Is there some kind of competition on the left to see who can make the most denigrating remark about the mental acuity of Republicans? As we've noted, last night Paul Begala called President Bush "a high-functioning moron," perhaps his bid to one-up Rep. Charles Rangel, who had called Sara Palin "disabled."
Today, it's Jonathan Capehart's turn. Speaking with David Shuster on MSNBC this afternoon, the Washington Post editorial writer said that Sarah Palin reminds him of Lauren Caitlin Upton, the 2007 Miss Teen South Carolina whose tangles ["U.S. Americans," etc.] with the English language made her an overnight YouTube star.
Capehart's comment came in response to a Shuster inquiry about Palin's reply to Katie Couric's question about the relevance to Palin's foreign-policy credentials of Russia's proximity to Alaska.
JONATHAN CAPEHART: Look, I don't understand why Governor Palin and the McCain campaign were not prepared for that question to be asked. ever since she made that claim, folks have been talking about it for a couple of weeks now. She should have had a clear answer for what Katie Couric asked her, and, you know, I wrote about this briefly on our PostPartisan blog today and it reminded me, not to make light of the situation, but it reminded me of that now famous video of Miss Teen South Carolina back in 2007 when he was asked why can't a fifth of Americans find the United States on the map, and her response was equally incomprehensible.
WaPo's "PostPartisan" blog? Can't say liberals lack a sense of humor.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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"I don't understand why
September 26, 2008 - 15:19 ET by mattm"I don't understand why Governor Palin and the McCain campaign were not prepared for that question to be asked."
He's right - republican candidates should always expect slimeball tactics from the media. They don't really expect even-handed treatment, do they?
Perfect Response
September 26, 2008 - 16:58 ET by DirjjOn this, I do have to actually give it to the guy. Sarah should have been prepared for this question.
Her response though, should have been, " What is Barack Obama's foreign policy experience". "What world leaders did he meet before 2 months ago?".
Everytime they ask her a question, turn it around on them. Am I saying she should use this tactic because she doesn't have a better answer? No. I'm saying that she should use this tactic because the Media has yet to ask Obama - the Dem Prez Candidate - these questions.
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At least we now know that
September 26, 2008 - 15:23 ET by Clear thinkerAt least we now know that the left has been lying all these years about loving strong, successful women. Palin/Gore/Clinton - Hate/Love/Hate
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Porky the Pig
September 26, 2008 - 15:29 ET by Susan IOk, I've had enough of this crap on Palin. Time to return the favor:
Obama stutters like Porky the Pig.
At least Palin doesn't
September 26, 2008 - 15:56 ET by Susan IAt least Palin doesn't sound like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBX8sz3tO8
Now you didn't hear much about this from the MSM, did you?
That's one of my favorite
September 26, 2008 - 19:14 ET by Graig36That's one of my favorite clips of all time... you can just about pinpoint the exact moment when the teleprompter failed! Fantastic.
Mine too...I've linked to
September 26, 2008 - 19:34 ET by motherbeltMine too...I've linked to that in other threads.
My favorite part is the way he pretends that the audience is distracting him....watch the people....no one's doing anything or saying anything.
Personally, my favorite
September 26, 2008 - 16:00 ET by BDPersonally, my favorite illustration would be the similarity in facial expressions between Jerry Cooney when he was punched in the groin in the third round in 1988 and Ron Paul when he was questioned by Rudy G about Pauls statesment of US responsibility for the 9/11 attacks in the first debate this year...
In 1988 Cooneys eyes bulged out and he spit his mouthpiece halfway across the ring. Paul did near the same and looked like he got hit by a shovel in the face at the same time.
That same, stunned, puzzled, and frightened look always gives a quick chuckle of schadenfreude.
It's all they have left,
September 26, 2008 - 15:48 ET by SlicksterChildish name calling like mildly retarded school children. They offer nothing but blame and name calling; not wonder the despots support the magic negro.
You know this is getting
September 26, 2008 - 15:52 ET by bigtimerYou know this is getting past infuriating now with the msm and their bull with what they have been doing with Palin, especially Palin daily, I know all about McCain too..but this with Palin is beginning to really burn me up royally...
These fools do not know how much this is going to back-fire on them, even if you don't agree with everything either Palin or McCain say about everything...this isn't just going to back-fire on the politicians that say the same things, but more so the msm, there is going to be a brush-fire of rage sweeping across this country at the voting polls in this election, and especially the upcoming '12 one if Palin runs for President...a huge gust of wind is going to carry this with the likes of which the press of all venues have never seen.
I seriously hate them.
I rarely use that word.
I have never seen fear and desperation at the level like it is now with the msm, they do not stop all day long attacking Palin...they are scared shiteless of her and want to do her in like the did Allen, they will look for anything....
These are are enemies within this country and I hope to live long enough to see them as a whole burn in a hell of their own making.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
OBAMA'S DILEMMA
September 26, 2008 - 16:29 ET by FC DOBBSNOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM SUSAN'S
ANALOGY BUT OBAMA REALLY REMINDS ME OF
GREAT COUNTRY SINGER MEL TELLIS ( SPEAKING
BETWEEN SONGS ) . AT LEAST MEL HAS TALENT.
