On Friday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen reacted to a recent interview Sarah Palin gave to film maker John Ziegler for his new documentary about media bias in the 2008 election: "Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is lashing out at the media. She says she was treated unfairly on the campaign trail, and as part of a documentary called ‘Media Malpractice.’"
After airing a brief report on the documentary, in which correspondent Thalia Assuras focused on Palin’s criticism of CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, Chen spoke to political analysts Bay Buchanan and Joe Lockhart. Near the end of the segment, Chen asked Buchanan: "After she did part one of her interview with Katie Couric, she said in this documentary she knew it did not go well. I mean, whose fault is that?"
Buchanan replied: "Oh, there -- and I think it was her fault. But number one, she should never have been on with Katie Couric...A good campaign manager, a good media person, starts them in easy, puts them in with friendly people, gets them to get a little used to that." Chen vigorously defended Couric and attacked Palin: "If she can't -- wait, but if she can't hold her own against a TV journalist, how should the American people expect her to hold her own against world leaders, or terrorists, or anyone else who might have an impact on the lives of Americans?"
Buchanan then explained: "She's [Palin] a very competent person...and she was put up against somebody who's a very unfriendly, angry kind of a person, who you knew was going to attack her." Chen interrupted: "I have to disagree with you there." Buchanan continued: "And in addition to that, in addition to that, you only do 15 or 20-minute interviews. You don't do long, lengthy, two, three-day interviews. That was absurd-" Chen interjected: "Why not? We've got to get to know her."
In contrast to Chen’s scrutiny of Palin, following a December 18 report on people questioning Caroline Kennedy’s qualifications for the New York Senate seat, Chen declared: "This is so unfair. I mean, look, the system is set up the way it's set up and Governor Paterson decides and that’s it. Leave her alone, everyone."
Earlier in the Friday segment, Joe Lockhart, a former Bill Clinton advisor, also went after Palin: "These interviews she did, it wasn't just the interview with Katie, she just didn't do a good job. She didn't seem prepared. She didn't seem prepared on the substance. And blaming the media, blaming the bloggers, blaming Katie Couric, blaming her staff, all of those things she did. One thing she didn't do was say that ‘maybe I didn't do as well as I could have.’"
Here is the full transcript of the Friday segment:
7:00AM TEASE:
JULIE CHEN: And Palin fights back. The Alaska Governor says she and her family have been savaged by the media.
SARAH PALIN: Come attack me, but when you make a suggestion like that, that certainly attacks a kid, that kills me.
CHEN: We'll tell you what else she had to say.
7:12AM TEASE:
CHEN: Up next, Sarah Palin fights back, saying the media treated her unfairly.
7:15AM SEGMENT:
JULIE CHEN: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is lashing out at the media. She says she was treated unfairly on the campaign trail, and as part of a documentary called 'Media Malpractice.' CBS News correspondent Thalia Assuras reports.
THALIA ASSURAS: In the excerpts, Sarah Palin takes the media to task, starting with the coverage of her family, including her pregnant teenage daughter.
TINA FEY [AS SARAH PALIN]: I believe marriage is meant to be a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers.
SARAH PALIN: Cool, fine, come attack me, but when you make a suggestion like that, that certainly attacks a kid, that kills me.
ASSURAS: There's also her reaction to the interview by CBS's Katie Couric.
PALIN: Oh, I knew it didn't go well.
ASSURAS: Governor Palin blames her campaign staff and the editing. As for that infamous question about what she reads-
KATIE COURIC [ON LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN]: Nobody's really asked her, why didn't you answer that question?
PALIN: Because Katie, you're not the center of everybody's universe. To me the question was more along the lines of do you read? What do you guys do up there?
ASSURAS: Documentary maker John Ziegler explains his goal.
JOHN ZIEGLER: My goal in interviewing Sarah Palin, and my goal for this entire documentary, is to set the historical record straight. I think that an injustice was done.
ASSURAS: But would Palin enter the national political fray again?
PALIN: Sometimes when I open up the paper in the morning and I see something that I know has to be corrected and yet disappointedly realize they're not going to correct it anyway, so what's the use? That's a good question. I would -- I would do it again, though.
ASSURAS: To be continued. Thalia Assuras, CBS News, Washington.
CHEN: Joining us now are political analysts, Bay Buchanan and Joe Lockhart. Good morning to you both.
JOE LOCKHART: Morning.
BAY BUCHANAN: Hi there, Julie.
CHEN: Bay, let me begin with you. How do you think Sarah Palin came across in this interview?
BAY BUCHANAN: I think she came across as very authentic and genuine, but we knew that about her. But I think in addition to that, she was extremely articulate, very fluid, no bitterness. I think she was reflective and thoughtful, laid out what she believed happened. But I saw no bitterness in her, which made me very happy. I can't stand it when you start analyzing things and you think you're a victim. And I don't think she portrays herself as that, she thinks unfair treatment, but not a victimhood.
