Sarah Palin advisor appears on 60 Minutes discussing his new book, as talk swirls of a possible Palin endorsement. But will any of the GOP candidates accept it?

From Real Clear Politics:

If Sarah Palin had run for president, Sunday night's episode of "60 Minutes" likely would have marked a significant moment for her campaign. In the venerable CBS News program's opening segment, Hoover Institute fellow and Palin adviser Peter Schweizer previewed his forthcoming book, "Throw Them All Out," which details allegations of legal, yet ethically dubious insider trading and conflicts of interest among members of Congress. “There are all sorts of forms of honest graft that congressmen engage in that allow them to become very, very wealthy,” 

Schweizer told correspondent Steve Kroft. “So it's not illegal, but I think it's highly unethical, I think it's highly offensive, and wrong.” Schweizer has been described in various news reports as a “foreign policy adviser” and a “speechwriter” for Palin. In fact, he is both of those things, and far more than that. 

Though he has managed to stay largely under the radar until now, Schweizer’s influence on Palin since joining her staff last spring has been profound. 

When Palin was still mulling a presidential run back in September, she delivered a closely watched speech in Iowa that served as a preview of sorts for Schweizer’s new book. In the speech, it was the former Alaska governor’s references to “crony capitalism” and “the permanent political class” that picked up the most attention -- buzz phrases that appear near the very beginning of Schweizer’s new tome. 

“This is a book about how a Permanent Political Class, composed of politicians and their friends, engages in honest graft,” Schweizer writes in the introduction to his book, which goes on sale Tuesday. “Let’s call it crony capitalism.” 

Along with Steven K. Bannon, the filmmaker behind the pro-Palin documentary “The Undefeated,” Schweizer’s influence has been instrumental in leading Palin to a renewed focus on her political roots as a reformer.

Like much of Palin's personal mythology the idea that she was a "Reformer" is also based on misinformation.

What Palin did was hold her finger up in the the air to see which way the wind was blowing and shaped her campaign to fit what Alaskans were clamoring for, a fresh start and an end to the "Corrupt Bastards" siding with the oil companies at the expense of the people and lining their pockets with oil soaked dollar bills for their trouble.

Then Palin simply signed on to reform ideas that originated with the Democrats, and hijacked them for herself.  But behind the scenes she was quickly revealing herself to be every bit as underhanded and corrupt as the "good old boys" she was claiming to have replaced. Essentially promising transparency, while covering everything she did in a cloak of secrecy.

Remember this is a woman who hacked opinion polls to make herself seem more popular, and wrote letters to the editor with other people's signatures to create the illusion that she was beloved. And while that was going on she was breaking the laws, or bending the ethical guidelines, whenever they got between her and whatever it was she wanted.

Palin, like many Alaskan politicians, was at her core an opportunist.

And speaking of opportunity:



Palin’s image as a good-government stalwart defined her early success in Alaska but was largely forgotten after her 2008 vice presidential run, when she was defined by her hard-right conservatism and penchant for rhetorical bomb-throwing. ("Cough, cough, cough mooseshit! Sorry there was something caught in my throat.")

But now Bannon is considering embarking on a new film project based on many of the themes in Schweizer’s book, and Palin appears ready to reinsert herself more prominently into the 2012 fray, though not as a candidate. 

Palin’s soon-to-be-amplified voice on the matters drawn out in Schweizer’s book will no doubt have some impact on the presidential campaign going forward, and her endorsement would be welcomed with open arms by any of the major GOP contenders.

So it appears that this is an orchestrated effort to ease Palin back into the national stage, by having this Shweizer guy lay some groundwork, have Bannon fertilize the soil with his patented propaganda bullshit, and then trot the Grizzled Mama out as the putrid rose of the conservative party.

After watching the current crop of nominees competing with each other to see who could make a bigger mockery out of the candidacy, it was really only  matter of time before Palin saw her opportunity to sweep in and suck the oxygen out of the room and provide a new shiny bauble for the reporters and political pundits to gawk at.

However I really CANNOT imagine who would be willing to strap the albatross of a Palin endorsement around their neck at this point.

Romney would not let her within a hundred yards of his campaign, Perry certainly does not need to attract another gaffe machine to his side, Newt might have welcomed her once but not now while he is at the top of the polls, and old Black Walnut is just one more scandal away from having to leave the country entirely. Bachmann already has the crazy female conservative thing locked up, Huntsman would rather people forget he introduced her to the RNC originally, and Santorum would rather spend all day Googling his name than allow her anywehre near him.

So Palin might be walking around with an endorsement that she cannot even give away, much less have anybody clamoring for.

Well anyhow the walking fright wig is on Greta tonight so I imagine we will soon know what hateful talking points and divisive tactics she has up her sleeves for THIS political season. I just hope that this time none of our Representatives end up shot in the head.