Video: Sarah Palin to Barack Obama: We Americans Are Not Going to Sit Down and Shut Up!

Sarah Palin has completely upbraided Barack Obama, strongly exclaiming that many Americans are not in fact going to sit down and shut up in response to his attempt to force nationalized healthcare down the throats of the people. Characterizing Obama's first year as full of "misguided decisions" to say the least, Palin appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace for a 30-minute interview which was quite expansive in scope.

Split into three segments, the interview ran the gamut of covering the supposed GOP/Tea Party schism; libertarians like Rand Paul; Obama's performance thus far; Palin's position on abortion and her reasoning behind it; her resignation as governor of Alaska; her husband's involvement in her administration; a sudden "lightning round" where quick questions are asked; Rahm Emanuel; Rush Limbaugh; the 2012 GOP nomination for president; her briefings on domestic and foreign policy issues from top advisers; how hard it would be to defeat Obama in 2012; and her role in the country's future. Wheeeew! I'm exhausted just listing these topics!

Right across from Chris Wallace, Palin began the interview by denying any big or significant rift between the GOP and the conservatives who are behind the Tea Party movement and reminding Chris that the Tea Party movement is merely a manifestation of holding the GOP accountable when they stray from principle. The topic switched to her controversial support of Rand Paul and, primarily, his support of liberal-sounding policies like closing Gitmo and repealing the Patriot Act despite the fact he's a supposed Republican. Palin responded that no one's a perfect candidate and that Paul's positions about the aforementioned were due to his libertarian streak.

On Obama, Palin was quite forceful in denouncing him and rightly so, especially on issues like healthcare and the economy. She upbraided him for "lecturing" to the American people too excessively while not listening enough to the people, which is a perfect analysis of what Obama's biggest attitude problem clearly is. The first segment closed with Palin's feelings on abortion. Unlike the women on the left who have no problems with thinking of helpless babies as expendable, Palin made clear that while she understood how women who get abortions think, she nonetheless sides with choosing life.

When asked by Wallace, rather snarkily, whether her resignation didn't amount to her letting her enemies "win" by driving her from office, Palin responded with a resounding, "Hell, no!!" Listening to her explanation, one can tell she really makes a believable case that her stepping down was merely a strategically well-thought plan to allow the business of Alaska to go forward without all the obstructionist tactics that her foes constantly launched against her. Palin also stoutly defended her husband from Wallace's pushy question about the appropriateness of his involvement in discussing policy with her as governor. Apparently, Todd was integral in helping her out, among other things, with issues important to working Alaskans as well as organizing her office-related work.

When the interview shifted to Emanuel's use of the word "retarded," Palin made it clear she's not PC, but in Emanuel's case she's making an exception and demanding his resignation. Interestingly, though, she calls Limbaugh's use of the same word merely satire, and it was when you take the time to listen to the context in his usage. On the GOP field for 2012, she said that she's all for competition and cannot wait to see who comes out on top. Cajoled by Wallace until it almost got ridiculous and badgering, Palin said that, nonetheless, she's open to such a run herself.

As Wallace turned to the issue of Palin being sent e-mails by advisers for daily briefings, Palin totally denied that that was a move to be interpreted as her beginning to run for president. Somewhat tying in with this issue, Wallace, bulldog that he is, refused to move off the presidential run in 2012 issue and asked her how tough Obama would be to defeat. In response, Palin said that different factors could completely change the landscape by then, such as the outside chance (fat chance!) that Obama would get "tougher" with terrorists. Yeah, right, and I'm the queen of England. The interview ended with a somewhat more philosophical question, about what role Palin would like to play in the US' future. In typical, humble fashion, Palin put family ahead of everything and simply replied that she wanted to be a good mom.

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Sources:

Joseph Curl, "Tea Party" activists feel slighted by GOP, Washington Times

Palin insists she wasn't driven from office, Metro.co.uk

Peter Nicholas and Christi Parsons, Rahm Emanuel's latest gaffe points to larger issues, LA Times