Transcipt of tonights Couric-Palin interview, omfg omfg omfg:

[joshcryer]

http://home.comcast.net/~duncanblack/couricpalin.htm

edit, second source: http://thepage.time.com/gov-palin-on-the-cbs-evening-news/

Some tidbits:

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.

[1corona4u]

1. Oh Gawd....what a fricken douchebag.

[Hepburn]

24. Please don't insult....

...douchebags, OK? :hi:

[1corona4u]

41. LOL, you're right....

I feel so ashamed...;-)

[youthere]

52. Zackly...

MY douchebag is noble and serves a commendable purpose. Palin, on the other hand....well..not so much.

[Heather MC]

47. What can we call her then?

Can't call her a pitbull it insults dogs
can't call her a stupid bitch it insults stupid bitches
can't call her Mentally Challenged for Obvious reason

I know what about Mentally Limited? No one has ever put those to words together???

[Vincardog]

57. IT is enough to say that she is a pathology religious insane embarrassment

The dangerous demon chasing "Third wave" dominionist "church" she believes in needs to get wide distribution.

[dgibby]

63. Thinking Impared

[JoFerret]

71. Many many things. Our language is rich with possibility

Use it.

[camio]

78. As my grandfather is fond of saying...

"MID-BRAIN!!!"

[demwing]

84. Call Her "The Alaskan Asshat"

thats easily identified as Palin, non sexist, and very accurate and descriptive.

[Lucky 13]

126. Fraulein McMoosekiller

[Hepburn]

127. I like "Tundra Trash!" n/t

[Virginia Dare]

2. Yeah, get back to us on that babe....we won't hold our breath...n/t

[deadparrot]

3. God, it'd be funny if it weren't so utterly real. nt

[roguevalley]

124. its pathetic that she's in this position. McCain knew this was coming

and he didn't care. He just wanted to turn things around with the hillary chicks. this is horrible to watch. there is some small part of me that feels pain for stupid assinine people stuck in poo and not knowing what to do about it. This is going to be awful.

[dennis4868]

4. Couric should have then said....

thanks but no thanks :-)

[spooky3]

65. lol!

[demokatgurrl]

82. Or maybe

"Sure thing. I'll wait......"

[ncteechur]

5. My brain just melted and is dripping from my ear canals.

[joshcryer]

17. I know! OMFG!

[Eurobabe]

97. Hell, at least Miss Teen South Carolina tried.

Miss Teen South Carolina: "I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our...

[ailsagirl]

110. Priceless but astonishing that someone could be so clueless!!!

[tekisui]

6. Plonk.

That is not the answer for National teevee.

[eleny]

7. Putting lipstick on the pig

[tblue]

22. Forget the lipstick. She needs a BRAIN.

[AndyA]

8. I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.

Take her some cookies, too, Sarah. :eyes:

McSame and Palin are SO NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME!

[sandnsea]

9. Increased CAFE Standards, for one

And I only point that out because, jfc, she doesn't know SHIT.

This is the classic "hot chick" getting the promotion and women everywhere should really be pitching a fit over it.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

10. Never thought I'd say this but

Rip her a new one, Katie!

[Kookaburra]

11. Wow, where did Couric find a backbone?

[MissMarple]

33. A friend told me today that Couric is a Dem.

A big Dem. :shrug:

[ailsagirl]

53. Surprising!! Last week when she was on the road with the Biden

people, she interviewed him and started to get pretty snotty. He cut her off by saying something like, "I'm tired of all this nonsense."

Also, I remember she interviewed Valerie Plame and was critical of her-- Couric actually likened Plame's outing with Plame's appearance in Vanity Fair. ( Huh???? )(as if being photographed for VF was just as serious as outing someone as a spy)

:wtf:

[WinkyDink]

104. Oh, I don't doubt that KC was "critical" of VP. ;)

[RollWithIt]

61. Big Dem is actually an understatement.... she's massive Democrat...

And proud of it. Privately of course. It's actually a shame ABC News handcuffed her so much.

