She continues to only play back the scripted pablum that her handlers and McCain want her to run with. Thanks for posting this as America MAY wake up and realize that the depth of the VP nominee is akin to that of a driveway puddle after a hard rain - and she is evaporating quickly.
Shane
· 1 year ago
Palin may be a role model for low income working mothers but that's where it ends. She has the intellect and knowledge of a single celled organism. Here's part of the transcript to prove it:
Couric: I'm just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
Palin: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
McCain really screwed himself by selecting her. Now MCCAIN BETTER MAN UP AND ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS CHOICE. If McCain loses, Palin will be his only legacy no matter what he has done in his life time.
I've loved to attend the VP debate. I want to see Biden whip the floor with this ignorant wannabe politician. The crap that comes out of her mouth may work in Alaska but not here. McCain knows she's a INADEQUATE, that's why he's trying, probably BEGGING to "postpone" the VP debate for next week. It's more like CANCEL the debates altogether so they can hide behind the LIES.
If this election weren't so serious, I'd be laughing at Palin's incompetence. But everytime she speaks, it just enrages to the point where I want to puke.
It's sad that Obama's lead in polls and electorial votes is so small. Unfortunately, RACISM and BIGOTRY is alive and well.
Vicente Duque
· 1 year ago
Shane, you said :
"If McCain loses, Palin will be his only legacy no matter what he has done in his life time."
Ha, Ha, You have a strong and good sense of humor. This is Funny, but it is also a deep truth. McCain will be remembered for his VicePresident and not for any particular issue or proposition.
Vicente Duque
futureturnip
· 1 year ago
Not sense Dan Quayle has there been a better vice president (if elected).
Rob
· 1 year ago
Maybe you shouldn't throw stones since you confuse homonyms. LOL
Rodrigo Jaroszewski
· 1 year ago
Do you see that she's looking down all the time? That's because she's trying to remember what to say...
delmar
· 1 year ago
vapid. absolutely vapid. i don't want to jump ugly on palin but c'mon, this is the best that the republican party can offer? she's a ninny....
Steve
· 1 year ago
Ed Schultz just played the audio from tonight's interview. Hang on to your sneakers... It's even worse than last night's.
Jd Maddel
· 1 year ago
why is it that people just can't see that this woman isn't qualified to be in this position?! EVERYTHING ELSE aside- just her inability to answer a direct question with a carefully considered thoughtful reply scares me. and when exactly is she going to "get back to ya"? "ya" being K. Couric. would be funny if the stakes weren't so serious!
delmar
· 1 year ago
reminds me of one of the characters in the movie, "fargo" of course, that qualifies me now as one of the effete east coast/west coast commie/homo/jew/elitists that look down their noses at the booboosie.
so be it.
sorry but i'm not going to apologize any more. yes, i do want smart people in power who are curious and ask questions and aren't wedded to doctrine at the expense of pragmatism.
she's a dope. pure & simple. after two terms of "heckuva job, brownie" i'm in no mood for more. sorry but being a baby factory doesn't qualify you to be vice president
Jeremy
· 1 year ago
"I'll bring 'em to ya!"
Harley
· 1 year ago
My comment is that she is truly an idiot!!!
jj
· 1 year ago
Stop the insanity. Palin is not qualified to be VP. This is not some reality show, this is the real deal. Contrary to what she may think, there are real duties involved in being the VP of the US. She has no gravitas, she is not commanding. What's next, my Aunt Betty from Peoria as Secretary of State; after all, she watches the "Travel Channel".
PannyO
· 1 year ago
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, a doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President.
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle!"
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. "You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just have to wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with."
Derek
· 1 year ago
Palin sounds like the mayor of a small town answering questions beyond her scope. This is a perfect example of how sound bites can make someone sound good, but extended dialog can reveal intelligence. She might "look good," but she is not ready for prime time news -- let alone the White House. What was McCain thinking? He is a maverick in a way -- shoot from the hip and ask questions later. We don't need a cowboy, we need a president.
marshal sandler
· 1 year ago
I don't like to make comment's about a person, but can make comment's on what they say ,as the Redneck Comic said once ! A Dentist can fix a broken tooth, A Mechanic can fix a broken car, but old buddy you can't fix stupid !
tropunlim
· 1 year ago
Oh my god, she's Peggy Hill!
pflo
· 1 year ago
What a twit. Wasn't she in "Fargo"? Sounds like it.
Diane Gordon
· 1 year ago
Please don't insult Frances McDormand, one of my favorite actors. It's not the accent, it's her profound stupidity. Nuthin' wrong with her accent. It's that the mouth is not attached to a working brain. Worse, she seems to have no idea.
zoidie
· 1 year ago
I must agree. It's not the small town in her that's at fault. It's the pick that becomes more and more shocking every day. An utterly irresponsible, politically motivated pick. As was McCain's trip to Washington. Political opportunism at a time when leadership is being cried for.
I know plenty of very sensible small town folk, who don't suffer from delusional confidence.
There's the rare moment when I feel sorry for Sarah Palin and then remember that she had a choice. She should have said. "Thanks, but no thanks".