CHEN: Okay. Joe, how about you?
JOE LOCKHART: I got to disagree on that, I think she did portray herself as a victim. The one thing she didn't do, which, beyond the authenticity, would have helped her a lot, was take some responsibility. These interviews she did, it wasn't just the interview with Katie, she just didn't do a good job. She didn't seem prepared. She didn't seem prepared on the substance. And blaming the media, blaming the bloggers, blaming Katie Couric, blaming her staff, all of those things she did. One thing she didn't do was say that 'maybe I didn't do as well as I could have.'
CHEN: Bay what's your-
BUCHANAN: You know, she-
CHEN: Yeah, go ahead.
BUCHANAN: Joe, I think on the one issue, certainly the question from Katie Couric about the reading, she took responsibility. She said she thought it was a belittling kind of a question, and that's -- she explained why she didn't answer it, but she admitted that 'I should have answered it. I did poorly. That wasn't a wise decision on my part.' So I thought she did take some responsibility. And where she blames the media, I think, in a kind of a way that she really holds them responsible, is not when they attack on her, but they attack on her family or children. And I think all parents would be sympathetic to that. I think the media really was way off base, and somebody should have called them on it.
CHEN: Joe, you want to respond to that?
LOCKAHART: Well, I think the most compelling part of the interview was the beginning when she talked about how her family was treated unfairly and she went after bloggers, very rightfully so, and they should be criticized because it was outrageous, some of the things that was done on the internet about her family. But beyond that, you know, I don't think she took responsibility, and she was pointing the finger of blame. You know, she took issue with something on Saturday Night Live, and that goes to maybe she just doesn't understand the game as well as she should. When you go on a program like that with a big audience, you're going on for a reason, to try to get people to like you and to vote for you. And you know they're going to poke fun at you, and they know that you have a very good sense of what's, you know, on the line and over the line. I do think the best part about her interview, and where she was the most effective, is when she talked about how things in her family are off limits, and the people who were repeating rumors were wrong, and they were wrong.
CHEN: Bay, let me ask you this.
BUCHANAN: Go ahead.
CHEN: After she did part one of her interview with Katie Couric, she said in this documentary she knew it did not go well. I mean, whose fault is that?
BUCHANAN: Oh, there -- and I think it was her fault. But number one, she should never have been on with Katie Couric-
CHEN: Why not?
BUCHANAN: -under any circumstances. Because you don't-
CHEN: If she can't -- wait, but if she can't hold her own against a TV journalist, how should the American people expect her to hold her own against world leaders, or terrorists, or anyone else who might have an impact on the lives of Americans?
BUCHANAN: Julie, Julie, Julie, she was -- what was she? Two weeks out from going from Alaska to the national scene, she was new on the national scene. A good campaign manager, a good media person, starts them in easy, puts them in with friendly people, gets them to get a little used to that. She's a very competent person-
CHEN: So it sounds like-
BUCHANAN: -and she was put up against somebody who's a very unfriendly, angry kind of a person, who you knew was going to attack her-
CHEN: I have to disagree with you there-
BUCHANAN: And in addition to that, in addition to that, you only do 15 or 20-minute interviews. You don't do long, lengthy, two, three-day interviews. That was absurd-
CHEN: Why not? We've got to get to know her.
BUCHANAN: Because -- because it's really stupid politics. Because you want to make certain that the only thing you give the media is that which you want them to use. Your message, your point.
CHEN: We got to go.
BUCHANAN: And you can so that in 10 to 15 minutes. You don't need two days to do that.
CHEN: The machine is going to take us, Bay Buchanan, Joe Lockhart, thank you both.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Journalists can dish out abuse but can't take it
January 9, 2009 - 12:47 ET by Mary Louise TurnerFor years, I've said of the MSM (and liberals in general) that they can dish out all the abuse they want, but they can't take it! Any sort of criticism, however mild, sends the media into apoplexy. Julie Chen's response to Mrs. Palin's criticisms of the media is so typical of thin-skinned MSM members. Is there an unwritten rule, "Thou shalt not attack journalists"?
I always believe that the
January 9, 2009 - 14:52 ET by SmartypantsI always believe that the mind of a liberal is largely kind of childish in the first place, based on pie in the sky nonsense that is never going to come to be in the real world. They deny reality, deny history and deny logic on a regular basis. Given this, I think the inability to take criticism is just part of an overall immature nature. Beyond that, the msm is hugely arrogant in general; they're not going to accept criticism, particularly when it comes from the right.
Buchanan's right
January 9, 2009 - 12:49 ET by KC MulvilleYou only give the media what you want them to use. That's brilliant - concise, accurate, strategic.
