President Obama, ABC News interview, 4/8/10: "Last I checked, Palin's not an expert on nukes"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Updated April 08, 2010
Obama: Palin's No Expert on Nuclear Strategy

FOXNews.com

Obama was responding to a comment Palin made on Fox News' "Hannity," comparing the president's plan to a kid asking to be punched in the face on the playground and vowing not to hit back.

Sarah Palin is no nuke expert, President Obama said Thursday in a TV interview, responding to Palin's criticism of Obama's new nuclear strategy.

Obama was asked about a comment the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee made on Fox News' "Hannity," comparing the president's plan to a kid asking to be punched in the face on the playground and vowing not to hit back.

"Last I checked, Palin's not an expert on nukes," Obama told ABC News. "If the secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are comfortable, I'll take my advice from them and not Sarah Palin."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/08/obama-palins-expert-nuclear-strategy/

[Bitwit1234]

1. I don't think she is an expert on anything BUT

she thinks she is, the Fox News acts like it.

[Enrique]

2. you mean he won't adopt the Palin Doctrine?

even if Putin rears his head?

[Cha]

3. I know palin was called "the devil incarnate" on

"The Good Wife"..CBS/4-6-10/10pm. Some writer gets it and so do the Executive Producers.

[Phx_Dem]

9. You betcha! That was a great show.

[Cha]

14. I was loving it! I was concerned for

a bit where they were going with that so when she came out with it ..I was overjoyed:bounce:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

4. "...but she is an expert at shooting wolves from helicopters." (n/t)

[pinto]

5. Ha! Good smack down. Palin provides us with an ongoing example

of the shallow waters that are today's Repub party.

Did I mention that she bailed on her part-time job?

:rofl:

[Inspired]

6. I'm offended they would ask MY president to respond to anything that idiot said.

[Lochloosa]

10. +1000

[Berry Cool]

7. Gotta love his dry wit.

He didn't say "Considering Sarah Palin an expert on nukes is like considering a dung beetle an expert on astrophysics," but he didn't have to.

[donco6]

8. "Sarah Palin? Are you going to ask what I think of Pamela Anderson, too?"

"Next."

[Fly by night]

11. Sarah Palin is an IQ test.

If your neighbors support her, they don't have one.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. That is a false quotation

Obama actually said: "The last I checked Sarah Palin's not much of an expert on nuclear issues."

Compare the Fox quote (in quotation marks!): "Last I checked, Palin's not an expert on nukes,"

Do these people even have the slightest clue of how journalism is supposed to work? That wouldn't pass muster for a sophomore on the high school newspaper.

[Supersedeas]

13. Yes, but she is a RW Commentator and like the Swiftboaters--ABC will abide