Best write up EVER about Sister Sarah's politically transparent trip to Haiti.

From New York Daily News:

The year 2010 has been absolute crap for Haiti, one in which the crises have mounted with near-hysterical acceleration. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed as many as 300,000 people and destroyed much of the capital. Then came hurricane season, exposing more than a million tent-dwellers to life-threatening torrents and winds. Then came cholera, which continues to kill Haitians with no access to clean water or decent sanitation. Then came corruption at the polls and a political crisis that this week brought the country to a standstill. Schools and shops are shuttered, aid workers are on lockdown, and, until this morning, few but the fearless and flack-jacketed dared go out.

And now comes Palin, threatening to grace this beleaguered country with an awesomely ill-timed, insultingly opportunistic visit. At this point, some might prefer a plague of locusts to Palin poverty porn. Well, not Franklin Graham, president of the evangelical relief organization, Samaritan's Purse, that wants to bring her here: "I believe Gov. Palin will be a great encouragement to the people of Haiti and to the organizations, both government and private, working so hard to provide desperately needed relief," he said about the visit.

It is hard to imagine Palin's presence encouraging anyone in this country. A quick canvassing of relief-worker friends indicates their most prevalent reaction is along the lines of "WTF?" Much more importantly, most Haitians have no idea who she is. Even my friend James Beltis, a political activist at the State University who lives in a tent on its grounds, had never heard of her. (I guess he hasn't seen "Sarah Palin's Alaska.") For James, Palin would be yet another middling celebrity alighting Haiti "to profit from our misery," he said.

"Palin poverty porn," THAT was brilliant!

And here I thought she was too damn late going out to help the Alaska natives in 2009.  But hell that was only a month late, this time she is almost an entire year late to offer any so-called "help!"

I could not help but wonder if Palin FINALLY picked up a year old magazine, that was not about celebrities or gossip, and suddenly learned that Haiti had been hit by an earthquake.

"Todd! Quick grab a couple of those political props of ours and tell Franklin to fire up that Samaritan's Purse plane!  We have to get our pitcher taken with some of them there Haitians afore they don't look so damn pathetic anymore!"

Pathetic.

Right now Haiti is dealing with some very serious  politically inspired violence and a devastating cholera outbreak so perhaps Sarah Palin's presence will not be as damaging as it usually is in these situations.

Do yourself a favor and read the entire article, it is excellent!

Update: I forgot to mention this in the post, but sources tell me that Palin is also planning to swing by the UK to visit the poor, barely cognizant Margaret Thatcher for her much talked about and maligned photo-op with the ex-Prime Minister.  From what I have heard it is very unlikely that Maggie will even know who it is that is screeching at her and leaning in to get her picture taken.

In my opinion this is very sad, and only one step up from necrophilia.