Palin blunders on CBS News

Did you see Sarah Palin blundering along last night on CBS News?

Much of the interview dealt with the financial crisis. Palin seemed to be reciting learned lines rather than speaking from deep knowledge. She stuck closely to McCain's talking points. She sayed on the script.

When the interview moved into foreign policy, Palin told Katie Couric that Henry Kissinger supported her view, and the view of John McCain, that America should not talk to Iranian leaders without any preconditions.

Couric challenged Palin's assertion as they spoke, then Couric called Kissinger after the interview to confirm that, in fact, the former Secretary of State does want to see the U.S. talk to Iran without any preconditions, which is what Obama said months ago.

Was Palin caught telling a whopping lie? Even if we give her the benefit of the doubt and concede that Palin simply did not know the facts and bluffed, such ignorance is as bad as a lie, perhaps worse.

Here's the video from the interview:

Couric also asked about MCain reversing his prior position against regulation of the financial markets to suddenly begin supporting greater federal regulation of Wall Street. Palin insisted that MCain had supported regulation, then deflected the question by repeating her line about McCain being a maverick "taking shots" from his own party.

Couric pressed Palin again for examples of McCain supporting more regulation rather than the abolishing regulations. Palin finally admitted she did not know of any examples, saying, "I'll try to find ya some, and I'll bring 'em to ya."

This is similar to what happened in Palin's interview with Charlie Gibson on ABC News, when she clearly had never heard of the Bush Doctrine, and still didn't grasp the concept of unprovoked preemptive strikes once Gibson explained it to her. Such displays of ignorance are exactly why the Republicans want to cancel the VP debates.

Seems like every time Sarah Palin goes off script, she sticks her foot in her mouth. McCain sure can pick 'em.