CBS EXCLUSIVE - CBS just released an unaired portion of the Sarah Palin interview where she talks about the state of our education system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
CBS EXCLUSIVE - CBS just released an unaired portion of the Sarah Palin interview where she talks about the state of our education system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Miss South Carolina blubbering, right? LOL, LOL. If so, yes, she reminds me of Palin's embarrassing responses.
Why is there no in depth discussion of Obama's recent reply that he is qualified to run this economy because "I think a lot about it" ? What nonsense. Yet you have Fareed Zakaria, a certain Obama apologist questioning Palin's ability to be VICE PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT??? While an empty suit is this close to becoming PRESIDENT? The left is no longer capable of hiding their partiality for Obama. Yes Fareed, thanks for being so "honest".
This blog is about Caribou Barbie, not Obama. There is another blog that shows McCain and Obama painted in red and blue that would address your question and remarks
marksgershenson: What? Hit too close to home?
Fareed, you are a smart guy and I enjoyed your book, The Post-American World, even though the title of your book is contradicted by its content. I have sent copies of your columns to friends, even though some of your conclusions seemed wrongheaded to me, because your essays offered unique insights. Given your milieu, your support of some of Bush???s recent actions is brave. On Sarah, you just don???t get it.
Your idea that, ???Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president,??? because she gave a ???nonsense??? answer to one of Couric???s questions is wrong. First of all, you don???t seem to understand her answer, because you have mis-punctuated it. In conversational English most people don???t speak in complete sentences and they occasionally throw in a non sequiturs. You have run all of her sentences together in a way that doesn???t make sense. Because I understand idiomatic English, I understood her answer. Let me help you out. The bailout, which most Americans don???t like, will ultimately help Americans with health care, housing, gas and groceries, because inorder for Americans to be able to afford these things, the system has to work properly. She then went on to talk about the positive effects of foreign trade. No biggy.
Fareed, you are probably working too hard. Take the day off. Go to a football game. Get a brat and a brewsky and talk to some real Americans. Believe me; it will help you a lot more than a month of talking to your colleagues at Foreign Affairs.
I listened very carefully to her answers in the interview. Not only did she make no sense whatsoever, even when I sort of followed her (logic?), her premises were totally off base. She was stretching mightily to make connections that simply were not there. Her claim to foreign relations/national security credentials based solely on geography, was beyond idiotic. It is an insult to the intelligience of voters and a danger to our country that she even try to pull this bullcrap. I understand that speaking is not the same as writing, and pauses and inflection are not an indication of lack of knowledge. However, Ms. Palin's responses were clearly an attempt to paste together the catch phrases she has been taught and include them all in one long nonsensical blurb.
You know, I like , you know for my elected officials, you know to speak in full, you know sentences. You know I am sure that foreign leaders, you know like that to, you know.
No he didn't. If you actually listened to the interview, he punctuated pretty accurately. Come on, what planet are you living on when you claim anything she had to say made any sense whatsoever! It was almost impossible to follow anything she said, because everything was just as disjointed as what was reported in the article. Don't believe me? Go to the CBS News web site and take a look at the official transcript.
I used to think you were fairly objective in most of your critiques but it seems that you, along with the rest of the liberal media herd, prefer to attack Palin on her perceived weaknesses as a Vice Presidential candidate yet ignore the GLARING similarities of Barrack Obama. It's fairly obvious when one looks at Obama's and Palin's experience that they are generally just as qualified or unqualified to run for high office. The only difference is that you seem to be giving an unqualified PASS to Obama for President and focusing your bias toward Palin's candidacy for Vice-President. I am embarrassed for you and your lack of journalistic integrity.
P.S. You might want to compare how Obama has been running for President for the past two years and how Palin has been running for Vice-President for the past month.
P.S.S. I wonder if you have the sack to post this with your response.
Respectfully,
Mr. John Puentes
Sun City, CA
Did you know conservative commentators George Will, David Frum, and David Brooks and Kathleen Parker have asked her to step down too? Zakaria is now joined in the chorus of concern. I think that everyone should be taking a close look and think about one thing. Do you think based upon her interviews, that you can look at someone in their eye and say, I think Palin is presidential, and can take over in a moments notice?
And one other note, if Palin did step down, she would not be the first one either. Think Spiro Agnew and Thomas Eagleton in modern times. Sure saving face is ideal, however, under these circumstances, is it better to save face, or think of the good of our country. And this my fellow bloggers is coming from an Independent who would not have hestitated to vote for McCain in 2000.
Am I to assume that you would have voted for McCain in 2000 not knowing who he would have picked for VP? If that is so, does this mean you're still voting for him in 08? Somehow I can't see an "Independent" changing their vote for president based on their running mate. Hmmmm.
