But, I was sort of taken aback, like, the suggestion was, you're way up there in a far away place in Alaska. You know, that there are publications in the rest of the world that are read by many. And I was taken aback by that because I don't know, the suggestion that this was a little bit of perhaps we're not in tune with the rest of the world.

No one suggested that "Alaskans" are not in tune with the world. What a crock of S__t.

Palin failed all by herself. If "Saracuda" can't handle Katie Couric, that pretty much says it all. Its not the presses job to kiss her ass and give her a free campaign commercial...

That would have been a great answer for Palin to give. So what does it mean when right-wing commenters on OTB sound more qualified than Palin?

Well, for one thing, it suggests that they're able to, given the environment, take however much time they need to develop a cogent response. Not so, the sitrep Palin found herself in, particularly on hostile ground.

And before the usual suspects start, no, the job of POTUS doesn't really require instant off the cuff responses to every question, either.

CAMERON: This morning -- last night, when you were in the Spin Room and people came flowing in there. And one of the questions that a lot of folks said was, OK, where was the Governor Palin and Katie Couric interview that just debated and arguably defeated Joe Biden in a vice presidential debate.
There's (INAUDIBLE), I know you know. What happened? Go ahead --

PALIN: Well, OK. I'll tell you. Honestly. The Sarah Palin in those interviews is a little bit annoyed. Because it's like, no matter what you say, you're going to get clobbered. If you cease to answer a question, you're going to get clobbered on the answer. If you choose to try to pivot and go on to another subject that you believe that Americans want to hear about, you get clobbered for that, too.

But, in the Katie Couric interviews, I did feel that there were a lot of things that she was missing, in terms of an opportunity to ask what a V.P. candidate stands for. What the values are represented in our ticket.

I wanted to talk about Barack Obama increasing taxes, which would lead to filling jobs. I wanted to talk about his proposal to increase government spending by another trillion dollars. (AUDIO GAP) that he's made about the war that I think make my world -- disqualify someone from consideration as the next commander in chief. Some of the comments that he's made about Afghanistan, what we're doing there, supposably, just air raiding villages and killing civilians. That's reckless and I want to talk about things like that.

So, I guess I have to apologize for being a bit annoyed. But, that's also an indication of being outside of that Washington elite, outside of the media elite, also. And just getting to talk to Americans without the filters and let them know what we stand for.

CAMERON: OK. So, at the risk of annoying you, when you are asked, what do you read? Which papers and magazines? You didn't answer it.
Or, you said, I have all kinds of resources.

PALIN: Right, right, right.

CAMERON: Well, what do you read?

PALIN: I read the same things that other people across the country read, including the "New York Times" and the "Wall Street Journal" and the "Economist" and some of these publications that we've recently even been interviewed through up there in Alaska.

Because, of everything that we're doing with oil and gas, a lot of the investment publications especially are interviewing us, asking us how are being so successful up there in contributing to our nation's step towards energy independence.

CAMERON: Sure.

PALIN: So, my response to her. I guess it was kind of filtered.
But, I was sort of taken aback, like, the suggestion was, you're way up there in a far away place in Alaska. You know, that there are publications in the rest of the world that are read by many. And I was taken aback by that because I don't know, the suggestion that this was a little bit of perhaps we're not in tune with the rest of the world.

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That would have been a great answer for Palin to give. So what does it mean when right-wing commenters on OTB sound more qualified than Palin?

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Thomas Jefferson.

That would have been a great answer for Palin to give. So what does it mean when right-wing commenters on OTB sound more qualified than Palin?

lol what does it mean when left-wing commenters on OTB all sound the same, and then a few of the right-left wing commentators join them.

Pragmatic realism? lol.PRDS lol.

Empathy - Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.

Synonyms:
Sympathetic, sad concern for someone in misfortune: commiseration, compassion, condolence, pity, sympathy. See pity
A very close understanding between persons: sympathy. See connect, love, understand)

That's what gets to us."

Stop dribbling.

Palin did well representing the people of Alaska and there is nothing to suggest she would not transfer her skills to the national scene.

You Palin haters are projecting all your inner fears about Obama onto Palin. Obama did nothing outstanding in all his years as a community organizer, money spreader, or politician. Sorry, I take that back. He succeeded in sending $50 million marked to improve education not to the schools but, to outside groups for no appreciable change in the quality of education.

Obama's experience is a problem. No doubt about it. But he just knows a lot. He shows that he cares about the problems that face the country by investing time and effort into learning about them in great detail.

Palin's lack of knowledge doesn't indicate a lack of intelligence, but rather a lack of empathy. She does not care enough about the country to understand it's problems and solutions. She does not care for the people in it, other than as tools for her advancements.

That's what gets to us.