Holy Shit!

I thought she was no better and no worse than any other politician talking about the economy.

She sounded like an absolute idiot discussing foreign policy and actual politics.

I feel bad for her and her tough-grit no-passport and no-parentally-funded-backpacking-trip self. But that sure won't lead me to vote for her. I fear others will behave differently.
 
originally posted by SteveTimko:
After you watch all of Katie Couri's interviews, watch this.
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Thanks Steve, that's genius.

All the dipshits in Reno are probably Palin voters though...
 
I thought she was no better and no worse than any other politician talking about the economy.
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I find that statement astonishing. From the almost-incomprehensible transcript:

COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

PALIN: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping theit's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
I thought she was no better and no worse than any other politician talking about the economy.
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I find that statement astonishing. From the almost-incomprehensible transcript:

COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

PALIN: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping theit's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.
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I agree she sounds like an idiot.

Have you heard Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain, George Bush, etc..

It's not their field, they don't understand economics any more than I do.

Although, I admit that whole 'trade sector' thing was a bit much. That probably does bump her a bit further down the bar than the middle school students I used to tutor.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
I thought she was no better and no worse than any other politician talking about the economy.
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I find that statement astonishing. From the almost-incomprehensible transcript:

COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

PALIN: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping theit's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.
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I agree she sounds like an idiot.

Have you heard Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain, George Bush, etc..

It's not their field, they don't understand economics any more than I do.

Although, I admit that whole 'trade sector' thing was a bit much. That probably does bump her a bit further down the bar than the middle school students I used to tutor.
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I've never yet heard Barney Frank sound like an idiot, although that may be because of lack of attention on my part. If anything, he often sounds like the annoying smartest guy in the room. I've never heard any of the others blather on with such a confused mix of cliches, gibberish, out-of-context factoids and poorly-remembered talking points. Even W's malapropisms usually have at least some kind of basis in bizarro-sense.

The SNL writers only had to take big chunks of the interview verbatim, it was self-satire.
 
It was weird - I watched that Palin interview and found myself immediately thereafter contributing $250 to Obama without even realizing what I was doing. I thought W was bad, but for me we've entered an era not far removed from Dr. Strangelove or the Handmaids' Tale.

Time to seriously get busy. Things are seriously messed up.
 
Palin's completely jumped the shark. Questions of her readiness for office are now mainstream news.

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McCain and Palin went back to Couric last night to try and right their listing ship, ineffectively. You can fool some people some of the time....
 
One of the best lines of the campaign so far from some conservative blogger is something along the lines of "Palin makes W sound like Cicero."

The Couric interviews are frightening.

I'd put the odds Palin has to withdraw from the race by Friday to "spend more time with her family" at about 10 percent.
 
There's few politicians who can talk about the nuts and bolts of things like economics, the military, agriculture, labor, etc.
What they do is have a stock set of answers memorized and they dance when questioned and make a transition to the stock set. Palin is trying to do that, but she stumbles and looks incredibly inelegant.
 
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