The former vice-presidential candidate mocked Barack Obama’s repeated call for the United States to ‘win the future’.
She suggested the acronym for that, WTF, was an apt way to sum up the speech – WTF, as we know slang fans, usually stands for ‘What the f…..’.
It was probably not what Obama was expecting after his call for more unity and civility in American public debate.
Although, maybe as it is Sarah Palin we are talking about, it was exactly what he was expecting.
Interestingly, it is not the first time 'WTF' has made an appearance on the Washington stage - it is the nickname within the Pentagon for its 'Wikileaks Task Force'.
Palin didn’t mention that call for a change in tone in the Facebook message instead laying into Obama’s economic proposals.
She called his ideas for investing in things like a high-speed rail network ‘half baked’ and says he doesn’t understand that debt is the biggest problem.
The White House might point to the five-year budget freeze announced in the State of the Union but, so far, they have shown little inclination to engage with the former governor of Alaska.
There is a large proportion of the American public that believes she would do a better job in the White House than Obama, or anyone else.
But ever since Palin’s controversial intervention over the shootings in Tucson, and her now infamous ‘blood libel’ comment, there has been much focus on whether her stock is on the wane.
There is no doubting her ability to grab a headline and mobilise popular support but crucial independents seem to want more than that.
By the way, the Sarah Palin-free news month, called for by a prominent Washington journo, doesn’t start until February 1st.
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