Perhaps we could say that the stress of campaigning got to her, you know, when she was pressed to string together nouns, verbs and adjectives into a coherent sentence. Or asked if she believed the Earth was round, or if it was prudent to learn the cause of global warming before trying to solve it (you know, if your car stalled, it’s kind of hard to repair it unless you know what’s broken). But at any rate, Sarah Palin, aka my gal from the tundra, has truly flipped her lid.

Here is just one of many media reports about her strange interpretation of the Troopergate investigation results. This one is from CNN.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin denied Saturday that she had abused her power as Alaska’s governor, a conclusion reached by a state investigator in a report released the day before.

“If you read the report, you will see that there was nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member,” Palin said as boarded her campaign bus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “You got to read the report.”

Perhaps she is just delusional? Or doesn’t know how to read proper English with all those words strung together in coherent sentences. Perhaps she is hard of hearing? Perhaps she is just hallucinating, or believes that she lives in an alternate reality? Or maybe if she thinks that if she lies enough, others will forget what has been plastered all over the media waves and come to believe that dear sweet Sarah did no wrong.

Palin violated state ethics law by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator’s report for the bipartisan Legislative Council concluded Friday.

“Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda,” the report states.

Can it be clearer? We really don’t need a VP who experiences mental health lapses, thank you.