Sarah Stirs the Pot: New Iowa video sure looks like campaign spot//UPDATE: Rachel Maddow thinks she’s running

Now we can all spend the weekend asking “will she?” or “won’t she?” for the umpteenth time.

The new video released by SarahPAC looks, smells, and quacks like a full-fledged campaign spot.

Shushannah Walshe, writing for ABC’s “The Note” is convinced.

“It sure looks like she’s running,” Walshe writes.

Round and round and round she goes, where she’ll stop, nobody knows.

But by releasing the video on the quietest Friday afternoon of the summer, Sarah assures that once again she’ll be the talk of cable and the blogs through the weekend.

UPDATE: Rachel Maddow tweets:

Rachel Maddow MSNBC

@maddowRachel Maddow MSNBC
Why is it political common wisdom that Gov Palin is not running? What’s her new Iowa ad for, if not for a campaign?

79 Responses to “Sarah Stirs the Pot: New Iowa video sure looks like campaign spot//UPDATE: Rachel Maddow thinks she’s running”

  • ManxMamma:

    I really don’t think anyone but the c4p folks will pay it much attention. And they can dissect it to their hearts content.

  • Desert Dog:

    She’s running. No doubt about it. The big rally on September 3rd is on the 3rd anniversary of her speech at the GOP convention. Everything is planned.
    The new video is a campaign ad. Why spend the $ if she’s not running?

    Desert Dog

  • lilly lily:

    Well fall is on its way. Can feel it in the air.

    Politics.. and politicking

    Damn it, I was so hoping she would go away.

  • SusanC:

    She’s not running. She has to entice the suckers to the Iowa event on September 3.

  • Chris:

    Well, if so she’ll have to quit Fake News and then let the battle begin between GOP primary candidates, should be great entertainment……Sarah won’t mind mud fighting. She may also think she can run as a tea party independent if she doesn’t get the GOP bid. Fine by me, let her divide her messed up party and give Obama a second term. She just wants to go down in history books.

    Seriously, is this some weird master plan coming from those with BIG money? 11-12 GOP primary candidates all spewing crap about Obama until the election. Do they know he’ll win and they’re planting all the crap seeds they can to make the second term as difficult as the first, to garner as much anger support from ignorant masses? Planning for the 2016 election? JERKS!

  • Cackling Rad:

    Funny, I thought when I watched her on Hannity that she was all fired up and delivering what sounded like a campaign spiel. Of course, it’s hard to guess if she knew at the time she delivered it that it was being taped and would be used on the video, so that was the reason for her passionate delivery, or if one of her “people” listened to the audio and decided it would be good to use. Was there a teleprompter around when she was talking to Hannity? That would tell us.

    If she does NOT announce she is running on September 3, she will be condemned as the ultimate tease and be metaphorically run out of town on a rail. This lady who once claimed she’s wired not to blink has been blinking like crazy for seven months now. To use my dad’s favorite if somewhat crude expression, Time to shit or get off the pot, Sarah.

  • Dicer:

    Harley Barbour is helping Perry…..Sarah’s bus ain’t going anywhere, but the grifter has to grift.

  • karenw729:

    She can run all she wants, but she won’t win. What she will be successful at is making things ugly and nasty, just like her soul.

  • Lisabeth:

    I thought she wasn’t going to run. Now I’m not sure. Why? Because if she doesn’t run, I really think she is finished.
    There goes the gravy train. If she runs, she will still be getting money in even if she doesn’t win. I don’t think she will win-she has made way too many enemies and a large majority of the public can’t stand her. Yet she either has to try to run or her fans will be furious and all opportunities will disappear. if she runs, she can keep playing the victim and whining about the media. Well we will soon find out, right?

  • MSR:

    She is not running, never was, she is just trying to push the meme that she remains relevant in politics and should be listened to, so when she finally announces she isn’t running her star won’t fade and her supporters don’t abandon her. And she can keep on grifting and with her Fox gig.

    But in following C4P, I’m not so sure her bots are going to accept Queen Sarah announcing she is not running, not matter what excuse she gives. It will sure be interesting once they find out they were taken on a ride.

