Thursday, September 25, 2008

Get back to us, Sarah. Perhaps before Nov. 4th?

From her interview with Katie Couric:

Couric: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?

Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie - that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.

Couric: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.

Palin: He's also known as the maverick though, taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about - the need to reform government.

Couric: But can you give me any other concrete examples? Because I know you've said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this?

Palin: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today.

Couric: I'm just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.

Palin: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.

Ed: Ugh - the transcript was bad enough, but this video is painful:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Regardless of whether or not McCain and Palin actually win this thing, the fact that this woman can even be on the ticket is an abomination. Talking-fucking-heads, these two.

-Marc

MRhé said...

@Marc: Indeed. The doubletalk, the verbal stumbling, the hesitating, the clear discomfort with the questions...this was a horrendous performance on Palin's part. Kudos to Couric for playing a little hardball there at the end.

Looks good, sounds awful - America's Republican VP candidate!

KERaven said...

Maybe it's not too late for John McCain to get Katie Couric as his running mate.