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My sister thinks I should join the movement to declare February a Palin-free month. The logic behind this is unassailable. And yet….it would prevent me from sharing stuff like this:

The first segment is some sort of painfully rehearsed word salad about Obama’s mention of a Sputnik moment in his State of the Union address, and it ends with Palin suggesting that what America really needs is a “Spudnut moment,” referring to a small business in Richland, Washington. Tommy Christopher tries to make sense of it all:

Palin never really explains how this is supposed to work, but I think the equation goes something like this: “Sputnik moment” + “Something that sounds like Sputnik but isn’t”=WIN!

For what it’s worth, Greta Van Susteren’s blank look at the end of Palin’s harangue is sort of priceless. Still, it leaves the question open: are we better off taking a month’s vacation from this? Or is the entertainment value just too high? Decisions, decisions…..

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