Bwahahaha!!! Cmon guys, she bombed BIG TIME! No wonder Joe has been playing it cool...

[phleshdef]

Okay, I watched that interview and I thought to myself, THIS is what people (meaning us) are worried about?

She came off as a total IDIOT. I've seen lowly McCain surrogates on MSNBC getting annihilated by Chris Matthews who come off more qualified than her.

Biden won't have to flex one aggressive muscle to show the world how inadequate she is. All he will have to do is put that vast knowledge of, well pretty much any issue you can think of, on the table, and she will be exposed for being the empty suit that she is.

[pdxmom]

1. Just talked to my mom, back East in the DC area. She's an Obama

supporter, but not a news or political junkie. And she's pretty much able to be objective.

Here is her quote: "I was totally unimpressed. She walked all the way around the barn to answer a question, and then still didn't answer. She was horrible."

[dchill]

20. "then still didn't answer..."

Which qualifies her to be a "Republican strategist" on cable TV "News."

But nothing more.

[Union Thug]

2. Just as I figured...the barracuda is really a guppy.

A laughable buffoon.

[JuniperLea]

6. You can put lipstick on a barracuda and wrap it in newspaper...

Well, you know:)


:rofl:

[Union Thug]

12. and a little vinegar and salt... :-)

[dchill]

42. It's a matter of individual perspective...

I saw a blowfish.

[smb]

51. Shame On You!

"I saw a blowfish."

That's a disgusting insinuation that Sarah got her nomination in exchange for sexual favors! You... you sexist pig! :rofl:

[dchill]

55. OK, whatevs, but what I seriously meant...

was the actual blowfish (puffer, fugu) - the "delicacy" eaten by the Japanese, which is absolutely fatal when prepared wrong.

Really. :)

[samuraiguppy]

54. good one

(I have been called a sexist pig myself--but no matter what people say--the ladies like it)

[Pachamama]

69. "The Barracuda is really a guppy".....

:rofl:

This is why I love the DU so much...when I need a laugh, I can always find some analogy or joke here that is perfect.... :hi:

[VeraAgnes]

3. She could be gaining sympathy with that blank interview.

Let us not let our guard down. Let's hope McCain workers her overtime and she gets worn out! She looks fatigued.

[JuniperLea]

8. Her eyes were telling...

She was scared shitless:) As she should be! This isn't the PT freaking A!

[dchill]

23. I've only seen a couple of clips...

but I saw exactly the same thing. Deer in the headlights. I don't think our Republickin friends saw anything like that, though, do you?

[JuniperLea]

33. Oh, heck no...

They only see the angelic glow around her head... like a halo... it's a symptom of the Kool Aid poisoning they suffer:)

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

26. She was jittery too. Shaking her foot and swinging her hand.

[JuniperLea]

41. Even her legs were tense!

One foot shaking and the other so tense you could see every muscle in her calf!

[Jennicut]

70. Wait, she hasn't even directly volunteered for the PTA, MSM can't find out what position she held

Sarah honey, you are seriously not qualified for this position. Stay in Alaska and continue to ruin the lives of innocent wolves or whatever you do but please don't keep making us laugh by trying to "know the issues". You just know that wherever Joe Biden is he is having a good laugh.

[intheflow]

58. She did look tired and strained.

Cramming for the VP-ship is hard werk!





Sorry, Sarah. I don't care. You made your bed, now you have to sleep in it! :nopity:

[Bensthename]

4. LOL, I was thinking the same thing.. AND Biden

will be the underdog in the debates.

They have her on a pedestal and act like Biden is a nobody..

The debates should be a hoot.

[FlyingSquirrel]

32. No, you have it exactly opposite

They'll raise expectations for Biden against her, then she'll do passably well and that's all that will be reported - how much better she was than "everyone expected". Throw in a couple of slight Biden mistakes (or manufacture them) and you've got a Palin victory.

[mamalone]

40. Sadly.. I agree with you.

We'll hear all about what a formidable debater Biden is ad nauseum for weeks beforehand. On the flip side we'll hear all about her lack of experience debating on this level, maybe even a sop or two about her being a woman, blah, blah, blah.... and if she is able to maintain her body in a basically upright position without wetting herself or bursting into tears and running from the stage, she'll be declared amazing and everyone will be talking about her surprising victory and what a game changer the whole debate was:eyes:

[AllentownJake]

5. The freepers are calling ABC

:rofl:

After that softball interview they are calling ABC and accusing Charlie of being a liberal. These fucking idiots don't even know who is on their side.

