My pal Bob Elisberg discusses the odd tendency for folks like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Sharron Angle to say things that do not make a lot of sense or match the factual record. Personally, I think it's pretty easy to explain why they utter such remarks: They get away with them. Their audiences love them and believe them. They aren't challenged by Fox News and in their occasional ventures before non-Fox media, they aren't challenged much there, either. I think we sometimes underestimate how often most politicians of all stripes say things for no other reason than that those lines seem to work well in speeches before the crowds they attract. One of the reasons I don't think Palin will ever be a serious candidate for the presidency is that she's shown zero interest in addressing anyone but the people who already worship her…and there's nothing wrong with her act if all it's supposed to do is please them.