Sarah Palin deigns to mingle with her sycophants in desperate attempt to retain their support. Update!

This fawning write up of Palin's appearance at a meet-up of castaways from the Sea O'Pea comes to us from the pro-Palin blog US for Palin:

Gov. Palin shook my hand shortly after entering. She signed my O4P NY tee shirt, as I said to her, “Take New York. Take the heart of it. Take it all….all 29 electoral votes. Do it for my wife. Do it for my mother. Do it for all the little girls of this country.” My meeting with her concluded with a hug from Gov. Palin, followed by a handshake with Todd. 

The former Alaska Governor did not address supporters at the Conservatives4Palin-sponsored event, however, Peter Singleton, Iowa State Coordinator, Organize4Palin did. The Palins sat and listened to his address, followed by final bonding with supporters.

Now the Palin-bots are going to come over here again and claim that I doctored that picture to make her look so incredibly bad, but of course I didn't as you can prove to yourself by clicking the link provided at the top.

Of course it does not matter what she ACTUALLY looks like, because this is what these people see when they look at her.  

However something is very odd about this appearance.

"The former Alaska Governor did not address supporters ."

Why would Palin show up to this meeting of supporters and NOT take the opportunity to address them?

These are her most ardent followers, and the source of the money that flows into SarahPAC, why would she not take the time to thank them and get them all fired up about the possibility of a future announcement that she is jumping into the race?

I literally could not answer that question. Until I saw this video.


Did you see it too?

There is something very, very wrong with Palin.  She looks quite ill, and extremely frail.

I believe that she is having a nervous breakdown, and she simply could not take the chance of losing it in front of these people.

If you look at Todd in the video you can see the that he has a very worried look on his face, and seems drained from the strain of dealing with whatever she is going through right now.

The supporters in that room were too blinded by the appearance in the sweaty flesh of their demi-god, but I believe what we are witnessing are the last days of Sarah Palin as a political force.

It could be the books coming out, the pressure about babygate, or even the statements coming from "Anonymous," but SOMETHING has almost literally sucked the life right out of her.

Update:  I noticed that a number of you did not believe that Palin looks as ill as I described earlier in the post. I in fact do.

My opinion, and this is just my opinion, is that she is having a rather severe psychotic break. I also believe that it is affecting her health in rather troubling manner.  That kind of skinny does NOT come out of a diet pill box or Red Bull can, THAT is the result of a serious eating disorder.

Some have mentioned possible drug use, and yes that could also be a factor.  In fact if I saw that woman on the streets I am pretty sure I would automatically assume she was a meth addict or a speed freak.

Also watch her affect in the video.  She seems incapable of any emotion, not even responding to the loud cheers right behind her and right next to her.

What is even more bizarre is that she cannot even FAKE emotion, which of course she is usually quite adept at doing in front of crowds.

So though we can all have different reads on what we are seeing I assume we all agree that there is something seriously amiss here.

Palin is scheduled to give her speech later on today.  I am interested in whether or not she can pull it together by then, or if she will be forced to cancel.