Sarah Palin: Troll

Being a top-class troll takes time and effort. Not everyone has the patience to do it, far less derive quite so much pleasure from infuriating other people. Not for any great principle either but for the sheer devilment of it. As horses are entered for the 2012 GOP Disappointment Derby it’s not a surprise to see Sarah Palin, the grandest, most effective political troll of our time, back in the news.

Nor, obviously, is it surprising to discover that she’s not actually done anything to merit this fresh burst of attention. Not unless you include a splendid photo op at Rolling Thunder in Virginia and DC and now some kind of patriotic bus tour designed to, well, god knows actually but perhaps test some of the waters for a presidential campaign or something. Whatever.

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