A day after mistakenly saying that North Korea was an ally of the United States, and being roundly criticized for it in the U.S. and world media, Sarah Palin took aim at multiple targets, including both Obamas, the President and First Lady, and a former first lady, Barbara Bush.
When it came to her remarks on the Koreas and getting North and South mixed up she said it was a slip of the tongue - "everybody makes the occasional verbal gaffe" - and pointed out that she has in the past identified the two in their correct places in the world of American foreign policy. Writing on her facebook account she said "...why let the facts get in the way of a good story?" and then turned to the subject of verbal gaffes by President Barack Obama.
Sarah Palin Writes that President Obama Makes Verbal Slips
"If you can't remember hearing about them," she wrote of Obama mistakes such as referring to the U.S. as having 57 states. "That's because for the most part the media didn't consider them newsworthy. I have no complaint about that. Everybody makes the occasional verbal gaffe -- even news anchors.
"Obviously, I would have been even more impressed if the media showed some consistency on this issue," she wrote. "Unfortunately, it seems they couldn't resist the temptation to turn a simple one word slip-of-the-tongue of mine into a major political headline."
She did not address in her facebook update other recent gaffes, such as in October endorsing of "Pennsylvania" GOP candidate John Raese on her Twitter account. She wrote about Raese being the right candidate for Pennsylvania but Raese is from, and is running in, West Virginia.
Strikes Back at Barbara Bush
Meanwhile earlier this week Barbara Bush, speaking on Larry King Live on CNN, said about Palin "I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful. And I think she`s very happy in Alaska. And I hope she`ll stay there."
These remarks appear not to have been appreciated by Palin, who is currently on a tour promoting her book America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, and she struck back on November 26. On a radio phone-in show she suggested that Barbara Bush wants to subvert democracy.
"I don't want to concede that we have to get used to this kind of thing," Palin said. "Because i don't think the majority of Americans want to put up with the blue-bloods, and I want to say it with all due respect because I love the Bushes, the blue bloods who want to pick and chose their winners instead of allowing competition."
Michelle Obama Target Due to 'Let's Move' Anti-Obesity Campaign
Her final target of the day was the current first lady, Michelle Obama. Palin, perhaps in line with most of America's Tea Party supporters, finds Michelle Obama's obesity fighting program unsavory. Close to 1 in 5 U.S. kids are obese,, and the numbers continue to rise dramatically and Michelle Obama is part of a program, Let's Move, that initiates nutrition and activity programs to help American kids return to health.
"Instead of a government thinking that they need to take over, make decisions for us according to some politician or politician's wife's priority," Palin said, "just leave us alone, get off our back, and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions, and then our country gets back on the right track."
She did not say how the growing issue of childhood obesity and kids with type II diabetes and high blood pressure should be tackled in the U.S. but made it clear that in her view keeping government out of the equation - "get off our back" - would be helpful.
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