"NOBODY PUTS ONE OVER ON FRED C DOBBS"
B.TRAVEN
Big Eddie Schultz
September 26, 2008 - 18:14 ET by j. frank wilsonmade an excellent point about Gov. Palin's claim that she had foreign policy experience due to geography - you can actually see Russia from an Alaskan island. Instead of backing off that claim she dug herself deeply into a hole. He then played a tape of Gov. Palin's response and the Miss South Carolina contestant's answer.
No worse than than what Sheer Insannity has been playing for months. Personally, the second time I heard Gov. Palin's answer to Ms. Curic's question the beauty contestant's answer came to mind immediately.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON - September 26, 2008. I'm saying it's 70-30 Gov. "Not Ready for Prime Time" Palin does not debate Sen. Biden next Thursday evening.
It's 50-50 the Vice Presidential debate is not held in 2008.
If the Republicans are tired of all these shots at Gov. Palin she can hold a press conference and prove us all wrong. It's 99-1 that she won't do that before October 15, 2008.
SAME OLE BRILLIANT SOCIALISTS
September 26, 2008 - 19:30 ET by reelman46In recent elections the angry tacky socialists have become experts in diversion...their favorite is to call any national Republican (starting with Reagan) a dimwit early on...does not matter if they went to an elite college or had good grades or were a jet pilot or were a governor. Its the most odious stigma of liberalism these days.
Just another glaring example of how pitifully low the secular socialist Party has sunk. They never see the utter shame in so many of their shallow juvenile actions. They never see the utter shame in the common strings of profanity by their borg bloggers.
Rest assured millions see their utter shame.
Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D. (theconservativecrawfish)
"So, Barack..... What is
September 26, 2008 - 19:40 ET by BD"So, Barack..... What is your foreign policy experience....?"
"Well Chris, I had lunch in Pakistan and can recognize the difference between falafel and Cous-cous.... "
"On top of that I have cousins in East Africa and can properly put on a red costume from the region... ANd Chris, I go to foreign restaurants often...."
AND YOU GUYS COMPLAIN ABOUT PALIN?????
j, frank, you and your freedom-hating commie-lib friends...
September 26, 2008 - 19:45 ET by R D Helm...are scared sh*tless of Palin, else you would not have posted this stupidity:
"Not Ready for Prime Time" Palin
When you campare Palin's resume' to Obama's, hers looks like a telephone directory compared to Obama's, who has now spent over half of his painfully short Senate career running for POTUS.
When you are a mayor and a governor, you don't get to vote "present."
Not even once.
-Dave
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them - Rick Roberts
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Concur: The postings by
September 26, 2008 - 19:49 ET by BDConcur:
The postings by th eliberals in regards to Palin are simply great examples of "Panic Fire." THey are doing the equivalent of shooting at every bush, tree, and rock hoping that SOMETHING stops the hoards from overrunning their position.
Most gratifying.....
R D Helm:
September 27, 2008 - 17:09 ET by j. frank wilsonI was not talking about resume, I was talking about Gov. Palin's cringe-inducing interview with Katie Couric. It was a very sad performance. Personally, I continue to believe it is 70-30 that she does not debate Sen. Biden next Thursday.
As to resume - Gov. Palin has about the same military experience as Col. Sanders. Or Generals Electric, Mills and Motors. She raised taxes as Mayor (increased sales tax to pay for a $15,000,000 hockey rink when there are what? 5,000 people in the town) and saddled the town with $15,000,000 in bond debt.
Gov Palin "took on the oil companies" by institution a windfall profits tax that the citizens of the other 49 states are paying for.
The airplane lie has been revealed. We now know the truth about The Bridge to Nowhere. We probably aren't going to learn the truth about TrooperGate because she's spun 180 degrees and will now not cooperate with the investigation, after "welcoming it" not long ago.
Most citizens of the United States require more from a Vice President, let alone a President, than being able to answer "No" to the question "Have you ever had an abortion?" We've had roughly 100 Presidents and Vice Presidents who could provide the same response. However, that's really not quite enough to go on here.
I am looking forward to her first press conference...
Wilson... 70/30 that she
September 27, 2008 - 17:21 ET by bigtimerWilson...
70/30 that she does not debate Biden....
Are you insane?
Only way that is going to happen is if Biden drops dead, she does, or the dems take him out before Thursday and name a replacement.
Btw sweetie pie, she has had plenty of debates before, just because Alaska is place far away, and all people living there are primitive according to you leftist twits...you better be aware that debating Biden is so easy even a cave-woman can do it...
You and your ilk are fearful, and you don't wear it well.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
J Frank: You cringed at the
September 28, 2008 - 09:04 ET by BDJ Frank:
You cringed at the interview with COuric, then you obviously ran screaming from the room during the interview with Joe Biden in which he said FDR was president at the start of the depression and "Went on Television" to discuss it.
Face it sunshine, Joe B is meat on the table in the debates.... Joe "THe Gaffemaster" Biden on the way....