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Among other things, she also didn't know what countries make up North America and NAFTA...or that South Africa was a country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxDs3Rk_vE
There are apparently reports that she was a complete bitch as well, reducing campaign staff into tears after doing horribly in interviews (the Couric one as well).
I figure we should have some post-election thread where we all can express our happiness for the fact that this woman did not become the Vice President of the United States.
I figure we should have some post-election thread where we all can express our happiness for the fact that this woman did not become the Vice President of the United States.
Asked Wednesday whether she still believed that Mr. Stevens should resign, Ms. Palin was circumspect, saying only that the people of Alaska "just spoke" on the issue at the ballot box and that "they want him as their senator." She said Mr. Stevens should decide "what happens next." (Mr. Stevens could still be forced to step down, and Ms. Palin is widely viewed as a potential candidate for his seat if he does.)
She is so much of a maverick she can't tell a convicted person to go to resign.
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I can't actually believe she thought Africa was a country. Everyone goes to elementary school. Notice that the guy doesn't attribute any source to the comment--I'm guessing some staffer who hated her just pretended to let that slip now that the campaign is over and the rumors are flying.
I can't actually believe she thought Africa was a country. Everyone goes to elementary school. Notice that the guy doesn't attribute any source to the comment--I'm guessing some staffer who hated her just pretended to let that slip now that the campaign is over and the rumors are flying.
Do we know where she went to school? I'm not asking in a "what don't we know about Sarah Palin" sense, but in a "if she went to a religious school, Africa isn't mentioned by name in the bible and AK appears to have lax education standards" sense.
I also love how O'Reilly is trying to defend her. "Yeah, she was a total retarded fuckstick...BUT WE COULD HAVE TAUGHT HER NOT TO BE!"
And she lived in Wasilla, so I think she went to school here. The Africa part is hard to believe though...but seeing from the rest of her performance, the rest of the stuff isn't.
But seriously, she was some sort of a beauty queen. We all know that even when they have gotten through elementary school, their geography knowledge isn't the strongest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
I also wonder if Sarah Palin can name all the fifty states...
Lots of people think Africa is just a country and that Kenya is a town or a state or whatever. That's why people refer to starving people being in Africa rather than any specific country where famine is a problem..
Among other things, she also didn't know what countries make up North America and NAFTA...or that South Africa was a country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxDs3Rk_vE
O'Reilly: So she has a deficit in civics and geography. She's a smart lady; she can be tutored on those things, right? So what's the problem?
Look man, I knew plenty of soccer-moms and hockey-moms when I was in junior-high and high-school. They're part of how I learned that there's more to a woman than hotness. These behaviors are pretty well expected.
Look man, I knew plenty of soccer-moms and hockey-moms when I was in junior-high and high-school. They're part of how I learned that there's more to a woman than hotness. These behaviors are pretty well expected.
Are you saying it's okay for a VP candidate to not know that Africa is a continent, so long as she's a hockey/soccer mom?
Look man, I knew plenty of soccer-moms and hockey-moms when I was in junior-high and high-school. They're part of how I learned that there's more to a woman than hotness. These behaviors are pretty well expected.
Are you saying it's okay for a VP candidate to not know that Africa is a continent, so long as she's a hockey/soccer mom?
As long as VC is banging her, it is.
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Look man, I knew plenty of soccer-moms and hockey-moms when I was in junior-high and high-school. They're part of how I learned that there's more to a woman than hotness. These behaviors are pretty well expected.
Are you saying it's okay for a VP candidate to not know that Africa is a continent, so long as she's a hockey/soccer mom?
Pretty sure that's not what he was saying at all.
Then what is he saying, cause I'm hella confused by that quote.
Look man, I knew plenty of soccer-moms and hockey-moms when I was in junior-high and high-school. They're part of how I learned that there's more to a woman than hotness. These behaviors are pretty well expected.
Are you saying it's okay for a VP candidate to not know that Africa is a continent, so long as she's a hockey/soccer mom?
Pretty sure that's not what he was saying at all.
Then what is he saying, cause I'm hella confused by that quote.
That we shouldn't be surprised by the fact that she's a vapid blowhard with no knowledge of other countries, given that she self-identified as a member of a demographic that's a bunch of vapid blowhards with no knowledge of other countries.
