Sarah Palin doesn't strike me as someone given to introspection and self criticism. So I'm bettin' she's spittin', hoppin' and jumpin' mad at McCain and her handlers by now.
Surely she resents the muzzle they've clamped on her, plus they've done a craptastic job of prepping her, plus they made her watch the 1st debate in a bar, fer crying out loud, while Guiliani got to play wingman. And now there's a growing conservative murmur that McC should replace her on the ticket and unflattering, unattributed remarks about her coming from inside the campaign.
Sarah, yoohoo, I've got a Hail Mary Pass designed just for you!
Walk up to the next reporter you see and declare that you cannot be a part of a campaign being run by lobbyists!
http://www.newsweek.com/...
"A Freddie Mac Money Trail Catches Up With McCain"
Demand that your running mate fire not only Rick Davis, but every campaign official who has engaged in lobbying within the past couple of years. Declare that Davis must be out within twenty-four hours or you will quit the ticket. Look right into the camera and say that you love America too much to participate in a campaign that is at its core deceitful. It'll be just like the time you stuck it to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commision.
And then get your Secret Sevice guys to hustle you back to your hotel suite, lock the door, and have Todd personally screen all your calls.
Okay, probably, McC will fire you for insubordination or some other heroic reason. His erratic campaign will become increasingly surreal as three senators, two congresswomen and a govenor all decline his invitation to replace you on the ticket. Eventually, sigh, they'll have to let him pick Joe Lieberman.
Sarah, I'm sure you're not a quitter, but McCain is going to force you out after the debate; the writing is already on the wall. Are you really going to let that condescending old geezer sacrifice your ambitions to his? What would Baby Jesus do?
If you strike first, you can return to Alaska, weasel your way out of Troopergate (blame McCain for that, too) and form a Palin 2012 Exploratory Commitee. And while you're at it, put out some feelers to all your new contacts with the networks. I bet one of them would jump at the chance to do a reality show about a real, live govenor. You could be as popular as the guy with the shaved head who makes fancy cakes in Baltimore.
Just so there's no mistake, I hope you are cast so far down into a political hole by whatever you do in the coming weeks that you won't be able to run a race for dogcatcher. Because I love dogs, Sarah, I do.
But, hey, I'm just sayin'.