Palin @ town hall is asked about "The Matthew Shepard Act" - responds by praising WI National Guard

[sabra]

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/09/what-was-the-question/

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About halfway through the town hall, a woman in the audience asked about hate-crime legislation. (The Matthew Shepard Act, which would expand the definition of hate crimes to include gender and sexuality, is pending in Congress.) McCain answered the question, advocating “swift and sure justice” but said he couldn’t “divine the intentions of a perpetrator of a crime.”

He then ceded the floor to Palin, whose answer included praise for the Wisconsin National Guard.

“Oh yeah, and the first thought that pops into my head also when you’re talking about rights and you’re talking about freedoms, is we’re talking about Sen. John McCain and what he has done for our country and putting his country first his entire life to fight for freedoms,” she said to applause.

But wait, that’s not all. She continued: “And Wisconsin, here again, kudos to you, your great Wisconsin guard. About a third of your troops will be over in a war zone in a number of months, in ’09, you guys are going to be over there, helping to defend freedom and defend liberty and the Democratic values that we all cherish so much, again something that Sen. John McCain has dedicated his entire life to. Thank you to Wisconsin for sending your guard over there to protect all the rest of the nation, thank you.”

:crazy:

[TwilightGardener]

1. All she knows is GOP cliches. She has no idea who Shepard was.

Such a fucking stupid skank.

[Ganja Ninja]

She has no more idea of what's going on than the morons at her rallies.

And she's about as qualified to lead as one of them.

[ej510]

15. This lady does deserve to be in any office.

[goodgd_yall]

40. I think you meant "does not" n/t

[trumad]

2. She probably thinks that Matthew is a character on the Waltons

Dumb Bitch.

[livetohike]

3. She is such a friggin airhead

I will not watch her anymore. I can't stand the sound of her voice, her cadence when she speaks, her sentence construction and especially her fake accent.

[trof]

32. I think she lost her valve cap.

Even the air won't stay in anymore.

[livetohike]

38. Good one! I hope the Troopergate news is really bad for her

and the good people of Alaska toss her out of office :-).

[timber84]

4. The ignorance is outstanding.

How long before she really puts her foot in her mouth again in these "Town Halls?

[TheCoxwain]

5. She is consistent with the Palin Standard: You ask any question - I will answer what I feel like.

So she gets points for consistency

[TwilightGardener]

16. Yes--so legislation that began with an act of unspeakable hatred and violence in Wyoming

suddenly turns into an unrelated pander opportunity in Wisconsin.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Luckily, only the terminally nutso are falling for this nonsense

Of course Palin can't address the Matthew Sheppard Act. Her base of rabid homophobes don't want extra prison time for attacking gay people on the streets of America. Indeed, the woman who asked the question probably wanted McCain and Palin to rail against the gay agenda, and it was only a matter of luck that she didn't get just that. I'd say by October 20, the McCain/Palin demagogue freak show will start to see open gay-bashing as an acceptable form of campaigning for the presidency.

[Democat]

7. Do you support hate crime laws, Palin?

Iraq, Iraq, Iraq, freedom, maverick, POW!

[treestar]

8. new verb: to palin

respond to a question with a non-answer. :rofl:

[TheCoxwain]

11. Its actually "Palinate" ...invented by the eight year old of a DU'er .. Here are..

the forms of the word


Infinitive : To Palinate

Present Participle: Palinating

Past Participle: Palinated

Noun form : Palination



Hope this helps

[Wolfies Revenge]

9. She is either stupid or deaf. maybe she needs McCains hearing aide.

[Alter Ego]

10. Oh God, she's so empty-headed it's painful.

What a vapid response. Oh my God, she's painfully stupid. We're talking Bush Jr. levels of stupid.

[Ozma]

19. Bush Jr level.... no, LOWER, the Square root of Bush's IQ !!!!!

What is the square root of 75?

[TwilightGardener]

21. No, she's dumber than Bush. Bush didn't take 6 years to get through a bachelor's degree.

[nc4bo]

12. Yep, I replied in a Oh hellz no Palin/MKKKain rally post yesterday....

All I could do is watch and holler, it was pointless to think an audience member would call the sniveling weasel out on the nonanswer.


