I have a conspiracy theory about all of this.
McCain chose Palin because he thought it would help him lose. He was shocked when his pathetic campaign took off because of her. That is when senior campaign officials began leaking fake news about her to damage their own campaign.
McCain ran just so he could lose to Hillary. And then Obama happened. So McCain and Hillary made a deal with Obama: they would run a shadow government and enrich themselves and Obama would look the other way. Then, in 2016, it was Hillary’s turn.
Palin almost messed up their plan.
Correct.
I never thought of that, but seeing how bizarre (and deeply corrupt the government of our country is, that could certainly be true.