OMG Palin was Dumber than anyone thought possible

[cjsmom44]

Thank God for the Citizens of this country seeing the light.....I knew that she was rather clueless but now the truth all seems to be leaking out from McCain staff....
From the Huffington Post:
"one of the most astounding and previously unknown tidbits about Sarah Palin has to do with her already dubious grasp of geography. According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," in part because she didn't know which countries were in NAFTA, and she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself."

Palin was apparently a nightmare for her campaign staff to deal with. She refused preparation help for her interview with Katie Couric and then blamed her staff, specifically Nicole Wallace, when the interview was panned as a disaster. After the Couric interview, Fox News reported, Palin turned nasty with her staff and began to accuse them of mishandling her. Palin would view press clippings of herself in the morning and throw "tantrums" over the negative coverage. There were times when she would be so nasty and angry that her staff was reduced to tears.

Watch the clip from The O'Reilly Factor below." (If you can stomach it)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-i_n_141653.html

[Island Blue]

1. But, but, but ...

she's just like one us. :rofl: Apparently "us" are stupid. :rofl:

O'Reilly is such a frickin' idiot - trying to defend her stupidity.

[cjsmom44]

2. I know what a tool

O'Reilly is such a total idiot....
:rofl:

[elkston]

8. Duplicate Message

[goodboy]

3. HuffPo.,..more MORE MORE HERE!

From Newsweek's Special Election Project comes the real Sarah Palin. She met staff members in a towel:

At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I'll be just a minute," she said.

SNIP

Finally, Steve Schmidt (who reportedly picked Palin as VP) would not let her speak on election night.

McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

much more here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-once-greeted-mccain_n_141394.html

[OswegoAtheist]

22. Dear Penthouse,

I never thought those stories you printed were real until it happened to me. We were working for McCain's campaign at the St. Paul convention, when we were sent up to debrief Gov. Palin. Imagine our surprise when she answered the door wearing nothing but a towel!

Oswego "Please pass the mental bleach" Atheist

[NewJeffCT]

25. and then she said to you

Hi Oswego, is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? (cue bad porn music...)

[PatGund]

30. Keep the bottle of bleach out.....

http://sarahpalinerotica.com/

No, I'm not kidding

[Lasher]

lacked a degree of knowledgeability

She's stoopud.

[agentS]

4. Let Palin be Palin, as they say...

I say, why not? Let the world see how dumb she is!

[cjsmom44]

5. I AGREE

Now the truth will come out....all of it...
I hope she just disappears...

[kedrys]

6. How can she be sure it's Russia she sees out her window then?

I mean, if her geography is that shaky, maybe she sees Mauritania or the Galapagos Islands. There's no telling. :P

[DCBob]

7. Now we know why the McCain campaign was keeping her away from the media and serious talk shows.

To think that she could have been a heartbeat away from the oval office. Shocking.

[elkston]

9. Anybody get the feeling that this is the first time ...

she has gotten some straight talk about how uneducated she is? She was so confident that her meager skills were adequate that it was a shock when non-Alaskans reported the stark reality: She was way out of her depth.

My gut tells me she has a limited world view that centers around Alaska and is simply uncurious about anything else. She has surrounded herself with "YES" people her entire life and thus her competence was never challenged. This has been allowed to snowball for so long that no one close to her was willing to stand up and just give it to her straight: "You're okay for Alaska Sarah, you're not ready for *THIS* job".

[indepat]

10. A high-maintenance nasty spoiled whining ignorant prima-donna if I read the tea-leaves

correctly. :P

[Warren Stupidity]

11. It was pretty clear to me that she was as ignorant as one could be

and still manage to get oneself elected governor.

[Doctor_J]

12. Was?

:shrug:

[cjsmom44]

13. IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS

[DCBob]

14. This needs to be publicised far and wide. It shows the total incompetence of the woman and

and the shocking ignorance and desperation within the McCain campaign. To think they was hurling vile insults at Barack Obama and Joe Biden all the while knowing this. They should apologize to Obama, Biden and the American people. Disgusting.

[Marrah_G]

15. O'Rielly really does live in his own reality

[RichGirl]

17. No kidding!

"She can be tutored." Holy Christ!!! I could have done a better interview than she, not because I've been tutored, or need to know, or because I'm smarter...but because I'M INTERESTED! If at the age of 44 she doesn't have enough knowledge of the government or the world to answer simple questions, it's because SHE IS NOT INTERESTED. How can you possibly do a good job if you're not interested in what you are doing??? This woman is NOT going to be running in 2012!!

[RichGirl]

18. No kidding!

"She can be tutored." Holy Christ!!! I could have done a better interview than she, not because I've been tutored, or need to know, or because I'm smarter...but because I'M INTERESTED! If at the age of 44 she doesn't have enough knowledge of the government or the world to answer simple questions, it's because SHE IS NOT INTERESTED. How can you possibly do a good job if you're not interested in what you are doing??? This woman is NOT going to be running in 2012!!

[Marrah_G]

21. It's so offensive that she was ever chosen.

If I were a repug female politician with years of experience behind me I would have been furious to see that moron chosen.

[medicswife]

16. Joe and Mika were blabbing about how she should run for Ted Steven's seat...

and saying that they hope she wins it. What a bunch of idiots. I can see her throwing temper tantrums. I'll bet that she flies off of the handle and starts cursing.

[onefreespiritedchick]

23. Joe and Mika are obviously idiots

Or so partisan that this has blocked in critical thinking skills left. This woman is not qualified for public office. For mayor perhaps, but that's it.

[Tyler Generation]

19. SHE DIDN'T HAVE AN ABORTION THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!

Geography is elitist crap anyway! USA! USA! USA! USA!

[Left Is Write]

28. We don't know that either, given that she wouldn't release her medical records.

[GreenEyedLefty]

20. We seriously averted a major disaster.

Yikes.

Palin is a textbook narcissist.

[cjsmom44]

24. Would have been a TOTAL disaster for our nation !

Scary...that they even got as many votes as they did !

[Beacool]

26. Pretty amazing that this woman was tapped to be a VP nominee.

There are a number of Republican women who have vast more experienced than Palin and would have been more formidable, why did McCain choose her? I don't get it.

[polichick]

27. I'm not surprised - that's exactly how I saw her. McShame is an imbecile...

...for choosing her.

[Cresent City Kid]

29. While we're on Palin

Did anyone catch Charlie Rose last night? Two Newsweek guys were talking about how she kept charging clothes on donors/staffers credit cards. This was after she gave a speech about the controversy. Does that count as dumb?