Sarah Palin would like to remind us of the true victim of the Arizona Shootings...

Stephen Colbert on Sarah Palin...

"Mika, you need to buck up. I know you think this story

has no purpose other than keeping Sarah Palin’s name in the headlines

for another news cycle. I know you think she has nothing to offer the

national dialogue and that her speeches are just coded talking points

mixed with words picked up at random from a thesaurus. I know you think

Sarah Palin is at best a self-promoting ignoramus and at worst a

shameless media troll who will abuse any platform to deliver dog-whistle

encouragement to a far right base that may include possible insurrectionists.

I know you think her reality show was pathetically unstatesmanlike, and

at the same time I know you believe it also represents the pinnacle of

her potential and that her transparent, transparent desperation to be a

celebrity so completely eclipsed her interest in public service so long

ago that there would be more journalistic integrity on reporting on one

of the lesser Kardashian’s ass implants. I know, I know that when you

arrive at the office each day you say a silent prayer that maybe, just

maybe Sarah Palin will at long last shut up for ten f@#king minutes.

I know because I can see it in your eyes. Well guess what, Mika.

That’s the gig. And it’s only January of 2011, kiddo. And you have a

minimum of 2 more years of this ahead of you. You want to stay in this

game? You dig deep. You find another gear. You show up to work every day,

get your hair and makeup done, you slap on a smile, get out there on TV

and repeat what Sarah Palin said on Hannity last night right into the lens.

You know – news. I have faith in you kid. You can do it! I’ll see you in

New Hampshire … I’ll buy."

God bless America, and God bless Stephen Colbert.