The man in 2000 would never have chosen an incompetent fool like Palin. He would have been the first Republican I would have voted for without question. Do you honestly feel that he is the same person as 2000? I don't think so.
I've never voted for a Republican. Not once, on the local or national level. However, in 2000 I was considering voting for McCain before he was unfairly killed in the primaries by the Rove machine. However, since then I've lost respect for McCain because he has sold his soul to the far right-wing since his 2000 lost. It's as if he has a "if you can't beat them, join them, mentality". His previous integrity has been replaced with a wishy-washy pandering to he far-right extremists that controlled G.W. Bush and have sent our country into the abyss.
I'm not sure if I'll ever vote Republican, but 2000 John McCain came close. John McCain 2008 is more of the same and picking Palin, a G.W Bush clone, made his appeal even worse.
I am a pro-life feminist, and I'm actually a member of feminists for life, just like Palin is. I would LOVE to see a woman in the white house, but Sarah Palin is not qualified. Period. It becomes more and more obvious with each interview. I am thankful that responsible journalist on the right are now speaking out about this. McCain made a terrible, unpatriotic decision, when he picked her as his running mate.
For what is worth I would love you to comment this:
- On their first major campaign meeting Joe Biden introduced Barack Obama as Barack America. Obama was not too late to make his own gaffe: Calling Biden the next President of the United States.
Question Fareed; Where were you?! And your colleges?
Since then there has been a lot of other gaffes from that duo, not the mention Bidens latest priceless jam: Confusing the presidency of Hoover and Roosevelt, while simultaneously stating that there was television in the 1920:s. Of what I understand Joe Biden has been a member of the senate since the early 1970:s Still he is capable of delivering gaffes on a scale far brighter than Pelin ??? right smack into Youtube, where he already is some-kind of a laughing stock. Check it out, if you don???t believe me!
So here comes question number 2 Fareed: Do you think Biden is capable to be vice-President? And what happens if Obama gets the full JFK treatment, all the way right to the cemetery. Remember, the guy is as hatred as he is loved, - being one of the most controversial presidential candidates. IS Joe Biden ready to be President? What do you think Fareed?
That's EXACTLY how this country should be voting, now that Palin's in the picture.
Who would you like to be left leading our country if the candidates were assasinated? It's clear: BIDEN!
I'm truly ASTONISHED that anyone would say Palin. She's an extremist, highly uninformed, and can't even think for herself. BE VERY, VERY SCARED!
Palin's answers weren't gaffes, they were reflective of her lack of knowledge. Simple as that. Next.
Karl, you're comparing simple, understandable slip-ups to an embarrassing lack of knowledge. Look on You Tube? That's your argument? Is that how you're making decisions on candidates?
Palin is an example of McCain's compulsive gambling problem. Read the NYTimes front page from this last Sunday (9/29). This is from another source:
Michael Scherer and Michael Weisskopf are very delicate in their phrasing, but they appear to be reporting that John McCain has a serious gambling problem:
In the past decade, he has played on Mississippi riverboats, on Indian land, in Caribbean craps pits and along the length of the Las Vegas Strip. Back in 2005 he joined a group of journalists at a magazine-industry conference in Puerto Rico, offering betting strategy on request. "Enjoying craps opens up a window on a central thread constant in John's life," says John Weaver, McCain's former chief strategist, who followed him to many a casino. "Taking a chance, playing against the odds." Aides say McCain tends to play for a few thousand dollars at a time and avoids taking markers, or loans, from the casinos, which he has helped regulate in Congress.
The McCains own eleven houses and spent over $200,000 on "household staff" in 2007 so I suppose he can afford tens of thousands of dollars in gambling losses every year. At the same time, you wouldn't want someone to enjoy "playing against the odds" with the country's public policy. The fact that McCain seems to think there's some kind of "betting strategy" that can turn craps into a winning game also raises some questions about his math.
Enter Your Comment BIZZARE and quite a load of B----. This is why the internet is so deserted of facts. People can just print anything. This is an obvious attempt by some deluded Dem to further slander a reputable candidate because they see their chances at winning the election being lost to common sense.
Please elaborate. What was incorrect in his post?
Your commentary is hysterical hyperpole. What you and your democRAT puppet masters should be asking yourselves is the following:
How is Hussein Obama qualified to be POTUS?
How is Hussein Obama qualified to be a US senator?
How is Hussein Obama qualified to be a state senator?
How is Hussein Obama qualifed to be a dog-catcher, for that matter?
