Whoa. Palin struggles in Couric interview

[ayabe]

She's the one who claimed Alaska's proximity gave her FP insight, not the media. The media didn't invent that quote to mock her and she apparently has no intention of making a retraction. If anything she's doubling down.

What the hell is this woman talking about?

 

[evident]

this woman babbles on with repub buzzwords and phrases she tries to memorize. she can't remotely answer any question directly. it's really sad

 

[jonks]

Couric: Would you say you know John McCain pretty well by now?
Palin: I would say that's right Katie.
Couric: What type of underwear does he wear?
Palin: Depends, Katie.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

Originally posted by: ayabe
Ahh another Rev Wright reference.

Right he hates America and white people.

I've watched those clips over and over again and I still don't get it. Could someone please explain to me what is so racist and america hating about what he said?

Oh right, it's open to interpretation. Well in that case, I believe squirrels are unamerican and racist, don't ask me why, they just are.

He says US of KKK A. You don't think he doesn't hate white people or America?

I'm still waiting for you to tell me if you think Obama is a racist hate monger or not. It shouldn't be a hard question to answer.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I don't see how she is any scarier than the thought of having Quayle a step away from the presidency back in the day.

There were tons of jokes made about quayle's youth and inexperience as well, but maybe the difference is that currently we are in a multi-front war on terror in a post 9/11 world and our economy is about to follow the titanic to the ocean floor, and her running mate is 1000 years old.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

If you consider racism and hate a religion.

Are you attempting to say that Obama is a racist hate-monger?

No, but his preacher for 20 years was and you know how that goes.

I think you should watch this video, especially starting around 7:15 or so as Sarah gets prayed over to protect her against . . . WITCHCRAFT . . . in the name of Jesus!

Remember, this is not something her pastor said at a sermon where Palin, like Obama with Wright, wasn't even present.

This is Sarah Palin, participating in what I can only label a form of "Christianity" so primitive and debased that it falls to the level of paganism.

And she's right there, soaking it all up, in the name of Jesus!

If this doesn't scare you about the mindset of this bimbo, I don't know what would.

 

[OrByte]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

If you consider racism and hate a religion.

Are you attempting to say that Obama is a racist hate-monger?

No, but his preacher for 20 years was and you know how that goes.

I think you should watch this video, especially starting around 7:15 or so as Sarah gets prayed over to protect her against . . . WITCHCRAFT . . . in the name of Jesus!

Remember, this is not something her pastor said at a sermon where Palin, like Obama with Wright, wasn't even present.

This is Sarah Palin, participating in what I can only label a form of "Christianity" so primitive and debased that it falls to the level of paganism.

And she's right there, soaking it all up, in the name of Jesus!

If this doesn't scare you about the mindset of this bimbo, I don't know what would.

witchcraft!? Hmmmmmm... I can see praying to protect her soul from satan and his followers. Or praying to Jesus that he guides her every decision while in office.

but witchcraft!? That seems archaic. I guess witchcraft is a form of satanic worship.. shrug.

As a voter we really should take religion out of the equation. Black Theology is obviously just as controversial to some people as 'Assembly of God' is to others. John McCain is a Christian when it suits him, at best, and Biden is catholic and catholicism has its own set of problems.

As a Christian this is how I spend my .02

edit: wow waaay off topic. To get back on topic I think Katie Couric is better suited as McCain's VP

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

If you consider racism and hate a religion.

Are you attempting to say that Obama is a racist hate-monger?

No, but his preacher for 20 years was and you know how that goes.

I think you should watch this video, especially starting around 7:15 or so as Sarah gets prayed over to protect her against . . . WITCHCRAFT . . . in the name of Jesus!

Remember, this is not something her pastor said at a sermon where Palin, like Obama with Wright, wasn't even present.

This is Sarah Palin, participating in what I can only label a form of "Christianity" so primitive and debased that it falls to the level of paganism.

And she's right there, soaking it all up, in the name of Jesus!

If this doesn't scare you about the mindset of this bimbo, I don't know what would.

*evil grin, hides voodoo doll*

Well she seems like a total nutjob, but Bobby Jindal comes off as a rational, intelligent, eloquent person, yet he believes he experienced a real possession and exorcism. When Kucinich saw aliens no one could be surprised, but Jindal seems normal. I just don't get it.

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I don't see how she is any scarier than the thought of having Quayle a step away from the presidency back in the day.

KT

Talk about a backhanded compliment. I can see how, Quayle lacked her radical qualities.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: jonks

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I don't see how she is any scarier than the thought of having Quayle a step away from the presidency back in the day.

There were tons of jokes made about quayle's youth and inexperience as well, but maybe the difference is that currently we are in a multi-front war on terror in a post 9/11 world and our economy is about to follow the titanic to the ocean floor, and her running mate is 1000 years old.

Well there is certainly some truth to that, but I still believe very few people, particularly in the general public that does not follow politics as closely as many people here, will actually vote based upon who may be the potential VP.

