God's Calling For Sarah Palin

"a commentator on Fox News"

"Relentless scrutiny pushed Palin to exasperation; E-mails illustrate rise in frustration" by Becky Bohrer  |  Associated Press, February 25, 2012

JUNEAU, Alaska - Fed up with mounting legal bills and rattled by intense scrutiny of her family and work, Sarah Palin was ready to step down as Alaska’s governor months before she left office in July 2009.

E-mails released Thursday, most from the last 10 months of her time in office, show she told her husband in April, “I can’t take it anymore’’ and complained to spokeswoman Sharon Leighow and aide Kris Perry in March that she had been the target of “many frivolous suits and charges since the DAY I became VP candidate.’’

“I can’t afford this job,’’ she wrote.

The e-mails illustrate what Palin has said all along: After running for vice president unsuccessfully with John McCain, she returned to Alaska to find that the financial and emotional drain of her gubernatorial job was too much. She flirted with a presidential run last year, but told supporters she instead was dedicating herself to “God, family and country.’’ She currently serves as a commentator on Fox News....

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