Video: Plucky Alaskan beauty pageant contestant rocks her flute solo
posted at 3:29 pm on October 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Anyone who can tear off a solo like this on the big stage in Juneau can handle Joe Biden, baby. Cross them fingers.
Word through the grapevine is that the rumored video of her blanking on Supreme Court decisions is coming tonight on CBS. The question, as reported by TV Newser, isn’t that easy in a pinch, actually: “Why do you think Roe v. Wade is a good or bad decision? What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?” I’d be curious to hear how seasoned pols, especially one who aren’t lawyers by trade, handle that second bit. The obvious historical answers are Dred Scott and Korematsu, or Lochner if you’re feeling frisky (and not a conservative). A more recent decision would be the child-rape case Ed wrote about today, I guess. I’m sure the video will play badly, but honestly, if you stuck a camera and a spotlight in my face and gut-checked me, I might pause for a few long moments too before something popped to mind. We’ll see how Biden dealt with it.
Exit question: Maverick says he’s turned to her for advice “many times in the past.” Didn’t they only meet for the second time a month ago? Click the image to watch.
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I would not recommend she play the flute during the debate.
I would recommend she be Sarah Palin of the earlier Alaska Governor Debates. That Sarah Palin will win.
Mr. Joe on October 1, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Gallup shows the race tightening to 4 which is frankly slightly encouraging (although it is with registered, not likely voters): http://www.gallup.com/poll/110881/Gallup-Daily-Obama-48-McCain-44.aspx
Fluke you say?
ABC/Washington Post shows the same spread (with likely voters): http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1074a2PostDebate.pdf
Still, this is going to be tough. McCain-Palin have an uphill fight to win this thing. It is not lost yet, but they cannot afford any more mistakes. In a lot of ways it is Obama’s race to lose at this point.
Mr. Joe on October 1, 2008 at 3:33 PM
He’s a lawyer… I wonder how many foreign policy and law questions will come up in the debate…
ninjapirate on October 1, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Those comments over there are horrid.
Idiots.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 3:35 PM
well, as long as she doesn’t have any band camp stories to tell she’ll be fine
jp on October 1, 2008 at 3:35 PM
If this is true, she gives very very very bad advice.
lorien1973 on October 1, 2008 at 3:35 PM
I hope when Biden turns into a smart #ss
tomorrow night,Sarah rams it down his throat,
then will see what tune GaffBiden can play!!!haha.
canopfor on October 1, 2008 at 3:35 PM
I’d take a flute player and someone with executive experience over a repeated plagiarist and liar Like Joe Biden.
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Yowza! This is why I would never do a talent portion of a beauty contest. Oh wait, I wouldn’t be able to do the beauty portion either.
LOL. I bet she hates this video as much as the HuffPo crowd does. But it got her a college degree, didn’t it?
Sue on October 1, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Can we STOP letting people interview Palin already? I mean she is looking worse and worse every time she opens her mouth to a reporter. I swear by election time, the entire country is going to think she is a complete and utter DUMMY, because I certainly beginning to turn. The supreme court question isnt that hard at all for anyone who has gone to college. The second part of the question is a little tougher, but if you can’t pull something, there is NOTHING wrong with just simply stating that you cannot think of one off the top of your head, but you are sure that there are quite a few.
muyoso on October 1, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Hey, the link to the swimsuit competition ain’t bad either.
txsurveyor on October 1, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Ick,HuffPuff site,now I have to
de-lice my computer!haha.
canopfor on October 1, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Kelo should have been an easy answer.
Vashta.Nerada on October 1, 2008 at 3:38 PM
she probably has an answer, and CBS edited it to include a long pause or something
jp on October 1, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Shut your troll hole.
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:38 PM
THAT’S NOTHIN. Michelle Obama tapdances on the flag.
marklmail on October 1, 2008 at 3:40 PM
I would have paused too(though I know some cases), I would have been thinking how to politely respond to a dumb question, that isn’t relevant.
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:40 PM
The latest non scandal from the Couric interviews is Sarah’s answer suggesting homosexuality is a choice. http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/10/sarah-palin-on-prayer-and-homosexuality.html
I suppose we could go the Howard Stern route and start thinking about Governor Palin and Katie Couric making such a “choice” during the interview and then acting on it…but we best leave that fantasy to Howard Stern.
