Mrs. Palin Goes To Haiti

A lot of people have been speculating on whether Sarah Palin's trip to Haiti on a humanitarian mission with Franklin Graham was either for truly altruistic means or for political purposes. I propose the following theory. I don't think she realized she was going on a humanitarian mission until she got there. I think she was going there to lounge on the beach and drink mai tais. But what happened was, when she landed at the airport, Graham told her where she was and she said, "Haiti? Oh, I thought we were going to Tahiti! I thought the flight was pretty short."

And this is a plausible conclusion, because, for all of Sarah Palin's strengths, thinking ain't one of them.

Besides, it's an honest (for her) mistake, right? A tropical island, the locals speak French - easy to confuse one with the other, what with the names being so close. Haiti, Tahiti, Haiti, Tahiti, let's call the whole thing off!

As for her trip, I wish she had. Because, all kidding aside, this trip was politically motivated. The known caribou murderer wants to prove she has a heart. Palin is clearly thinking (but not thinking clearly) about running for President, and she wants to show how warm and caring she is (despite using the kind of language to describe her Republican critics that would have embarrassed National Lampoon's Animal House's Doug Neidermeyer) to appeal beyond her arch-conservative base. If she weren't seriously thinking of running, do you think she'd spend her time pretending to help poor black people?

Port, Au-Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse . . ..