Josh Marshall sums it up: the common herd

She's done.

As I said earlier, I think there's a small chance there's no specific scandal and that Palin is just very mentally unstable. But . . . any pundit who thinks this is some risky but potentially brilliant strategic move is absolutely smoking crack. Hitting the crack pipe, or, just as likely, being witlessly contrarian to set themselves apart from the common herd of sane people.

Mad, mad, mad, mad libs!

In today's installment, a radical cleric calls for the death of the president of the United States!

Later in the interview, _____ (name of interviewer for highly politicized reporting network) returned to ______ (name of religious leader)'s answer to make sure he heard him right.

“Are you praying for his death?” _________ (interviewer) asked.

“Yes,” ____ (religious leader) replied.

”So you're praying for the death of the president of the United States?”

“Yes.”

..."You would like for the president of the United States to die?” _________ (interviewer) asked once more.

“If he does not turn to ____ (monotheistic deity) and does not turn his life around, I am asking ____ (deity) to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the _______ (holy text) that would cause him death, that's correct.”

If you answered,

Interviewer: Alan Colmes, Fox News
Deity: "God"
Holy Book: "Scripture"
and
Religious Leader: "Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and former running mate of American Independent Party presidential candidate Alan Keyes"

then you probably saw this article in mid-June. Congrats!

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