Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is still not running for president. She just doesn’t want you to forget she might, though, however slim her chances may be.

Palin, greeted by cheers of “Run, Sarah, Run” at a Tea Party rally in Iowa on Saturday, attacked President Obama, Washington, and her fellow Republican rivals, but declined to announce whether she would enter the race in 2012.

In what was perhaps her most candidate-sounding speech yet, Palin wowed a star-struck audience but also defended the influence of the Tea Party and her own viability on the national stage. A recent Fox poll found that even 71% of Republicans do not wish her in the race.

“They’re for strippers and cross-country skiers,” Palin said of polls in general.

TPM

How coy.

Possibly she believes herself to be whipping the electorate into a frenzy but what she’s really doing is spending her political capital and squandering any good will that she’s accumulated over the past few years.

If she’s not running, why is she running? Why fight so hard to keep herself relevant? She seems to be having a grand time… and that is why I’ve come to resent her just the tiniest bit, for having fun at our expense.

I like her politics, or most of them… I do admire her… and I used to think her heart was in the right place. It’s a free country and she can certainly make speeches where and when she wants… and God knows I don’t want to dislike her. But the frustration level, she is high, not just with politics but with politicians.

Via iOTW

I have to tell you, the more the msm yanks Sarah back into the spotlight for the purpose of nailing her to that cross, the more I like her. And the more they pull her chain, the more determined she seems.
The message is… she’s not going away simply because the left loathes her. Bet every time she quotes scripture another nut scribbles out a death threat…

If anything, this makes me like her all the more. It’s so much fun when the left’s plans backfire…

From her Facebook page, Palin tells her side of the story…

While filming the Alaska documentary in Homer, I had a brief discussion with a local lady who, in typical Alaska style, decided to give me her two cents worth about my political leanings, American politics in general, and much else besides. It’s what makes our politics so uniquely democratic: two people discussing the things they care about, even though they respectfully disagree about just about everything (you can watch a brief video of the encounter here).

The LSM has now decided to use this brief encounter for another one of their spin operations. They claim I – wait for it – “appear to roll my eyes” when the lady tells me she’s a teacher. Yes, it’s come to this: the media is now trying to turn my eyebrow movements into story lines. (Maybe that’s why Botox is all the rage – if you can’t move your eyebrows, your “eye rolling” can’t be misinterpreted!) If they had checked their facts first, they would have known that I come from a family of teachers; my grandparents were teachers, my father was a teacher, my brother is a teacher, my sister works in Special Needs classrooms, my aunt is a school nurse, my mom worked as a school secretary for much of her professional life, we all volunteer in classrooms, etc., etc., etc. Given that family history, how likely is it that I would “roll my eyes” at someone telling me that they too work in that honorable profession? Stay classy, LSM.

One good thing to come out of this little episode, though, is that it helps to remind people once again that Alaska is a great state full of independent-minded people. I look forward to introducing you to some of them in the forthcoming documentary series on life in Alaska! The show will remind you to get outdoors, breathe in God’s creation, and taste the freedom!

- Sarah Palin

UPDATE:
That was no teacher.

(HOMER TRIBUNE/Randi Somers) – Director Kathleen Gustafson (left) steps in to provide harmony as Hedwig (Atz Lee Kilcher) polishes up his performance at Pier One on Aug. 28.

Apparently she’s a ‘Theater Tech’, whatever that is.

But it’s still all about Palin’s look, right?

Remember November.