:rofl:

[smb]

31. OMG

If she'd had to face a real serious interview (and bombed even worse as a result), the FReepers' heads would be exploding in rage (:grr:). :rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

34. Gibson could have gotten down on his knees & praised her

for 60 minutes, and Freepers would still call ABC and say that Gibson is a leftist shill because he didn't get on his knees quickly enough.

[MiniMe]

39. They're saying he was mean to her

give me a f-ing break

[nxylas]

47. Leave Sarah alone!

[nxylas]

48. Delete

Dupe

[wisteria]

63. And this is what they are going to say when world leaders mock her. n/t

[morillon]

50. LOL! He was very easy on her.

Shit, what would she do if she got into a rumble with the LW equivalent of O'Reilly?

I *would* feel sorry for her if I didn't despise her policies so much. She asked for this scrutiny and deserves to be exposed for exactly what she is.

[GreenPartyVoter]

57. He had to spell out the Bush Doctrine for her. Most interviewers worth their salt

would have spanked her over that not handed it to her on a silver platter. :eyes:

[hlthe2b]

7. NEVER underestimate the stupidity / ignorance of so many

Americans, let alone the racism. I heard a interview on NPR of 7 white and 6 African Americans in PA this evening... Go listen to that (NPR.org) if you feel like getting overly confident. I was so distraught afterward, I just sat in the car, until my neighbor came up to ask me what was wrong....

[VolcanoJen]

9. I'm biased as hell, but even I thought she'd do better than that.

She was a total deer-in-headlights on the Bush Doctrine questions. "In what respect, Charlie?" She was looking for him to throw her a rope. "His world view...?" she asked, looking for a clue.

It was godawful. And her choppy delivery is just not the kind of stuff you're used to seeing at the Presidential politics level. I found it jarring, and again, although I was hoping she'd suck, I was amazed that she absolutely did.

[livetohike]

62. She was very unprofessional - definitely not what we are used

to seeing from the women Senators and members of Congress. She's a small town hockey Mom from a large in area state, who somehow was elected Governor. She is not ready for the national scene much less the V.P. position and I doubt she ever will be. She appears to be intellectual bankrupt.

[earthlover]

10. Biden does have to be careful

He has to present his real knowledge of what is going on, particularly foreign policy. That is the expectations for him. If he doesn't sound like Einstein, he does not live up to expectations.

Palin has another set of expectations. We all are feeding this. She is perceived as a possibly a total twit, and possibly dangerous. Unfortunately, even Ms Sarah should be able to memorize enough pat answers to at least muddle through the debate without sounding like a total twit or dangerous. Biden will win the debate on substance, Palen exceeds expectations (low from the start) and lets voters sigh a sigh of relief that she is not such a total twit, she is not so dangerous, she is ok....

If Biden gets too forceful with her, he will be viewed as a sexist pig, and picking on poor defenseless Sarah Pooh. But if he can't get her off of script, the expectations game has me scared.

It will be interesting to watch, but I am not at as confident as some.

The one thing I am confident about is that her shrill ness and cockiness will come through. I think that the American people will see this and react negatively to it. The honey moon will be over. That is my hope.

She IS a twit.

[central scrutinizer]

27. and her underwire bra will be hooked to Rove's transmitter

a lot easier to hide it on her than on bushco

[nc4bo]

44. Seriously. thank you so much for saying that. My Spidey sense is tingling. nt

[LonelyLRLiberal]

56. I think your insight is dead-on.

In fact, Biden showing his knowledge could even be ridiculed as "showing off" by the buffoons who would even consider voting for McLame.

[Cosmocat]

60. Biden will play it completely STRAIGHT ...

I agree, and I think he knows two things ...

1) She just does not have the kncwledge base, not even close.
2) that she is cocky and shrill.

Joe will be VERY gentelmanly and VERY statemanlike and not do anything overtly toward her.

Then let people draw their own conclusions - the media and 40 percent partisans will think she was SPECTACULAR. WE, 40 percent of us, will want to puke. We can ONLY HOPE that the other 20 percent will see her to be horridly underprepared AND shrill twit she is.

[Chimichurri]

11. Yeah, but she's pretty. As VolcanoJen said, never underestimate

the stupidity of the American populace. They voted Bush/Cheney into office not once, but twice.

