The reason that the McCain campaign did NOT do The Factor is because, number one, McCain is not a fan of O'Reilly, and number two, adding Sarah Palin meant that they did not need to pander to the simpletons that watch his show. The mouth breathing knuckle draggers flocked to their ticket just for the chance to look up her skirt.
I find it sort of bizarre that on the one hand Palin bitches about Katie Couric not knowing anything about her accomplishments, but on the other hand complains that she "badgered" her with questions that would have helped clarify those accomplishments. Welcome to Palin's world.
I cannot believe that Palin, with ALL of the skeletons in her closet, expects people to believe that her "D" in college was the thing that she was most worried would be revealed? How much of a Palin-bot do you have to be to buy that load of Moose shit?
And I cannot believe that O'Reilly is willing to combine Palin's pathetic 23% favorable rating with the 37% "don't know" rating to make a possible 60% favorable rating. That would make most statisticians head's explode. The idea that the more people learn about Sarah, the more likely they are to support, her has been demonstrated as false time, and time again.
Did you notice that when O'Reilly says people are calling her "Eva Peron" that she clearly has NO idea who that is?
I noticed that when O'Reilly asks Palin about Levi that she makes the accusation that he is lying about one of her children and lying about her family. Which child is he supposedly lying about? Bristol? Levi has been nothing less than a gentleman toward Bristol. Palin is once again hiding behind one of her children in an effort to shield HERSELF from truthful accusations.
By the way I did happen to ask Levi about the Oprah interview yesterday. He reiterated that he thought the invitation to come to "Aunt Katie's house" for Thanksgiving was fake, and then we discussed the laugh. I told him that I thought the laugh was one of the scariest things I had ever heard, and that they should play it in Haunted Houses during Halloween, which made he and Mercedes laugh and nod their heads.
He also expressed some regret at having been caught cussing on television when he was filmed watching the interview by The Insider. At that, everybody standing there admitted that we had reacted in just about the same manner when WE heard it. But Levi still said he felt bad that his reaction had been broadcast.
Okay at the end of this O'Reilly interview, WHAT does Sarah mean by a "guttural instinct"? And is she thinking of THIS definition of "guttural"?
Having a harsh grating quality, as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth.
Because I have to tell you, that DOES sound a lot like Sarah to me.
"Guttural?" She obviously doesn't know what it means, unless she's admitting to being shallow.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Sarah is such a maverick, she'll make up her own definitions.
What is she talking about, that anyone ever said that Trig should have been aborted? That is a GIANT lie. I never, ever heard anyone say that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. I normally don't like to watch Palin in any interview. I wanted to see how she would do on Faux. My impression is, that this was the first time O'Reilly has met her. I think he wasn't impressed at all. Her followers will love her "speakin'" like them, but O'Reilly has been around to know that she would be a disaster as POTUS. Her "setting the record straight" on minor and personal things unsettled him. I like the way he admonished her for her reaction to Oprah's question on Levi. Palin contradicted herself a lot.
ReplyDeleteLet's be honest here. O'Reilly actually sounds like a gentleman when you compare his idea of how he would react to Palin's base reactions.
ReplyDeleteI will always remember Sarah in an LA interview reming Hilary Clinton about whinning about the press.
ReplyDeleteWhy would Palin not understand that interviewers wanted to know what her positions were on national and international issues? What her political thinking was, what school of political thought she belonged to? That they really did not care about Alaskan politics and child rearing?
ReplyDeleteOr understand that in the area of her qualifications for next inline for the WH she should be talking at the same level as McCain, and as his running mate in the same voice as McCain? It was McCain's candidacy McCain’s policys, not hers.
This is of course a rectorial question. But its answer is a big reason she should never hold any public office.
Gryph - I think that the word she's looking for is "visceral." She made the same mistake in one of her many tweets before she quit. Apparently her team of blog-checkers missed it. There were quite a few comments at the time (I think on Mudflats) of her malapropism. (she obviously thinks that "gutteral" means coming from the gut...:)
ReplyDelete"Katie's house"????
