tony7531's Journal: What's Up With Sarah Palin?

Politicans were suddenly surprised on Sunday when Alaska Governor Sarah Palin checked herself into a rehab facility for an undisclosed number of narcotics in Wasilla, Alaska.

"I didn't see this coming at all," said Washington Post's Chris Cizilla. "But I really should have. Her behavior for the last six months is perfectly in line with a meth addict."

"This is shocking, completely shocking," said CNN contributor Melinda Torres. "Well, actually, not that shocking."

"All the signs were right " said Cizilla. "She displayed extreme paranoia in regards to the McCain staffers combined with a feeling of personal invincibility. And during the Couric interviews, you can see her giving rambling convoluted answers to pretty clear and simple questions. We all assumed she was just undisciplined as a politician. Now it's clear that she was high."

Palin, who comes from the methamphetamine capitol of Alaska, came into the national spotlight last fall when she was nominated to be John McCain's running mate. Initially well received due to her ability to energize a crowd, Palin quickly became the object of criticism due to her widely panned interviews with Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson. She was then spotlighted frequently by the news media as being "off script" from the McCain campaign, with several senior McCain aides saying that the governor was "going rogue."

"Her war with the press also makes great sense in light of the rehab," replied University of Oregon Psychology professor Nina Brian. "We all interpreted as just a very passionate adherence to a tried and true Republican tactic, but it was much deeper than that. The paranoia and animalistic defensiveness displayed was perfectly in line with that which is displayed by a crack addict. It's the feeling that forces are turning on you unjustly, but most importantly, it's combined with a near psychotic belief that you can beat those forces through sheer will."

"Governor Palin's behavior in the recent months has been far more in line with your average coke addict than your average politician," said UC Berkeley Psychology professor Dean Gordon. "A normal politician would mediate all actions based on the public appearance generated. Palin, on the other hand, seems to choose her actions based on their size, with little regard for embarrassment or side effects."

After the campaign's conclusion, Palin surprised many by forcefully staying in the spotlight, and frequently fueling late night comedians with strange statements and continued feuding with the now defunct McCain campaign staff. In November, she famously did a photo shoot in front of a slaughterhouse featuring a turkey being slaughtered just behind her. Most recently, she put many a tabloid star to shame with an incredibly public feud with Levi Johnston, the ex-fiance of her daughter and the father of her grandchild.