OrionWorks wrote:
Palin also states that she represents "Joe Six-Pack", as if the
admission should be considered endearing, a badge of authenticity
and sincerity. I dunno about others, but it's been my experience
that after I consumed a six-pack my views on just about any topic
should NOT be represented.
Now that you mention it, Palin did sound inebriated:
". . . We need to look back, even two years ago, and we need to be
appreciative of John McCain's call for reform with Fannie Mae, with
Freddie Mac, with the mortgage-lenders, too, who were starting to
really kind of rear that head of abuse.
And the colleagues in the Senate weren't going to go there with him.
So we have John McCain to thank for at least warning people. And we
also have John McCain to thank for bringing in a bipartisan effort
people to the table so that we can start putting politics aside, even
putting a campaign aside, and just do what's right to fix this
economic problem that we are in.
It is a crisis. It's a toxic mess, really, on Main Street that's
affecting Wall Street. And now we have to be ever vigilant and also
making sure that credit markets don't seize up. That's where the Main
Streeters like me, that's where we would really feel the effects. . . ."
Not quite as bad as the Courin interview, that was repeated nearly
verbatim on SNL:
PALIN: "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 the -- oh, it'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,
um, 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 part of that."
Here is the SNL version:
FEY AS PALIN: "Like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about
this. We're saying, 'Hey, why bail out Fanny and Freddie and not me?'
But ultimately what the bailout does is, help those that are
concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up
our economy to help...uh...it's gotta be all about job creation, too.
Also, too, shoring up our economy and putting Fannie and Freddy back
on the right track and so healthcare reform and reducing taxes and
reigning in spending...'cause Barack Obama, y'know...has got to
accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans, also, having a
dollar value meal at restaurants. That's gonna help. But one in five
jobs being created today under the umbrella of job creation. That,
you know...Also..."
This is not only the most critical election of our generation, it is
also the most hilarious.
- Jed
