In a rather bizarre, rambling announcement speech last summer, Sarah Palin announced she was resigning her position as governor of Alaska after just two years in office. She was doing it, she said, for Alaska.
Rather than take “the quitter’s way out” of hunkering down and plodding through her duties, she said, she had decided to take another course, “to build UP this state and our country, and her industrious, generous, patriotic, free people!” She wouldn’t go with the flow, because “only dead fish ‘go with the flow’.”
In reality, as a new story in New York magazine documents, Palin did it for the money, and it lays out a pretty good case that the decision was the right one:
“The numbers are staggering. Over the past year, Palin has amassed a $12 million fortune and shows no sign of slowing down. Her memoir has so far sold more than 2.2 million copies, and Palin is planning a second book with HarperCollins. This January, she signed a three-year contributor deal with Fox News worth $1 million a year, according to people familiar with the deal. In March, Palin and Burnett sold her cable show to TLC for a reported $1 million per episode, of which Palin is said to take in about $250,000 for each of the eight installments.”
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with making money, and these days there’s no more American way to make money than to cash in on your celebrity, whether you acquired it by having eight children, playing golf better than anyone on the planet, sleeping with the guy who plays golf better than anyone on the planet or running for vice president.
Reading the “New York” piece, you get the sense that Palin probably won’t be making a serious bid for the presidency because in an odd way she has become bigger than all that. She is a brand, and the confines and demands of a presidential campaign wouldn’t allow Sarah to be Sarah.
“Running for president is no doubt part of her business model,” Gabriel Sherman writes. “But forget elections (as many Palin supporters already seem to have done); she’s already the president of an alternative America — and also its CEO.”
324 comments Add your comment
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
Wait a minute now… “Rather than take the quitter’s way out…”
But… she QUIT. She is a QUITTER.
Darned Republicans.
Finn McCool
April 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
Pretty smart woman I would say…
Yeah, outhouse, she is smart. Whose money constitutes those checks she’s cashing? Hint: Check your wallet, sonny. You betcha. Hehehehe
JB
April 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
Jay…..I agree……… We need to win next time to try and save this country and she ain’t it.
HDB
April 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
DoggoneGA
April 26th, 2010
3:01 pm
“Wherever did you the idea all liberals were kind and compassionate?”
I’ve been trying to figure that one out too.
Yea…we saw what a “compassionate conservative” did to the nation…..man, did I ever get screwed!!!
JohnnyReb
April 26th, 2010
3:14 pm
Palin’s decision to abandon office was a no-brainer. She was faced with staying in office and depleting personal wealth in defense of MORE bogus investigations and lawsuits brought by the Left or capitalizing on public appeal. She’s no dummy.
professional skeptic
April 26th, 2010
3:16 pm
Redneck Convert (R–and proud of it)
April 26th, 2010
1:55 pm
She’ll probly toss a hundred dollar bill at this Michael Steele and watch him dive to the floor to get it, like a half-starved coon dog going for a ham bone.
Bless you, Convert, and thanks for the biggest laugh I’ve had all day!
Finn McCool
April 26th, 2010
3:17 pm
What we liberals are doing is helping Sara separate you from your hard-earned cash. I mean, where would she be without us wonderful, puppy-lovin’, god-a-fearin’ liberals?
JB
April 26th, 2010
3:17 pm
If Fox news is a Ghetto, what is CNN and MSNBC……………Sinking by the day looks like. 20% of country is hard core left and it ain’t enough. This president came in inside a Trojan horse. This Country won’t be fooled again.
JohnnyReb
April 26th, 2010
3:17 pm
re, Palin qualifications. She remains to this day more qualified than the Community Organizer. That does not mean she would have been a good VP, we may never know about that. But we do know that Community Organizing only qualifies one to “spread the wealth.”
JB
April 26th, 2010
3:19 pm
Obama IS over his head.
Outhouse GoKart
April 26th, 2010
3:20 pm
Dont count me in on that ya hater. I give none of my dollars to Ms Palin and I agree with the polls Jay referenced.
Try again ya HATERS!!