Many believe that homosexuality is not a choice or that the orientation can be prayed away, but obviously not all homosexual behavior is orientation. It happens in prisons, same sex bording schools, the Navy (ask any Marine, they will tell you most sailors are gay–John McCain excluded), etc. and not everyone who participates in such things go on to be predominently gay (well maybe those sailors). Isn’t that a choice? There is a degree of some fluidity in sexuality that seems to be controlled by choice.
Some people are predominately oriented homosexual and should be treated with respect. Sarah Palin apparently believes gay persons should be treated with respect and said exactly that to Katie. But how someone with that orientation expresses themselves sexually is certainly a choice.
Frankly this parsing of words of Palin that the MSM is engaged in is a witch hunt. Perhaps that African minister should be called back to pray about protecting Palin from witch hunts!
Mr. Joe on October 1, 2008 at 3:40 PM
@ Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Read the definition of trolling, what I did certainly isnt it. And also, my mouth was shut the entire time i typed that message out, so. . .
muyoso on October 1, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Exit question: Maverick says he’s turned to her for advice “many times in the past.” Didn’t they only meet for the second time a month ago? Click the image to watch.
Allah, the past is 30 seconds ago.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 3:40 PM
That’s good, but can Palin perform this?
CanadianGuy on October 1, 2008 at 3:40 PM
I’m afraid I would have blanked on the names of cases too. As far as gotcha moments go, I don’t think this has much resonance with people, but we’ll see.
Btw, I like to see her play the theme for ‘the villages’ tomorrow for Biden. :)
Spirit of 1776 on October 1, 2008 at 3:41 PM
I followed the Kelo case obsessively but can’t remember the name of it. Kelo vs. —–. I remember the name Plessy vs. Ferguson but can’t remember what it was about. Flubbing that sort of Jeopardy question will go over great with lawyers and judges who seem to run this whole country anyway, but playing “gotcha” on it with Joe Six Pack isn’t going to have much traction.
I was first chair for flute in our Jr. High band- Palin’s got some talent!
NTWR on October 1, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Supreme Court cases are NOT for litmus tests, they need to be deiced by judges, based on the constitution.
Thats the point.. Strict Constructionist.
Jdges need to be able to interpret what the constitution says, and not put their own words into it..
Obama will put Legislators on the Supreme Court NOT Judges.
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:43 PM
I think the double standards are funny.
Oh noes! Palin blanks on Supreme Court cases!!!!
But Biden and O. Alinsky get pass after pass after pass for theirs.
Stand up Chuck and let ‘em see ya. Oh God love you what am I talkin’ about.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 3:44 PM
They are. Vile.
As for the ones of a musical nature:
It’s out of tune here and there, but she’s playing with a taped background that’s going to be tuned slightly differently than her instrument. A pro would adjust, but she’s not a pro, for heaven’s sake. Otherwise, the first minute or so (all I sat through) was fine.
(I should note here that I make my living in music – I have for thirty-two years.)
People look at this stuff to ridicule and hurt her, which is annoying. You could look at any person’s life, and find stuff to use to make fun of them. She does a fine job on this, at the level of most contestants for state-level beauty pageants.
In other words, so the hell what?
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Haha… Joe Biden’s middle name is Robinette.
I find it funny for some reason.
Abby Adams on October 1, 2008 at 3:45 PM
This one time, at band camp, I stuck a …
ha ha couldn’t help it
Aitch on October 1, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Roche is another bad decision — if CA has legalized marijuana, and someone is growing their own on their own land, there is no interstate commerce involved. Thus there should be no federal issue. Justice Clarence Thomas is correct on this issue.
rbj on October 1, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Kelo v City of New London, but I thought most every conservative would think of it immediately, even if calling it just Kelo, or the emminent domain case.
Vashta.Nerada on October 1, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Indeed.
Let’s just remember at the time Sarah was blowing the flute in the video, Barack Alinsky was doing another type of blow.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Kelo WHAT? Can’t you remember the full name Ms. Palin??? GOTCHA!/cutesy katie couric
Anyone else get a chuckle about how long it’s taken for snippets of the interview to get scrutinized? I guess it proves no one watches poor Katie.
NTWR on October 1, 2008 at 3:46 PM
I think that was kind of addressed in the post. It took me a bit to think up two and I’m in the relative comfort of my cubicle. Put a camera and mike in front of me and I’d probably freeze up a bit, as well.
For the record: NY Times v. Sullivan.
