# Sarah Palin supports Hamas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 4, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417 "2008-10-04T05:11:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/21 "2008-10-04T06:28:05Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > The guys who want to fuck her will jump through hoops to prove their worthiness, and nobody else has a chance with them. Just curious, does Obama know what you have in store for him November 4th? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/22 "2008-10-04T06:30:59Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Good night, Rover. I’m going down too. On whom? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/23 "2008-10-04T06:33:57Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Palin scares the living shit out of me. Indeed. Because of your link [I found this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JE9aVW7QaM&feature=user). Wherein Palin admits to being annoyed with Couric and her pesky questions because, > [@](#): > > **Palin** : > “I just wanted to talk to Americans without the filter” I imagine her brain is thinking, “How can I win the bathing suit part of this contest if people expect me to know important stuff and all” (wink). Stunningly scary. ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/24 "2008-10-04T06:38:58Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Palin scares the living shit out of me. Then Biden must scare you to death: > [@](#): > > BIDEN: When we kicked – along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, “Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you don’t know – if you don’t, Hezbollah will control it.” Now what’s happened? Hezbollah is a legitimate part of the government in the country immediately to the north of Israel. Be afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/25 "2008-10-04T06:45:30Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 😛 OK dude. Lots of people pay my firm over $500 an hour for my opinion on U.S. federal income tax matters, so your statement is demonstrably incorrect. You’re a classic example of someone who recognizes what his interests are much more clearly than what is right. Of course you think Obama’s tax policies are ignorant! They’re against your interests. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/26 "2008-10-04T07:07:37Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > On whom? Ah, Tom, even your innuendo is a model of grammatical exactitude. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/27 "2008-10-04T07:29:59Z")
Originally posted by\*\* Linear Crack:\*\* > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by \*\*Diogenes the Cynic \*\* > > > > Palin scares the living shit out of me. > > Then Biden must scare you to death: > > > [@](#): > > > > BIDEN: When we kicked – along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, “Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you don’t know – if you don’t, Hezbollah will control it.” Now what’s happened? Hezbollah is a legitimate part of the government in the country immediately to the north of Israel. > > Be afraid. I’m having trouble seeing the logical connection here. **DtC** is scared of Palin because he is terrified, as am I, of the spectre of a US President who obviously doesn’t know what Hamas is. You are suggesting that by the same token **DtC** should be frightened of Biden, and coupled with the quote you’ve selected, the implication is that Biden doesn’t know what Hezbollah is. But Biden’s quote, regardless of whether you agree with the ideas presented, shows that he knows what Hezbollah is. Unless you don’t think that Lebanon is north of Israel or that Hezbollah is participating in Lebanon’s government. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/28 "2008-10-04T09:23:22Z")
> [@Linear\_Crack](#): > > Then Biden must scare you to death: > > Be afraid. I’m afraid of \*your \*level of ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/29 "2008-10-04T09:34:52Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I’m afraid of \*your \*level of ignorance. ? Biden’s quote is absurdly nonsensical. To the point where I don’t even know what the _thought_ he was talking about. Whatever it was, it sure wasn’t Hezbollah or Lebanon, and I doubt that Obama was making policy statements in the early 80’s, either. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/30 "2008-10-04T12:00:39Z")
> [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](#): > > Indeed. Because of your link [I found this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JE9aVW7QaM&feature=user). I found her explanation of why she was annoyed with the Couric interview quite interesting: [QUOTE=as near as I can get it] …a lot of things she was missing in terms of an opportunity to ask what a VP candidate stands for, what the values are represented in our ticket. I wanted to talk about Barack Obama increasing taxes, which leads to killing jobs, I wanted to talk about his proposal to increase government spending by another trillion dollars, some of his comments that he’s made about the war that I think ah may duh duh in my world disqualifies someone from consideration as the next commander in chief… [/quote] So… you wanted to talk about what you stand for and what values are represented in your ticket by, um, attacking Obama? Because that’s what that sounded like to me. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/31 "2008-10-04T12:12:26Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > On whom? :eek::eek::eek: I’m just shocked that came from _you_! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/32 "2008-10-04T12:42:02Z")
I don’t interpret Palin’s answer to that question as even slightly supportive of Hamas. Not knowing what Hamas is does not equal supporting Hamas. Otherwise I support a whole lot of stuff that I probably wouldn’t, if I knew what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/33 "2008-10-04T13:09:33Z")
> [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](#): > > I don’t interpret Palin’s answer to that question as even slightly supportive of Hamas. > Not knowing what Hamas is does not equal supporting Hamas. Otherwise I support a whole lot of stuff that I probably wouldn’t, if I knew what it was. Well, not knowing what Hamas is might be evidence of not being qualified to work at the top level of U.S. government except in a clerical or food service capacity. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/34 "2008-10-04T14:13:30Z")
> [@Linear\_Crack](#): > > Then Biden must scare you to death. Nope. Not in the slightest. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/35 "2008-10-04T14:17:30Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > You’re a classic example of someone who recognizes what his interests are much more clearly than what is right. Of course you think Obama’s tax policies are ignorant! They’re against your interests. Is that supposed to be a bad thing? I take that more as a statement of the blindingly obvious than some great insight. And it’s true of everyone else, too (or at least should be). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/36 "2008-10-04T14:24:27Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > ? > > Biden’s quote is absurdly nonsensical. To the point where I don’t even know what the _thought_ he was talking about. > Whatever it was, it sure wasn’t Hezbollah or Lebanon, and I doubt that Obama was making policy statements in the early 80’s, either. He meant to say Syria. it was an honest slip of the tongue. He led an effort to get Syria out of Lebanon in 2005. He said at the time that if we didn’t get Syria out of Lebanon, Hezbollah would control Lebanon, where it now does have political power. It’s not a show of ignorance or delusion by Biden, just mangled phrasing. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/37 "2008-10-04T14:26:11Z")
> [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](#): > > I don’t interpret Palin’s answer to that question as even slightly supportive of Hamas. > Not knowing what Hamas is does not equal supporting Hamas. Otherwise I support a whole lot of stuff that I probably wouldn’t, if I knew what it was. Did you read my OP? I know that. My thread title was sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/38 "2008-10-04T14:30:48Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 😛 OK dude. Lots of people pay my firm over $500 an hour for my opinion on U.S. federal income tax matters, so your statement is demonstrably incorrect. That’s great for your firm. I’d put money on you being the mail clerk. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/39 "2008-10-04T14:41:20Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Pretty much any time he mentions anything about the economy (or any other matter related to the evil that is money and those who have it). And calling a handout to the poor a “tax cut.” Doesn’t get more ignorant than that. And saying that he wants a national civil service that’s as well-funded as the military and then taking that part of this speech out the transcript posted on his website. Tax cuts for the rich while waging wars is far more ignorant than that. The repubs took our economy to its knees is 8 years. They absolutely do not deserve another chance. Especially when McCain is another spoiled and pampered rich kid ,who does not get it. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417/40 "2008-10-04T14:57:00Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 😛 OK dude. Lots of people pay my firm over $500 an hour for my opinion on U.S. federal income tax matters, so your statement is demonstrably incorrect. And I wouldn’t give you half a turd for any of the RW bullshit you’ve spat out here since you joined. Guess you best stick to making money – till the Big Bad Muslim, Obama, comes to take it away. Imbecile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-supports-hamas/466417.md?page=3)