Every Cloud ...

... Has a silver lining, especially if you are failed Republican Vice Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin.

Wouldn't it be nice to be in line to make millions of dollars from a book deal about a campaign that you actually lost? Seven million dollars would be a good starting point for her run at the Presidency in 2012. Mr Smith says don't buy the book, it could cause untold damage to the United States of America and only just encourage Governor Palin.

"She failed to save John McCain from presidential election doom, but Sarah Palin, the Republican senator’s controversial running mate, may yet emerge as the saviour of the American publishing industry. Literary agents are queueing up to sign her to a book deal that could earn her up to $7m."

In God She Trusts.

"REJECTED Republican Sarah Palin says she could run for US president in 2012 - if God "opens the door". The 44-year-old fundamentalist Christian spoke out in her first TV interview since Barack Obama won the 2008 race to the White House. Mum-of-five Palin talked as she prepared moose chilli in her kitchen in Wasilla, Alaska, She slammed "internet bloggers in pyjamas in their parents' basements" for spreading "lies" about her and rubbished claims she and her family spent $150,000 on clothes during the campaign. The Alaska governor also told how "cool" Obama rang her after she was named as his rival John McCain's vice presidential running mate and told her: "Good luck but not that much luck."

Mr Smith has never been referred to as an "internet blogger in pyjamas" before.

Doggone It.

"The running mate of US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has been found guilty of an abuse of power, according to a state legislature probe. Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin was accused of sacking a senior state official over a family feud. But the McCain-Palin campaign team said that the report showed Mrs Palin acted within "proper and lawful authority".

Mr Smith thinks there is 'something of the night' about Governor Palin. And more worrying is the fact she could end up just a heart beat away from being President of the most powerful country in the world. Her actions don't sit well with her folksy image.