska state court, if any libelous or slanderous charges were brought forth.
We'll be very much aware, in the future, of the scope of Alaska's state constitution. (Yeah, right!)
Is Sarah Palin going to run for president in 2012? God, I hope not. It will be an embarrassment for our country and it will bring more shame on the already rusting Republican political machine. I believe her reputation, both in her private and public lives, has been irrevocably tarnished, as a result of the 2008 presidential election.
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