HDB
April 26th, 2010
3:21 pm
Whenever I hear Palin, I remember one question: What’s the last act in the circus?
Answer: The clean-up crew…..they have to shovel up all the s#!t that the elephants leave behind!!
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:21 pm
Reb,
You lose your cred when you commit to the “Obama is just a community organizer” position.
Mr. Snarky
April 26th, 2010
3:22 pm
JB…for your edification, I’ll explain…in the old days sections of a city that were separated from others and had a homogeneous minority of people who lived there were called Ghettos. Had nothing to do with being poor, just was about being separate.
Southern Comfort
April 26th, 2010
3:23 pm
thank God out here in the rest of the county she is and will be one of the best representative of what we believe.
啊我的 freaking 上帝!:shock:
Normal
April 26th, 2010
3:24 pm
Outhouse sounds constipated.
JohnnyReb sounds delusional.
JB, at least, sounds sane, wrong but sane.
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:25 pm
Geez, SoCo, I passed right over that. Now Jay’s comment makes sense.
And your shock guy didn’t work, so I’ll do it:
Outhouse GoKart
April 26th, 2010
3:25 pm
Y’all just HATE it that Palin is making mo money than u…a good portion of which she will probably donate to specific and important 2010 seat elections. Wouldnt that just be so hateful of her…
Let that hate flow…
pat
April 26th, 2010
3:27 pm
So? Is this a problem? Or should the woman not make money because you don’t like her? She’s raking it in and she did’t even have to spread her legs to do it….Good for her, I am as jealous as apparently you all are.
Finn McCool
April 26th, 2010
3:27 pm
Let’s see, two years running a state with fewer citizens than, what?, Roswell, GA?
vs.
1.5 years running a country.
Hmmm, that’s a hard one. Who could be more qualified there? Hmmm. Sorry, I’m totally stumped on that one.
Finn McCool
April 26th, 2010
3:30 pm
The reason Outhouse hasn’t bought the Palin book yet is cause he’s still reading the last Coulter book.
SOUTHERN ATL
April 26th, 2010
3:30 pm
Do these Tea Pary people really believe that she is concerned about the issues that they face everyday? She got a taste of fame when she was a VP candidate and has not looked back since!!
F-105 Thunderchief
April 26th, 2010
3:30 pm
Bill Clinton remains the most successful con artist in American history, but he’s being gained on.
I Report/You Decide
April 26th, 2010
3:31 pm
As a conservative, I’ll say this;
1) It’s disappointing that so many conservatives view her as presidential material. I view her as someone who should have stuck it out as governor, and possibly run for Senate afterwards. President, or even VP? No way.
2) It horrifying yet illustrative to see the hate spewing out from left regarding Ms. Palin. I think, to a certain extent, support for Palin among conservatives is largely a result of a natural tendency to defend a nice lady who gets treated completely unfairly by the liberal media and the rest of the left. It’s amusing to see and hear the left describe themselves as compassionate. The attacks on Palin have gone far, far beyond anything that can be shrugged off as “that’s just politics.”
Oh…and while she is no Einstein, she has a far better idea of what is good for America and for Americans than does the current administration.
Southern Comfort
April 26th, 2010
3:31 pm
Bosch
Thanks. I forgot how to do the shockey guy.
Normal
April 26th, 2010
3:32 pm
Pat,
I have no problem with Sarah making all the money she can. My problem is that she makes it by stirring up sh1t. She has become a political prostitute.
md
April 26th, 2010
3:32 pm
“My personal opinion is that she is a consummate con artist”
And that is why your posts and others are so funny. Many believe all sorts of people are con artists, especially politicians and celebrities to include Palin and Barry, yet it all depends on which “side” one has chosen as to which ones are more worthy of the title.
Union
April 26th, 2010
3:32 pm
Chicago is asking for the national guard to defend them as the murder rate is so high.. thanks Obama.. you betcha
Normal
April 26th, 2010
3:33 pm
Oh…and while she is no Einstein, she has a far better idea of what is good for America and for Americans than does the current administration.