That we shouldn't be surprised by the fact that she's a vapid blowhard with no knowledge of other countries, given that she self-identified as a member of a demographic that's a bunch of vapid blowhards with no knowledge of other countries.
God did we dodge the fucking bullet. Also, reports of infighting and crazy nepotism in McCain campaign reinforce my belief.
Look man, I knew plenty of soccer-moms and hockey-moms when I was in junior-high and high-school. They're part of how I learned that there's more to a woman than hotness. These behaviors are pretty well expected.
Are you saying it's okay for a VP candidate to not know that Africa is a continent, so long as she's a hockey/soccer mom?
Pretty sure that's not what he was saying at all.
Then what is he saying, cause I'm hella confused by that quote.
I can't speak for him, but there seem to be two conversations going on in here:
"Sarah Palin is functionally retarded, and should not have been VP!"
"Sarah Palin couldn't have been quite that dumb, but still should not have been VP!"
His fits the former. He's basically defending the reports that she was functionally retarded, by saying that he's met functionally retarded hockey/soccer-moms before. He did not, anywhere in that post, imply that she should be VP.
Oh okay, I see what he's saying now. I was confused by the bolded part. I took it the opposite way.
Among other things, she also didn't know what countries make up North America and NAFTA...or that South Africa was a country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxDs3Rk_vE
O'Reilly: So she has a deficit in civics and geography. She's a smart lady; she can be tutored on those things, right? So what's the problem?
As a random foreign observer I'm pretty horrified that it was even possible that someone as unknowledgeable as Palin made it as far as VP candidate.
It should be pretty horrifying that someone so vapid and ridiculous could have made it as far as mayor of a town, let alone governor of an entire state.
As a random foreign observer I'm pretty horrified that it was even possible that someone as unknowledgeable as Palin made it as far as VP candidate.
It should be pretty horrifying that someone so vapid and ridiculous could have made it as far as mayor of a town, let alone governor of an entire state.
Or past the age of 5.
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As a random foreign observer I'm pretty horrified that it was even possible that someone as unknowledgeable as Palin made it as far as VP candidate.
It should be pretty horrifying that someone so vapid and ridiculous could have made it as far as mayor of a town, let alone governor of an entire state.
With how shitty state politics are, it's no surprise at all.
As a random foreign observer I'm pretty horrified that it was even possible that someone as unknowledgeable as Palin made it as far as VP candidate.
It should be pretty horrifying that someone so vapid and ridiculous could have made it as far as mayor of a town, let alone governor of an entire state.
Or past the age of 5.
She definitely showed some competence when it came to screwing people over.
I dunno if that says bad things about her, Alaska, the state of American politics or some combination of the three.
Again, it's not like t here's an official vetting process and especially in smaller, local elections (Alaska has less people than many/most major cities) it's not like the vetting by the voting public is all that intense. This is just one risk you take in a democratic system.
I don't buy that as an excuse. You can't just shrug and say "Welp, democracy at work!" when a systemic breakdown of basic governance like what's happened in Alaska comes along. If the vetting process for their gubernatorial candidates is that shoddy, then there is something basically wrong with politics in that state. You can throw up your hands and say that "Alaskans are getting the governance they deserve!", but at some point you have to recognize that it bears little resemblance to the Platonic ideal of a democracy.
Look man, I knew plenty of soccer-moms and hockey-moms when I was in junior-high and high-school. They're part of how I learned that there's more to a woman than hotness. These behaviors are pretty well expected.
Are you saying it's okay for a VP candidate to not know that Africa is a continent, so long as she's a hockey/soccer mom?
Pretty sure that's not what he was saying at all.
Then what is he saying, cause I'm hella confused by that quote.
I can't speak for him, but there seem to be two conversations going on in here:
"Sarah Palin is functionally retarded, and should not have been VP!"
"Sarah Palin couldn't have been quite that dumb, but still should not have been VP!"
His fits the former. He's basically defending the reports that she was functionally retarded, by saying that he's met functionally retarded hockey/soccer-moms before. He did not, anywhere in that post, imply that she should be VP.
Functionally-retarded is part of the soccer/hockey-mom archetype. As is fucking people over for your own purposes or convenience. And being an absolute prick to everyone who doesn't hold a high enough social position to warrant sucking up to. Just not in public, of course, because what would people say? But yeah, they will totally flip out at people for "making them look stupid" when in fact their stupidity is what makes them look stupid.
