Sarah Palin is either one of the most self-centered & self-defensive people you will ever meet, or she has the worst set of political advisors & writers you'll ever find. Either way, the video blog yesterday was just stupid on many levels.Yes, the memorial service rally was off key. Right for the Prez and leaders to be there. Good to remember the folks lost & heroes found. OK to point toward a more positive approach to political dialogue. Not appropriate for it to feel like a pep rally.
But why do you choose the day that most civil individuals are going to pause, if even for a millisecond, to reflect on the senseless tragedy to tell everyone it wasn't your fault...when it wasn't your fault! Even if you are in the right doing it, that was stupid timing.
It's obvious to most folks that while there is a far too negative tone to the political discourse today, it really wasn't the cause of the Tucson shooting rampage. The dude is a delusional whack job who was gonna shoot someone sooner or later...regardless of their politics. So no, it wasn't Sarah's fault. But she has enough of a mix of the common political self-righteousness & redneck (yes, they have rednecks in Alaska) defensiveness that she had to respond...to nothing. If there were "journalists and pundits" attacking her specifically, they were stupid too, and she should have just let everyone figure that out himself or herself.
I get a kick out of poking fun at the stupid things politicians say, and Sarah has a bag full. But even I don't understand how her speechwriter uses her indignation at the suggestion she's to blame...to drag up the incorrectly used term "Blood Libel"? Just stick with something simple like; "Hey Stupid, stop accusing me of something I didn't do". I'm pretty sure the term "Blood Libel" doesn't get thrown around while you’re out baiting Polar Bears. Who ever wrote the speech is pretty stupid.
Extreme & fundamental views & idiots populate both sides of the political spectrum, which is why I firmly fall in the middle. I prefer tolerance & logical compromise about facts to an argument based on ideology. This time the stupid isn't about Sarah's political position; it's about her personality, personnel, or both.