Focus on the top of the demcoRat ticket, if you're intellectually honest enough to do so. Palin is decidedly more qualified for POTUS than Hussein Obama is for dog-catcher. In fact, I'll go one better...Joe Biden, the dumbest man in the senate, is more qualified for POTUS than Hussein Obama.
Landslide coming for McCain/Palin in less that 40 days.
So, this comment is your big discussion point against Obama? Name calling, childish behavior, angry, condescending....wait....Is this McCain????
Would you like to bet a little money on that, big mouth? Let's find a way to exchange e-mails and wager, say, a thousand bucks on it. That's not a great deal of money to me...is it to you, cracker?
Bigotry is not a word in the language of the Lord. John McCain is a Christian, he knows Obama is a Christian. The comment you have just made will never be understood by a Christian. I believe you should learn their language before speaking.
that's asinine. your entire post, everything you wrote and, by extension, everything you think. obviously you will hate obama no matter what. his considerable merits speak for themselves, to anyone willing to listen, and it is a typically american tragedy that hateful racists are afforded the same right to affect the future of their (once) great country as the hopeful masses who can see past their prejudices. oh, and you're delusional. good luck with that
Are you an Alaskan?
Sound like a dude who had been in the woods too long...I am beginning to see how Bush stole a second term....God help us all!
When are you people that make less than 100K going to stop voting Republican? What's it going to take?
They don't care about you except during election time, in fact, the really don't care about you then, just your vote.
Which one of these clowns is finally going to be your White Knight for Fetal Rights and mount a serious charge against Roe v. Wade? Ronnie didn't do it. George I didn't do it. Neither did George II. Maybe Johnny will finally do it? Doubtful; they really don't care.
There's been a Democratically controlled Congress for two years. Why haven't they come to take away your arsenal? Well, because that's a non-issue too; but the thought of it sure gets you riled up, doesn't it?
Why isn't there a Constiturional amendment to ban gay marriage? Because even Republicans know that it's up to the individual states to decide. But the possibility of such an amendment sure made you happy, didn't it?
They laugh about you at their country clubs. They have a favorite saying: "The world needs ditch-diggers too." And that's exactly where they need you-digging their ditches.
They need your tax revenue so they don't have to pay any taxes. Ask any CPA worth his or her salt and they'll tell you how to structure your investments so you have no tax burden.
They need you to cover their asses so they can assure that their idiot sons and daughters can do the same.
Get your head out of your collective a****s, stop watching Hannity, O'Reilly and listening to Rush. And please stop thinking about politics and government the same way you do a college football rivalry. Yours, mine and our children's well-being depend on it.
Jarhead wrote: "Palin is decidedly more qualified for POTUS than Hussein Obama is for dog-catcher."
Honey - get your head out of that jar! It's cutting off your air supply!
Biased reporting? This is an editorial you morons, of course it is biased.
Maybe if you actually read the news you would know that...
But, he quoted her comments....not biased if you are using her words without any changes...she did this to herself.
Perhaps you should apply the same standard to Obama. He's not ready to lead this country and you know it.
Obama is more than ready to run this country and it shows more and more everyday!
OBAMA / BIDEN 08 & 12
And more and more and more and more and more and more...
........Now, Palin would make a fine beauty contest judge. And John McCain would make a fine used car salesman.
Obama~Biden '08/'12
Obama is ready to lead, and I know it.
All of the polls show that independents thought that Obama clearly won the debate. If he was a bubble-brained as Palin has proven to be, he would have been laughed off the stage last Friday.
This sort of name calling, biased, reporting is exactly why we do not subscribe to Newseek. What sort of snobby intellect does it take to run the country?
How can it be "biased" if the quotes were directly from Palin's mouth? They speak for themselves.
We are essentially "hiring" this woman to be a very likely heartbeat away from the Presidency of our country. I personally want to hire an intelligent person who has at least some clue of national and international issues. This isn't snobbery, it's just plain smart.
Is there any level of stupidity that would convince you she is unqualified?
I think the kind of snobbery that allows you to put a coherent sentence together.
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
perhaps her fumbling is intentional so that she is guaranteed to overdeliver in a debate? this is the gwb model. if she was just a pretty face, mccain could have just picked anyone from http://www.womenwholooklikesarahpalin.com LOL!
Oh boy, is that wishful thinking or what? No, I don't think you can fake that much inexperience. Can you see her resume? "Ability to act completely inept and unprepared to lead."
McCain is trying to clean up her comment about Pakistan, when she agreed with Obama about crossing over the border without permission if necessary. McCain said we can not take in consideration something she said when someone just places a mic in her face at random. Well I beg to differ because this is not the first time she has said that, it was either with Gibson or Fox, but I think it was Gibson. All I know is she said it before, could someone please check this out and let us know which it was?
the country and its health is more important than winning an election " at all costs".
