Palin-Couric media reviews are in, and are DEVASTATINGLY BAD

[FourScore]

Palin Couric media reviews are in, and are DEVASTATINGLY BAD
by NYFM
Fri Sep 26, 2008 at 07:40:56 AM PDT

Late last night as I went to bed, my wife asked me to see the clip from Huffingtonpost - which focuses on her astoundingly simplistic view of proximity to Russia giving the Governor of Alaska ample foreign policy experience, and includes the cartoonish reference to the "ugly head" of Putin flying over Alaska's airspace. She had it sitting there open on our iMac, I clicked the video link, and was soon left aghast and speechless. It was an OH. MY. GOD. moment such as I had only thought Bush capable of. I was so shocked that I could only reel back and drag myself to bed- not wanting to believe it was real.

Today is a new day though and I decided to check out the reactions this morning of fellow Americans to it across the land. And quite clearly they are as visceral and alarmed and as instilled with fright as mine, and for McCain, they are DEVASTATINGLY BAD:

Palin talks to Couric -- and if she's lucky, few are listening James Rainey - LATimes

Her third nationally televised interview, with CBS anchor Katie Couric, found Palin rambling, marginally responsive and even more adrift than during her network debut with ABC’s Charles Gibson....
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-onthemedia26-2008sep26,0,3542588.story


Katie Couric carves up Sarah Palin Kansas City Star
Palin looks unprepared to be vice president (and certainly president)...
http://voices.kansascity.com/node/2157


Couric shines, Palin doesn't in CBS interview The Oregonian

Ouch. Only one of the two women showed poise, focus and a good grasp of the facts, and it wasn't the one who's running for vice president....
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/09/couric_shines_palin_doesnt_in.html



I’m sorry — Sarah Palin is a bad joke Jay Bookman - Atlanta Journal and Constitution

Palin is living, breathing proof that John McCain lies when he claims to put this country first over politics. She makes Dan Quayle look like Albert Einstein with a better haircut.
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bookman/entries/2008/09/25/im_sorry_sarah_palin_is_a_bad.html


Shameless and clueless Sarah Palin David Horsey - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

How would Republicans be reacting if Gov. Christine Gregoire were the Democratic candidate for vice president and she claimed that, because Washington borders Canada and sends trade missions to Japan and China and Russia, she is, therefore, experienced in foreign policy? And what if Gregoire also claimed to be a seasoned commander-in-chief because she is titular head of the Washington National Guard? We all know how Republicans would react: they would roar with mocking laughter. And they would be absolutely right to mock such idiotic pretense.
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/davidhorsey/archives/149699.asp?from=blog_last3

and no help from Palin's side of the aisle either:

Jake Tapper quotes conservative columnist Kathleen Parker:

Watching the CBS interview of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did not exactly fill Parker with confidence.
"Palin's recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/ill-try-to-find.html

and my favorite, from a compilation on the British "firstpost"

Babbling Palin ‘makes George Bush sound like Cicero’ Rod Dreher

a religious-conservative blogger who frequently appears on Fox News and was as recently as last week a Palin supporter, says the Alaskan Governor "was mediocre". Dreher says he felt "embarrassed" listening to Palin "regurgitating talking points mechanically, not thinking. just babbling. She makes George W. Bush sound like Cicero."

MORE AT:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/26/101337/331/44/611191

[Rambis]

1. AHHH! that felt really good!

zip lock baggie of hammers that woman!

[spanone]

2. thanks...this shows how little the rethuglicons respect the american voter

[unblock]

3. what's amazing is the shrub said equally forehead-slapping things 8 years ago

and the same media hailed him as a rugged cowboy all-american bestest buddy leader ready to lead restore honor and dignitude to the oval office.

what changed?

oh yeah, shrub screwed up so much that even the sycophant press couldn't cover for these guys any longer.

[pnwmom]

26. I'm guessing what has changed is that in the last 8 years, some in the media

have realized that putting a nit-wit at the wheel is a dumb idea. And that when one nit-wit has driven us into a ditch, we need someone who actually knows how to drive to get us out.

