GRIFFIN: Governor, is Barack Obama a socialist?It appears to me she wouldn't give a yes or no answer. That's not quite the same as Governor Romney's blanket dismissal of the idea.PALIN: I'm not going to call him a socialist. But as Joe the plumber has suggested, in fact he came right out and said it, it sounds like socialism to him. And he speaks for so many Americans who are quite concerned now after hearing finally what Barack Obama's true intentions are with his tax and economic plan.
IMO.
Smart! The media want it to come out of her mouth so they can paint her as a hater, divider or some other agenda. Obvious because they asked the same question of Romney. They want a sound bite or something.
Smartly, she said it without saying it by making the words come out of Joe the Plumber’s mouth, not her’s. She sidestepped a trap.