...this harmless amusing...
Gee, that's what we thought about that "aw shucks" Texas demeanor of GWB. How wrong we were about him being harmless.
Sure, she proves she's ignorant, petty, uneducated, and vindictive pretty much every time she opens her mouth, but adding her radical right wing noise and channeling vile people like Glenn Beck does indeed harm what should be informed political debate. She's certainly been one of the voices promulgating the myths and lies about the various health care reform proposals. Although originally voiced by Gingrich and Beck, "death panels" didn't take off in the public consciousness until the Wicked Witch of the North's Facebook posting. That's not harmless nor amusing.