The positivity comes in the form that there are people who are out there who really thought that Sarah Palin was capable of running the free world. This is unthinkable. Unthinkable. Un-think-a-b-l-e.
She cannot connect the dots, and doesn’t care that she cannot connect the dots. She does exactly what she pleases. That may be fine if you own a business, and your decisions only sink yourself, your family and your employees (who have free will regarding employment with you) but when you are in charge of not only a whole country, but essentially control the destiny of the whole world because of American exceptionalism, you better 1) not need a handler to get through an interview, 2) be able to answer tough—and not-so-tough* questions on your feet 3) you better be cognizant that what you personally “know to be true” living in a microcosm, may actually be false in a broader perspective.
Really, the true reason to stay on her is that conservative Republican leadership are still enthralled by her, probably because they thinks she makes a good puppet, and because she is an unintelligent, attractive woman, people who also don’t connect the dots for themselves can be manupulated. The problem is, even from that perspective, she’s not a good choice, because she doesn’t seem to understand that she doesn’t understand how the world really works. Otherwise, she never would have said that “the only ‘real’ Americans” live in small towns.
If Sarah Palin is the best that the Republican party feels that they can offer the country in terms of female political leadership, then heaven help the Republicans, and heaven help the Republican women who are okay with their party of choice thinking this.