  • Cathy:

    2 Questions:
    Can her current PAC produce a campaign ad?

    She is still employed by Fox and has been commenting on the current contenders. If she does enter the race, wouldn’t this be a violation of FEC regulations regarding free air time to any candidate?

  • SusanC:

    Look, all she has to do in Iowa is give her usual boilerplate speech with plenty of references to God, patriots, patriotism, heroes, a few direct slams at Obama, and some indirect slams at the Republican candidates. She doesn’t have to commit herself to anything. Her bots will take this as a a sure promise she’s running, because, as we all know, Sarah makes her own rules. She can go home to Wasilla and collect more money for sarahpac and her legal defense fund. And drag this unconsummated lap dance out from here to next March.

  • Canadian Bystander:

    She will NEVER launch a campaign for president. This latest video is about staying relevant for as long as she can manage to command even one more ray of the limelight. She has not forgotten how much work it was to be governor of a state, and she wants no more of that. It’s about money, no hard work and adoration of her fans….in that order. She will not abandon the $$ for the work that would be required of her to run a campaign. Plus, she has enough political smarts to know she doesn’t have support of the “Republican Machine” which is still required to have a hope of competing in a presidential election. AND she definitely wants to avoid the scrutiny that would come with such an announcement. Even she can hear the skeletons rattling in her closet.

    My prediction…she will announce sometime in September, that for family reasons, she will not be able to run. Then she will endorse Rick Perry (for a price, of course!) We all know he will find a way to channel money her way in exchange for her support. They are made for each other – he’ll be the front man and she’ll do the marketing, which is her forte.

    Then she will gas up the bus and head out around the country basking in the limelight while campaigning for Perry. A quick summary of this scenario….Money – Tick; Limelight: Tick; No real work required: Tick. This will meet her requirements for now and what tricks she has up her sleeve after that is anybody’s guess.

    How she got this far boggles the mind. Progressives in the US…. I feel your pain, Canada is linked inextricably with the US economy, so we do have a “dog in this fight” too. Just no vote to help out.

  • lilybart:

    “I’ll do what I want until a judge tells me I can’t.”

    She said when asked about a second renovation of the Mayor’s office she wanted to do, and did.

  • lilybart:

    Astute analysis.

  • Nick G:

    >Maddow: “What’s her new Iowa ad for, if not for a campaign?”

    She is either running or not running but encouraging people to believe she is running to stay in the media for attention / for money / for political relevance. In both scenarios she will do things that make it look like she is running so I don’t feel like I have learned anything from her releasing this new video.

  • AKPetMom:

    Were she to visit the upcoming Alaska State Fair I doubt that she’d even have enough excited responses to coddle together 20 seconds of positive video. Iowa, she belongs to you now. Enjoy.

  • curious:

    I hope she runs for three reasons:
    1.) I want to see how fast the rest of the GOP candidates go for her throat. With numerous blogs and books already out there and Joe and at least two other books coming out soon the amount of material they can feed off it is immense. For Joe, having her announced a mere couple of weeks before his book comes out is perfect. She can start her yammering and then she’s going to get smacked down hard. I look for Joe’s book to elevate the others about her in general and for several bloggers and a book to bring Trig to the forefront. Does anyone thing she’ll get a free pass from MB or Mitt to name two?

    2,) Add in the Meghan McCains of the world on the right who are intent on taking her down and she’s going to get blasted there. And let’s not forget her friends at Fox. If the tales of taping, hacking etal are anywhere near true then I’m guessing Fox knows tons of things about her they’ll find a way to share. Once she’s off the Fox payroll does anyone believe she’s still going to be the fair-haired girl?

    3.) Anyone else notice the difference in the media coverage between Tour 1 and Tour 2? I hardly know it was going on versus the sideshow of Tour 1.

    I think she’ll announce, make headlines for a day or two and then the fighting begins.

  • laprofesora:

    If she runs the GOP will crush her.

    If she doesn’t run her ‘bots will abandon her and she will fade into obscurity.

    That’s what I call a win-win.

    So you see, Scarah, ir doesn’t really matter whether you run or not. Either way you’re OVER. Sucks to be you.

