Can't help myself

Sarah Palin is a like a scab that exists just within the range of my peripheral vision; no matter how I try to ignore it, short of closing my eyes, I can't.

Today she said something so stupid that it actually took a matter of minutes for me to process it.  I can deal with sophistry and illusion, but inanity?  Brothers and Sisters that is a different beast altogether.

"If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations," Palin told host Chris Plante, "then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media."

Stop.  Read that quote again.  Let it fester, poor grammar, syntax and all... let it seep in.  This is no sophistry my friends, this is no willful dissension from the facts, this quote is the very sad reality of a person who has no fucking idea what she is talking about.  Absolutely NO idea.  

Sarah Palin actually thinks that a media who has been skeptical of her political bullshit represents an attack on her first amendment rights.  Sarah Palin believes that questioning a political leader is a violation of said leader's right of free speech.  

WHAT?  This ass-backwards idiocy would not pass the bar in a 9th grade government class.  The first amendment was establish to protect three general principals: the expression of religion, free speech, and freedom of the press.  But, according to Sarah 'pitbull' Palin the media are endangering the first amendment by using the first amendment!  Like I said before, Palin isn't using sophistry, she simply has no idea what the hell is going on, and no CLUE about our constitutional rights.  What else can we expect from someone who needed to attend 6 different colleges to gain a bachelors degree in sports broadcasting.  

I feel so embarrassed that this woman is the governor of Alaska, but even worse than that I feel deeply insulted that the Republican party actually thinks the American people will accept her. Who the hell do they take us for?  This is a woman who is blatantly incurious, anti-science, anti women's rights, and who wields a supremely juvenile understanding of this country's founding principals.  This woman, if her ticket wins the election, will be a heartbeat away from running the country.  

How did this happen, and why aren't more people mad.