She Speaks
Knowledge of the United States Supreme Court is not her strong suit:
Palin’s take on the $700 bank bailout:
Palin’s take on answering questions from voters:
On reading newspapers and magazines:
This Is Her Foreign Policy Experience???
When The Talking Points Fail:
Doesn’t Know Much About That VP Job
WHY AMERICANS SHOULD BE SCARED OF SARAH PALIN AS POTENTIAL LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, IN HER OWN WORDS:
1. “As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?” –Sarah Palin interview with CNBC’s “Kudlow & Co”, July 2008
2. “Nucular.” –Sarah Palin, mispronouncing the word “nuclear” twice, ABC News interview, Sept. 11, 2008
3. “Perhaps so.” — Sarah Palin, when asked if we may need to go to war with Russia because of the Georgia crisis, ABC News interview, Sept. 11, 2008
4. “I’m the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can’t.’” – Sarah Palin, as quoted by former City Council Member Nick Carney, after he raised objections about the $50,000 she spent renovating the mayor’s office without approval of the city council
5. “The fact is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.” –Sarah Palin, on the two companies which are in fact private entities, Colorado Springs, CO, Sept. 13, 2008
6. “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.” –Sarah Palin interview with Alaska Business Monthly, March 2007
7. “It is, but I want you to not lose sight of the fact that energy is a foundation of national security. It’s that important. It’s that significant. “ Sarah Palin When Charlie pointed out that national security is so much more than an energy policy. Source: ABC News: 2008 election interview with Charlie Gibson Sep 11, 2008
8. A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.” –Sarah Palin, dismissing global warming as influenced by human activity, Newsmax interview; August 29, 2008
9. “When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism, or maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, ‘Man, that doesn’t do us any good, women in politics, or women in general, trying to progress this country.” – Sarah Palin, on complaints from Hillary Clinton’s campaign about sexist coverage, Spring 2008
10. “In what respect, Charlie?” — Sarah Palin, after being asked if she agreed with the Bush Doctrine, ABC News interview, Sept. 11, 2008
Now… the smart quote
On McCain’s signature issue—the prosecution of the war in Iraq—she did not sound so gung-ho. Her son is a soldier, and she said, “I’m a mom, and my son is going to get deployed in September, and we better have a real clear plan for this war. And it better not have to do with oil and dependence on foreign energy.” ♦ Sarah Palin Quoted in the New Yorker 9/8/08
And then there are all those questions about whether her religious beliefs would govern the government:
Great Articles
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- Sarah Palin’s Churches and The Third Wave: New Video Documentary
- Sarah Palin: A Trojan Moose Concealing Four More Years of George Bush, by Arianna Huffington
- The Palin Trap: Meta Symbol of American Womanhood is a Dangerous Distraction, Morra Aarons-Mele