Incompetent VP candidate

[NoHall]

I try not to fault politicians when they say silly things without realizing it. I've put my foot in my mouth on occasion myself.

What frustrates me is the imbalance in the reporting on this stuff - can you imagine what would happen if Palin had made this statement? You'de see it as a front page headline on the NYT, Cambell Brown would ridicule her for three nights straight, it would land in a couple Saturday Night Live skits, and comics would have a field day with it.

If a tree falls in a forest filled with reporters, does it make a sound? It depends on the political affiliation of the tree.

It's alright with me. My dad (who doesn't give a sheet about politics or talking heads) told me about this with a chuckle...That made me happy.

 

[Blair]

biden has a well deserved reputation for talking too much, and palin is building a reputation of speaking only to friendly media...it won't matter if she loses, but if she wins, you've got another gw scenario

Katy Couric is friendly media?????

 

[idlewind]

Katy Couric is friendly media?????

Compared to Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson she is. Sort of like saying Mussolini was a friendly dictator compared to Hitler and Tojo.

 

[Bob]

Katy Couric is friendly media?????

not exactly friendly, but more like larry king, and less like dan "pink slip" rather.

 

[JoshMclean]

Speaking of Larry King. What about that idiot having the President of Iran on and wanting to be friendly? He should have asked him some tough questions instead of telling him he looked too young to be a grandfather!

 

[TooFarTampa]

Speaking of Larry King. What about that idiot having the President of Iran on and wanting to be friendly? He should have asked him some tough questions instead of telling him he looked too young to be a grandfather!

I CANNOT BELIEVE that Larry King had him on last night. I could not even bear to watch. Was King the only person at CNN that Ahmadinejad would talk to? :rofl:

 

[Miss Kitty]

Speaking of Larry King. What about that idiot having the President of Iran on and wanting to be friendly? He should have asked him some tough questions instead of telling him he looked too young to be a grandfather!

I CANNOT BELIEVE that Larry King had him on last night. I could not even bear to watch. Was King the only person at CNN that Ahmadinejad would talk to? :rofl:

The economy mess has our full attention...but, man...I couldn't stop watching this interview. :shock: That dude is mesmerizing in a very bad way. Talk about spin! Whew...I had hoped I'd forget I watched that. :shock:

Larry King needs to stick with Hollywood celebrities.

 

[hnooe]

I just saw the complete Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin...hello? Biden is lacking? Sad.

 

[Miss Critter]

I just saw the complete Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin...hello? Biden is lacking? Sad.

No kidding. If that was after coaching, she must have really been something before.

 

[drivingtheview]

I try not to fault politicians when they say silly things without realizing it. I've put my foot in my mouth on occasion myself.

What frustrates me is the imbalance in the reporting on this stuff - can you imagine what would happen if Palin had made this statement? You'de see it as a front page headline on the NYT, Cambell Brown would ridicule her for three nights straight, it would land in a couple Saturday Night Live skits, and comics would have a field day with it.

So true!!! If Palin had made an error like this, I am certain that many "journalists" as well as Obama surrogates (sorry for the redundancy) would call for her to step down as the V.P. candidate. Seriously. I could see Anderson Cooper (just after he has removed his bluetooth earpiece coming back from a commercial break cause he is one importantly busy man) questioning how someone with such little knowledge of American history could be a mere heartbeat away from the Presidency. John Stewart would have spent the rest of the year doing Sarah Palin history jokes. Biden is a complete joke. How about being Patriotic by paying more taxes! He also said He and Obama have no intention of creating clean coal plants in the U.S.A.! Obama has clearly stated he wants to do so. Biden immediately opposed the Bailout plan just like McCain did before he learned that Obama was actually for it. He also denounced Obama's commercial that said McCain did not know how to e-mail because McCain could not use a keyboard due to his war injuries until he realized the commercial said "I'm Barrack Obama and I endorsed this message!!!" Biden also said he was in a helicopter that was forced down in the dangerous Al Qaeda infested Afghan mountains. But he failed to mention this was due to inclimate weather!!! Biden then said, "After seven years... the Bush administration realized the absurdity of its own policy and sent our leading diplomat to Iran. The assistant secretary of state as he went to Tehran, sat down at the instruction of the president of the United States."

Oops.

No such meeting ever happened. There was a meeting with Iran but it was Undersecretary William Burns and it was in Switzerland ? not Iran ? and Burns merely sat in on discussions between Iranian representatives and other international diplomats. Burns had no negotiating role and was just an observer.

But lets give the guy a break. It's just good old Joe! Come on people, one of Joe's best friends is the engineer on that daily train from Deleware to D.C. It took Joe the entire past 6 days to say all of this. Tomorrow's another day! If Sarah Palin had a week like this, Obama, ABC, CBS, & NBC would be calling for a congressional hearing to investigate her competency to be V.P.