Yes, Part 2 of Greta Van Susteren’s Middle East interview with Mitt Romney did air last night as promised, but it barely got a mention on the Fox News Web site. No way could it compete with Sarah Palin, Republican infighting and the symbolic significance of fast-food chicken. Last night on On the Record, Palin had plenty to say about people who are calling for a Chick-Fil-A boycott, and about Dick Cheney’s comment that she hadn’t been a good choice for vice-presidential candidate in 2008.

Let’s start with Chick-Fil-A. Palin said the calls for a boycott were having “a chilling effect on our 1st Amendment rights. And the owner of the Chick-fil-A business had merely voiced his personal opinion about supporting traditional definition of marriage …that cornerstone of all civilization and all religions since the beginning of time, he then basically getting crucified… Somebody who wants to protect our Constitution, all of our constitutional rights, including that freedom of speech, should speak out on behalf of this individual, whose business is being harmed by those who are intolerant and are bigoted and are hypocritical because they don't agree with this man's personal opinion and the sentiment that he shared and they want to see him shut down and shut out of some communities.” (Really? No one is speaking out on behalf of Dan Cathy? She must not have heard about the Chick-Fil-A appreciation movement. And since when is a boycott a violation of our rights, gentle reader? In a free society, you're free to choose NOT to go to a restaurant if you object to something about it.) “So those who protect the Constitution, all of our rights, I would think, would stand up and be proud Americans and say, Thank God we have our 1st Amendment rights,” she flourished rhetorically.

Now about Dick Cheney? Oh, he was brainwashed, Palin explained. “Dick -- excuse me, Vice President Cheney [is] quite convinced that what he had evidently read about me by the lamestream media…evidently, Dick Cheney believed that stuff, and that's a shame.” She then reminded us all of what she gave up to save America from the socialist menace. “I think that the mistake would have been me just deciding that, Hey, I love my 86, 87 percent approval rating up there in Alaska as the governor... I could have decided, you know, I don't want to be bloodied up. I don't want my family to go through what we will have to go through in order to put ourselves forward in the name of service to this country. But I did it. It would have been a mistake to have hunkered down, just lived that luxurious, if you will, comfortable lifestyle in Alaska (which is what she’s doing right now, isn’t she?).”

Then, as usual, she played the victim card. “In the GOP establishment, what I have found, Greta, sometimes you're the Louisville slugger, baby. Sometimes, you're the ball. And evidently, in these last months… I'm the ball. That's OK. I'm out there working hard for Senate candidates, for House candidates, for those downstream positions that can help stop this failed policy that Obama has put in place.”

Oh yeah, Mitt Romney. He spent the second part of the interview the same way he spent the first – carefully avoiding Van Susteren’s attempts to pull out any meaningful statements about what he’d do in the Middle East. Bet he’s glad to be home.