86% Alaska approval rating. There must be more to her than 1 LA Times article based on one (1) interview.
On Sep 26, 2:23 pm, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The LATimes print edition today had a brutally truthful article about > Sarah Palin's complete ignorance of nearly everything besides what > setting to put her tanning bed at. > > What was "brutally truthful" was the fact that they printed what she > said...and she is really, really stupid. It is quite apparent. > > This Palin schpiel is breathtakingly stupid and bullshitting: > > (BEGIN QUOTE) > 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 . . ." Palin began, > before meandering off in fruitless pursuit of coherence. > > But I'll let the governor speak for herself: > > " . . . where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, > what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the > healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, > helping, oh -- it's got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up > our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare > 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, um, scary thing, but 1 > in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We've got to look > at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of > job creation. This bailout is a part of that." > (END OF QUOTE) > > --------- > > Here's the article in its entirety: > > (BEGIN QUOTE) > > http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-onthemedia26-... > > From the Los Angeles Times > ON THE MEDIA > Palin talks to Couric -- and if she's lucky, few are listening > The financial crisis has an upside for the Republican vice > presidential candidate: It takes the spotlight away as she begins > answering more pointed questions from the media. > By JAMES RAINEY > ON THE MEDIA > > September 26, 2008 > > A global financial crisis and a not-quite-suspended presidential > campaign dominated newspaper front pages and television reports over > the last couple of days. > > Bad news for America. But good news for Sarah Palin. > > The economic crisis and John McCain's surprising response have drawn > attention away from the Republican vice presidential nominee just as > she has started to answer more pointed questions from the media. > > Her third nationally televised interview, with CBS anchor Katie > Couric, found Palin rambling, marginally responsive and even more > adrift than during her network debut with ABC’s Charles Gibson. > > In a 40-minute session with Couric that aired Wednesday and Thursday > nights, the Alaska governor defended her puzzling claim that > geographic proximity makes her some sort of expert on Russia; went > nearly blank when queried about McCain's achievements as a big- > business regulator; agreed America "may find itself" on the road to > another Great Depression; and, promoting a troop surge in Afghanistan, > casually suggested that it "will lead us to victory there, as it has > proven to have done in Iraq." > > The last statement couldn't help but conjure an image from 2003 -- > President Bush beaming in that green flight suit before the infamous > "Mission Accomplished" banner. > > Palin's unblinking certitude gave way at other times in the interview > to a striking imprecision, as when she struggled to respond to > Couric's suggestion that the $700-billion bailout might be better > funneled through middle-class families instead of Wall Street firms. > > "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 . . ." Palin began, > before meandering off in fruitless pursuit of coherence. > > But I'll let the governor speak for herself: > > " . . . where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, > what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the > healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, > helping, oh -- it's got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up > our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare > 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, um, scary thing, but 1 > in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We've got to look > at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of > job creation. This bailout is a part of that." > > That mind-bender prompted Couric to muse, almost charitably, on "The > Early Show" that Palin is "not always responsive when asked questions, > and sometimes does slip back to her talking points." > > It didn't go much better for Palin when she tried to clarify the > mystery of what her state's proximity to Russia has taught her about > that nation. Anyone south of the Arctic Circle would have seen this > question coming and had a ready answer. But seemingly not the > governor. > > "We have trade missions back and forth," Palin told Couric. "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 airspace > 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." > > Certainly, Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has demonstrated > his willingness to invade its small neighbors. But have I missed news > of recent provocations by Russian bombers over Kiwalik or Aleknagik? > And if Palin has been intensely interested in her neighbor across the > Bering Strait, that also has escaped the reporters who follow her most > closely. > > In fact, a veteran reporter from her home state, Hal Bernton, reported > in the Seattle Times this month how Russian politicians had sought > more contact with Palin, but in vain. The governor cut funding and her > office's participation, it seems, in the Northern Forum, which > promotes relations between regional governments in the Northern > Hemisphere. > > A Palin spokeswoman e-mailed that she would provide more detail about > Palin's trade activities with the Russkies. No word by deadline. > > But wait. Certainly the issue dominating the news would provide the > governor with a respite from these maddening demands for, you know, > facts. > > With McCain now depicting himself as the doctor ready to deliver tough > medicine to Wall Street, Couric asked Palin to explain what measures > he had pushed in the past. > > Palin raised McCain's support of revamped oversight for Fannie Mae and > Freddie Mac, the two mortgage giants that are on life support. Fine. > > But when the network anchor pressed for other examples, given that the > Republican has been in Congress for nearly three decades, Palin came > up blank. > > "I'll try to find some" -- Palin smiled at Couric -- "and bring them > to you." > > Palin at least kept her answers shorter during a Q&A with reporters > Thursday morning, her first such session since McCain unleashed her on > the national scene four weeks ago. > > Although she didn't really answer two of the four questions, many > Americans won't hold that against her. They see someone who > understands what it's like in a small town. > > Common sense has its value, and commentaries like this one, suggesting > Palin's shortcomings, will only confirm to her fans that she is not a > pet of the media elite. But it seems only sensible to wonder whether > charm and pluck will be enough the next time Putin rears his head. > > (END OF QUOTE) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
