Sarah Palin thinks the President is vulnerable and in response unleashes her ghostwriter on Facebook. Exaggeration, hyperbole, and Middle school name calling ensue. Update!

"Blood! I smell blood in the water!"

This from the Arizona Snowbird's ghostwritten Facebook page:  

Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas. Today in the Rose Garden you dismissed the idea of a Special Counsel to investigate the IRS scandal. With that, your galling political hubris shined bright in the midst of today’s dark clouds. 

This, of course, is in reference to the image taken during President Obama's joint press conference alongside Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in the Rose Garden the other day, during which he asked two Marines to hold umbrellas for them, mostly, it seemed, in deference to the needs of his guest.

Apparently that action has opened up a line of attack, because as we know EVERYTHING the President does becomes an opening for a  Right Wing attack.

Then Palin's ghostwriter goes on to group Benghazi, the IRS kerfuffle, and the obtaining of the AP phone records together in order to accuse the administration of being in violation of the Hatch Act, even though NONE of those qualifies as such.

That not being enough to smear the President, Palin then accuses him of even more outrageous activities.

For more evidence of Hatch Act violations right under your nose, simply consider DOJ’s “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into the free press. Do you think they picked up some political talk when tapping the phones in the House press gallery? 

Not happy with simply going after the President concerning the AP leak investigation which saw the DOJ accessing reporters phone records, (A situation by the way for which I feel actual outrage and not manufactured outrage), she then accuses him of  "tapping the phones in the House press gallery" which is completely ridiculous and undermines any seriousness on her part.

Your team is out of control. Those who cannot remember the past and learn from it are doomed to repeat it, and that is exactly what is happening. Look back exactly 40 years ago this week and apply that disheartening chapter of American history to the team you’ve chosen and lead today.

The ghostwriter is of course referring to Watergate, because the Republicans have determined that it was far enough back that perhaps the American people have forgotten that it was  the result of an out of control REPUBLICAN administration. Which is interesting because if RAM was looking for an example of an administration violating the Hatch Act, she need look no further back than to the LAST administration, that was, here's a shocker, ALSO a Republican administration.

However satisfied that the President has been wounded sufficiently Palin's ghostwriter has her do a victory dance over his "political corpse."

Some of us warned America; we cautioned voters in 2008 that a community organizer with no executive experience and no sense of accountability would be a very poor choice for the nation’s top management position.

Yes because having old man McCain and THIS lunatic would have been SO much better for the country. (Conveniently Palin focuses on these three "scandals." two of which are nothing of the sort, and ignores the rather impressive accomplishments of her President.)

With that Palin's ghostwriter goes in for the kill.

Most Americans see ominous dark clouds looming beyond the White House Rose Garden, Mr. President. They’ll roll away only when light is shined on the Obama administration’s antics, and America will only recover when you cease avoiding responsibility in this mission of yours to fundamentally transform America. For that to happen, the press had better learn from their experiences of being duped and provide a deserving public fairer, more intelligent coverage. 

Of course THIS is exactly the time that Palin has been so impatiently waiting to arrive. A time when the President is under assault from a variety of directions and a time where she can stumble up on her Naughty Monkey pumps and kick him while he is down.

Of course if we have learned anything these last four and a half years it should be that this President is NEVER as badly wounded as his critics would like us to believe that he is, and that ultimately he will shrug off the slings and arrows of his opponents and get right back to doing the work that will, without a doubt, see him listed among the most effective Presidents that we have ever had in this country.

Time for one last parting shot.

 Speaking of coverage, glad you finally called in the Marines... shame it was just to hold your umbrella. 

- Sarah Palin

And back to the immature attack about the umbrellas. Why we would expect anything else?

However perhaps Palin has forgotten just how effective and impressive this President can be while standing uncovered in the rain.

I don't think the man was afraid of getting a little wet, he was just worried about over shadowing his guest from Turkey, and perhaps blowing a few reporter's minds.

Charisma can be so dangerous if not carefully controlled, don'tcha know?

Update: The Washington Post cannot resist pointing out Palin's hypocrisy either:  

Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin weighed in Thursday night, blasting Obama and tweeting: 

“Scandalous Hat Trick,” she wrote. 

“Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas. 

Well, not always.

 She is SUCH an easy target.