It’s clear that Sarah Palin is far more widely liked and much more interesting than the Republican Party and its presidential standard bearer.

What Palin has going for her is integrity, in its original sense: she is what she is, and entirely so. She is not a trimmer or a clever monkey or a schmoozer or a brilliant manipulator. She cannot and will not become something greatly different from what she has been, even to become Vice President of the United States.

That, at any rate, is what she has shown so far: even when it would be in her interest to play the game and bend her knee to the aristocracy by pretending to the media that she is the sort of person they like—one who makes public professions of compassion for others while basing all decisions on their own interest and therefore those of their well-heeled financial supporters—she has been constitutionally unable to do so.

If anything proves that Gov. Sarah Palin is a special person in our cowardly contemporary society, that is it.

Palin’s integrity is what has enabled the press to mischaracterize her as a fool, but it is what also makes it extremely difficult for the media’s false characterization to convince anyone with a good sense of judgment.

Thus it seems that regardless of the outcome of this election, Palin won’t be going away soon, even though the aristocrats of both parties would dearly like to see that happen.

And that, of course, is why the plans to exploit the charisma of this extraordinary woman are already being formulated, as the Hollywood Reporter notes:

[A]gents across the entertainment world are discussing possibilities for capitalizing on her fame, ranging from an Oprah-style syndicated talk show to a Sean Hannity-like perch in cable news or on radio.

‘‘Any television person who sees the numbers when she appears on anything would say Sarah Palin would be great,’’ said veteran morning-show producer Steve Friedman, citing the double-digit ratings gains her appearances on ‘‘Saturday Night Live’’ and ‘‘CBS Evening News’’ generated. ‘‘The passion she has on each side, love and hate, makes television people say, ‘Wow, imagine the viewership.’ ’’

Although none of the execs has — at least as far as anyone is admitting — made direct overtures to the Alaska governor, they are readying their battle plans if she decides to give up her day job.

What attracts these people to Palin is her integrity, I would suggest, and the proof is that some entertainment executives who are hostile to her recognize this:

Some skeptics point out that Palin will run into a major obstacle in trying to win over the kind of widespread support one needs to become a national television figure. She is, after all, a polarizing personality. But as with such media darlings as Howard Stern or Star Jones, polarization has its advantages. ‘‘She could have a Kathie Lee Gifford kind of thing,’’ Wattenberg said. ‘‘You’re either addicted to her because you love her or you just want to tune in to see if she’ll do something stupid.’’

Whatever happens in the upcoming election, I suspect that Sarah Palin will be around for a while, and that is a good thing.