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THIS REQUIRES A NEW THREAD: PALIN IMPLODES
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blaseblasphemener



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:04 am    Post subject: THIS REQUIRES A NEW THREAD: PALIN IMPLODES Reply with quote

OH

MY

GOD.


http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=L8__aXxXPVc
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agentX



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should've seen the Saturday Night Live version.
Absolutely hilarious... Very Happy Shocked Laughing

Caribou Barbie on the stump.
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Tiger Beer



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:49 am    Post subject: Re: THIS REQUIRES A NEW THREAD: PALIN IMPLODES Reply with quote

blaseblasphemener wrote:
OH

MY

GOD.


http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=L8__aXxXPVc

I agree with Jack Cafferty 100%...and more people need to hear this clip and other things that Palin says, so they know how ill-informed she is on very basic elementary issues.

That is also the reason McCain and the Republicans in power does not let her speak whatsoever either.

Here is another one: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vh6WDmb-Rc&feature=user of her speaking about Alaska's proximity to Russia and what makes her an expert on foreign policy. She sounds just as ridiculous in this clip as the other.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I suspect the VP debates are going to be rather entertaining Smile

There's a great Balkan saying: "Bull*beep* has short legs"

McCain has brought this one on the Repubs.

On the upside, I'm sure she could easily wrangle a Playboy spread.


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mises



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

She is an idiot. Final answer, full stop.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mises wrote:
She is an idiot. Final answer, full stop.


I don't think she's an idiot. She's just wholly unqualified for VP and that's McCain's fault.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, she is an idiot. She wasn't even a community college prodigy. It isn't that she doesn't grasp the main issues, it is that she can't.


http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/poor-sarah/?em
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Frankly, I�ve come to think, post-Kissinger, post-Katie-Couric, that Palin�s nomination isn�t just an insult to the women (and men) of America. It�s an act of cruelty toward her as well.


I agree.

She is also a total liar:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/the-odd-lies--6.html
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By now, the pattern is familiar. Palin responds to a question she fears reveals something she wants to conceal and lies:

COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth. We -- we do -- it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where -- where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is -- from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there.


There is no evidence of her conducting any trade missions with Russia:

I spent some time on the Governor's Web site seeking more details about her trade negotiations with Russia. There's a press release about Gov. Palin's meeting with a trade mission from the Yukon, but nothing about Russia anywhere in the archives.

And the second pattern: a refusal to respond to the press seeking factual information:

When asked for examples of trade missions with Russia that have taken place under Palin's watch, gubernatorial spokeswoman Kate Morgan refused to answer the question. Morgan said she could not legally discuss any trade missions with me because she's a state employee and I had first heard this claim through the Couric interview, which was part of Palin's campaign for the vice-presidency.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="mises"]No, she is an idiot. She wasn't even a community college prodigy. It isn't that she doesn't grasp the main issues, it is that she can't.


http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/poor-sarah/?em
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Frankly, I�ve come to think, post-Kissinger, post-Katie-Couric, that Palin�s nomination isn�t just an insult to the women (and men) of America. It�s an act of cruelty toward her as well.

I agree.



Actually I just mentioned to someone that with McCain's choice becoming the slow-motion disaster we all knew it would...after that first blush of "Doesn't she look good!!" is over and we're asking ourselves "Where's the meat?", I have to wonder if McCain's secretly a Democratic mole.

Again, I don't think she's an idiot, but she is completely out of her depth and she's getting barbequed. Perhaps after 15-20 more years of serious political experience/homework to do......
The smarter thing to do would have been to A) realized she's not ready to swim in the deep end, and B) decline the offer, with an eye to the future after she's earned her chops.....
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm going to dissent slightly from the conventional wisdon here and say that her response on the bailouts wasn't TOTALLY incomprehensible. I was able to make out that, contra Couric, she thinks the bailout will help average Americans economically, and that it should be seen as part of a broader effort to improve the economy.

However, it was also apparent that when she was discussing the broader economy, it was basically as an excuse to avoid addressing the bailout specifically. And also that she was repeating a bunch of catchphrases that she had filed away in her mind under the heading "stuff to say when asked about the economy".
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reminds me of Miss South Carolina.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quick and easy comparison:

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

Just add 20-odd years and some talking points cribnotes.
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mises



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt Taibbi hit it.

http://brightideasgroupblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/matt-taibbis-lies-of-sarah-palin.html
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep there it is.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=gk8moOxzlGQ
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, just wow..... Dan Quale looks smart now.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh the irony of people who can't spell 'dan quayle' correctly. at least if you spell it 'quail' you can pretend you were making a joke.
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