To make a long story short, I learned she was window dressing.

Governor of Alaska is not like Governor of New York or California. Alaska is a welfare state due to oil revenues. Every resident gets a check, funded by the royalties the oil companies pay to the state. It has to be the easiest of all 50 states to govern. It's not like she's ever had to make a tough budget decision.

I saw interviews with the mayor of Wasilla. They don't even have their own police force. they don't pay for their schools (the state does that). When the mayor was asked what a city worker does, she repliued "well, they show up on Tuesdays for their paychecks". Granted that was in jest, but the mayor of Wasilla doesn't do much of anything.

That lack of experience is NOT where I want the person who would be a heartbeat away from the Presidency (especially given McCain's health issues).

Whether or not I agreed with her positions on various issues, she just was NOT ready for prime time. I mean, if you can't handle Katie Couric, how are you going to handle the White House Press Corps?

It was hard to tell what digs against her were real and which ones were made up, I'll grant you that.

But now she resigned from her position - and then actually said she was NOT quitting! It's like a whole new version of Newspeak from Planet Palin. She said she was pressing on the fight! What fight? From where? And how? It was all rhetoric and no substance - not that that is anything new or unique coming from a politician.

In truth, I thought she would finish out her term and then try for a more national office, like Senator or something like that. But she quit and has virtually vanished. Time will tell if any of the corruption allegations will have any traction.

I didn't give a damn about any of the allegations as to whether or not her kid was hers or Bristol's or any of that tabloid stuff.