Won't Someone Please Make Her Go Away?

Sarah Palin, that is. I really, really wish she would just drop off the face of the Earth. Or, at the very least, out of the public eye. And now, I find out she gets another book deal.

I know many people who actually are talented writers but haven’t yet gotten book deals. Nevertheless, Sarah Palin, who is an embarrassment to the state of Alaska and the Republican party (although the Republicans haven’t figured this out yet), gets not one but two book deals. Her first book, Going Rogue, sold an unbelievable 2 million copies.

This, the woman who stumbled and faltered at standard questions from reporters during the last election. The woman who seriously needs an American history course, followed by a world history course. The one who has no idea what “foreign affairs” means. Two million people read this idiot’s book?

Her publisher, Harper Collins, will print a first run of 1 million copies of America by Heart, Palin’s next book, which will be “a tribute to American values” inspired by her belief in “the importance of family, faith and patriotism.” The new book will include “selections from classic and contemporary readings that have moved her.” Yippee. I can’t begin to imagine what inspires a mental midget like Palin.

Hot on the heels of this disappointing announcement, we learn that Palin demonstrated exactly what kind of person she is by telling Bill O’Reilly that the United States is a Christian nation, founded on Christian principles and the Ten Commandments. Of our nation’s founding documents, Palin said, “They’re quite clear — that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.”

So now the small-minded Palin wants this country to “return” to it’s Christian roots. Here’s evidence of the gaps in Palin’s history lessons: One of the founding principles of this country was religious freedom. Remember how the Protestants left England and came here to escape the Church of England? Oh, she missed class that day. Must have been beauty queen training. And I’d like to ask Miss Wink-and-Smile this: What about the millions of non-Christians in the United States? We’re supposed to give up our freedom of — or from — religion and live by Christian laws?

How about the fact that the Bible is more than 2,000 years old and most likely highly inaccurate, if it can even be considered factual at all? According to Palin, we’re all supposed to sacrifice our intelligence and logic and blindly follow Christian beliefs. Evidently Palin hasn’t heard of another ideal of the United States: separation of church and state. That means that religion isn’t supposed to dictate our laws.

Every time Palin is in the news I grow increasingly more appalled that anyone thinks this dunce is worthy of political worship. In fact, I think anyone who believes that Palin has good ideas or would be a good leader for the GOP or this nation should be publicly shamed.

I also feel the need to remind you, dear readers, that Palin dumped her home state, resigning as governor for “personal reasons” — which actually seems to mean that she resigned to sell books and make a couple of million dollars at appearances and signings. What kind of person dumps her state and leaves its people without a governor? Certainly not one who has presidential hopes.

We need presidents who are tough and can weather whatever the world throws at us — not presidents who abandon their post as soon as someone says something nasty about them. What I find really sad about Sarah Palin is that her stupidity actually makes George W. Bush look pretty good.