There is something to be said about leaving well enough alone. It would do Sarah Palin well to remember that old adage. However, when a gaffe turns into a word adopted by the The New Oxford American Dictionary, one could say that the gaffe creator has reached the pinnacle of popularity, much like Stephen Colbert's "Truthiness".
truthiness (noun) 1: "truth that comes from the gut, not books". www.merriam-webster.com/info/06words.htm
For some reason though, although Mrs. Palin compared her word creation to being Shakespearian, there seems to linger a form a deep-seated embarrassment, in that she used her reality show as her way to explain away her obvious gaffe.
"I pressed an F instead of a P and people freaked out," said Sarah, pointing out that her blunder was the second-most-searched word on Google trends. "Make lemonade out of lemons," said Sarah."
Now, those of us who type with all ten fingers, and even those who do two-fingered typing know where the letters are on a QWERTY keyboard. It is like the "P" is on the East side of the keyboard, let's say NY, and the "F" is in Colorado. Hard to make a typo when the keys are so far apart.
The problem with her excuse comes in the form of a video where she appeared on Sean Hannity prior to her famous tweet:
"Sarah Palin calls Obama "half white or half black" wants him to "refudiate" NAACP" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRU1pjqQpP0&feature=player_embedded
So what is wrong with this picture? I say, judge for yourselves. I would venture to say that "truthiness" and even truth, do not exist in Mrs. Palin's gut or world.
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