[sunnybrook]

69. ABC News

Sure you know what Katie you're talking about. Hasn't she been with the other 2 networks?

[RollWithIt]

77. Ya, screwed that up... CBS....

My bad. Was trying to chew gum and post at the same time. Too hard for me, I'm suspending my posting to focus on chewing gum.

[sunnybrook]

79. at least you admit to it

you don't keep trying to prop up false information in the "Bridge to Nowhere" style....

[Lorien]

92. Funny. I thought she married a Massive Rebublican

so did they divorce?

[4_TN_TITANS]

101. I don't believe that...

Couric has toughened up markedly since taking over CBS Evening News, and dropped the fluff and pompoms because of her ratings, but 'massive Democrat'? I've seen nothing to substantiate that statement.

[central scrutinizer]

12. "In what respect, Katie?"

[Barack_America]

66. That's the one thing this day is missing.

God, I wish she would have said that.

[bluestateguy]

13. You know, at least Cheney has a brain.

She is everything bad about Cheney AND has no brain.

[CrispyQ]

102. A Bush-Cheney hybrid - holy shit!

She sounds a lot like boosh.

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...

:wtf: :crazy:

[cui bono]

14. Thank god she's asking real questions.

I thought your post was going to be about Couric's performance. Phew.

[Arrowhead2k1]

15. but but but but he's a Maverick™.

[blossomstar]

16. Please tell me this is NOT for real.

[Aloha Spirit]

26. It is. Posted by Mr. Halperin at TIME....

http://thepage.time.com/gov-palin-on-the-cbs-evening-news/

[joshcryer]

28. Thanks, I got it from another political source, and was looking for a second source.

MY GOD.

[dbmk]

83. And the transcript does not do justice to the delivery of her last line...

[joshcryer]

91. I know! It's like an SNL skit! OMFG!

PLEASE SNL, PLEASE, JUST DO THIS VERBATIM, IT WOULD BE SO AMAZING.

[ClusterFreak]

18. Saw it. Jaw dropped.

Still can't believe it.

Don't think I ever will.

This woman must never be vice-president or president.

[crazy_vanilla]

19. yep, yep, she is a parrot alright

Maybe it's a good thing they don't let her out much, she irritates the bejeebers out of people with her constant repetition of the same 5 lines.

[buzzard]

93. I take offense to that my parrot is much smarter he uses utensils and steals pizza.

[DevonRex]

20. Looks like the criticism of Couric has finally made her grow a pair.

Eww. Just gave myself a hell of an image. Eye bleach.

[Ian David]

21. Some people say they're both vacuous idiots. n/t

[holboz]

23. OMFG is right. She adds zip-zero- bumpkis to this discussion.

She just muddles through, doesn't she?

My goodness. Talk about a "not a tuned into current affairs" kind of person.

[tblue]

25. The "Low Information Candidate"

[ima_sinnic]

120. bwahaha! good one!

:spray:

[lamp_shade]

27. Jezus God. This explains why McCain WANTS OUT !!!

[Mabus]

29. And this is after they've been working with her

And all little Sarah Parrot has learned to say is "He's a maverick. *squawk* *squawk* He's a maverick."

[qanda]

30. No wonder McCain needed to pull a stunt out of his hat

I wouldn't want anyone to see that disaster. "Predator lenders" Yikes!

[Monk06]

31. Translation, "I'll get back to you Katie, when you stop being such a bitch."

[dgibby]

67. Or

I'll get back to you after I go reapply my lipstick?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. What would Palin do in talks with North Korea or Iran?

"Provide to us specific examples that we have violated IAEA regulations."

"I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you."

[MadMaddie]

88. Well you have made a slight mistake

You see Palin and McCain won't be involved with talks with N. Korea and Iran they will bomb first and maybe think about asking questions later.

[flamingdem]

34. "Totally Clueless" Alaska version

Awesome! Gag me with a snowmachine!

