Lieberman: Palin should avoid 'IQ test'

[WI_DEM]

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman thinks that in order for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to beat her Democratic rival, Sen. Joe Biden, in tonight’s debate, she needs to keep it from turning into an “IQ test.”

“What she needs to do tonight is get this public consideration of her back to who she is and her strong points and, frankly, get it away from being a, kind of, IQ test — she's plenty smart — getting it away from being a, sort of, final college exam,” Lieberman said on MSNBC

Lieberman added though that despite Palin not knowing “every detail,” he expects that voters will respond well to the Alaska governor.

“Whether she can answer every detailed question, I don't think that ultimately matters to the American people,” the Connecticut senator added. “She doesn't know every detail, all the questions senators deal with, but, frankly, that's her strength.”

“I think the point is, who is she as a person? I think that's what people are ultimately looking for,” Lieberman said.

The McCain surrogate predicted that voters will see “a typical middle-class American who got angry at her government and decided to get involved.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14224.html

[trumad]

1. “a typical middle-class American" who thinks humans walked with Dinosaurs.

BTW: Isn't Lieberman a Dinosaur?

[zbdent]

dang, there goes the "man walk with dinosaurs" debate ...

[polichick]

2. Sure Joe, we're all waiting to hear what a swell person she is. Forget knowing anything...

...or being able to string together a single coherent sentence!

[maseman]

3. Fuck you Joe Blow

[HockeyMom]

4. Well, McCain thinks middle class is having $5M

So I guess Palin and her $l or $2M might even be POOR. lol

[boobooday]

5. I'm glad I wasn't taking a drink when I saw that

:rofl:

Who is the most underestimated in all their calculations? The American people.

[LisaM]

6. Funny he sees her that way

I see her as an opportunist who has been climbing the ladder since the day she was born.

[Supersedeas]

20. Mika the Meek would probably agree, then disagree, then agree, then disagree with this

[CrispyQ]

7. Do they really believe the shit they spew?

“She doesn't know every detail, all the questions senators deal with, but, frankly, that's her strength.”

:wtf:

[woodsprite]

8. Iffn' she's plenty smart, what's wrong with an IQ test?

Maybe Lieberman could go first so he could show her it doesn't hurt.

[President Decider]

9. So basically Joe just called Palin a "dumbass" ....

Good job Joe!

[HereSince1628]

10. With friends like Joey who needs enemies?

[abumbyanyothername]

11. When you think about it

Joe is probably the reason that Bush is President.

How sad is that all the way around?

[WI_DEM]

12. I predict that starting next year Joe will be caucusing with the Senate GOP

[MadrasT]

13. Hey Joe, kiss my ass...

I don't want “a typical middle-class American who got angry at her government and decided to get involved.”

I want the Smartest Motherfuckers In The Room.

[Love Bug]

14. "she's plenty smart" -- Jesus, he's even starting to SOUND like Bush!

[CakeGrrl]

15. A typical middle-class American who used her position to get people fired

Yeah, the average American knows the type.

Most of them don't like that type, though.

[grace0418]

16. "She doesn't know how to operate the fire engine, or all the duties firefighters deal with, but,

frankly, that's her strength."

In other words, Joe, do you know how fucking stupid that sounds? I'm not voting for a VP who is "refreshingly" unqualified. I'm voting for someone who knows what the fuck they are doing.

[Elidor]

17. “She doesn't know every detail...but, frankly, that's her strength"

That's right, Joe: ignorance is strength.

[stillcool]

18. I guess she's not doing too good...

with her homework.

[iiibbb]

19. Palin needs the joementum

[Homer Wells]

21. Probably right.

I rather doubt she can even spell IQ!!

:evilfrown:

[karynnj]

22. Leiberman himself is a candidate for the worst performance in a VP debate

by a major party candidate. He is lucky that Dan Quayle existed - and because he managed to humanize Cheney, he might be the worst. Gore should have ignored the handlers and gone with Kerry, who would have gone after the extreme outlier positions Cheney had taken. (Cheney was against Mandella - Teresa Heinz Kerry marched against Apartheid in South Africa when she was in college.)