from the link:

During an August 2006 candidates forum, opponent John Binkley asked Palin what her vision was for the University of Alaska. For the next forty five seconds Palin prattled on about travelling Alaska, talking to Alaskans. “I’ve been travelling the state in a Jetta, not a jet (an obvious swipe at former Governor Murkowski’s ill-fated jet) and they understand the importance of education.”

However, nowhere in the answer did she ever give any indication that she had an inkling of the role the University played in Alaska’s future. In return, the audience swooned, as if she had just uncovered the cure for cancer

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word salad and mean girl routine. this should only get you so far.

there was a pretty girl in sons physics class last year who made it through the whole year by sponging info from the guys in her class and finished the year with a b in ap physics. i told my son that this will only last for so long. eventually this will catch up to her. i can dream, right.