Sarah Palin's not just a quitter -- she's a professional quitter. And taxpayers get the tab

By GottaLaff

From our pals over at Crooks and Liars (where there is video of major dufus punditiot John Ziegler--[See previous posts: Link. Link link link link.] -- with our least favorite anything, Bile O'Lielly):

Palin's resignation is likely going to wind up costing in the vicinity of $200,000 or more, because a special session is going to be required to name a successor to the lieutenant governor's post.

I posted about her reportedly false reasons for quitting here.

All this for the sake of someone who already has a history of quitting on the state when she hit rough sledding -- but using the splash she made from doing so as a stepping-stone to higher office.

John Ziegler, Palin's Biggest Fan, dropped that point in passing the other night on The O'Reilly Factor -- as though it were an admirable thing to do, of course. [See video at C and L]

Crisitunity at Swing State Project explored this in a bit further detail:

...[S]he was chair of Frank Murkowski's Oil and Gas Commission. How long was she on this Commission? Less than a year... until she quit in January 2004 with a big public huff (leaving the Commission in the lurch with only one member), saying "the experience was taking the 'oomph' out of her passion for government service and she decided to quit rather than becoming bitter." She publicly cited her frustration with being unable to be all straight-talky and mavericky about the corruption and backbiting on the Commission, but the resignation also came at a very convenient time for switching over to lay the groundwork for her successful 2006 gubernatorial run.

[...] The best part is that the taxpayers pick up the tab for it, too. Apparently, "what's right for the people of Alaska" is to give them the shaft -- now that she's "too big" for them, especially.

There you go. A very costly serial quitter. That should look great on her resume.

H/t: Cody