JLT!
· 1 year ago
Wow !!! I cant belive McCain picked this person...........
Stella
· 1 year ago
Much emphasis has been made about the Hockey Mom side. watching the interview don't think that this qualifies - one for possible leadership - in World Politics. The interview showed someone very unprepared - Perhaps fine in town politics etc - not world
magnusdopus
· 1 year ago
Poor girl she sounds like a soccer mom thrown into the fire of a presidential campaign. And somewhere, some Republican blogger is making Palin's mediocrity out to be an attack by the left wing media.
REH
· 1 year ago
Are we sure this isn't another Tina Fey Saturday Night Live routine??
Diane Gordon
· 1 year ago
Inarticulate, ignorant and just plain dumb. Worse, she hasn't a clue. What was McCain thinking? Had he nominated Colin Powell, he could have won.
Chris A
· 1 year ago
Ding Dong
obi
· 1 year ago
This is like Miss South Carolina all over again.
LAURA
· 1 year ago
EEEEEEK - she's not what we need in the White House!
Lois
· 1 year ago
Couric, Your treatment of Palin was obnoxious. I will never again consider you to be a worthy interviewee and will personally boycott your interviews. All of them because you are obviously not bi-partisan. All I want to see in any interview is something bi-partisan. It was clear that this was a hatchet job to Governor Palin. She handled all of your questions with great aplomb but the only "highlighted" items in any of CNN's headlines were the negative side of the interview. It becomes obvious on a daily basis that you and CNN are NOT bi-partisan and that the ONLY side you show is the Democratic side - both in the slanderous way you twist anything that John McCain or Sarah Palin says but also the way you and CNN only show the "positive" points made by Obama. I am sorry you are part of the American culture. I want to hear from both sides of politics - not the slanted coverage you and your media compadre's show. You are a disgrace to the media.
mlturken
· 1 year ago
Lois, you have to be kidding. This woman spoke like a sixth grader and thought like a five year old. Do you honestly want such a person to possibly be the chief executive of the United States? A normal person would desire our best and brightest, a person who can be flexible in thought and reasonable in action. This woman isn't qualified for a high school presidency let alone the vice president of the country.
a patriot
· 1 year ago
here, here...so elequent...lois, is not so elequent
Dennis W
· 1 year ago
Wake up! You can not not see this this women doesn't have a clue, you must be binded by your own sexism or racism or classism! What wil it take for you to see that you were better off eight years ago tha you are today? Perhaps a total collaspe of our (America's) standing in the world. How much did you pay for gas or how secure were your loans or how many attacks were made on American soil from foriegn nationals? Open your eyes and see what is real, not just what you want to see becuase you feel part of some elite class that you don't come close to be.
a patriot
· 1 year ago
Dennis, you are an idiot. the woman cannot handle simple questions, she is clueless as his the top of the ticket. Couric was tossing softballs and as Palin tried to bluff her way, it is the presses place in our society to press for real answers. How is the interview a democratic interview. Palin stated he was at the forefront...give an examples.....there are none...and Palin was like a child iwho did not do her homework and the teacher proved it. Go watch FOX, if you can't handle the trutb
a patriot
· 1 year ago
let me see..FOX not slanted? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. when someone brought up mccain's part in the last S&L debacle on FOX, that person was told to be quite....and then at then end was told....that's oid and FOX is not the history channel....hmmmmmmmmm 1991 ancient history?
Amazed
· 1 year ago
Lois, you might want to consider the fact that a journalist SHOULDN'T be "bi-partisan". A journalist should be NON-PARTISAN.
zoidie
· 1 year ago
Why was the interview biased? All those questions and tougher ones have been asked of Obama/Biden. Perhaps you need to recognize that Sarah Palin while having a great personality is not fit to lead the county.
And BTW it's non-partisan, not bi-partisan.
Sigh.
ghu
· 1 year ago
Couric asked serious questions and persisted when Palin stuttered her responses. I'm frightened to imagine there are so many ignorant Americans voting in this election. She actually stated that (Iran) "are the bad guys" and (we) "are the good guys"...Is her plan to "beat the bad guys?" Perhaps you're more comfortable with questions like, "what's your favorite color?". Seriously....what do you expect reporters to ask?? Even if the questions are biased and aiming to promote Obama, a confident, intelliegent and prepared candidate should be able to take the heat!!!!!!
J
· 1 year ago
Couric was unbiased and fabulous! Oh just go vote for oldman and jesus freak---I mean mccain and palin....ha, ha......
Phil
· 1 year ago
Lois, interesting comments. My guess is that you think Fox News is the paramount of news coverage? I believe that if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton had given the ridiculous responses that Palin gave in her interview, that Katie Couric would have been critical of them as well. It's not Katie's fault that the Republican Party can't put forth educated, well-spoken candidates.
Girl
· 1 year ago
In case you weren't aware, in an interview on July 22 with Katie Couric, CBS opted not to air a monumental gaffe that John McCain made regarding the chronology of the surge in Iraq and why it was so important and such a huge success. So Couric and CBS are obviously Obama supporters, right? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/mccain...
