Sarah Palin’s speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit was ... kind of bizarre

SARAH Palin reckons she might run for president. Well, if she wants to do that, she should probably come up with some speeches that actually make sense.

Former Alaska Governor and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin speaks at the Iowa Freedom Summit.

SHORTLY after declaring that she’s “seriously interested” in running for president in 2016, former US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has delivered a confusing speech that’s been panned by many, even on her own side of politics.

Speaking at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines on Saturday, along with a long list of fellow Republicans who are also mulling presidential campaigns, the former Alaska governor delivered an address that John Fund of the right-leaning National Review described as “meandering and often bizarre.”

The former governor is a favourite of the Republican Party’s more conservative wing.

Here’s a short excerpt to illustrate what we mean:

“Things must change for our government. Look at it. It isn’t too big to fail. It’s too big to succeed! It’s too big to succeed, so we can afford no retreads or nothing will change with the same people and same policies that got us into the status quo. Another Latin word, status quo, and it stands for ‘Man, the middle-class everyday Americans are really gettin’ taken for a ride.’ That’s status quo, and GOP leaders, by the way, y’know the man can only ride ya when your back is bent. So strengthen it. Then the man can’t ride ya. America won’t be taken for a ride, because so much is at stake and we can’t afford politicians playing games like nothing more is at stake than, oh, maybe just the next standing of theirs in the next election.”

In response to the speech, Mo Elleithee, the Democratic National Committee’s communications director, issued a rather concise statement: “Thank you!”

Noted Latin scholar Sarah Palin.

The New York Daily News says Mrs Palin’s teleprompter froze, forcing her to adlib some of her remarks. That would explain a lot.

Mrs Palin also referred to President Barack Obama as “an overgrown little boy”.

I don't say this lightly. This is the strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver.

— Scott Conroy (@RealClearScott) January 24, 2015

'Weird,' said one conservative activist of Palin speech. 'Terrible. Didn't make any sense.' http://t.co/pe1bDkz2Cw

— Byron York (@ByronYork) January 25, 2015

Watch the video at the bottom. She’s gotta be drinking at this point. http://t.co/t2ZHyfDUlJ

— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) January 25, 2015

Palin gives what most call most incoherent speech EVER! That's a HIGH BAR! http://t.co/pGMr5Ptuwb pic.twitter.com/ABMdmKGUwH

— Jillian Hurley (@BeautyBind) January 25, 2015

Despite the rather lukewarm reaction across the rest of the United States, Mrs Palin reportedly left the stage to a standing ovation and the Taylor Swift song ‘Shake it Off’.

This article originally appeared at The Huffington Post. It was written by Ed Mazza and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.