The pretense is especially striking here its obvious falseness though. I wonder if Sarah still expects that in politics, its different for girls.

As Joe Jackson would say, “they wouldn’t print it if it wasn’t true”

I do not believe for a single second that Sarah Palin crafted this piece. Of course, her defenders will insist both that the substance is what really matters and that all politicians have speechwriters and so on.

But IMO this editorial is essentially a big lie in the sense that it presents Sarah Palin as a well-informed, organized, and succinct thinker and communicator. The Palin camp will say that she had some minimal help but that the work is all hers except for a few tweaks. And I don’t believe that at all. There is just no way. This article bears no resemblance whatsoever to the mind of Sarah Palin. None.

That’s 100% my mileage by the way. I have absolutely zero evidence other than the yawning chasm between the clear succinct erudition of this article and its utter lack in every other instance of exposure to Sarah Palin. But I’d bet the house. It’s about as obvious as an 8-year handing in a 1000 word essay for class, using phrases like “the gravity of the situation” and words like inherent, unsustainable, unprecedented, undermine, inflict, ardent, adversely, and so on.

On the substance, I think this editorial makes important points. What is troubling is that they are being delivered by someone who I have every reason to believe is no more than an ambitious puppet.

In polling against Obama she is polling around 35%(with around 9% undecided) so if she did suport a Democrat, it would have some impact. It is not like tons of people would go vote for the Republican because Palin supported the Democrat.

We can only imagine what kind of Republican would drive Palin to support a Democrat.

If she is in fact going to be focusing more inwardly on herself, her family, and her next steps, she needs a cover story. This is a common boilerplate one for folks taking what amounts to a sabbatical.

She can’t say,” I’m going to have it out with my husband and my kids.”

She can’t say “I’m going to sit on the sofa and eat ice cream and gain 20 lbs, and then do a makeover after a couple months.”

She can’t say “I’m going roaming into the woods and probably won’t shampoo or shave until labor day.”

She can’t say “I’ve hired a voice coach and will be practicing Gingrichian catechisms until thanksgiving.”

She can’t say “I’ll be doing primarily private speeches for big dough to retire my debt and build a war chest.”

So she says that she’s going to be going around the country helping politicians “with the right ideas.”

We’ll see. Someone track her schedule over the next 6 months.