  • Mary:

    “by releasing the video on the quietest Friday afternoon of the summer, Sarah assures that once again she’ll be the talk of cable and the blogs through the weekend.”

    And, there ‘ya go. Answered Rachel’s and (possibly) your own question.

    Attention. Sarah needs it like an unloved 4-year-old.

  • Mo Money:

    Time to think wicked…..

    I believe the TPTB want Palin in the race. The reason why Michele Bachmann is in the race is so to draw out Palin. Play on a woman’s vanity and eventually she will response. The press claiming that Bachmann would be a better choice over Palin because she is not afraid to talk to them would get to Sarah’s ego and here she comes.

    If Palin would to enter the race, it would be the same disaster that occurred in Japan. One, (the earthquake) she will split the Republican party. That is a guarantee. Two, (tsunami) if she would win the nomination, she will guarantee that President Obama will get a second term. Three, (nuclear meltdown) if she is not the nominee and give her endorsement to the GOP nominee, the nominee would have the same poison that prevented Palin from being President.

    I think the White House and Obama’s friends are praying on their knees for Palin to get in the race.

  • Percy Sledge:

    When it comes to the “horse race” aspect of politics Rachel is more often wrong than right (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

    Therefore….. the grifter is definitely not running. Grifting, maybe!

  • Miss Mainwaring:

    For once I feel smarter than Rachel Maddow. RM hasn’t wallowed in all-things-Palin as I have these past, three long years. Canadian Bystander (above) said it all better than I can. Palin Logic has two masters: money and attention. But there is the wild card, and that’s Palin’s Madness. Anything is possible and that’s the only thing I know for sure. I don’t give a damn whether she runs or not. I just want the Trig Hoax exposed.

  • kate:

    Anyone else notice at the 1:56 mark, they use clips of Rick Perry supporters cheering…Palin? #burn

  • Marie:

    I thought her bus trip was to teach Americans about American history and all we got out of it is this video “all about Sarah”. She can run a scam better than anyone.

  • OliviaP:

    If she runs it will be to prove you wrong, Joe. She is a spiteful woman and would never miss a chance to try to make you look like you lost. It won’t last long but she will have to do it, the girl can’t help it.

  • KatieAnnieOakley:

    No. She will NOT ANNOUNCE on Sept 3rd. She will wait until the following 5 days to 2 weeks. Why? To cry VICTIM! Victim!! VICTIM!!! when the film “Sarah Palin – You Betcha!” opens in Toronto, along with Levi’s, Joe’s, and “Fred’s” books dropping. And then there is the latest badge of victimhood, the Christy family saga…

    She will time her POTUS announcement for maximum press exposure and benefit – all to drown-out the book / movie buzz. She has strung her bots along for 3 years, constantly picking their pockets. They expect a run. She sure as hell doesn’t want them turning on HER – she KNOWS what they’re capable of.

    Levi is supposed to do book signings in Anchorage and in New Jersey – expect HEAVY Palinista participation…

    Granted, she will NOT win the nomination – I think she’ll drop-out for any number of “family reasons” – death threats, the media abusing her poor, innocent children again, for the umpteenth time – just fill in the blank for the excuse. But it will be “for family”. That way, she’ll save face.

    And she’ll end up back on Fox, or she’ll write another book… something that keeps a camera on her puss and a microphone on her lapel… and she’ll come out smelling like a rose with her Palinista’s.

  • KatieAnnieOakley:

    She’s still stinging from the lack of media response from last weekend; she’s gonna shake things UP, you betcha! Time to do something, anything to get the media to fall back in love with her again.

  • Older_Wiser:

    You can’t win anything with 317 views…

    Cat videos get over 2M.

  • Joe:

    But I don’t lose if she runs. There is already phenomenal interest in THE ROGUE. I’m not yet permitted to announce all the shows I’ll be on and the other things happening in connection with publication–one month from tomorrow–but none of the eleven books I’ve published previously over 42 years have stirred advance major media interest like this one. If Sarah runs, the roof will blow off. Trust me, if she does, it will be because she believes her God has called her to do so, spiting me is not part of the equation.

