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Sarah Palin: Media Boycott Will Keep Me From Being 'Blamed' For Egypt Uprising
At a speech in Reno on Saturday, Sarah Palin said she thinks a recently discussed media boycott of her is good--because then she won't get "blamed" for the uprising in Egypt.
According to a report by The Daily Beast, Palin made a clear reference to Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank's widely circulated pledge not to write anything about her for the whole of February. Milbank wrote that, since Palin did not hold political office and had become "more like Ann Coulter," he would try to ease his "obsession" with writing about her, or mentioning her in any media appearance, for a month.
Speaking at a meeting of the Safari Club, a hunting organization, Palin apparently said that was fine with her. The boycott, she said, "sounds good, because there's a lot of chaos in Cairo, and I can't wait to not get blamed for it--at least for a month."
Not that she deserves any credit, but would it really be the worst thing in the world if she got "blamed" for "inciting" the Egyptians who are protesting for democratic reforms in their country? Maybe she doesn't get the distinction between democracy with a small 'd' and the Democratic Party?
Actually, to be fair to Palin, I was talking to Barb about this earlier, and she did have a good point. Maybe we ought to go easy on her...after all, you can't see Egypt from Wasilla.