Sarah’s Running?
by digby
If it weren’t such a challenging time for America’s working people, this would be good news for the Democratic Party:
“Due to an onslaught of personal attacks against Governor Palin and others associated with her appearance, it is with deep sadness and disappointment that, in the best interest of all, we cancel the event for safety concerns,” the Facebook post reads. The announcement also states that no direct threats had been made against anyone, but said that the “increase in negative rhetoric against the former Alaska governor” after the Tucson shooting “raises concern for her safety and the safety of others despite the call for civility in America.” The Post points out that May 2 is also the date of a NBC/Politico 2012 Republican presidential candidates debate, to be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.
I’m sure there will be plenty of security there, aren’t you?
Naturally Palin could not be expected to tell the truth or even come up with an innocuous lie to cover her cancellation. No, she had to play the victim in the silliest way, but I’m sure it will play into her followers’ most precious self-delusion: that the world attacks her unmercifully for no reason at all. After all, she is just a lovely person without a mean-spirited bone in her body.
I hope she’s running. It scrambles the Republican message considerably, especially with her being the Arctic Martyr of the Ages — they will meet with monumental blow back from her rabid Tea Party fans if they attack her. But it will drive the GOP way to the right, which in normal times I would think would make them weaker and less likely to win a general election. But everything is politically unstable right now and I’m not so sure that will happen. Best to hope for economic rebound of epic proportions (10% growth!) so that people will feel that things are going so well that they don’t want to rock the boat. otherwise, I’m afraid anything can happen.
Update: In case you were wondering what you can expect from the Arctic Martyr in a presidential campaign, here’s some gibberish that really does make George W. Bush sound like Churchill:
It’s a difficult situation. This is that 3:00 a.m. White House phone call, and it seems for many of us trying to get that information from our leader in the White House, it seems that that call went right to the answering machine. And nobody yet has explained to the American public what they know, and surely they know more than the rest of us know, who it is who will be taking the place of Mubarak. I’m not real enthused about what it is that is being done on a national level from D.C. in regards to understanding all the situation there in Egypt and in these areas that are so volatile right now, because obviously it’s not just Egypt but the other countries too where we are seeing uprisings. We know that now more than ever, we need strength and sound mind there in the White House. We need to know what it is that America stands for, so we know who it is that America will stand with. And we do not have all that information yet.
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