On Hannity, Sarah Palin Sounds Sharper Than Ever On Immigration Reform

There is only one aspect of politics, empirically, that Sarah Palin knows about: being the CEO of a state. So it shouldn’t be surprising to listen to her sound knowledgeable explaining Jan Brewer‘s decision to pass a controversial immigration law in Arizona on last night’s Hannity, but compared to the folksy buzzword soup she usually cooks up, this was conservative policy at its finest.

Who knew the governor had it in her? I didn’t. But last night she proved that her two years in office didn’t pass in vain, and that she does know a thing or two about borders and the Tenth Amendment. Aside from some eyeroll-inducing references to the “lamestream” media, Palin was crystal clear about the implications of the Arizona bill– “there is no opportunity in there for racial profiling,” the federal government is often frustratingly slow at responding to state emergencies– and the fact that, as the CEO of a state, Brewer had a decision to make, and she chose to work against the Mexican drug cartels, unpopular as that may be in San Francisco. She backed up her eloquent points with experience and facts and appeared formidable in her discussion.

Unfortunately, Sean Hannity didn’t let her continue talking about the things she knows, so it didn’t last. Instead, Hannity drew her back to what made her so polarizing in the first place: her constant attacks on the mainstream media institution in which she is now a multi-million dollar mogul. Calling Joe Klein a “piece of work” for labeling her and her media empire “seditious,” she noted that it “discredits Time Magazine” to still have Klein around at all after those comments.

Her two-segment Hannity appearance below:

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