You have to hand it to whoever runs Sarah Palin’s operation. They know that she is putty in the hands of spoof comedians. It’s like a feeding frenzy for Colbert wannabes; just ask an innocently worded question and let her mouth run. Just like the McCain campaign, her current handlers clearly recognize the wisdom of putting a NFL-style offensive line between her and cameras that might record any statement not written out in advance. Phonetically.
Comedian Mary Walsh of the comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, a sort of Canadian Daily Show, stormed a recent Palin book-signing in Columbus, Ohio, and said to the former Alaska governor: “I just wanted to ask you if you have any words of encouragement for Canadian conservatives who have worked so hard to try to diminish the kind of socialized medicine we have up there.”
The question was tongue-in-cheek: Walsh’s character, Marg Delahunty, may be a conservative, but the CBC’s comedy show is decidedly not.
Walsh was pushed out of the Borders outlet as Palin tried to answer the question, but later, in the parking lot outside, Palin told Walsh that she should “keep the faith because common sense conservatism can be plugged in there in Canada too. In fact, Canada needs to reform its health care system and let the private sector take over some of what the government has absorbed.”
Poor guys.