Concerned American
· 1 year ago
Lois: were you serious? She is not fit to be the mayor of her little town. There's only so much editing and cutting you can do. Watch the clip again, over a minute of running dialogue. The world will laugh at us if she is elected.
Dennis W
· 1 year ago
I can see Canada from my house!
dave
· 1 year ago
I can see California from my house! (I guess that's not such a big deal since I live in California.)
a patriot
· 1 year ago
this is nuts....how can anyone take her seriously. how can anynoe take mccain seriouslly. he now wants less regulation and lower taxes...he has the republick on the precious of a real long lasting depression and he's playing games. May God save us all from McCain/Palin
Glen
· 1 year ago
Couric's interview was appropriate. I have never liked Katie more than now. Obama has been grilled by reporters before, guess what Obama, Palin and John are running for President and Vice President. Lois you would think that we don't what a moron in the White House or Vice Presidency. There are many qualified women in the Republican party. Most are pro-choice and thats the rub. This idiot was chosen just to appease the right-wing and she's a woman. If you vote for McCain and she becomes President, when this is in such a fragile condition. Then you deserve all the hell you will go though with this idiot in charge.
a patriot
· 1 year ago
the 2nd part of the interview was priceless also...where she claimed that russian planes fly over us air space....and then says...they have to be going somewhere. and then teling us that canada borders on alaska, and thus provides her with international experience....duh....let's see WA, ID, ND, MN, MI, PA, NY all border Canda....and let's not forget out brothers to th south,,,,CA< AZ<NM>TX...boder a foerign country....my god....they all ahve internatianl experience........wow....wonder if she kmows thta?
annetteB
· 1 year ago
My my...a brain is a terrible thing to waste....And Palin represents a colossal waste of brain matter...Palin starts a sentence and loses her way half way through...Are any of these thoughts her own? And, Katie's expression is priceless....you get the feeling she wants to reach over to Palin and say, "honey, are you even listening to the dribble coming out of your own mouth???" Lets pray that better minds prevail on Nov. 4th.
Alice
· 1 year ago
In the interviews that Palin has given, she does not seem to have the background and knowledge to give specific and intelligent answers. She is not ready to be VP at this time. She is definitely not at the level of being a heartbeat from the presidency in these turbulent times. I don't care for Palin's politics or her stand on women's rights. My vote is for two intelligent and practical candidates with advanced education who are willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly - Obama/Biden.
By the way, I can see Mexico from my house.
Armando
· 1 year ago
This is the big leagues, and Palin is still in the hockey mom league. This women is out of her element.
palin syrah
· 1 year ago
It's very reassuring to know that the woman-who-may-be-POTUS will always 'try to bring some (evidence or examples) and bring them to (us later)' when she is stumped at a question or at a meeting. I'm sure that will raise the prestige of the US exponentially during the NATO and EU meetings...
perry
· 1 year ago
Lois, Couric asked fair questions and asked them with diplomacy and respect. Palin responded like a rehearsed child. Frankly, I think that I'm more qualified to be the Vice President than Sarah Palin, and that's saying a lot! I could have answered those questions better.
I actually feel sorry for Palin. She is probably climbing into a candle lit hot bubble bath every night (a tact that I often take when I feel like my life has become more than I can handle) and crying over the colossal mistake that she has made in taking this nomination.
Palin is toast, and she has, ultimately, embarrassed women everywhere. McCain, on the other hand, is a fool who tried to play Clinton supporters. He clearly has very little respect for women if he believed that he could pull that off.
Hoj
· 1 year ago
Wow. I'm having flashbacks of Miss South Carolina. That was painful..."I'll try to find ya' some and I'll bring 'em to ya'." You have got to be kidding me. As an independent voter, I was on the fence in this election, but not any more.
Tim Carroll
· 1 year ago
It really scares me to think that this was the best Mac and his political team could come up with for VP. He took a gamble to try and sway the vote of Hil supporters and rolled craps. To me it really calls into account his judgement and leadership abilities. I had decided to vote for Obama awhile ago, this just reaffirms my decision.
shash
· 1 year ago
Some one should ask Palin if she can spell potato(e)
Marilyn Dillard
· 1 year ago
Hey I am from idaho and resent that remark. I know the difference in a tuber and boober. This women is a real winner. I can not believe that is could actually be the VP. Only in America.!
Hopeless American
· 1 year ago
Oh my Lord..Country First?
Ashamed
· 1 year ago
Did George W. Give her tips on how to reply to these questions....uhhh, uhhh, well, Let me get back to you on that. What a joke. I can tell you that other top countries are laughing their heads off at us right now for allowing such debauchery run our country. I think she fell and hit her head on the ice while she was putting lip stick on her pit bull at the hockey game....
badbernanke
· 1 year ago
No wonder the Rebublicans have been hiding her. She is a national embarrassment. I want to be Secretary of State. At least I have been in Europe, Central and South America, Asia. And my state borders Mexico.
Forget it. I am overqualified.