ReplyDeleteBOR kept goin' to the well, but nuthin' there. Ended a number of questions by schooling her on how she should have handled the media. Overall he came off disappointed in her. Seemed really stunned that the great white hope of the GOP had shot herself in the foot with her silly petulance over Katie Couric's "badgering, condescending" question...and that she STILL wouldn't let go of that victim persona in this interview. He sure didn't like $P's adolescent "my bad" usage!
ReplyDelete"I like the way he admonished her for her reaction to Oprah's question on Levi. Palin contradicted herself a lot."
ReplyDeletePlus she turned Oprah's question around and created an answer for BillO that makes it sound like Levi was attacking her kids. Even though he hasn't.
So once again Sarah uses a lie and her children as a political weapon to excuse her own ugly personal attacks.
Sorry. His legs are open WIDE to her and she's batting her eyes at him, they're practically having sex on camera.
ReplyDeleteShe always does that with the male interviewers and I think she was shocked that it didn't work on Charlie.
She just smiles and twinkles her eyes and offers a promise in her eyes and the guy can hardly speak.
There is always the hope that if he finds her qualifications ie intellect, unimpressive that he will not push her PR.
ReplyDeleteHe may remain tacit, but if he's not trying to "progress" her, that message will get heard.
After watching the bag of lies..only one word comes to mind....barf.
ReplyDelete"What is she talking about, that anyone ever said that Trig should have been aborted? That is a GIANT lie. I never, ever heard anyone say that."
ReplyDeleteWell, first, Palin is a liar, and second, Palin projects. I suspect she thought Trig should have been aborted, although she probably wouldn't consciously acknowledge that even to herself. Any comment about Trig's needs would trigger that thought. It doesn't matter if nobody said it- it's what she thought she heard.
Ivyfree
You may as well face the truth, Bill. SP is nothing more than your worst nightmare of a mean girl from junior high!
ReplyDeleteI know a liberal woman who was on O'Reilly's show a few times and she said that in person, he's usually pretty nice to women while they're in his studio...(she's a major liberal)
ReplyDeleteIsn't this yet another wig? And they are shooting her from the lump- opposite side of the face...Deliberate?
ReplyDeleteIs it appropriate for her handlers to call her "Govorner Palin" since she is no longer the governor? What is the protocol?
ReplyDeleteI was asking about this in another IM thread:
ReplyDeleteIf Sara has written anything in her book that can be sued for libel, and if she has an indemnity clause in her publishing contract (pretty standard I understand), the AUTHOR is responsible for any and all expenses associated with a lawsuit. The publisher gets to profit everything and is responsible for nothing.
From what I understand, that's why publishers rarely fact-check their books, too costly and they aren't responsible. Some editors will put a stop to something really over the top, but it would have to be huge. (Missing Levi chapter?)
I wonder if there is anything she said that will provoke a lawsuit? Maybe she should set aside some of that advance or ask her fans for her legal fees again.
So, to those who have read her book, did she do a lot of needless character defamation in her pity party book that will provoke a lawsuit?
You are right Gryphen, Palin was clueless about the Eva Peron comment. And her only worry was the press found out about her receiving a D; she cannot expect "normal" people to believe such crap. What really makes me sick though is the Mama Grizzly bit. An incredible insult to real mothers, bears or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteI have never really examined Palin closely before this week...and I have noticed something.
ReplyDeleteShe is attractive...but she has a mean mouth.
Mouths are a great indicator of character...especially the older one gets.
And that woman looks MEAN.
Watch a section of the Oprah interview. I think you will see it.
The Eva Peron thing is just too funny. Are we going to have to guard her grave when she dies also?
ReplyDeleteAnd Ivyfree i do beleive your spot on there.
Since when did Palin admit to mistakes until now? I cannot recall any time when she admitted to making mistakes when she was actively campaigning or afterwards. Please refresh my memory if you know of specifics. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what is with the "ame-stream" media comment? How long has that been used? This is the first time I've heard it, but then I pretty much listen to MSNBC, NPR and read so I am not privy to her sources. There must be braver folks than me who wade into the wingnut territory on scouting and fact-finding missions. Please enlighten me because otherwise I am going to presume Palin is just like W in making up nicknames for people and things he feels are beneath him.
