Palin says Obama 'in over his head...in flux', suggests he wasn't properly vetted

[jefferson_dem]

Palin says Obama 'in flux', suggests he wasn't properly vetted
Posted: August 5th, 2010 11:47 AM ET

From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart

(CNN) – Former Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is not letting up in her constant drumbeat of criticism directed about President Obama.

After saying Sunday that Arizona's female Republican governor has more "cojones" than Obama when it comes to immigration and border security, Palin suggested Wednesday night that the 44th president is still trying to figure out his governing philosophy.

Asked about a narrative – which is a persistent theme particularly in Republican and conservative circles – that Obama is too weak when it comes to issues like national security and immigration, Palin shared her insights on Fox News Channel about why she believes Obama is not doing more to secure the borders.

"I think he's quite complacent," the former Alaska governor said. "And I think he's in over his head. And I think he has poor advisers around him. And I think he's really in flux kind of when it comes to what his governing philosophy actually is. Some of this though is a result of he not having much experience and then a complicit media and maybe some voters who chose to not to allow him to be vetted very closely.

"It's a combination of things that's resulting in a president who's not taking a strong stand on those things that are the will of the people. Obviously, the will of the people is to enforce the laws that we have on the books."

During the interview, Palin also defended her recent use of "cojones," a Spanish term for male reproductive organs that can also be used as slang for "nerve" or "boldness."

In the context of enforcing the country's immigration laws, Palin said Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's "doing the right thing and our president lacks the guts to do anything about it."

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[RBInMaine]

1. Palin is a fucking whackjob QUITTER whose IQ can't rival her shoe size.

[Whisp]

66. the whack jobs here talk just like her!

:rofl:

[marmar]

2. Wow....just wow.

That's a lot of notes to get on one hand.

[trueblue2007]

64. PALIN IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UGLY

[derby378]

3. Says the governor who couldn't even finish a single term

Talk about being "over your head!"

[bring_em_home_bush]

4. . . . and hilarity ensues n/t

[SpiralHawk]

5. PROJECTION city

Wow dementO

[GoCubsGo]

59. Exactly right.

Why this dipshit is still getting attention is beyond me.

[RBInMaine]

6. She's nothing but a no-brain fucking CRETIN ! Piss on her !

[Jennicut]

7. And Caribou Barbie was not over her head when she ran for VP?

Hilarious!

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Can you imagine this idiot being a heartbeat away from the US presidency?

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and all the Apostles too.............

[no_hypocrisy]

9. HE wasn't "properly vetted"?

Talk about classic Freudian projection.

[otohara]

54. Truer Words Were Never Spoken

I wish Freud were still around to witness this tidal wave of projection coming from conservatives.

[zulchzulu]

10. The Queen of Quit appeals to her base of toothless mindless theocratic racist swine

She is really good at that.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Tundra trash

strikes again.

[golfguru]

12. Palin is a side show & distraction

to take our attention away from the real candidates.

A CLASSIC TROJAN HORSE.

However Hillary is thoroughly vetted, primed & ready with a new hairdo.

[Auggie]

15. +1

[WI_DEM]

17. Hillary isn't running in 2012--she's doing a fine job as Secretary of State.

and Obama is doing a equally fine job as president.

[leftofcool]

26. +1

[emilyg]

42. Yes.

[Gordan Shumway]

47. Pffft

:eyes:

Your Puma Bullshit is so 2 years ago.

[BeyondGeography]

51. Yeah

:silly:

[zipplewrath]

13. Not all that far from his defenders

Strangely, without knowing it I'm sure (or even really understanding it) she is making a similar case to that of some of his supporters.

"I think he's really in flux kind of when it comes to what his governing philosophy actually is."

"It's a combination of things that's resulting in a president who's not taking a strong stand on those things that are the will of the people."

Some of his supporters make the case that Obama avoids taking hard philosophical stands and instead is willing to bend towards the "possible". Even willing to compromise on issues and items which have large popular support, but not necessarily strong political support in Washington. Basically he would rather "get something passed" and "win" than stand hard for a principal and have it fail. I'm not totally on board with the concept, although I do think you are seeing something to that effect with Gitmo. He's not going to make it a public fight (yet) because he actually thinks he could lose. He's still searching for that illusive "win". I'm not sure where she sees that on immigration reform, but I generally start from the assumption that she's not thinking, and that's how she draws conclusions.

[CakeGrrl]

31. Now that's a new way to attack DUers

Obama supporters reason like Palin.

Way to sneak in the bash!

:eyes:

[zipplewrath]

37. Not really

More of a case of Palin not realizing she was speaking like a supporter.

What was that old gag about the guy running in the old south? He accused his opponent of conjugating his verbs, and the audience was horrified.

[geek tragedy]

43. Actually, she sounds like the Bash Obama chorus at DU.

The only difference was that she didn't drop a 'corporatist' in there.

[zipplewrath]

45. too many syllables.

She'd probably think it's an army rank anyway, right before sergeant

[WI_DEM]

14. It would be so easy in a campaign to answer her asinine charges

1) It was YOU, Sarah Palin, who was not vetted in 2008--and you made a laughable campaign--THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DEMONSTRATED LOUD AND CLEAR WHO THEY WANTED.
2) YOU resigned half way thru your FIRST term as Governor of Alaska--you Mrs. Palin--are a QUITTER.

In many ways I wish she would be the GOP nominee in 2008, it would be a freaking train wreck and so much fun to watch. Obama has been a gentleman with this wack job, but I wish dems would now take off the gloves and give as good (or better) than they get.

[Orsino]

16. nottheonion.com

:spray:

[spartan61]

18. This woman was born stupid

and then took stupid lessons to enhance her stupidity

[leftofcool]

27. "You Can't Fix Stupid"

Courtesy of Ron White.