This is the law of unintended consequences. The media's zealous prosecution of public officials makes the officials respond with silence. The harassment of Sara Palin is just a warning to other politicians: don't answer the media, because they'll use it against you, so keep your mouth shut. It's like the first thing the defense lawyer tells a client - you have a right to keep silent, and you should use it. Keep your mouth shut.
Remember the scene in the movie Bull Durham where Kevin Costner teaches Tim Robbins to answer the press with cliches? Robbins says that would be boring, and Costner answers, "That's the point." Good advice.
It's an art the Republican
January 9, 2009 - 13:26 ET by ForeverOnTheRightIt's an art the Republican politican needs to perfect. The art of telling the MSM enough and what you want them to use and keeping your mouth shut. The end result is they don't start making up stories based on slim to non-existant facts, and they end up telling the public what you want them to hear.
A good friend of mine used
January 9, 2009 - 14:08 ET by dvdaughtryA good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
Liberal scumbag media pukes
January 9, 2009 - 12:53 ET by mattmLiberal scumbag media pukes denying liberal media bias is like OJ claiming he's innocent.
WARNING!!!
January 9, 2009 - 15:39 ET by texasborngrannyOh, my, that one really should have come with a spew warning.
I'll be all day cleaning my screen and keyboard.
That´s a bad example
January 12, 2009 - 09:12 ET by deosilTHAT was a race issue, not a political one by ANY means.
Liberals didn´t say OJ was innocent. It wasnt in the politic arena AT ALL. Most OJ´s dreamteam lawyers were conservatives. THAT was a MONEY issue, OJ HAD IT!
Soiled the chihuahua
January 12, 2009 - 12:37 ET by choselife3xSoiled the chihuahua continues his caps fixation.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Crybabies
January 9, 2009 - 13:02 ET by charlietexasHow long did it take Obama to go on Foxnews??? Obama stammered and studdered the whole time with Wallace and OReilly. The man cant get a sentence out of his mouth without a "aaaahhhh" or a "butbutbutbut". He sounds worse then Bush. But Obama can do no wrong.
AND.....I love all these so called "feminist" beating up on Palin. Chen is a typical liberal woman. Can dish it out but cant take it, crybaby!!
MOM
Palin said she was feminst before she said she wasn´t...all thes
January 12, 2009 - 09:16 ET by deosil...and the feminist Palin beating up on 3 women in the 9 minute BWAHHHHHHHH fest. Couric, Fey and Kennedy.
Palin stole Madeleine Albright´s line and SAID, there is aplace a hell for women who do not support other women...then she goes to hobble 3 women...INSIDE OF 9 MINUTES!
"If she can't -- wait, but
January 9, 2009 - 13:04 ET by kg"If she can't -- wait, but if she can't hold her own against a
TV journalist, how should the American people expect her to hold her
own against world leaders, or terrorists, or anyone else who might have
an impact on the lives of Americans?"
I do believe that it is Obama who cannot hold his own against tough questions. That is why he whined and lambasted reporters who asked those types of questions and refused tough interviews.The above statement holds true in light of Obama's silence on the problems in Gaza. The "there is only one president at a time" statement is a lame excuse. He went to Europe this last summer and pretended to be President. He acted like he was President when he tried to make a deal with Iraq about postponing ending the war till after the elections. He even refered to himself as President a few times while campaigning. He had his own Presidential seal, logo, anthem etc. None of this was ever questioned by reporters who instead fault Palin for everything she does and not do.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
And don't forget about the
January 9, 2009 - 13:42 ET by TheBigBAnd don't forget about the reporters who were kicked off Obama's campaign plane after their host papers endorsed McCain.
Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.
Couldn't hold her own against journalists...
January 9, 2009 - 13:09 ET by SickofLibs... so how could she hold her own against terrorists?
That would be all those terrorists with the trick questions, gotchas and predatory interview techniques?
The Early Show, with Chen and her comrade Harriet "The Tap Dancing Termite" Smith, is BY FAR the most reprehensible morning show on. They just never give it a rest. It's fast approaching Countdown in my book.
SoL
January 9, 2009 - 13:15 ET by SeashellIt's fast approaching Countdown in my book.
That sums it up perfectly I think. This show is becoming a disreputable joke just like Countdown.
SS: yeah, like Countdown but
January 9, 2009 - 13:23 ET by SickofLibsSS: yeah, like Countdown but with a much more colorful Nickelodeon-style set and a cool zebra rug!
wait Julie
January 9, 2009 - 13:11 ET by candanceIf Obama is afraid of Fox News then how can handle a confrontation with Russia?
I'm a typical white person.
Excellent point Can. I
January 9, 2009 - 13:29 ET by SeashellExcellent point Can. I sure wish someone would ask Ms. Chen that!
sorry for typing broken hand. one finger gets confused LOL
January 9, 2009 - 13:23 ET by rick007Don't these people that work for the MSM realise that they are nothing but jokes?
