She had every opportunity to speak for herself, and when she did, she made it blindingly obvious that she didn’t have a clue regarding foreign policy, among a long list of other topics. She and she alone is responsible for the ignorant, nonsensical garbage that spewed and continues to spew forth every time she opens her mouth. The media and/or SNL is not responsible for her downfall – she is – her excuses as to why she came across as an ignorant know nothing are her own, she owns them.
For the record - direct quotes:
"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border." --Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS's Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008
"They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska." Sarah Palin On her foreign policy insights into Russia, ABC News interview, September 11, 2008.
I can see the Atlantic Ocean from my back deck, but believe it or not, that doesn't make me a marine biologist.
Further, the mess we now find ourselves in is largely a result of 8 years of mismanagement by the Bush Administration – fact. I find it amusing that the same folks who voted for Bush twice, are the same folks blaming Obama for the state of this country, when, in fact, they are responsible for enabling one of if not the worst presidents in this country’s history – fact. If you voted for him once, if not twice, the next time you find yourself in front of a mirror, take a moment to congratulate yourself on what you’ve helped to accomplish, financial ruin, two unwinnable wars, the institution of torture, the pillaging of the constitution, etc.
As for Harmon, the self described “authority”, well, he’s as blind to reality as you are, apparently. To quote Orwell - To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." For Palin supporters and apologizers, that struggle is being lost on a daily, moment by moment basis.
I begrudgingly voted for Obama, but I’m not a democrat. I have respect for the traditional, Barry Goldwater brand of conservatism – however, the movement has been hijacked by christianists such as Palin and her ilk, and as a result, is no longer recognizable.
The following essay by Matt Taibbi does a great job of summing up Palin and her supporters, with the gloves off.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics.../mad_dog_palin
An excerpt:
And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she's a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed Middle American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin' Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her. Not because it makes sense, or because it has a chance of improving his life or anyone else's, but simply because it appeals to the low-humming narcissism that substitutes for his personality, because the image on TV reminds him of the mean, brainless slob he sees in the mirror every morning.
Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove. But more than that, she is a horrifying symbol of how little we ask for in return for the total surrender of our political power. Not only is Sarah Palin a fraud, she's the tawdriest, most half-assed fraud imaginable, 20 floors below the lowest common denominator, a character too dumb even for daytime TV — and this country is going to eat her up, cheering her every step of the way. All because most Americans no longer have the energy to do anything but lie back and allow ourselves to be jacked off by the calculating thieves who run this grasping consumer paradise we call a nation.