No, definitely not!
pat
April 26th, 2010
3:33 pm
The 20 of us whining on this here blog will never make you a millionaire, that’s for sure.
md
April 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
“1.5 years running a country.”
Jurys still out on that one, might be running it into the ground.
F-105 Thunderchief
April 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
I should have pointed out he’s being gained on by Obama and Palin.
Drawing Black Lines
April 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
How much is the prez making from his book sales…keepin em honest, right?
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
SoCo,
You did it right, I think it didn’t run out because of the other symbols.
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
SoCo,
This guy is still my favorite:
Union
April 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
hmm.. leave office.. make money selling books..
get into office.. be the unions water boy.. tell everyone how bad america is.. yeah.. I can see why you would not like palin either
Southern Comfort
April 26th, 2010
3:36 pm
Palin’s decision to abandon office was a no-brainer. She was faced with staying in office and depleting personal wealth in defense of MORE bogus investigations and lawsuits brought by the Left or capitalizing on public appeal. She’s no dummy.
Bosch, pardon me for the copyright infringement, but Oh my freaking God!
A person of real principle will stand up to clear their name if wrongfully accused. She has been eeriely silent about any of those charges since she left office. If she was wrongfully accused, wouldn’t she at least contemplate using some of her new found wealth to clear her name?
As P.T. Barnum said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
3:37 pm
“She remains to this day more qualified than the Community Organizer.”
So shall we refer to Ms. Palin as Miss Wasilla from now on, if we are calling people by their former titles?
pat
April 26th, 2010
3:37 pm
Normal, who doesn’t stir political stool? I mean really, we do it here for free. Is she making anyone do anything against their will? No. Further, the more you talk about her, the more popular she gets. Jay is helping her in his own small way….
You certainly can’t blame me, I haven’t watch any news or politics garbage on TV for years.
md
April 26th, 2010
3:38 pm
“My problem is that she makes it by stirring up sh1t.”
Does ole Bill get a pass for equating tea partiers with violence?
Unfortunately, sh1t sells.
Southern Comfort
April 26th, 2010
3:38 pm
Bosch
I haven’t learned that one yet, and it’s probably for the better!! I’m trying to leave that part of my life in the past.
JohnnyReb
April 26th, 2010
3:39 pm
Bosch wrote – You lose your cred when you commit to the “Obama is just a community organizer” position.
Not in the conservative world. History shows Obama to be the least qualified when becoming President. He never held a job in the market place before becoming Senator/President. He walked into the Illinois Senate position due to the Republican suffering from Bill Clinton snydrome. He does have one outstanding quality, the ability to get large numbers of people to believe his BS.
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:39 pm
SoCo,
Be my guest.
Sometimes there is just nothing more to say.
Normal
April 26th, 2010
3:39 pm
Union
April 26th, 2010
3:32 pm
Please explain what President Obama has to do with this.
Union
April 26th, 2010
3:43 pm
people think palin is bad for what she did.. she left office.. sold some books.. made some money..
obama is in office.. does the bidding of the unions.. cannot talk without a teleprompter.. and ppl say gwb was a puppet.. lol hey.. but you guys be proud..
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:44 pm
Johnny Reb,
I guess the whole teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago just kind of slipped your mind, huh? That ain’t chump change.
md
April 26th, 2010
3:44 pm
“If she was wrongfully accused, wouldn’t she at least contemplate using some of her new found wealth to clear her name?”
When it is pretty obvious that a large section of the media devouts many hours and dollars on the woman, the old saying “know when to fold em” just may apply. I think she is shrewd to take all the negative publicity and make a positive out of it. The more they holler, the more she makes.
Gotta love it.
Matilda
April 26th, 2010
3:44 pm
As a public servant, she complained that the media was always tearing down hard-working public servants. Smarter than anyone knew, she said, “EFF this,” quit her job as a public servant, JOINED the media, and now makes $12 mil or so a year tearing down actual public servants. When she couldn’t answer the question “What do you read?” with any coherence whatsoever, I thought she was a dummy. I was wrong. She’s got wads of dough in the bank, and my literate azz is working harder for less (in real dollars) year after year. For what? Give Mrs. Palin a gold star; she’s smarter than I am. (She doesn’t give a FRIG about the people of this country, but her self-promoting schtick is working out well for her own financial future.)