    –Joe

  • sjk from the belly of the plane:

    Can run. wont run. (fox, meet the FEC)

  • Older_Wiser:

    Oh, also, too…the Christy Fed case might interfere with running, too…

    And the world might end by getting hit by an asteroid. : )

  • Joe:

    That video didn’t come cheap. Someone ought to ask Pass Code Creative

    http://www.passcodecreative.com/

    how much it cost.

    I realize Sarah didn’t pay for it, the people who donate to her PAC did, but it’s a lot of money for a non-candidate to burn just to boost attendance at her Sept. 3 hot air balloon speech.

    –Joe

  • carollt:

    Seeing Bachmann and Perry getting all the attention is killing the Queen. Already she is showing the kind of campaigner she will be. Sarah will take off the mask completely and be the mean and nasty person that she has tried to hide in the past. There is nothing nice abour Sarah Palin.

    Hopefully the press will do its job this time. As any reader here knows, Sarah has many skeletons in her closet and it is the job of a free press to drag them out.

    Thank you Joe for doing the hard work the press was unwilling or unable to do. Your book is coming out just when it is needed the most.

  • Joe:

    Thank you. Someone who knows Sarah well told me off the record in June that she was not going to run, but that the one thing that could change her mind was if Bachmann started to steal the limelight. That’s just what has happened. The tenth-grade bully in Sarah may now have to chase her off the playground.

    As for publication of THE ROGUE a month from tomorrow, yes, the time is right. Crown Publishing made the decision to publish on Sept. 20, 2011 more than a year ago. It was a brilliant decision. I’ll be ready.

    –Joe

  • Bob:

    What’s with all of the fisheye lens views in that video? Creepy.

  • lisa:

    Yes, it is a creepy video. Palin obviously does have some money in this. I don’t believe she will run. She is simply too disliked and it would ruin her narrative to actually have her numbers tested.

  • Samantha:

    She’s is not running! Sheesh! Where are the boots on the ground? Where is the staff? Where is the organization? Where is the money? Why did she skip Iowa as a candidate, when that is HER turf and HER audience? Why does a hack like RAM know she’s not running and yet no one else does? (because it’s good ratings for Maddow and good for web clicks?).

    Maybe if you call pulling a Trump – “running”, then ok maybe she’ll announce and drop out. But that’s like saying, I signed up for a couple of online classes at the community college so I’m on my way to my Ivy League law degree! It’s just not accurate.

    And besides, there’s already a Palin clone in the race.

  • She’s not running, too many grandchildren and her kids not married or pretending to be married. She is just wanting money, fame and future paid speeches. That woman is an idiot.

  • nm:

    I watched the video and I have to say it would be fantastic if it were reality. I’d love to see a real, down-to-earth, passionate, mom put this country on a better track.

    However, having followed Palin closely for over three years, I know she’s a fraud and a phony, a greedy grifter, a liar, an ignoramus with a lazy intellect, and a quitter.

    She’s been fortunate in her career and has been able to exploit the opportunities afforded by (1) the corruption of the Republicans in Alaska that propelled her to the governorship, (2) the high price of oil shielding the negative effects of her tenure, and (3) the economic crisis that Obama inherited and that has continued for a number of reasons (including the inability of Obama to enact a big enough stimulus to be effective, the deliberate acts of the GOP to prevent success, and the economies of other countries).

    I have to ask myself how Sarah was so fortunate to meet this series of events. Is it God’s will? Then I wonder, why didn’t God just make her competent and caring person instead of creating events that enabled an ignorant incompetent like Sarah to succeed.

  • sunnyskiesinyuma:

    I think she has way too much baggage to run for any political office. She won’t have the McCains to cover for her; the public is aware of her many problems, personal and political; she will be vetted this time around and people know what questions they want answered; and I agree with Mercede Johnston, she would have a mental breakdown when all her lies come back to roost — in that hair of hers! What a tangled web she’s woven.

  • nm:

    Joe, I have pre-ordered your book and am so looking forward to it.

