Juan Williams: Palin can't stand on intellectual stage with Obama

examiner.com ^ | 12/26/2010 | Joe Newby

[FredJake]

While appearing on Fox News Sunday, Juan Williams slammed Sarah Palin's intelligence.

"There's nobody out there, except for Sarah Palin, who can absolutely dominate the stage, and she can't stand on the intellectual stage with Obama," Williams said.

Since becoming John McCain's Vice-Presidential running mate, the left has repeatedly used this line of attack. In fact, a Google search on the term "Sarah Palin is stupid" returns over 67 million results.

Apparently, the prospect of Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 has liberals doing everything they can to denigrate the former Alaska Governor before the primary even begins.

Has Sarah Palin made mistakes? Sure. She is, after all, a human being - contrary to what liberals would have us believe.

But compare her mis-steps to the man Newsweek once called "God of All Things".

Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin listed several gaffes Obama made during the 2008 election. Among those gaffes:

* Last May, he claimed that Kansas tornadoes killed a whopping 10,000 people: “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” The actual death toll: 12.

*Earlier this month in Oregon, he redrew the map of the United States: “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.”

In 2009, John Hawkins spelled out ten of the young Administrations biggest mistakes to that point, including:

[no-to-illegals]

zer0 has shown himself to be a fool, and he hasn't had to meet Sarah once in debate. Juan, please continue to defend the zer0. Your defending zer0 will make for an easier victory for those who hold the truth, and speak the truth.

[jacknhoo]

That’s right she can’t stand on the stage with him, and thank God...she upstages him.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

If I were Sarah, I’d ask ole Juan in which of the 57 states would this stage be set, and how many corpsemen should Sarah plan on being in attendance.

[blackdog]

The media does not appreciate political types who can reduce a question or issue down to a real world answer. They gain sustanance from pompous diatribe, filling endless hours of zero production. It's all about activity, not productivity.

Palin in national office provides only two things for media. #1) Short, genuine, concise answers to their questions.

#2)Interviews with others where any question becomes Palintology.

The prospects of those two options would seriously reduce the 24/7 talking head employment pool.

[shiva]

This is a very simply strategy, like Vice President Cheney’s ‘gravitas’ remember that? Well the word has been given out to the willing accomplice’s in the media to call Sarah, ‘stupid, idiot and dumb’. Click on any article about her and read the comments below thoes articles. You will see thoes words show up. Also in DU they do the same thing....stupid,idiot and dumb premeate their comments.

[Banjoguy]

After Juan was fired, I thought there might be some hope for him to demonstrate a modicum of objectivity. But it turns out that he is the same liberal jackass he always was.

[vetvetdoug]

Hand Obama a Remington 700 with the safety on. Do the same with Palin. Who would be the first to set up and fire one round? I dare say Obama wouldn’t know which end of the rifle to point downrange.Without affirmative action, Obama would be considered an idiot.

[jla]

They hate the fact that their black idol has feet of clay. If each of them asked I wonder how Palin and Obama would respond to, 'can we see your college records?'

Sorry, Juan, your 'history-making' president is as intellectually gifted as yourself.

[WVKayaker]

"Juan who?"

Elect Sarah Palin for President 2012

Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016

[pyx]

0bama is clearly very intelligent and also articulate.

I respectfully disagree.

If the ability to read a TELEPROMPTER qualifies someone as being clearly very intelligent, then buffoons like Katie Couric or Janet Napolitano might also be considered clearly very intelligent, which they are not.

In some cases, someone who is devious might be considered clever but again, I certainly wouldn't consider them clearly very intelligent.

In fact, looking back in retrospect, I can't recall even one thing that Hussein Obama has done that demonstrates clear intelligence.

To me, ZERO and those he surrounds himself with, have always epitomized LYING, ANTI-AMERICAN sacks of bovine crap.

But don't let my somewhat negative opinions influence you. :)

[Fiji Hill]

Obama couldn’t stand on a intellectual stage with Daffy Duck.

He shares the stage with Joe Biden.

[Scythian]

Aside from the “begging the question” aspect of this article regarding who’s more intellectual when did you ever go to an intellectual to fix or run anything?

1) Plumber
2) Financial Advisor
3) Enginner
4) Mechanic
5) Doctor

need I go on ....

6) President ????? (rediculous)

[Vinnie]

0bama is clearly very intelligent and also articulate. But many intelligent people are completely wrong about so many things. Jimmy Carter is often named the most intelligent former President but he is wrong in many ways about many things.
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I’m sorry. I don’t see it. His fluttering his eyes and thinking of his next word doesn’t show me intelligence. It shows me he is slow on his feet.
I`ll give him this much. He reads well. (aside from he
whistling S`s that drives me crazy)

[anniegetyourgun]

I guess Juan missed the Biden-Palin debate...she more than held her own. I’m certain she could do the same with Obama.

[SharpRightTurn]

Juan has never been accused of being the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[Just A Nobody]

They tried this with Reagan, but it didn't work so well then.

Perhaps, but it worked amazingly well with PRESIDENT George W. Bush. Just read FR for proof.

Google Ronald Reagan is stupid: About 17,100,000 results (0.26 seconds)

Google George W. Bush is stupid: About 40,900,000 results (0.16 seconds)

[RavenATB]

And Juan Williams can’t stand on the “intellectual stage” with my nose hair...

[sniper63]

Results from Bing

barack obama is an idiot

151,000 results

I don't do Gurgle searches.........

[popdonnelly]

Obama reads a good speech.

[SERKIT]

I think Axelrod and Williams are opening an AstroTurf Factory in Chicago real soon.