Video: Palin on Supreme Court decisions she disagrees with
posted at 7:35 pm on October 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A bad answer not because it’s so awkward but because she lacks the knack for spinning tough questions to her advantage in a way politicians ought to be able to. E.g., “Any decision is a bad decision, Katie, where the Court arrogates to itself the right to decide difficult questions which, in a democracy, should be left to the public.” An answer like that would have gone a long way towards countering Biden’s dopey point about the virtue of Roe v. Wade lying in its expression of consensus. Hey, Joe? Consensus is best determined at the ballot box. If Biden disagrees with that, I encourage him to let the Supreme Court decide who should be the next president.
It sounds from WaPo at this point like Palin’s going to try to bait Biden into a fatal gaffe tomorrow night to cover any missteps she might commit. Not a bad idea in light of the new CBS poll: “Women’s perception of Palin has become increasingly negative. On Sept. 8th, Palin had a 47 percent favorable rating among women and a 19 percent unfavorable; now her favorable rating among the group is down to 30 percent, while her unfavorable has risen to 34 percent.” Exit question: She’s on record as opposing the Supreme Court’s ruling on punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case. Why didn’t she just mention that?
Update: Karl e-mails, “Biden’s a senior member of the Judiciary Committee. Try asking him about the Alaskan pipeline and see how he does.”
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barry norris on October 1, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Looks like Tina Fey will be on Saturday Night Live again this week.
Mallard T. Drake on October 1, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Sheesh.
Two weeks ago we were flying high because of Sarah, now we’re on the verge of giving up all hope because she blew a question from a TV airhead who the public knows is totally in the tank.
There is over a month left until the election. I’m worried, too. But McCain knows what it’s like to have people shooting at him worse than this. Remember the surge.
I’ve seen guys in much worse spots than McCain is in now pull off some pretty amazing feats. I have no idea if our guy is going to win this, but 32 days is an eternity to figure out a few good flanking maneuvers.
Steady as she goes, John. And I still love you, Sarah.
Pavel on October 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Maybe she should have said that answer was above her pay grade. It worked for Barack.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Can anyone watch these tapes without getting sick? I haven’t been able to watch one of the to completion for the last week. This has the potential to be a train wreck and ruin her life, and I really don’t want to witness that.
kflynn on October 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I am so glad she did the Gibson and Couric interviews – they were great practice. She should have done more, but hey that time has passed, you can’t turn back the hands of time.
I care more about HOW she makes decisions. Political leaders don’t make big decisions unilaterally within 30 seconds. I would like to see her “win” the debate whatever that means, but at this point, I just want her to survive.
Throwing her off the ticket is not an option…she’s not the VP nominee for her debate skills. SHe’s the VP nominee because he is an ehtics reformer, and energy expert, and a tough negotiator. Maybe she’ll surprise, and if she tanks I just hope it’s like Dan Quayle and nobody cares.
BUT – all you conservative here that want to quit, give up, cash out and just turn over and die, SUCK IT UP. Quit your whining. McCain would be 20 points ahead of the press had been HALF as tough on Bambi as they have been on Palin. The American people are SICK of the BS and that’s why they are going to elect McCain-Palin on Nov 4th, but we have to keep ON MESSAGE to anyone who we can persuade between now and then because the MSM is a formidable enemy. We are going to need every vote, and if you don’t do everything within your power and we lose, we’re all going to hell together.
JustTruth101 on October 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Even better. It’ll sound like she was really knowledgeable.
Personally, I like to use Dredd Scott as a way to argue against Roe v Wade. So it works on multiple levels.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM
We need to invade them on their ground..
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Part of being VP is being able to think and act under pressure. Having a camera and lights on you isn’t an excuse not to be able to name even the most basic cases and aspects of history.
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Post of the Day.
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM
We need to invade them on their ground.. and attack with truth.
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 8:40 PM
More to the point:
Palin was asked about SC cases she disagreed with. Not SC cases in general.
The Obama-Left is spinning this as “cannot name a SC case aside from Roe.”
If she had named a case — any case — that she “disagreed with” passed by the Supreme Court, it would have been parsed to high heaven. High heaven. Couric asked her to name a case she disagreed with.