Larry
· 1 year ago
I think Palens lack of knowledge and attempts to give Miss America type answers in evading the content of the questions is embarrassing
PJ of Virginia
· 1 year ago
You can't lay the blame on Palin for this. She was contented as a state governor. She never asked to be VP. She was being forced to accept this nomination by the McCain team. I think by now Sen. McCain should be ashamed and despise himself for his mess. He's not competent to lead Americans. His level of critique and judgments are a threat to this great nation. He now has no other way out of it but to run away from the presidential debate. Sen. McCain wants us to think he's more concerned about Americans and the financial crisis plaguing the nation than Sen. Obama is, but he's failed. At 72, I think he should be getting ready to meet his folks in one of those old homes. But he should really start by doing a "medical check-up from his neck up". He acts in total disorder, running from left to right with no main goal, and that's not good for Americans. NOT NOW!!! When George "Water-head" Bush has destroyed this nation.
DS
· 1 year ago
Yes you can lay blame on Palin -- I'd say about 50% -- whatever happened to "just say No"? She likely endorses the slogan in its original intent and judging from her rabid anti-choice orientation, endorses it for sex as well. She knows how to "say no" all right. Just not for the siren-song of self-elevating politics.
Kate
· 1 year ago
Actually, I read her bio in Newsweek, and it said she was very interested in becoming President. We should all blame her for accepting when she is not qualified. We should blame the Republican Party machine for allowing McCain to choose her, and we should ultimately blame McCain for doing so. It is highly irresponsible to think that it is OK to put up a person with this little education and intelligence, never mind experience, as the second in line to the "throne" of the Presidency.
Sandy
· 1 year ago
I was wondering how long it would be before Governor Palen would be exposed as frightfully inept and unprepared to be the vice president of the United States of America. If the McCain-Palin ticket prevails in November, our nation will be led by someone who thinks that presidential politics is the equivalent of a beauty contest. This is beyond embarrassing. It is a tragedy of epic proportion. Thanks, Ms Couric, for your most enlightening interview.
ThinkItThrough
· 1 year ago
Whoa - that was so pitiful and embarrassing! I had to keep checking to see if it was really a spoof video with Tina Fey. I can't believe that McCain chose her as his running mate - and I bet he's wondering that now too. Clearly she knows nothing about national or international politics and would be completely out of her element in the White House. Hey McCain, you have a little more than a month to find another running mate!
ArtDodger
· 1 year ago
John McCain should be ashamed of himself? Country First? More like "the Base First," or "John MCain First"....really
Eric
· 1 year ago
She doesn't look at "poll numbers" but she looks at "track records." hahah. What a dork.
CC
· 1 year ago
I'm a little concerned at the number of videos and other web content that is "no longer available." The frequency of this seems the highest when the missing content is unflattering to MCCain or Palin. Is there some kind of censorship happening here?
Marsha
· 1 year ago
I am both appalled and amazed that a candidate for VP could be so clueless, so obviously ill-educated, and yet McCain's campaign swear she was vetted properly? She is an embarrassment to the country and to the Republican party. Of course, what can you expect from a governer whose husband has to sit in and participate in her meetings. Can you imagine that happening in top secret meetings in Washington? What an absurd situation and a complete insult to the American people. Obama/Biden in November!!!
Marcus Williams
· 1 year ago
Ba-da-boom!!! Nailed on the spot!!! She is incompetent and superficial.
Elise Morgan
· 1 year ago
We don't need mediocre weather women in leadership positions in this country. I am all for more women in leadership positions. But there are many other women with more intelligence and expericence then this women. These are dire times for America. What was McCain thinking when he selected Palin for VP? He would be the oldest sitting president. Perhaps his mind is already fading, or he really cares more about being elected President, then the well being of his country. She is stupid, narrow minded, un-compassionate, and way too right wing religiouse for me. I can't stand her!
I am a college educated, proffesional women in California who worked most my life in high tech. Also, I geuss since I live in California, that makes me a a expert on foreign affairs since I live next to Mexico.
Elise Morgan,
Palo Alto, California
citizen
· 1 year ago
Does Katie sneer enough? Blink enough?
dave
· 1 year ago
Frankly I don't know how she kept from laughing out loud or rolling her eyes.
She wasn't her teacher or friend, she's a proxy for all the people watching who might vote for her. I could understand her being sympathetic if Palin withdrew as a candidate for VP or if she were running for State Senator somewhere. But frankly even for a Governor of a state in the US, she was pathetic, and there's no way for a reporter to prepare for that level of incompetence.
Eric
· 1 year ago
She doesn't look at "poll numbers" but she looks at "track records." hahah. What a dork.
Lawrence
· 1 year ago
Ms. Couric evidently is far superior to Palin, in intellect, poise and professional appearance. It becomes clear with each new level of exposed inadequacy, that McCain, in choosing Palin, was succumbing to pressure from the forced pregnancy lobby, and considered absolutely nothing else. It is, however, cool that the new president of Pakistan thinks Palin is gorgeous.
