Is Sarah Palin actually a halfwit?

Denerick · 06-06-2011 09:59PM #1

It terrifies me that someone so stupid has a chance - however slim - of becoming the next President of the United States. George Bush was an intellectual next to her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dRqaDrhgb8&feature=related

Please watch the video as a basis for your opinion.

Einhard · 07-06-2011 12:29AM

Yes. She is. Most definitely. It's not even her rewriting of history, but the fact that she can barely string a coherent sentence together. it looked on that video as if she didn't know what was going on. I hope she's nominated- Obama will be a shoe in!:pac:

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 09-06-2011 12:11PM

In fairness Paul Revere didn't actually warn anyone that the British were coming, so 90% of Americans have got this one wrong. But yes, shes a complete fool.

BrerWolf · 09-06-2011 12:21PM

No she's not.

Being unable to talk to camera (hell even to other people) does not mean that she's a halfwit.

However, she is manipulative and dangerous.
totally willing to use any cause/issue to promote herself.

If she was a halfwit, we would never have heard of her.

20Cent · 09-06-2011 01:16PM

She really is a half wit. Don't know why anyone would support her. Real republicans and conservatives should be disgusted by her.

Denerick · 09-06-2011 01:17PM

Frankly I'm willing to believe that she has a staff of Machiavellian geniuses who are profiting equally from her commercial appeal and her ceaseless attempts to appeal to the most base and idiotic aspects of the American pysche.

Paddysnapper · 09-06-2011 01:20PM

Personally I think "half" wit is more than generous:D

careca11 · 09-06-2011 01:22PM

BrerWolf wrote: »

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If she was a halfwit, we would never have heard of her.

George w bush was a complete half wit

its all got to do with who you know , not what you know

09-06-2011 01:24PM

She breeds halfwits too.

Fattes · 09-06-2011 01:26PM

She is all that is wrong with the US

I am a big fan of the USA and have many dear friends there but Palin and her ilk are all that people see thanks to Mr Murdoch the evil cretin!

old hippy · 09-06-2011 01:29PM

Fattes wrote: »

She is all that is wrong with the US

I am a big fan of the USA and have many dear friends there but Palin and her ilk are all that people see thanks to Mr Murdoch the evil cretin!

Hmm. Maybe that's his plan all along, to discredit and heap scorn upon the US, by proxy.

Maybe Murdoch is the ultimate anti-American?

Rookster · 09-06-2011 01:34PM

Denerick wrote: »

It terrifies me that someone so stupid has a chance - however slim - of becoming the next President of the United States. George Bush was an intellectual next to her:

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You are aiming your criticism at the wrong person. Surely it is the people who vote for her that are the half-wits.

FreudianSlippers · 09-06-2011 01:39PM

She may be a half-wit, but her handlers are not. They know exactly what they're getting her to do and say. US Politics, even moreso than Irish, is nothing but theatre.
Every move meticulously crafted and planned far in advance of the puppet going out on stage.

Nodin · 09-06-2011 01:40PM

Denerick wrote: »

It terrifies me that someone so stupid has a chance - however slim - of becoming the next President of the United States. George Bush was an intellectual next to her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dRqaDrhgb8&feature=related

Please watch the video as a basis for your opinion.

Either a joycean styled monologue that will require analysis to procure its meaning, or a rambling piece of horror where she removes the connection between speech and thought.

Or maybe a mix. Hard to say.

Can't see her getting even the republican nomination, tbh.

FreudianSlippers · 09-06-2011 01:42PM

Nodin wrote: »

Either a joycean styled monologue that will require analysis to procure its meaning, or a rambling piece of horror where she removes the connection between speech and thought.

Or maybe a mix. Hard to say.

Can't see her getting even the republican nomination, tbh.

Just don't ask her any "liberal media 'gotcha' questions" and we should be fine!

Careful Now · 09-06-2011 01:42PM

She is just a female george bush. Gonna be reading funny quotes of her bloopers if she ever makes it.

freyners · 09-06-2011 01:46PM

Sarah Palin
"He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.

Later on:

wrote:

Sarah Palin
"Paul Revere did warn the British. And in a shout-out, gotcha-type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly. And I know my American history." --Sarah Palin, defending her botched Paul Revere history lesson by taking issue with the reporter, who simply asked her "What have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take away from your visit?

link

rossc007 · 09-06-2011 01:52PM

Support for her has been waining, shes the kind of candidate who's advisers try to keep off TV during a campaign.... Needless to remind you that she was McCain's running mate and we could have been looking at the VPOTUS.... Murdoch must be proud

FreudianSlippers · 09-06-2011 01:57PM

The absolutely scary thing for me though is that she has a massive fan base and support network. She wouldn't win the Presidency, but she certainly wouldn't get slaughtered in the Red States.

