You're convinced Palin did this mostly, or partly, for positive publicity for herself. Yet one thing she does, or to be more accurate, doesn't do, is publicize to whom and how much she donates to charities, Church(es), etc. If she really wanted to be thought of as 'St Sarah' she would make sure the press was told of every cent or minute of her time that was given.
She simply did a good deed here, Now, ask her where she stands on ethanol handouts, that would be a fair question.
My point was clear...a photo-op is just that, regardless of the politics of the subject...and if the palinite freepers were honest about it they would say, yeah, so what? But they don’t, they twist and spin and sanctify everything palin does. That is cult of personality stuff.