Sarah didn’t stick her neck out.
To me, that’s smart. Avoiding that guillotine of a question apparently now qaulifies her as an idiot.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 8:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 8:40 PM
An objective voice in a sea of panic! Praise the lord and pass the Moose Jerky ;)
Bradky on October 1, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Who the hell would’ve criticized her for disagreeing with Plessy or Dred?
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Who the hell is Dred Scott?
Mercy4Me on October 1, 2008 at 8:42 PM
That is not what she was asked.
She was asked for other cases she disagrees with.
Quite frankly, “disagreeing” with Roe is more than enough fodder to give the Left. Why give more?
Would you be happy if she said “I know Miranda v. Arizona!” and then get flamed for being against Miranda rights? But, I mean, after all, she could name a case to appease you.
Name me one Supreme Court case you disagree with.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I guarantee you that if Sarah had mentioned Dred Scott, Couric would have had no freaking clue what Sarah was talking about. That would have been lovely.
I agree, lorien1973: Dred Scott is a great case to use as a counterpoise to Roe v. Wade. I’ve used it myself a few times.
Pavel on October 1, 2008 at 8:43 PM
He cast the final vote in Bush vs Gore in 2000….
Bradky on October 1, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I agree 100 percent.
And I agree with Dennis Miller who just said when in the future faced with a Whoopi Golberg “Are you going to make me a slave again?” question that McCain quit being nice and learn to say “What kind of a Hope diamond sized piece of crap question is that?”
Marcus on October 1, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Dredd Scott is only the case that kept slavery legal in this country? Are you joking me? The details are irrelevant at this point.
To the argument of abortion; it works like this:
The supreme court decided that slavery was good for the whole country. And we went to a civil war to fix that mistake. In Roe v Wade, much the same happened. And the issue still is not resolved. If the states were allowed to resolve it on their own and people finally got their own say in it, it wouldn’t be such a divisive issue today.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 8:45 PM
I have been. Dred Scott, Plessy, Boumediene v. Bush, Kelo v. New London, etc.
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:45 PM
OMG! Now I would have never knew that answer and I followed politics a little then. I just know that Florida SC decided for Bush. Give me a break people! She never claimed to be the geniuses you guys are blogging at HA;-)
Mercy4Me on October 1, 2008 at 8:46 PM
the bar has been now buried in the sand. my dog could show up and exceed what everyone is expecting from this air head. But I am sure she will satisfy Mr and Mrs Voting Q Public enough to rally old John.
Monkei on October 1, 2008 at 8:48 PM
It decided for Gore; against the laws of the state of florida. US SC had to fix their mistake.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 8:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4
I liked the other version with the good music but that has the facts..
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Watch the tape again folks. BIDEN COULDN’T NAME ONE EIETHER AND HE’S BEEN IN DC LONGER!!!!
ConservativePartyNow on October 1, 2008 at 8:48 PM
I disagree with a lot of SC cases. I usually know them by fact patterns rather than by name: “that one case where they said that the right to an abortion also included the right to assure that the child died,” rather than “Doe v. Bolton.”
If I need names, I go look the damn things up. And yes, I am a lawyer, and yes, I have done a fair amount of constitutional law in my time.
Pavel on October 1, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Dred Scott would have been one.
• Upholding Affirmative Action would have been another
• Marbury vs Madison another
• The decision to deny property rights to home owners would have been another
• And the most recent decision to give US citizen trial rights to enemy combatants at Guantanamo would have been yet another
And that’s just off the top of my head.
joncoltonis on October 1, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Biden is a Lawyer.. Hmmmmmmm.. What’s his problem?
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 8:49 PM
I defended Gov. Palin’s response to the gotcha question of “What magazines and newspapers shaped your worldview.”
This though, well, as someone else said it’s a brain fart.
That said, it’s far from the end of the world. She answers 15-20 questions very well, gets a brain freeze on one and all we talk about is that one.
If you haven’t been paying attention, we currently have a President who isn’t really good at this stuff either.
ALL politicians have moments like this, it’s no big deal.
At least she didn’t say there are 57 states or that FDR was president during the market crash (better a non-answer then a gaffe).
