The rumors being floated now that Sarah Palin didn’t know the participants in NAFTA, that she didn’t know that Africa was a continent, that she didn’t know that South Africa was a country – it all sounds like utter nonsense, but it is interesting. She’s not terribly bright, but she’s surely not that dumb.
The rumors sound like the results of a meeting in a bar over many beers – people who were angry at Palin decided to do her in. It’s interesting to watch – the Republicans seem to be cleaning their machinery post-McCain. Palin is not the future of the party. That’s been decided.
The problem they have is the extreme loyalty of the Christian base to Palin. Without them, the Republicans are a permanent minority centered in the south.
It’ll be interesting to watch – party leadership is not stupid. In fact, since 1980 or so, they have brilliantly managed their various factions. This could be self-destruction, or it could be just the messy early stages of a much-needed house cleaning.
Piece of Mindful 
Is it too much to ask for to see the Religious Wrong jettisoned from the Republican Party? Maybe I should pray on it.
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Reminiscent of when the Clintons clipped Howard Dean after his Iowa victory. The media is always eager to chronicle a bloody crime scene. Run-of-the-mill party infighting.
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At least she didn’t say FDR was on TV.
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Or that there are 57 states in the United States.
But, hey, Trotsky, keep up the women-are-stupid routine by all means. It makes you look great.
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I know many smart women. My wife is one, as are my daughters. But not Palin. Give me a break.
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Put your wife and children up for public office as a Republican and I guarantee you their intelligence will be thoroughly trashed.
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There’s no Republican ground game without the Christian right. We prove it all the time here in Missoula.
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Fred – did you not see the Couric interview? It’s out there for all of us to see, and some of us are cognizant of what passes before our eyes.
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Lets say we had taken Biden, and had let him drivel on for 2 hours. And after that we would’ve let Sean Hannity edit the tape, in two minute snips?
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No, Swede. That’s silly. Biden is a smart man, and people can see this even if they don’t like what he says. He does run on sometimes, and was called on a couple of gaffes, but when he misspoke, as in saying 57 states, people knew he was just tired or misspoke, whereas with Palin, you really had to wonder.
Did you not see the Couric interview? It’s right before your eyes, yet you cannot see. Interesting.
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That was Obama who said there were 57 states.
See how easy it is?
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Carol: FAIL. Obama won. See how easy that is?
Anybody can play ‘gotcha’. It takes a special kind of stupid to say that you are a foreign policy expert because you can see another country from a place you’ve never even argued that you’ve been, or worse, claimed that you’ve been places you haven’t. Palin is a moron, and needed to be jettisoned if the Republican party is have any dignity left.
They won’t do that; you won’t do that, Carol. Enjoy your time in BFE.
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