Lu Tze · 09-06-2011 02:42PM

I like her -she provides entertainment if nothing else - could you imagine jon stewart's show without her over the last 3-4 years?

charlemont · 09-06-2011 02:47PM

A neighbour of mine came out with a hilarious comment yesterday about something but when I think about Sarah Palin the same comment could work " A half a fool or a full fool ". I just think she could be dangerous in power if she is surrounded by the same people who were with Bush.

careca11 · 09-06-2011 02:54PM

i must say i'd throw a shot in her ......
the fact that she's so stupid makes me think she'd do anything

Overheal · 09-06-2011 03:42PM

her latest complaint about a "gotcha" question: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-6-2011/sarah-palin-s-folksy-word-salad

Amerika · 10-06-2011 01:19PM

Hmmm... so she says things and winks... so she flubs the occasional question. Oh the horrors! She is obviously more intelligent than most here. Look what she’s accomplished. Look at the positions she’s held. Look at the mark she's made on the country since the 2008 election. Look at how she’s handled the tough world of politics. She knows exactly what she’s doing. So if she’s a “half-wit,” what does that make most here? Nit? Dim?

20Cent · 10-06-2011 01:21PM

This should be fun!
Expect a comedy goldmine.

Tens of thousands of emails relating to Sarah Palin when she was
governor of Alaska are being released later today. It is an enormous
cache of information, and we would like your help sifting through
them.

A team of Guardian reporters is in the state capital, Juneau, to
receive the emails, which we will begin posting online after their
release at 9am local time (1pm ET, 6pm GMT). But there's no way that
we will be able to get through them all in a short space of time, so
instead we will start posting them online for you to read.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jun/10/sarah-palin-emails-released

Amerika · 10-06-2011 03:27PM

20Cent wrote: »

This should be fun!
Expect a comedy goldmine.

Tens of thousands of emails relating to Sarah Palin when she was
governor of Alaska are being released later today. It is an enormous
cache of information, and we would like your help sifting through
them.

A team of Guardian reporters is in the state capital, Juneau, to
receive the emails, which we will begin posting online after their
release at 9am local time (1pm ET, 6pm GMT). But there's no way that
we will be able to get through them all in a short space of time, so
instead we will start posting them online for you to read.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jun/10/sarah-palin-emails-released

How about that! The lazy meanstream media is having their liberal readership do the legwork for them.

Hey, if only we can find a way to harness Palin Derangement Syndrome, it will provide a limitless supply of energy and end our reliance on fossil fuels.

Manic Moran · 10-06-2011 05:00PM

careca11 wrote: »

George w bush was a complete half wit

He was no half-wit. He may have been a bit bull-headed, divisive, overly blunt, and less than popular with foreigners and the Left, but he got good grades at Yale and was certified to fly a notoriously unforgiving (and nuclear-armed) fighter jet. Oh, and he made it to State Governor and President, which isn't a sign of half-wittism either.

Here's the Snopes. Note that most of the 'negative/stupid Bush' things are red-bulletted (i.e. false)
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/bush.asp

Where Palin is concerned, I don't know what to think. I hope she doesn't win the nomination, she is extremely divisive right now. She either has an astoundingly good media team, or is naturally very good at working the media herself. She shouldn't be as much in the news as she is, by any standards I can think of, yet she's managed it. She does seem to have an issue with off-the-cuff speaking, which isn't the be-all and end-all of intelligence, but I submit it is a mandatory skill for a President, which she doesn't appear to have.

NTM

Overheal · 11-06-2011 06:20AM

Amerika wrote: »

Hmmm... so she says things and winks... so she flubs the occasional question. Oh the horrors! She is obviously more intelligent than most here. Look what she’s accomplished. Look at the positions she’s held..

..and resigned from, because she couldnt handle them.

Carcharodon · 11-06-2011 06:23AM

Amerika wrote: »

How about that! The lazy meanstream media is having their liberal readership do the legwork for them.

Hey, if only we can find a way to harness Palin Derangement Syndrome, it will provide a limitless supply of energy and end our reliance on fossil fuels.

I see your 'Palin Derangement Syndrome' and raise you Obama Birther Syndrome.
You are entertaining if anything.

Jonny7 · 11-06-2011 11:07AM

One of the key factors for presidential hopefuls is "likability", Palin seems to score very highly on this, then again almost any "mom-in-charge" celebrity in the States could potentially do very well.. imagine Oprah running?

Personally I think Palin has milked the populist vote for too long and doesn't display any acumen for.. aahh dammit she's too dumb to be president, imagine her with her finger on the button? come on

Funglegunk · 11-06-2011 12:19PM

Amerika wrote: »

Hmmm... so she says things and winks... so she flubs the occasional question. Oh the horrors! She is obviously more intelligent than most here. Look what she’s accomplished. Look at the positions she’s held. Look at the mark she's made on the country since the 2008 election. Look at how she’s handled the tough world of politics. She knows exactly what she’s doing. So if she’s a “half-wit,” what does that make most here? Nit? Dim?

Wow...

Handled the tough world of politics? In the three years since she came to the public's attention, she has not held one press conference. Not one. Any idea why that is?

She resigned her position as governor before her term was over...why is that?

Why does she only give interviews to Fox News?

Here is the most recent 'gotcha question' Palin has complained about (in an interview about her comments on Paul Revere, on Fox of course):

“What have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit?”

Do you agree that that is a 'gotcha' question? I mean, are you hearing the same words coming out of her mouth that I am? You are right?

Is Sarah Palin actually a halfwit?

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