KT

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: ayabe
She's the one who claimed Alaska's proximity gave her FP insight, not the media. The media didn't invent that quote to mock her and she apparently has no intention of making a retraction. If anything she's doubling down.

What the hell is this woman talking about?

She doesn't seem to understand that being close to Russia does not give her foreign relations experience. She sincerely seems to believe that she is some sort of ambassador because Alaska is close to two countries. HEY, don't forget, she's also next to Canada!

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: OrByte

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

If you consider racism and hate a religion.

Are you attempting to say that Obama is a racist hate-monger?

No, but his preacher for 20 years was and you know how that goes.

I think you should watch this video, especially starting around 7:15 or so as Sarah gets prayed over to protect her against . . . WITCHCRAFT . . . in the name of Jesus!

Remember, this is not something her pastor said at a sermon where Palin, like Obama with Wright, wasn't even present.

This is Sarah Palin, participating in what I can only label a form of "Christianity" so primitive and debased that it falls to the level of paganism.

And she's right there, soaking it all up, in the name of Jesus!

If this doesn't scare you about the mindset of this bimbo, I don't know what would.

witchcraft!? Hmmmmmm... I can see praying to protect her soul from satan and his followers. Or praying to Jesus that he guides her every decision while in office.

but witchcraft!? That seems archaic. I guess witchcraft is a form of satanic worship.. shrug.

As a voter we really should take religion out of the equation. Black Theology is obviously just as controversial to some people as 'Assembly of God' is to others. John McCain is a Christian when it suits him, at best, and Biden is catholic and catholicism has its own set of problems.

As a Christian this is how I spend my .02

edit: wow waaay off topic. To get back on topic I think Katie Couric is better suited as McCain's VP

Catholicism = Christianity = Catholicism = Christianity = ...

Seriously, they're the same damn thing.

Religion should be IRRELEVANT. I almost wish all candidates were devout atheists, then we wouldn't have worry about pleasing the Bible belt.

 

[Capitalizt]

OMG, the second part of the Couric interview was even WORSE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokTjEdaUGg

She reminds me so much of a beauty contestant trying to find clever-sounding answers to the questions. But she just fails. Aside from the ridiculous things she is TRYING to say, holy run-on sentences batman! She makes Bush look good in terms of grammar.

 

[digiram]

Originally posted by: OneOfTheseDays
wow you just can't make this shit up......she makes Bush look like Einstein

That's true and that's the scary thing. Bush was looked and sounded worst than this lady, and that guy is the current commander and chief. Hope just continues to slip away with each passing election. Can we at least try someone intelligent this time around. Do we really want a bar buddy running the show?

It's like this. When you elect a retard to run the country, he/she is just a puppet and will easily be influenced and controlled by lobbyist. If there is an intelligent person in there, he might be influenced, but at least he can think for himself and hopefully us and can look the other way.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: jonks

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I don't see how she is any scarier than the thought of having Quayle a step away from the presidency back in the day.

There were tons of jokes made about quayle's youth and inexperience as well, but maybe the difference is that currently we are in a multi-front war on terror in a post 9/11 world and our economy is about to follow the titanic to the ocean floor, and her running mate is 1000 years old.

Well there is certainly some truth to that, but I still believe very few people, particularly in the general public that does not follow politics as closely as many people here, will actually vote based upon who may be the potential VP.

I'd agree if Mac had picked Romney or some other milquetoast, but picking the second woman makes this a spotlight year for vp, just like it did for ferraro. Women numbers were way up for dems that year, and it wasn't a coincidence.

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: ayabe
Here's the transcript, reading it however doesn't really convey the impact, you have to watch the video, it's painful.

COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?


PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land-- boundary that we have with-- Canada. It-- it's funny that a comment like that was-- kind of made to-- cari-- I don't know, you know? Reporters--

COURIC: Mock?

PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.

COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our-- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia--

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. They are right next to-- to our state.

And here's the vid: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4478156n

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

 

[Capitalizt]

Surprise Surprise! Mccain wants to ditch Vice-Presidential debates too..

McCain Camp: Let's Push Back Biden-Palin Match-Up, September 24, 2008 7:04 PM ABC News' Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report: The McCain campaign told ABC News on Wednesday that John McCain wants to postpone Friday's presidential debate until Thursday, Oct. 2.

The Arizona senator would like the vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, which is currently scheduled to take place on Thursday, Oct. 2 in St. Louis, Missouri, to be scheduled for a later unspecified date.

The details about what McCain is seeking, which were provided by a McCain aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity, came a few hours after the Republican presidential candidate announced that he was suspending campaigning so he could return to Washington, D.C., to try to forge a consensus on a financial bailout package.

McCain's public call for a debate delay was rebuffed by Barack Obama who joined fellow Democrats in arguing that a president needs to be able to multi-task.

