Ruining it for All the Cool Sarahs Out There

The Globe and Mail has a story on their site about a speech Sarah Palin gave in Hamilton. "This is such a melting pot. I love this diversity," she's quoted as saying, regarding the host country.

Obviously no one told her that Canadians have adopted the term "cultural mosaic" to celebrate their diversity, as opposed to the Melting Pot model, which promotes assimilation. I remember learning the difference between Melting Pot and Cultural Mosaic in early grade school—I think there was actually a cute little jingle about it similar to the one the teacher sang when it was time for recess, or lunch to help us remember. Basically, we're talking about standard social studies for seven-year-olds in Canada being lost on someone who came very close to being the Vice President of the U.S.A. Why are people paying good money to hear what this nimrod has to say? Couldn't that money be better spent on any number of better things? 

Can't someone send this woman back to the Alaksan bingo hall where she belongs?