  • DKey:

    I love Rachel Maddow, but I wish she wouldn’t refer to Sarah, who quit halfway through her term, as “Gov Palin.” I don’t know what bothers me more, “Governor Palin,” or “Dr.” Bachmann. They’re both proven liars who are bent on making America a Dominionist Christian Nation. Will September 3rd be the “screech heard ’round the world?” Time will tell. I’m counting on September 20th. Sarah will be revealed, a la Keyser Soze, and “poof” just like that, she’s gone . . . (apologies to the brilliant Bryan Singer)

  • AKPetMom:

    I hope she tries to steal both Bachmann’s thunder and her husband!

  • Beaglemom:

    I think that she will delay as long as possible because, above all, Sarah Palin craves attention. If she thinks she’ll lose the media by not announcing, then she will announce her candidacy but – not now, not yet. Sarah Palin wants to save the Republican Party. Remember she’s been compared to Joan of Arc – but I think the young Joan was far smarter than Sarah. Joan told her captors that she would burn if she lied to them because she would burn in hell and she would burn if she told the truth because they would burn her at the stake. She chose the truth. I cannot imagine Sarah Palin feeling compelled, for any reason, to tell the truth.

  • Can she use SarahPac money for the Iowa ad?

  • I’d love to see her duke it out with the fake cowboy!

  • KatieAnnieOakley:

    Something I’ve been working on with a friend regarding all that unaccounted “funding”… for a hint, check this page, then click on this link: It’s 2 sentences above the PALIN 2012 Poster near the bottom of the top post.

    “So again, if you approve of all Organize4Palin is doing across the country, please consider GIVING ( <—- CLICK THIS RED LINK) toward the new website. Thank you!!"

    It links to a timed access redirect for a PayPal page that collects funds for O4Psite, PalinTV, American Grizzlies United, etc.

    BTW $arah? I know you read here. I love puzzles.

  • Tom:

    maddow (the pseudo liberal)hardly spends enough time on palin to attempt to understand her motives.

    That said there is no question she is burning from the lack of attention she is receiving.

    but…how exactly does she “run’ for anything with no desire to do the work and no team or party support?

    and remember she loses her gig at fox and I predicted they would be the first to turn on her because their man is perry and they will turn on her.

    in fact regardless of her running I am predicting that we WILL see Joe on the fox network when his book comes out.
    palin is finished.

    that she has some loons who live in the delusional world she has created might be enough to keep her bus running but hardly enough to finance a presidential run when bachmann and perry are both fighting for the same votes .

    I expect to see fox turn obviously against bachmann too because as I commented before we will Never see a woman at the head of the republican ticket..in any of our lifetimes.

    ironic as it may seem (though I understand the dangers these right wing so called christians represent as candidates) if palin were it run it would quicken her demise.

    it would expose her as never before and the trouncing she would suffer would stamp her as the marginal influence she really is, never to rise again except at a beck rally or as the brunt of a comedy sketch.

  • OliviaP:

    I am eagerly awaiting the book like so many others and I really hope your tour brings you to Minnesota.

  • Lidia17:

    I really think Sarah’s religious belief is tenuous at best. God is her valet, her “door-opener”, not her lord and master. A narcissist can’t conceive of someone with a higher authority than their own.

    Sarah may not run to spite only you, personally, but to give a “middle finger to the haters”. She has wanted to be president since she was on the Wasilla city council. In her mind, she’s millions richer, and has written 2 best-selling books (well, one best-selling book and one not-so-best-selling). She doesn’t see the pitfalls of situations like a normal human being… she’ll just keep bludgeoning her way through “doors” until some court tells her she can’t.

  • Lidia17:

    If God has anything to do with Sarah Palin, it is in the manner of a cosmic joke, or an affliction upon us. 😉

  • Julian:

    Couldn’t agree more.

  • cckids:

    This is the answer. Shades of “Fatal Attraction”: She’s not just going to be IGNORED!.

  • Melly:

    It’s not only creepy, and crepe-y (regarding her neck), it looks forced. Punch like you mean it, Palin, or drop the whole schtick because you’re just giving your phony self away again. Stupid, shameless, and phony all in one.

  • Natalie:

    She needs the ad to stoke the run up to 9/3 screech. The problem is it’s college football kickoff weekend! Big fan base compared to hers. Once again her timing is pitiful.

  • Sir Guestalot:

    I totally agree. Applause for your comment!