Is it just me or is her face more tight? Looked to me like she could not move her eyebrows much.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with having work done, it's just kind of freaky at first.
Oops
ReplyDelete"This is of course a retorcial question. But its answer is a big reason she should never hold any public office."
Should have been
This is of course a "rhetorical" question.
Or maybe rectorial would also work.
Wow, Palin paranoia!
ReplyDeleteAbout that D in college? I'm not aware that "the liberal media" EVER found that out about her. Did they?
Palin obviously has no idea who "Evita" is. And "gutteral"? I'm sure you're right, Anon @ 7:39 AM, she must mean "visceral", but she's too ignorant to use a dictionary.
As for "coming after her" or "putting a target on her forehead", hell, NO ONE in the lower 48 knew about her! At the very least, the media was just going about their business of "the public's right to know". The "vitriol" came later when she began her rabble-rousing pitbull routine.
Both BOR and Palin -- and every other person who voted McCain/Palin -- are still trying to revise history. Like her throwing in the "14 year old" in the response about David Letterman's "joke" -- which DL never ever mentioned...
I couldn't stop laughing when BOR agreed that no other network was "fair and balanced" except Fox -"well, that's why Fox does so well." Barf.
ReplyDeleteDid her huge dark cross and "dove" (that is what it was, right?) catch any one else's attention. I figured she'd wear some symbol of her "faith," but it surprised she felt compelled to wear two at the same time. It was as if, to me, that she wanted to make sure we didn't miss her "C"hristian self.
I was annoyed when she referred to Levi as that "character" and then later as "someone who is running around making things up." Shees, he is essentially still a kid and yet she obviously feels very threatened by him. I hope someday soon he will talk frankly and fully about her because she should not be allowed to cast endless digs at him. He is beginning to strike me as a decent kid who's been throw into depths he's not accustomed to and is struggling to do the right thing. I wonder, though, how long it will be before he really hits that wall and says "enough, Sarah." Perhaps if he considers the legacy portrait she is painting of him that his son might buy into, he will find a way to say what he has to say without sinking to her level. (Not that hard to do, I think, because she is digging herself a deeper hole every day.)
I agree that BOR was "schooling" her and at times I surprised to feel that he was dismayed at how unprepared she was and how she still doesn't seem to "get it." Is Hades freezing? I cannot believe I am saying anything remotely nice about BOR or that I feel as if he was doing something right for a change. Wow - I guess that the real power Palin has - the power to make almost anyone seem brighter and better than she is.
ReplyDeleteI think BOR comes across as more "knowledgeable" than Palin, at least those were the airs he put on. He was schooling her at a number of times. That is not a good thing to have happen when you may be running for office.
ReplyDeleteAbout 3:15 of the 1st clip, she admits she has no spine. No backbone. She didn't stand up for herself. How can her 'bots expect her to stand up for them?
ReplyDeleteDon't cry for me in Wasilla,
ReplyDeleteThe truth is I want to leave you...
Won't keep my promise; please keep your distance!
(with apologies to A.L. Webber and Tim Rice)
Another wig? Bree Palin displayed a better look from the GOP stylist.
ReplyDeleteYep! She's loving being a martyr and a victim. She didn't brag about this interview on Facebook! She knows she blew it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Bill had a loofah in his pocket.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't get that reference, Google Bill and "loofah" for a very entertaining story.
About the D in college. She used this story for the Oprah interview, too, but she actually revealed that 'skeleton' during her gubernatorial campaign. She really is like the talking doll with the pull string...same words, phrases, cutesy stories.
ReplyDelete"Let me help you out if you're looking for skeletons in my closet," she said. "I got a D in a macro-econ course 24 years ago in college (and) hollered at the wrong kid this morning for not taking out the garbage."
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/elections/governor06/story/183632.html
ABC News wrote about it during the campaign.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09gov-palin-on-wa.html
No dear, the controversy was NOT that "people were saying that Trig should have been aborted". Where do you come up with this crap?? Was it one comment on one blog post on one day? I mean, truly, WTF??