Religious_Zealot on October 1, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Isn’t states “deciding it” a good part of what caused the civil war?
Generally, I think it is better for questions to be decided by ballot than by the courts, but slavery and abortion strike me as issues that can’t vary by state. In one state you are a person, but in another you aren’t?
dedalus on October 1, 2008 at 8:50 PM
*Bangs head on table*
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:50 PM
lorien:
You wish she was that knowledgeable?? Who do you think you are? What makes you the arbiter of what Sarah Palin does or does not know. Have you ever been elected to public office? Are you a Governor? Have you been a mayor? Can you read minds? Do you have the woman’s IQ test on file?
I mean really. You just seem to think you know everything.
You know what? I think that if Sarah Palin had brought up a Supreme Court decision that dated back to before the American civil war, the same people who say she should have mentioned it, would be ridiculing her for actually bringing up a case from 150 years ago?
Once again, was Biden’s answer memorable? Great? Wonderful? Does anyone care?
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 8:50 PM
and Kennedy.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/01/supreme-court-refuses-to-rehear-death-penalty-case-for-child-rape/
Does Palin read Hot Air?
BuckeyeSam on October 1, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Yeah, keep in mind that Governor Palin did not have Wikipedia available at her fingertips like most you scite-heads.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Plessy was overturned via Brown v. Board. The court corrected itself.
Dred Scott v. Sandford could have been a fantastic example, especially re: her “Legislative/popular role” meme as that is what overturned it. But if you — or anyone — expects Palin to be a Constitutional scholar, then you’re going to disappoint yourself every day.
My mind on SC decisions always goes to Lawrence v. Texas. Since both Dred and Plessy are no longer standing law, they fall out of resonance. Most discriminatory adjudications have been overturned.
To ask Palin to “presently” disagree with abolished policies and laws is ridiculous. Give me an example of a present SC decision that would have been an apt example.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Yes, because that’s what really makes government effective, politicians who can “spin” tough questions to their advantage. God knows we’re in such great shape here in America, both economically and in the reasoned debate between our two parties, because of the wonderful spinning that our elected representatives do.
I, for one, am going to choose my next President based on their ability to spin tough questions into some meaningless crap, like, for instance Joe Biden, or Barry O’Bambi.
Jaibones on October 1, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Btw, GFY.
Jaibones on October 1, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Spot On!
CCRWM on October 1, 2008 at 8:52 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6fuFrdCJY
LOL love the music..
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 8:52 PM
I had to do interviews a couple of times, and it is different when you know every word is being recorded. Even things you know, don’t come easy.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Ok what?
Mercy4Me on October 1, 2008 at 8:53 PM
I didn’t need to search an often unreliable website to remember Plessy or Dred. You learn about them in high school if not sooner.
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:53 PM
so let’s see if she gets any better at this sort of thing. Allah Pundit has obviously made up his mind. I’m glad Michelle had the foresight to get Captain Ed to work for Hot Air. I’m sure it keeps the sight alive.
Calm Before the Storm on October 1, 2008 at 8:53 PM
It is not the fact that she doesn’t know the answers; it’s the five minute line of crap that she throws out trying to fake an answer that causes her to look awful, and painful. The fact that she can’t realize, at that moment, how badly this looks, is the most discouraging thing to me.
kflynn on October 1, 2008 at 8:54 PM
I’m so glad you joined this site…
CCRWM on October 1, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Laughing hysterically now.
Paging Capt Freedom…
Bradky on October 1, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Either Palin clobbers Biden decisively tomorrow or it’s over. She HAS to make a positive impression on the voters. Anything less than that then the sharks stop circling and go in for the kill.
VinnyL on October 1, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Read my comment again; I said MOST. I know that you know it.
By the way, knowing something and being able to communicate it under stressful conditions are two different things.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Rightly or wrongly Biden’s knowledge of the Supreme Court isn’t at question for voters. He’s run enough Supreme Court confirmation hearings, that people won’t worry about his knowledge–though they’ll question his judgement.
Palin is being evaluated by voters on these pop quizes because they don’t know her and her resume isn’t very long.
dedalus on October 1, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Constitutional process. Can you please be serious for a second here?