  • Melly:

    Why is Fox News keeping her on? What could be closer to running than a campaign ad? How do they get away with featuring her on three shows the day before she issues a campaign ad? What gives? Is nobody able to stop Fox and Murchoch from doing whatever the fuck they want to do? Nobody?

  • gypsyrose:

    Yes it is a lot of money but her “base” has been sending money to sarahpac since Iowa. The trip to Iowa was to step on toes, try to remain relevant and to keep her base excited and sending money. The pac paid for the “family vacation” a few months ago too…………………..and that was for???????

    Joe, the publishing house of your book has put an “embargo” on releasing any of the material correct?
    The explosiveness of it is not going to be leaked in advance. sp has to have SOME idea of what is in your book right? I can only deduce that if it is even a bit explosive….sp will not be able to maintain under the scrutiny………..and so the pressure is not on you alone, with nick’s documentary also coming out and others who will undoubtedly come forward at their own personal risk…………………and even taking into consideration her vanity and multiple issues, how can she seriously run for president?? I have been one of the thousands going back and forth with the “will she or won’t she run” question. I understand the desire to have her run and see her fail…………..epically!!! I also though want her out of the equation………..having her in the race will only make it more nasty and mean and racist and vindictive………….and i don’t want any more hatred. I just don’t.

    So, tell me Joe, does this video make you now believe she is running? I sighed in a bit of relief upon reading your opinion that she is too cowardly to run. I want to be prepared…………..what are you thinking now?

    full bellies for all children
    and
    peace

  • rm:

    Do You Want Sarah Palin To Enter The Presidential Race? NOOOOO!” Or How To Manipulate A FOX
    Look on Hannity face is priceless. LOL
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GfJ4dVBQYA0

  • m106:

    People keep saying she isn’t forming a team or whatever, but someone is advising her behind the scenes. She’s just not smart enough to pull this stuff off- all the upstaging of current GOP or declaring candidates, the ad vids, the big speech on the 3rd. What gives?

  • janie:

    Joe, are you scheduled to go Piers Morgan to promote your book.

    That would be a good move at this point in time.

    He gets world wide coverage also.

  • janie:

    I agree with you wholeheartedly m106

  • gypsyrose:

    And why would she be squeezing her supporters for more and more and more money for sarah pac if she is running? She cannot use sarahpac money for a presidential campaign. If her announcement is imminent, why would she continue asking for money for the pac? She is going to need their money for the campaign if she announces and sadly enough, if you read at c4p, many of the peeps there don’t seem to have very much money, fixed incomes,etc. It just doesn’t make sense to me that she would ask for pac money if she is announcing anytime soon.
    And yes, I know, making sense and sp are mutually exclusive.

  • Felix:

    The big boys have used her for the past 2 1/2 years to keep things on the boil.
    But they’ll never give their support, or money, to a drama queen who’s clearly not smart enough to take their directions. Or who might even think she’s got the power to go rogue.
    So, she can twirl and dance all she wants to, but they’ll pull the plug on her spotlight sometime in the next few months.
    It won’t be the liberals who will do her in — it will be the money men in the GOP.
    She’s toast. Not whole grain toast. Plain, white, tasteless, bad-for-you white bread toast.

  • Lisabeth:

    I can’t wait. I have it pre- ordered too. Best of luck with all the media appearances. We will all be cheering for you.
    I hope you’ll post a schedule here or your publisher will so we can watch/listen.

  • Ciaran:

    Palin has to keep the suckers contributing and the media interested .
    She has to find a way to keep the bots on the hook.
    She’ll probably up the tease and announce that she’s forming
    a presidential exploratory committee.
    A presidential exploratory committee at this late stage
    would of course ,
    be laughable and so transparent .
    It carries with it a whole host of FEC fundraising limits and filing requirements
    that could be very tricky for Palin to legally navigate.
    Applying her usual sketchy Alaskan ethics at the federal level
    could easily result in an orange jumpsuit.
    Palin could use the money raised to travel , but, never to advertise herself as a candidate.
    Only to ” test the water.”
    There are a lot of FEC tripwires and Palin would have to be extremely careful
    with her words and actions in order to maintain
    her wink, wink ” testing the waters ” deception.
    An exploratory committee would buy Palin a couple more months to draw out
    her charade and griftathon.
    The downside is that she would look like an even bigger
    fool ( I know..how could we tell the difference ? )
    to suddenly begin
    doing the prep work the serious candidates
    did months and months and in some cases ,
    years ago.
    It would make her the ultimate punch line and laughingstock.
    But, it would supply Palin her lifeblood-
    media attention and money.

