Sarah Palin flew all the way to Florida, and all she got for her troubles was an absentee president, and an inattentive crowd. Update!

Courtesy of WaPo: 

If they came to see the president, they were disappointed. But the well-dressed crowd of Republican activists who gathered at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club here Friday night still got a glimpse of party royalty. 

There by the poolside, in a pink shirt and sport jacket, was Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son. And the headliner of the night was Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, who could not help but observe the differences between the palm-fringed setting and her home state. 

“Just days ago I was out plowing slow. I was chopping wood,” Palin told the crowd. “And I was — I kid you not — cooking caribou stew. Just like all of you, making a meal for the family. I just have to shoot it first.”

Okay first let's set the record straight that this idiot does not plow snow, chop wood, or actually shoot her dinner.

All of that is part of the Palin mythology which I would hope people can actually see through these days.

Which seemed to be the case as indicated by the end of this article: 

Some of Palin’s lines drew laughter and applause, particularly those that echoed the phrases that propelled her to fame. 

She derided the inquiries into Russian interference in the 2016 election as “resource-sucking investigations to nowhere.” She questioned whether Hillary Clinton had ties to “Russian oligarchs,” and repeated some favorite anti-Clinton talking points.

“How do I know all that? Because I keep my eye on Russia from my house,” Palin joked, drawing appreciative hoots from the audience. 

As her speech veered into policy specifics about trade with China and other matters, however, the crowd’s attention appeared to shift to their meal. “I wish you would pay attention,” Palin admonished. “I traveled two days from Alaska to get here.” 

As she was walking out the ballroom, Palin was asked if the crowd’s inattention and noisy chatter bothered her. She thought for a long second, and then said with a smile: “I like a crowd with energy.”

If this was Palin's audition for a cabinet position I think she might have blown it.

She is not just yesterday's news, she is ten year old news.

However if Trump is scraping the bottom of the barrel in search of replacements for the more competent people that he is firing on a daily basis, there may yet be some hope for this bottom dweller.

By the way that would actually indicate to EVERYBODY that Trump's presidency was in free fall.

Update: Here's a little more from the Sun-Sentinel:  

Many in the the audience lost interest about a quarter of the way through the speech. Attendees voted with their voices, which kept getting louder and louder as Palin spoke, eventually sounding like a roar – so noticeable that she made a couple of comments noting the audience’s lack of attention.

“The first 10 minutes was inspirational. The last 10 minutes was blah, blah, blah, blah. She went way too long,” said Lori Konis of Coral Springs, an independent who voted for Trump in 2016.

God that's fun to read.