Sarah might be getting up there in age but she's still sort of a hot looking MILF whereas AOC not only is dumb as a stump but actually looks like a laughing donkey.
In addition one can carry on a conversation with Sarah Palin since she WAS a legitimate mayor and then a governor of an entire state whereas AOC won her political office merely because the former representative thought that the re-election was in the bag and didn't even bother campaigning. AOC has never won a debate in her life.