"I believe that we should continue to have the debate," Obama said in Clearwater Florida. "It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/polit...9/mccain-camp-let.html

Remember, Mccain wanted to delay HIS debate to Thursday October 2nd, which **just happens** to be the date Palin is scheduled to debate Biden. Now that he is trying to push back hers as well, it seems obvious to me that this was the plan from the beginning and the whole "going back to Washington" thing was just a distraction. He is desperate to give her more time to be coached.

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: Capitalizt
OMG, the second part of the Couric interview was even WORSE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokTjEdaUGg

She reminds me so much of a beauty contestant trying to find clever-sounding answers to the questions. But she just fails. Aside from the ridiculous things she is TRYING to say, holy run-on sentences batman! She makes Bush look good in terms of grammar.

Truly embarrassing.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: abaez

Originally posted by: ayabe
Here's the transcript, reading it however doesn't really convey the impact, you have to watch the video, it's painful.

COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?


PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land-- boundary that we have with-- Canada. It-- it's funny that a comment like that was-- kind of made to-- cari-- I don't know, you know? Reporters--

COURIC: Mock?

PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.

COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our-- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia--

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. They are right next to-- to our state.

And here's the vid: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4478156n

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Woah, that was embarrassing.

 

[Buck Armstrong]

Originally posted by: ayabe
Ahh another Rev Wright reference.

Right he hates America and white people.

I've watched those clips over and over again and I still don't get it. Could someone please explain to me what is so racist and america hating about what he said?

He's an angry, ignorant, rabid bigot who uses religion to spread his hateful message, just like Jackson and Sharpton. Just because I'm voting Obama doesn't mean I have to close my eyes.

These gaping assholes represent the past...Obama hopefully represents the future of race relations in America. Its time for the incompetent, corrupt old guard to retire and shut the fuck up.

 

[Buck Armstrong]

Originally posted by: ayabe
No I don't. There is real racism in this country, much of it directed at people who are black or just not "white". Denying this is pure fallacy.

Things are better than they were but they aren't perfect. You can criticize this country legitimately for over-promising and under-delivering which we do consistently on a wide variety of issues.

That is what he was doing and he is entitled to say what he wants. I certainly haven't heard any kill whitey language there.

Yes there are still racists in this country: Wright and his ilk. He's a piece of shit, and if you don't hear bigotry in his speech, then you're deaf.

 

[chess9]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: jonks

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I don't see how she is any scarier than the thought of having Quayle a step away from the presidency back in the day.

There were tons of jokes made about quayle's youth and inexperience as well, but maybe the difference is that currently we are in a multi-front war on terror in a post 9/11 world and our economy is about to follow the titanic to the ocean floor, and her running mate is 1000 years old.

Well there is certainly some truth to that, but I still believe very few people, particularly in the general public that does not follow politics as closely as many people here, will actually vote based upon who may be the potential VP.

KT

Generally, the VEEP nominee gets very little in the way of coverage. In this election, that generality has been turned on its head. Palin is getting huge press, primarily because she is proving to be so laughably inept. With McCain's ex-wife being Eve, Palin's candidacy is more pressing than ever. People ARE paying attention, and particularly women.

-Robert

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: abaez

Originally posted by: ayabe
Here's the transcript, reading it however doesn't really convey the impact, you have to watch the video, it's painful.

COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?


PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land-- boundary that we have with-- Canada. It-- it's funny that a comment like that was-- kind of made to-- cari-- I don't know, you know? Reporters--

COURIC: Mock?

PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.

COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our-- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia--

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. They are right next to-- to our state.

And here's the vid: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4478156n

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

That last part was painfully familiar....

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[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Buck Armstrong

Originally posted by: ayabe
No I don't. There is real racism in this country, much of it directed at people who are black or just not "white". Denying this is pure fallacy.

Things are better than they were but they aren't perfect. You can criticize this country legitimately for over-promising and under-delivering which we do consistently on a wide variety of issues.

That is what he was doing and he is entitled to say what he wants. I certainly haven't heard any kill whitey language there.

Yes there are still racists in this country: Wright and his ilk. He's a piece of shit, and if you don't hear bigotry in his speech, then you're deaf.

Let's bring this back on topic - Sarah Palin is a poor candidate for vice president, and the Republicans are trying to push back her debate as quickly as possible for as long as possible because she's completely inept.

Let's see a VP debate already! If she's really a suitable candidate, then she should be able to get on stage TODAY and debate well! Why are the Republicans so damn afraid to have the debates as scheduled? The election is nearly a month away, let's do this!

 

[L00PY]

I'm guessing that she was coached to say that "it's funny that a comment like that was used to caricature me" or something along those lines. She forgot or didn't want to mispronounce "caricature" and got rescued by Couric's mock. It also sounds as if she mishandled her Russian / Alaska answer, mixing the two answers of how Putin flies through Alaskan airspace and how the US is launching military reconnaissance planes from air bases located in Alaska.

[edit]Fixed italicizing that snuck in there.[/edit]