Michael
· 1 year ago
I am rarely speechless. The interview speaks for itself. It does concern me that I see many claims that many Americans relate to Palin. I thought the movie, "idiocracy" was silly movie. I didn't think it was a sign of our times.
phillipH
· 1 year ago
Lois,
I imagine you think that Fox News is the absolute zenith of news broadcasting stations, right? I believe if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama had answered questions the way that Sarah Palin did, then Katie Couric would have been critical of them as well. Intelligent, educated people such as Katie Couric expect politicians to be able to answer questions intelligently. If a politician's answers make her seem like a moron, it is the media's job to let us know where this politician stands.
Katie Couric should not be blamed because the Republican Party can't seem to find candidates that have a 4th grade reading level and at least a 3rd grade understanding of American and International politics.
Elizabeth Hofstedt
· 1 year ago
Sarah Palin is pathetic. She is simply painful to listen to. This woman is completely out of her depth. Of course, this is a woman who flunked out of the University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii Pacific University, some small college in the midwest, and was finally able to complete a Communications Degree at the University of Idaho. Sarah Palin was astute enough to build on what she had in Alaska being the best in a town of 7,000 of mostly uneducated people, and governing the same lot that compromised 670,000 persons in Alaska. Sarah Palin just had no moderating reality check that the rest of America has been educated beyond her, has the ability to question her directly with the ability to analyze her answers for comprehension, and would. We have already suffered greatly with President Stupid in the White House because at least Bush had the power to dupe enough people for he is the son of a former President and people thought he had some training. I thank God that Sarah Palin doesn't. After the banking collapse yesterday, I don't think Americans will be so interested anymore in voting for someone they can stand around a barbecue even though they may have provided the fresh meat, and B.S. with; Americans need to hire a bona fide thinker who can do the job. The best candidate is Columbia and Harvard educated Barack Obama and his smart choice of Senator Joe Biden.
Vicious Sid
· 1 year ago
Well Gee, don'tcha know? I can see Russia from my backyard!!
dave
· 1 year ago
I'm sitting in front of a world map right now!
Marilyn Talbot
· 1 year ago
Yike! This kind of an intellect could be our president!!!!!
Judith
· 1 year ago
Sarah Palin is obviously way out her depth even with a simple interview. Is it true that she was picked as a running mate last minute by John McCain and in reality he does not even know her? It would certainly appear that way. Not impressed and God help us if those two are elected for the presidency.
nj newton
· 1 year ago
May God/Buddha/Whoever have mercy on us all. This woman sounds like the high school cheerleader trying to be on the debate team.
Deborah
· 1 year ago
I am already tired of being embarrassed for someone who might one day be the president of the United States. I'v spent eight years doing that! Sarah Palin ought to have a clue by now that she is not qualified to be VP and from her interview responses, I have to doubt if she is qualified to be governor of Alaska.
Can somebody, anybody tell me what in the Sam Hill is trying to say about Putin? I'm mean what is she trying to say about anything? I cannot understand any response she gave to Gibson or Couric. I feel pretty sure they didn't either!
BH
· 1 year ago
I am independent, not yet decided on my vote, but this was obviously a very unprofessional, biased interview.
Scared for our future
· 1 year ago
wow, scary to think of her as VP, possibly president. She is the kind of person you would not give a book to as a gift, because she has already read one.
6Four2Twenty
· 1 year ago
My gosh! Tina Fey would make a better candidate than this ditz!!
McCain Lost-my-vote!
· 1 year ago
If she can't handle a single, tough and direct question without blabbering, is she the person to face tough cookies like Iran's terrorist leader and others of his scale? She's already picking a fight with her good neighbors in Russia for Pete's sakes. Putin is probably now aiming his nukes to her backyard! The lady is not just clueless but a true hazard to the future and survival of America. I'm sorry McCain, but you lost my vote by showing such poor "un-maverick" lack of respect to the intelligence of U.S citizens by choosing a Campaign Stunt instead of a qualified leader. We need intelligent leaders to solve this mess.
ST
· 1 year ago
Have you seen the movie "Pleasantville"? Sarah Palin's world view is "Pleasantville". Sex ed is evil. Burn any books that "they" get to deem as dangerous. Don't polute our "little world". No roads outside of "Pleasanville" for risk of pollution. The next Obama commercial should be in black and white depicting McCain and Palin and technicolor for Obama/Biden.
JN
· 1 year ago
BH, what was biased about it ? Please give an example.
The theme to take away from this was the lack of knowledge and citing "evidence" in regards to experience that clearly, does not prove out (i.e. citing Putin in the skies above AK, as foreign policy experience. I've lived in AK, and by no means do I think I have foreign policy experience FOR THAT REASON and I'd never even consider trying to use that fact as proof of my experience.)
ME FOR VP
· 1 year ago
In regards to experience, I am not sure if America is defining the term in regards to a truly impressive portfolio as oppose to someone who spends several of years 'under the radar'. Obama has the greater experience in terms of making sound decisions best for the people.
In regards to Palin and the issue of sexism, we should look at the origin of the matter - McCain. There is no way anyone would genuinely believe he would like picked a male of her statue for his running mate. This move was purely political. As a woman, I am ashamed that Palin would allow a man to use her and exploit her family. She still can't see the big picture - she is truly weak as she is naive.
