Is Sarah Palin Gearing Up for a 2016 Race or Just a Narcissistic Lunatic?

Just when you think the Republican Party cannot possibly get any insane and detached from objective reality, rumors start that Sarah Palin - queen of the crazies - is headed to Iowa to test the waters for a 2016 presidential run.  Personally, I suspect that what's really going on is that Palin - a narcissist of the highest order - merely wants to keep her name in the news and try to keep a base willing to pay to hear her demented screeds.  The woman is shameless and the personification of white trash to use my New Orleans belle maternal grandmother's term for people like Palin.   CNN looks at Palins plans to be in Iowa as well as the other certifiable loons potential GOP candidates.  Here are excerpts:

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential pick, is headed to Iowa next month for a conservative gathering that will showcase no fewer than nine potential 2016 presidential contenders.

She's one of the confirmed speakers at the inaugural Iowa Freedom Summit, an event organized by Iowa Rep. Steve King and conservative group Citizens United to "bring grassroots activists from across Iowa to hear directly from national conservative leaders," per its website. The event is scheduled for Jan. 24.

Palin raised eyebrows last Spring when she said she'd "never say never" to a 2016 presidential run, and remains a star within the conservative wing of the GOP, but there's little indication she's moving forward with preparations for a bid.

If she ran, she'd face stiff competition for conservative support from a wide array of Republicans, many of whom will join her at the Iowa Freedom Summit.

Confirmed speakers for the event include Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, physician Ben Carson, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Republican National Committee fundraiser Carly Fiorina — all of whom are openly contemplating a presidential run or haven't ruled it out.

The event will give the potential contenders the opportunity to test the waters with Iowa grassroots Republicans, which are key to any conservative presidential contender's chances. A strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, the first contest of the presidential primary, signals to major donors and conservatives in other states that a candidate is a viable option for the nomination.

One would almost think the event was a contest to see who is the craziest favorite of the Christofascist, ignorance embracing element of the GOP.  To use the word "conservative" to describe the nutcase wing of the GOP shows how afraid the mainstream media is to call these lunatics out for what they really are.  The belong in an asylum, not holding political office.