Sarah Palin tips us off to evil coin plot

Mike Paulus |

OK, so there was no actual talk of “evil plots” or “satanic conspiracies” or “godless agendas” but Palin seemed pretty peeved about previous US coinage designs while talking to some Wisconsinites last Friday. From The Huffington Post:

  • Sarah Palin didn't allow press at her speech Friday at a Wisconsin Right to Life fundraising banquet, and attendees were barred from bringing cell phones, cameras, laptops, or recording devices of any kind. But Politico managed to get a few reporters in to hear the former Alaska governor again raise the specter of death panels and claim an anti-Christian conspiracy in the redesign of U.S. coins.
  • … In Wisconsin, Palin also expressed fear over the moving of "In God We Trust" to the edge of American coins. "Who calls a shot like that?" she demanded. "Who makes a decision like that?" She added: "It's a disturbing trend."

I'm sick of hearing about death panels, but that coin stuff is funny. Or maybe I just love imagining famous people imagining conspiracies. Or all of the above.