In regards to Palin as a political figure, I'd rather have another term of Bush. He is blatantly a horrible president, but can make me laugh at least. Palin can't put together nouns, verbs, prepositions, etc. together to structure a sentence to save her life. She speaks in jibberish; you can't understand her half the time. She can't provide adequate answers to issues she should be advocating. This woman is a joke. The world will continue to laugh at us if this political party actually wins.
WAKE UP AMERICA. Palin is no where near qualified to retain the second most powerful seat in the world. McCain's decisions shows that he will be of further detriment to our current fragile state of the nation.
*OBAMA/BIDEN*
Buck
· 1 year ago
What in the HELL is she saying?
DP in ATL
· 1 year ago
The GOP selected a pretty, shiny, Alaskan trophy. What do you do with a trophy? Look at it, take pictures with it, put it in a case for others to admire, and close the glass door so no one knows that it's hollow plastic. McCain likes trophies. He dumped his first wife for an heiress trophy wife. Palin is unqualified to be VP. I think she realizes that she's in the ring with heavyweight intellect and she's about to get knocked out. She was never vetted. She has a husband that belonged to a sect that believes that Alaska shouldn't be a part of the U.S. What country does he want to be a citizen of? He's a union member and conservatives are union busters. She has her own pastor problems now with a pastor that is a witch chaser. Bad judgment, bad choice for Pres and VP.
Roy Gordon
· 1 year ago
Wow! Forget the Bridge to Nowhere,.. we really do need The Bridge Over Troubled Waters!!
Sue
· 1 year ago
I live in Canada but I am embarrassed for the women of America. McCain hand-picked Palin in order to draw women's votes but women are not dumb and they see Palin for what she is; a small fish in a huge pond. Bow out gracefully Ms. Palin - while you still can.
Hovik
· 1 year ago
I feel sorry for her, she came across as a bumbling fool.
Eric
· 1 year ago
It is completely obvious that everything Palin and McCain say is a lie. The reason they can't speak well is because they are lying through their teeth. The bailout is nothing more than Bush's last stand, his last opportunity to orchestrate the biggest heist in history, and the scare tactics are the equivalent of the "weapons of mass destruction" scare tactics. They want it quick so that nobody realizes its all BS.
Patty Gray
· 1 year ago
NO WONDER THEY HAVE BEEN SHIELDING HER FROM THE PRESS!!!! She's utterly clueless! Deer in the headlights!
tgb
· 1 year ago
It is sad to see a women with potential used solely for political gain by a man past his prime, solely for political gain. In 2000 I would have given my vote to John McCain, now I give him my thank you for your past contributions, but I cannot give you or Ms. Palin my vote.
jimbojet
· 1 year ago
Her answers to questions reminded me of a beauty pageant contestant(!) who's asked the "big question," and doesn't have a clue how to respond. She babbles words, faking the response -- and compensates for the lack of on-topic substance with over-the-top self-confidence. She's actually arrogant about her ignorance....
Nicko
· 1 year ago
The best decision she should have made when offered the position as Vice-Presidential candidate was to say " Thanks but no thanks". I'm not yet ready for that responsibility and have a lot of work to finish in Alaska ! Instead she takes the bait McCain gives her and in doing so endangers all of us in the event she takes over as president ( that is assuming they win the election)! McCain is arrogant and appears to show signs of senility or at best..... bad judgement affecting our welfare as a whole as Americans. Even during the debate with Obama, McCain never once made eye contact - doesn't that bother anyone ? Palin also is by far not the package they are trying to sell the American voters.
milwkid9090
· 1 year ago
McCain is the idiot here. He and Sarah will go down in history as the worst presidential candidates. What McCain did to Palin, her family, and the women of America is sad and shameful. Of all the people to fill in for a President upon his/her death, he finds Palin. This is the Peter Principle at an extreme. OMG!!!!
MT
· 1 year ago
"I'll try to find ya some, and I'll bring 'em to ya."... My goodness! If Mrs. Palin can hardly handle an interview from the notoriously gentle Katie Couric, she is no condition to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Sarah Palin reminds me of Bush Jr. more and more everyday. Whether it be her hypocrisy concerning transparency in government while she blocks subpoenas in her own state, or her mixing of the phrases "God" and "War in Iraq", or her rediculous claims of foreign policy experience due to Alaska's proximity to Russia. No matter how you slice it, Palin is following the current administrations tactics and rhetoric...and therefore also following it's failures!
Tracy
· 1 year ago
Scary! McCain is a maverick alright - picking a vp candidate with little interview skills and even less knowledge about the man she will be backing up. She is McCain's Dan Quayle.
Elizabeth
· 1 year ago
She is WORSE than Dan Quayle. I never thought I would live to see a politician (esp. in such potentially powerful position) who was more ignorant and ill-informed than Dan Quayle. She provides the only comic relief in the midst of our current economic crisis. If this ticket wins, I will have lost every ounce of faith I had left in the intelligence of America as a whole.
