Sarah hits back at biased media over gaffes



SARAH Palin, who has been hammered by critics for making the occasional verbal gaffe, used her Thanksgiving message today to point out a number of bungles made by US President Barack Obama.

The former Republican vice-presidential nominee, tipped as a potential 2012 presidential candidate, posted the message titled, "A Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States", on her Facebook account.

In May 2008, while campaigning to be president, Mr Obama wrongly told an audience in Oregon that he "had been in 57 states, [with] I think one left to go."

Ms Palin opened her message today by listing what she termed "misstatements and verbal gaffes made by Barack Obama", along with accompanying YouTube clips. They include Mr Obama calling Europe a country; the US continuing to fight "to halt the rise of privacy" - when he meant "piracy" - in Somalia; and Israel being a "strong friend of Israel's".

"I didn't have enough time to do one for Joe Biden," Ms Palin added, in a reference to the famously outspoken vice-president.

"YouTube links are provided just in case you doubt the accuracy of these all too human slips-of-the-tongue. "If you can't remember hearing about them, that's because for the most part the media didn't consider them newsworthy. I have no complaint about that. Everybody makes the occasional verbal gaffe."

Yesterday, Ms Palin was lambasted in sections of the media after she mistakenly called North Korea an ally of the US. "The one word slip occurred yesterday during one of my seven back-to-back interviews wherein I was privileged to speak to the American public about the important, world-changing issues before us," Ms Palin explained.

"If the media had bothered to actually listen to all of my remarks on Glenn Beck’s radio show, they would have noticed that I refer to South Korea as our ally throughout, that I corrected myself seconds after my slip-of-the-tongue, and that I made it abundantly clear that pressure should be put on China to restrict energy exports to the North Korean regime.

"The media could even have done due diligence and checked my previous statements on the subject, which have always been consistent, and in fact even ahead of the curve. But why let the facts get in the way of a good story?"

The Twittersphere lit up after the publication of Ms Palin's message, with critics jumping on her mention of 57 states - clearly not realising it was her joke aimed at Mr Obama.

Ms Palin also used the same Facebook message to deny reports this week she had been trying to convince the producers of Dancing With The Stars to cast Christine O'Donnell, the defeated Republican candidate in the Delaware Senate race, in the next series of the hit show. Ms Palin's daughter Bristol finished second runner-up on the show earlier this week.

"Why not just make up stories out of thin air - like the totally false hard news story which has run for three days now reporting that I lobbied the producers of Dancing With The Stars to cast a former Senate candidate on their show," Mr Palin said. "That lie is further clear proof that the media completely makes things up without doing even rudimentary fact-checking."

Ms Palin was lampooned during her failed vice-presidential campaign in 2008 for her emphasis on Russia's proximity to Alaska. "They're our next door neighbours and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska," she said.

Earlier this year she was ridiculed her for using the non-existent word "refudiate", that seemed to be a cross between "refute" and "repudiate". It was this month named 2010 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.

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3 comments:

  1. Ms Palin is a charming, intelligent, and patriotic woman with a great deal to offer. No, she wasn't actually qualified to be vice-president but neither was the man elected to be PRESIDENT.
    Biden should have been qualified for VP...could Sarah have done any worse???

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  2. Yes yes she could have done much worse. To help run a country don't you think you need someone that spends their time studying economics, foreign policy, infrastructure. Instead Palin talks but doesn't really say much at all, look at the transcript from any interview. Aside from criticizing the current administration she never shows a deep understanding of the problems facing this nation. She proposes no feasible way to improve on things and prefers making her name known. If she picked up a book once in a while instead of trying to be a celebrity....

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  3. G'day,

    She has, Lets see:

    Monetary policy:

    http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/obamas-clever-way-to-punt-the-tough-calls-driving-the-dollar-down/454151943434

    Political strategy:

    http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/252477/midterms-lessons-learned-and-way-forward-sarah-palin?page=1

    Energy Policy:

    http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/energy-producing-and-manufacturing-states-must-send-job-creators-to-dc/443610258434

    Iraq

    http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/humility-and-honesty-about-iraq-can-inspire-trust/424674843434

    taxes:

    http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/pants-on-fire-still/416223228434

    Obamacare:

    http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/out-of-touch-congress-sounds-our-clarion-call-to-take-a-stand/373540253434

    etc. etc.

    Just on Monetary policy, the Wall Street Journal concluded: "Mrs. Palin also exhibited a more sophisticated knowledge of monetary policy than any major Republican this side of Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan"

    And oh, regarding infrastructure, as Governor she actualized AGIA, the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, the largest private sector infrastructure project in North American history

    But to some extent that's all beside the point. Brainics are a dime a dozen. They can always be hired. Whats the job of President requires is character, values, principles, leadership ability. Something that Palin certainly has.

    Now, maybe I'm wrong, maybe she is a dummy (although watching her virtually daily since 2008 has convinced me otherwise)but lets see her run. The USA has a long and grueling primary process. If she is a know nothing she won't last. But of course the real fear is she will last and get the nomination and in doing so show her opponents what a bunch of snobs and misogynists they are.

    ta

    Ralph

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