Sarah Palin visits Iowa to hawk her book, do a little political pole dancing, and to create new myths about herself and her family.

The video introduction that plays right before Palin takes the stage is filled with imagery from her SarahPAC funded bust trips (Update: Yes this was a typo, but I like it, so it stays.) and photo-ops, with snippets of her voice saying vague yet patriotic things, and the voices of others, including Bill Clinton and Ted Cruz, saying complimentary things about her.

It ends with the image of that bear standing on its hind legs, and the words "It's YOU who inspire ME!"

Which of course should be translated to say "It's YOU who paid my way here."

Palin goes on to kiss Iowa's ass hard enough to leave lip shaped bruises and then manufactures a mythology about loving Phyllis Schafly as a teenager and having a "Concerned Women for America" decal on her window while in college. Which is most likely a complete fabrication, and simply another attempt by Palin to shape her past for the audience to whom she is speaking.

Of course she calls Schafly the original "Mama Grizzly." (How many times has she used this line now?)

Palin then goes on to conflate freedom in America with religion, and that leads to the "War on Christmas," which "coincidentally" allows her to talk about her new book.

"I say in a very jolly Christmasy way that enough is enough, enough is enough of this politically correct police out there that is acting to erode our freedom to celebrate and exercise our faith." is one such quote.

There are other quotes, taken directly from the book as well. (Many of them I reported on yesterday.) And they are just as ridiculous here as we thought they were then.

Apparently Palin did not receive the memo about the fact that CBS had to retract their Benghazi story, so she goes on to attack the Atheists as having faith in a government that allowed the IRS to target the Tea party, allowed the NSA to spy on its citizens, and, of course, could not be bothered to defend the consulate in Benghazi. Not to mention tossing out war veterans from seeing monuments during the government shutdown. (For any of you who may yet have wondered if this pathetic, hateful creature had any shame, I think you can put that question to rest now.)

There are also attacks on Obamacare (Sham-wow advertising, train wreck, losing health plans.), attacks on the President's policies (Using the problems created by Bush to do it,), and attacks on intellectuals. (Hey!)

Palin keeps referring to the "Church of Big Government" and clumsily attempts to suggest that IT is where the intellectuals and non-religious go to worship. All while suggesting that our "problems" are due to a lack of faith in God.

Palin also pimps the Tea Party and slams the Republicans who are falling out of love with them, claiming that the Teabagger message is the message that will repair what she sees are the problems with the country. She also says that we are going to soon see the end of the "Era of Obama." (Yes, in 2016, just in time to usher in the "Era of Hillary.")

Then Palin compares the national debt to slavery, after first assuring her audience that it is not racist.(Nice try.)

After this Palin decides to pepper her speech with references to her family, playing hockey ("Haven't we all been that hockey goalie, deflecting as many of the radical Left's pucks as possible?") , playing basketball (Piper), and other tidbits to remind them that she is still just that small town gal from Wasilla.

The speech is essentially one long screech, chock full of regurgitated Palinisms, and attacks on Obama, all with the intent of rousing the crowd to vote in the 2014 elections and, of course, buy her book. She stumbles a lot, and seems to lose her place more than once, always recovering by increasing the volume of her voice as if making a point.

All in all it is a rather transparent, and pathetic performance. However considering her audience, the Faith and Freedom Coalition, I doubt they will notice, or care.