Can you imagine two *male* candidates being all chummy, yucking it up during an interview? McCain = gramps. Palin = adorable daughter, daddy's little girl. For Katie Couric, interviewing Palin alone or McCain/Palin together makes "gotcha journalism" look like shooting fish in a barrel. Too easy.
on my way to Cananda?
· 1 year ago
Haven't we had enough of a leader who can't pronounce words clearly - no more "folkies" talk. I start with that because I am speechless about how unable she was to answer a question on her own - it was how John McCain feels or thinks. What were they thinking in selecting her. The possibility that she could become the President is beyond comprehension. The Dan Quayle comparison is frightening but appropriate.
average_mark
· 1 year ago
Palin is an idiot. And anyone who claims that this interview was biased is probably just a "Sarah Palin Stepford" in disguise. How can asking questions ABOUT FACTS and requesting reactions and citations ABOUT FACTS be biased?
west
· 1 year ago
i saw the tina fey SNL bit first and found it funny but was absolutely blown away when i saw the real interview and realized that SNL barely changed a single word. its pretty bad when your so awful that you do late night comedy writers work for them. brutal.
Jodie E
· 1 year ago
What a joke. Wake up, America. Please wake up.
Chirie
· 1 year ago
This woman is SO stupid, I can't believe they elected her governor of any place! She is illiterate or cannot read newspapers and has extremely poor comprehension skills and has no idea what is going on in the real world as witnessed by her answers to reporter's questions on local and world events!!!! She can't even speak a proper sentence let alone answer the question directed towards her. If the Republicans win this election and this woman has a good shot on becoming the "president" of the United states of America due to MacCain's (poor) health not prevailing the stress of being the president of this nation during this stressful time, I will certainly move to Canada. Why? Well we are already fighting two wars and she will fight another with Russia and another with Iran! Palin is insane! What ever happened to the America that wan noble and deplomatic? Palin is frighteningly reminiscent of George W Bush - enough, is enough. Please don't buy into this Republican propaganda - Americans are not that stupid. Come on!
Meghan
· 1 year ago
I agree completely. The interview made me want to gag, it was THAT hard to watch. She circumvents questions constantly; I bet she couldn't tell you what her favorite color was (but she'll find you it and bring it to you!)
I also agree about going to Canada if she is made President. There is NO way I'm going to stand behind someone like that. I mean Bush was terrible, but one can only take so much!
So now I hear she's in political boot camp...ONE MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION!??!?! Ummmmm.....shouldn't she already have these skills? Talk about inexperience!
Oh and the fact that she didn't get her passport until LAST YEAR!!!!!!! And her answer was because "her parents didn't have the money to send her off on a trip after college". Umm bi**ch you're old and rich enough to have done it by now! When she said that I seriously wanted to reach out through the screen and slap her. My parents never gave me any cash but I still managed to save up enough to go to Europe when I was 18. Thanks Palin but her answers = FAIL.
News Junkie
· 1 year ago
It is not my place to question another man or womans intelligence, however this poor woman was thrown into the fire all for the sake of getting Hillary voters. As you can plainly see, she knows zero about McCain, let alone about the world. I have to agree with another poster, she should have rejected the offer to become VP. Sad, it really is, and tomorrow she goes national! WOW!
janet29
· 1 year ago
The media should be non partisan. The media must only report the facts, not opinions.
Jim Murphy
· 1 year ago
Just stumbled onto this web site after attempting to view the Palin/Couric interview once again. I just adore sites like this as it attracts the very core of liberal thinking. Ever wonder why most of our university profs are liberal, and propagate their beliefs to the student population, it's easy, it's where they perfectly "safe" from the outside world once they receive tenure. How very sweet....Obama plans to expand that very same philosophy do the do-nothings in our society. Berkely, now that's a real right wing hot bed...lol. Everyone have just very best day you can...
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Couric: I'm just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
Palin: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
McCain really screwed himself by selecting her. Now MCCAIN BETTER MAN UP AND ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS CHOICE. If McCain loses, Palin will be his only legacy no matter what he has done in his life time.
I've loved to attend the VP debate. I want to see Biden whip the floor with this ignorant wannabe politician. The crap that comes out of her mouth may work in Alaska but not here. McCain knows she's a INADEQUATE, that's why he's trying, probably BEGGING to "postpone" the VP debate for next week. It's more like CANCEL the debates altogether so they can hide behind the LIES.
If this election weren't so serious, I'd be laughing at Palin's incompetence. But everytime she speaks, it just enrages to the point where I want to puke.
It's sad that Obama's lead in polls and electorial votes is so small. Unfortunately, RACISM and BIGOTRY is alive and well.
"If McCain loses, Palin will be his only legacy no matter what he has done in his life time."
Ha, Ha, You have a strong and good sense of humor. This is Funny, but it is also a deep truth. McCain will be remembered for his VicePresident and not for any particular issue or proposition.
Vicente Duque
so be it.
sorry but i'm not going to apologize any more. yes, i do want smart people in power who are curious and ask questions and aren't wedded to doctrine at the expense of pragmatism.
she's a dope. pure & simple. after two terms of "heckuva job, brownie" i'm in no mood for more. sorry but being a baby factory doesn't qualify you to be vice president
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle!"
