Sarah Palin took a much different tone than she has in the past during a gathering of Republican White House candidates in Iowa last weekend, taking on the left in a much harsher tone in an attempt to win over supporters who doubt her aggressiveness — but also earning some ridicule in the process.

Palin, who has indicated she is interested in taking a run at the White House in 2016 after her failed campaign as running mate with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2008, made a speech in Iowa where, at one point, she shouted “Screw the left in Hollywood!”, according to a CBC report.

She also complained about the left’s “obsession” with the income gap, and at one point stated that Republicans should become independents just to punish the Republican leadership before backing off that idea.

Palin had her share of gaffes as well, making reference to an “800-pound elephant in the room of the White House that the radical left won’t even name.” As elephants weigh up to 15,000 lbs, she likely mixed the metaphors of “the elephant in the room” and the “800-pound gorilla in the room.”

She also made national headlines for making comments so incoherent, they prompted comedian Jon Stewart to devote an entire segment to him on “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central.

A number of columnists have called for Palin to step out of the race, with one calling her an example of “self-parody” who was damaging the Republican Party and turning them into a laughingstock, an opinion echoed by numerous others, with one writing that the “GOP faces its Sarah Palin problem.”