Palin gaffes again and again

[RecycleMichael]

I wouldn't normally post such dribble, but since Conan and Guido feel compelled to post any misstatement by a democrat, I felt obligated to add this post...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100629/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2928

Goofs mar Palin's Reagan college tribute, legal fund appeal         

Following in others' grand tradition of demonstrating gaps in knowledge while addressing a university, Sarah Palin told a crowd at a fundraiser at California State University in Stanislaus last weekend that Ronald Reagan, personal hero and inspiration, was a California college graduate. She told the cheering crowd: "This is Reagan country, and perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California's Eureka College would become so woven within and interlinked to the Golden State."

There's just one problem here: Reagan went to Eureka College in Illinois from 1928 to 1932, the Alaska Dispatch reports. He didn't move to California until five years after his graduation. There's no Eureka College in California (though there's a town of Eureka that has a College of the Redwoods nearby). Immediately after her speech, a live microphone caught voices in the press area trashing the former Alaska governor, Mediate reported. "The dumbness doesn't just come from soundbites," one complained. The Fox affiliate owned the microphone but says their reporters did not make the comments.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports on a more serious recent mistake of Palin's political organization. Administrators for her legal defense fund accidentally sent out a rough draft of an email to thousands of supporters that falsely claimed she faced "millions of dollars" in legal fees because of "frivolous" ethics suits against her. The corrected version of the email said the fees numbered in the hundreds of thousands, not millions.

Critics say several more claims in the email were not true. The email said 26 of 27 ethics violations against Palin were dismissed outright, which is false: Three moved into the investigative phase. One inquiry resulted in a cash settlement; another found that ethics had been abridged but declined to recommend legal proceedings because the charge involved the dismissal of the head of the Alaska state trooper force, who was an at-will employee of the governor.

The email also alleged that the Democratic National Committee created a website whose goal is to keep Palin out of public office — a charge that the organization says is untrue.

Last week, the earlier incarnation of Palin's defense fund was ruled illegal because it used the word "official." The decision forced the fund's administrators to pay back the $400,000 in donations they raised, and to launch the newer version of the fund.

[Hoss]

I actually did post that in their thread, RM, but I probably, like you, should have made it a separate post.

http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=15812.msg169455#msg169455

[RecycleMichael]

Sorry for the double post...

[Conan71]

Yeah, well, she's smarter RM, she's been to 59 states, President Obama has only been to 57. 

I'd be impressed by your dig, except I don't find anything particularly intelligent about her.  She's great at spouting the talking points much like our current POTUS, but I doubt she understands what a lot of it means.

[Hoss]

Sorry for the double post...

NP, I like it when the gaffes have their own posts.  I like how the right-leaning members of the forum love to rail on Biden, but don't mention his campaign counterpoint too much.  Her material keeps the late night comedians with plenty of material.

[Hoss]

Yeah, well, she's smarter RM, she's been to 59 states, President Obama has only been to 57.  

I'd be impressed by your dig, except I don't find anything particularly intelligent about her.  She's great at spouting the talking points much like our current POTUS, but I doubt she understands what a lot of it means.

don't forget, she can see Russia from her window!  

And come on...lamestream media?  I bet you could smell the smoke from her ears, she thought on that one so long.

[guido911]

Yeah, well, she's smarter RM, she's been to 59 states, President Obama has only been to 57. 

I'd be impressed by your dig, except I don't find anything particularly intelligent about her.  She's great at spouting the talking points much like our current POTUS, but I doubt she understands what a lot of it means.

Please, some show me a Palin gaffe as bad as this.

I LOVE how folks attribute the "I can see Russia from my house" to Palin, when in fact that was Tina Fey on SNL. Goes to show how phony talking points work their way around to the mindless.

[Townsend]

"GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

PALIN: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they're doing in Georgia?

PALIN: Well, I'm giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it's in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along. "

[Hoss]

Love it.  Criticize the Quitter and Gweed is sure to follow!

[guido911]

Trying to find in that quote that Palin could see Russia from her house, versus Russia being visible in parts of Alaska.

[Townsend]

Trying to find in that quote that Palin could see Russia from her house, versus Russia being visible in parts of Alaska.

Yes, it was an FYI.

I looked it up and figured I'd share it.

I'm pleased she didn't say it considering how much power she wields.

[guido911]

Yes, it was an FYI.

I looked it up and figured I'd share it.

I'm pleased she didn't say it considering how much power she wields.

I know. Funny how no one has come up with a Palin gaffe bigger than Mr. "Nittaly Lions" and "57 states", much less the foregoing "breathalyzer". Proving my point about sheep lapping up talking points pablum.

Here's a soundbite which sorta sums up those that refused my challenge:

http://www.entertonement.com/clips/jfwlvbkfcz--Man-up-and-vanished-like-a-fart-in-the-windThe-Shawshank-Redemption-Bob-Gunton-Warden-Samuel-Norton-

[Hoss]

You'd figure that since she writes her speeches on her hand she could at least get pertinent facts right....

[Red Arrow]

Small hands (I guess)