Exactly like George W. Bush, only prettier
Only...I fear that Sarah Palin would be worse than Bush...and that's going some.
Who would have thought two months ago that Katie Couric would have been THE journalist to expose that the Republican VP nominee has no clothes?
Another part of Couric's interview with Palin. What's stunning about this clip is that Palin can't name a single newspaper she reads...not even the Anchorage Daily News, from which she hired a key staffer:
"Couric: And when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?
Palin: I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.
Couric: What, specifically?
Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.
Couric: Can you name a few?
Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, "Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?" Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America."
Couric must be shaking her head non stop in disbelief that the McCain camp is actually trying to pass Palin off as qualified to be president. The expression on Couric's face around 0:35 is just perfect.
It is hard to believe that Palin couldn't answer a simple "getting to know you" type question. The only logical explanation for her non-answer is that she doesn't read ANY newspapers. She probably gets all of her national news from FOX cable news.
Maybe we can forgive her not being able to explain the bailout, it makes MY head hurt. Maybe we can forgive her not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is...or for not having her running mate's positions memorized. But come on...the name of a single newspaper?
Sarah Palin is a bright and shiny gift to Saturday Night Live and the Daily Show...to help them get through Bush departure withdrawal.
Or maybe Tina Fey is paying Palin for all these goodies? How often do you get to do satire that will win you an Emmy without any original writing?
Palin reminds me of how the media tried to pin Bush down to substantive answers back in 2000 -- not to mention that back then times weren't as serious as they are now -- when Bush got away with saying, "Jesus changed mah heart," and not being into the book-learning.
When Palin started to claim that she got her news from a vast variety of unnamed sources, it brought to mind something Bush once said in an interview:
BUSH: I get briefed by Andy Card and Condi in the morning. They come in and tell me. In all due respect, you've got a beautiful face and everything.
I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves. But like Condoleezza, in her case, the national security adviser is getting her news directly from the participants on the world stage.
I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves. But like Condoleezza, in her case, the national security adviser is getting her news directly from the participants on the world stage.
HUME: Has that been your practice since day one, or is that a practice that you've...
BUSH: Practice since day one.
HUME: Really?
BUSH: Yes. You know, look, I have great respect for the media. I mean, our society is a good, solid democracy because of a good, solid media. But I also understand that a lot of times there's opinions mixed in with news. And I...
HUME: I won't disagree with that, sir.
BUSH: I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm more interested in news. And the best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who tell me what's happening in the world.
And we know how well that worked out...
Please, please...Palin just can't be allowed to get near the White House...well, maybe as a tourist.
Remember that in Sarah's world, dinosaurs and humans used to hang out together in the Garden of Eden...remember that she's an end-times Pentecostal who believes in The Rapture...
We just can't put her a mere heartbeat away from the temptation to launch a full-scale nuclear assault on Russia.
BTW--The McCain camp is salivating at the prospect of Palin promoting the shotgun-wedding of her under-aged daughter into a gala affair sometime before the election...their answer to the wedding of Charles and Di... which will draw all the attention away from Obama's message.
