"One 72-year-old's heartbeat away from being president. It should scare the hell out of you."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Cafferty to Blitzer: 'Don't make excuses' for Palin
RAW STORY
Published: Friday September 26, 2008

For those who feel sympathy for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during her recent response to a question on the bailout, here is a word of advice.

Don't tell Jack Cafferty.

The CNN anchorman lambasted Palin for her thoughts on the $700 billion bailout proposed by the Bush administration. After showing a clip of the Alaskan governor's Friday interview with Katie Couric on CBS' The Early Show, he had this to say.

"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," Cafferty said.

He asked viewers to write in opinions about Palin's qualifications for the presidency and then turned to Wolf Blitzer and said this:

"I'm 65 and have been covering politics, as have you, for a long time. That is one of the most pathetic pieces of tape I of ever seen for someone aspiring to one of the highest offices in this country."

This video is from CNN's Situation Room, broadcast September 26, 2008: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cafferty_to_Blitzer_Dont_make_excuses_0926.html

[cutlassmama]

1. it scares the hell out of me n/t

[undergroundpanther]

2. me too

Her fucking fundie delusions are really dangerous and she is dumb as a box of rocks,ignorant and just slimy.A perfect know nothing puppet for dominionists and fucking Rove.ugh.

[Window]

3. It is extremely frightening to even think about it.

[1Hippiechick]

4. You may enjoy some of these comments from the political videos last night.

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

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. They were excellent, thank you...

...I especially enjoyed the ones about Couric's facial expressions while Palin was answering. It was very subtle, but at the same time she was clearly thinking "WTF," and I wondered how many people caught that.

I also enjoyed the way that Cafferty smacked down Blitzer with "DON'T MAKE EXCUSES FOR HER"...it was clear that what Blitzer wanted, more than anything else, was to make excuses.

:rofl: