Obvious scenario: Palin runs a 'Ron Paul' primary campaign; Loses; Goes Rogue.

[denem]

It's in her book "Heart of America" (Reuters commentary).

...her new book makes her case that she is not just a celebrity but a politician -- one with what clearly sounds like plans for a White House run...

She believes federal taxes are a Washington "power grab" which should abolished, wants prayers allowed in schools and wants to overturn what President Barack Obama sees as his biggest legislative achievement -- healthcare reform....

"America hasn't always had an income tax," she writes, noting the first such tax was in 1861 to fund the Civil War and was later repealed. "It wasn't until 1913 that the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified and the individual federal income tax that we know today was created."...

Rather than call herself Republican, Palin calls herself a "Commonsense Constitutional Conservative."

"If Democrats are driving the country toward socialism at a hundred miles per hour, while the Republicans are driving at only fifty, commonsense constitutional conservatives want to turn the car around," she writes. "We want to get back to the basics that have made this country great -- the fundamental values of family, faith, and flag."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101123/pl_nm/us_books_palin

That's Ron Paal / Tea Party all right; Headed for defeat IMO, and spoiling for a fight.

[JoePhilly]

1. "Family, Faith, and Flag" .... add "Friggin Fruitcake" to that list. nt

[denem]

2. She doesn't blink.

[global1]

3. Is That The Same Car The Repugs Drove Into A Ditch And The Dems Pulled It Out?.....nt

[jaxx]

4. Palin is fundamentally stupid.

And her followers who think this country hasn't grown since 1913.....I wonder how they'd like doing without everything those taxes pay for. Jeez

[denem]

5. Ron Paul holds the same view.

[jaxx]

6. He's not smart either.

Being wily isn't brains, it's conniving.

[denem]

7. But he had a lot of fanatical followers.

[jaxx]

8. Yes, and so does Palin.

Just imagine the damage they could do if they ever got to big jobs. Paul is going to make the senate worse than normal because of his oddball thinking. Palin will cheer him on from her facebook. Isn't that cute.

[denem]

9. More totally devoted fans than Ron ever had.

[jaxx]

10. Makes you wonder why, doesn't it?

[niceypoo]

12. She appeals to the simple GOP mind

She is a parrot that repeats mangled GOP talking points. Like Reagan and Bush Jr. before her, she cannot string together a coherent paragraph. Republican rank and file see this as a sign that she is, 'just like us.'

[Clio the Leo]

11. Should be fun. nt