Sarah Palin last night tried to explain to Fox News why she voted for Newt Gingrich, but instead spewed strange and incomprehensible conspiracy theories and old Tea Party rhetoric that made it clear the former GOP Vice Presidential candidate had truly left politics and now had not even a smattering of understanding of current political issues. In other words — and last night Palin used many — Sarah Plain has tuned out.
Curiously, Palin refused to tell a CNN reporter for whom she cast her vote, but had no problem telling Fox Business News co-worker Neil Cavuto that she cast her “preference” for “the cheerful one,” aka Newt Gingrich.
“I considered who can best bust through the Orwellian Obama rhetoric that we heard more of today in Obama’s press conference, talking about another ‘insolvence’ and unconstitutional bailout that has no funds to finance another, ah, ah, another program that he wants to kind of force down our throats,” Palin said, oh-so disdainfully. (Side note: there was no “bailout” talk in President Obama’s press conference yesterday.)
“Who can best bust through these ideas of America never taking steps toward energy independence when we have natural resources here and we can do it,” Palin wailed, ignoring the fact that Obama has signed more leases for drilling than any other president, and has opened up nuclear energy options, wind, solar — much to the Fox News audience’s knowledge (read: Solyndra.)
“And who can best bust through that radical left, kind of dispentated — dispensation, and and, desire to mistreat those who are defenseless, mistreat those who perhaps have some disadvantages by making them more beholden to government?”
Listen to the rest of the video. It’s truly frightening and I still blame John McCain for elevating her to national awareness.
CBS notes:
The former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee also declined to rule out a presidential run in 2016, first telling CNN that “anything in this life, in this world is possible.”
“Anything is possible for an American,” she told CNN. “And I don’t discount any idea or plan that at this point isn’t in my control.”
Pressed on whether she would seriously consider a run, she said she would “seriously consider whatever I can do to help our country to put things back on the right track.”
“Anything that I can do to help, I will be willing to help,” said Palin. Later, when asked if she would enter the 2012 race if there is a contested Republican presidential convention, she replied: “As I say, anything is possible.”
“And I don’t close any doors that perhaps would be open out there,” she said. “So, no, I wouldn’t close that door. And my plan is to be at that convention.”
We would expect nothing less.