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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Again, I ask. Why doesn't Sarah not know her own history? Was her "body snatched" without Todd knowing? lol.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/26/palin-met-icelands-presid_n_129690.html
Palin Met Iceland's President, Contradicting Previous Statement
The Seattle Times reports:
Sarah Palin's trip to New York this week was billed as the Republican vice-presidential candidate's first chance to meet with foreign heads of state. That perception was fueled by her comment this month, when she told ABC News' Charles Gibson that -- as Alaska governor -- she never had met with the leader of another nation.
But Palin misspoke, perhaps forgetting about a meeting with Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson last October in Anchorage. The meeting was confirmed Thursday by Bill McAllister, Palin's Alaska press secretary.
Iceland, a nation of some 300,000, has taken a lead in developing geothermal-energy resources, and Grímsson spoke at an Arctic energy symposium, and then had a private meeting with Palin. They talked for the better part of an hour, primarily about geothermal energy and Iceland's expertise in developing that resource, according to Mead Treadwell, an Alaska Republican and Arctic expert who attended the meeting.
" is a head of state, I know that," Treadwell said. "And we have pictures of them together taken at the meeting."
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