[Raine1967]

19. I have a proposal:

Let Sarah -half term governor who quit and is a failed VP candidate -- be President for one day.


ONE EFFING DAY.

[impik]

20. Yea, stay home in November, "progressives". Give this bimbo the keys

[BootinUp]

21. nice pic, lol. nt

[WI_DEM]

22. I don't care what anybody says this woman is a BITCH

[leftofcool]

24. That is an insult to female dogs everywhere

not to mention that most dogs I know have a higher IQ than Palin and better qualified to be president.

[27inCali]

23. project much sarah?

seriously....it's like she's describing what her Presidency would look like.

[KansDem]

25. I hope Obama refutiates Palin's remarks!

:silly:

[Arkana]

39. I like it better when they completely ignore her.

I think the stock response for Palin questions in the press room should be "Sarah who?"

[bergie321]

28. Is this story from The Onion?

[SalviaBlue]

29. I think Rove is advising her...

Whatever your greatest weakness is, go after the other side for it.

[LatteLibertine]

30. At least

President Obama hasn't quit yet.

[DeschutesRiver]

32. She is the chick in a short skirt, showing cleavage, going table to table in Vegas

in one of those old movies, selling cigarettes from a box strapped to her. She is around high rollers, and because of her proximity to them, she thinks she understands them, their world and is one of them.

But she is just a person who is using what she believes to be her "hot" factor to sell a kind of poison, and who isn't a mover or shaker, simply because she is a human being of exceptional stupidity. Who can't even understand the things she criticizes. Her poisonous ideas are making her a ton of coin, but she is stupid, putting on a farce for the even more stupid in our population.

I think about what Obama has done/is doing, then re-read what she said again, and it is like she just strung some red meat points together and tossed them out. It doesn't click with reality, nor does it make sense in any context I can imagine.

I've spent too much time again on the babblings of a child-like & mean little mind, that is working overtime to stay relevant to the people still willing to support her with their donations.

[tanyev]

52. She has to wear a short skirt for a statement like that.

Too many words to fit on her hands.

[madmom]

33. Has she ever even been to a vet?

:hide:

[Bobbie Jo]

34. That woman is an idiot.

[Connie_Corleone]

35. That piece of filth needs to crawl back under that swamp rock she came from!

That filthy piece of pond scum needs to shut the fuck up!

[Top Cat]

55. you got that right she is a scummy bit-h

[Proud Liberal Dem]

36. Hi pot!!!

Meet kettle!!!!

More spinsanity from the failed (and spectacularly unprepared and improperly vetted) VP candidate, half-term Alaskan governor quitter, self-described "Pit Bull (with lipstick)," "Mama Grizzly," and Tea Party Queen extraordinaire.

:eyes: :silly: :crazy: :wtf: :banghead:

Everytime she opens her mouth, I'm reminded just how fortunate we all are that her finger is nowhere near "the button".

[Arkana]

38. For chrissakes, Sarah, shut the fuck up.

You are the least qualified person to make that judgment in the entire world. You are a failed half-term governor and vice presidential nominee whose only achievement of note was letting Katie Couric make you look like an uninformed assclown. Your family is white trash and so are you. Burn in whatever hell you believe in.

[BootinUp]

40. For fun lets review Matt Damon's advice re Sarah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxkrm9uEJk

[CakeGrrl]

41. This idiot needs to be ignored.

Giving her a platform only encourages her to continue her spew. It doesn't have to be civil, it doesn't have to make sense. She just wants the spotlight. She doesn't deserve it for a nanosecond.

[firedupdem]

67. +1 n/t

[livetohike]

44. Note to Sarah Palin: You couldn't even finish your term as

Governor because you were in over your head, had bad advisors, no governing philosophy and most of all because you are an idiot who can't even manage her own family.

[ljm2002]

46. Who vetted Sarah "Quitter" Palin, anyway?

And why would anyone seek Sarah "Quitter" Palin's opinion on other politicians?

She quit just over halfway through her term as Alaska's governor, making the outlandish claim that she would only be a lame duck for the last 18 months she had left to serve (that's about 40% of her term that she blew off).

Sarah, hon, the voters already vetted you at the ballot box, and you lost. Get over it, preferably by crawling back into your ill-gotten big house on the lakeshore and leaving the rest of us to recover from your shrill and misinformed BS.

[HipChick]

48. Project much? That woman is an idiot!

[JoePhilly]

49. Bet she wears an American Flag thong,

Because that's how much she loves America.

[old mark]

50. Paslin is in over her head when tying her shoes...nt

[otohara]

53. Does She Ever Shut Up?

blah, blah, blah....crazy insane stupid woman

[Skittles]

56. project much, Sarah?

[Still Waters]

57. And in other news, somewhere in Alaska...

A village is missing its idiot

[bullwinkle428]

58. Fuck you, Quitter! (Is there anyone who does a better job unifying

Democrats than she does?)

[Maccagirl]

60. "And I think...and I think...and I think..."

No Sarah, you don't.

[The Wizard]

61. The Queen of Babble

or a prostitute from the village?
Still determinating.

[spanone]

62. why do they even report this blather

[GreenPartyVoter]

63. Thank you Mrs. Number-1-reason -I-voted-for-Obama.

:eyes:

[amb123]

65. Miss Palin, why don't you just get this over with and start calling PRESIDENT Obama BOY!

As in, "SHINE MY SHOES, BOY!"

I know your code, woman. No "GUTS", No "COJONES", "COMPLACENT", " IN OVER HIS HEAD"

I dare you to say, "YOU AIN'T MAN ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT, BOY!" Miss Palin.

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO, RACIST BITCH!

[Blue_Roses]

68. this is the DUMBEST woman

...talk about someone who doesn't know her head from her ass

I can't stand her:puke: