It’s clear in hindsight that the crowds of culture warriors baying for Sarah Palin at the end of the 2008 campaign were a foreshadowing of the success of Donald Trump. The question for today is, would Palin have been worse than Trump?
The answer is no, even though she was (and is) an even brighter red Reactionary than Trump, because:
- Palin isn’t a habitual liar;
- Palin isn’t as driven by her ego as Trump;
- Palin hasn’t shown any signs of being an authoritarian;
- Palin isn’t corrupt, at least to my knowledge; and
- Palin had experience in government, and had a track record of reaching out to members of both parties in Alaska.