'Sarah Palin's Alaska': Reality show or campaign ad?

[RamboLiberal]

Reporting from Washington — Executives at TLC, the cable channel airing "Sarah Palin's Alaska," insist the docu-travelogue starring the former GOP vice presidential nominee and possible future presidential candidate has no political agenda.

Yet if Palin were looking to create a compelling campaign biopic, she could do worse than the lushly produced, eight-part series premiering Sunday. The program casts her as a chipper frontierswoman who juggles motherhood with adventures in Alaska's vast wilderness. One moment Palin is baking cupcakes; the next, she's perched in a boat watching two growling brown bears wrestle. The series is laced with breathtaking aerial shots of snow-capped mountains and vast lakes, set to dramatic orchestration.

"I love this state like I love my family," a beaming Palin says in the show's opening montage, which depicts her lugging a fishnet onto a boat, scaling a glacier and riding in a mud-caked ATV.

It remains to be seen whether the series will serve to further boost her profile for a presidential run in 2012 or whether it signals a pivot into a full-time media career. Either way, the program helps define Palin on her own terms, noted Republican strategist Ken Khachigian.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin-alaska-20101113,0,7359665.story

[DrToast]

1. I think if she runs, the media should refer to her as "reality tv star Sarah Palin."

[beyurslf]

2. Or "Quitter, the former Gov Palin"

[The Wielding Truth]

3. Flamboyantly simple minded - is sadly my take on sarah.

We've already had one of those for President.

[enuegii]

4. Is she going to say "fuck it, I quit,"

and abandon her family, too?

They'd probably be better off.

[Aramchek]

5. She thinks she can gain the Presidency through Fame alone

[tanyev]

6. "I love this state like I love my family,"

It's certainly a toss-up between her governing skills and her parenting skills.