Sarah Palin is an entertainment network money making machine. She knows her political future is not great, but will use her appeal for attention and to make money. The network will succeed, her politics may not.
Sarah Palin has her own conglomerate: Pathetic Sarah Palin Network (PSPN*.) It is based on the following principles:
Attention: Sarah Palin is like a cheerleader who loves the attention, but doesn’t know anything about the real game being played on the field (governance.)
Ignorance: Sarah Palin is ignorant of what the real world is out there and doesn’t care about her own shortcomings. She enjoys what is happening so why bother.
Money: Sarah Palin wants to make lot of money thru whichever means possible, as long as possible. Isn’t that what the real American from Alaska is supposed to do?
Network: She is as powerful, as similar, as talk-radio (Rush Limbaugh,) television (Glen Beck,) politicians (George Bush,) writer (Bill O"Reilly,) and cult leaders (Jim Jones) combined.
Longevity: Sarah Palin will be with us for a long time because her so called folksy, traditional, American snake-oil appeals to millions.
Politics: She is smart enough to know she will never be elected to a national office, but her appeal to 20% of the country, and her perceived threat to the liberal establishment will keep her gainfully employed.
PSPN, in some form or another, will be with us until the last of the Tea Party die-hard dies. However, its politics may not work because it rests on a poor foundation.
* The abbreviation PSPN (without Pathetic) was mentioned by Thomas Friedman in yesterday’s New York Times column.