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and that makes her not dangerous because ...

The commentary all seems to center on how this impacts the Palin's presidential prospects and the other Republican Party contenders, reveling in the likelihood that her presidential chances are zilch.  But there are other possibilities.

Yes, she could get indicted and go to prison, where she would have time to write something like Mine Camp.

Or she might be free to run off to Argentina with soul-mate Sanford.

Or she could form a new organization, like Independent Teabaggers for America, going forth to sign up all the teabaggers and anti-immigrant folks and her slack-jawed beady-eyed true believers from the campaign who understand that Obama is a Muslim, and get the support of those in high places who understand that war with Iran is inevitable (the American Hindenburgs) and that the collapse of the American economy may unfortunately call for harsh measures, and that the collapse of the American empire was caused by liberal traitors in high places.  Palin may be only level two, but in whipping up these level zero people, that may be an advantage.

Yes, we know all about the dead-enders, the Republican 20%.  But the liberal blogosphere is so fixated on elections that it can only see the world in electoral terms.  What possibilities arise for the right if they step outside the electoral framework?  If the dead-enders have a leader sexier than Limbaugh, and an organization that is neither the church nor the Republican Party.

I don't know the answer to this.  But the possibilities are chilling.  And what is more chilling is that American liberalism is completely incapable of even thinking along these lines.

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by: jeffroby @ Sat Jul 04, 2009 at 14:05:09 PM CDT