A post at Fox News

[fpb]

I can't imagine what Sarah Palin thinks she's doing. If she is running for President, which I thought was certainly the case thus far, then I cannot see this as anything but a step backward; and not only because Fox News is a highly divisive outlet, but above all because I cannot remember a single case of a political commentator or journalist ever having a serious career as a politician. That is, I can think of one case, who was a professional journalist for many years, and that is not a good precedent. He was called Benito Mussolini.

Comments

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Well, I posted at least twice on my belief that she was. Anyway, if she was, I think this will end it - not necessarily at one go, but cumulatively.

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I think she might have been thinking of it at one time, but I don't think she is now. This is based partially on a long conversation with my friends from Alaska, who have a rather different view of her from what I had seen.

She does have a lot on her plate, with her large family and grandchild. Were I here, I would be looking at entering politics again ten or fifteen years from now, when her life is a bit simpler.

[marielapin.livejournal.com]

This was what I have been thinking. Why the rush? She has enough on her plate caring for her family and protecting them from all the fallout of the first election. A run for the presidency would put her family into even more tabloid hell scrutiny. She still has young children.

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

Right. She could run in 2020 or even 2024 and still be relatively youthful for a presidential candidate.