COURIC: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read, before you were tapped for this, to stay informed and to understand the world?
PALIN: I've read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press for the media, I mean...
COURIC: Like what ones specifically? I'm curious that you...
PALIN: Um, all of 'em, any of 'em that um have been in front of me over all these years, um...
COURIC: Can you name any of them?
PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news too. Alaska isn't a foreign country where it's kind of suggested it seems like, wow how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, DC may be thinking and doing, when you live up there in Alaska. Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.
The last bit is just nonsensical gibberish.
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It's sooo idiotic, does it make you suspect that she's deliberately playing dumb? To lull Biden into a false sense of security or something?
I tell you, I am not at all convinced that McCain seriously wants to win this one...
Let us remember that Governor Palin was a Journalism major at the 5 or 6 colleges she attended. She apparently paid as much attention to her studies as McCain did in Navy Flight School.
Lest we think our Republican brethren are completely batshit insane, we must consider the possibility of Sarah "Evita" Palin, the Muse of the Coming Police State. Either that is true, or the Republicans are batshit insane. Take your pick.
Geeze. It was one thing when she couldn't name any Supreme Court cases other than Roe--I figure there's lots of folks who can't to that, even if it's scary in a politician. But she couldn't even spit out the name of her local paper? What sort of gilded cage has she put herself in?
You're such an elitist, Geoffrey. I don't think it's all that important that our candidates actually ... you know ... know stuff.
And.. SNL jumping all over this one is just priceless. I'm guessing Biden just gets out of the way on Thur. All he has to do is let her keep digging.
Do "Hockey Hunks" and the weekly "Moose Droppings" count?
Let's see . . .
Doc, "Hockey Hunks" sounds like gay porn. . .
Kirsten, yeah, the whole "Supreme Court ruling" thing is a bit much, although she might have been able to name Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, even if she couldn't explain it, or Plessy v Ferguson, or (it's a bit of a stretch) Dred Scot v Sanford or even Marbury v Madison - there are probably the most famous cases decided by the Court in its history. Yet, she could at least have lied and said, "Oh, I pick up Time once in a while, and Newsweek." Instead, she tried to flub it, and failed miserably.
Ben - yeah, no one seems to get it that the biggest laughs came from her actual words. That's bad. . .
DL - McCain's campaign is floundering and flailing, taking on water at an increasing rate. I think the iceberg this particular Titanic hit is named Sarah Palin.
Dan, I think he did want to win; he just had third and fourth-rate flunkies running his campaign, thinking they could just BS their way to a win. Problem is, even the Republicans are outraged over the amount of crap spewing from the McCain people. That and McCain managed to lose his real base - he elite punditry - in a matter of a few weeks with his dishonesty and crass opportunism. Now, they're going after him with all barrels. Poor guy, I kind of feel sorry for him; he will be the Michael Dukakis of the Republican Party, his reputation shredded forever.
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