Again, it's not like t here's an official vetting process and especially in smaller, local elections (Alaska has less people than many/most major cities) it's not like the vetting by the voting public is all that intense. This is just one risk you take in a democratic system.
I don't buy that as an excuse. You can't just shrug and say "Welp, democracy at work!" when a systemic breakdown of basic governance like what's happened in Alaska comes along. If the vetting process for their gubernatorial candidates is that shoddy, then there is something basically wrong with politics in that state. You can throw up your hands and say that "Alaskans are getting the governance they deserve!", but at some point you have to recognize that it bears little resemblance to the Platonic ideal of a democracy.
People in Alaska are just batshit retarded. They're only 600,000 strong and they live in fucking nowhere, so nobody gives a shit about them. They clearly have absolutely zero ethics.
Case in point:
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has returned to her home state of Alaska, where she was greeted by dozens of supporters encouraging her to run for president in four years.
The crowd chanted "2012! 2012!" as Palin disembarked her airplane at the Anchorage airport. Asked by reporters if she might run for president, Palin said, "We'll see what happens then."
See also: every Alaskan politician, including Ted Stevens and his re-election after 7 felony convictions.
As a random foreign observer I'm pretty horrified that it was even possible that someone as unknowledgeable as Palin made it as far as VP candidate.
It should be pretty horrifying that someone so vapid and ridiculous could have made it as far as mayor of a town, let alone governor of an entire state.
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They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
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Her being a bitch, forgone conclusion imho
Also, I bet that Levi guy is relived, they can't still want to shotgun marry them surely?
And she lived in Wasilla, so I think she went to school here. The Africa part is hard to believe though...but seeing from the rest of her performance, the rest of the stuff isn't.
But seriously, she was some sort of a beauty queen. We all know that even when they have gotten through elementary school, their geography knowledge isn't the strongest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
I also wonder if Sarah Palin can name all the fifty states...
But those people shouldn't be VP.
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O'Reilly: So she has a deficit in civics and geography. She's a smart lady; she can be tutored on those things, right? So what's the problem?
Are you saying it's okay for a VP candidate to not know that Africa is a continent, so long as she's a hockey/soccer mom?
As long as VC is banging her, it is.
Then what is he saying, cause I'm hella confused by that quote.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
Oh okay, I see what he's saying now. I was confused by the bolded part. I took it the opposite way.
I have seen no evidence of this conclusion.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
It should be pretty horrifying that someone so vapid and ridiculous could have made it as far as mayor of a town, let alone governor of an entire state.
Or past the age of 5.
With how shitty state politics are, it's no surprise at all.
She definitely showed some competence when it came to screwing people over.
I dunno if that says bad things about her, Alaska, the state of American politics or some combination of the three.
She didn't really "make it" anywhere, though. She was chosen. Mostly cause of her vagina and anti-everything cool and fun.
I don't buy that as an excuse. You can't just shrug and say "Welp, democracy at work!" when a systemic breakdown of basic governance like what's happened in Alaska comes along. If the vetting process for their gubernatorial candidates is that shoddy, then there is something basically wrong with politics in that state. You can throw up your hands and say that "Alaskans are getting the governance they deserve!", but at some point you have to recognize that it bears little resemblance to the Platonic ideal of a democracy.
Functionally-retarded is part of the soccer/hockey-mom archetype. As is fucking people over for your own purposes or convenience. And being an absolute prick to everyone who doesn't hold a high enough social position to warrant sucking up to. Just not in public, of course, because what would people say? But yeah, they will totally flip out at people for "making them look stupid" when in fact their stupidity is what makes them look stupid.
People in Alaska are just batshit retarded. They're only 600,000 strong and they live in fucking nowhere, so nobody gives a shit about them. They clearly have absolutely zero ethics.
Case in point:
See also: every Alaskan politician, including Ted Stevens and his re-election after 7 felony convictions.
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Of all the valid and semi-valid criticisms of Obama, you honestly think he's unkowledgeable?
Really?
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President of the Harvard Law Review and Constitutional Law professor at the University of Chicago. Sounds fairly knowledgeable to me.
Oh, wait, unknowledgeable? Sorry about that, my early morning lack of coffee made me to read that as unknown.
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