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Vanity: Fox News Says Palin Did Not Know Africa Was Continent, Not Country
Fox News | 11/05/08 | vanity

Posted on 11/05/2008 4:18:26 PM PST by SalukiLawyer

Edited on 11/05/2008 5:56:32 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Carl Cameron just said McCain campaign shocked to discover Sarah Palin did not realize Africa was a continent, believing instead that it was a country. She did not know the countries in NAFTA. She refused offered preparation for the Couric interview and threw temper tantrums over adverse press.

Wow. Dumping on Sarah in a big way. Shep asked how on Earth the McCain camp could have ended up picking such a dope (not exact words, but sense of what he said).

They did point out she seemed to help the polling numbers.

I knew this was going to be the template, but I was surprised at the level of nastiness on Fox News. Looks like elements of the McCain campaign is determined to make her the scapegoat for the loss. (Couldn't have been anything about the man at the top of the ticket.)

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To: donna

Hey Donna, as a conservative who initially supported Thompson and like both Palin and Romney, I’ll agree to not bring up Romneys abortion stance prior to running for President if we can have a ceasfire until 2010 lol


281 posted on 11/05/2008 5:16:49 PM PST by rbmillerjr (2012: A GOP Conservative or I'm out)
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To: mel

Jindal is sharp as a tack. He is prob. our best bet in 2012 at this point.


282 posted on 11/05/2008 5:17:23 PM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: Sammie42
As I best remember, John McCain got the lion's share of media coverage when he was in the back of the pack. The MSN sensed him as the weaker candidate and kept up coverage. Lo and behold, John gets nominated.

The media support goes South.

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I have to hand it to McCain. He put a major scare into them when he brought out Sara Palin, so they brought out the long knives and dealt with her shamelessly.

I believe McCain had plenty of mistrust of the media, but I don't think he thought they would react to Sara the way they did.

283 posted on 11/05/2008 5:18:01 PM PST by oyez (Justa' another high minded lowlife.)
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To: SalukiLawyer

But they obviously have no problem with Hussein the Marxist’s statement that there are 57 states in the US instead of 50.


284 posted on 11/05/2008 5:18:17 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: SalukiLawyer

no sir, Sen. Fred Thompson was my guy

never cared for McCain

I am a BIG Palin fan, and that she added the necessary component to the ticket

the left wants to make the RNC dismiss her, and FOX is facilitating that

make no mistake, this story and all the others like it are circulated to relegate Sarah to the same fate as Quayle


285 posted on 11/05/2008 5:19:22 PM PST by daku (Obama has experience pouring out of those big ears of his.)
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To: catfish1957

Bobby Jindal has about as much chance of getting elected president in 2012 as Mitt Romney, i.e. NONE. The sooner folks realize that, the better!


286 posted on 11/05/2008 5:19:23 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: tell me

That’s not saying much.


287 posted on 11/05/2008 5:19:27 PM PST by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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To: andy58-in-nh
How long is it going to take Republican Grand Poo-Bahs to realize that when they offer voters Conservatism they win, and when they offer them watered-down Liberalism, they get their posteriors kicked from sea to shining sea?

The RNC needs a complete enema. NOW! I've cut off my cash to them and being surrounded by their staff for the last 2 weeks, I can tell you this is a lazy bunch of Blackberry typers. It's all about them and not about the mission. The RNC leaders need sacked (Duncan and team) and a new group of leaders need to be hired and turned loose to hire and train new middle-managers. I think they get it, but I think they're trying to hang onto their jobs and will stop at nothing to spin this into Palin or the fault of conservatives.

288 posted on 11/05/2008 5:20:04 PM PST by AmericanGirlRising (RINO Hunting)
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To: Always Right

We either kick the RINOs out of the party (they’d be more at home with the Dims, anyway) or start a new party for conservatives.


289 posted on 11/05/2008 5:21:00 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: WilliamReading

You forgot one

Carl Cameron 85


290 posted on 11/05/2008 5:21:57 PM PST by offduty (I Support Joe the Plumber....he's fresh and articulate...wait, someone already said that)
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To: GipperGal

This was posted as an excuse to bash Romney, simple as that.


291 posted on 11/05/2008 5:22:14 PM PST by La Enchiladita
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To: NOBAMA in 08
There certainly IS!!! unless you are a DEMORAT!