I listen to Rush, Hannity and Schnitt only for the noise.
I am a free thinker and don't need these people and the MSM to tell me what I should believe and think.
What I realy think is they should all be on the unemployment line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Palin in 2012
How typical
January 9, 2009 - 13:23 ET by BlondeJOE LOCKHART: I got to disagree on that, I think she did portray herself as a victim.
I think Anne Coulter has a best-seller on her hands...that one sentence sums up the whole premise of her newest book (which just arrived from Amazon yesterday).
Palin absolutely didn't portray herself as a victim, but typically liberal response is the frame her "attack" on the media as victimhood.
As for Julie Chen....she's no journalist, she's the gold-digging hostess of Big Brother or some other stupid reality series. Dumber than a box of rocks.
she's the gold-digging hostess of Big Brother...
January 9, 2009 - 13:26 ET by SickofLibs... and just coincidentally, married to the CEO of CBS.
Exactly, SoL
January 9, 2009 - 13:30 ET by BlondeI was going for subtle, one of my NY resolutions was to try not to be so ***tchy.
Guess I may have to rethink that.
blonde-
January 9, 2009 - 13:37 ET by SickofLibsCall me crazy, but I prefer ***tchy, at least here on NB!
Blonde we need ya
January 9, 2009 - 14:03 ET by Scuba DudeBlonde we need ya ***tchy!!!!
Especially to all the liberal pukes out there that contaminate this here website.
GO GATORS!!!!!
Okay!!!
January 9, 2009 - 14:09 ET by BlondeWe have a consensus.
***chy it is!
Welcome back!
January 9, 2009 - 14:35 ET by SickofLibsWelcome back!
Julie Chen
January 9, 2009 - 14:44 ET by HoosierEmJulie Chen is not smart enough to be ***chy. She's married to Les Moonves and she is the host of that very serious and hard-hitting TV show, Big Brother.
Without the benefit of her marriage, the line she would be speaking most to the public would be "Would you like fries with that?"
Julie Who?
January 9, 2009 - 13:27 ET by awffp1890Isn't she the same serious journalist who hosts that ridiculous "reality" show Big Brother? Julie, you as the mainstream media dished it out, now sit back and take it.
"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity. But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning
Liberal jealousy
January 9, 2009 - 13:28 ET by Ten7sLiberals are just jealous, especially the lib women. They've sold their souls to become part of the "elite" clique and are still unhappy. And along comes a conservative woman who has it all. She successful and smart. She's much prettier than them, without their nasty plastic surgery. She has a good husband; they can't even find a real man among libs and couldn't hold on to him if they did. She has a lot of beautiful children; tick-tock, tick-tock... And to top it off she's a Christian, liberals are eternally envious of this, as all mankind percieves the eternal even if they don't embrace it.
Polly want a cracker
January 12, 2009 - 09:20 ET by deosilOne of you should look up the word ELITE. It´s bandied about incorrectly. The word means THE BEST. period.
Don't be such an elitist.
January 12, 2009 - 10:10 ET by KarmaDon't be such an elitist. You know exactly what Ten7s meant. I'll help you this time, but please do your own homework in the future.
No representation, without taxation!
chen
January 9, 2009 - 13:38 ET by east tennessee johnIs this bitch for real? When did Sgt. Schultz ever answer any questions about his immersion in black liberation theology; Resko; Ayers; Blago and his history in the cesspoll known as Illinois politics; the "success" of the Anneberg poject; his lack of a paper trail form undergraduate school through law schol; the impact on him from "uncle" Frank? Better yet when did the MSM ever ask him , in detail, about any of these topics? Get ready for 4 years of "plausiable deniabilty" or "this wasn't (fill in the blank) I knew". Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil, unless a conservative is involved. She was serious, wasn't she?
It absolutey infuriates the talking heads...
January 9, 2009 - 13:38 ET by krendlerwhen you turn the tables and make THEM the subject of scrutiny.
We saw John Roberts get all offended and angry the other week when Joe the Plumber brought up media bias (w/ poor John responding with something along the lines of "Wait a second. We're not moving on. How dare you! I don't even know you!").
And nothing infuriated the media a-holes more than Sarah Palin's line "I'm not going to Washington to seek your good approval..." and the convention crowd went nuts.
They want it all to be a one way street: Answer my accusations about you, bad Republican.
I really wish more conservatives during these interviews would treat the interview as if it were a DEBATE WITH A DEMOCRAT OPERATIVE rather than an interrogation. Because for all intents and purposes, that's what it is.
Giuliani does EXACTLY this - effortlessly.
Fred Thompson does it well, too. He knows the game.
As does Palin, which is one reason why she's so despised by the media.