ReplyDeleteThe main controversy once you were picked, my dear, was that YOU FAKED YOUR PREGNANCY WITH TRIG, and that indications were that BRISTOL WAS REALLY HIS MOTHER. You KNOW that this is still being talked about and looked at and investigated and you CAN'T STAND IT, can you, because you know we KNOW what you did. You think our looking into this and blogging about it is none of our business, and normally, it wouldn't be but for the fact that YOU made that dear little boy an issue and a prop for your Pro-Life campaign crowd. And they were SO impressed with you, weren't they. I am NOT impressed. I am PRO-CHOICE but that doesn't mean I am PRO-ABORTION. At 43 years old I actually became pregnant, and I TURNED DOWN testing for Down Syndrome, because I told the perinatologist that the outcome of the pregnancy would not change for me either way--I would give birth to a Down Syndrome baby. Also, this baby was unplanned and came at a time that I did not think I had it in me to raise another one, yet, I DID NOT EVEN CONSIDER ABORTION. Not one fleeting moment. That's more than I can say for YOU dear. So, who is the more 'pro-life'? I say if there's a contest, I WIN.
I heard NO ONE, NOT ONE PERSON ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME....and believe me I was paying attention...say that Trig should have been aborted. I did hear some say that their personal choice would be to abort a Down Syndrome fetus, but that is THEIR CHOICE, and it is on their conscience. And YOU don't know that God also has compassion for these people as well.
YOU LIE, YOU LIE, YOU LIE.
I agree with whomever said that this is what YOU thought in your own mind; this is what YOU were projecting that other people thought because you YOURSELF thought it. The way you hold that child and the way you USE that child to this day shows the world what you really think of him.
SHAME ON YOU Sarah.
I have to say, having watched these two clips, that I didn't hate BOR nearly as much as I usually do.
ReplyDeleteCan I even say "Not a bad job, BOR".
I'm sure I'll abhor him again very soon.
Hey maybe she was so touchy about DL having meant Willow (when he really meant Bristol) because she was worried about what kinda stuff WIllow was getting into up there in Wasilla, and worried that she would follow in Bristol's and her own, and her mother's footsteps.
ReplyDeleteShe just "assumed" Bristol would know to use birth control, so let's just "assume" she would think Willow would know to use birth control too. And just as she assumed that Bristol wasn't sexually active (or so she says), then she is probably also assuming that Willow isn't either. Which I hope is true, but, hey, once there's one pregnant teen in the family, aren't the chances greater for another one to get pregnant?
Sorry for talking about Willow, and I really hope she can break the family pattern.
I have to say that I don't think O'Reilly did a bad job with this interview. YES he handled Private Citizen Palin with kid gloves (an expression that sounds dirty, but isn't really), but any more pushing that what he did, and she's not going on. The BS about her "not being allowed" on O'Reilly's show because the McCain people wouldn't "let her"--but she never complained to McCain about that? Come on....And that Palin had "no idea" the Unrepresentative Eastern Liberal Elitist Media Establishment (UELEME) wouldn't go after her? She may be stupid, but no one's THAT stupid.....Was she in a coma since the first Bush administration, and never noticed the slanders people were (and still are) barfing up about Hillary Clinton? She's the VEEP to a man who would have been the oldest elected President in history.
ReplyDeleteThe Eva Peron comment....Most Americans wouldn't have known what O'Reilly was talking about (personally, I don't think O'REILLY knew what he was talking about). As a practical matter, our only real exposure to the Perons is from that hideous musical/movie. She should have gotten mad, being told she was Eva Peron....But then again, this is the woman who had to be TOLD she was being pranked by Montreal DJs, pretending to be President Sarkozy...because she had no idea Stefan Carse was was NOT the prime minister of Canada, or that "Sarkozy" really enjoyed the "documentary" from "Oos-Lair," Nay-lon Pay-lon.......
As for Katie Couric's "got ya," I still don't understand why she hasn't said what "newspapers" she reads...Wasillia Weeky Shopper? The Hooterville Holla? The Globe? The question was not snarky or insulting. If someone says they read "all" the newspapers, does that mean The Daily Worker? National Review? Turkey Breeders Quarterly?
