Katie Couric Pushes Palin on Specifics
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| Thu, 09-25-2008 - 4:26am |
Oh, Sarah...This is not a show and tell kindergarten class, so why would she say such a thing to Katie? Once again, we get a glimpse into the shallowness of Sarah's well of knowledge.
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/09/24/palin-ill-get-back-to-you-on-that-katie/
Palin: I'll Get Back to You on That, Katie
By Denise Williams
Sep 24th 2008 10:01PM
Filed Under:eFeatured Stories, Economy, LOLection, Sarah Palin
Let's swing it back around to Sarah, now. Shall we? While we may never hear her in a debate or answer another substantive question, we can reflect on this. (h/t HuffPo)
In her interview with CBS News anchor Katie Couric, Governor Palin appeared to be unable to come up with a single thing that John McCain has done in 26 years of Senate work to help with regulating the financial markets that are today spiraling out of control:
COURIC: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
PALIN: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie--that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
COURIC: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
PALIN: He's also known as the maverick though. Taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about--the need to reform government.
COURIC: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?
PALIN: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
I guess she didn't have this 1999 McCain quote prepared either:
There's a number of reasons why we are experiencing this almost unprecedented prosperity. Among them are a lack of regulation, free trade, and most importantly, we are going through a revolution the likes of which the world has seldom seen.
Here's some rare footage of Palin answering questions:


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There is a proverb that says, "Better to be thought of as a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt",she has removed ALL DOUBT. No wonder her campaign hides her from the press. I can't even conceive of her being a heartbeat away from the presidency, it's absolutely frightening!
Obama/Biden 08
Two things I think about after viewing this video and others of Palin since she accepted the VP nomination:
1 - people are as dumb as they want to be
2 - Palin doesn't think, she 'blinks'
The campaign is STILL trying to hide her and shelter her. IMO the whole reason for "postponing" the Pres. Debate is so that it can be moved to, by McCain camp suggestion, to Oct. 2nd..... the very date that is supposed to be the VP debate. If McCain camp can get the Pres. Debate moved to that date they can keep Palin off of the debate stage that much longer.... or maybe with hope all together perhaps.
Like you said.... she just removed all doubt. I was watching that interview last night and my jaw about hit the floor.
((There is a proverb that says, "Better to be thought of as a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt",she has removed ALL DOUBT.))
No doubt at all, because Palin is a blank slate, just like Bush43. It's uncanny the resemblance between the two, and more so than McCain = Bush43. The secrecy surrounding troopergate and her lack of basic information in reference to history, gov't, foreign affairs, etc., is unprecedented. I just appreciate the journalists, not Hannity, that don't let her off of the hook the way they have let McCain in the past.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/09/24/couric-scolds-palin-great-depression-scare-which-couric-raised
Couric Scolds McCain for Palin's 'Great Depression' Scare -- Which Couric Proposed to Palin
By Brent Baker (Bio | Archive)
September 24, 2008 - 20:25 ET
Interviewing John McCain on Wednesday's CBS Evening News, Katie Couric informed him and viewers that, during an interview of Sarah Palin she conducted earlier in the day, Palin warned of a “Great Depression” if the bail out is not passed, leading Couric to scold Palin to McCain: “But isn't so much of this, Senator McCain, about consumer confidence and using rhetoric like the 'Great Depression,' is that the kind of language Americans need to hear right now?” Quite a bit of chutzpah for Couric, chutzpah CBS didn't even hide from viewers since in the subsequent excerpts from the Palin interview which viewers saw it was Couric herself who raised the ominous phrase.
Palin had not used the term when Couric asked Palin: “If this doesn't pass, do you think there's a risk of another Great Depression?” Palin's reaction, in full:
Unfortunately, that is the road that America may find itself on. Not necessarily this, as it's been proposed, has to pass or we're going to find ourselves in another Great Depression. But, there has got to be action taken, bipartisan effort, Congress not pointing fingers at this point at one another, but finding the solution to this, taking action, and being serious about the reforms on Wall Street that are needed.
And Couric was not the only network news star on Wednesday to raise the spectre of a “Great Depression” -- or worse. NBC's Tom Brokaw: “Do you worry about a cataclysmic event coming out of all of this, that we go into a Great Depression?”
Video/audio: Click above for Flash video of Couric's question to McCain followed by what she proposed to Palin. Matching MP3 audio (25 seconds, 150 Kb).Story Continues Below Ad ↓
In an interview with Bill Gates on the NBC Nightly News tied to Gates, as head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, attending the Clinton Global Initiative summit, a dire Brokaw inquired:
As you develop a business plan for the Gates Foundation in the midst of what we're going through right now, do you worry about a cataclysmic event coming out of all of this, that we go into a Great Depression in this country and the ripple effect around the world?
Couric's question to Palin before the “Great Depression” one: “Polls have shown that Senator Obama has actually gotten a boost as a result of this latest crisis, with more people feeling that he can handle the situation better than John McCain.”
From Couric's September 24 session with John McCain at her anchor desk:
KATIE COURIC: Earlier today, Senator, I spoke with your running mate, Sarah Palin, and she told me that if action is not taken, a Great Depression is quote “the road that America may find itself on.” Do you agree with that assessment?
