Palinisms: The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Sarah Palin »

Jacob Weisberg is Chairman and Editor in Chief of the Slate Group. From 2002 to 2008 he was the editor of Slate.com. He has written about politics for magazines including the New Republic, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and the New York Times Magazine. During the Bush years, he was the editor of six volumes of Bushisms. His most recent book, The Bush Tragedy, was a New York Times bestseller in 2008. He is also the co-author, with Robert E. Rubin, of In an Uncertain World (2003). He lives in New York, NY.

"I don't know if I should Buenos Aires or Bonjour, or... this is such a melting pot. This is so beautiful. I love this diversity. Yeah. There were a whole bunch of guys named Tony in the photo line, I know that."

"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn't that ironic?"

Sometimes she makes perfect sense. Sometimes she channels something deeper than sense. And sometimes she turns a phrase that is destined for immortality. Sarah Palin is not just the most controversial and significant non-office holder in America, she is a font of accidental wit and wisdom. Her truthy public statements—tweeted or spoken, planned or spontaneous—are endlessly entertaining to fans and foes alike. Jacob Weisberg, whose career as a curator of George W. Bushisms was made famous online, in books, in calendars, and even a DVD, is back with a new, and if possible, even more hilarious, source of malapropisms and mis-statements.