Slublog on October 1, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Who gives a sh*t about stuff like this?
It’s completely irrelevant to the campaign.
Dave Rywall on October 1, 2008 at 3:47 PM
That thing makes me laugh every time.
Good thing Obama didn’t see that guy. He would have commanded him to get up and walk.
No doubt he would have.
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 3:47 PM
The only thing funny about Joe Biden is that anyone would be stupid enough to think he should even be a Senator, much less a Vice President.
NoDonkey on October 1, 2008 at 3:47 PM
How many cases does Obama disagree with?
D.C. Gun Ban(He said it was constitutional)
Obama agree’s with Roe vs. Wade
so… IF Obama agree’s with the D.C gun ban and believes that it was constitutional? what kind of judges will he appoint?
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:48 PM
wouldn’t Michelle Malkin agree with Korematsu?
crr6 on October 1, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Oy..Gov. Palin…I love you, I really do, but please don’t play that song again, just kick Bidens arse.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 1, 2008 at 3:49 PM
It IS? Robinette? You HAVE to be putting us on.
Hussein and Robinette ‘08! Has quite a ring to it! ROTFLMAO
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 3:49 PM
Obama would put the Most Liberal activist judges on the Supreme Court, and legislate from the bench, he would probably choose someone from the ACLU or a Pro Abortion group! LMAO
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:50 PM
The msm and the dems have done everything they can possibly do to destroy this women and turn the American people against her, and I am afraid they are succeeding. It is really a shame, because she is more like the real American people than any of the idiots that are trying to destroy her.
I am becoming more and more afraid that Obama is going to win this thing, and frankly it scares the holy crap out of me, but this is my country and I will not whine about it or threaten to live in some other country. We will get our country back, we will just have to clean up the mess.
kam582 on October 1, 2008 at 3:50 PM
OMG, you’re right! Joseph Robinette Biden! (Must be some family last name or something? OMG, that is hilarious!)
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Huffpo, obviously.
Spirit of 1776 on October 1, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Stand up Chuck and let ‘em see ya. Oh God love you what am I talkin’ about.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 3:44 PM
That thing makes me laugh every time.
Good thing Obama didn’t see that guy. He would have commanded him to get up and walk.
No doubt he would have.
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 3:47 PM
marklmail on October 1, 2008 at 3:51 PM
MoonBat and Robinette! OMFG!!!!!!!
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 3:51 PM
‘For my second act, I’ll skin a moose and whoop up a mess of burgers in 20 minutes.’ My kind of gal ;-)
Christine on October 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM
For once Dave, I kinda agree with you.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM
I would have blanked. I mean yeah when you say Kelo and Dred Scott sure I recall then, but on the spot nah.
Doesnt matter, cant win with this sort of thing. The biggest idiots in the world will feel superior because she missed it if they are inclined to hate her.
Dash on October 1, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Has anyone questioned the timing yet?
wise_man on October 1, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Just another reason for the female fascists to despise her, she has musical talent and the courage to perform in public. She is better on flute than Clinton was on sax.
The only issue musically was that the band was tuned differently and the brass section was not in tune with itself.
Hening on October 1, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Calling all Photoshop artists…
(OMG, I am dyin’ here!)
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Shame about the house band.
LimeyGeek on October 1, 2008 at 3:59 PM
AP: Gotta give you plus points for the Aqualung caption. If she had played Bouree she would have won the damn thing.
Mike Antonucci on October 1, 2008 at 4:00 PM
With her flute playing ability, Palin is gonna BLOW Gasbag Biden out of the water. :)
poxoma on October 1, 2008 at 4:01 PM
I have accepted that they aren’t in any sense fair. They are the enemy, and that’s all there is to it.
What disappoints me is when conservatives turn on her, because they want her to be and behave like the same kind of asshat slick politician we’ve been spoon-fed for years and years on both sides – and then they complain when we get what we’ve always gotten.
If she were a Democrat, every one of them would be on her side.
capitalist piglet on October 1, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Please don’t say that.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 1, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Whoa!
Sarah Palin is once again revealed as one of us.
It was kinda sweet, in an off-key kind of way.
But surely no-one is trying to draw an analogy….
Randy
williars on October 1, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Exit Question #2:
Would she have won the talent portion if she had played aqualung by Jethro Tull?
