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Monday, September 29, 2008

"I had the impression she was clueless"

The Fox Philadelphia affiliate, Channel 29, just aired an interview with Michael Rovito. He's the graduate student at Temple University who on Saturday, at a Philly cheesesteakeria, had asked Sarah Palin whether she supports cross-border raids into Pakistan from Afghanistan. Palin replied that she does endorse such raids when necessary, thus siding with Obama in a dispute with John McCain. Since then McCain has trotted out various and ridiculous excuses to explain away Palin's comment.

So Fox's Terry Lee Halkett interviewed Rovito on air to ask him his impression of his discussion with Palin. Rovito said he was stunned when Palin adopted Obama's position rather than McCain's. Was it possible, Halkett asked, that Palin was just distracted or didn't hear his question correctly? Rovito didn't think so. He said he didn't want to seem partisan, but...

"I had the impression she was clueless."

Update: In an interview with The Hill on Wednesday, Rovito repeated his denial that he'd asked a 'gotcha' question or that Palin had not heard him clearly.

Update Two: Here's the video of the Fox 29 interview.


Posted by smintheus at 21:37:21. Filed under: politics

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[1]
She's such a train wreck. We should start a "She's clueless" file and stuff all these fun articles in. Like her response when asked about the Hamas run Palestinian territories http://patriotmissive.com/2...

Posted by Ms. Missive at Tuesday, September 30, 2008 08:23:34

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And if you want to see the real Sarah Palin, I think you'll find it all here. http://www.collegehumor.com...

I was puzzled for a bit by the kid named Algebra, and then recalled that one of Palin's kids is Trig. I'm guessing, though, that Trig is short for trigger and not a branch of mathematics.

Posted by shirah at Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:12:42

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Ms. Missive, you're right that Palin's response to the "Hamas" question was not an endorsement of that group, despite how it was spun by some lefty bloggers. But it is a measure of how little she understands about the wider context of policy issues, and her inability to speak intelligently on them. She has to resort to blather because she's an ignoramus.

I get a kick out of Republicans who say that her problems are arising just because she's been (a) overprogrammed, or (b) kept from giving interviews. No, those two things are attempts to find a cure to the deeper problem that she knows very little. 'Letting Palin be Palin' would be disastrous for McCain.

Posted by smintheus at Wednesday, October 01, 2008 08:14:46

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