Last week Sarah Palin put in a truely bizarre appearance in Denver. As a previous diarynoted, she appeared high or inebriated and here usual word salad was turned up to 11 - word smoothie, as it were.
And if you can bear to view the tape, listen for the sound of the audience. What you will notice is that it is almost not there. Stunned silence is how it seemed to me.
Then today we get the announcement of the "Sarah Palin News Channel" where you have to pay $10/month to access her "content".
You know what that means?
No need to "do it live". All her appearances can be taped and edited as need be to make here presentable and coherent.
She has a grand total of three - THREE - live events on her schedule for the next 6 months.
Maybe she's retreating behind an editing booth just because she is unpopular.
Or maybe she's retreating because there is a reason why she can't do it live any longer.