Sarahcuda Goes Off The Fish Farm

If this Moonie Times "exclusive" interview is anything to go by, Sister Sarah Of Our Lady Of The Media Martyr has finally gone round the bend.

The former Republican vice-presidential nominee and heroine to much of the GOP's base said in an interview she views the electorate as embattled and fatigued by nonstop partisanship, and she is eager to campaign for Republicans, independents and even Democrats who share her values on limited government, strong defense and "energy independence."

"I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation," she said over lunch in her downtown office, 40 miles from her now-famous hometown of Wasilla -- population 7,000 -- where she began her political career.

Stump for Independents and even some Democrats? Why, given her near cult status among some conservatives, is this the beginning of the GOP schism I've been warning of since before the election?

Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush, dismissed Mrs Palin's critics as "cocktail party conservatives" who "give aid and comfort to the enemy".

He told The Sunday Telegraph: "There's going to be a bloodbath. A lot of people are going to be excommunicated. David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party. The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin?"

Does Sister Sarah mean to go rogue and split the GOP? Will the Palinites line up behind her, asking to be led to the promised land? There are signs that the answer to that is yes:

SarahPac, Palin's official fund-raising PAC effort, has printed an excerpt from a commentary by blogger Tammy Bruce, and also linked to Bruce's post in which Tammy Bruce writes,

Enter now Sarah Palin with very encouraging comments that lead one to believe that she is indeed planning to do what she must: build an independent conservative movement and take this nation back from the liberals which now control both parties.Thanks liberals, for provoking Sarah into the national scene while vetting that family at the same time.

One thing I will say, the Washington Times with their headline for this exclusive interview reveal an anti-Palin stance. She is, don't doubt, a threat to every existing political status quo. I hope the Washington Times and their editors realize, sooner than later, that the Palin movement is unstoppable.

Indeed. An "unstoppable" movement, with like-minded "independent conservatives" with the goal of taking this nation back from the "liberals that control both parties".

If you can stop laughing for a moment at people so bat-shit delusional that they think the modern GOP is controlled by liberals, may I remind you that dismissing these people as harmless idiots bound to be disappointed politically is the same mistake Frank Rich made earlier today.

There's nothing harmless about this movement. It is very, very dangerous. It has the fever-bright clarity of those who are true believers. It has been nourished in the darkness, with hatred and blood and talk of revolution. And it just found its poster girl.

Maybe this will die out. Maybe this will turn into the GOP attacking itself, rendering it even weaker than before, assuring a near-permanent Democratic majority. I do not welcome that. We need a strong, intelligent opposition party to keep the party in power honest. That was true in 2000 through 2008. It is true now. It has been true since America's beginning. We need a strong Republican Party to stop the worst abuses of Obama and the Democrats, just like we needed a strong Democratic Party to fight the worst excesses of Bush and the Republicans. The jury is still out on the effectiveness of an opposition party in the last 30 years, and America has suffered for it.

But maybe this will explode into a full-blown revolution. That's the thing with revolutions. They are never easy, bloodless things.