I understand that people will think she is stupid, but above and beyond that, she is brain-washed. That's the media for you and here is a perfect case in point.
Sure, she's stupid and economically illiterate but she reflects the economic ignorance of 80% of the American population. Go into any diner in America and eavesdrop on the conversations going on over coffee in the morning. If the topic is the price of gas the consensus will be that it is the fault of "big oil" (is there such a thing as "little oil"?) or Bush. Intellectual laziness has become the norm in our culture.