I Say Again: MY STUFFED BEAR Is More Qualified To Be President

[filkertom]

And a good deal more coherent, as well. Many kudos to the irreplaceable Jack Cafferty:

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[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

That was horrifying. I don't think Reagan was ever that incoherent while in office, and that's saying something.

She's... I guess she's a trained parrot. Chosen for her plumage, and being taught words and phrases by her campaign handlers. They train her to regurgitate those phrases on command, but it's clear that she has no idea what any of it means, nor how one idea connects to the next.

I'm so glad that journalists are starting to have spines again - and enough to rebuke those still spineless among them.

[jenrose]

Lovely bird, the Norwegian Blue.

Beautiful plumage.

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I left the Repubs, when Shrub II was elected. I'd be really really ashamed right now.

That is just SAD. No content at all, just buzzword salad.

She can't even construct a sentence.

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

What the fuck did she do? Pull out buzzwords from a hat to string together??? I couldn't follow that response at all O.o

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I sincerely think that, during those extended periods when she was looking down at her lap, she was consulting cue cards. Every time she looked up again, she started in with talking points in their shortest forms. And, if she was, Couric and CBS should fuckin' say so.

[huskiebear.livejournal.com]

Vote for me, the unconscious bear! In fine drugstores, everywhere! (hey, you were mega-meta yesterday :-P)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's Sleepybear Coffee! Look for the X's over Sleepybear's eyes!

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

"It was not her best answer"???!!

What is *wrong* with these people?

*headdesk*

[packy.livejournal.com]

They're scared of the label "liberal media". They want to be unbiased, so they feel like they have to accept whatever crap they're handed without making the observation that it's crap.

I love the look on Katie's face, though. "You're not answering my question, you trained baboon..."

[hiddenriver.livejournal.com]

Although I seriously can't stand Katie Couric, I do have to give her props for maintaining a straight face during all that. I certainly couldn't have pulled that off.

[jenrose]

She looked pained. That expression said to me, "Teh stupidz are particularly burny today."

[madamruppy.livejournal.com]

I would so totally vote for your bear. Can I write him in.

[madamruppy.livejournal.com]

may I suggest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLhVGDy-ZXc

[dement1a.livejournal.com]

Uh... what.. uh... what did she say in that string of words that actually had any relation to the question she was asked?

Nothing?

That's what I thought.

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

Why am I reminded of Han Solo on the prison deck going "We're all fine here!"

If Caribou Barbie gets elected, I am moving to Belize. Come with and we can start a filk commune!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Tom, I mean no disrespect, but unless he has a string on his chest that you can pull to make him recite random recorded phrases, I don't think Mr Gumpus if that is his real name would really make a better president than Ms Palin.

[bigbumble.livejournal.com]

I'm sure on a presdential salary he could afford to have one installed.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Last night on MSNBC, somebody said the question wasn't whether Sarah Palin was qualified for the office of the Vice President, but whether she could find the office.

[tvskyle.livejournal.com]

EPIC PALIN.

[timewalker.livejournal.com]

I totally read that as ERIC PALIN when I first glanced at it and thought, "no, it's Eric Idle and Michael Palin, silly."
Time to quit work for the day....

[lucas-t-bear.livejournal.com]

You mean I might have a chance this time???

Sweet

http://www.ursanity.com/da_lair/election/index.htm

[scruffycritter.livejournal.com]

Damnit, I hear about the US Americans who don't have maps.

[bigbumble.livejournal.com]

Obviously, she studied this example of interviewing about foreign policy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

[sdelmonte]

Yes, I add as an aside, Jack Cafferty is irreplaceable. The interchangeable part that replaced him when he was let go by the NYC station he'd worked at for a decade proves that. I've always been glad Cafferty moved up to a national stage as a happy unintended consequence.

[ericthemage.livejournal.com]

She has to cram for this? I agree, she should already know.

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

Good Lord. I've had more responsive conversations with my cats, including the one that's 18 1/2 years old and showing indications of senility.

[sunfell.livejournal.com]

Siamese are especially articulate in their communication capacity.

:-)

I should know- I have one.

Deja Vu

[pickledcritter.livejournal.com]

What is it about beauty pageant contestants and incoherent answers?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

OK, I am a high school drop out. OK? I left high school midway through my senior year carrying an impressive 0.00 GPA to join the Army.

I understand this situation better than this dimwit! I know more from listening to the news most of the day in my truck, and watching the news at night.

[dornbeast.livejournal.com]

You understood what she said?

I'm impressed.

[cjfringe.livejournal.com]

Wow.

She reminds me of the kid in high school when we had to debate in class, who didn't study and just threw keywords together in the hopes of getting a better grade.

"Uh the Monroe Doctrine... was important... to the native Americans... in 1776... because it helped create Thanksgiving... San Dimas High School football rules!"

[beldar.livejournal.com]

Was she coached by that airhead South Carolina beauty queen that was all over the Interwebs some months back?

However, I've heard that Joe Biden has gotten the memo that to run for VP one must be a babbling idiot and is doing his best to comply -- still got a ways to go to catch up to Palin. =)

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

Even some of the conservatives are bailin' on Palin:

Kathleen Parker, National Review Online (http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZiMDhjYTU1NmI5Y2MwZjg2MWNiMWMyYTUxZDkwNTE=):

Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.

Babbling Palin ‘makes George Bush sound like Cicero’ (http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/uselection,0,babbling-palin-makes-george-bush-sound-like-cicero,46939)

Dan McLaughlin, a blogger at the influential Red State conservative website, admits "gnashing my teeth" while watching Palin. Referring to the first part of the Couric interview, McLaughlin laments that Palin was unable to name any examples of McCain pushing for more financial regulation in his 26 years as a senator. "He's built an extensive track record of pushing for more regulation,” he writes. “It's not that hard a question".

Even Rod Dreher, a religious-conservative blogger who frequently appears on Fox News and was as recently as last week a Palin supporter, says the Alaskan Governor "was mediocre". Dreher says he felt "embarrassed" listening to Palin "regurgitating talking points mechanically, not thinking. [She’s] just babbling. She makes George W. Bush sound like Cicero."

[sunfell.livejournal.com]

Is she looking at cue cards, or is she totally intimidated by Couric? Or both? I noted that she didn't look at Couric in the first part, either- even while they were walking outside.

What's that about?

New buzz phrase

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Sarah Palin. The Dan Quayle of the 21st Century.

Re: New buzz phrase

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

Ha, I am kinda happy that wasn't just me thinking that :P

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Well, your stuffed bear speaks more languages, has had its passport longer and understands more about how to combat terrorism. And that's before I go into hyperbole :-)