JohnnyReb
April 26th, 2010
3:46 pm
Bosch – never stated he is not educated or intelligent. However, since you brought it up, his emphasis on Constitutional Law is focused on “social justice.” Conservatives are for Equal Justice.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
3:47 pm
Ms. Palin is a disingenuous famewh0re, a reality star in her own life. No different than Jon Gosselin, Kim Kardashian, or Snooki. Trying to transform her 15 minutes into an empire any way she can. Lying her way to immortality and lining her pockets from the foolish.
Tourist
April 26th, 2010
3:47 pm
It’s not hate, and it’s not the money. It’s the divisiveness of the discourse. The us vs. them mentality. It’s the skewing of facts, and the outright lies. It’s the spin. It’s the inciting others to believe that only they are the real Americans. It’s the sparky winky smile with the snark. It’s the outright unpatriotic ramblings she utters and tweets. And it’s the grandiose pomposity of her self-appointed position to nag and snipe the President at every turn as if she is some scholar or statesman. Anyone can bi*ch about what they don’t like, but to respect someone they have to step up to the plate and try to better things. Not run out when the going gets tough or there’s money to be made. Sarah is a shill, plain and simple. A well-paid shill, but a shill nonetheless.
Normal
April 26th, 2010
3:47 pm
Layality Oaths!!??!! Hitler had loyality oaths…Sweet Haysus!!!
http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2010/04/26/breaking-boyd-out-as-republican-candidate/
Southern Comfort
April 26th, 2010
3:48 pm
Not in the conservative world
Bosch
That’s it right there. The conservative world does not always equal the real world.
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:50 pm
Reb,
“He never held a job in the market place before becoming Senator/President”
You stated he never held a job until he was a State Senator. A professor at a university for 12 years is a real job.
Again, to hold him as just a community organizer and conveniently forgetting that plus being the Editor of the Harvard Review – shows you unwillingness to admit the man has accomplishments – I suspect it is from a deep rooted hatred for the man as characterized by your chose name.
Union
April 26th, 2010
3:51 pm
off teleprompter..
“In a 17-minute, 2,600-word answer to a question about tax increases in Charlotte, North Carolina earlier this month, Mr. Obama mentioned that “what we’ve done is we’ve embedded in how Medicare reimburses, how Medicaid reimburses, all these ideas to actually reduce the costs of care.” The embedding via price controls is already underway.”
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:51 pm
SoCo,
“The conservative world does not always equal the real world.”
For real. It’s like the freaky world through the Looking Glass, but that world was cooler.
A Lumpkin resident.
April 26th, 2010
3:52 pm
On her making $12M… so what? Plenty of people on both sides of the aisle have become fabulously wealthy in politics. I would bet ANYONE that in less than 10 years Barack and Michelle Obama will have over $100 Million. Look what happened to Bill and Hillary.
On her future as a candidate:
As a candidate, she is not viable. As an RNC chairman, though, she might do for the party what Howard Dean did for the Democrats.
N-GA
April 26th, 2010
3:52 pm
This Palin phenomenon just proves the old adage that “A fool and his money are soon parted.”.
People actually pay to go hear her speak. Then again, some people actually paid to hear Tiny Tim sing…then bought his records! Amazing!
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
3:54 pm
Bosch,
“For real. It’s like the freaky world through the Looking Glass, but that world was cooler.”
But they do have lesbian bondage with simulated sex acts in “conservative world”…
Mr. Snarky
April 26th, 2010
3:55 pm
Sarah’s outstanding quality is her ability to tell people what they already believe without sounding nasty.
I look forward to her debating Romney. Drink every time someone says “freedom”.
Normal
April 26th, 2010
3:55 pm
People actually pay to go hear her speak. Then again, some people actually paid to hear Tiny Tim sing…then bought his records! Amazing!
Like SoCo quoted: There’s a sucker born every minute…
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
3:56 pm
A Lumpkin resident.,
“As a candidate, she is not viable. As an RNC chairman, though, she might do for the party what Howard Dean did for the Democrats.”
