Sorry, but you got it wrong. Sarah Palin did NOT say that and the fabricated remark is used derisively by primarily the left. If the fool was trying to name drop, perhaps he could have chosen a little better than to repeat a slam you might hear on MSNBC or CNN.
That isn't being thin-skinned, it is not accepting the Left's terminology and not suffering fools gladly. Bad enough if he wasn't mentally nimble enough to choose a better remark on the fly but inexcusable if it was written for him that way.
I dunno what world you live in but she said that "You can see Russia from Alaska.
Later on, a comedy skit portrayed her as adding the words "my home".
Both are true but the left took it to mean her home town which is untrue.
The fact is that on a good day you can see Russian territory from Alaskan territory, and the whole controversy is ridiculous.
Now what was it you were saying?