Brooklyn Mutt

thepoliticalpartygirl:

brooklynmutt:

Just like her newspaper preference: Palin says her “favorite” founder is “all of them” before eventually citing Washington.

mediamatters

Palin says, “[George Washington] was almost reluctant to serve as president, too. And that’s who you need to find to serve in a government — those who you know will serve for the right reasons because they’re reluctant to get out there and seek a limelight and seek power.  They’re doing it for the people.  That was George Washington.”

That may have been George Washington, but that is NOT Sarah Palin.  From her infamous interview with “In What Respect, Charlie?” Gibson:

GIBSON: When McCain asked you to take the number two spot on the ticket, for a moment, did you think no?

PALIN: I did not. I thought yes, right off the bat. When he offered me the position, as his running mate, the first thing I said to him was, if you really think that I can help the ticket, if you really think I can help this country, absolutely, I want to do this with you.

GIBSON:  And you didn’t say to yourself, am I experienced enough? Am I ready?

PALIN: I didn’t hesitate, no.

GIBSON: Doesn’t that take some hubris?

PALIN: I answered him yes because I have the confidence in that readiness. And knowing that you can’t blink. You have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we’re on, reform of this country, and victory in the war. You can’t blink. So, I didn’t blink then even, when asked to run as his running mate.

(Emphasis mine.)

Now she admires George Washington for his reluctance, his hesitation, his “blinking?”  And because he did not want to be in the limelight?  That is quite a reversal. This isn’t a mere policy flip-flop, where re-evaluation and developing circumstances led to a change in position on a specific issue.  No, this is supposedly her motivation to lead, her inspiration.

Although, I suppose gaffes like this are bound to happen when your entire  political ideology is manufactured by your strategists and ghost-writers because you couldn’t be bothered to learn enough about government, history, or political philosophy to form your own opinions.

(Ugh. And her answer is hardly up to middle school social studies standards.  ”He didn’t want to be a king.”  That’s what you remember about Washington?  That’s what you admire most?)