[VolcanoJen]

14. I think it was hlthe2b that said that...

... but I agree with the sentiment. I don't think I could stomach the NPR interview hlthe2b was referring to.

Still, that interview was the first pop in the Palin balloon. More to come, trust me. I mean, she really sucked.

[Union Thug]

16. but Edwards was prettier than Cheney!

Hrrmphhh...

[AldebTX]

13. Watched With a Repub Friend

I was unimpressed. I thought she looked very out of sorts. I think Biden will make mince meat out of her.

My repub friend. "Wow. She is Cute, smart, and just a normal gal. They should did ask a lot of tough questions they would never ask Obama."

[anigbrowl]

18. I just asked some Repubs I know what the Bush Dcotrine is, and most of them didn't know either.

But it proves she's not an elitist...she's just as clueless as the voters! So I guess the Palin-McCain ticket will get 29% of the votes anyway.

[Mme. Defarge]

46. Makes you wonder if we shouldn't bring back

literacy tests.

[billyoc]

15. Remember, Joe doesn't even have to TALK to her,

he just has to answer questions from the moderator, right?

[napi21]

17. I didn't see the interview, but I heard the exerpts MSNBC did.

From the few spots they read, I thought she did just fine. Of course she was scripted. I'm sure her crash course consisted of key words and how to respond to each of them. But to say she bombed is wrong! From the little I heard, she sounded reasonable, not a fanatic, and refrained from making any big mistakes.

[OneGrassRoot]

19. I think the whole package gives a different impression...

she was extraordinarily uncomfortable and tried to hide it, and the fact that she was prepped was soooo obvious. Don't get me wrong, they're all prepped and they're all nervous, but she was just obviously over her head, IMO.

She didn't do anything OVERT, but the Bush Doctrine question came across as very, very telling to many people that she doesn't know what she is doing. It was very awkward, very much a "deer in the headlights" moment.

Whether or not people care that she doesn't know what she's doing, that's another matter....

[WheelWalker]

37. "Moose in the headlights." n/t

[stanwyck]

21. There was no real content, though

She was repetitive and hit general talking points. But I didn't hear facts or specifics. It was just marketing speech without depth. And it was very clear she didn't have a clue what the Bush Doctrine is. She crabwalked and threw out banalities hoping she could bullshit her way out. Definitely not a person ready to lead our country. She refrained from mistakes because she didn't say anything.
We deserve much better than someone who memorizes a few talking points and doesn't "make big mistakes."
Your bar seems to be set very low.

[napi21]

38. I'm sure you're right, but what did you expect from a Gibson interview?

That's part of why I didn't bother to watch. We all KNEW she wasn't going to be intrviewed like a Matthews would have done (sometimes), or a Russert on MTP!
Please don't misinterpret my statements. I don't think she's ready to be VP to an old guy who's already battled serious cancer 4 times, but I think it's silly to over analize an interview we all knew was going to be a softball.

Give this Palin novalty time to cool off. Give her time to get that "overconfidence" back. She's screw up, and I suspect BIG TIME!

[stanwyck]

22. There was no real content, though

She was repetitive and hit general talking points. But I didn't hear facts or specifics. It was just marketing speech without depth. And it was very clear she didn't have a clue what the Bush Doctrine is. She crabwalked and threw out banalities hoping she could bullshit her way out. Definitely not a person ready to lead our country. She refrained from mistakes because she didn't say anything.
We deserve much better than someone who memorizes a few talking points and doesn't "make big mistakes."
Your bar seems to be set very low.

[stanwyck]

24. There was no real content, though

She was repetitive and hit general talking points. But I didn't hear facts or specifics. It was just marketing speech without depth. And it was very clear she didn't have a clue what the Bush Doctrine is. She crabwalked and threw out banalities hoping she could bullshit her way out. Definitely not a person ready to lead our country. She refrained from mistakes because she didn't say anything.
We deserve much better than someone who memorizes a few talking points and doesn't "make big mistakes."
Your bar seems to be set very low.

[stanwyck]

25. There was no real content, though

She was repetitive and hit general talking points. But I didn't hear facts or specifics. It was just marketing speech without depth. And it was very clear she didn't have a clue what the Bush Doctrine is. She crabwalked and threw out banalities hoping she could bullshit her way out. Definitely not a person ready to lead our country. She refrained from mistakes because she didn't say anything.
We deserve much better than someone who memorizes a few talking points and doesn't "make big mistakes."
Your bar seems to be set very low.

