Oh Boy - We’re Really In Trouble If Palin Doesn’t Know What She’s Doing
September 2, 2008 by Bridget Wright
Filed under Leadership
In this YouTube video from an interview with Sarah Palin when she was being considered as a candidate for the position of Vice-President, she sprinkles her interview with a few “ya know’s” and “kewl”, much to the amusement of the interviewer. I’m sooo disappointed, needless to say, in Mrs. Palin’s presentation. I’ve been somewhat brewing since the announcement on Thursday and have had to re-work my post on it several times, which is why it STILL hasn’t been posted. You know the old adage, “if you don’t have something nice to say…”
Kewl.
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Copyright 2008 - Bridget Wright
Hmm…my best guess is that she was hedging her bets. She didn’t know she was going to be McCain’s choice at the point of time the interview was being conducted. And when a person in political office is being considered for such, they certainly don’t want to look like they don’t enjoy/love/etc. the current elected office they hold. So to me, it was a lame way for her to sort of position herself…she could have come across better saying something like “I love Alaska and serving the Alaskan people so a VP candidate position would certainly be a tough choice.” (Of course, then other Republicans could point out that she didn’t WANT the VP candidate position bad enough…) Ugh…my years of majoring in Poli Sci in college are flashing before me!
Actually, it sounds like she knows exactly what she’s doing.
She’s doing a great job for Alaska and she hasn’t even been in office all that long.
I like people that can use the words “cool” and be real when they answer questions.
I’d prefer an authentic person that uses the word “cool” over somebody that is worried about the “pc” thing to say.
She seems like a wide open book to me with nothing to hide.
Perhaps it’s time you did some real digging on Palin. I’m sure you’d find lots of nice things after reading about her over on my blog.
-Angela
Omaha, Nebraska
If she doesn’t know what she’s doing? It seems pretty apparent that she doesn’t. We’ll only be in trouble if McCain wins.
Although I agree with Angela’s remark, “I’d prefer an authentic person that uses the word “cool” over somebody that is worried about the “pc” thing to say,” I do think there’s a time and a place, and a certainly level of language that I expect in this arena, and “cool” and “ya know” definitely go against my expectations.
WOW, you guys are pretty darn picky. I suppose you’d prefer somebody who purchases their property from crooks, hangs out with people that likes to bomb things, and gets his mentoring from those that say God has damned America.. that’s interesting.. I think I will take a couple of “cools” and “ya knows” over THAT any day of the week..
Bottom line is Sarah Palin was a “sucker punch” and everyone knows it. Too little, too late.
Sarah Palin’s name was familiar to animal lovers long before she was tagged to be John McCain’s running mate. She’s the politician who, via a loophole in federal legislation, has promoted aerial hunting of wolves in Alaska, going as far as to enthusiastically offer a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each wolf killed.
Aerial hunting is the practice of chasing an animal — in Alaska’s case, gray wolves — to exhaustion by plane or helicopter and then landing and shooting the defenseless, cowering animal. It is cruel, inhumane, and barbaric. What kind of person would want to torture beautiful wild animals this way? I’d never vote for a ticket that included someone who promotes this type of sick cruelty toward animals.
Good Lord, I hadn’t heard about that. Cory, do you have any sources you can give us? I’d be interested to read them.
Sure. You can Google “Sarah Palin wolves” or “Sarah Palin aerial hunting” or search “aerial hunting” on Defenders of Wildlife’s Web site, http://www.defenders.org.
One article on the topic is here: http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/wolves/story/410461.html
Perhaps more explanation of the practice vs what you might find on a biased site.
I don’t necessarily agree with her politics, but she sounds like a pretty intelligent woman. Things like y’know are the sort of brain farts that the better orators are able to avoid. As far as her saying “cool,” I think it sounds unprofessional. I didn’t mind it so much the first time but when she said that her job as Alaskan governor was “cool,” that struck me as just something to say but completely lacking in substance.