Originally Posted by buggyone

I do not know either of you but I would seriously doubt if Sarah Palin is smarter than either of you.

The 54 states by Pres. Obama was a gaffe and anyone can slip. However, Palin did not know where Germany is on a map, thought she had foreign relations skill because Alaska is close to Russia, thought the Queen of England was the head of government, did not know of two Koreas, etc.

She can orate with the best of them - but dumb as a box of lint.

I will take the middle ground here. I think that many people on this board have as much intellectual capacity as Ms. Pallin. At the same time, she is not dumb or she could not have fooled as many good people as she has. My feeling is she was rather insular, having spent many years in a small town in a very small state which is isolated from the rest of the U.S. geographically. She did not, in my opinion, posess the gravitas to be the Vice President of the nation. I think calling her dumb is not giving her enough credit for the things she has accomplished, but did she have enough intellectual capacity, or the ability to work through the kind of weighty issues a President would have to handle, not close in my opinion. (I'm guessing this will elicit several responses as to the current POTUS's intellect, experience, etc. so knock yourselves out).

Your first link is a obvious one sided report based on what she said off the record during a coaching session. If she said the Queen is in charge of the country and the troops that is one thing. But it is not clear in this link that she said anything like that.
If she thinks the Queen runs the country, that is sad but that is not what she said, it is what the film makers wanted her to say so they did just enough research to say they did and then told the story the way they wanted it to be.

The other link about seeing Russia from her back porch was like saying "I have seen something a MILLION time" when what you mean is you have seen it many times but not a million.
Again this is one of the best examples of the left lying about what she meant knowing what she meant.
Don't you think it is obvious that you could not see Russia from the middle of Alaska.
I think it is just like Obama saying he has been to 54 states. I know he knows, you know he knows but somehow you think she is stupid because you twist what she means and Obama just made a mistake.
The difference between you and I is I can admit that he made a mistake and you and the left will make a movie about misrepresenting what she said.
I don't think she should be president, never did, but you people just can't let it go.
I would like to see how you would fair when getting a anal exam 24/7 from dozens of people who would like to see you fail. Would you make a mistake, misspeak or say something that could be misinterpreted or would you just be stupid or dumb.
Listen to yourself.

It would be fun to see some of you debate her without your computer to look stuff up. Would be fun to watch.

My feeling is she was rather insular, having spent many years in a small town in a very small state which is isolated from the rest of the U.S. geographically.

This makes my point. I know you did not mean "small state" but that is what you said. So why is what she said and how she said it any different.

Alaska is a "Big State"
Other than that I can not disagree with the rest of your post.

Originally Posted by notlongnow

This makes my point. I know you did not mean "small state" but that is what you said. So why is what she said and how she said it any different.

Alaska is a "Big State"
Other than that I can not disagree with the rest of your post.

I thought it would be obvious I meant "small state" to mean from a population standpoint.

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

I will take the middle ground here. I think that many people on this board have as much intellectual capacity as Ms. Pallin. At the same time, she is not dumb or she could not have fooled as many good people as she has. My feeling is she was rather insular, having spent many years in a small town in a very small state which is isolated from the rest of the U.S. geographically. She did not, in my opinion, posess the gravitas to be the Vice President of the nation. I think calling her dumb is not giving her enough credit for the things she has accomplished, but did she have enough intellectual capacity, or the ability to work through the kind of weighty issues a President would have to handle, not close in my opinion. (I'm guessing this will elicit several responses as to the current POTUS's intellect, experience, etc. so knock yourselves out).

Hold on now...I think your post is pretty much on very solid ground.

I am however, very touchy on this subject. This woman AND HER ENTIRE family has been maligned over the years to such an extent it borders on inhumane. I have two problems with this subject...I dont like the personal things that are said about her and her family in anyway, and I had to add this just so you would not think I have lost it totally by agreeing with you....I wish the media had done half the looking into Obama as they did with her.

BUT, on this subject, I think your post hit it on the head...folks on this forum are over the top with Palin. I am really tired of the calling people stupid and being so doggone personal. I criticize Obama a lot but never ever personally and never his family. I just wish that the same respect was shown to others.

