Sarah Palin believes the outrage demonstrated by the President and others over the Trayvon Martin shooting is orchestrated. No seriously! Updated with surveillance tape of George Zimmerman.

Earlier today Rep. Bobby Rush was escorted off of the floor of Congress for doing this.

Courtesy of CBS News:

 "Too often, this violent act that resulted in the murder of Trayvon Martin is repeated in the streets of our nation," Rush said in his statement. "I applaud the young people all across the land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the hoodlums in this nation, particularly those who tread on our laws wearing official or quasi-official clothes." 

At this point in his remarks, Rush took off his jacket to reveal that he was wearing a hoodie underneath it. He covered his head with the hood, violating a rule in Congress that prohibits wearing hats on the House floor. 

"Racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker. Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum," Rush added, swapping his spectacles for a pair of sunglasses. 

At this point, Rep. Gregg Harper, a Republican congressman from Mississippi who was serving as the presiding speaker of the chamber, called Rush out of order. Rush continued reading a passage from the Bible before being escorted out of the chamber.

Apparently sometime afterward the Grizzled Mama was being interviewed by Fox News radio, and had this to say about Bobby Rush:

“It’s not going to do anybody any good to ratchet up the rhetoric based on speculation,” Palin told Fox News. She shared her observations just hours after Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush was asked to leave the House floor after donning a hooded sweatshirt to protest Martin’s death. 

“What concerns me – the facts still aren’t out there,” Palin said. “Obviously when we hear about a 17-year-old young man losing his life, it’s tragic. It’s horrible. I am so, so extremely sorry for the family.” 

But she was upset at Rush’s display on the House floor calling it “atrocious.” 

“It’s quite appalling that Rep. Rush chose to go this route,” she said. “There are other ways to get your message across. It’s really bad precedent that he’s trying to set – violating such tradition and such rules to make a political statement.” 

She also called out President Obama – saying he should not have jumped into the growing outrage over the shooting. 

“I think it was orchestrated,” Palin said. “I’m going to get clobbered for even suggesting this, but it is what I believe.”

So apparently in Palin's world these people, politicians, celebrities, and every day people, could NOT be honestly expressing their outrage at what appears to be a travesty of justice, but instead decides that is MUST be the result of some coordinated effort to take political advantage of the shooting.

Amazing.

Personally I think what Bobby Rush did was brilliant. He demonstrated quite effectively how perceptions can be changed by simply putting on an item of clothing, if it fits preconceived racial stereotypes.

By the way I could not help but notice that there was something oddly familiar about the grey hoodie that Rep. Rush revealed from under his jacket during his speech.  I knew I had seen something like it somewhere before.

And I was right.

You know maybe the anti-hoodie crowd is on to something.

I certainly find something suspiciously criminal about THIS picture.

Update: Here is video of George Zimmerman at the police station right after Trayvon Martin lost his life. 

Does that man look like he was punched in the face and in a fight for his life minutes earlier to any of you?