I was supposed to interview Sarah Palin, but ....

[OrangeEmpire]

For a period of time, it appears she did. Or at least that the stars guided her and she adfvised R.





He mocked her use of astrology (though he referred to it as seances).

As I say, I get the respect issue for the old lady, and Obama dutifully apologized, but I mean come on.

You really believe that?

 

[SavageOrangeJug]

For a period of time, it appears she did. Or at least that the stars guided her and she adfvised R.





He mocked her use of astrology (though he referred to it as seances).

As I say, I get the respect issue for the old lady, and Obama dutifully apologized, but I mean come on.

Let's get the name of that astrologist. They apparently did a wonderful job. Reagan was for damn sure the greatest President of my lifetime.

 

[therealUT]

The Palin bashers from the party recognize her as the threat she is to moderate and centrist politics. She's attractive and charismatic and ... dumber than a box of rocks.

Well, according to the media, you have to be pretty dumb to avoid reading their newspapers and periodicals.

The funny thing is, you actually struck me as somewhat intellectual until about three months ago, LG.

Shame on me.

 

[kptvol]

but I mean come on.

The collective response of the entire forum every time you start one of these threads.

 

[MG1968]

How do you know? Trust me, I understand your frustration (and Palin's) with these unnamed sources. I'm even willing to admit that these unnamed sources probably have an agenda (which is to sandbag Palin), but I wouldn't go so far as to say they're lying... b/c there is no way to know for sure.

The Associated Press: MSNBC retracts false Palin story; others duped

David Shuster, an anchor for the cable news network, said on air Monday that Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, had come forth and identified himself as the source of a Fox News Channel story saying Palin had mistakenly believed Africa was a country instead of a continent.

Eisenstadt identifies himself on a blog as a senior fellow at the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy. Yet neither he nor the institute exist; each is part of a hoax dreamed up by a filmmaker named Eitan Gorlin and his partner, Dan Mirvish, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

The Eisenstadt claim had mistakenly been delivered to Shuster by a producer and was used in a political discussion Monday afternoon, MSNBC said.

"The story was not properly vetted and should not have made air," said Jeremy Gaines, network spokesman. "We recognized the error almost immediately and ran a correction on air within minutes."

Gaines told the Times that someone in the network's newsroom had presumed the information solid because it was passed along in an e-mail from a colleague.

how's that for crack reporting, assuming the content of an email is rock solid source material for a story.

where's lawgator?

 

[lawgator1]

The Associated Press: MSNBC retracts false Palin story; others duped



how's that for crack reporting, assuming the content of an email is rock solid source material for a story.

where's lawgator?

My assumption is that it was just so easily believed, given her campaign interviews, that they figured it was true. I guess that they have been exposed as shoddy in their reporting. That doesn't mean she wasn't a fool on a fool's errand.

 

[BigPapaVol]

My assumption is that it was just so easily believed, given her campaign interviews, that they figured it was true. I guess that they have been exposed as shoddy in their reporting. That doesn't mean she wasn't a fool on a fool's errand.

but where's your outrage at the shoddy reporting?

 

[truefan]

Obama mocking Reagan is laughable.

Obama couldn't carry Reagan's jockstrap.

That remains to be seen. There is no way you can make that assessment at this time. Reagen was elected for the same reasons Obama has been elected. Reagen inspired and motivated. Obama has inspired and motivated.

 

[MG1968]

but where's your outrage at the shoddy reporting?

I think that was as much outrage as LG could muster against his hero's network mouthpiece.

 

[milohimself]

That remains to be seen. There is no way you can make that assessment at this time. Reagen was elected for the same reasons Obama has been elected. Reagen inspired and motivated. Obama has inspired and motivated.

Call me a pessimist but Reagan and Obama were both elected because of the failures of the other party's previous administration. Carter was a failure, and so was GW Bush. Same reason a candidate as unlikable as John Kerry came as close to winning the white house as he did.

When you've got a president like Carter with no acumen for foreign affairs, or a president like Bush who spent money without making sure it was there in the first place, a whole lot of people choosing the other guy is inevitable.