I wonder what really goes on inside her head? Lots of politicians have mastered the art of speaking in talking points and never going off message, but mostly they at least try to sound like they know what they're talking about. Palin doesn't. She just spouts the sixth grade version of the talking points with an apparently total unawareness that she sounds like a child.Virtually every political commenter — even the ones who like her! — concluded after the presidential campaign that she needed to study up on the issues, maybe pick one to make into her signature, and use that to increase her gravitas. But obviously she hasn't. She just doesn't care. Or, perhaps, doesn't think that there's any reason she needs to know about issues.
It's sad that such a large segment of the population is so insecure, incurious and reflexively defensive that they demand a leader who sounds as uninformed as they are. The right wing base can sniff out authentic spiteful ignorance. No sense in messing with what works. And now Palin is rolling out a brilliantly simplistic theme for 2012 that carries with it all the resentment a ticked-off wingnut can handle: "commonsense conservatism." You betcha.
