Has the ‘pitbull in lipstick’ lost the plot to her own soap opera?

All sorts of views were ascribed to her whether she actually held them or not, from wanting rape victims to pay for their own medical examinations to independence for Alaska, to the war in Iraq being divinely sanctioned by the Almighty himself. Her personal life came under withering assault as well

Has the ‘pitbull in lipstick’ lost the plot to her own soap opera?

SHE had been unknown to all but 680,000 Alaskans until she was first introduced last August by John McCain at a rally in Ohio as his running mate in his bid for the White House.

Within a week, Sarah Palin had become an international sensation with her debut address at the Republican national convention. Within two weeks, she was every liberal’s worst nightmare. Within a month, her faults were graphically revealed and within another month she was a worldwide figure of fun and widely believed to be a major reason for McCain losing to Barack Obama.

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