tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144465279383388996.post7393680584757923715..comments2024-01-05T13:00:21.226-08:00Comments on Code Name Insight: Rant: Palin and ResponsibilityCode Name Insighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11496657585224292169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144465279383388996.post-23174044957034431772009-07-12T11:56:25.142-07:002009-07-12T11:56:25.142-07:00Dear Anonymous,
There are a few points I would li...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />There are a few points I would like to make.<br /><br />First, the fees that are going to the state lawyers for the investigation would have gone to the lawyers whether there was work to do or not. Much in the way a military lawyer will get paid if there is work to do or not.<br /><br />It is reported that she is 500,000 in legal debt. This is unconfirmed due to lawyer/client privileges. I'm perfectly fine with not getting details, but I do wonder if that debt includes the tens of thousands of dollars she has been ordered to pay back to the State of Alaska for improper expenses.<br /><br />I agree that if she has having financial trouble, she should find a higher paying job. I think she already has a book deal in the works. Only she knows what else.<br /><br />I think that public office can't be wholly described as a "job." Yes it is a job, but it is more. Public office incurs a larger "debt of honor" to complete than flipping burgers at the local fast food restaurant. I think part of this comes from when you take office; you take it for certain term. When you get a job, it is rare that you sign an agreement for how long you will work there. But personally, I am more inclined to having honor attached to everything you do. That doesn't mean you can't move onto to another job, but there are more honorable ways to do it. <br /><br />You seem focus on issue of Mrs. Palin being a woman. I don’t care if she is a woman, man, transgender, etc – I apply my ideals evenly.<br /><br />Lastly - commitment to her family. It was partially (please note I said partially) her own actions in her job, not the job by itself, that brought all this heat on her family. One has to accept responsibility and accountability for ones own actions. However, we will truly find out if Mrs. Palin puts her family first in the future... How? If she attempts to step back onto the national stage, knowing full well the pressure it will put on her family, it will show how she isn't the person who puts family first like you thinks she is. For the record, I hope she is the person you think she is because I don’t think her family deserves all this negative attention.SCCChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105777769539158077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144465279383388996.post-42629212954495032412009-07-04T11:45:30.623-07:002009-07-04T11:45:30.623-07:00I still disagree. I've been offered better jo...I still disagree. I've been offered better jobs and if it benefits my family, I will take it, regardless of the employer's stake. <br /><br />If it doesn't benefit my family, I give notice and leave regardless of the employer's stake. <br /><br />Her job was causing her children to become targets for viciousness. <br /><br />The woman never gets a break - she's damned if she quits to make her children less of a target, and damned if she stays, because people like you expect her FAMILY to take crap because of her "responsibility" to a job. <br /><br />So, when YOUR family becomes a target because of your job...will you stand and simply tell the family to suck it up? Or will you do something to protect them? <br /><br />Personally, I'd protect my family first. And I have done so. It was tough financially, but my husband and I both agreed. Family is first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144465279383388996.post-11860938953662145562009-07-04T08:36:39.064-07:002009-07-04T08:36:39.064-07:00It doesn't matter if the person is a woman or ...It doesn't matter if the person is a woman or a man and yes family does come first but showing your family that when things get tough you run away is not a good example to set for your family. You stand up and defend your family and live in a way that doesn't give people the ammo to use against you. And yes, your can move to a better job but when you give a commitment for a specific amount of time (ie: I will be governor for four years) you don't quit and move on to something that pays better until your commitment is fulfilled. IMHO.Code Name Insighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11496657585224292169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144465279383388996.post-69944513232072164332009-07-04T07:09:46.064-07:002009-07-04T07:09:46.064-07:00Wow. So if your job doesn't pay enough, you s...Wow. So if your job doesn't pay enough, you shouldn't quit to find a better one? Come on, men do it all the time - they quit one job to take a better one. What about your responsibility to the first? Oh, it doesn't apply to men, that's right. <br /><br />The legal fees from repeatedly having her investigated are more than she earns as Governor. Its also costing the State Of Alaska millions. <br /><br />Hello. If she quits, she can get a better job to pay her legal bills, and it also stops costing the state. <br /><br />And BTW, she owes a commitment to her family, FIRST. ALWAYS. <br /><br />You can pick on me all you want. but the minute you attack my kid, I will do whatever it takes to stop it. Her kids have been viciously attacked in recent weeks. <br /><br />That's the difference between me, as a mother...and you, who apparently believes you're owed something by someone you don't even know. I stand up for my kids. <br /><br />You talk with forked tongue. You keep preaching that its family FIRST, and then everything else. <br /><br />But the moment a woman takes that step to put her family first...suddenly, she's "not taking responsibility." <br /><br />Women fight this attitude from men all the time. I was hoping some of you who preached the creed were different. I should've known better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com