ABSTRACT
Just as the How Ronald Reagan Became President histories trace back to William F. Buckley’s fusion of libertarians and conservatives under the umbrella of anti-communism at the National Review, and then back to Barry Goldwater’s catastrophic landslide loss to LBJ, which in retelling turns out to actually be the trial run for Reagan; may I suggest that future histories about How Sarah Palin Became President trace back to the anti-disco riot at Chicago’s Comiskey Park on July 2, 1979 and then back to the arrival of Glenn Beck at Fox News on October 16, 2008.