[L. Coyote]

47. or many realized the Executive was overthrown in 2000 AND

that that WAS NOT a good thing, contrary to their cheering and applause when it happened!!.

[Politicalboi]

59. Maybe because

Shrub was a man. And your right about Bush, I was amazed too. Using words like "misunderestimated" or "Sublimitol" and of course "nukular".

[Egnever]

4. heh and people were worried about her

[TooRaLoo]

5. Annnnnnnnnd that mooseburger's cooked. nt

[FourScore]

9. LOL

[L. Coyote]

48. I like the idea that Health Care Reform is needed to shore up the financial crisis.

This shows she has more imagination than any politician in US history.

Oh wait, she misspoke and that was just a major blooper. :rofl: She looked at the wrong 3x5 index card. :rofl:

[RedEarth]

6. I like this one.. "maybe it's just a brilliant rope-a-dope for the Biden debate"

Sarah The Unready (II)
25 Sep 2008 06:11 pm

And now, an excerpt from my inner monologue, as transcribed while watching various clips from Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric (I can't link to them; they're too painful):

And that, Douthat, is why nobody's ever going to hire you to help pick their running mate.
But hey, maybe it's all just effing brilliant rope-a-dope for the Biden debate

http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/sarah_the_unready_ii.php

[sunnybrook]

54. do u really think she is going to the debate

I am starting to seriously question that

[hogwyld]

7. Don't fall for the trap people!!111 elevens!!!

This is all obviously a evil rovian strategy to lower her expectations heading into the VP debate. They're doing all of this on purpose to get everyone to think she's dumber than a moose turd. She then swooooops in for the kill when she displays the intelligence of a moose, and everyone hails her readiness to lead. I will not fall for this elaborate trap!

[Catsbrains]

34. I was thinking the same thing...

[CitizenLeft]

8. oh no! No fair! They're picking on her!

:eyes:

Now we know why they've so completely sequestered her. Not that we were wondering.

[truthisfreedom]

10. Don't forget this fresh one!

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105455&page=1

During an interview with CBS News' Katie Couric which aired Thursday evening, Sarah Palin called Barack Obama "beyond naïve" for wanting to talk "without preconditions" to rogue leaders.

"I think, with Ahmadinejad, personally, he is not one to negotiate with," said Palin, referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "You can't just sit down with him with no preconditions being met."

"Barack Obama is so off base in his proclamation that he would meet with some of these leaders around our world who would seek to destroy America and that, and without preconditions being met," she continued. "That's beyond naïve. And it's beyond bad judgment."

Asked if she considers former Republican Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to be "naïve" for supporting talks without preconditions, Palin said, "I've never heard Henry Kissinger say, 'Yeah, I'll meet with these leaders without preconditions being met.'"

Palin was overlooking that Kissinger (with whom she met earlier this week)has backed negotiating directly with Iran over its nuclear program and other bilateral issues -- a point which Couric reconfirmed at the closer of her interview.

"Incidentally," said Couric, "we confirmed Henry Kissinger's position following our interview, he told us he supports talks if not with Ahmadinejad, than with high-level Iranian officials without preconditions."

When contacted by ABC News about the split in position with Kissinger, the McCain-Palin campaign had no immediate comment.

[LiberadorHugo]

16. As much as I despise Ahmadinejad's policies...

He won a free and fair election in a victory that was not so much an endorsement of fundamentalism as it was a rebuff of his reformist opponent's neoliberalism.

[Delphinus]

44. I cannont believe

the audacity the woman has to call Obama off base!!!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. McCain could have picked Couric instead!

[vaberella]

12. Fox is not even talking about her interview. Rev. Wright takes their air time. n/t

[ramapo]

13. I'm loving it!

Delicious. The moose is cooking!

