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Apparently – at least, judging by this particular comment of yours – even fewer take into consideration that Sarah Palin herself provoked a lot of the litigation against her through her repeated and wanton abuse of the inherent powers and privileges of the Office of the Governor.

I certainly don’t recall anyone forcing her to seek vengeance on behalf of her disgruntled sister by trying to fire her former brother-in-law Mike Wooten from his job as an Alaska state trooper.

Who twisted her arm to fire her own public safety director, former Anchorage Police Chief John Monegan, when he rightly refused to abuse his own office to carry forward what he characterized as her family’s personal vendetta against Mr. Wooten?

And from what I could best determine, nobody in any responsible position of judicial or civil authority ever gave his or her okay to charge Alaska taxpayers for the costs associated with her own family’s personal travel throughout Alaska and even down to the lower 48 – which even included sending the Palin children on the taxpayer’s dime to watch Todd Palin compete in a snowmobile race.

Look, I don’t begrudge anyone their right to earn money and make a living, which includes their right to cash in on their fame and notoriety while still a hot commodity, P.R.-wise. Sarah Palin has since made over one hundred times what she would have earned by continuing as governor of Alaska. And while I might argue that one should honor the implied commitment to one’s constituency by serving out the full term when elected to any public office, I can’t disagree that she made a calculated decision that in retrospect proved to be in her family’s best financial interest.

That said, I do very much resent what I see as your aid and abetment of a fact-free woman who so effortlessly spews vitriole and venom at fellow Americans with whom she happens to disagree politically, and then further seeks to recast herself as a victim of the so-called “liberal media” when she’s called out for her obvious B.S.

Are there double standards in existence when it comes down to evaluating and judging men and women who in the public eye? Obviously, yes. But Sarah Palin’s overriding problem is that one has to first dig a fairly deep trench in order to determine the exact height of her own professional standards in the political arena. And that, I would offer, has little or nothing to do with one’s gender, and everything to do with one’s personal code of ethics – or Ms. Palin’s case, the obvious lack thereof.

Aloha.

That was priceless, and pretty much sums up that too-cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs crowd in a nutshell, no pun intended. Tina Fey is simply brilliant.

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Agreed. She knows *exactly* what she’s doing.

However far she can take this ride she will. Whatever spoils if she doesn’t reach the presidency will be in piles.

Besides, people forget that she’s got 15 years at least, as she’s young.

See Joe Scarborough, who left his office for his family.

Sarah Palin had serious legal bills by the end of 2008. Few take into consideration that she was responsible for paying them, calling her simply a “quitter” without respecting what men have to do all the time: pay the bills.

Hillary Rodham Clinton was also the main breadwinner during WJC’s governor days when he was making a pittance.

Very few female politicians are put in this role. It’s a dimension to Mrs. Palin that is serious, but is never written about.

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I agree. 12 mil. in 9 months time – incredible. For being so “stupid”, she sure has done better than most. She seems to be the captain of her own destiny with options available. I’d quit the governorship, too.

Sarah Palin is a perfect match for what’s going on with the Tea Party. They’re a bunch of pissed off people and she’s could at fanning the flame with sounds bites. But at the end of the day, she doesn’t have anything to back up her rhetoric. I hate to agree with Gingrich, but I’m afraid she’s a king-maker and will never be a serious candidate.

As for money generation on the right I would imagine that someone well versed in marketing could explain it very well. It is all about the brand and the sound bite. Easily digestible,catchy,jargon.After all it does not need to be true or even make sense.Does anyone who buys Air Jordons think it will improve their ability to leap into the air? Probably a few. Good Lord, look at the multi-million dollar lose weight wihout really trying industry.What did P.T. Barnam say?

Obama understands that he used Nike iconology.Worked very well for him the first time around.