Perhaps it was meant that in the absence of other apparent leadership, Sarah speaking the truth is a “lightning bolt.”
OTOH, I don’t know why the State-Run Media would ever cover a conservative at all. So though they may be “shouting from the housetops” I would not hear it.
"Yes, thank you. Right, Sarah Palin is like a stream of bat's piss."
"I, um, I, ah, I merely meant, Ms. Palin, that, ah, you shine out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark."