Awesome Or Bogus?

Sarah Palin gave a speech Friday night to the Wisconsin Right to Life group. It was closed to the press, and recording devices, cameras, cellphones, and laptops were not allowed. But, somehow, a reporter for Politico was able to attend.

Palin had remarks prepared but frequently wandered off-script to make a point, offering audience members a casual "awesome" or "bogus" in discussing otherwise weighty topics.

As in: "It is so bogus that society is sending a message right now and has been for probably the last 40 years that a woman isn't strong enough or smart enough to be able to pursue an education, a career and her rights and still let her baby live."

She also shared her views on the conspiracy that affects our coins:

Noting that there had been a lot of "change" of late, Palin recalled a recent conversation with a friend about how the phrase "In God We Trust" had been moved to the edge of the new coins.

"Who calls a shot like that?" she demanded. "Who makes a decision like that?" She added: "It's a disturbing trend." Unsaid but implied was that the new Democratic White House was behind such a move to secularize the nation's currency.

Apparently, she got her information from an email chain letter. In fact, those coins were commissioned by the Republican-led Congress in 2005, and approved by Bush.