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Originally Posted by troutman
You don't always have to be smart to make millions. Sometimes it is enough to be sexy, athletic, connected, or lucky.
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What Sarah Palin is doing these days is pretty clever.
There is clearly a strategy there, it's multi-layered with defined multi-year goals and it's being executed on a consistent basis.
Although she's minting money right now the ultimate goal - probably unattainable - is to spend the next years rehabilitating that rather awful first impression she left us with. The secondary goals seem to surround being someone of influence and, of course, getting rich (I like that one).
Surrendering the governorship, questioned at the time, appeared to be, in hindsight a calculated risk to give her more freedom to maneuver (a reality show? WTF?).
Again, anyone who thinks dinosaurs were around 4,500 years ago - and there are a lot of people in the world who think that, not just America - has got some serious issues with critical thinking as far as I'm concerned.
But there are entire continents of people who don't believe in dinosaurs so I'm not going to prevent that from letting me watch the show with mild bemusement.
She wouldn't get my vote.
But dumb?
No.
Bad start?
Definitely.
Irreparable?
To the degree she wants, probably.
But she's going to be around a long, long time I think.
Cowperson