Mccain lost my vote.
Steve
Ca
Enter Your CommentHe never had your vote.
He certainly lost someone's vote as his poll numbers are continuing to decline, accelerated by his contemptuous performance in the debate.
What a refreshing observation by Mr. Zakaria. None of this is based on anything but facts taken directly from the script of her remarks. Poor Ms. Palin is not ready in any way, shape, or form and the fault lies with John McCain who put her in this terrible position! His decision making, as again observed with his feeble and failed attempts to bypass the VP debates last week, is truly lacking!
The woman has had three weeks that she has delt with national issues. I doubt that she's the best for the job, and she's just as bad off the teleprompter as Obama is, but she is far from horrible. McCain should have made a better choice, but then again... we are electing a president, not a vice president. When it comes down to it, it's McCain versus Obama.
Obama isn't "bad off of the teleprompter". He won the debate according to the polls of independents and undecideds. Next time you hear Obama claiming Chicago's proximity to Canada gives him foreign-policy experience, you can get back to us.
What if the old aged McCain gives up the gost after being elected? Can Palin be the president and govern this nation? People should think properly and stop just bein partisan. Our decisions should be in the interest of the nation and not of any political party.
Good qualifications are easily defined: someone who knows the intricacies of the problems they may face, not someone who spurts platitudes. Her experience is not the issue; it is how slowly she is adapting to the new demands placed upon her. She has shown in her latest interview that not even several weeks is enough to bring her up to speed on domestic issues, let alone foreign issues. Some may argue that the few weeks she's been given aren't enough time to be prepared; are we forgetting she could very well be president? We must have exceedingly high expectations of our elected officials! If she can't do better against Biden, she's going to drag McCain's campaign down with her.
the greatest problem with palin is that she talks nonsense with confident. i don't think she can be a vp. that tells you how poor mccain's judgement is. it is a scarery thing to think that palin can be a vp in any country, not to talk of america.
i lack word t decribe her. i didn't someone with a degree can be that dull. she talk like someone who had never been to high school.
this is not about a party, it 's about a country, she actually needs to go back to alaska and talk care of her children. no wonder she'sso comfortable with a husband who had never been in college.
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she is not even fix to be a governor.
You really shouldn't criticize how ANYONE talks. I could barely decipher what you were trying to say.
He's not running for the highest office in the land, or even that person's sidekick.
I guess modern journalism is completely devoid of impartiality now. I mean maybe she is a good candidate or not is one thing...but this writer attempts to envision her as a ticking timebomb. Please grow up. this type of extremism and childishness is the root cause of many of our current problems.
I think a "ticking time bomb" is being KIND! Palin is a loony tune, and shame on any of your for sticking up for her. I guess YOU ALL want us to be a laughing stock, too, not to mention Palin's pro-DEATH platform to kill animals, kill women's rights, kill the environment, and kill endangered species.
Even with all this sexism and the msm trying thier best to take Palin out and attack her family, this race is still too close to call. The dems are freaking out! The dems can't get over the fact that Palin is more prepared than Obama to be President if needed. Now will the msm cover Obama gardens in Chicago? Will "CHANGE" be in the form of good ol Chicago style politics or Soviet style communism? Obama promises whatever he thinks will get him elected then breaks his promises (i.e. " I will work tirelessly to raise the 1.1 million to finish this park", " I will take public financing for this election", " thats not the reverend Wright I knew", " thats not the Bill Ayers I knew", "Thats not the Tony Rezko I knew". Sounds like the typical politician, but maybe I'll just vote present.
You stop being partisan and simply reason for the best of this nation. You cannot compare Palin to Obama in any way. Ant ist just clear even to a todler that palin cannot lead this country in any way should the unexpected happen.
Just for the record I am an Independent and not thrilled with any of the candidates. But I have never seen the msm in the tank for a candidate like they are for Obama.
Hardly. The press follows the facts and trends. Right now, they are favoring Obama.
"unexpected happen" is more like "likely will happen." McCain looked like death warmed over with an ax to grind during the debate. He cannot handle stress and I am surprised he is still around. He is an angry disgusting politician who uses every form of deceit that only a blinded fool could believe.
My point exactly. What has Obama done? Break a few promises?
See my posting towards the top now of the heap of postings. You are way off in your assesment.
And Sarah Palin was picked because she's a woman and womens votes are more important than anything right now. Also, I'm an independent and I don't believe for a second the Dems are really afraid. Giving McCain and Palin enough rope, they will hang themselves and Dems won't have toi do a thing.
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