Ben Stein just trashed Palin's record...

[skooooo]

..saying she has never made a public statement on the national economy and that her pick will go down as the most "peculiar" in history.

[JBoris]

1. Even fuckwits like him can see this for what it is. I give him credit for at least being honest. nt

[JaneQPublic]

4. He's more of a Pro-Biz repuke, not a religious/family values repuke (nt)

[JBoris]

6. As noted below he said he believes in "intelligent design" (aka Creationism). nt

[d_b]

2. peculiar

is a good euphemism. oh, and fuck ben stein.

[JuniperLea]

3. Go Ben! First decent thing I've heard from him in YEARS! eom

[grantcart]

5. More quotes

Ben Stein: "The pick of Palin is the most peculiar choice for Vice President in history"

Just now on CNN Stein was interviewed in a hillarious piece.

He basically called it the worst choice McCain could make from a strategic point of view. He said "listen I am probably the only guy ever to appear on CNN who supports 'intelliegent design' and this pick doesn't make any sense to me. She supports all of the backward values that everyone east of the Mississippi think belongs in trailer parks. Don't get me wrong I like those values."


He went on to say that it eliminated all of McCain's strong suits: maturity, cool under pressure, foreign policy, and experience.

He did say that they need to spend a lot of time with her to "bring her up to speed".

[crazylikafox]

7. McCain cool under pressure?????

When did ANYBODY ever say that was a strong suit for him???

[skooooo]

9. He also said that the expectations for her speech are so low...

...that all she has to do is put together some words in the form of a sentence and it will be a success.

[JaneQPublic]

10. The thing is that someone else is putting the words together for her.

All she has to do is read... and not even all that well, since McSame already lowered the bar on that task.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. Maybe Ben's heard about her church's anti-semitic tirades?

Takes a lot for Ben to call out a Repuke, but that would probably do it for him.