And whenever the media idiot tries the "oh, I'm just an objective journalist. You're a paranoid Republican" or tries to laugh it off, throw the poll numbers in their face showing that the vast majority of Americans believe them to be biased towards Dems, along with the studies showing the same (including $ contributed to Dem candidates).
Someone should do a youtube video contrasting the interviews Couric did with Biden (where there was much grinning and giggling - with the two practically playing footsie) and the one w/ Palin, where Couric's utter contempt for Palin was palpable from start to finish. Same for say, John McCain on The View versus Obama on The View.
"I really wish more
January 9, 2009 - 14:09 ET by Scuba Dude"I really wish more conservatives during these interviews would treat the interview as if it were a DEBATE WITH A DEMOCRAT OPERATIVE rather than an interrogation. Because for all intents and purposes, that's what it is."
EXACTLY!!!!!
This is what I have been saying since the first interview Gov Palin had with that toad on ABC. krendler you put it the way I have been trying to say but could not put the words together to convey it. Thank You!!!!
Did Obama hold his own
January 9, 2009 - 13:49 ET by DRM 23Did Obama hold his own against Joe the plumber? I don't think so, but the media made sure they went out and protected him. SHUT UP CHEN!!!!
Meanwhile, as Palin fights back....
January 9, 2009 - 13:51 ET by Prester John...Rush reported today (via one of his operatives who attended) that at the GOP Senate Retreat (how fitting that word is) the senators were advised to not be too critical of BHO, and that they had to try to protect the northeastern Republicans (outside of Snowe and Collins does such an animal exist?).
Just when they should be putting up a fight on behalf of the 46% who didn't drink the BHO Kool-Aid they're told to shut up and sit down.
Way to stand up for principles guys!!
Way to fire up the base for 2010!!
BRILLIANT!!
...and they wonder why they
January 9, 2009 - 14:00 ET by mattm...and they wonder why they lose.
Comrade Chen and Harry the Hack
January 9, 2009 - 14:13 ET by AgentAmericanAre perverts. Sadistic pleasure.
2010: A GOP Hill
Why shouldn't she criticize the media???
January 9, 2009 - 14:39 ET by Roscoe MendagoEverything anyone knows about Sahah Palin is what the media tells them, be it true or false. Would Palin be critical of the truth if it was presented along with the facts, but it seems that literally everything said is proven to be false.
Palin is told she isn't qualified to be VP or POTUS, but the "Messiah" is beyond qualified. How so, can a total fraud, someone who hasn't held an executive position in his flipp'n life somehow be said to be good-to-go, how is that possible? Was it his haltingly, unique, let-me-dazzle-you speech delivering? Wow, now that's a qualification.
The election results are not possible without the corrupt cooperation of the MSM. Why didn't the MSM point out Obama's lack of history, experience, or associations? There was no follow-up on anything that might be considered negative. Why didn't the Rev. Wright even peak their curiosity?
Barack Obama will be proven to be an empty suited fraud with no original, real-world, common sense ideas or policies. I'll give him less than a year to prove me correct.
Sarah Palin is qualified!!!!
In fairness, Julie Chen
January 9, 2009 - 14:59 ET by fitzfongIn fairness, Julie Chen would know how to conduct a firm-but-fair interview with the Vice Presidential nominee. After all, she's been conducting those hard-hitting one-on-ones with game show castoffs who spend weeks complaining to a camera in a "confession room".
And, of course, she's in the perfect position to lecture others about the qualifications of nepotistic hires...after all, if she wasn't sleeping with the boss, what else would she be doing?
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
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Couric Interview
January 9, 2009 - 16:06 ET by deerjerkydaveCouric: "Do you ever disagree with the Supreme Court?"
Palin: "Yes"
Courci: "Name five cases which you disagreed with."
Palin: "I'm not sure I can come up with that many."
Couric: "GOTCHA!"
Couric: "Moving on. Do you read?"
Palin: "Sure, books, newspapers."
Couric: "No, I mean do you know how to read?"
Palin: "Uh..."
Couric: "Can you even name 10 liberal newspapers?"
Palin: "I'd rather not..."
Couric: "GOTCHA!"
Truth be told, the McCain campaign was a sorry one. They mishandled their campgain and especially Sarah Palin. They had no money. The liberal media turned on McCain as I predicted. I saw it coming a year ago which is why I voted for Romney and not McCain. My hands are clean of this election disaster.
Truth be told, the McCai
January 9, 2009 - 23:42 ET by BDTruth be told, the McCain campaign was a sorry one. They mishandled their campgain and especially Sarah Palin.
You don´t need to lie for Sarah, she can do it!
January 11, 2009 - 14:24 ET by deosilPalin was asked to Name ONE supreme case , not 5...ONE. She was aked about one other then Roe v. Wade. That was the extent of it.
