[Big_Monkey]

"Bearing false witness is not a good thing."

I judge Sarah Palin by what she did (or in her case didn't) say and how she said it.

When asked absolutely fundamental and rudimentary questions, like "What do you read or what have you read?", she completely fell down.

This was a open ended question that she could have and should have knocked out of the park. Instead of recalling the first time she read Adam Smith, Buckley, Friedman or Goldwater she stammered. Why? Because she hasn't read ANY of those people. When you do, you remember. You don't have to be rich, or come from money or go to an Ivy League university to read the pillars of modern day conservatism.

Furthermore, she couldn't name one, NOT ONE, newspaper, periodical or pamphlet that she reads on a semi-regular basis. Why? Because clearly she doesn't.

Lastly, if the question offended her (as she has later claimed), then she should have said so at the time. Someone with capable communication skills could have teed Couric up as demeaning, biased or grandstanding. Palin didn't'. She didn't because she was intimidated by Katie Couric. President's of the United States can't be intimidated by Katie Couric.

[Tenniel2]

That said, your points re Sarah's (apparent dearth of) conservative intellectual nourishment are well taken. If indeed she hasn't read Smith or Hayek or Friedman or Kirk, at least now she knows (we may hope) what homework she needs to do for 2012. And if governing leaves her too little time for anything but the Cliff's Notes versions, she could do a lot worse than crib from Barry, Bill, and Ronald.

Meanwhile, I'm crossing my fingers and buying her a subscription to Human Events.

[dsc]

“When asked absolutely fundamental and rudimentary questions, like”

Those are not questions. Those are insults thinly disguised as questions. I’d have punched the b*tch in the face, myself, but then Sarah Palin is a better person than I am.

“Lastly, if the question offended her (as she has later claimed)”

As was obvious at the time, to the fair-minded.

“then she should have said so at the time”

Because she is a woman of character, a decent person, and because she was on McLame’s team at the time, she choked back the harsh answers that rushed to her tongue. Anyone with an open mind and a three-digit IQ could have seen that easily.

“Someone with capable communication skills could have teed Couric up as demeaning, biased or grandstanding. Palin didn’t’. She didn’t because she was intimidated by Katie Couric.”

Fresh, steaming meadow muffins. She didn’t because she was playing for McLame’s team at the time, and as a person of character takes her obligations seriously.