In India...moments after criticizing Obama after moments earlier saying she wouldn't criticize Obama, Sarah Palin talked about the "rich tradition" in America of weighing in on the side of those fighting for freedom.

Apparently she forgot about the several dozen times we weighed in on the side of dictatorial oppression in Latin America and the Middle East. On the whole, the US has "weighed in" on the side of dictators more than on the side of freedom.

Palin criticized president Obama's desire to invest in clean energy technology research & development as "social engineering". Apparently she has no clue that investment or subsidies are needed to get new technologies off the ground, and is unaware that we give tens of millions of dollars in subsidies to oil companies each year.

So it's social engineering when "they" do it...but OK when it benefits causes she believes in?