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Oh come now. It's not selfish opportunism...it's expanding her enterprise! Who needs to be encumbered by political office when seeking political office?

Really, this has much to do with her angling for 2012 by squawking for the next three years in the lower forty-eight. Her fanboys, inappropriately adulating her, will not see the irony in how someone aspiring to the chief executive position of the nation has just abandoned her chief executive position of her state because of "the fun" of being a lame duck. That's executive experience for you.

Ultra, I'm not certain what your defence exactly is.

First, it sounds like a condemnation of the Alaskan government for doing their job in investigating ethics charges. The state legislature started investigating on 1 August of 2008, at least twenty days prior to being publicly announced as the vice-presidential nominee. The charges amounted to nothing, as you said. Where does the problem lie? Should Alaska have ignored the complaints altogether? This is maybe the closest you get to a legitimate point, but this particular charge stems from an action she personally undertook.

Second, you go for target practise using the media. Right, left, or centre, the media is always presenting itself as the self-appointed keepers of public morality while simultaneously grinding down any politicians in its sights. Is this fair, appropriate, or responsible? No, of course not, but the public thrills on that kind of garbage. In other words, it comes with being a politician, and if she's upset about that, politics is not the place for her. And if you'd like to explain where Letterman referred specifically to Sarah's underage daughter, be my guest. (Agreed that extrapolation is a bad thing; still not seeing why she left office, though.)

Third, you're claiming her major political achievements give excuse for her to leave. Lacking your canny political insight, I must ask you to explain the logic behind this. Not knowing the size of Alaskan bureaucracy, I don't know if balancing the state budget is some kind of heady political victory.

Then you bemoan the media targeting non-political family members. Rather like Michelle Obama as the token angry black woman who uses the term "whitey", methinks.

The rest of what you have to say is a whirlwind of complaints so spattered and chaotic that it makes a Jackson Pollock painting look tame:
1. "Bolded due to the existence of Joe Biden." If the libs do it, it's okay for us too! Truly, this goes back to my point about the self-righteous media, regardless of political bent. I'm not seeing how this defends her decision in any way, however.

2. "Better than the umpteen others who campaign while still in office and ignore their duty for days/weeks on end...and even if they lose, go back to the job they were AWOL from like nothing happened (hey Kerry, McCain, here's looking at you!)." Hm, dereliction of duty? Like disappearing from the state one is governing for three months for a campaign? Again, does not validate the resignation.

3. "FBI says "lolno." (FBI counters rumors, says Palin isn't under investigation)" Agreed, for a change of pace. Once again, the media enthralling its audience with speculative balderdash. But...oh, you know what I'm going to say: it doesn't address her resignation.

I'd go so far as to discuss how the stimulus package was far too scattershot and the nature of US foreign relations (as a serious question, where do you see the administration condemning Zelaya? I've yet to see that anywhere in the news), but that would be missing the point, wouldn't it? All of this is a flurry of partisan complaints that has strayed well away from Sarah Palin's resignation. Even if you aren't attempting to defend her, you've still not explained any of this in the least, for many a politician gets back up from being steamrolled and dusts him/herself off. Not everyone quits because the job stopped being fun.