[Amy6627]

35. I don't think she evens listens to the questions-- if she hears key

words in the sentence, then she has the one certain response.

key word: voting record = he is a maverick

If they ask a question that has no key words, then a different canned response.

no key word: Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine = In what respect? She has to keep asking questions until she gets one with a key word in it.

They in no way want her thinking about the question then answering it. She has been rehearsed so heavily she doesn't know which end it up!

[randome]

38. Yes!

She cannot focus at all. Scatter-brained to the max!

[Amy6627]

40. She is from her state meth capital, maybe she has sampled the wares a few times!

[Lance_Boyle]

118. Queen Sarah Scatterbrain?

call to arms, photoshoppers.

[ContinentalOp]

51. OMG, she's ELIZA!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

"Can you elaborate on that?"

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

103. OMG, you're right!

You know you can set up your own at www.pandorabots.com. God if only I had the time to reprogram one for Palinspeak.

[Ignis]

121. "Why do you think I'm Eliza? How does that make you feel?"

:rofl:

[BrotherBuzz]

76. You are spot-on!

:thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

85. You nailed it.

[JBoy]

36. Somewhere, Dan Quayle is shaking his head.

[Not a robought]

37. LOL Hahahahaha

:rofl:

[joshcryer]

39. It's like an SNL skit! Seriously, hahaha.

[Matariki]

42. "you know, it’s going to be a multi-faceted that has to be found here."

Is that even a sentence that makes sense? Is it English?

[Lucky 13]

43. Wow. Go Katie. Didn't know you had it in you.

[TheKentuckian]

44. For the love of all that is good on God's green Earth!

How dare the GOP present these two grammar school lunch room manager caliber candidates to the White House?

To the wilderness for a generation or two with the lot of ya!!!

[joshcryer]

45. Tell me about it! What the fuck!

Oops, sorry for the language, but it's completely asinine!

[ContinentalOp]

48. Serioiusly? You would actually want her in charge of a grammar school lunch room?

Do you want the kids to starve? At best she's fit to be thawing sloppy joes in the back with a hairnet on.

[ContinentalOp]

46. Jesus, she cannot even form one coherent sentence.

"I have not" is about the best she can do. Everything is some seriously contorted E.S.L. level shit. Don't they speak English up there in Alaska?

[kiranon]

49. Her comments are even worse than I thought they would be.

she couldn't even hold her own in a middle school debate.

[RollWithIt]

50. When I saw Katie Couric was interviewing her, I smiled, Couric needs ratings....

And that means a hard hitting in your face interview. People don't tune in for a cream puff interview. They tune into nightly news when there it's worth watching.

[Minimus]

54. The country is waiting with bated breath to see what McCain will do!! Bwahahaahaa

She is delusional!!


PALIN: ...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 be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who's actually done it?

[berni_mccoy]

55. LOLOMGROFLTFF!!!!!

[RxnMan1337]

80. my reaction also haha

[falcon97]

56. Embarrassing. Just embarrassing.

She's been on the ticket for 27 days and THAT's the best she can do?? Her cover would not be as bad if she hadn't used the word "try" in the last response.


:argh:


And, while some have mistakenly called him "a maverick" he's certainly not been referred to as "the" maverick.

[ailsagirl]

60. Spell it right-- it's "mavrick!" LOL

[ailsagirl]

58. Maybe she'll use that line when someone asks her a reallyreally

hard question during the debates?? What a howl :rofl:

[kestrel91316]

59. Palin is a trophy wife. A complete bimbo. This is proof.

[Ikonoklast]

98. A 'trophy wife'?

I'd like to see what kind of fucked-up godawful marriage you'd have to leave to be saddled with the likes of that complete babbling fool as a 'trophy'.

The first wife would have to have been Lizzy Borden.

'Stupid' would be a step up from 'homicidal maniac'.

[kestrel91316]

122. McCain picked the beauty queen for her looks and connections.

[CK_John]

62. Have your people contact my people, answer. n/t

[livetohike]

64. Palin speaks so incoherently - what an embarrassment

I can only imagine what her big meetings with world leaders was like. They're probably still laughing about her.

