Sarah Palin at CPAC 2014: “The age of Obama is almost over… the end of an error.”

Sarah Palin at CPAC 2014: “The age of Obama is almost over… the end of an error.”

By John Haywardon Sat, 8 Mar 2014

Former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin closed out CPAC 2014 with her typical blend of enthusiasm and goofy humor, getting big laughs by riffing on Senator Ted Cruz’ famous reading of “Green Eggs and Ham” during his filibuster.  Palin rewrote Dr. Seuss a bit to deliver her version:

I do not like this, Uncle Sam

I do not like this health care scam

I do not like these dirty crooks

Or how they lie and cook the books.

I do not like when Congress steals

I do not like their crony deals

I do not like this spyin’, man

I do not like “oh yes we can.”

I do not like your spending spree

We’re smart, we know there’s nothing free

I do not like reporters’ smug replies

When I complain about their lies

I do not like this kind of hope

And we won’t take it – nope, nope, nope!

Her little riff on Dr. Seuss actually serves as a decent map to the entire speech, because it touches on most of the points Palin came to make.  She had a lot more to say about cronyism, cooked books, and health care scams.  And she had quite a bit of fun with President Obama’s slogans, which are cruel jokes at the expense of the American public in retrospect.  Reflecting on the mantra of “hope and change” early on, Palin mused: “They said you were the change they were waiting for.  It turns out you had the change they were waiting for… the fives, the tens, the twenties…”