say what? Sarah Palin talks with Katie Couric
Thank you, James Rainey of the L.A. Times. Old-school journalism. That’s right. And thank God, because you’re not going to get a “tough” interview from Katie Couric. Here’s Rainey, on Couric’s interview with Palin:
“…(Palin) struggled to respond to Couric’s suggestion that the $700-billion bailout might be better funneled through middle-class families instead of Wall Street firms.
‘That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in . . .’ Palin began, before meandering off in fruitless pursuit of coherence.
But I’ll let the governor speak for herself:
‘ . . . where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh — it’s got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, um, scary thing, but 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.'”
(Wacky Mommy here: Say whu? As my grandfather would say, “Girl, that doesn’t make any damn sense.”) Back to the L.A. Times:
“That mind-bender prompted Couric to muse, almost charitably, on ‘The Early Show’ that Palin is ‘not always responsive when asked questions, and sometimes does slip back to her talking points.’
It didn’t go much better for Palin when she tried to clarify the mystery of what her state’s proximity to Russia has taught her about that nation. Anyone south of the Arctic Circle would have seen this question coming and had a ready answer. But seemingly not the governor.
‘We have trade missions back and forth,’ Palin told Couric. ‘We, we do, it’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where, 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, to our state.'”
(Please, y’all. Vote. Get your friends to vote. Vote early. Vote often. And let’s start working on getting coherent in this country. wm)
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Couldn’t agree more. I particularly love “Our next door neighbours are foreign countries.”
Didn’t you know that being bordered by foreign countries gives you foreign policy experience????
September 26th, 2008 | #
Good grief! How embarrassing for the entire western hemisphere.
September 26th, 2008 | #
Great post!! I will be voting!!
September 26th, 2008 | #
I’ll go on the record and say I voted for Bush last election. I was 18 and dumb, what can I say. And while I don’t have a clear cut party line, I kind of agree with both sides on different issues, all I can say is that the republicans are sooo screwed.
Palin’s argument that because she governs a state that is close to two different countries is absurd, it doesn’t give you any more foreign policy than say, me. By her logic, my governor (the Governator) has just as much foreign policy experience as she does because he’s German and governs California, which borders Mexico. WTH?!?
September 26th, 2008 | #
I believe she said “shore up the economy” twenty seven times.
September 27th, 2008 | #