The great thing about being Sarah Palin is that you can avoid actually answering questions so long as you wink enough and remember enough of what Rush said to string together coherent sentences. The not-so-great thing is that when you say stupid things people don't give you the benefit of the doubt, they just assume it's more evidence that you're not that bright.
Palin's latest statements about what she's read in the New York Times show that she didn't pay any attention to the presidential campaign until she was a principal part of it.
