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By: Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Feedback In The Echo Chamber

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Feedback In The Echo Chamber — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:28:47 +0000

[...] Did Sarah Palin, in fact, say she could see Russia from her house? Absolutely not, as that was, in fact, Tina Fey. However, what the poll and the erstwhile Palinites at Red State fail to remember or refuse to concede is that she might as well have, and actually said the following just a few days before the SNL skit in question: [...]

By: Brian Balogh

Brian Balogh — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Wow – I stumbled upon this video for a laugh and so I might pass it along to a friend of mine who claimed not to have seen it. I was shocked – what a bunch of embittered, venomous, hateful, vitriolic looney leftists there are in this country – you’ve all got to be in California and New york, no? It must be wonderful to see the world through those rose-coloured, know-it-all glasses you all have. Where can I get a pair of those? I would love to think of things unrealistically and in idealised terms – without the hindrance of common sense and without once having to be beholden to or take into consideration the way the world in general and human beings/human behaviour dictate. I’d love to live on that blissful ship sailing the seas of your ignorant ocean. Where is this place you all live? Narnia? Oz? Middle Earth? It’s gotta be NY and California . . .

By: Obama2008

Obama2008 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:27:53 +0000

Nor Sarah nor Hillary, worthless.

OBAMA 2008

By: Grumpy Code Monkey

Grumpy Code Monkey — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:47:20 +0000

Amy Poehler is not getting enough love here or anywhere else; her Hillary, while not as scarily dead-on as Fey’s Palin, was every bit as funny.

She and Tina need to spin off their own show. Like SNL, but funny.

By: C

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:24:21 +0000

Science fiction writer Robert Heinlein (through his characters) said that people generally have the government they deserve. It’s telling that many Americans share and celebrate the qualities that Kali’s Little Sister mentions.

Kali’s Little Sister Says:

RE: Palin = Stupid?

I loved the way Fallows captured the triple threat characteristics she shares with GWB:

1) Ignorance
2) Lack of curiosity
3) “Decisiveness”

It is so obviously true. With that recognition comes the horrible realization that some people voted for GWB on purpose. ON PURPOSE! Lord, they really, really know not what they do.

By: ScottF

ScottF — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:31:28 +0000

I think there’s an interesting line of attack this segment opens up that no one’s really talking about. Consider Sarah Palin as the attractive newbie woman given a job that seems way above her experience and capabilities, while passing over older, more accomplished women who worked their asses off to get where they are.

By: low-tech cyclist

low-tech cyclist — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:52:26 +0000

It’s interesting to compare how the wingnuts feel Palin should be sheltered now, and how they felt a seventh-grader and SCHIP beneficiary named Graeme Frost didn’t deserve any quarter this time last year.

I’ve compared Michelle Malkin then and now, just to give the general idea.

By: tom.a

tom.a — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:17:38 +0000

I wonder if the press is going to explode about that the way they did when Obama played the campaign plane shell game with them?

Of course they won’t. They’ve had 2 weeks with her and they’ve only been able to do one single interview. This is the entire Press establishment of the U.S., and the sum of their efforts has been a single interview. Are they even trying? Obviously no.

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Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:16:34 +0000

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By: Crop Schooner Palin.

Crop Schooner Palin. — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:14:21 +0000

You have no way of judging whether she is stupid or not.

Thank you.

When a smart person finds themself in waaaay over their head—like when someone asks you what you think of a doctrine you have never heard of—it’s possible to use basic wit and come up with an answer. Or you can bluster and hem and haw about how George Bush only wants to protect the country.

In other words, do you think if you asked Bill Clinton a question about something he knew nothing about, he’d come off looking anywhere near as bad as Palin did?

By: From Pine View Farm » Beyond the Palin

From Pine View Farm » Beyond the Palin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:02:56 +0000

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By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:19:30 +0000

Fey as absolutley brilliant. Even my wife, who doesn’t follow AMerican politics much and isn’t an American citizen found her impersonation to be uncannily good.

By: curtadams

curtadams — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:19:10 +0000

I thought they hit a really good note with Hillary. Their Hillary character was (almost) believable, sympathetic, and funny as h***. “I should have wanted it more,” lol

By: Rook's Rant

Rook's Rant — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:39:07 +0000

Tina Fey Glasses

Live, from Rook’s Rant It’s Saturday Night Live. Well, on Sunday.

By: Laura W

Laura W — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:11:38 +0000

Forgive me for not remembering until now that I think Face the Nation may have concluded with a round table discussion on Palin's Naughty Monkey shoes. There is a creationist joke in there somewhere.