I hate to say I told you so…..
Sarah Palin announced today that she is not running for President of the United States of America. Oh gee, what a surprise. Anyone who thought that she was running is in serious need of in-patient psychiatric care. And that includes much of the media who followed her bus around and pretended that her incoherent ramblings resembled policy statements. Two months ago I wrote that…
Sarah Palin Is Not Running For President And Fox News Is Lying About It.
The thing is, Palin is not running. She has no campaign staff; no organization in early primary states; no press office. Polls place her near the bottom of the pack and losing to President Obama by 20 points. She is not engaging in public appearances. In fact, her much ballyhooed national bus tour was aborted after just six days without ever making it off the east coast.
And as for Fox News…
Fox knows that they can’t cover even a potential candidate who receives a Fox paycheck this late in the game. If Palin has not informed the network that she isn’t running, they would have to sideline her. Since that has not happened, it’s a safe bet that she has already told them that she’s out of the race.
If that’s the case, then Fox News knows that a prospective candidate has opted out, but they are keeping it secret. That is not acceptable behavior from a legitimate news enterprise, which of course, Fox is not. They are withholding a significant news item that journalistic ethics would require they disclose. Particularly because the only reason for them to withhold it is for their own financial benefit, and for that of Palin.
So today Palin makes it official. She is not willing to relinquish her paycheck and media platform in exchange for having to actually work for living by engaging in a tough campaign that she would certainly lose. But that didn’t stop her from hustling her disciples for cash with a plea that dangled her candidacy over their heads like a box ox of Beggin Strips. Here is the pitch from her political action committee just two weeks ago:
“Someone must save our nation from this road to European Socialism. Do you think it should be Gov. Palin? If so, can you send your best, one-time gift to SarahPAC today…”
Apparently not enough donors materialized to coax Palin into the race. Either that or the applause wasn’t loud enough to save Tinkerbell. So look for her star to fade as she descends further into irrelevance. A few days ago, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes said that the reason he hired Palin had nothing to do with politics (yeah, right). He said the hiring was “because she was hot and got ratings.” Consequently, my next prediction is that her contract with Fox News will not be renewed upon expiration.
Yep, you called it and I agreed. But you know, in the back of her head, she has a vision of the convention going awry (like the 08 cockup) and the delegates calling for her by proclaimation. Then she can do one of those entrances like Martin Short always does on the talk shows….”My people have spoken”!
In the back of her head? I would guess that the whole of her pea-brain is replaying scenes from Evita.
I believe Keith Olbermann says it best whenever he refers to Palin and says “that woman is an idiot”. I will never forgive John McCain for foisting her on the national stage. If he is not he should be ashamed and I believe if he were totally honest he would say as much.