Disagree. Brilliance on the part of Sarah Palin.
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No, brilliance would not include the use of an inflammatory phrase that will (and has) become the single talking point issue of a three page statement. What should have been a widely recognized and irrefutable spanking of the media will be (and has been) turned back on her.
In the world or politics, business and PR any verbal mis-step that gives your opponents an opportunity to claim higher ground or that gives them a hinge-point upon which to turn the argument back against you constitutes failure.