Seriously? Conspiracists aren't stupid but Sarah Palin is?
Look, if you present me with a conspiracist who can't name what book or newspaper they've read lately and then refers to it as a trick question, I'll totally grant you that the conspiracist in question is dumb.
Not Sarah Palin's finest moment, but you mischaracterize the situation. Palin chose not to answer and she didn't refer to it as a trick question. She said she was annoyed by it, along with other questions, and wanted to move on to other topics that she thought were more important. Don't forgot also that at this time she was under relentless attack by the liberal media, so she was afraid that whatever she might say would be turned into a negative and used to criticize her. She therefore chose to answer in a nonspecific way hoping that Katie Couric would just move on to the next question. If anything, Palin was guilty of over thinking the situation and, in retrospect, should have just answered the question. A gaffe no doubt, but not proof positive of lack of intelligence.
Heh. Yeah. "Liberal media." You do realize that studies consistently show that Republican candidates get more favourable and neutral stories written about them and fewer negative ones, right? I'm sure she doesn't realize that, because she's in a Fox News vacuum, but if the media were really all that liberal, they wouldn't have taken Bush administration stories about Iraq at face value, now, would they?
Heh. Yeah. "Liberal media."
Do you deny there is liberal media? There are many liberal commentators and editorialists out there, just as there are conservatives. I'm sure you would consider commentators like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity "conservative media."
You do realize that studies consistently show that Republican candidates get more favourable and neutral stories written about them and fewer negative ones, right?
I'm confused. Did I say something about media bias?
I'm sure she doesn't realize that, because she's in a Fox News vacuum, but if the media were really all that liberal...
The liberal wing of the media used every opportunity to attack Sarah Palin, often viciously. This much is undeniable. Even the members of this forum couldn't resist taking potshots at her the instant her name was mentioned. I think you've helped to prove my point that she is a lightning rod for criticism from the left, some fair and some unfair.
Please don't take me as a Sarah Palin fan. I've already said that I thought she was a poor VP candidate and in over her head. I just think that calling her stupid is an unfair exaggeration fueled by emotion and politics.
