yes, $500,000 is not a substantial amount of money on which palin should base her resignation from office, after all
rick perry raised $4.2 Million in 9 days and it is easy to say that palin could just as easily found donors to underwrite $500K in an even shorter amount of time.
interesting that you would attempt to bring in obama's "date" into the discussion...odd, but I do not recall either obama wearing a commercial logo on that trip, clearly you are grasping for straws in the comparison.
has palin been "harrassed" by the continued charges of ethics violations? that might be a valid complaint, but at the same time it isn't a very realistic reason for her resigning from office. these charges have been mostly dismissed early, and the ones that have substance should be investigated.
the only thing I'm "justifying" is the public's right to bring forth allegations of ethics violations, and the accused right to defend themselves.
are you against a citizen's right to lodge these complaints?