[Shakespeare]

35. No, she didn't do fine. Didn't have a CLUE what the Bush Doctrine is.

And there was a full two-second pause after Gibson asked the initial question on that topic before she could sputter and ask him to explain.

It was beautiful to watch. Huffingtonpost.com has the clip.

[gratefultobelib]

28. What we think doesn't matter. Remember how awful we thought her acceptance speech was and

how awful mcc's was and the media loved both.

[Eileen]

29. Best advice for her!

Hide Sally Hide

Sit yourself down
Bang out a tune on that grand piano
Sit yourself down
Lay languidly down upon that sofa

Ooohhh, isn't it nice
When your heart is made out of ice

Hide, sally, hide
It's not your time or way of confusion
Hide, sally, hide
'cause if you don't, you'll get a contusion

Ooohhh, isn't it nice
When your heart is made out of ice

Sit yourself down
Take off your pants, don't you know this is a party
Sit yourself down
Why do you think we brought all these people, miss brandy

Ooohhh, isn't it nice
When you find your heart's made out of ice

Hide, sally, hide
It's not your time, it's just your confusion
Hide, sally, hide
It's not your time, you'll get a contusion

Ooohhh, isn't it nice
When you find your heart is made out of ice

(hide, sally hide)
(hide, hide, hide, hide, sally hide) hide, sally, hide
(hide, hide, hide, hide, sally hide) hey, hide, sally, hide
(hide, hide, hide, hide, sally hide) hide, sally, hide
(hide, hide, hide, hide, sally hide, oh-oh-oh, oh)
(hide, hide, hide, hide, sally hide, hey-hey-hey, hey-hey)

with apologies to Lou Reed

- Play it now: -



Eileen

[JustAnotherGen]

30. I was not impressed

And I didn't expect to be.

It was painful watching the deer in the headlights look.

[Born_A_Truman]

36. I thought it was on tomorrow night on 20.20

[leeroysphitz]

43. You are right BUT...

Vast knowledge versus inadequacy didn't seem to do us a bit of good last time... :(

[DeeDeeNY]

45. Um, I don't think any of the morans who are voting Repuke this year

care about how qualified or competent she is.

[TeamJordan23]

49. No wonder Drudge is not making it a headline either. haha. nm

[girl gone mad]

52. Please stop saying these terrible misogynistic lies...

about the greatest politician in American history. For every lie you tell a fluffy little kitten dies. Do you like killing kittens?

You Sexist Kitten Killer!

[intheflow]

64. Girl, you have gone mad!

:rofl:

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

53. From what little I saw of it,

I noticed her body language and posture. Sit up for God's sake! She was slouching and the finger wagging was obnoxious. But, it really doesn't matter what we think, it matters what the undecideds think.

[codjh9]

59. Yeah, can't wait for Biden to kick her ASS!

[wisteria]

61. Fumbling and defensive. n/t

[mzmolly]

65. It's all a matter of perception, unfortunately.

If the media indicates she did well or "held her own" we're in the same square today as we were yesterday.

[intheflow]

66. This is THE news commentator job of a lifetime!

Boy, she really was calling upon every ounce of poise and diction she learned in her 8 broadcast classes in at least 3 colleges. This is why they like her--she's vacuously shallow, completely malleable, and pecker-raising pretty. :puke:

[trudyco]

67. She only bombed on the Bush Doctrine and weasled on that.

Her voice drives me nuts. She comes across as a lightweight. But I'm not sure if independents and swing voter republicans would catch that or care. She didn't even bomb that bad on the Bush Doctrine question, but she did sound Pissy about it. That's the real Palin coming out, I bet.

Pissy Palin.

[seabeyond]

68. BUT i was NOT worried. i knew she was a total idiot. look at her history

look at all we dug up on her. we know who she is. never was i worried

bush.... look at his history. failure. i knew he was a failure. dont make it to 50 as a failure and all of a sudden change

was NOT worried about her

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

71. Joe will flash that million-dollar smile of his and

cut Mooselini off at the knees with nothing but the facts and not seem mean or ungentlemanly. He will fucking destroy her and never raise his voice. Even Andrea Mitchell said that this interview was a blueprint for Biden going after her. Like Joe needs her advice after 36 years in the Senate.