POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
The latest word is that Palin resigned so abruptly owing to a new, yet-undisclosed scandal brewing.
It is said that an Alaskan building corporation called SBS was given the contract for building the arena in good old Wasilla, and in return it helped to build her rather impressive home.
A separate report indicates that the costly supplies were delivered from SBS while others actually built the home.
It is clear to anyone who has seem pictures of her home that it is beyond the means of this woman's meager achievements and large family and the high costs of building in Alaska.
No one who is thinking clearly believes her bizarre act was a political strategy. It simply is not the way politics are done in the U.S.
Candidates running for nominations virtually always retain their existing offices until the last possible moment.
Palin likely reached a secret deal with a prosecutor behind the scenes. We may never learn the full truth.
But we know from other events that her ethical standards are extremely flexible. The case of her wildly spending two hundred thousand dollars of other peoples' money during her campaign on designer clothes is the clearest example of many.
She was given an account for a modest topping up of her wardrobe, and promptly went on an insane buying spree buying stuff for her entire family.
McCain and establishment Republicans were outraged behind the scenes, but they managed to keep it reasonably quiet. She had to return the clothes and has no friends in that wealthy wing of the party.
