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Two nights ago on Fox, our one and only Less Than A Full Term Governor and Failed Vice-President Candidate Sarah "Books" Palin was interviewed by Greta VanSusteren and asked what she though about the Sputnik moment Obama had highlighted in the POTUS State of the Union Address. The actual quote:

GRETA: Governor, last night there was a lot of discussion about the Sputnik Moment the President wants us to have. Do you agree with him? Is this our moment?

PALIN: That was another one of those WTF moments, when he has so often repeated, the Sputnik Moment, that he would aspire Americans to celebrate, he needs to remember that what happened back then with the former communist USSR and their victory and that race to space, yeah, they won, but they also incured so much debt at the time that it resulted in the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union so I listen to that Sputnik Moment talk over and over again and I think, no we don’t need one of those.

Uh, Ms. Palin? Did you hear something whistle past your head? No? That's 'cause the idea Obama was suggesting passed over your head by a freakin' mile, you dunderhead.

Full disclosure--I think Obama's Sputnik Moment was anything but. It's where he thinks we should be, but you can't lead a horse to water when he's standing in the unemployment line. Even if he's unemployed because he's thirsty. OK, even I didn't follow that. Palin probably did, though.

GJ said about 2 hours later

Ooh, she elaborated on her comments: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20029942-503544.html

Ah, I see. She could care less what Obama meant, she just wants to make a totally unrelated point that could be tied to what Obama was referring to if were were playing some kind of lame word association game. You betcha!
Marc said about 3 hours later

Did she really say "WTF"? I ignore everything she says, but if she can popularize WTF with the general public, I guess she could put that on her resume.
Steve said 3 days later

I'm impatiently waiting for her to fall off the face of the earth. She's the worst thing to happen to conservatives since the democratic party was formed.
GJ said 3 days later

LOL. Take Bachmann too.