[zulchzulu]

14. Ed Rollins on CNN said she has become ineffective, petrified and out of her league

On CNN's Larry King show last night, even the conservative segment of the pundits said she was bologna without the mayo.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. The Next Segment is suppose to be on the Supreme Court and Dick Cheney

Some that had seen it this morning said there is even more gaffs in those.

She just keeps giving and giving.

[FlyingSquirrel]

17. "How would Republicans be reacting if Gov. Christine Gregoire...

...were the Democratic candidate for vice president and she claimed that, because Washington borders Canada and sends trade missions to Japan and China and Russia, she is, therefore, experienced in foreign policy? And what if Gregoire also claimed to be a seasoned commander-in-chief because she is titular head of the Washington National Guard? We all know how Republicans would react: they would roar with mocking laughter. And they would be absolutely right to mock such idiotic pretense.

Too bad more of them are not honest enough to see Sarah the same way."

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/davidhorsey/archives/149699.asp?from=blog_last3

Loved it. David Horsey is my hero.

[lukasahero]

18. "Katie Couric carves up Sarah Palin"

That's gotta hurt.

[RichGirl]

19. regurgitating talking points mechanically

When she was talking about ground zero...TWICE she said we have to take the fight over there. Sheesh...that's an OLD talking point. Someone waking up from a five year coma could have said that.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. "Odds are Sarah Palin will tear windbag and gaffmeister Joe Biden to shreds"

"Odds are Sarah Palin will tear windbag and gaffmeister Joe Biden to shreds in their vice-presidential debate. However, it's sure good for Palin that she won't be debating CBS' Katie Couric.

The anchorwoman carved up Palin in the first part of an interview that aired Wednesday; the second part airs tonight."

From the Kansas City Star. Is that a RW paper or something?

[LibraLiz1973]

21. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Was the writer smoking crack?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

25. Let's hope so!

I am a worry wart by nature. These last 39 days are killing me. But I have no doubt that Biden will destroy Palin.

[liberalla]

22. On the other hand, Palin makes Couric look really good.

I think Katie just found her niche, where she can shine.
Interview dimwits and incoherents -- and she's a genius.

[OneGrassRoot]

23. Funny how Palin's dipshitiness is redeeming Katie. :) n/t

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

24. "Gigli" and "Ishtar" got better reviews

than Evita Mooselini. :rofl:

[sunnybrook]

55. Ishtar!

:rofl: Heaven's Gate. Waterworld...

[4_Legs_Good]

27. she did FINE! And she warned us about Putin's Flying Head

[Duppers]

32. oh damn, that's funny!

nt

[lunatica]

50. LOL! Can't she use her high powered rifle to just shoot it? n/t

[Abugface]

28. I have to keep telling myself "No, don't ...

feel sorry for her, she is so out of her league".

It's pathetic - if she has any sense of dignity left she should quit immediately before she gets thrown out. Then again, she must be helping Obama immensely.

[MadMaddie]

36. I don't respect her

I would respect someone one who knew they were in over their head, admitted it, owned it and did something about. Either getting educated (which doesn't seem to be helping her or remove themselves from the situation).

[NewYorkerfromMass]

29. Hey that guy NYFM

posted a pretty good diary at kos!

[Amonester]

30. And the top brass of the military would have to...

'obey' her every wish in case a heartbeat would leave the 'dangerous moron' who picked her?



How?


Mutiny in the air... I sense!

[depakid]

31. Great indy comment under the David Horsey article:

People who think Palin is qualified to be president-in-waiting are either extremely stupid or dangerously delusional. I am not an Obama fan - I think Obama has got a big head and Biden is a windbag - but I do think that in the final analysis, the Obama/Biden ticket is the saner choice in this election. McCain has shown that he does not have the temperament or judgment to be president by choosing this power-hungry vapid ignorant woman.

[Duppers]

33. video of a young Palin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

[puebloknot]

35. Exactly! The commonality is amazing! You beat me to it.

I was thinking of posting this same thing.

[Duppers]

37. ...great minds... ! ;-)

Cheers, from one doggie patting person to another.

