Internal Battles Divided McCain and Palin Camps

[DrPhil]

Difference between book smarts and common sense.

The "potatoE" incident is a common mistake for educated and uneducated people to make. It was good for jokes but the media made it a huge deal.

He said other dumb stuff. I felt sorry for Quayle because he couldn't catch a break.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Difference between book smarts and common sense.

The "potatoE" incident is a common mistake for educated and uneducated people to make. It was good for jokes but the media made it a huge deal.

He said other dumb stuff. I felt sorry for Quayle because he couldn't catch a break.

And in the potato incident, he was apparently provided with an incorrectly spelled answer sheet or cue card. Weird that they would provide one, but if you were serving as a spelling judge and were provided with an answer sheet, it would be an awkward moment either way.

I don't really have any feelings about Quayle. I probably wouldn't describe him as book smart. I just don't consider him to be proof that Palin is really dumb, unless the real point is that having your stupid mistaken comments repeated over and over make people assume you're an idiot even if you aren't.

[Tinia2]

Some of Gov. Palin's comments on/about stories:
Back at work, Palin vents a bit over campaign criticism

OUT OF CONTEXT: Governor says some in national media were unprofessional.
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/582697.html

Palin denounces critics as cowardly; GOP lawyers try to sort out her RNC-paid for clothing.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/p...,4245268.story

And this story, which I found while reading some of the above, sent a chill down my spin. At first I thought it was about/from a direct report or press release from US Secret Serevice. However it seems to be just a few more details from the Newsweek story. Which would not seem to change all too much.
Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama

Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ack-Obama.html

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Tinia2

Some of Gov. Palin's comments on/about stories:
Back at work, Palin vents a bit over campaign criticism

OUT OF CONTEXT: Governor says some in national media were unprofessional.
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/582697.html

Palin denounces critics as cowardly; GOP lawyers try to sort out her RNC-paid for clothing.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/p...,4245268.story

And this story, which I found while reading some of the above, sent a chill down my spin. At first I thought it was about/from a direct report or press release from US Secret Serevice. However it seems to be just a few more details from the Newsweek story. Which would not seem to change all too much.
Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama

Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ack-Obama.html

To hold Palin responsible for the reaction of some crazy people is a little unfair, considering what her comments actually were. If an accusation of "palling around with a terrorist" is supposed to actually equal inciting violence, I can only imagine what the far left is guilty of in their anti-Bush rhetoric.

ETA: As near as I can tell the Secret Service doesn't "blame" Palin. They, more logically, note the correlation of the rallies with the spike. I'd be interested in knowing how many threats there were, how many were regarded as credible, and how the numbers compare to other elections and other rallies. Palin's rhetoric just seems so relatively tame to have "incited" anything.