Kevin43 on October 1, 2008 at 4:06 PM
yet, I’m sure the huffpo crowd cheered Clinton and his sax.
swami on October 1, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Yes!
R
williars on October 1, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Aw dude…you actually had me thinking she was gonna pull off an Ian Anderson impression, AP!
OK, not really.
flipflop on October 1, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Ifill: What would you do to turn around declines in the American Educational System?
Palin: I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.
LevStrauss on October 1, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Reminding me of Jethro Tull. -10 point for the ‘Cuda.
Pasalubong on October 1, 2008 at 4:16 PM
It actually took me a couple of minutes (which would be an absolute eternity in an interview) for me to recall two very recent SCOTUS rulings that I agreed and disagreed with: Heller vs. DC (2nd amendment) and Kelo vs. City of New London (”eminent domain” for private corporations). It is a very difficult question, especially when a camera is on you.
Nonetheless, the ignorant American public expects professional pols to be able to at least deflect questions that they don’t have an answer for.
She should be coached to deflect, or to turn it around on the interviewer (easier said than done).
lionheart on October 1, 2008 at 4:17 PM
It’s such a shame that LevStrauss fails at comedy.
wise_man on October 1, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Exit Question #3
What if Sarah broke out with a little ditty from the Moody Blues?
swami on October 1, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Watch all the frilly panties run!
TheSitRep on October 1, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Aqua Lung Wha? Jethro tull indeed Allah! Ha Ha you got me with that one bro.
sonnyspats1 on October 1, 2008 at 4:21 PM
This from the guy that wears a bag over his head…
Rick on October 1, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Hey, if I looked like Arianna Huffington and my husband left me for a man I’d hate Sarah too.
LtE126 on October 1, 2008 at 4:23 PM
That performance accentuates Sarah’s manga eyes.
Sailfish on October 1, 2008 at 4:25 PM
<blockquoteLevStrauss on October 1, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Are you quoting a union teacher or a union rep for the teacher’s union? Either way American public schools don’t need maps, they need more vacation days for teachers and those pesky tests that evaluate how well children are being taught.
Hening on October 1, 2008 at 4:25 PM
But wise_man, he was so original and creative.
:roll:
Abby Adams on October 1, 2008 at 4:26 PM
“And the almost-youngest of the family, is moving with authority…”
Patrick S on October 1, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I will go out on a limb and say that the American people hate Washington so much right now that all Sarah Palin has to do is give practical answers to the best of her ability and she will sound brilliant.
As for Gwen Ifill, if she had any sense of professionalism she would have declined this gig.
BigD on October 1, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I will be in my room for an undetermined time.
1sttofight on October 1, 2008 at 4:29 PM
w/o looking, I could give you Miranda, Escobedo, Dred Scott, Marbury, Heller, Hamdan, Brown/BOE, Buckley and maybe a few others.
Some i recall from college some from contemporary times. But i prolly couldnt give you a brief on more than one or two of them, for I am just a caveman, not a lawyer or pointy-headed academic.
Palin’s problem may be imho, that she isnt yet fast enough to say “Hey, I am not sure about that answer, heres what I DO know” then pivot and strike on familiar ground. She ought to know the press are out to get her and she should be answering these gotcha questions with a smile and a pivot to stronger territory.
Analogy: just because you have a big army doesnt mean you have to lay them out in an open field when you know there are familiar hills, mountains and creekbeds all over the place.
Mike D. on October 1, 2008 at 4:29 PM
That depends on what discipline was studied at college. I majored in engineering, and never studied a single Supreme Court case in four years. So, I couldn’t have answered Kouric’s question when I first graduated, but probably none of the sitting Supreme Court Justices could design a cat cracker either.
Come to think of it, Governor Sarah Palin probably knows more about oil and gas than McCain, Obama, and Biden combined. Case in point: Biden’s willingness to outsource coal plants to China.
As for Vice-Presidential candidates, I’m sure trial-lawyer John Edwards could name a lot of Supreme Court cases, but he got his clock cleaned by Dick Cheney in their debate.
This is why Palin needs to avoid one-on-one interviews with the MSM, where their purpose is to try to stump her with abstruse questions they don’t ask anyone else. Let her on talk radio and Fox News, where the aim is to present her positively, and on live-broadcast debate shows where a Democrat is present, and they don’t want to make the Dem look stupid.
