Sarah Palin was on Bill O’Reilly’s show and got testy when he interrupted her (I mean, how can you be allowed to deliver your spin if someone interrupts you with questions or challenges you?). Most news reports have focused on that. But even more delicious was a tidbit from another Fox News interview.
Who does Sarah Palin admire? Herself.
Who is she less than impressed with? The GOPer who has been getting the most attention as THE person (except for Jeb Bush) who many would like to see jump into the 2012 Republican nomination fray, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:
Appearing earlier on Fox Business Network, Palin took a dig at Chris Christie when she was asked about his comment that none of the potential GOP candidates are very inspiring.
“With all due respect to Gov. Christie, you know, he has no choice but to cut budgets because he’s broke, his state is broke. What courage really is, is in the face of having a surplus when you have opportunity to spend, spend, spend the people’s money, you still choose to reign in government to let the private sector soar. That’s real courage, and by the way that’s what I did as [governor of Alaska] when I engaged in hiring freezes and reduced earmarks by 86 percent and vetoed the largest amounts in our state’s history.”
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.