Quoted: Sarah Palin on why she accepted the GOP nomination

Sarah Palin at a Tea Party rally in Belleville, Michigan last month. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

It would have been a mistake to have hunkered down, just lived that luxurious, if you will, comfortable lifestyle in Alaska.

Sarah Palin on why she accepted the vice-presidential spot on the 2008 GOP ticket. The former governor tell Fox's Greta Van Susteren that Dick Cheney, who called the choice a mistake, was influenced by the lamestream media.