Seinfeld Show reference. ;-)

292 posted on 11/05/2008 5:23:04 PM PST by 6SJ7 (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: mysterio

“Fox also called FR a hate site. Screw them.”

Really? They did? Then you’re right: F*** them.


293 posted on 11/05/2008 5:23:37 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: mockingbyrd

This thread sounds like the discussions we were having during the primaries. Remember how sad we were when Fred Thompson turned out to be uninterested in running? When Duncan Hunter bowed out? We were stuck with McCain. If Sarah had been on the radar then we would have been ecstatic.

As it is, when Sarah did come along we were buoyed up like a cork on a wave. Whereas McCain was like an anchor tied to the cork. We couldn’t make it work.

Sarah needs some additional polish and coaching, and she’s ready to go for 2012. I’ll be rooting for her all the way.


294 posted on 11/05/2008 5:23:46 PM PST by TenthAmendmentChampion (Don't blame me, I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin.)
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To: GerardKempf

Nope. No big whoop. . when it’s okay for Biden to gaffe like a champ, and he’s who we are stuck with a heartbeat from the novice President, should a tragedy happen, now THAT is embarrassing. Biden just lies and bloviates and does it authoritatively. He learned that down at “Katie’s” Restaurant up in Scranton over on 65th Street.


295 posted on 11/05/2008 5:24:04 PM PST by Twinkie (REPENT! The Lord's Return Is At Hand . . . . .)
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To: daku

“the left wants to make the RNC dismiss her, and FOX is facilitating that”

“make no mistake, this story and all the others like it are circulated to relegate Sarah to the same fate as Quayle”

Great observation. The CountryClubbers (Noonans etc.) are already fighting with the rank and file through the media to concentrate power.

We conservatives need to be involved starting now.


296 posted on 11/05/2008 5:24:50 PM PST by rbmillerjr (2012: A GOP Conservative or I'm out)
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To: SalukiLawyer

Well, the sins of the McCain campaign will be discussed for months to come, as will the media bias that probably made the biggest difference.

But the sabotage of Palin’s career in the wake of this defeat is inexcusable.


297 posted on 11/05/2008 5:25:38 PM PST by Rocky
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To: personalaccts

I voted for McCain in spite of Palin. In my opinion, she cost more votes than she garnered and I, for one, hope she goes back to Alaska and stays there.


298 posted on 11/05/2008 5:25:51 PM PST by DryFly
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Bobby Jindal has about as much chance of getting elected president in 2012 as Mitt Romney, i.e. NONE.

Care to elaborate why?

299 posted on 11/05/2008 5:26:08 PM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: SalukiLawyer

This is an attack on a genuine Conservative by the Lipublicans and RINOs.

The GOP needs to purge its ranks of these pukes.
The Conservative Republicans need to adopt the tactics of the NRA. The NRA fights every attack on 2nd Amendment Rights, no matter how small and trivial the contest. They know that the liberals are satisfied by incremental baby steps of progress. These baby steps add up and with time fuse to overwhelm the real issues.
We need to target
1) The Lie that is Man-Made Global Warming
2) Environmentalism
3) Political Correctiveness (this is a Free Speech issue. Just because someone is a jerk does not mean that he needs compulsory sensitivity training)
4) Give no ground on right to life
5) Give no ground on gay marriage
6) Oppose ALL tax hikes, no matter how small
7) Freedom of Religion does not mean Freedom from Religion
8) Separation of Church and State does not mean purging all religious references in schools and government. It just means the government can’t tell you how to worship.
9) Less welfare and social programs
10) Public healthcare. People on the public dole should not receive better health coverage than someone working a low paying job. Privative healthcare.
11) Teachers should teach, not indoctrinate liberal views.
12) Sex education is the domain of parents
13) Child protective services needs to lose its law enforcement powers.
14) Police should be police not paramilitary assault units (SWAT).
15) No longer than 3 years on death row, then you die.
16) Kil plea bargaining
17) English needs to be the official language. Offering other language printed materials is just too expensive.
18) Close the borders and actually enforce it.
19) combine DHS, FBI, DEA, ATF and some of the other law enforcement agencies. There is too much redundancy.
20) The government needs to go on a diet. Cut out 2/3’s of all the civil servant jobs. They are not really needed.

There are more, please add to the list.


300 posted on 11/05/2008 5:26:24 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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