Is Sarah Palin confused???
Sarah Palin will be at the monster bookstore in Sioux Falls on Sunday, Dec. 6 for a book signing, an event to promote the release of her new book; and I will be there to cover the story. In preparing for my weekend excursion to the metropolis to the north, I brushed up on my Palin facts and began to ponder a few things about the winking snow queen.
In this post I’m not going to discuss specific policy positions that the former vice presidential candidate from Alaska may or may not have. What I will say is this:
Palin is gracing the television talk show world with her presence, but not as a politician. She seems like a typical celebrity talk show guest and nothing more. If there is an ulterior motive to simply selling books, which many think is the case, I can’t see it. It seems that in every instance when she is asked about the father of her daughter’s baby, Levi Johnson, posing in Play Girl magazine, she initially says she isn’t going to “talk about that.” However, Palin immediately delves into her feelings about it. In my opinion, this is something a savvy politically ambitious person would not do.
If I could give the controversial self-proclaimed soccer mom a bit of advice, it would be to avoid the subject altogether. Palin should acknowledge that Johnson is her grandchild’s father and refuse to say anything more.
As a conservative who put stock in the family values rhetoric during, not only the 2008 presidential election, but also her other public office elections, Palin is walking a very fine line. One oral slip up and her adversaries will have talking points for days, and if they’re good at what they do, a bit more job security if Palin does have hopes of holding another elected position.
