Sarah Palin may be so toxic that her own party doesn’t want her speaking at their upcoming convention or campaigning with their nominees, but that doesn’t mean she can’t offer up campaign advice to President Obama. She just wants you to know she doesn’t really want him to take her suggestion.

In a lengthy interview with her BFF Greta Van Susteren, Palin said:

The strategists there in the Obama campaign have got to look at a diplomatic way of replacing Joe Biden on the ticket with Hillary. And I don’t want to throw out that suggestion and have them actually accept the suggestion because then a Obama/Hillary Clinton ticket would have a darn good chance of winning. But really, Joe Biden really drags down that ticket.

Predictably, Van Susteren didn’t note the ridiculousness of that “advice.” Instead, with her next question, she practically directed Palin to start going after Obama. Van Susteren noted that Romney was getting more aggressive toward Obama, quoted extensively from Romney’s attacks and then asked, “You’ve had a chance to look at the Governor’s speech. What do you think?”

He’s “really grasped the notion now that this is not a dress rehearsal,” Palin said. “I know how dirty they can get.”

Van Susteren pressed further. “We are still locked in an incredible battle… it’s almost like a contest who can be dirtier, who can be nastier in some instances.” As I previously posted, Van Susteren deplores dirty politics – except when it comes from the right. Just last week, Donald Trump reiterated his birther accusations against President Obama. Van Susteren presented the mildest of pushbacks instead of informing her viewers that the charges have been completely, definitively and unquestionably debunked.

Nevertheless, Palin went on to whine that “the media so willingly protects Barack Obama and his failed policies” – as if Fox were not a major part of the media.

“That’s why voters need to do their own homework,” Palin continued. Yes siree, what voters need to do is read “all” the newspapers like Palin does. That’s how she got so knowledgeable.

Van Susteren reiterated her concern about “beyond the pale” attacks from the Democrats (while ignoring same from Republicans).

“Name one prominent Republican who even comes close to – what, like, uh, the Allen Graysons, the Harry Reids, the Joe Bidens come up with and spew to the American public. I can’t think of one prominent Republican who talks the way that they talk – and certainly wouldn’t get away with the way that they talk.”

Oh, no? Let’s start with Palin’s own hate-spewing words:

Just last week, Palin called President Obama “nauseating” and “disgusting.” She has claimed he “does not understand the Constitution,” and falsely accused Obama of “palling around with terrorists.” And yet she is still presented as a credible pundit on Fox News.

Let’s move on to Allen West – Palin’s first choice to be Mitt Romney’s running mate. West has said liberals, Democrats, President Obama and Nancy Pelosi should “get the hell out of the United States of America,” characterized Democratic support for social safety nets as “the most insidious form of slavery remaining in the world today,” and made personal attacks against Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her “the most vile, unprofessional, and despicable member of the US House of Representatives.” But last week, Palin called West a “military hero” – despite having resigned from the Army in disgrace, narrowly escaping a court martial for torture. Sean Hannity let the accolade stand.

And how about Michele Bachmann? Her McCarthy-esque accusation that a Hillary Clinton staffer might have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood drew condemnations from her own Party. And while it may have gotten some attention on Fox (though I’ve not seen any), none of them have been seized upon – much less challenged - the way Fox seized upon Obama’s “you didn’t build that” remark or Harry Reid’s comments about Mitt Romney not paying taxes or the Obama ad about a laid-off steelworker.

But Van Susteren – who is surely aware of the kind of Republican flame-throwing that goes on every day, all day on Fox News – responded by saying, “Alright, well, it’s certainly going to be a lot worse.” And then she changed the subject.