Biden answered the very same question with verve, in his interview with her.
Granted my 17 year old daughter IS exceptional but she was able to answer! By the way, my daughter WILL be graduating from high school.
...and Ms. Couric did not ask Palin to name a number of LIBERAL newspapers (and IF she was, WELL, I could do it...but she wasn´t asked that, you spin like Sarah does, because you want DESPERATELY to believe her.). Couric asked WHICH publications DO YOU READ? Palin answered ALL OF EM´ and then Palin´s eyes just GLAZED OVER. Presidential material, stop making excuses for her,. She may be a wonderful person, but that does not make her PRESIDENTIAL. She is clearly, CLEARLY out of her depth. Does Palin think that no one will ask her a tough question as the president of the united states, DO YOU? As bad as Bush WAS, he was better then she could ever be AND SHE EMBODIES ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH GEORGE W. BUSH, and that is much.
Scratching fleas was bad enough
January 11, 2009 - 14:32 ET by choselife3xBut no, deosil felt compelled to lick his crotch too. Next he'll be humping his Obama doll and baying at the moon.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Sure attack me personally...
January 11, 2009 - 15:18 ET by deosil...because YOU CANNOT dispute the facts.
She was asked to tell us about a supreme court decision that she AS A POLITICIAN found important. She could not. Nor did she give us picture of who she was through what she reads. ALL OF ÉM, was palin´s answer...meaning I can be anything you want me to be, depending on who I am talking to at the moment..yeah, ALL OF ËM. Oh thank you, Sarah, I am getting a really clear picture of you NOW.
what about her other famous answer...UH, UH, I´LL GET BACK TO YA ON THAT ONE...
There there, liddle feller
January 11, 2009 - 15:24 ET by choselife3xDontcha go whinin now. Yer puny liddle rages are infinitely more amusin'.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
→ Like we care
January 11, 2009 - 15:29 ET by Cool ArrowSoiled, why are you hanging out here when you could be worshipping at the Goldenbreasted Chiselpeccer site?
You could be over there defending his "Muslim Faith", His "57 States".
I know it bothers you (because you're a Democrat) that the guy you voted for isn't ready to turn tail and run from Iraq, and that he's not going to immediately demand the Freedom of Infanticide Act he promised you.
He isn't even going to listen to your high-pitched wails when he refuses to appoint prosecutors to go after Bush and Cheney.
You see, soiled, unlike you, he's maybe seeing the world more as it is.
Pore feller
January 11, 2009 - 15:45 ET by choselife3xOur new friend appears to have succumbed to the ill effects of his distemper. Let us bow our heads while the street sweeper disposes of the remains.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
→ soiled is a retread
January 11, 2009 - 15:53 ET by Cool ArrowI don't recall seeing soiled around here before, but his bio says 1yr 44mos.
Maybe Leon's back.
Cool
January 11, 2009 - 16:10 ET by choselife3xI tracked the little bugger. This was his first comment, under this nom de plume anyway. First time out the chute and he falls on his face. What a shame.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
So what papers, mags & periodicals do you personally read?
January 12, 2009 - 09:24 ET by deosilPalin (making an effort to search her brain)- UH, ALL of ém.......
Palin- Yeah, anything you put in front of me, I´ll read it......
GLAZED LOOK FALLS OVER Palin´s face.
Palin criticizing media
January 9, 2009 - 23:35 ET by charlietexasGee, how many left politicians would'nt go on Fox News? Maybe they didn't want to look bad?
I would like to see Julie
January 9, 2009 - 23:59 ET by TN MomI would like to see Julie Chen (and other MSM 'reporters') in the same hotseat they place Palin and see how long they would last.
...and no soft questions like they gave obama!
Queen of DENIAL
January 11, 2009 - 14:08 ET by deosilPalin IS whining
and complaining for 9 minutes about the media , but just EVERYONE is to blame but her, wow, that didnt come off too well. In the blame game she took 3 women down!
Couric for asking Sarah WHAT DO YOU READ?, Fey, when actually Palin was
ON THAT SHOW WITH FEY. So that´s a contradiction, right there. Also it
was kind of divisive for Palin to say Kennedy got a better shake from
the press because of CLASS. The press are comparing Kennedy TO Palin,
so it´s not like Kenendy is getting an easy time. Nothing Palin said in
that 9 minute BWAHHHH fest was even TRUE.
I see it as a personality problem. Palin falls into the same traps
constantly. She cannot resist a chance to complain, to deflect
responsibility by making excuses. When she is preaching to choir the BS
knows NO BOUNDS, She needs to be BIGGER in other ways, not just her
hair,
I think Coulter is right, Palin needs to bone up and wise up….and 4
years is not enough time for this kind of growth.
