“This year is a good opportunity for other voices to speak at the convention and I’m excited to hear them.” — Sarah Palin said in a statement on Gretawire, the blog of Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren.

I suspect the RNC said “thanks but no thanks” to Sarah’s verbal bridge to nonsense, and it’s difficult to put on a brave face when it’s frozen with rage. So instead of doing yet another live appearance on Van Susteren or Hannity to talk about how excited she is to hear from these other voices (ha), a statement was released.

Bright side: with that week now free, Palin will have even more time to hate on the president, support (insert craziest Republican candidate’s name here) and, she says, rally “the base” for congressional seats this fall. And don’t worry, she’ll never be too busy to pop up wherever there’s an opportunity for hate, bigotry, or random iPhone / Facebook publicity in fast food restaurants.