Sarah Palin is still buying the idea that she is a serious national politician. And media outlets are still covering her.

"Some in Washington would approach our economic woes in ways that absolutely defy Economics 101, and they fly in the face of principles, providing opportunity for industrious Americans to succeed or to fail on their own accord," she said. "Those principles it makes you wonder what the heck some in Washington are trying to accomplish here."

Now I get from this that she is vaguely negative about someone in Washington, but when you get right down to it, her words mean nothing. They reflect no particular issues. They raise questions, however. Did she take Econ 101? How about 102? or how about Econ 423-424 and Econ 812, like Ben Bernanke did? Okay, back to Econ 101. What principles are espoused by this class and how are these principles specifically being violated? Her words make us wonder "what the heck" she is trying to accomplish all the time.

I know we see beauty queens caricatured as being dumb as a post, but Sarah Palin is an embarrassment to beauty queens.