Palin jokingly suggests that President Obama is a communist.

[jefferson_dem]

Palin cracks wise at Gridiron dinner

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As for the president, Palin joked that she was looking at a magazine cover of Obama and Chinese president Hu Jinato during an airplane flight. A nearby passenger stated, "Hu's the Communist," she related.

And, Palin said, "I thought he was asking a question."

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30242.html

[crim son]

1. What incredible wit. Not. n/t

[tekisui]

2. Somebody taught her that joke.

[jenmito]

3. That's way too clever for her to have made that up herself. n/t

[hedgehog]

4. What does it even mean these days to accuse someone of being a communist?

Isn't that up there with accusing someone of being a Ghibelline?

[graywarrior]

5. When are we gonna stop talking about that waste of space?

[Bitwit1234]

6. And to keep herself in the news

she is going to be more and more nutso and causing controversy.

[old mark]

7. I jokingly suggest that Sarah Palin is an idiot.

I am sure one of her staff wrote that little "joke" for her.

mark