More wisdom, so to speak, from Gov. Palin when asked last week by Katie Couric about the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street firms:

PALIN: "That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that."

Huh? Again, her reply is all over the place, a rehashed and mangled set of talking points that make the Governor of Alaska sound like she's not even ready to lead the local PTA.

Newsweek's column on this mess is here.

Let's remember, folks, that Sarah Palin is being suggested by the Republican Party as the person who should be one 72-year-old-heartbeat away from the Presidency. This gambit is not "country first," it is "John McCain first" and it cannot be allowed to succeed.