JOHN McCAIN: I don't know if it's exactly the depression, but every respected economist in this country is saying you'd better address this problem and you'd better do it now or the consequences, obviously, of inaction are of the utmost seriousness. So I agree with Governor Palin. There's there's so much at stake here. That's why I am confident that we'll sit down and work together on this thing.
COURIC: But isn't so much of this, Senator McCain, about consumer confidence and using rhetoric like the “Great Depression,” is that the kind of language Americans need to hear right now?
McCAIN: Well, listen, I've heard language from respected people “we're staring at the abyss.” I've heard all kinds of things from people. I don't think we need to scare people, but I certainly think we need to tell them the truth and tell them what's at stake here. And everyone says -- and I say -- this is the greatest crisis since the end of World War II. You cannot, I mean, to tell American citizens that everything's fine I think just would be, that would be outright deception. I think it's of the utmost seriousness and this is a crisis of enormous proportions. But we can fix it. And America's best days are still ahead of us.
CBSNews.com online version of the McCain interview, with a transcript and video.
From Couric's interview of Sarah Plain aired later in the Wednesday CBS Evening News:
SARAH PALIN: The interesting thing in the last couple of days that I have seen is that Americans are waiting to see what John McCain will do on this proposal. They're not waiting to see what Barack Obama is going to do. Is he going to do this and see what way the political wind's blowing? They're waiting to see if John McCain will be able to see these amendments implemented in Paulson's proposal.
COURIC: Why do you say that? Why are they waiting for John McCain and not Barack Obama?
PALIN: He's got the track record of the leadership qualities and the pragmatism that's needed at a crisis time like this.
COURIC: But polls have shown that Senator Obama has actually gotten a boost as a result of this latest crisis, with more people feeling that he can handle the situation better than John McCain.
PALIN: I'm not looking at poll numbers. What I think Americans at the end of the day are going to be able to go back and look at track records and see who's more apt to just be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who's actually done it?
COURIC: If this doesn't pass, do you think there's a risk of another Great Depression?
PALIN: Unfortunately, that is the road that America may find itself on. Not necessarily this, as it's been proposed, has to pass or we're going to find ourselves in another Great Depression. But, there has got to be action taken, bipartisan effort, Congress not pointing fingers at this point at one another, but finding the solution to this, taking action, and being serious about the reforms on Wall Street that are needed.
Online version of the Palin interview, with a transcript of what aired (which I've corrected above) and video clip.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
OMG she sounds like a complete idiot! There is absolutely no substance to anything she says and barely a complete grammatically correct sentence - a female Bush! I honestly do not know how anyone can listen to this interview and not be appalled by the lack of intellect. It is simply astonishing!
MC-W3
I was really hopeful re: her until I saw that interview.
(( a female Bush! I honestly do not know how anyone can listen to this interview and not be appalled by the lack of intellect. It is simply astonishing! ))
I thought that she used to be a broadcaster? Well, Katie put the whammy on her, because her brain hiccuped through that whole interview. Yes, it is very astonishing. OMG!
Is it me...
Or does anyone else thinks she sounds more like she's in a job interview than a television interview?
The first night was painful to watch. She has not prepped enough for these interviews.
Tonight was ok. She's best when she is in attack mode. I think she probably scored some Republican points when she talked about the good guys and bad guys when referring to Isreal and Iran. She may have also picked up some of the important south-Florida Jewish vote. When she in that attack mode, when she is breaking things down into black and white, good guys and bad, this is when I think she is at her most confident and relaxed.
They need to let her be McCain's pitbull in lipstick, keep her on a tight leash, and otherwise get her comfortable with these interviews. She's not appealing when she tries to answer a question like a Rhodes scholar, but neither is Obama. He's at his most appealing when he is folksy, casual, and on message. Otherwise, he can get too academic.
Palin needs to get this down soon if the McCain camp wants to sway more independents. Time is running out.
Sarah, like McCain, thinks that the US should stay at war until we "win". Okay, we have been punked long enough. Where is Ashton? OMG already!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/palin-on-bin-laden-such-a_n_129213.html
Palin On Bin Laden: "Such A Leader Of This Terrorist Movement"
((...."The logistics that we are already suggesting here, not having enough troops in the area right now," Palin said. "The... things like the terrain even in Afghanistan and that border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where, you know, we believe that-- Bin Laden is-- is hiding out right now and... and is still such a leader of this terrorist movement. There... there are many more challenges there. So, again, I believe that... a surge in Afghanistan also will lead us to victory there as it has proven to have done in Iraq. And as I say, Katie, that we cannot afford to retreat, to withdraw in Iraq.
That's not gonna get us any better off in Afghanistan either. And as our leaders are telling us in our military, we do need to ramp it up in Afghanistan, counting on our friends and allies to assist with us there because these terrorists who hate America, they hate what we stand for with the... the freedoms, the democracy, the... the women's rights, the tolerance, they hate what it is that we represent and our allies, too, and our friends, what they represent.
If we were... were to allow a stronghold to be captured by these terrorists then the world is in even greater peril than it is today. We cannot afford to lose in Afghanistan...."))
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