“...I don’t begrudge her the money....”
No, I didn’t think you did. Did not mean to imply it, either; my point was that no matter what is takes for her to get face time, voice time, photo time, she’ll do it - it drives the left bat-sh*t crazy that she’s out there.
“...She isn’t effective, she isn’t a thorn in anybody’s arses...”
We’ll disagree there, friend. A LOT of women see her, hear her, and compare her to the shrill harpies on the left. I teach women to shoot; I talk to them all the time, and Mrs. Palin is definitely a face they know and relate to.
“...Which is fine, but let’s not pretend it’s changing the world....”
It’s not changing “the world”, but she has an impact here and now; the specter of her running again is always on their minds... the whole “living in their heads rent-free” thing.
“...and somehow a cult developed around her. ..”
That’s because she gave people a bit of hope for something better - related to things that a lot of us remember and want to get back. Everybody needs that.
Hell, “hope” is how this frigging assclown got elected in the first place!
I think in the grand scheme of things, Mrs. Palin has a part to play - like you, me, and a host of other folks.
She’s got my support - as a candidate, as a pundit, or a professional celebrity.
Hell, she’s an old-school American, and I’ll support that ANY and EVERY time.
A lot of already CONSERVATIVE women see her and hear her. That’s the problem with the pundit life in this modern age when everybody constructs their own echo chamber. The only time liberal women are exposed to what she’s saying it’s been edited to make sure she sounds like an idiot. Pundits these days all wind up preaching to the choir, the age of people being exposed to differing opinions has passed. It’s a weird evolution of communication, here in the internet age when it’s easier than ever to get ideas from everywhere and create informed opinions people now use the internet to filter what their exposed to and make sure they only get what they already agree with.