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Palin identifies the key threat to America's future: Americans

Sarah Palin has identified the threat to the future of America: Americans.
Sarah Palin speaks at CPAC, March 8, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty.
Sarah Palin speaks at CPAC, March 8, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland.
The rules as applied to Sarah Palin haven't changed. As we talked about over the summer, the former half-term governor of Alaska remains a deeply silly person whose opinions are not to be taken seriously. When news organizations routinely make a fuss about her random missives, they're lending credence to a former officeholder who doesn't deserve it.
 
But every now and then, one of Palin's tirades stands out as newsworthy.
 
The right-wing personality released a new online video today, complaining about President Obama and immigration, offering the usual lines in a style that can charitably be compared to a teenager delivering a report about a book she hasn't read (via Simon Maloy).
 
But then Palin added this:

"We'll survive this president. The question is (overdramatic pause) can we survive the people who voted for him, twice?"

I don't know, can we?
 
Look, I realize that Palin holds the president in contempt. It's not entirely clear why, but she's not an Obama fan. I get it.
 
But this struck me as interesting because Palin seems to be arguing that her most pressing concern about America's future is the president that disgusts her; it's Americans themselves.
 
For Palin, this may have been a throwaway line, which probably doesn't deserve too much scrutiny, but 66 million Americans voted for Obama in 26 states. Only six presidents have ever earned more than 51% of the popular vote twice and Obama is one of them. The president took office thanks to the support of a big chunk of the American electorate.
 
In Palin's mind, these people's very existence puts the nation's survival in jeopardy? The biggest threat to America's future is Americans?