Oh for the love of...
No, I don't think Sarah Palin is going to run for president. And even if she was, she's too late to gain any traction, because all the people who would support her would likely keep supporting Bachmann, Cain, Perry, or any of the other nuts that do what Palin does, only better.
But Palin's entire public existence relies on people thinking she might one day again be a relevant political contender. If people don't think that, the money stops rolling in, and she may have to start looking for a real job rather than having people pay her to take extended "vacations" in a bus with her name plastered on the side.
Why are we paying attention, you ask? Because it's just so damn fun, of course! Nothing's better than watching Palin snipe from the sidelines as she travels around the country staging events to step on every other Republican's big day. She's like a photobombing prairie dog of patriotism.
Judging the commercial as a commercial: Hmm. We've got carnival rides, pigs, corn, butter on a stick, tractors, the Constitution printed on a t-shirt, and a fisheye lens effect to give everything a creepy, possibly-breathing-in-toxic-bus-fumes sort of vibe, while everyday people and national media figures give their opinions on JUST HOW FREAKING GREAT SARAH PALIN IS SO PAY ATTENTION TO ME DAMN IT. And then we cap the whole thing off with a roaring bear. Is the bear meant to represent Palin? Is it supposed to represent the various threats to America, like gay people or Sharia law? Is the roar simply meant to provide counterpoint to Palin's own speeches in the commercial, to wit: "Yeah, I may say incomprehensible, angry-sounding things, but check out this bear! It's also loud and pissed off, but it can't even speak English! Don't I look pretty presidential compared to that?"
Please keep not-running for not-president, Sarah Palin. We'll miss you when you're gone... eventually... someday.
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