;)

[puebloknot]

60. Dogs are the best people! nt

[burrowowl]

38. Coffee in the keyboard and up the nose!

British fellow: Palin makes Bu$h sound like Cicero!
Oh! My sides ache!


:rofl: :rofl:

[Zambero]

39. Tina Fey should have a field day with this

Actually, Palin doesn't really need a SNL parody. Her actual responses to Couric's questions are incredulous to the point that they are laughable on their own "merits".

[Bluenorthwest]

40. And John McCain is the man who says

that Palin 'probably knows more about energy than anyone in the country.' That is the liar McCain's take on Palin. More than anyone in the country. He looked us in the eye and said that.

[sunnybrook]

56. Couldn't look Obama in the eye

[goclark]

41. Katie really gave her what could be called soft balls but

she couldn't hit um.

I had a new respect for Katie.

[mapatriot]

42. For the nations sake.......

Get this poor, pathetic soul off the national stage. Keeping her on the ticket is simply cruel.

[MetaTrope]

43. Couric must have been sweating afterwards...not enough there to re-edit the answers

ala the McCain fantasy interview.

[JBoy]

45. Best quote is from conservative columnist Kathleen Parker:

"My cringe reflex is exhausted".

[Loge23]

46. I actually feel sorry for her now

As much as I despise these people, I actually felt sympathetic to her after I heard her torturous explanation of tax cuts to Couric. Someone in the republican party has to do the right thing here and get her out of there. It's beyond a embarrassment at this point - it's bordering on the abuse of the illiterate. Even in Alaska her ratings are off! They must be mortified up there.
I really don't look forward to the VP debate - it's a mismatch of epic proportions. Biden has to be very careful that he doesn't pile on and give her more support from the uninformed voters.
Sympathetic to a right-wing creation: It must be the "liberal" in me.

[L. Coyote]

49. CNN Jack Cafferty - Palin is a JOKE = VIDEO

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x199044

[opihimoimoi]

51. She was talking in TONGUEs....that mysterious language no one unnerstans

Give her a break....

It was a semonesque response in Tongues

[orleans]

52. let's not forget the review by jack cafferty

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x199119

"there's a reason the mccain campaign keeps sarah palin away from the press...(plays excerpt with couric). if john mccain wins this woman will be one 72 year old's heartbeat away from being president of the united states. and if that doesn't scare the hell out of you it should....(to blitzer) i'm 65 and have been covering politics for a long time and that is one of the most pathetic pieces of tape i have ever seen for someone aspiring to one of the highest offices in this country. that's all i have to say."

blitzer: "she's cramming a lot of information...

cafferty: "that's no excuse for that. she's supposed to know a little bit of that. don't make excuses for her. that's pathetic."

[pretzel4gore]

53. the noosemedia has already decided- Cafferty etc aside!

Simple fact. If dems regain control, the criminal activity of bush and his spokesman media etc will lead us to 911 and questions about who arranged the standdown etc, and...well, we can't have that. So mcgoo is already selected (gonna be close, watch yer tv) and ms palin will reveal herself to be regan w/out the wig....wise and all that stuff, alpha dog in heat, common touch.

[BlueKansan]

57. What ELSE the KC Star said

My hometown newspaper. Wow, makes me so proud. Sure, they skewered Palin, but the opening sentence read as follows:

"Odds are Sarah Palin will tear windbag and gaffmeister Joe Biden to shreds in their vice-presidential debate. However, it's sure good for Palin that she won't be debating CBS' Katie Couric."

Sometimes I wish we hadn't moved from Chicago.

[DallasNE]

58. Someone Needs To Hand Palin A Globe.

Putin would fly west from Moscow to the US not east over Alaska.

Moscow is roughly 40 degrees east and Washington DC is roughly 70 degrees west. Going west is 110 degrees and going east is 250 degrees. Now you tell me, which way would Putin fly? Hint, it sure as hell isn't east. This lady is dumber than a sack of rocks.