>>I’m far from any bot, but how was anyone kicked in the teeth? She never said she was going to run.<<
You are kidding, right? Maybe you weren’t noticing that she made it SEEM she was going to run — for a VERY long time. She could have announced much, much earlier. But she was having too much fun.
All Palin said what that she was going to make a decision by a certain time, and that's what happened. It wasn't the decision you wanted. TS.