Letter to Sarah: They're Going to Destroy You - Get Out While You Can

[K Gardner]

Dear Sarah,

From one woman to another, one mother to another - get out now. Save yourself, save your future, save your family.

I know you thought you'd ride the Republican wave to the top. I know that Power is a very hard thing to say no to. It's the shiny bling bling. It's the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It might have looked like the answer to prayer, your big chance. But it's not too late to summon the courage, the integrity, to JUST SAY NO.

There is nowhere for you to go but down. You will not win this election. You will never be VP, most certainly, never be President. It isn't God's Will. It's nothing your Pastor can pray you into. It simply isn't in the cards for you. And worse than that.. this is going to ruin you and your family. If you love them, if you cherish your children, leave now. Show them what True Courage is - give them an example to follow.

You were not ready for the Big Leagues and they're using you. They lied if they told you they could protect you. We've all caught on - the media has caught on - and if you think it is bad now, you've seen nothing yet. You will be made a laughingstock. Keith Olbermann is writing checks based on your lies. This is something you will never live down. There will be no future for you in politics. Like those who have been savaged before you, this is the end. Your name will be a postscript, a punchline, for many election cycles to come. Most likely, your future in Alaskan politics is now lost to you. This is a gig from which you cannot recover.

Henry Wallace retired from politics and spent many of his remaining days tinkering with egg and corn yields on his New York farm after being pushed into the VP slot by FDR. Spiro Agnew and Dan Qualye... nuff said. But you won't even make it that far, Sarah. Your defeat will be blistering and unrecoverable. You won't go down in a blaze of glory.. you'll just go down, like the Titanic.

You have this one remarkable opportunity to show your children, show the world, what Integrity is.

You must realize, you must understand by now, this is not what you signed up for. Tell your children: "I am not going to lie anymore.. not for Party, not for John McCain, not for Anyone." Tell your children: "I thought I was ready; I thought I was doing the right thing, but I realize now this is wrong." Tell your children:" I love my country and my country is in real trouble.. your futures are at risk..this country needs more than I can give."

Sometimes, Sarah, you have to fall on your sword.

Sometimes, Sarah, those who sacrifice for the greater good DO reclaim a spot in history. This, you can do.

Henry Ward Beecher said: "It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."

There is a chance here for greatness, but it will not come from the road you have chosen; it will come from choosing a much harder, less-traveled road. You have it inside you to seize this opportunity. For your children, for your country, for your legacy, for history... Sarah, just say "Enough."