palin goes there

In response to questioning in a radio interview about speculation over Obama's birth certificate she said:

"I think the public rightfully is still making it an issue. I don't have a problem with that. I don't know if I would have to bother to make it an issue, because I think that members of the electorate still want answers," she replied.

"Do you think it's a fair question to be looking at?" Humphries persisted.

"I think it's a fair question, just like I think past association and past voting records -- all of that is fair game," Palin said. "The McCain-Palin campaign didn't do a good enough job in that area."... Palin suggested that the questions were fair play because of "the weird conspiracy theory freaky thing that people talk about that Trig isn't my real son -- 'You need to produce his birth certificate, you need to prove that he's your kid,' which we have done."

"Maybe we can reverse that," she said, returning to Obama's birth certificate, describing the type of thinking involved with a word that isn't clear in the audio.

I can think of a few words that are appropriate but unlikely to have passed her lips.

This will be interpreted - by supporters and opponents alike - as a calculated decision to inflame the birther issue (as she did successfully with "death panels").

Myself I think she's just...saying words. She stumbles into things like this and either retreats or runs with it afterwards depending on the reaction. Be interesting to see what she does this time.

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[Jon]

When she says: "'You need to produce his birth certificate, you need to prove that he's your kid,' which we have done.", has she actually done either of those?

Andrew Sullivan would love this.