Wow!
Just watch...no introduction needed.
Steve Benen compares this performance to Bart at the Model UN session talking about Libya:
Skinner: "OK, Libya...exports!"
Bart: "Yes, sir, you American pig!"
Skinner: [chuckle] "Nice touch."
Why is anyone with a working organ inside the skull listening to anything that this woman has to say? This isn't like Dubya. Sure he was a little rough around the edges, but no one doubted that he had the basics down. Palin scares me. Her followers scare me even more by constantly reminding me of this nation's dark moments brought forth by willful ignorance. Which one? "All of them."
Steve Benen compares this performance to Bart at the Model UN session talking about Libya:
He stood up, cleared his throat, looked at the blank page in front of him, and winged it. "The exports in Libya are numerous in amount," Bart said earnestly. "One thing they export is corn, or as the Indians call it, maize. Another famous Indian was Crazy Horse. In conclusion, Libya is a land of contrast. Thank you." None of this made any sense, but Bart couldn't just stand up and say, "I have no idea what I'm talking about because I'm unprepared." He had to say something, so he made up some silliness and got the ordeal over with as quickly as possible. Every time I hear Sarah Palin try to answer any question on any subject, it immediately reminds me of Bart's classroom presentation.I'd argue that Bart was slightly better prepared because the actual presentation begins with:
Skinner: "OK, Libya...exports!"
Bart: "Yes, sir, you American pig!"
Skinner: [chuckle] "Nice touch."
Why is anyone with a working organ inside the skull listening to anything that this woman has to say? This isn't like Dubya. Sure he was a little rough around the edges, but no one doubted that he had the basics down. Palin scares me. Her followers scare me even more by constantly reminding me of this nation's dark moments brought forth by willful ignorance. Which one? "All of them."
Labels: Rabid Conservatives
posted by Armen Adzhemyan at 9:37 AM
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You know it's bad when even Glen Becak calls bullshit. For a split second there I though maybe she was being ironic, self-referential, and funny.
Nope.
Who knew that "going back to the farm" would be one of the qualities of a good leader?
Um me. I honestly think there is a lot to be said for the idea that people don't need to be "led" all the time -- that most of the time, the weight of authority belongs with Congress.
I'm also sort of charmed by Jefferson's 'revolution every ten years' bit. For some fun reading, go find the letters he wrote upon his return from France, which was undergoing its revolution at the time. He thought Americans had become fat, content, borderline-monarchal, and decidedly un-American. The leaders were too busy trying to "lead" instead of retiring to their farms.
Point is, Palin has a point. It's not her point, and she probably didn't even know she made it (the language she used sounded like she had memorized Track's or Trig's old homework while it hung on the refrigerator) but it is still a point.
Retiring to the farm is one thing... the "good ol' farmer boy" running for office that you can have a beer with and that the "average american" can relate to is another entirely, and the two concepts get confused too much.
She's deeply religious and ignorant of basic facts of American history and civic structure. She obviously shouldn't be President. Equally obviously, she's totally qualified for the US Senate.
Armen, you are getting lazy.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/31951/the-simpsons-model-un-club
Benen's description doesn't do this justice.
Like Katie Couric, Glenn Beck is obviously just another member of the liberal mainstream media, out to get Palin by asking crazy trick questions. I mean, any variety of "pick one item from this generally agreed upon list and say the name out loud" is basically like asking someone to explain thermodynamics.
I like the Simpsons reference, but the better one may be all those SNL episodes of Celebrity Jeopardy, where Will Ferrell tells Sean Connery simply to say the word out loud, and he can't do it.
thumbs up to 2:45
I want Palin off the political stage as much as any thinking person, but I am inclined to giver her a pass on this one. She named a founding father and made a coherent argument about why GW was such a great guy. Her first response, "all of them," was probably a panic response, but to be fair I too probably would have struggled a little bit with that question as well. Sure we can all probably list some founding fathers and give a little background on them, but who among us hasn't flubbed a softball question like this in an interview. Hell, her initial response even made some sense, despite being woefully inarticulate. To me, this response is a far cry from the Couric question where she couldn't name a single paper she regularly reads.
I can't wait to vote for her in 2012!
I watched this the other day expecting to laugh my ass off and wallow in self-assured loathing, but I came out disappointed. I think she answered about as well as your average high school sophomore would have, which is about five reading levels more advanced than her usual tripe.
What do you mean, "No one doubted that [Bush] had the basics down." Are you kidding me?
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