Ann Althouse cheers on Sarah Palin because they're both mental shut-ins who appeal strongly to morons. Apparently the New York Times has written an article which notes that lots of people are willing to give Sarah Palin a lot of money to act like a "blithering idiot," which means to Althouse that suddenly she's a "devious genius."
What I love about all this is the extreme contrast to the way Palin was mocked when she resigned as Governor of Alaska. I, myself, did not think it was stupid, because I pictured her doing something like what she is actually doing, but I certainly remember the derision. Her political career was over. She was "toast."
A big difference between what I pictured and what she's doing is that she's staying in Alaska. I thought she needed to get out of Alaska (in order to run for President). It's innovative the way she's staying in Alaska. As a blogger, operating from my remote outpost in Madison, Wisconsin, I love that she's working through Facebook and staying rooted in Wasila, Alaska. Fox News is building a TV studio in her house in Wasila. That's so not toast.
Because Althouse is a dingbat, she confuses Palin's political career with her career as a well-paid clownish loudmouthed ignoramus & the fascination she undoubtedly provides as an object of morbid tabloid-level curiosity. They brought cameras into Jon and Kate's house, too, you know, and this did as much for their presidential chances as going on Fox will do for Palin's.
(As for what Palin had written on her hand, clearly, it was "remember, don't wash this hand, ya got your talking points written on it!" To which she replied on her other hand, "You betcha!" Via Oliver.)