Sarah Palin and conflicting impulses

Whenever I see Sarah Palin head toward an embarrassing moment, my brain locks up from the conflicting impulses and I have to look away. On the one hand, part of my desperately wants her to fail in the most abject way possible, so there's no chance she'll be elected. On the other hand, another part of me feels empathy for her. We've all been in situations where we've been over our heads and looked silly.

For example, the bit The Daily Show seized on where Katie Couric asked her what newspapers she read before she was tapped for VP. It certainly looks like her brain locks up on her and she can't think of one, so claims to read nearly all printed media. To me it's like a slow motion train wreck, I just have to look away.