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. "You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just have to wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with."
Wasn't she in "Fargo"? Sounds like it.
Worse, she seems to have no idea.
I know plenty of very sensible small town folk, who don't suffer from delusional confidence.
There's the rare moment when I feel sorry for Sarah Palin and then remember that she had a choice. She should have said. "Thanks, but no thanks".
And BTW it's non-partisan, not bi-partisan.
Sigh.
By the way, I can see Mexico from my house.
I actually feel sorry for Palin. She is probably climbing into a candle lit hot bubble bath every night (a tact that I often take when I feel like my life has become more than I can handle) and crying over the colossal mistake that she has made in taking this nomination.
Palin is toast, and she has, ultimately, embarrassed women everywhere. McCain, on the other hand, is a fool who tried to play Clinton supporters. He clearly has very little respect for women if he believed that he could pull that off.
This women is a real winner. I can not believe that is could actually be the VP. Only in
America.!
Forget it. I am overqualified.
I am a college educated, proffesional women in California who worked most my life in high tech. Also,
I geuss since I live in California, that makes me a a expert on foreign affairs since I live next to Mexico.
Elise Morgan,
Palo Alto, California
She wasn't her teacher or friend, she's a proxy for all the people watching who might vote for her. I could understand her being sympathetic if Palin withdrew as a candidate for VP or if she were running for State Senator somewhere. But frankly even for a Governor of a state in the US, she was pathetic, and there's no way for a reporter to prepare for that level of incompetence.
I imagine you think that Fox News is the absolute zenith of news broadcasting stations, right? I believe if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama had answered questions the way that Sarah Palin did, then Katie Couric would have been critical of them as well. Intelligent, educated people such as Katie Couric expect politicians to be able to answer questions intelligently. If a politician's answers make her seem like a moron, it is the media's job to let us know where this politician stands.
Katie Couric should not be blamed because the Republican Party can't seem to find candidates that have a 4th grade reading level and at least a 3rd grade understanding of American and International politics.
Can somebody, anybody tell me what in the Sam Hill is trying to say about Putin? I'm mean what is she trying to say about anything? I cannot understand any response she gave to Gibson or Couric. I feel pretty sure they didn't either!
what was biased about it ? Please give an example.
The theme to take away from this was the lack of knowledge and citing "evidence" in regards to experience that clearly, does not prove out (i.e. citing Putin in the skies above AK, as foreign policy experience. I've lived in AK, and by no means do I think I have foreign policy experience FOR THAT REASON and I'd never even consider trying to use that fact as proof of my experience.)
In regards to Palin and the issue of sexism, we should look at the origin of the matter - McCain. There is no way anyone would genuinely believe he would like picked a male of her statue for his running mate. This move was purely political. As a woman, I am ashamed that Palin would allow a man to use her and exploit her family. She still can't see the big picture - she is truly weak as she is naive.
In regards to Palin as a political figure, I'd rather have another term of Bush. He is blatantly a horrible president, but can make me laugh at least. Palin can't put together nouns, verbs, prepositions, etc. together to structure a sentence to save her life. She speaks in jibberish; you can't understand her half the time. She can't provide adequate answers to issues she should be advocating. This woman is a joke. The world will continue to laugh at us if this political party actually wins.
WAKE UP AMERICA. Palin is no where near qualified to retain the second most powerful seat in the world. McCain's decisions shows that he will be of further detriment to our current fragile state of the nation.
*OBAMA/BIDEN*
Bow out gracefully Ms. Palin - while you still can.
was to say " Thanks but no thanks". I'm not yet ready for that responsibility and have a lot of work to finish
in Alaska ! Instead she takes the bait McCain gives her and in doing so endangers all of us in the event
she takes over as president ( that is assuming they win the election)! McCain is arrogant and appears to
show signs of senility or at best..... bad judgement affecting our welfare as a whole as Americans.
Even during the debate with Obama, McCain never once made eye contact - doesn't that bother anyone ?
Palin also is by far not the package they are trying to sell the American voters.
Can you imagine two *male* candidates being all chummy, yucking it up during an interview? McCain = gramps. Palin = adorable daughter, daddy's little girl. For Katie Couric, interviewing Palin alone or McCain/Palin together makes "gotcha journalism" look like shooting fish in a barrel. Too easy.
I also agree about going to Canada if she is made President. There is NO way I'm going to stand behind someone like that. I mean Bush was terrible, but one can only take so much!
So now I hear she's in political boot camp...ONE MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION!??!?! Ummmmm.....shouldn't she already have these skills? Talk about inexperience!
Oh and the fact that she didn't get her passport until LAST YEAR!!!!!!! And her answer was because "her parents didn't have the money to send her off on a trip after college". Umm bi**ch you're old and rich enough to have done it by now! When she said that I seriously wanted to reach out through the screen and slap her. My parents never gave me any cash but I still managed to save up enough to go to Europe when I was 18. Thanks Palin but her answers = FAIL.