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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:21 AM Original message |
Palin Camp: "She was explaining in terms a third-grader could understand" |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. sad |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. She basically then told the 3rd grader erroneous info. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Can a 3rd grader understand misinformation? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Ntot true. She's been intentionally blurring the line between the Executive and the Legislative |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. exactly....she could almost get away with it if not for her past answers. |
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Wolfies Revenge (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. bwahahahahaha! How PATHETIC AND DESPERATE! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. Couldn't she have simply told the truth in words a 3rd grader would understand? |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. A third grader understands "policy changes"?? This doesn't come |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. as a rule 3rd graders don't vote... however |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Here's some data on those supporters |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. How's this, Sarah: |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. By the way, I have a 3rd grader at home. And he thinks Palin is an idiot. |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 05:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. LOL- works for me! |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. What, a 3rd grader can't understand "if McCain bites it, I'm the Prez"? |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. And even in those terms she still got the meat of the argument wrong. (eom) |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. Of course she was. That's her mental level. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Breaking a tie vote in the senate |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. lol! This is absurd. Why couldn't a third grader understand the truth? It's actually |
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sunder (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah, right. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. What an insult to every teacher and parent in the country |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. I wonder if her supporters will get that this is an insult towards them? |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. it's like |
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CADEMOCRAT7 (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. LOL. Lets educate the children with "Her" version of the Constitution. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. Too bad the 3rd grader couldn't explain the question so the GOVENOR could understand.... |
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alison (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. I saw this on Olbermann last night |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yeah,because no 3rd grader would understand the concept of a TIE |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. . |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. Mika thinks that was a "Great!" answer because.... |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. Third graders deserve truthful, if simplified, answers. nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. Their defense is that lying to third-graders is better than lying to adults? |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. so, it's ok to lie to children.... nice argument |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
29. Come to think of it, does this explain why she said basically the same |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
30. The thing is, she implied exactly the same thing at a freaking debate. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Actually, most people know very little about the office of the Vice-President...... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. This explanation makes sense to me |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. This explanation makes sense to me |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. I taught third grade for ten years |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. A 3rd grader knows what a "tie-break" is. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. What's great about this |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't understand why make this statement |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Third graders can understand that the VP breaks ties. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. Ugh. "agenda" is not a third grader term. Secondly she explained it incorrectly. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. The problem is she has no idea what a VP does. |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. She said that the VP was gonna get in there and "make policy" with them |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. Nope. Sorry. That excuse won't wash. I HAVE a third grader. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. "so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of policy changes" |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. so she lies to 3rd graders just like she lies to everyone else. |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. Unbelievable. So kids are too stupid to understand the correct answer. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Tie-breaking vote" is too difficult for a third-grader? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
49. Ahhh...so she wa LYING to a third-grader? |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
50. Sarah was right |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
51. She gave false information, period. |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. which was more complex, BTW, than the correct explanation would have been. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Exactly! imo she really believes that the veep can have more power... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
52. Nothing like confusing a 3rd grader for no good reason. If the 3rd grader can understand "Vice- |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
56. Clueless. I had to put up with this crap in high school. |
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