6 February 2011 Palin mangles Egypt statement

TRENDING: Palin: Obama's 3 a.m. call went to answering machine

By: CNN Political Coverage Manager Steve Brusk


Washington (CNN) - Sarah Palin, in her first comments on the uprising in Egypt, called the situation President Barack Obama's 3 a.m. phone call and said, "It seems the call went right to the answering machine."

Palin, the former GOP vice presidential candidate, spoke with Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody after her speech Friday night at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.



In the interview, the potential Republican presidential candidate said, "We need to know what it is America stands for so we know who it is that America will stand with. And we do not have all that information (from the administration) yet."

She told "The Brody File" she was "not real enthused about what it is that's being done on a national level and from (Washington) in regards to understanding all the situation there in Egypt."

Palin criticized the administration's public response, saying "nobody yet has explained to the American public yet what they know, and surely they know more than the rest of us ... who will be taking the place of (Egyptian President Hosni) Mubarak."

"In these areas that are so volatile right now because obviously it's not just Egypt but the other countries too where we are seeing uprisings, we know that now more than ever, we need strength and sound mind there in the White House," she said.

According to a transcript from CBN released Saturday evening, Palin said there were still unanswered questions on the protests that led to the upheaval.

"Remember President Reagan lived that mantra: Trust but verify," she said. "We want to be able to trust those who are screaming for democracy there in Egypt, that there is a true sincere desire for freedoms. And the challenge that we have, though, is how do we verify that what we are told, what it is that the American public are being fed via media, via protesters, via the government there in Egypt in order for us to have some sound information to make wise decisions on what our position is."

On the question of "who's going to fill the void" after Mubarak leaves office, Palin said "Is it going to be the Muslim Brotherhood? We should not stand for that, or with that, or by that."

She told the interviewer, "Any radical Islamists, no, that is not who we should be supporting or standing by. So we need to find out who was behind all the turmoil and the revolt and the protests so that good decisions can be made in terms of who we will stand by and support."

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Cassi Creek:

The distillate is this. Palin is demanding to be told who we have selected to become the new leader(s) of Egypt. What she apparently wants is for the U.S. military to march into Egypt and install a government which will be a client state of the U.S., most particularly one that will bow to the demands of the Theocons and teavangelists who imagine that they can somehow install a pro-Christian, pro-American puppet show in Cairo.

Palin objects to the Muslim Brotherhood. Yet Palin offers no objection to the Christian analog, which she belongs to usurping a leadership role in American politics. She would be perfectly happy to see our Constitution re-written in a manner that allows the establishment of a national religion, hers of course. Nor would she see any departure from the intentions of the “founders,” other than perhaps Jefferson.

Once again, she has demonstrated her unfamiliarity with history and with English as a primary language. Whether or not she understands that Egypt is a sovereign nation on the continent of Africa is still undiscovered. Perhaps her handlers will steer her away from that “gotcha question.” She obviously believes we have the right to define the future for 83 million Egyptians without being invited to the party. I’m of the opinion that she should offer to go negotiate a new government, anti-Islamic, pro-American, using her immense body of personal knowledge and skills. Perhaps she can mold Egyptians into “real Americans” and change the history of the Middle East to hasten the second coming. I doubt it. But I do hope someone will publically offer her the opportunity, along with a one-way airline ticket. She should be a real hit in Cairo or Alexandria. Nothing that I can think of would do more to secure Egypt for the Muslim Brotherhood.  In the interim, while we wait for her to emulate Reagan and illeagly negotiate with a foreign nation behind Obama's back; as Reagan's handlers did with Carter over Iran, someone should remind the Palin harpy that she holds no national or local political office and no one in D.C. owes her any information about past, ongoing, or future plans or programs.