Despite her reputation as a political tease there are still a number of news outlets ready to take Sarah Palin seriously about a 2016 run. Update!

Courtesy of Bloomberg.

Courtesy of The Washington Post:  

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told The Washington Post in an interview Friday that she is “seriously interested” in running for the White House in 2016. 

“You can absolutely say that I am seriously interested,” Palin said, when asked to clarify her thinking about a possible presidential bid. 

Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice-presidential nominee, said she stood by comments she made Thursday in Las Vegas to ABC News, where she first expressed enthusiasm about potentially competing for the Republican presidential nomination. 

“I am. As I said yesterday, I’m really interested in the opportunity to serve at some point,” Palin said Friday, as former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, a potential 2016 rival, looked on. 

Palin’s comments, made in an interview in the lobby of the Marriott hotel here, came hours before she is scheduled to address a group of conservative activists at the Iowa Freedom Summit, a gathering hosted by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), an immigration hard-liner.

The Washington Post is by no means the only outlet that thinks Palin is actually going to tear off her crusty panties and deliver the goods. 

Politico, ABC News, The Christian Science Monitor, as well as others are also rising to the bait.

It's kind of sad that these idiots still think that Palin is serious about an actual presidential campaign. It reminds me of that schmo who starts to believe that the scantily clad, heavily glittered, stripper that he paid to undulate on his lap is actually falling in love with him.

She isn't.

I actually do understand why this excites some in the news business. With the 2016 lineup appearing to feature candidates who have already run, and who are well known to the American public, the idea of a new face to report on, especially one so constantly controversial, cannot help but seem exciting.

However it is also interesting that during the same weekend that so many news outlets are rubbing themselves raw at the prospect of a Palin presidential bid that the other big news about her concerns this picture.

As it turns out TPM, Crooks and Liars, The Inquisitr, and even Fox News Radio are far more interested in this story over the typical Palin political prick tease.

Of course for all of us who have been paying close attention there is no mystery as to why Palin is suddenly spinning her tassels in everybody's face.

All you have to do is check out her recent SarahPAC filings.

The most recent one only covers the period between November 25 to December 31 but it is enough to tell the tale of a political PAC in desperation.

The PAC only took in $56,633.93 during that time period, which is much lower than in times past, and they spent $118,693.20. Which follows the same pattern we have been following for over a year now. (Update: Did anybody else notice that she paid over $2,000 for Christmas cards?)

Simply put Palin is running out of money, and unless she does something drastic she may actually be forced to get a real job in order to support herself, and her lazy good for nothing family.

And nothing frightens her more than that.