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(1) The Supreme Court Proof, Revisited

Now that the video of the Palin-Couric Supreme Court conversation is out, we can go back and dot the i’s and cross the t’s.

Initial reports had said:

The Palin aide, after first noting how “infuriating” it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a question about Supreme Court decisions.

After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases.

There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence.

First, Palin wasn’t asked to discuss Supreme court decisions (like Politico said) or name Supreme court decisions (like I wrote). She was asked what other Supreme Court decisions she disagreed with (in addition to Roe v. Wade).

Second, “there was no verbal fumbling with this particular question” constitutes what seems to have become the hallmark statement of McCain-Palin spokesmen and aides — a flat out bloody lie.

Here’s the transcript:

Couric: What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?

Palin: Well, let’s see. There’s, of course in the great history of America there have been rulings, that’s never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but …

Couric: Can you think of any?

Palin: Well, I could think of, any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But, you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a vice president, if I’m so privileged to serve, wouldn’t be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.

Silence would have been a much better idea than the stream-of-unconsciousness drivel she emitted.

(2) Putting Country First: The Fine Print

Every time Sarah Palin gives us another glimpse of the vacuous bimbo she really is, there’s another loud chorus of “How could anyone who put country first have nominated this cartoon for vice-president?”

But that’s not being fair to McCain, I don’t think.

He said he puts country first, but he didn’t say where, or in what position. His choice of Palin, and the entire recent conduct of his campaign, is fully consistent with putting the country first, on the ground, in the missionary position, before proceeding to screw the holy stuffing out of it.

Of course, we don’t have to consent. No means no, even in politics.

(3) Switching Positions: Buy Two, Get One Free

From the missionary position to the underdog position … today’s free bonus is another little piece of Palin drivel:

(Being in an underdog position) just makes us work harder. It makes us want to communicate in clearer and more profoundly with the electorate.

Can you actually earn a college degree (even in 6 years, from the University of Idaho) with this level of fractured English?