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 8:55 PM
The more details she gives, the more they will try to spin her mistakes. Let’s say she names a court case, what makes you think that Couric wouldn’t continue with more follow up questions, like do you recall the votes on that, do you know who dissented etc…. the more she gives specifics the worse chance they can play gotcha. I think she is trying hard now not to be to specific on anything so as to not give them any more ammunition. Yes she doesn’t look great, but she didn’t look stupid either. She just looked like most politicians not answering a question.
spypeach on October 1, 2008 at 8:56 PM
The Florida Supreme Court ordered a state-wide manual recount. SCOTUS ruled 7-2 that the Florida SC’s method for recount violate the Equal Protection Clause.
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:56 PM
No. No one remembers anything Biden says. She isn’t being compared to Biden. It’s unfair. Yes. But that’s life.
She’s held to a different standard. She needs to live up to it.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 8:56 PM
I just discussed Dred and Plessy. They would say she was being an “historian” and not a timely leader. Both have been overturned and are poor examples when you compare it to something standing like Roe (unless you’re willing to link them being overturned to Roe being overturned, which is DANGEROUS media ground).
Boumedine? You want Palin on record being PRO-GITMO and anti-Habeas Corpus? Are you kidding me? You just want to throw Palin into the MSM furnace, don’t you? She would get murdered for saying she’s against Boumedine.
Kelo I would give you.
If you expect Palin to be prepared to discuss Kelo on the spot with a left-field question, then, well, there’s nothing I can do re: your expectation.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 8:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiEWCnpNnBQ
Covering your fannie
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Working and communicating under stressful conditions is part of being VP. Cheney couldn’t call time-out on 9/11.
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Everyone is bashing her and you are right he has done all this, but could not name one. As an interviewer, I would be more concerned about someone who had been the biz for 30 years and should have an answer and did not know the answer, than one that had not
ConservativePartyNow on October 1, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Well I was asleep in high school so sue me. And like Albert E. said when someone asked him a simpleton question and he didn’t know the answer. The kid asking the question was amazed that Albert E. didn’t know this simpleton question. Albert E. said he doesn’t clutter his brain with stuff that doesn’t matter much to his everyday life. Hmmmmmm.
Mercy4Me on October 1, 2008 at 8:58 PM
You are great.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 8:58 PM
dedalus:
Oh, I see. How many people out there do you think even know that Biden has been on the Judiciary Committee? And by the way, if he has and if he is a lawyer I would think that would make it easy for him to not only answer a question like this but give a lecture on it. Maybe people should wonder why it was a man with his experience in law could not come up with a better response.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Hey, can we all admit that knowing SCOTUS cases off the top of your head is not necessarily an indication of intelligence or lack thereof?
Yeah, she froze. Big deal.
All politicians freeze. We would know this better if the MSM spent half as much time with Obama then they do with Gov. Palin (or if you need a reminder, check out the IowaHawk video of Obama’s teleprompter talking back).
I really can’t believe all the hand wringing and doomsaying going on because a politician blanked on one question.
Has there EVER been a VP candidate whose every syllable has been dissected and put under a microscope like this?
We lack a wee bit of perspective here.
Religious_Zealot on October 1, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Considering her running mate called it one of the worst in history, kind of.
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 8:59 PM
I gotta tell ya, this is the most gol darn negative site on the information highway! God bless ya AP! No, really! God bless ya!
Vince on October 1, 2008 at 9:00 PM
amerpundit:
Are you actually comparing an interview with an obnoxious twit like Couric to 9/11? And by the way, if there is another 9/11, do you think Dred Scott will have anything to do with it?
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Imagine if Ifill watched this interview and finds a supreme court case that had been discussed on Biden’s panel that he knows all about. And Palin comes up empty – she doesn’t even have a clue what the case is about.
Awful and nightmarish.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 9:00 PM
So you are know drawing comparisons between reacting to a horrible disaster and drawing a blank while a MSM (sea you in tea) is quizzing you in a condescending manner?
