Palin was in the middle of one when she ran for VP with the "Troopergate" scandal. And when the Alaska legislature's ethics commitee found that she had violated ethics laws, what did she do? She said that she had been vindicated. Sarah doesn't care about shitstorms.
And when everyone in the world could see that she was unqualified to be a governor, much less Vice President, what did she say? She said that she was qualified to be President. She really does believe that.
But she's also very interested in money, possibly even more so than in acquiring power, although that's still debatable. With Rush Limbaugh's support, she's gotten pretty far. Without Rush, she probably would have disappeared into the dustbin of history right after the election. But because Rush says she's wonderful, she's still in the limelight.
She's got a wonderful opportunity to make lots of money on the right-wing talk circuit or, more likely, on Faux News. Still, I don't think we can rule out a run in 2012 if she doesn't get sent to prison for fraudulently billing Alaska for living at home, or for flying her children to political events, or for some other of her many acts of malfeasance.
If anything, we've learned that her dominant personality characteristic -- other than complete cluelessness -- is arrogance.
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EveningStarNM on
07/04/2009 08:22:25 PM EST
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