Money the motivation for Palin’s resignation

It appears that a love of money, not any noble cause, was the real reason Sarah Palin quit as governor of Alaska. On Sept. 22, Palin gave a private speech to a group of Hong Kong investors for a rumored $300,000. Palin won't confirm that amount.

She also won't confirm reports that she was given an $11 million advance for her book deal with HarperCollins (owned by right-wing billionaire Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News Channel and the Wall Street Journal). Palin won't say how much she was paid because she says she doesn't want that to distract anyone from what she writes.

Levi Johnston, who broke off an engagement to Palin's daughter, Bristol, says in the latest Vanity Fair Magazine that Palin resigned as governor so that she could cash in on her newfound fame.

He wrote, “She had talked about how nice it would be to take some of this money people had been offering us and, you know, just run with it, say ‘forget everything else.'?” A spokesman for Sarah Palin denies this, but actions speak louder than words.

Palins' actions prove Levi knows what he's talking about.

Dorothy Sandbrook

Marion