I’m sorry; I usually agree with all of your posts but you are giving me the feeling that you are one of the Georgetown Cocktail Party ‘Republicans’. I guess you have never made a mistake.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 9:01 PM
So you are
know drawing comparisonscarbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Ok- I thought that Florida SC started the problem. The SC fixed the problem, and I thought that Florida SC then got it right. WHATEVER. BUSH WON. People in Florida are stupid cause they can’t punch a ballot. And evryone says the SC picked Bush to be Prez. Is that okay for GHETTO SCHOOL!
Mercy4Me on October 1, 2008 at 9:02 PM
And remember just how horrid Katie Couric was the first month or two of her new job.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 9:03 PM
lorien:
You say Palin is being held to a different standard and admit it is not fair.
But you are one of the people holding her to that standard.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:03 PM
The is the biggest joke of an election. Liberals are a joke, and the right is shooting itself in the foot with it’s doom and gloom cause we won’t back our candidates, instead we wring our hands and cry and whine. It is what it is. Get on board or shut the hell up. I challenge any of you to find any other candidate in history that has been treated this way or even had to answer any of these questions. Sarah could make a thousand loaves of bread out of a pound of flour, feed it to the poor, and she would be accused of being a show off, and stupid. She isn’t perfect, but she is all we have, if you are a conservative. I think she will do well.
gator70 on October 1, 2008 at 9:04 PM
It is hard to see how an unborn child has fundamental rights in one state but not in another. Similarly, slavery couldn’t be administered today on a state-by-state basis–even without Amendments 13, 14 & 15.
dedalus on October 1, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Thanks, I try. Give me a microphone, Michelle Malkin! ;)
Yes. Because in selecting Gov. Palin for his ticket, John McCain transfered all of his prior statements into her brain as though she were plugged into the Matrix.
Just as I am certain that Joe Biden received all of Obama’s vatic knowledge on his statements — or retractions to said statements — throughout his political lifetime.
Or vice versa. But, wait, they’ve contradicted each other constantly.
But Palin now has to know about McCain’s stance on Kelo, Kelo itself, and know to not like Kelo on the fly regarding a left-field “gotcha!” question.
In-freakin’-credible.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 9:04 PM
No, but acting and communicating under pressure will.
I’m talking about acting under pressure. I’m hardly a cocktail Republican and I make plenty of mistakes. I support Palin but that doesn’t mean I won’t criticize her and her actions. I generally support President Bush but I criticize him, too.
amerpundit on October 1, 2008 at 9:05 PM
carbon_footprint:
Great minds think alike. I said almost the same thing. It is strange to compare an interview to a terrorist attack.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:05 PM
My point exactly, the right is holding her to a high standard. Lib’s hold Obama to no standard. He could axe murder me in front of a crowd, and the media would look the other way, and the Kos crowd would cheer him on.
Disclaimer: Obama really couldn’t kick my ass, it was just an example.
gator70 on October 1, 2008 at 9:06 PM
amerpundit:
I know military people who could respond to the pressure of an attack on the homeland with courage and precision, but they would suck at giving an interview. This is not the same kind of pressure. It is a ridiculous comparison.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:06 PM
I’m just accepting reality. That’s all. She is being held to that standard. Do I like it? Sorta, actually. I demand more from my politicans besides an R after their name.
States don’t have to touch the issue of whether its alive or not. All they have to do is outlaw the procedure or not. People of the state vote. Works for me.
I’m mildly pro-choice; but I think Roe v Wade is wrong and it’s a state issue.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 9:08 PM
gator:
It is not just the left that is holding her to that standard, the right is too. They seem to feel that unless she can give the perfect answer 100% of the time, she is a disgrace or a disappointment.
After all, if you can’t beat em join em. That seems to be the attitude of a lot of Republicans when it comes to dissecting Palin’s every word.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:09 PM
And imagine if Ifill weren’t an Obama shill and asked Biden about the link between Tribal Sovereignty, State Sovereignty, Federal Sovereignty, and ANWR, and how it should be handled.
Oh, the hypotheticals! If you keep on supporting rocketing Palin’s bar into the stratosphere, homegirl will never be able to reach it.
Heck, she won’t even be able to shoot it.
If I gave up every time some Obama shill/troll told me Hillary Clinton had wanted to go to war with Iran (or whatever other anecdote I can pull from my file cabinet on the HDS in the Democratic Primary), then Hillary would never have continued to win primaries and seize the popular vote of the Democratic Party.