But she does need to hit a home run tomorrow night. Not on the defensive, but on the attack–against Biden’s gaffes, her strength on energy issues, and hopefully she can bring to light the fact that Democrats messed up Fannie and Freddie, and McCain showed foresight in trying to fix them in 2005, and we are now picking up pieces from the Democrats’ malfeasance.
Steve Z on October 1, 2008 at 4:34 PM
As someone who also played the flute and was actually pretty decent in high school, I’m thinking the sound quality was really horrible.
It sounds like she’s playing to a recording, but during the song the recording clashes with itself. And her sound makes it seem as though she has poor ombasure, but if she’d been playing for ten years, surely she knew better.
Esthier on October 1, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I still think Palin can BLOW Gasbag Biden out of the water, that is, unless Old Joe turns out to be a master debater. :)
poxoma on October 1, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Hening on October 1, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Speaking seriously, first and foremost, they don’t need the federal government involved in Education, period. They just renovated the Department of Education, but I still think it would look better as a patch of grass and a southern extension to the mall. Bush’s No Child is one of the worst bills ever because it made sheep that otherwise would have taken the conservative position that the federal government should stay out of education to believe that federal suits in DC dictating to the states is somehow a good thing.
LevStrauss on October 1, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Being the conservative democrat that you are Allah, do you really want someone to answer that?
upinak on October 1, 2008 at 4:43 PM
I didn’t realize she was being asked which other laws she disagreed with. I thought she was just being asked to name some.
This is completely different.
I’m an educated person who’s spent plenty of time studying these issues, and if pressed on the spot, I’d have a hard time coming up with any others as well. In fact, without doing a google search, I can’t even really think of any right now at all. It’s not as though these things are constantly in the news affecting our daily lives.
Has anyone ever asked Obama this question? He’s even contradicted himself as recently as the gun case that just appeared before the Court.
Esthier on October 1, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Allah
WARN US NEXT TIME YOU LINK TO HUFFPO!!!! PLEASE!!!
ordi on October 1, 2008 at 4:46 PM
The best thing about the link to HP was seeing Maureen O’Dowdy getting kicked to the curb by McCain. ‘Ooh, he hates the second ammendment so much, as demonstrated by my being banned from the campaign.’
Maureen O’Tool.
trailboss on October 1, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Fingers crossed.
Lawrence on October 1, 2008 at 4:52 PM
oh course we know the bluffington post, but why send HA’s to it?
seems bad form to me.
jimmer on October 1, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Just got home.. no time to read every post, but watched the vid ….
GOOD GAWD ! NO ONE with THAT backup group coulda won !!
Eeeeeeew !
:-)
pambi on October 1, 2008 at 4:54 PM
The accompaniment was flat.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 1, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Billy Jeff changing parties.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 1, 2008 at 4:59 PM
It’s so funny reading all of the Huffblow comments. These people actually think that she is playing “a little flat”
It amazes me that these liberal idiots think they’re experts on music when they can’t even so much as take into account the change in sound from auditorium acoustics recorded onto a cheap 80’s video camera that records only mono.
Then again, these people share a verbatim ideology with a set of people that think that regulating the finances of a GSE run by a documented crook in charge of over half of the country’s mortgages is a “political lynching”.
leetpriest on October 1, 2008 at 5:05 PM
In some parts it sounds that way, although I’d still say given the circumstances of the recording atmosphere, it’s likely that it’s just a bad recording.
The accompaniment does suck, though. The individuals playing the trumpet should have exercised a bit more lip control.
leetpriest on October 1, 2008 at 5:08 PM
What song is she playing?
Darth Executor on October 1, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Homecoming or something. It’s named at HuffPo.
Esthier on October 1, 2008 at 5:16 PM
I suppose the one case I would think of would be Kelo. But then again, I had time to think about it too. If someone asked me the question when I was not expecting it, I might not think of anything either.
Terrye on October 1, 2008 at 5:19 PM
But then you are not the gov. of Alaska, and running to fill the shoes of the POTUS if needed. It’s not her exact knowledge or lack of that bothers me, it’s her lack of interest in big issues beyond Alaska, things the POTUS has to deal with.
trailboss on October 1, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Sung to the melody of “Goobers ans Raisinnets”.
Buford Gooch on October 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I heard she belittled that flute at every opportunity.
Mr_Magoo on October 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I wonder if she can play “Burnin’ Down the House” on that thing.
Mr_Magoo on October 1, 2008 at 5:30 PM
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