Palin Intelligent? (regular, 9/11, election, governor)

[JeremiahJohnson]

Originally Posted by theolsarge

Or just horribly misinformed?


In a Nov. 6 appearance at a no-cameras-allowed fundraiser, Sarah Palin criticized moving the words "In God We Trust" onto the edges of some new $1 coins: "Who calls a shot like that? Who makes a decision like that ….?" she asked.
Answer: The changes were part of the Presidential $1 Coin Act approved by unanimous consent in the Senate and an overwhelming majority in the House, and signed into law by President Bush.

Well there is the "possibility of intelligence", after all it's been proven that chimpanzees do in fact use tools.

[Sagran]

Originally Posted by momonkey

Liberals keep trying to make Bush Jr a conservative hero, but he isn't and hasn't been in the conservative fold for some time. Like his father, he compromised with the left for the sake of political expediency.

George W compromised with the left? When?

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by momonkey

Liberals keep trying to make Bush Jr a conservative hero, but he isn't and hasn't been in the conservative fold for some time.

I noticed. When his failures became too obvious to ignore, the conservatives ditched him. I know there's more joy in heaven over those who repent and all that, but that still doesn't make it unfair to point out that the conservatives foisted him on the nation. Twice. The current right wing are all Independents, at least if you take them at their word - which makes one wonder where all those votes came from. Ah well.

Anyways, this whole thread hows very clearly how desperate the left has become

It does? I'm just having a bit of fun pointing out how the Empress seems rather - ehm - underdressed. Unfortunate metaphor, sorry. She put out a book and put herself in the spotlight - fair game, as far as I'm concerned.

[bongo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bongo
Thanks Dane_in_LA for the quote which is quintessential Palinesque:

Originally Posted by Sarah Palin on the bailout
That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.

Sagran wrote:
"Here's the problem: The St. Sarah cultist think that statement makes perfect sense and is an example of her intelligence and grasp of the issues. The rest of us see that as meaningless gobbledygook. No wonder we can't have civil conversations. We don't speak the same language."

Sagran, that is certainly a scary reality.

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by domergurl

We already know she doesn't know any other supreme court decision she doesn't agree with ... she probably thinks Roe v. Wade is the case that has been argued!

Anyone with half a brain and half a grasp of history would be able to at least cite to Plessy vs. Ferguson .. doi doi doi.

Or the Exxon Valdez ruling....oh look, another 180 on the part of the former governor.

Her comments here are an insult to the entire commercial fishing industry in Alaska.

Front Row Washington » Blog Archive » Palin’s Exxon Valdez account draws guffaws | Blogs |


Just look at the contradictions.

In the book, Palin claims to have helped the fishermen, Alaska Natives and other individuals suing Exxon over spill damages prevail in their legal case.

“It took years for Alaska to achieve victory. As governor, I directed our attorney general to write an amicus brief in the case, and, thanks to Alaska’s able attorneys arguing in front of the highest court in the land, in 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the people,” she writes in her book. “Finally, Alaskans could recover some of their losses.”

But Palin’s claims of victory for the plaintiffs and of playing a role in achieving that victory are highly distorted, said the chief attorney for the approximately 32,000 plaintiffs that sued Exxon over damages from the worst oil-tanker spill in U.S. waters.

“That is the most cockamamie bull****,” said Dave Oesting of Anchorage, lead plaintiff attorney in the private litigants’ civil case against Exxon and its successor, Exxon Mobil Corp. “She didn’t have a damn thing to do with it, and she didn’t know what it was about.”

While the Supreme Court in its June 25, 2008 decision did uphold the right of the plaintiffs to receive some punitive damages, it slashed the award dramatically. The Supreme Court ordered that punitive damages be no more than $507.5 million, down from the $2.5 billion ordered by a U.S. appeals court and the jury’s original verdict of $5 billion.

While the plaintiffs did manage to salvage some punitive damages, the result was hardly a win, said Riki Ott, a scientist, environmental activist and longtime commercial fisherman from the Prince William Sound town of Cordova.

“It’s a disgrace. It’s a disgrace to the legal system. It’s a disgrace to intellectual honesty to call 10 cents on the dollar a win for Alaskans,” said Ott, who has written a book about the spill and the failure of the justice system to address it.

At the time of the Supreme Court ruling, even Palin described it as a bitter disappointment to Alaskans rather than a victory. In an interview with Reuters, she said the state will tighten its oversight of the oil industry in response. “Exxon will know that we’re very disappointed in this ruling,” she said then.

[ray1945]

Originally Posted by goodgal

Clearly the woman is intelligent, way above average in the way she articulates. She makes mistakes..don't we all? I mean Obama is clearly intelligent too and yet you tube shows him saying he visited 57 states. So maybe both are a tad misinformed..show me a politician who isn't!

What, exactly, makes it clear that Palin is way above average in intelligence??

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by ergohead

Bet she can't spell antidisestablishmentarianism!

I didn't know one had to be able to do that but if that is the only thing necessary to he intelligent I wonder how many dummies who can memorize could convince you that they were intelligent.

[bnepler]

Originally Posted by JeremiahJohnson

Well there is the "possibility of intelligence", after all it's been proven that chimpanzees do in fact use tools.

Yea, Barry almost knows how to talk without using a teleprompter.

[sickofnyc]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Sarah Palin is HIGHLY intelligent.

Certainly! To a person with even less intelligence than she has, it would seem so. It's all in the perspective.

[bnepler]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc

Certainly! From a person with even less intelligence than she has, it would seem so. It's all in the perspective.

aren't we "touchy".