“Sarah Palin is damaged goods”
What did Sarah Palin do or say that was so bad that made her damaged goods:
1)’I can see Russia from my house’: Tina Fey said it; Sarah did not
2)Asked a man in a wheelchair to stand up at a rally (that was Joe Biden)
3)Said there was 57 states (Barack Obama)
4)”You have nothing to worry about Barack Obama being POTUS”(that was John McCain)
5)”Barack Obama will be tested in the first 6 months” (that was Joe Biden, inviting global attacks)
6)”I believe in spreading the wealth” (that was Barack Obama)
7)”I want to split Iraq into three parts” (that was Joe Biden)
8)”Americans are killing civilians and air-raiding villages in Afghanistan” (that was Barack Obama)
9)”Barack Obama refuses to talk about victory except when talking about his own campaign” (that was Sarah Palin)
10)”Barack wants to take more of your money and give you more orders from Washington” (that was Sarah Palin)
Now many people come back to the Gibson and Couric interviews to show her ‘damaged’. Let me direct you to Mark Levin’s web site where he has the full transcript of the interview with Gibson which proves that ABC definitely edited the tape to make Sarah look bad by not reflecting in total what Sarah said in response to the question.
As regards to the Couric interview I will admit Sarah was not at her best, but would you use the same standard to judge anybody else. Why is Bobby Jindal not damaged goods from his subpar rebuttal performance yesterday? Look even Tiger Woods misses the cut or has a bad round of golf. It does not define Tiger and one performance with Couric 4 years before running again should also not define Sarah.
And finally go back and watch her introductory speech at Dayton, her convention speech at St. Paul and her debate performance in St. Louis (all stellar performances) and I dare anybody who is objective to consider Sarah damaged goods.
Remember Kobe Bryant, Muhammed Ali, and Ray Lewis resurrected their careers. And of these gentlemen committed notorious acts; Sarah did not.
John O'Sullivan put it best in his WSJ article pointing out the parallels between Palin and Margaret Thatcher. O'Sullivan talked about the unique ability to rise to the occasion when the big-stage lights went on and when there was little time for preparation. He called it "the mark of a star".