The Enlightened Despot

Regular readers know full well that I have a special place in my heart for Governor Sarah Palin, despite her many, many failings. But this, in refernece to Obama’s Special Olympics comments on Jay Leno’s show,  is really too much:

I was shocked to learn of the comment made by President Obama about Special Olympics,” Governor Palin said. “This was a degrading remark about our world’s most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world.

I am willing to accept that Sarah Palin lies compulsively, stoops to gross acts of corruption, trades her daughter’s privacy and emotionaly well being for political advantage, turns on friends and allies whenever it is politically expedient, and is prepared to put our nation in grave peril by pretending she is qualified to lead it. That is just America’s favorite hockey mom being who she is. What I cannot accept, however, is a person who would hope to lead our country, and yet thinks that ‘most unique’ is a meaningful phrase that should be inflicted on the American people.

I hope I can find it in my heart to forgive my favorite leader of a bannana republic, but I’m afraid I can’t make any promises.