Sarah Palin Says Obama Caused the Government Shutdown By Not Bombing Syria

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Sarah Palin is trying to dodge all responsibility for nearly destroying the economy by claiming that President Obama caused the government shutdown by not bombing Syria.

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MEGYN KELLY, HOST: So, the president you heard there suggesting that nothing has done more damage to our credibility in the world and our standing with other countries than this latest D.C. fight. Really?

Joining me now, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, she’s a Republican and with the 2008 vice presidential candidate and she’s a Fox News contributor. Governor, good to see you again. Your thoughts on that remark by the president?

SARAH PALIN, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: I think that remark is one of his more out of touch remarks that we’ve heard in recent days. No, what emboldened our enemies and what empowered competitors was his promise to fundamentally transform America from being a solvent, free, exceptional country into something that we’re not going to recognize.

Also, what has emboldened enemies is he doubling of our debt since he’s been elected, putting us on a path towards bankruptcy and then locking up pipe lines and resources that will result in us being more reliant on foreign imports for energy.

And then, of course, he, having left behind his administration, left behind our brave men in Benghazi to be murdered. Then, of course, there is Syria where he promised to bomb Syria because in that civil war, Syria was going to bomb Syria, and then we never heard another word again about his threat to bomb in a foreign civil war.

And then, of course, most recently, Megyn, he is using our military, those who would fight against our enemies, our military, our vets, shutting down their memorials and holding them hostage in terms of budget deals, threatening to withhold paychecks for our brave men and women.

As for economic — as for economic competitors, corporate tax rate —

After consulting with resident Palin whisperer Sarah Jones, we have determined that Palin’s choo-choo of illogic was trying to blame Obama’s promise to transform America for the government shutdown, and one of the ways that the Obama transformation of America has emboldened our enemies was by not bombing Syria after, according to Palin, he promised he would. Therefor, President Obama could have prevented the government shutdown if he would have bombed Syria.

There are numerous things wrong with what Palin said. Obama never promised that he would transform America. Five days before the 2008 election, Obama said, “In five days we are going to fundamentally transform America.” We, as in the American people, not Obama himself alone. It is Sarah Palin and other right wingers who have been running around screaming that Obama is transforming America since 2008.

Secondly, the president never promised to bomb Syria. The president’s threat to Syria was that if they did not turn over their chemical weapons, the United States may take action. The Syrians did cut a deal to get rid of their chemical weapons, so there is no need to bomb them. Leave it to Sarah Palin to turn a diplomatic success into an Obama failure to spread death and destruction.

Sarah Palin denied all responsibility for the damage caused by the government shutdown. In her mind, nearly destroying the US economy was an act of self defense against, the president’s transformation of America. Palin’s answer to Megyn Kelly wasn’t word salad. It was an attempt to cram every insult and lie about President Obama that she could think of into a single answer. What was most interesting about her non answer to the question was that she never mentioned the ACA.

In Sarah Palin’s broken little bitter world of Obama hate, the government shutdown would have never happened if the president would have bombed Syria. Her answer made absolutely no sense, but neither did the idea that Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and some House Republicans could get rid of the ACA by threatening the economy.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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