| | Ted wrote, Yeah, Bill, you are right. I am sure that no other candidate other than Palin could ever possibly be mocked on Saturday Night Live. Or course not. SNL mocks Republicans and Democrats alike, but Palin is mockable (is that a word?) for her general ignorance. She's a folksy, down home nitwit, who is about as far from a statesman (statesperson?) as one could imagine. Who in the hell appeals to "Joe Sixpack" for support, as if a beer guzzling couch potato is a worthy representative of the American people. And when questioned by Katie Couric on her foreign policy experience, she replied as follows:
COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?
SARAH PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and, on our other side, the land-boundary that we have with Canada. It's funny that a comment like that was kinda made to … I don't know, you know … reporters.
COURIC: Mocked?
PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.
COURIC: Well, explain to me why that enhances your foreign-policy credentials.
PALIN: Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of. And there…
COURIC: Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?
PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth, we do. It's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there, they are right next to our state."
Hello!
And here is another gem from Couric's interviews:
Asked which decisions, other that Roe, she disagreed with, her responses went as follows:
PALIN: Well, let's see. There's --of course --in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are -- those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know -- going through the history of America, there would be others but--"
COURIC: Can you think of any?
PALIN: Well, I could think of -- of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a Vice President, if I'm so privileged to serve, wouldn't be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.
In other words, she couldn't think of any, but instead of candidly admitting that she hadn't studied the other Supreme Court decisions enough to have an opinion on them, she tried to bluff her way through the question. Do you seriously think that voters would respect this woman's intelligence and honesty enough to elect her president?!? I don't want a smart president. Obama is a "smart" president. I think Palin would be perfectly capable of cutting taxes, repealing Obama's acts, and supporting the troops in the field.
What, exactly, do you want from a president? One who can read from a teleprompter and who appeals to academics and Europeans? I want someone who understands political issues better than this woman does, whose only knowledge of Supreme Court cases is Roe v. Wade, which she disagrees with. Maybe you could let us know who you are for? Virtually anyone but Palin. Look, I want someone who stands a snowball's chance in hell of getting elected. Palin will simply produce another defeat at the polls. Yeah, I suppose she would do some of the things we'd like, but only if she's elected, and she won't be if she's nominated.
Who would I consider a better nominee? How about Fred Thompson, who, unlike Palin, is at least pro-choice. Here is Thompson's position on abortion: "Government should stay out of it... The ultimate decision must be made by the women... Government should treat its citizens as adults capable of making moral decisions on their own." Now that's the kind of statement you will never hear from Sarah Palin. And Thompson is a lot more electable too.
- Bill
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