[BurtWorm]

68. Are you kidding? They're used to Bush!

They think all Americans are like that!

[livetohike]

70. She makes him look good

:-)

[Doityourself]

72. lmao...that's all folks

[uppityperson]

73. Ouch. The whole thing, just, ouch.

Listened to it on youtube and am appalled.

[Obamarulz11]

74. What is the deal with Palin's vocabulary

Rick Davis resqued! huh WTF

:rofl:

[Sparkly]

75. He said theenks but no theenks to regulation. nt

[Greyskye]

81. You think the transcript is bad?

Watch the video if you dare: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x197360

:banghead:

[JimWis]

86. "All of us Americans are sitting on the edge of our kitchen chairs,

with bated breath, waiting to see how John McCain will decide how to handle this economic crisis." Don't know what else to say to that. I just had to remind myself to breath. What an idiot.

[Olney Blue]

87. Life is like a box of mavericks- you never know what you are going to get.

[2Design]

89. this must be why mccain blew letterman off - this is ground control

he has to make up for her mess up

[Swamp Rat]

90. Ground Control to Major Tom...

Take your Xanax and put your lipstick on.

[appleannie1]

94. She will be an old crone before she "finds some to bring to Katie"

[Eurobabe]

95. OMFG.

:eyes: :eyes: Heartbeat away people... :eyes: :eyes:

[Frank Booth]

96. He's also known as the maverick though.

Best. Answer. Ever.

:rofl: :rofl:

[H2O Man]

99. And he was

a POW.

[OakCliffDem]

100. Kick

[lumberjack_jeff]

105. I'm convinced that she's simply unintelligent.

Ambitious without any of the tools to implement it, except ability to flirt.

[WinkyDink]

106. Thank you. This is it, totally. Goes for her puerile snow-machining husband, too. IGNORANT.

[Erin Elizabeth]

107. The transcript is bad, but honestly seeing it is much, much worse.

[nam78_two]

119. True-e.g. all those long, long pauses while she has no clue what to say

and then comes up with some ridiculous, canned answer....

[ipfilter]

108. Dunning-Kruger effect

She is the poster child for the Dunning effect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect

[uponit7771]

109. Yeap, I've seen that one before

[NewJeffCT]

113. Welcome to DU

interesting idea - but, it would be wise for Biden not to underestimate her. One good one-liner is all it takes.

[NewJeffCT]

111. She'll get those "examples" around November 5th or so

maybe Nov. 6

[Claire Beth]

112. LMAO - such incompetence n/t

[BigDDem]

114. Said it before...

she makes Quayle look smart.

[OneBlueSky]

115. the Palin nomination either insults the intelligence of the American people . . .

or confirms the lack thereof . . . not sure which . . .

[demo dutch]

116. This is what prompted the McCain suspension & cancellation, scared as hell!

[Veruca Salt]

117. OMFG....

IF she knows "And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more." THEN she should be able to provide at least ONE example otherwise she shouldn't have freaking said it!

:argh:

[Zuiderelle]

123. Here's a Cliff Notes version of it:

COURIC: Do you even understand what happened during the Great Depression?

PALIN: Not really.

COURIC: Do you know what the word moratorium means?

PALIN: Blah, blah, blah, blah, more big words, blah, blah, no, not really.

COURIC: Why are Americans showing more trust in Obama after this crisis?

PALIN: I don't listen to anything but what I want to hear.

COURIC: Do you know what a consumer is, and predator means?

PALIN: Yes, a consumer buys stuff, and a predator is an Alaskan wolf. I've seen Russia, you know.

COURIC: Why would McCain claim to be pro-regulation when his record is that he has supported deregulation for decades?

PALIN: Huh?

COURIC: He has always sided with less regulation.

PALIN: But he's a maverick. Reform. Maverick. Reform.

COURIC: Ok, you stupid idiot, one last time, do you know what regulation means?

PALIN: Let me find out and get back to you.

[burythehatchet]

125. I saw the clip and she did not say "I'll bring them to you"

she said "I'll bring 'em to ya"