Is Palin Crazy?

[Uncle Remus]

"Well, I’m very very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing," Palin said, "any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that."

That's just not the case.

Palin spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt explains that when Palin says she's been cleared of any legal or ethical violations, "She was referring to the conclusion of the report that found that she acted properly and lawfully with regard to reassigning Monegan, which was the original purpose of the investigation."

But Palin is seldom that specific.

When Palin first commented on the report she parsed.

Asked "Governor, did you abuse your power?" she said, "No, and if you read the report you'll see that there was nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member. You gotta read the report, sir."

It's true that there's nothing "unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member" in principle. And the report concluded that she had the power to fire Monegan.

But the report concluded that she had abused her power, and there was indeed something "unethical" about her behavior, insofar as it violated the state Ethics Act.

But now Palin has moved on from parsing to assertions that are not true.

"Governor," asked a reporter with the Anchorage Daily News, "finding Number One on the report was that you abused your power by violating state law. Do you think you did anything wrong at all in this Troopergate case?"

"Not at all and I’ll tell you, it, I think that you’re always going to ruffle feathers as you do what you believe is in the best interest of the people whom you are serving," Palin said. "In this case I knew that I had to have the right people in the right position at the right time in this cabinet to best serve Alaskans, and Walt Monegan was not the right person at the right time to meet the goals that we had set out in our administration. So no, not having done anything wrong, and again very much appreciating being cleared of any legal wrongdoing or unethical activity at all."

Again, not true.

She was NOT cleared, certainly not of "unethical activity."

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WTH?!?

 

[LuvDuke]

WTH?!?

She's either crazy or as dumb as a box of rocks and thinks the rest of us are too.

Either way, it's time for Caribou Barbie to go.

 

[crcormier]

Play it down and hope the masses believe her. That's her only option apparently.

 

[marybet]

Unbelievable. She probably thinks if she keeps repeating that she didn't do anything wrong everyone will just start to believe her. They do have their own reality. After all she is still telling everyone that she stopped that bridge to nowhere. Bizzaro world.

 

[crazyforgoofy]

WTH?!?

I think she's begun to believe her own p.r. people. She's amazing! She's John McCain's 'soul mate'. She's Wonder Woman. She couldn't possibly have done any wrong. Just ask her.

 

[Amirah95]

WTH?!?

She is the one who needs to read the report again it seems.

 

[rentayenta]

I don't know if crazy/insane are the right words but something sure isn't right. This kind of rationalization is more indicative of an anti-social personality disorder or perhaps another PD. To those, the rules just do not apply and they are able to rationalize even the most seemingly obviously dishonest behaviors and ideas in order to get what they want. They also have a scary sense of entitlement. My guess is she was not administered the MMPI 2 before they chose her. Those 550+ questions could have saved the GOP all this embarrassment. But we would have missed out on all this great fodder.

 

[Alaska DogCat]

If you repeat the lie long enough, it becomes the truth.

 

[perla75]

No, I don't think Palin is crazy. I think she's just a flighty soccer mom who got sucked into this race for image sake & she's in WAY over her head...

 

[Amirah95]

, it becomes the truth.

If you repeat the lie long enough maybe the story will just go...away??

 

[Reflection]

Crazy? No. But she is definitely a liar.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

Is the Pope Catholic?

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

If you repeat the lie long enough, it becomes the truth.

Well bless your heart you are right. If you say you did not know that you belonged to a racist church even though you signed a contract or that you did not have dealings with domestic terrorists well that gosh darn it it must be true!

 

[Reflection]

Well bless your heart you are right. If you say you did not know that you belonged to a racist church even though you signed a contract or that you did not have dealings with domestic terrorists well that gosh darn it it must be true!

Trinity Church is not a racist church. Your oft-stated opinion that it is does not make your opinion fact.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

Well bless your heart you are right. If you say you did not know that you belonged to a racist church even though you signed a contract or that you did not have dealings with domestic terrorists well that gosh darn it it must be true!

How Sweet. You admire Palin so much you adopt her tactics.

I am sure you believe that if you say it enough it will come true.

But hint - you need to put on your ruby red slippers and click your heels three times

 

[djm99]

She's either crazy or as dumb as a box of rocks and thinks the rest of us are too.

Either way, it's time for Caribou Barbie to go.

I'll guess 'dumb as a box of rocks' for $200 Alex!!

 

[crazyme5kids]

Do cows moo? She is crazy as a loon.

 

[perla75]

How Sweet. You admire Palin so much you adopt her tactics.

It's funny cuz it's true...

 

[EveDallas]

She's either crazy or as dumb as a box of rocks and thinks the rest of us are too.

Either way, it's time for Caribou Barbie to go.

I agree 100%

BTW, "Caribou Barbie" made me

 

[yeartolate]

OK, on a thread last week, I essentially gave Palin credit for being intelligent, just not equipt at this time to be VP.

I take it back, the only thing she is - is a consumate politician too stupid to realize even the least informed of all voters is not stupid enough to buy that crock of crap.