She's not expected to know EVERYTHING someone might ask her. I wouldn't expect a journalist to ask her for the molecular weight of magnesium, for example, nor would I expect Palin to know it. I don't know it, myself....and it would be a stupid thing to expect a politician to know offhand.
However, things like Supreme Court decisions? Or which newspapers/newsmagazines she reads? You bet I expect - and so should journalists - anyone who's applying for the second-highest job in the land (and a heartbeat away from the very highest) to have some background and thoughts on. Absolutely. There's a difference between the poles of "she should be expected to know everything" and "she shouldn't be expected to know anything," and the dividing line between "should" and "shouldn't" can be roughly estimated to fall along the answer to the question of relevance for the job she's applying for.
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wise move imho ...
if she starts namimg papers ... then that fiasco starts of 'she didn't name this one' and 'she believes whatever this paper says'.
stupid question in any event ... the
It's only a stupid question because it's yet another example she didn't know the answer.
did I say get rid of the media?
I said the media isn't the best source for POLITICIANS to get their info.
Do YOU know everything that anyone asks you?
What an
Thomas Jefferson was well read, Sarah Palin is not.
And where should she get her information?
What an
***stupid question in any event ... the
She's not expected to know EVERYTHING someone might ask her. I wouldn't expect a journalist to ask her for the molecular weight of magnesium, for example, nor would I expect Palin to know it. I don't know it, myself....and it would be a stupid thing to expect a politician to know offhand.
However, things like Supreme Court decisions? Or which newspapers/newsmagazines she reads? You bet I expect - and so should journalists - anyone who's applying for the second-highest job in the land (and a heartbeat away from the very highest) to have some background and thoughts on. Absolutely. There's a difference between the poles of "she should be expected to know everything" and "she shouldn't be expected to know anything," and the dividing line between "should" and "shouldn't" can be roughly estimated to fall along the answer to the question of relevance for the job she's applying for.
***This is not intended to be a snarky question.
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