This is a general election. There’s no Brazile/Pelosi/Dean to change the rules of the game and force that bar higher.
You’re allowing McCain-Palin’s bar to be launched into space and happily watching the take-off, Kool-Aid in hand.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 9:09 PM
I’m losing faith in the GOP… again.
madmonkphotog on October 1, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Those who watched the Bork or Thomas hearings would have a hard time forgetting Biden’s self-indulgent and seemingly endless soliloquys on judicial philosophy.
dedalus on October 1, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Nope. Ifill is an Obama shill. She has a financial interest in Obama winning. So she’s going to try and embarrass Palin.
If you think that this interview wasn’t released today to get Ifill to ask an SC question tomorrow; you are crazy.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 9:10 PM
lorien:
No, you are not expecting reality. That is just the point. You are complaining about the way the left treats Palin and then you follow suit and validate that treatment by doing the same thing.
No one could live up to your kind of standards. I can remember Ronald Reagan stumbling a few times too. Everyone does. If you can not live with that then we need to find an android to put on the ticket, because no human being is going to measure up.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Yes I agree, you just say it better than I did. I’m horrible at making points cause usually I’m teed off when I make them.
gator70 on October 1, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Also, if Palin is asked “what types of judges would you appoint to the SC” and doesn’t remind her that she is running for VP and doesn’t select SC justices, then it’s crazy.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Good point, as do I.
Forgive my comment.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 9:12 PM
gator:
Oh, tell me about it. I screw up all the time.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:12 PM
amerpundit:
There is nothing wrong with criticism, but it should be reasonable.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 9:13 PM
I apologize for wanting my candidates to perform well. I wish I could settle for mediocrity. I don’t demand perfection at all, I just want her to come off looking well.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 9:13 PM
This is really starting to get old. Name a decision lady…Kelo, Plessy, Dred, Liston v Patterson, Ali v Frazier, Creed v Balboa, anything for Zeus’s sake. She can’t possibly be this stupid, because this borders on remedial, this has got to be acting. But she is going to keep this up, she might as well bring the flute for tomorrow.
LevStrauss on October 1, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Gore v. Bush?
mycowardice on October 1, 2008 at 9:14 PM
I’m actually pretty excited about tomorrow! Gooo Sarah! Woot! Woot! Woot!
gator70 on October 1, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Governer Palin didn’t get where she is by being a dumb ass. Her treatment by the media has been atrocious. She has been the epitome of class and grace.
I think she will do just fine tomorrow. I do agree with some however. They (McCain camp)need to let Sarah be Sarah.
jewells45 on October 1, 2008 at 9:16 PM
I know she is. I can read headlines, too. I’m saying that if you’re going to run scared at hypotheticals, that’s on you. If anything, showcasing this “gotcha!” moment gives Palin time to craft a counter response should it be brought up.
Attacking her for non-answers allows the team to see the attack angles. Her responses on abortion, “book banning,” Trooper-gate, and gay rights during these interviews are all effectively responses to the attacks over phantom “menaces.” And she comes off well, when she is given the chance to respond to the nitpicks.
Ifill would have to nail her over something completely new. It’s easy to construct an opinion once you know what is expected. See: Obama v. Hillary, any debate.
Obama had the luxury of Clinton basically spelling out how he could run and say “I’m shiny and new! I love healthcare, too! I believe in this position by Hillary, too! But here’s the nuance.”
If you don’t think Palin will now have a great answer to this question should it re-effect is on you. I have every confidence in Palin.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Focus on this and give Sarah a break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU
Calm Before the Storm on October 1, 2008 at 9:18 PM
LOL! Yes. She disagrees with Gore v. Bush. That’d play well.
lansing quaker on October 1, 2008 at 9:18 PM
Reagan still had to get over a hurdle with the American people even with the unpopular Carter in the White House.
Palin has to get over a similar confidence hurdle, but it will be harder for her since Reagan had been a two-term governor of California, had run a very competative campaign in 1976 and had just won a campaign against GHW Bush.
dedalus on October 1, 2008 at 9:19 PM
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