Palin didn't answer the dang gone question............AGAIN!!!!!

[begin_within]

13. She heard "Matthew," she heard "shepherd," so she thought of Matthew 9:36

[TlalocW]

14. You know, what galls me most about her

Is that ever-present shit-eating smile that tells me she actually believes the crap she's spewing is good enough to put one over on people.

TlalocW

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. A Chatty Cathy doll.

Pull the string on her back and she spouts some random, preprogrammed crap.

[racaulk]

18. It's a pretty picnic, but there are no sandwiches in the basket.

:crazy:

[blogslut]

20. She loves to do a little sidestep

grrr

[no_hypocrisy]

22. She's the female Rudy Guiliani whose stock answer to everything was 9-11.

[Bread and Circus]

23. I am so god damn sick of her unnecessary "again" every

single time she utters a sentence.

[Chorophyll]

24. Oh my god, she knows NOTHING!!!

:nuke:

[islandmkl]

25. Q: "Sarah, why is the sky blue?"

Palin: "Well, ya know, there's scientists who can explain that a lot better than I can. Them guys are a lot better at figurin' out what God has done and explainin' it in all complicated ways. But, we all know two things fer sure:

God makes that beautiful blue sky every day, so we can all look up and be reminded about the beautiful freedoms he has given us as Americans where we can all have the freedom to look up at the beautiful blue sky and see God's wonders.

And, John McCain has spent his whole life puttin' country first and keepin' that sky blue so that we can all enjoy that wonderful blue sky that John McCain has devoted his life to protectin'. Ya know, when John McCain was a POW, that beautiful blue sky was the only freedom he enjoyed by bein' able to look up and see God's beautiful blue sky when he looked up. And John McCain has spent his whole life spreadin' that freedom, and ensurin' that freedom, for all of us good Americans so we can be free to look up and see that God's beautiful blue sky that John McCain made possible through his own sacrifice.

And, ya know, Ronald Reagan, too."

[torbird]

28. Yes, but also, even.

"When we look at those decisions that have been decided over the years to make those tough decisions about the sky and also, even, across this nation of ours and the whole world, as well, it means that John McCain has been in those tough situations before. Just like your brave National Guard troops..."

It never gets old, sure, but Palin never gets any better, either.

[immoderate]

36. Such as...

--IMM

[Tatiana]

26. She is a clueless freaking travesty. Also. n/t

[StreetKnowledge]

27. She missed it on purpose

I don't think she's so dumb that she doesn't know who Matthew Shepard is, but I think she probably shifted the question in order to not come across as a homophobe. That church in Wasilla she belongs to I'm sure was quite happy to hear about what happened to Shepard.

[Jamastiene]

29. She never answers questions. NEVER.

It's always some off topic reply. I don't get it. I wish I could get by with that when I don't want to answer questions. :shrug:

[Bluenorthwest]

30. Meanwhile, in Oregon, freaked out GOP Senator Smith

Is running ads showing Matthew's face, and touting Smith as a protector of GLBT people, and Smith's work with Teddy Kennedy on the Bill. He also runs 'Obama is my friend' ads, complete with Barack's face and quotes.
But the words and actions of the people Smith supports for the highest offices are not in support of the Matthew Shepard Act, nor of people like Matthew. The folks Smith wants to put in charge of the country call his friend Obama a terrorist's pal. And Smith just sits there with a fake smile looking like a man without a soul, without a mind, with no sense of ethics or truth.

[GardeningGal]

31. Good lord, even without the "media filter"

she can't answer a question. Disgusting.

[mscuedawg]

37. NOW will they see that the excuse is b/c she's a MORON????

INFURIATING!!! :mad:

[grace0418]

33. I think I've said "what an idiot" today about as many times as McCain has said "my friends".

And again: WHAT AN IDIOT!

[Forkboy]

34. Jesus...she's thicker than a whale omelet.

[mscuedawg]

35. OH COME ON.............that's easier than the Bush Doctrine...

Hell, even I knew what that was...

She truly is the gift that keeps giving...

:thumbsdown:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

39. And they all cheered her.