It is obvious that Palin enjoys the campaign part of running for office. She likes the cheering crowds and adoration it gets her.
What is also obvious is that she doesn’t really like being confined by the constrictions and boredom of holding a public office. She actually said this as far back as the Alaska reality show. She made an ad for the show declaring how she would rather do this than sit in a stuffy old office all day. This is freakin’ fun.
She probably decided quite a while ago to not really run, but enjoy the fun as though she might run. It was a total ego driven farce.
The way she ended the charade was pretty nasty to her die hard fans. Taking money for the PAC and the movie was not a nice thing to do.
I wish her a lot of luck as a reality TV star. I felt scammed and still do, but whatever will be, will be (cue doris day).
Great comment - agree completely. I think after the 08 election was over and she had to go back to the daily grind in Alaska...she was bored. I dont buy this myth that she quit because “the bad men had expensive lawsuits against her...” It was a career move.
I’ve never understood how she was ever seen as conservative, except for being seen with guns. I’ve always thought Alaska - a legal pot state - as far more liberal...like the “California” of the far north.
Beware the Scott Brown effect. A conservative from a liberal state isnt even close to a “heartland” conservative. If elected, she would have likely been labeled “RINO” within months of taking office.