Slog - Comments on Palin on Charlie Gibson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson Or, shorter Dan Savage: We are fucked. On "energy independence" (AKA drilling in Alaska): "I've been working on for these years as the governor of this state that produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy, that I worked on as chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, overseeing the oil and gas development in our state to produce more for the United States." On her extensive world travel: "[I've been to] Canada, Mexico, and then, yes, that trip [last year], that was the trip of a lifetime to visit our troops in Kuwait and... Copyright 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:55:56 -0800 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:52:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by sleestak Good to know that God has a plan for us. Seems like we don't even need a president if that's the case. Hell, we can probably pull the troops out of Iraq, too, since God has us covered.

]]> sleestak http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139426 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:54:48 -0800 Comment by laterite If I didn't know it was a woman saying this shit, I'd think these were Bush quotes.


We *are* fucked, well and hard.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139447 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:07:15 -0800 Comment by Jessica Well-traveled? If that's a qualification for a candidacy, I'm pretty sure most of the Slog and its commenters are more qualified than her.

And speaking as one of the "hell yeah I've been out of the country, I've been to Canada and Mexico" masses, I'm pretty sure those two don't count.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139454 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139454 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:09:00 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew

Sweet Jeebus,

This monstrous psycho should be in a rubber room, not the governor's or VP's office.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139458 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:12:26 -0800 Comment by PopTart Not that I think that being able to eyeball a country should count as a qualification...

But, you can see Russia from Alaska. At its closest, Alaska and Russia are separated by just 3 miles (Little Diomedes Island). Closest point not an island is Wales Alaska, 55 miles from Siberia.

The religion in some villages is Russian Orthodox.

OK, I'll stop being pedantic about Alaska now.

Should we be starting some sort of "end of the world" pool or something?

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139468 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:17:57 -0800 Comment by Karla "What's that Mr. Plouffe? Yep, I'm getting my checkbook right now."

What an absolutely terrifying breadth of ignorance and short-sightedness.

]]> Karla http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139473 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139473 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:22:14 -0800 Comment by laterite Apologies for the poor wording of my previous comment. I should have just said "Palin" instead of "a woman".

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139497 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:34:12 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE I have this truly awful vision of the first State of the Union speech in a new administration and, as the ceremonies begin, Nancy Pelosi leans over and slaps Sarah Palin senseless. Oooh, please wake up America!

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139513 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:45:08 -0800 Comment by Madashell "Charlie, and that's with the energy independence that I've been working on for these years as the governor of this state ..."

Years?! How about TWENTY FUCKING MONTHS. The lies and exaggeration continue. If there is a God, help us!

Otherwise, from reading the transcript, she recites answers like a latter-day Manchurian Candidate.

]]> Madashell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139595 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:05:32 -0800 Comment by snark I would like to propose a new drinking game. Every time the pig mentions anything whatsoever to do with Alaska, take a shot.

You'd probably be dead in about ten minutes.

]]> snark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139640 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139640 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:52:43 -0800 Comment by doctiloquus She is totally bullshitting her way through the entire interview. If you want to know what it sounds like when someone crams all night for an oral exam on something she knows nothing about, listen to this interview. It is a textbook example.

]]> doctiloquus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139783 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:20:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I've been to Canada and Mexico more times than Sarah, so I guess that means I get to be VP and she gets to be an ignorant slut.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139802 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:47:26 -0800 Comment by John American women with children are responding very well to Palin.

65 percent say they feel she is talking about them, and are delighted that they finally have a strong voice in the political arena, who understand their lives. (suspect these are not the stereo type militant feminist women, sort of that second generation of self aware women, 25 - 40 years od)

Just how many women have children and what does that mean? Ten million, 20 million - more?

I think most of the early assumptions about Palin have been off target and shallow.

She has shaken the bottle in a dozen ways - and it is interesting that many Dems. are thinking in one dimensional linear fashion about her.... at the peril of the Obama campaign.

Howls from midnight personal angst won't change anything, either, even if they relieve frustration. Perhaps, Mc Cain made a brilliant choice , and Obama made the political mistake of this era. ( and fuck you to irrational Clinton haters)

Sadly, it might come to simply that.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/palin_on_charlie_gibson#c1139904 2008 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:52:19 -0800