Herpes
ReplyDeleteSo big, bad Billy-boy did not risk the Q word! Such a tough (NOT!) interviewer? Bill, here's a question for the next time Palin graces you with her prescence.
ReplyDelete"So, Gov. Palin, does quitting (aborting, abandoning, etc.) your elected office enhance or diminish your chances of holding an elected OR appointed office EVER again?"
Talk about stumbling on your answers she still does'nt get it,it's obvious that she believes any question has the potential to be a gotcha! This is her tried and true method of avoiding an answer to anything she does'nt know.One thing you've got to admit she's a slick character who has her lies on the tip of her tongue,it's one area we know she's had a lot of experience.I guess we all have to have something we are expert at doing. Come to think of she even fails at that !
ReplyDeleteI just saw Sherry Johnston's pic at ADN. It still amazes me how much Bristol looks like Sherry instead of Scarah.
ReplyDeleteBOR DID bring up her quitting, though he may have said "resigning." Palin prattled on about the reason of being a "lame duck," which makes NO SENSE - I checked the sea of pee, and THEY are complaining that she MUST STOP with the "lame duck" excuse. They beg her to use the "gridlock" excuse - could not perform due to ethics complaints. As if her Dept. of Law is not already in place to handle this very thing.
ReplyDeleteLetting s'error babble about WHY she quit is NOT the same as asking her if the impact of her quitting will ELIMINATE her chances at any other elected or appointed office.
ReplyDelete@ anon 9:09,
ReplyDeleteyou said this: "Also, what is with the "ame-stream" media comment?"
I watched the next segment on BOR's show. He had Bernie Goldberg on next to talk about how Palin did in the segment. One of the first things Bernie said was that the word she used was "lamestream" media, and that Bernie himself had (supposedly)coined the term, and seemed a bit miffed that Palin didn't credit him with it. LOL, poor Bernie, she's not one to worry about giving credit unless it's a fridge magnet...
Sarah got a D in a basic college Economics class and I am confident that is when she changed from a Business Administration degree to Journalism. She wants to be President and she nearly failed a basic Economics class. With the problems we have in the economy, do you want someone who could not grasp the simple principles of Econ to guide this nation?
ReplyDeletePalin lies yet again - even with the tape of her interview with Katie rolling in the background, she lies. From where I sit, Palin was very relaxed as she walked and talked with Katie. She didn't look AT ALL annoyed when Katie asked what she read that formed her opinion. Palin looked confused and fell back on saying she read "everything" because she clearly couldn't remember anything that she read. It was definitely not a calculated answer due to annoyance. Palin became annoyed LATER as she replayed the tape of the interview in her head, realizing she'd blown it.
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I'm surprised she didn't add a fish to her charm necklace, or maybe a dinosaur- maybe she has a fish on the back of her bus under her 6 "baby on board" signs?
ReplyDeleteWhat was most diturbing was the fuzzy cut in photo while she was tockin' about David Letterman's comments. Looks like her face was stretched too tight.
She also said "Family Orientated" while stumping for McCain in Pennsylvania, my gut instinct is she meant to say "gleuteal", since that's closer to where she speaks from.
Lynn Vincent must be so happy Sarah proclaims she wrote the book herself.
Good one, yukonark @ 9:50!
ReplyDeleteI've been humming this one, ever since I read your post, earlier:
Don't cry for me Miss Wassilla
The truth is I bought your garbage
But as I stand here
All wet and tired
I say you're fired. Go home!
Noblesville USA
AK Sandhills:
ReplyDeleteI have watched O'Reilly conduct a lot of interviews and he clearly was almost coaching her, particularly when he asked her which country is not on board with us regarding Iran. Then when she gives the correct response "Russia" - he says "excellent!" as if he is talking to a high school student. O'Reilly knows that he cannot give a softball interview but he cannot be hard hitting either. He did this interview for the ratings.
My favorite part of the interview though was when Palin equated "spinelessness" with an Ivy League education. I wonder what O'Reilly was thinking at that moment - you know, considering that he has a Master's from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and all.
I almost barfed when she said she would not go on David Letterman's show because she didn't want to give him a ratings boost.
ReplyDeleteHow conceited is THAT?