Deosil
January 11, 2009 - 14:18 ET by choselife3xGo scratch fleas somewhere else. People are talking here.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Another Palin hater
January 11, 2009 - 14:25 ET by cocodrieNow Pop will have company.
Hello chose
January 11, 2009 - 14:32 ET by cocodrieExplain something to me.
Sarah Palin is one of the few women in public service that has natural hair. All the rest are so done up by beauty saloons that I don't consider what they have as real hair.
Why all this hatred of Sarah's hair? I think her hair is one of her best assets.
Am I old fashioned or am I that much out of touch.
Right on the money
January 11, 2009 - 14:36 ET by choselife3xShe has more assets than all of them lumped together. Drives the poor b@stards bonkers.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
you don´t recognize what HATE is---don´t hate her or the hair
January 11, 2009 - 14:43 ET by deosilI happen to think Palin´s hair is lovely. It´s just BIG, I said BIG. I mean she has alot it. That´s certainly not a bad thing. She is all form and no substance.Nice hair, though.
I do think she should get those expensibve stylist back in though. She is trying to replicate the LOOK in the 9 minute video and she kind of looks like a giant DREAMCICLE POP, that´s not good.
about hating hyer hair, I don´t and don´t HATE her. I am just aghast, she is just OUT OF HER LEAGUE. A president she is not, and 4 years isn´t going to do it. In MY humble opinion.
JWF your services are requested
January 11, 2009 - 14:48 ET by choselife3xLookit 'im foam at the mouth and twitch. Pore deyvil. Ah fear the end is near.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Nancy deosil
January 11, 2009 - 15:23 ET by cocodrieThen why do you criticise her for it?
Want a bet my gender will be attacked now....as it was
January 12, 2009 - 09:28 ET by deosilwhen you ASS-umed I was male.
I didn´t criticize her for that at all. I used the word BIG, not LOUSY. It is a description, not a criticism. It´s a adjective that can go alot of ways, and I meant it as ...BIG.
...and FYY, that is DONNA deosil, not NANCY.
Wrong again asshumor deosil
January 12, 2009 - 09:48 ET by cocodrieYour line of insults led me to believe you were inbetween genders.
Well, cocodrie
January 11, 2009 - 14:51 ET by BlondeWe had a (long-gone) troll here who used to call Sarah Palin "Dick Cheney in a beehive"....which I thought was quite a compliment.
The libs just like to get their knickers in a twist....matters not the reason why, anyone who doesn't toe their abortion, tax, nanny-state line gets reviled.
Just another day.
Who you gonna believe Sarah or your own LYING EYES??
January 11, 2009 - 15:07 ET by deosilWell, I am not a liberal, HOWEVER if you consider being compared to Dick Cheney is a complimnet then YES we have a difference opinion here.
Speaking of Dick Cheney. I rememeber the very first thing I read about Palin. She WAS compared to Cheney. A person said Palin, like Cheney, will look you in eye without fliching and tell you that white is black. It is her gift. She can con.
Well, it´s too bad...it´s like group hypnotism here. Differences not accepted. You perceive that I am MAD, or Hate someone or I am riled up....I can calmly tell you you´ve been had by a pretty face with YES LOVELY LOVELY hair, Ha! ha!
Thank you Nancy Deosil
January 11, 2009 - 15:12 ET by cocodrieThank you Nancy Deosil for that bit of hatred
I know most people think
January 11, 2009 - 15:12 ET by choselife3xI know most people think they're hidjus, but I think chihuahuas are cuute when they shiver like that.
Oops! He just peed hisself, somebody let him out.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
→ soiled
January 11, 2009 - 15:14 ET by Cool ArrowWhat are you yammering on about?
I don't care who y'are, that's funny
January 11, 2009 - 15:17 ET by choselife3xIn order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
If you hate Dick Cheney
January 11, 2009 - 15:21 ET by BlondeYou're not a conservative.
Whine on....it's kinda cute, and my fellow posters are having alot of fun at your expense.
Well, I am not a liberal,
January 11, 2009 - 15:32 ET by fitzfongWell, I am not a liberal, HOWEVER if you consider being compared to Dick Cheney is a complimnet then YES we have a difference opinion here.
Well, right now it's a little early to tell what you are. My first impression is that you're little more than a self-important windbag starving for attention. So far, you've produced nothing of substance, just a couple of predictable pejorative attacks...and an empty claim that you're not a liberal. Yeah, your word is gold, son.
Speaking of Dick Cheney. I rememeber the very first thing I read about Palin. She WAS compared to Cheney. A person said Palin, like Cheney, will look you in eye without fliching and tell you that white is black. It is her gift. She can con.
