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Dimwittedness Might Actually Prevail (Palin Hit Piece)
NY Times ^ | 9/13/08 | nhwingut

Posted on 09/13/2008 2:01:55 PM PDT by nhwingut

While watching the Sarah Palin interview with Charlie Gibson Thursday night, and the coverage of the Palin phenomenon in general, I’ve gotten the scary feeling, for the first time in my life, that dimwittedness is not just on the march in the U.S., but that it might actually prevail.

How is it that this woman could have been selected to be the vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket? How is it that so much of the mainstream media has dropped all pretense of seriousness to hop aboard the bandwagon and go along for the giddy ride?

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1 posted on 09/13/2008 2:01:55 PM PDT by nhwingut
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How is it that the NYT is still publishing??????

I thought they lost their last 30,000 subscribers .....


2 posted on 09/13/2008 2:03:29 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Warning - Hurricane Sarah Is Coming")
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How is it that so much of the mainstream media has dropped all pretense of seriousness to hop aboard the bandwagon and go along for the giddy ride?

Obviously they're talking about Obama, right?!

3 posted on 09/13/2008 2:04:14 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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Another frig-en moron looking out for his entitlement friends and family
4 posted on 09/13/2008 2:05:31 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: nhwingut
“Do you believe in the Bush doctrine?” Mr. Gibson asked during the interview. Ms. Palin looked like an unprepared student who wanted nothing so much as to escape this encounter with the school principal.

And Mr. Gibson looked like the nutty Professor when he gave the WRONG answer. And then all these know-it-all elitists in the MSM who think Palin is not qualified, do not even know that Gibson was WRONG.

5 posted on 09/13/2008 2:05:43 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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“Stand up, Chuck.”

Now THAT’S what I call dimwittedness.

The panic on the left deepens.

(evil grin)


6 posted on 09/13/2008 2:06:19 PM PDT by EggsAckley
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To: nhwingut

Typical liberal spew. If someone isn’t “progressive”, they must be stupid.

But, someone who can “uhhh...uh..., ummm, ummm” without a teleprompter is a genius. Give me a break.


7 posted on 09/13/2008 2:06:21 PM PDT by Sister_T (Sarah Palin can lead a horse to water AND make him drink.)
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But the Affrimative Action candidate is?

Keep the faith Brutha!


8 posted on 09/13/2008 2:06:40 PM PDT by misterrob (Obama-Keep the Change!)
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So... Barry’s MSM team says old people are idiots, who can’t use computers, and woman are dimwits. I guess they are counting on Europeans voters to push them over the top in November.


9 posted on 09/13/2008 2:07:24 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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dimwittedness is not just on the march in the U.S., but that it might actually prevail. ............................... Could it be that the voters are really wising up after years of NYT BS?


10 posted on 09/13/2008 2:07:40 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (OBAMA, = Jimmah's big chance to get out of last place.)
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Dimwittedness Might Actually Prevail

Translation: we're scared s***less

11 posted on 09/13/2008 2:08:08 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Its like this POS Hartford Courant.....which hopefully will soon be be history....they seem to be putting their efforts and $$$$$$ in the Dot Com side of the house....which still blows
12 posted on 09/13/2008 2:09:09 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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"Dimwittedness"?

Last time I looked--- Barack Obama thought there were 57 states...

13 posted on 09/13/2008 2:09:15 PM PDT by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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The editors, reporters and columnists remind me of a classic cartoon by the great Gary Larson. The seats in a lecture hall were filled with dinosaurs. Another dinosaur was on stage in a lab coat, giving a speech.

"Gentlemen, The climate is getting colder and we all have a brain the size of a walnut. I don't think we are going to make it."

The only reason this cartoon doesn't apply squarely to the Times is that the Times personnel lack the self-perception shown by Larson's dinosaurs.

Congressman Billybob

Tenth in the ten-part series, "The Owner's Manual (Part 10) -- The Remaining Amendments"

Latest article, "I, Obama"

14 posted on 09/13/2008 2:09:32 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (www.theacru.org)
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I’ve gotten the scary feeling, for the first time in my life, that dimwittedness is not just on the march in the U.S., but that it might actually prevail...

The liberals classic response. If they can't dazzle us with bovine excrement, then we must be stupid...

Yup, stay scared you effete elitists - more and more people are recognizing everyday that the 'chosen one', Obama, is just simply another would-be emperor with no clothes...

And yes, the contrast with Mrs. Palin is most upsetting because it magnifies the 'chosen one's' empty resume when set along side someone who has actually done something...

15 posted on 09/13/2008 2:10:41 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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Pretty obvious this clueless clown bigot did not actually watch the interview at all. Palin showed herself far more capable and competent then the O has done anywhere at anytime.


16 posted on 09/13/2008 2:11:18 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (http://www.iraqvetsforcongress.com ---- Get involved, make a difference.)
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To: Always Right

The Bush Doctrine and the Palin Performance [Cliff May]

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But ask yourself: How would a real foreign policy sophisticate have replied to Gibson’s question?

Well, Anne-Marie Slaughter is the dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. She was interviewed by Alan Johnson, for a book titled: “Global Politics After 9/11: The Democratiya Interviews.”

Here’s how the exchange begins:

Johnson: What are the central differences, and what are the elements of continuity, if any exist, between ‘the Bush doctrine’ and the ‘grand strategy of forging a world of liberty under law’?

Slaughter: Tell me what you mean by ‘The Bush Doctrine’.

In other words, Dean Slaughter gave the same answer as did Palin.


17 posted on 09/13/2008 2:12:54 PM PDT by roses of sharon (READ MY LIPSTICK!)
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I remember seeing Herbert on MSNBC a couple months back (when Obama was a shoo in). He was calm and reasonable, complimenting McCain. Same with most of the Hollywood types.

What’s changed in the past week? LMAO!!!


18 posted on 09/13/2008 2:13:00 PM PDT by nhwingut
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The wheels are coming off the O-zone express, which also has a busted Axelrod, and the engine is about to go “Plouffe.” Shouldn't this NYT editorial be on the obituaries page?
19 posted on 09/13/2008 2:13:04 PM PDT by Jagman
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How is it that so much of the mainstream media has dropped all pretense of seriousness to hop aboard the bandwagon and go along for the giddy ride?

Strange! That was my question to the media about BO's campaign!

20 posted on 09/13/2008 2:13:24 PM PDT by jeffc (They're coming to take me away! Ha-ha, he-he, ho-ho!)
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