Sarah Palin Wants Short-Term Gig in Trump Administration

Sarah Palin appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" today and said she'd like to head the Department of Energy under a Donald Trump presidency.  Her first order of business would be to eliminate the department. "If I were head of the (Department of Energy), I'd get rid of it.  And I'd let the states start having more control over the lands that are within their boundaries and the people who are affected by the developments within their states.  If I were in charge of that, it would be a short-term job, but it would be really great to have someone who knows energy and is pro-responsible development in charge."

what eye thynk:  Did anyone besides me smile when she called her hoped-for Energy Department gig a "short-term job?"  Short-term being a specialty of the half-term former Alaska governor.

She added, "I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because energy is my baby.  Oil and gas and minerals--those things that God has dumped on this part of the earth for mankind's use."  Ms. Palin offered the opinion that by giving individual states autonomy over their own resources, the U.S. would no longer need to import oil or gas from other countries.

While Ms. Palin is thinking "a lot" about it, she may want to take the time to read up on what it is the Energy Department really does; because it is the Department of the Interior that regulates our oil and gas resources on federal land and offshore.  (But nice job of squeaking "God" in there.  The religious right undoubtedly rose as one to cheer at that point.)

The Energy Department's cynosure is on scientific (there is "that" word again...no wonder the poor dear is confused) research, setting efficiency standards for things like home appliances and maintaining the U.S.' nuclear arsenal.

Can you imagine having no one assigned to look after our nuclear weapons?  Or even worse, having them under the short-term attention span of this Alaskan dunderhead? 

The topic of Donald Trump's inability to identify the leaders of terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and Hezbollah was also discussed.

"I don't think the public gives a flying flip if somebody knows who today is a specific leader of a specific region or a religion or anything else.  I'd rather have a president who is tough and puts America first than can win a game of Trivial Pursuit."

Remember when the Republican Party used to be the foreign policy powerhouse in this country?  Now they have a front runner who can't tell Palestine from Iraq, with an acolyte who thinks being a world power is just like a board game--one can't identify the enemy and the other one thinks no one cares.

Gee, maybe Mr. Trump should consider Ms. Palin for Secretary of State.  That ought to "Make American Great Again."