Racists Don't Make Very Good Grifters

After all, the point of being a grifter is to get the mark to like you and to talk them up to get them to trust you.  Besides, Moose Lady the Griftebrity's modus operandi is to play the gender card, not the race one.  To her credit, she's left the issue of race very much alone and gone with her Christian Dominionist Girl Powah thing instead.

That was the case until she stepped into Arizona's immigration law like a moose patty and stumped for Gov. Jan Brewer, and went hard core racist on us.

As calls spread for an economic boycott of Arizona, the state's governor enlisted the help of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday to defend a new law cracking down on illegal immigration.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Palin blamed President Obama for the state law, saying the measure is Arizona's attempt to enforce immigration laws because the federal government won't do it.

"It's time for Americans across this great country to stand up and say, 'We're all Arizonans now,'" Palin said. "And in clear unison we say, 'Mr. President: Do your job. Secure our border.'"

The former Alaska governor appeared with Brewer at a brief news conference on Saturday. Palin defended the controversial legislation Brewer recently signed, calling Arizona "ground zero for our nation's border security issues." 

Now, I figure she's left Arizona alone until now due to that soft spot she has (in her head) for Johnny Volcano.  This is McCain's state, and coming in here to make a mess complaining about Mexican border issues when being a half-term governor of a state like Alaska makes her the second least-qualified person in the GOP to talk about it (number one being Hawaii's GOP governor, Linda Lingle.)  Even better, after McCain's embarrassingly bad border fence ad (one so awful that Republicans are laughing at him at this point) you'd figure she'd steer clear of the state for a while.

But she can't help herself.  She's even using McCain's avenue of attack:  "The federal government won't seal the border!"

Well now, Sarah, dear?  You may not remember this, but about five years ago a guy named John McCain put forth one of those Congress bill thingies that would have improved this whole Mexican border doohickey, and that plan got shot down by the Republican party.

It's not Obama's fault here.  It's the GOP's fault.  And this really is a losing argument for you guys long-term.  And judging by the reaction by Arizona to the threat of boycott, it's a real big loser short-term too.  You can't call for action on immigration reform and then block immigration reform.

So now Sarah's weighed in as Arizona's white knight...emphasis on the white.  Not a good move for a grifter...