I am however, very touchy on this subject. This woman AND HER ENTIRE family has been maligned over the years to such an extent it borders on inhumane. I have two problems with this subject...I dont like the personal things that are said about her and her family in anyway, and I had to add this just so you would not think I have lost it totally by agreeing with you....I wish the media had done half the looking into Obama as they did with her.

BUT, on this subject, I think your post hit it on the head...folks on this forum are over the top with Palin. I am really tired of the calling people stupid and being so doggone personal. I criticize Obama a lot but never ever personally and never his family. I just wish that the same respect was shown to others.

You said it much better than I did. This is what I am saying. It is so over the top on degrading her and her family and it never seems to end. Just imagine this happening to your family, it would kill me.

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Originally Posted by notlongnow View Post
This makes my point. I know you did not mean "small state" but that is what you said. So why is what she said and how she said it any different.

Alaska is a "Big State"
Other than that I can not disagree with the rest of your post.


Originally Posted by eweissenbach
I thought it would be obvious I meant "small state" to mean from a population standpoint.

It was crystal clear to me. It just made my point so I used it. I know you know the size of Alaska.

I wouldn't believe anything Steve Schmidt said. He didn't like her from day one. He was a horrible drag on the McPain campaign. I wish people would stop saying that she said she coould see Russia from her house. Tina Fey said it, not Palin.

Just so you lefties can have one less thing to misrepresent:

It was actually comedian Tina Fey, who was impersonating Ms. Palin on Saturday Night Live, who uttered the line that is now widely attributed to the former Alaska governor.

The basis for this line comes from a September 2008 interview with ABC News's Charles Gibson, who asked Palin what insights she had from her state being so close to Russia. She responded: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."

This is true. As Slate has pointed out, on a clear day, those on the Alaskan island of Little Diomede can see the Russian island of Big Diomede, located across the International Date Line some two and a half miles away. Given that Big Diomede has no permanent population, the amount of foreign policy experience one can gain from staring at it is debatable. But you can see Russian soil while standing in Alaska.

So what else is it that you believe that is not true??

Alaska played a huge roll in the cold war and I am sure that while living there does not make you as smart as you think Obama is, it would give you some insight that those of us in the lower 48 will never have. I think the foreign policy experience was also added to her answer because it made their report sound better to the dem base.

Sarah Palin is an intellectual midget.

Sarah Palin is an intellectual midget.

Way to add substance, well thought out! Really! that is what you have?

Originally Posted by buggyone

I do not know either of you but I would seriously doubt if Sarah Palin is smarter than either of you.

The 54 states by Pres. Obama was a gaffe and anyone can slip. However, Palin did not know where Germany is on a map, thought she had foreign relations skill because Alaska is close to Russia, thought the Queen of England was the head of government, did not know of two Koreas, etc.

She can orate with the best of them - but dumb as a box of lint.

Everything you wrote here is bogus tripe and very shameful.

The myths surrounding this All American woman is getting tiresome.

Get a new hobby, why don't ya.

other than the K-6 level name calling all any of you doing so know about Palin is what you read/hear in the media. And that qualifies for the continual stoning.

Agree, disagree, opine, debate all to one's liking that would be adult about it (and a lot of other subjects as well)....the name calling....truly nothing more than K-6 and I may be a little unfair to the K-6 folks.

btk

Originally Posted by billethkid

other than the K-6 level name calling all any of you doing so know about Palin is what you read/hear in the media. And that qualifies for the continual stoning.

Agree, disagree, opine, debate all to one's liking that would be adult about it (and a lot of other subjects as well)....the name calling....truly nothing more than K-6 and I may be a little unfair to the K-6 folks.

btk

I think that the ones who use name calling and cute constructions (obamascare for example), do it to agitate people on the other side of an issue, and love that it gets under their skin.

I will admit in the one post when I used the term Obamascare, that was exactly the intent..........

btk

Originally Posted by billethkid

I will admit in the one post when I used the term Obamascare, that was exactly the intent..........

btk

I enjoy and appreciate your candor.