Man, do we miss Tim Russert. If Katie Couric can cause a train wreck of that magnitude, think what Russert could have done.
By now he probably would have called up the McCain campaign and said. “You either get her on “Meet the Press” this Sunday or else.”
Then, on Sunday Russert would have field dressed a moose.
I somehow missed the Couric interview, but that clip was gag material. That cutesy, folksy crap works in Wasilla, but on the national stage it just looks contrived and desparate.
I just heard a bit on NPR, but apparently she wasn’t allowed to say a single word to the press during her current UN visit. They literally hustled reporters out of the room when they dared to ask her a question.
Hmm, well, I really related to Gov Palin in that interview with Ms. Couric.
That is EXACTLY how I sound when I’m making stuff up because I don’t know what I’m talking about.
Did you get to her “foreign policy experience” yet?
The part about her dealing w/the Ruskies (because they’re just 14 miles away, y’know).
Canadians, too; they’re also neighbors, y’know.
To be honest, I called up the YouTube video, but at the point where Couric asked her if Rick Davis’s connection to Fannie Mae was a conflict of interest, after which Palin’s mouth hung open like she was R.P. McMurphy post-lobotomy and then she repeated the exact same thing – word for word – that she said two minutes previously … that’s where I closed the link.
I was embarassed for her and I couldn’t take seeing her embarrassing herself further.
I’m serious – it actually upset me to see this poor woman so obviously over her head.
I’m a sensitive little flower.
You’re absoltuely right. That was her reading off of her internal cue cards. What happened next-- when she went off her cue cards-- can only be described as George W. Bushian in it’s near-incoherence:
“Because as John McCain has been saying and as I’ve been, and, uh, on a much more local level been also rallying against *is *the undue influence of lobbyists in public policy decisions being made.”
ETA: Reading it makes it look less Bushian than actually hearing her say it. As I was listening to her, I was immediately reminded of the circle-talking Miss Teen South Carolina.
exactly my thought when I heard she bombed.
I finally had a chance to listen to the YouTube videos. :eek::eek::eek:
I am nearly stunned speechless by the lack of ability of this woman. She must have been prepped by her handlers, but still managed to come off as a babbling moron. She had zero idea as to what a “moratorium on mortgages” meant, although her instincts kicked in to deflect Katie’s trap about “are you blaming consumers”. She’s trying to fake it in an unforgiving medium. Her facial expressions and body language were all flight, not fight. Regurgitating buzzwords and claiming that the “whole world is watching to see what John McCain does” was a stupid tactic and sounded arrogant. And that screechy voice was a jarring counterpoint to Couric’s modulated tones.
How the hell could anybody see this and still think she is a viable candidate?
My favorite by far. Sarah clarifying her “Russia borders Alaska” experience.
Notice how she stumbles as she searches for the words…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/palin-talks-russia-with-k_n_129318.html
I say again: :eek::eek::eek:
I was intimately involved with the Alaska Radar System for two years, traveled to the radar sites, supervised their maintenance, visited the nerve center on Elmendorf AFB, and not once was the governor’s name ever mentioned, nor has she EVER visited any of the radar sites, nor would she have the slightest idea of what takes place out there. She doesn’t have diddly squat to do with the deployment of Air Force squadrons that fly frequent interceptor missions on Russian aircraft. The AF answers to the JCS, not the state’s guv. To assert any differently is just total bullshit on her part.
Come to think of it, McCain should have picked ME for VP. I’ve at least been to Moscow, Montreal, Quebec, Ontario, Calgary, Edmonton, Dawson, Whitehorse and Inuvik.
Chefguy
for Vice President
2012
Who’s with me?
Perhaps she was confusing the USAF with the Alaskan Air Nat’l Guard? Not taking sides either way, just guessing that she may have misunderstood. Also, I didn’t see the interview, so I’m blind to the context…
What are these “trade missions” she references? To Russia? Like sending a boatload of mucklucs over to Siberia or something?
I’m picturing some fucked up cantina in Moose Balls, Alaska, right on the Bering Strait where the rogues hang out to test their mettle on the Kessel run.
These aren’t the Inuits you’re looking for.
The guy next door to me is Jewish. I guess that makes me fluent in Hebrew.
(And last night I stayed in a Holiday Inn.)
She must be stopped.
I like how she literally engaged in handwaving when she was talking about Putin rearing his head and sending the bombers over Alaska. That was awesome.
It is my understanding (OK, I read it on Wiki) that the President of Russia (Dmitry Medvedev) is the commander-in-chief of the military, not the premier (Vladimir Putin). So, I think Medvedev would be the one rearing his head and sending the bombers over. I could be wrong about that (which is excusable since, you know, I don’t want to be the fucking VPOTUS), but Medvedev at least deserved a shout-out there.
Just remember that if she gets elected - the recall code is some combination of POE, OPE or like that.
Putin is pulling the guy’s strings, so she is actually right - but no doubt by accident, having missed the succession during hunting season.
This right here is solid evidence for an unbiased and objective mainstream media. A biased journalist would have laughed in the Governor’s face.
Well, at least from that video, we didn’t get to see the look on Katie’s face after dumbshit spouted her inane answer. For all we know, Katie might not only have laughed, she could have had a bug-eyed, mouth-wide-open “ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??” look on her face right before laughing. That’s how I reacted anyway.
But, well, I don’t know, you know?
Sarah Palin:
Let me see if I get what she’s trying to say–
We need more troops to man the badlands that is the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan-- where, that terrible terrorist, Bin Ladin, is hiding out and bad shit keeps happening. A surge will work in Afghanistan just lilke it did in Iraq. We can’t back down now. Our military leaders in the region are asking all nations, our allies, to help us fight the terrorists that hate America. They hate us. They hate our Freedoms and our apple pie and our women. They hate our allie’s women too. We cannot let the terrorists win, we cannot afford to lose in Afghanistan.