It took 72 hours, but Sarah Palin has finally responded to the blunt assessment of her by former Vice-President Dick Cheney. Palin visited the friendly territory of Fox News, and her old pal Greta Van Susteren, to swing back at Cheney who told ABC News that her selection as John McCain’s running mate was “a mistake.” Cheney does have a gift for understatement.
In the course of the interview Palin went out of her way to insult Cheney by saying that his remarks about her were the result of his having been “convinced” of a “false narrative” by “the lamestream media.” Cheney may be many things (many terrible, frightening things), but he does not tend to swallow prepackaged media presentations. Rather, he is more likely to invent them himself. Nevertheless, Palin tossed out her usual word-salad saying…
“Here’s where the mistake would have been, Greta, I believe. It’s had I not answered the call. I was honored to get to run for Vice President of the United States alongside Senator John McCain. I was honored to accept the nomination from the GOP.”
Palin seems to think that the mistake Cheney referenced was that she accepted the VP nomination, rather than McCain offering it to her in the first place. That sort of incoherent misunderstanding validates Cheney’s opinion of her. But Palin wasn’t finished. She went on to glorify herself and the sacrifice she undertook to become a major party candidate for vice-president.
“It would have been a mistake to have hunkered down, just lived that luxurious, if you will, comfortable lifestyle in Alaska.”
Of course, we now know that Palin gleefully exploited the notoriety she attained from the nomination. She peddled her books and speaking engagements. She signed a multimillion dollar deal with Fox News. She starred in laughably inept reality TV programs. She increased her net worth many times over, yet recalls wistfully her “luxurious” lifestyle in Alaska. Is anyone really buying this tripe?
This is absolutely hilarious watching republicans cannabilize themselves. Possibly the worst VP ever trashing the worst VP candidate ever. Liz Cheney, the political pundit by virtue of nothing more than being former VP Cheney’s daughter, even had to disagree with her dear old dad, although she did refer to him as the best VP ever, ya right, my dad was the best fill in the blank ever my mom was the best fill in the blank ever, blah, blah,blah. Of course Palin has to blame Cheney’s criticism on the media, like he was a kidnap victim reading from a written statement when he said McCain choosing her was a mistake. And then, of course, there is McCain himself who has to come out and defend the worst political mistake of his life all over again. This only reminds undecided voters just how screwed up the republicans are and that does not help their cause, especially when you combine that with the clown show Romney just finished on his foreign tour.