  • notafaux:

    I was reading comments on the previous post about the arrest of the Christys when this post about the SarahPac video came up. Having made the transition here, I quite frankly see only a modicum of difference between the Christys’ unhinged phone calls and Sarah Palin’s polarizing utterances during the 2008 election and since her resignation as AK governor in 2009.

    At the outset I should note that Craig and Shawn Christy must be held accountable for their behavior; apparently that process is taking place, and rightly so. Yet what about Mrs. Palin? When, or how, will she be held accountable for her own reprehensible behavior? Think about the invective Sarah Palin has hurled on Facebook posts and in Tweets, and during Fox News appearances, the TLC reality show, the “One Nation” tour, and paid speeches (in this country and abroad). I ask: Aren’t her deliberately provocative statements the equivalent of obscene phone calls–to the President of the United States, to her perceived “enemies” (by now too numerous to name), and to our national polity?

    With the Christys and with Palin we’re witnessing forms of sickness. Unfortunately, the Christys are isolated and cornered–indeed, paranoid–having no social or legal support system to validate their grievances, which may in fact spring from a seed of truth but which have since escalated into unfocussed, uncontrollable rage. In contrast, a cooly sociopathic Palin has relied upon a host of codependents that she cleverly manipulates at every turn: supporters who are themselves deranged, media who pander to her every whim for “news value,” and blogs (both pro- and anti-Palin) that produce a daily, nearly obesessive stream of commentary on her every move. All have provided ample fuel to sustain her blatant grifting, her sense of victimhood, her narcissistic teasing about whether-she-will-whether-she-won’t launch a presidential run.

    The question remains: When will Sarah Palin, like the Craig and Shawn Christy, become such an object of disdain that she is stopped in her tracks? Geoffrey Dunn and Frank Bailey have made valiant efforts toward that end with their books. Perhaps Joe McGinniss will deliver the coup de grace. Hope springs eternal, to coin a phrase :-).

  • AKRNHSNC:

    Just another sign of her M.A.D.D. at work! Obviously, her meds are not working and neither is the Bailey’s. If she’s taking them in combination for her diagnosis, she’s really in trouble. Todd needs to hire a few good actors to pretend to be media with an interest in what $arah has to say and to follow her around with a camera. It’s all she really needs to counteract the Media Attention Deficit Disorder, her family will get some peace and so can the rest of the country. He can put copies of her speeches in the DVD and she can watch herself trashing all those on her enemies list to her heart’s content. It will also save Todd a fortune on new appliances!

  • MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel:

    Assuming the gristly clumps of blood-pumping muscle in the chests of SarahPAC donors can be called “hearts,” that is…

  • Ratfishtim:

    You betcha.

  • KatzKids:

    Of course it is, but when has Faux ever been held accountable for anything? They break the rules in every way, every day, but they continue to get away with it. And the MSM quotes them like they ARE the authorities. Sad times.

  • Sally:

    I watched as much of her self-promotion as I could, and then felt sick that she went to Iowa having this all in place. Her interactions with the people were not genuine, but a play for the camera. Sickening.

  • Sally:

    Anyone else tired of Plain co-opting every holiday with her insanity?

  • Molly:

    I read quite a chilling comment over there one day when they were speculating on whether or not she would run. I can’t remember the wording exactly but it had a very threatening tone towards Palin if she didn’t run. I don’t think she realises that these people could really turn on her in an instant.

  • rm:

    Rachel Maddow Palin plays the politics of the paycheck
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvCC9G4UZY

  • Phil Blythe:

    Sarah is running
    Word salad in a corn field
    I’m making popcorn

  • WalterNeff:

    Ms. Palin did not invent evil, but she’s taken it out to dinner way too many times.

    I just think she has a screw loose.