John Ziegler tells his story:
[I]n spite of being approached by Sarah’s husband Todd only a month ago and specifically discussing the possibility, I won’t be working on any Palin presidential campaign. Why? Well, first of all, contrary to what geniuses like Andrew Sullivan and Howard Dean may want you to believe, there is absolutely no way that she can be elected. I’ve told this to her directly; more than once. While many pundits mistakenly think what she is doing is some Trump-like PR stunt, I’m pretty convinced she is running and in doing so will damage the prospects of any conservative defeating Barack Obama in 2012.
McGinniss says "Ziegler’s defection is just one more indicator that Sarah’s narcissism is so pathological that she can’t even be bothered to keep her acolytes on their knees." Ziegler has put up a "preemptive rebuttal to his critics for his Daily Caller piece" on his own website.
For the record, I still view it as highly unlikely she can win a general election, but I fear unforeseen events – a worsening economy, a new depression, a terror attack, etc. And since I was one of a tiny handful of Villagers believing she was running at all, cut me some slack, wouldya?
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