Some moron got a letter published in the Whizz-Urinal, arguing that we “can’t afford” to have an inexperienced, unqualified political neophyte one heartbeat away from the Oval Office, but apparently we can afford to have one in the Oval office. God, he’s dumb.

Sarah Palin got more than her share of undeserved grief for failing to divine which of four so-called Bush Doctrines Charlie Gibson had in mind when he asked her about “the” Bush Doctrine. However, she missed a golden opportunity to set the record straight in this week’s squishball (or whatever else you call a ball too soft to be a softball) interview with Sean Hannity:

HANNITY: What do you view — and I know this came up in your interview with Charlie Gibson, as it relates to the Bush Doctrine — what do you view as the Bush Doctrine and what do you view as America’s role in the world? What is our role as a country, as it relates to national security?

At which point I jumped up and yelled at my TV, “Objection, Your Honor! Multiple question!” Unfortunately, neither Palin nor Hannity blinked, and Palin proceeded to demonstrate why multiple questions are objectionable by answering the second question and ignoring the first:

PALIN: That’s a great question and being an optimist I see our role in the world as one of — being a force for good and one of being the leader of the world when it comes to the values that — it seems that just humankind embraces the values that encompass life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And that’s not just in America, that is in our world.

And America is in a position, because we care for so many people, to be able to lead and to be able to have a strong diplomacy and a strong military. Also at the same time to defend not only our freedoms but, to help these rising, smaller democratic countries that are just — you know, they’re putting themselves on the map right now, and they’re going to be looking to America as that leader. We being used as a force for good is how I see our country.

Identifying America as a force for good may be enough for Hannity, but is it enough for voters? Perhaps so, seeing as she’s running against a guy who blames America for Russia invading Georgia (or, more precisely, blames then-Governor Bush for making then-President Clinton intervene in Serbia 10 years ago, which in turn forced Pooty-Poot to invade Georgia now). But it’s not good enough for me.