Really? Who is this "person"? And where did you read it? Perhaps you were reading Jan Wenner's fantasy Bush apology in Rolling Stone? Oooh, maybe it was in Vibe! Did Matt Damon say it to a scribe at Entertainment Weekly? Did Mary Hart get an exclusive with Oliver Stone? Or maybe Pat O'Brien corralled that noted "intellectual" Ben Affleck. Here's a tip: without producing your source, you are the equivalent of a 2nd grader gossiping about what boy likes you.
Well, it´s too bad...it´s like group hypnotism here. Differences not accepted. You perceive that I am MAD, or Hate someone or I am riled up....I can calmly tell you you´ve been had by a pretty face with YES LOVELY LOVELY hair, Ha! ha!
Differences are accepted. Infantile posts like yours are not. And get over yourself, nobody here perceives that you're mad...madness implies a level of intelligence.
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
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Thanks Blonde
January 11, 2009 - 15:17 ET by cocodrieThat explains a kot but I still don't understand this hatred for natural hairstyles. I come from a time when natural looking hair was admired by women and men.
What is with this liberal hatred of real hair?
You people aren´t talking...
January 11, 2009 - 14:37 ET by deosilyou´re stroking eachother.
You´re telling whoppers. One supreme court case becomes 5, the next time you tell the story of POOR Sarah, it will be 10 and so on, The woman could NOT TELL AMERICA what she read, It was sad and pathetic....and now it is someone elses fault. Well, how CONVEEEENIENT, sarah church lady.
Palin was chosen because she WAS A WOMAN, but NO WOMAN is safe from her tag you´re IT nonsense. Palin actually said BECAUSE KATIE YOU ARE NOT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. She said that. A woman asking to be your presidencial candidate said that about another woman who merely interviewed her with some VERY SOFT QUESTIONS, yes they were. they were baby questions.
This is Sarah as president, ¨Well the chancellor of Germany asked me if I had ever been to Munich before and I said YOU KNOW, ANDREA MERKEL; you are just NOT the center of the universe¨.
Good luck with your DISCUSSION, folks.
Someone obviously never got
January 11, 2009 - 14:42 ET by choselife3xSomeone obviously never got his rabies shots. Tell JWF to bring his six-shooter. Sumpin needs to be done fer the pore feller. Take off yer hats an show some respec fer the sick.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
yeah, sticks and stones, genius
January 11, 2009 - 14:47 ET by deosilHaven´t any of good folks ever HIRED anyone? It doesn´t mean that you HATE the others you didn´t hire, You just didnt think them right for the job. I don´t FEAR all the job applicants, but SOME ARE INEPT.
Listen to 'im squeak with
January 11, 2009 - 14:52 ET by choselife3xListen to 'im squeak with rage. 'Is eyeballs are goin' all bloodshot. Everybody stay back, he's gonna bite.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Actually Palin was asked a
January 11, 2009 - 14:47 ET by Jack BauerActually Palin was asked a question by another interviewer who is shooting a documentary.
She explained the process by which the interview with Couric was edited in such a way as to make her look foolish.
I get the feeling that you think she shouldn't answer questions honestly.
You also seem to have some sort of gripe against her because you call her "church lady," what does that mean. You don't like people who go to church?
People who attend church on Sunday are to be mocked?
Please explain your motivations here, or I might be forced to conclude that you're just the ususal leftist Christophobe, except for black churches, of course. They're alright, I guess.
I am glad to explain that reference
January 11, 2009 - 14:56 ET by deosilThe CHURCHLADY was a character created by comedian DANA CARVEY. On the old Saturday Night Live, in the 80´s THE CHURCHLADY was on every week. That was when I watched it, when I was in college,The church lady always said things that weren´t true for her CON VEEEEEN IENCE. Sorry, I did not think it a vague reference, but I guess it WAS.
...and I submit to you that that was what Palin SAID, but Clearly when you watch, you CAN SEE with your own LYING EYES that the bits are not SPLICED, or edited as SARAH JUST TOLD YOU. That was another thing, The FAULT of the editors!!! I forgot about that one!!!!
Aw, see 'im flail and
January 11, 2009 - 15:02 ET by choselife3xAw, see 'im flail and squeal. Somebody take the caps button off his keyboard 'fore the liddle feller does hisself in.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Oh I'm sure you watched a
January 11, 2009 - 15:49 ET by Jack BauerOh I'm sure you watched a lot of TV in college. You clearly didn't do no book learnin'.
yawn
January 12, 2009 - 09:34 ET by deosilI am betting you watch ALOT of TV NOW.
For an amusing change go to YOUTUBE and punch in Palin´s video when she states that HILLARY CLINTON had better stop whining about the media.
Yeah, it´s a complete 180 on THIS new 9 minute one. SHE SAYS THE EXACT OPPOSITE on THAT one.
The thing you dont realize and I dont think Palin has put it together yet, but this 2009, EVERYTHING is on film or videotape!!!!