From American Correspondent Kyle Brady…
As is already widely known, Sarah Palin has joined FOX “News” as a commentator, not the host of a show, but there is a point of interest being widely ignored within the opinions on this not-so-unexpected issue: any hopes that Palin had of a future political career are now dead.
Sarah Palinis best known for being the Vice Presidential running-mate of John McCain in 2008 that very likely destroyed the campaign, and went on to quit her job as Alaskan Governor, long before her Term of Office was up, in order to pursue a career of media attention, Facebook blogging, and fake book writing. The most shocking part of her entire situation, however, is that she seemed to believe that, between her blogging, carefully prepared soundbites, and book/booktour, she was laying the groundwork for a run at the Presidency in 2012 – one that she assumed she would win without much effort.
Despite Palin’s criticism of Barack Obama for supposedly having “no real experience” in either governing or politics, it’s worth remembering that the position of U.S. Senator is a higher office than that of State Governor, not to mention that Palin’s only legitimate political position was given up because it no longer interested her – a far cry from disappearing from the Senate to campaign for a very timely Presidential run. But the war of words from this Alaskan blogger has only strengthened over the last year, after discovering that she has a small but faithful audience among the fringe-party teabagger nutjobs, and she seems to relish this power. Ever since Sarah Palin began speaking of her own accord on political topics, the Republican Party has accelerated its devolution into a party run by the tenet of lunacy, an “in the bag” election was lost because of intra-party division, and 2010 midterm elections are not likely to be as profitable for her favorite side of the political divide as she’d hoped.
Do these decisions seem like those of an individual that wishes to be President? Perhaps she would be amenable to people demanding that she take an IQ test before being sworn in as President – that would be an ironic allegory to her support of the birthers.
She has, however, ruined any remote chance she had at taking a national political office, even if she hasn’t realized it yet: joining FOX “News”does not make a politician appear more likable, sane, rational, or even believable. Whether or not her commentary role involves live or carefully pre-recorded and edited pieces is irrelevant, because she has decided to be under the direct employ of a “news” network that dedicates itself to promoting conspiracy theories, outright lies, opinion as fact, and de factoopposition of anyone that’s not, in their minds, “conservative enough”. This move may benefit Sarah Palin in the short term, through an increase in book sales and a greater fervor among the small minority that finds her favorable, but, ultimately, this ruins any and all credibility.
The extreme wings of both sides of the political divide tend to stalwartly vote for their own candidates, so FOX “News” will not effect the future voting behaviors of the teabaggers – the important change is within the moderates and the mainstream swing votes. American people, while not necessarily the smartest group of people at every turn, tend to have an innate ability to sense the viability and sincerity of both individuals and institutions, so when the then-former commentator from FOX “News” decides to campaign, it seems highly unlikely that anyone but the most irrational voters would decide such an unrepentantly biased person even deserves a chance at a national office.
When the time comes, this moment may be remembered as a day that Democrats, Progressives, and rational Republicans will celebrate for the rest of time: it was the watershed event that returned American politics to rationality and responsibility through a rather insane, twisted, and unintelligent career choice by a woman who had created a fake political career around her consistent failures.
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