Thanks for the giggle.
JB
April 26th, 2010
3:56 pm
Obama could be Asian or American Indian…or Irish and I STILL wouldn’t agree with his views on how this country ought to governed. I didn’t agree with much with Bush his SECOND Term either. This Economy will get this guy and Democrats. 80% of Americans don’t follow this stuff day by day, they just know something ain’t right when all his/her friends are getting laid off and can’t find work. They don’t much care about (R) & (D)….they vote the party in charge OUT !
Union
April 26th, 2010
3:56 pm
Some people even believed obama..
ObamaCare Mulligan
About those lower insurance costs we promised . . . .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704133804575198322718759844.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:57 pm
Mr. Snarky!
“Drink every time someone says “freedom”.”
God no! We’d all die of alcohol poisoning!
@@
April 26th, 2010
3:57 pm
Sheesh, mine was the third comment, and it set off a firestorm of left-wing Palin haters.
Aye-yup! I’d say she’s doing just fine.
Don’t you guys find it odd that Obama is being encouraged to nominate a SC justice from one of the lesser-known law schools? ‘Ya ever stop to think why that is?
Elitism is OUT….everyday Americans are IN. You leftists are just hanger-on-ers, living vicariously thru your reps….HOPING beyond hope.
Sarah Palin represents REAL America.
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:59 pm
So, are the REAL Americans, the dumb asses?
Union
April 26th, 2010
4:00 pm
obama says sarah is the devil.. yeah.. that woman running homeland security is a real winner.. right up there with joe biden..
Union
April 26th, 2010
4:01 pm
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
3:59 pm
“So, are the REAL Americans, the dumb asses?”
define real..
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
4:01 pm
“Sarah Palin represents REAL America.”
The real gullible ones….
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
4:02 pm
Union,
I’m trying to get clarification on that myself.
Union
April 26th, 2010
4:02 pm
awww.. you guys are so witty.. lol.. I bet you get all tingly when obama talks too..
NowReally
April 26th, 2010
4:03 pm
Sarah Palin is an entertainer doing what she does best. I predict she’s up for Rush, Hannity or O’Reilly’s J-O-B. They make way more money than the President and/or VP.
I’m just glad she will not receive a dime from me.
Pogo
April 26th, 2010
4:04 pm
Agree with you on this one Jay. She’s an empty suit (or dress, whatever the case may be). Of course, you could also write a piece about Biden for the same thing. Another “politician” who is clueless and that has enriched himself (and his family) from politics. But I don’t suppose you’d ever do that, would you?
Laurie Davis
April 26th, 2010
4:05 pm
Qulified for what? President or a Politician. The fact that she is a politician and a good one is not debatable. The voters in a real election in lieu of a poll in the Washington Post will decide if she is quified to be President. The last time I checked the Constitution she had all of the qualifications required and if elected by the voters the debate is over. You may not like it any more than I don’t like the fact that Obama is President but how can you say that is not a politician with all the loons who hold office is Atlanta and in State of Georgia.
Del
April 26th, 2010
4:06 pm
Oh no, more Sarah Palin disfunction syndrome. Too boring, so I’ll get back to work. Enjoy y’all
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
4:07 pm
Pogo,
Seriously? Joe Biden has enriched himself? As being one of the poorest Senators in the history of Senatordom? Puleaze.
Soothsayer
April 26th, 2010
4:07 pm
Fox News: Sarah Palin is an idiot
Here it is from good ole “Fair and balanced.”
josef nix
April 26th, 2010
4:07 pm
“As a politician, she has no broad base of support. As a celebrity, she has exactly what she needs to make a lot of money, which is a very intense if relatively small segment of fans.”
And a free PR squad posting here abouts…her “detractors” are keeping her before the public eye far, far more than her ‘relatively small segement of fans…”
This gets funnier by the minute…y’all ought to be charging her..
Southern Comfort
April 26th, 2010
4:08 pm
@@
Are they any different than the right-wing Obama haters?
