Just what is the root cause of Sarah Palin's need to accuse people of sexually violating her children?

I am sure that almost EVERYBODY is aware of Sarah's campaign to vilify author Joe McGinniss, who had the temerity to rent a place that has the same view of Russia that Sarah enjoys. (Dammit, watching for Russians is Sarah's job and she does not want anybody stealing her thunder!)

So completely freaked out was Sister Sarah that she cracked her whip and forced Todd (a man who is clearly used to being "whipped") to quickly construct this godawful monstrosity.

(Don't you just love how the  two different types of wood compliment each other?)

That was of course step two of Palin's psychotic episode after learning that Mr. McGinniss had taken up temporary residence next door.  And that is absolutley fine.  The Palin's can put up what ever ugly ass thing they want to on their property. (And of course they have a history of doing just THAT.)

However that was step two. It was step one of Sarah's decomposition that is the most troubling, as well as the one most consistently used by this deeply troubled woman.  In step one Sarah, overcome with feelings of vulnerability, immediately played the victim and, unsure that she alone could garner the appropriate sympathy, intentionally suggested that her children were in danger of being victimized as well.

From her Facebook rant:

First Sarah sexualizes herself and then makes the claim of being made to feel uncomfortable by the presence of Mr. McGinnis: So, putting on the shorts and tank top to catch that too-brief northern summer sun and placing a giddy Trig in his toddler backpack for a lawn-mowing adventure, I looked up in surprise to see a “new neighbor” overlooking my property just a stone’s throw away. Needless to say, our outdoor adventure ended quickly after Todd went to introduce himself to the stranger who was peering in..(By the way I have it on good authority that the only Palin that Joe has seen thus far was Todd when he came over to introduce himself.  He NEVER saw Sarah, in shorts or otherwise.)

But Sarah does not feel that she has sufficiently made herself enough of a victim with that statement so she drags her youngest daughter into it: Wonder what kind of material he’ll gather while overlooking Piper’s bedroom.......?

So with a few words typed onto her Facebook page, and a call in to the always histrionic Glenn Beck show, Sarah impugns the character of this well respected author and creates a swell of negative press directed at him.

And THIS is far from the first time that Sister Sarah has played this card.  On the contrary this is familiar territory indeed for this paragon of family values.

She did this same thing by claiming in her book that her daughters were threatened with gang rape while living in Juneau. Which, of course, turned out to be totally untrue.

And again when David Letterman made an off color joke about her oldest daughter. Which caused Letterman to issue and apology even though she had completely misrepresented what he said.

And of course all of this happens while Sarah seems to constantly promote the sexualization of her three daughters all while leaping to the attack when she imagines that anybody is actually thinking of them in those terms.

So I was talking to a friend the other night and started wondering out loud WHY Sarah seems to always invoke these sexually deviant ideas as they relate to her daughters. And it sort of dawned on me that she was exhibiting behaviors consistent with somebody who has been sexually abused. (And yes I KNOW that many of you have already pondered similar ideas in the comments section, but I have been kind of resistant to "going there" until this last episode.)

And if in fact that is the case it could explain a whole lot of Palin's bizarre behaviors.  Check out what is listed as indicators from this website:

Major Long-Term Psychological Symptoms of Sexual Abuse

Anxiety (Who hasn't observed THIS in Palin?)
Panic Attacks (I think her reaction to Joe's presence clearly demonstrates that!)
Low self-esteem (Cosmetic surgery, defensiveness, always needing to be surrounded by "yes men", yep!)
Stress disorders - PTSD (I often work with victims of this and yes she demonstrates the behaviors.)
Personality disorders (Well duh!)
Substance abuse (Less sure about this one, but I have heard rumors.)
Self-abuse behaviors (Starving herself, putting on padding to fake pregnancy, talking to Glenn Beck, yep!)

I am personally not qualified to diagnose Sarah Palin's particular pathology, but it certainly seems as if this might be a pretty good candidate for explaining why Sarah Palin is....well.....Sarah Palin!

However I think what is crystal clear is that Sister Sarah has a history of  projecting her own neurosis onto other people, the latest of which is our friend Joe McGinniss. One can only imagine how much worse it is for people who have to live with her day to day, and it certainly explains why Bristol has chosen to abandon Wasilla for the sanity of Anchorage.

Thankfully when Joe McGinniss finishes his research he can seek a mentally healthier environment back east, sadly the Palin children (except for Bristol of course) do not have that option...yet.

Update: After receiving some feedback from several visitors I decided to soften the headline a little. I am, however leaving the post as written mainly because I think it asks a question, though provocative, that many people have wondered about for a long time.

I think we can all agree that Palin's constant use of deviant sexual imagery is an indication of a very troubled mind.  And since she continues to do it, and use it to attack anybody she perceives as a threat, I believe it is fair game.

Is it over the line?  Well I would argue that it may be right up to the line, and could perhaps be interpreted as a smidgen over, but that it still pales in comparison to what Palin herself has said about people and what she has accused them of doing.