Palin: Obama Camp Thinks Election is “Just a Formality.”

TAMPA –-At a rally here today, Sarah Palin picked up one of her running mate’s attacks from yesterday that seems to have been already been debunked. She claimed that Barack Obama has already written his inauguration address citing a New York Times report.

“And you know that elections—they’re not decided until the votes are counted.” Palin said, “But our opponent, he sure seems, once again to be getting out a little bit ahead of himself. Just yesterday, the New York Times reported that Barack Obama’s inaugural address is already written. Nine days out from the election, nine days out, and yet it’s already written.”

The address Palin is referring to was written by John Podesta–who is currently directing the transition team for the Democratic nominee—and published in a book this summer when he was advising Obama’s rival, Hillary Clinton. The speech was a sample inaugural address for whoever eventually became the nominee.

Palin continued to try and peg Obama as presumptuous while stressing that her ticket is trying to earn votes and listed examples of how the Democratic nominee thinks that the election is “just a formality.”

“Barack Obama and I, we both have spent quite some time on the basketball court. But where I come from, you have to win the game before you start cutting down the nets. It’s kind of like that presidential seal. Remember the presidential seal that he made for himself a few months back? Or his plans to speak at the Brandenburg Gate until the German government had to remind him, ah, nah, that’s an honor reserved for heads of state. Or the stadium that he’s already rented out for the victory party that he has planned.”

This is also incorrect; the Obama campaign plans to speak on election night in Grant Park in Chicago while John McCain will give his address in the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.

Palin went on to blame the media for already electing Obama, but she promised the crowd that her ticket is still out working for votes.

“They’ve overlooked though the minor detail of earning your confidence and your trust and winning your votes.” Palin said, “And I know that judging by media coverage, it does seem that the coronation is already set, but as for John McCain and me, we don’t take any vote for granted, and we are not assuming that we have your vote, we are respectfully asking for it.”