@@
April 26th, 2010
4:08 pm
Real American Stories
Heck! Some of ‘em might even vote Democrat. I doubt that matters to Palin.
Union
April 26th, 2010
4:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7VUklDlQw
Obama theme song ^^^^
Matilda
April 26th, 2010
4:08 pm
“Sarah Palin represents REAL America.”
She doesn’t represent ME, and she’s nothing like ME, and I AM a real American, so I guess that statement is not so much a fact as it is a nugget from somebody’s lower torso. That’s what it smells like, anyway. Thanks for sharing.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
4:09 pm
It just dawned on me…other than when she worked as a sports caster in Anchorage and helping with Todd’s boat, all from 1988 – 1992, she has alwyas worked on the government dole…
1992-1995 – Wasilla City Council
1995-2002 – Mayor of Wasilla
2003-2006 – Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner
2006-2009 – Governor of Alaska
Hmm…I never really realized that.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
4:10 pm
Union,
“I bet you get all tingly when obama talks too..”
No…only when he’s body surfing in Hawaii.
Union
April 26th, 2010
4:12 pm
you president..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of61E1FesPU
joan
April 26th, 2010
4:14 pm
She is a capitalist. God bless. Go Sarah, make money. The government needs your taxes.
Splavistic
April 26th, 2010
4:14 pm
Praise! Palin’s actions show that it is alright to drop your duties and obligation to your country in order to make a bundle of dough! Great lesson from a great lady! :^P
DoggoneGA
April 26th, 2010
4:16 pm
“the old saying “know when to fold em” just may apply”
Ummm…except that “old saying” means that you quit when it’s obvious you’re losing. Take a line through her quitting her joba as Governor and run with it.
joan
April 26th, 2010
4:16 pm
Bosch–he was an adjunct professor. Heck, you can be an adjunct by teaching a class here and there, and it isn’t a full time job. His full time job is being a pain in the butt.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
4:16 pm
Union @ 4.08,
Yes, b/c we want all of our jobs sent offshores so we can buy $4.99 jeans at Wal-Mart
md
April 26th, 2010
4:17 pm
“The real gullible ones….”
I think there are plenty of those to go around, especially come election time.
josef nix
April 26th, 2010
4:18 pm
Jewcoyboy…
“No…only when he’s body surfing in Hawaii.”
Hey, no fan of his or Brown’s either…but that’s a ticket that would make me tingle!
(Looks like we’ve got our Sarahs, too, eh?) :-0
@@
April 26th, 2010
4:18 pm
SoCo:
Did anyone from the right side ever go after Obama’s children? They were on the stage with Obama and Michelle. Obama even did an interview either with his children, or one that centered around the children, who I happen to think are adorable, the littlest Sasha particularly so. She’s very unpretentious as are all children.
jefferson
April 26th, 2010
4:20 pm
Piccard has no use for money nor Sara.
Union
April 26th, 2010
4:21 pm
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
4:16 pm
“Yes, b/c we want all of our jobs sent offshores so we can buy $4.99 jeans at Wal-Mart”
it’s a good thing I know you’re kidding.. someone else might think you were stupid or something
md
April 26th, 2010
4:22 pm
“except that “old saying” means that you quit when it’s obvious you’re losing.”
Not necessarily, as it also applies when it is obvious that one can lose. And in the real world, one can lose when the deck is stacked against them. And, it may also apply when one needs to fold to play another day.
Thanks for playing though.
N-GA
April 26th, 2010
4:22 pm
She was successful in Alaska because she was a pretty face. Have you ever seen what her competition is in Alaska? The Alaskan male voter went to the polls with a [fill in the blank] and a gleam in his eye.
Bosch
April 26th, 2010
4:23 pm
“Did anyone from the right side ever go after Obama’s children? ”
Google is your friend, @@. But to answer your question, yes.
JohnnyReb
April 26th, 2010
4:25 pm
Had to drop off due to the “real world” was calling.
Bosch – Obama had accomplishments, none of which qualified him to be president. We could debate this forever, neither of us would change.
Normal – I shouldn’t be surprised that you crwoned yourself “Normal” while deciding I am delusional!