She's Back...

Sarah Palin, that is. Did you know that she now has her own network, kind of? It's actually a subscription-based online video channel, which you can access for about $100 a year or $9.95 a month.

If you're willing to pay $9.95 a month to hear what the quitter half-term former governor has to say, feel free to skip this next part, because people who don't admire Sarah are having a lot of fun:

The New Yorker calls it a new digital act in an on-going passion play
Stephen Colbert has locked down "thesarahpalinchannel.com,
The LA Times, pondering the potential influence of the new site, says "we're not in Walter Cronkite's America any more,"

So what do people get for their money? As an example, check out Sarah's response to part of Elizabeth Warren's speech at Netroots Nation in July.

Here's what Warren said: "We believe that no one should work full-time and still live in poverty and that means raising the minimum wage... we believe that fast food workers deserve a livable wage and that means that when they take to the picket line, we are proud to fight alongside them."

And here's what Sarah Palin said, as transcribed by Ben Dreyfuss at Mother Jones:

"We believe?' Wait, I thought fast food joints, hurh. Don’t you guys think that they’re like of the Devil or somethin’ I was. Liberals, you want to send those evil employees who would dare work at a fast food joint then ya just don’t believe in, thought you wanted to, I dunno, send them to Purgatory or somethin’ so they all go VEGAN and, uh, wages and picket lines I dunno they’re not often discussed in Purgatory, are they? I dunno why are you even worried about fast food wages because dha." 

And note, as Dreyfuss points out, this wasn't recorded live. Palin had three weeks to figure out what she wanted to say.

I believe that in politics, smart people can disagree. Many issues, including fast food wages and the minimum wage in general, are complicated, with no easy answers. It's possible that raising the minimum wage would have an effect on small-business owners. It might result in higher prices for consumers. It might result in fewer minimum wage jobs. It's an issue worthy of smart, fact-based debate.

So you tell me. Did Sarah's fans get their money's worth?