Just read the following exchange between Katie Couric and Sarah Palin:
COURIC: "Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?"
PALIN: "That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that."
When I first heard this all I could think of was "The Puppy Who Lost His Way". If you know what I'm talking about, you'll appreciate this video. Wait for the ending...
I think Tina Fey actually improved on this answer during the opening skit on SNL. Sometimes reality is funniest in its unadultered form.
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Excellent post! I could hardly believe my ears when I heard Palin's answer to that question. Lost her way, indeed -- or perhaps never found a way in the first place. The U.S. cannot afford this kind of politician in our highest offices at this time (if ever). Thanks for posting the transcript, too -- makes it even clearer!
Joan
You could say that she didn't actually answer the question. (I'd be damned if I knew what question she was answering.) It was quite apparent in the interview that she had memorized a bunch of economic buzzwords, all of which came out of her mouth in an incoherent string reminiscent of Miss Teen South Carolina. Finally, we have a politician who makes George Bush sound like an intellectual. Seriously, how low can the bar go?
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