Palin Has Thanksgiving Tantrum

[kpete]

While i cannot verify that she wrote the message herself, I can verify that it was her Facebook Page. Every president, even Richard Nixon, has been able to let criticisms slide for one day. If Palin is serious about running, how does she plan to deal with the national press? How does she plan to cope with the Manchester Union-Leader editorial board? What's more, how will she react when the South Carolina State Republican Party unleashes the hounds on behalf of their chosen candidate? If Palin thinks she has it tough now, she hasn't seen anything yet. She better get a thick skin or get out of the way.

My fellow Americans in all 57 states, the time has changed for come. With our country founded more than 20 centuries ago, we have much to celebrate – from the FBI’s 100 days to the reforms that bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system. We know that countries like Europe are willing to stand with us in our fight to halt the rise of privacy, and Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. And let’s face it, everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma and they end up taking up a hospital bed. It costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early, and they got some treatment, and ah, a breathalyzer, or an inhalator. I mean, not a breathalyzer, ah, I don’t know what the term is in Austrian for that…

Of course, the paragraph above is based on a series of misstatements and verbal gaffes made by Barack Obama (I didn’t have enough time to do one for Joe Biden). 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 – even news anchors.

Obviously, I would have been even more impressed if the media showed some consistency on this issue. Unfortunately, it seems they couldn’t resist the temptation to turn a simple one word slip-of-the-tongue of mine into a major political headline. 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.

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? (And for that matter, 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. That lie is further clear proof that the media completely makes things up without doing even rudimentary fact-checking.)

more:
http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/a-thanksgiving-message-to-all-57-states/463364218434
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/25/923346/-Palin-Has-Thanksgiving-Tantrum

[Arkana]

1. Silly Sarah. Barack Obama has demonstrated a history

of being an informed, educated man who is aware of both foreign and domestic politics.

You, on the other hand, have not. You have, on the contrary, shown yourself to be a buffoon of the highest order. Now please kindly go fuck yourself with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire.

[WhiteTara]

2. okay, there are only 50 states

unless I missed something big...like the addition of 7 new states.

Really, this has to be a hoax. Even Sarah isn't so stupid she doesn't know there are 50 states. Or is she?
:scared:

[DJ13]

5. That was poking fun at a misquote Obama made in the GE

[jancantor]

6. Whoooooooooooooooosh

Her point was that it was Obama who mentioned the 57 states... (he probably meant 47, since he said he had one to go, and wouldn't be going to Alaska or Hawaii)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

and that it was ignored in the media. That's her claim. It wasn't "ignored". I certainly remember it, but then admittedly I read media from all sides of the political polygon.

[HipChick]

14. She's trying to compare herself to Obama..However, President Obama has already proved his intellect

we are still waiting to see if she has a working brain cell..

[jancantor]

15. I agree. I still had to whooosh you based on your post

Doesn't mean I don't love and respect you, of course. It's like an internet rule I think.

[Jackpine Radical]

59. If it had been ignored, then

nobody could have possibly gotten the reference. People knew it was a slam against Obama because of the extensive coverage his minor gaffe got.

The difference, to my mind, is that you can be certain Obama actually knows how many states there are. With Palin on North versus South Korea, you can't be sure that she actually knows.

[Suich]

11. If you click on the FB link,

then click on "in 57 states" there's a video of Obama saying that.

I have no idea what's going on...

[MiniMe]

32. Barack Obama slipped and said that during the Presidential campaign

That was a slip of the tongue, I think there are 57 primaries, if you include the US territories, like Puerto Rico and Guam. But I feel confident that Obama knows the difference, not so much that Palin does.

[demwing]

38. He had been through 47 states (continental) with 1 to go (not Alaska or Hawaii)

I'm surprised Palin new of that story, since she doesn't actually read any newspapers...

[Jackpine Radical]

60. That suggests that she has some writers, doesn't it?

That's probably how they plan to ram her through the primaries. Script everything. Avoid debates. Keep her on a leash.

She will end up being a scripted puppet with as much of a leadership role as Reagan had. Hell, she's not even interested in being President. She's interested in playing President. She could give a shit about actual, boring policy. She's thinking about the china, the drapes, and the State dinners.

[JBoy]

3. Wow, she's super-sensitive about the fact that she's incredibly ignorant.

She should either become:

a. less sensitive; or
b. less ignorant.

She'll have better luck with (a).

[rasputin1952]

35. *chuckled at that*...

yes, she would do better at (a), but I don't think that's going to happen either...:D

[goforit]

53. True!!! Just like GWB was overly sensitive as well.They do get threatenning as well

[DJ13]

4. "With our country founded more than 20 centuries ago......"

:silly:

:wtf:

[HeeBGBz]

36. Jesus was a founding father

Or so it seems...

[Bucky]

7. Pretty clearly a hoax. Don't believe a word of this

I can't confirm it's a hoax. Sadly, Sarah has yet to accept my face book friend request. But I'm pretty sure this is a hoax.

[HipChick]

10. She's unfriended me....Was it something I said?

:rofl:

[gratuitous]

8. I'd surmise this is totally bogus

But wouldn't it be humorous to see Mrs. Palin asked at every public appearance from now until she concedes how many states she thinks there are?

[jancantor]

16. She's REFERENCING OBAMA who mentioned 57 states

see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

Of course, I'm assuming he meant 47, since he said he had one to go and wasn't going to Hawaii or Alaska.

[Godhumor]

18. He meant the 57 voting "territories" during the primary

Other than the 50 states, the presidential candidates during a primary can receive delegates from:

1) American Samoa
2) Democrats Abroad
3) DC
4) Guam
5) Puerto Rico
6) Texas (Texas has both primary and caucus delegates, so gets counted twice)
7) Virgin Islands

[jancantor]

20. No, he didn't.

Jeez, talk about a farfetched explanation. He said he'd BEEN to 57 states. He had NOT been to 57 territories, or anywhere near that many.

Listen to the quote.

[Godhumor]

21. Fair enough,

I remembered a discussion during the primary, and, if you check the primary territories, there are 57 of them. Both snopes and urbanlegend support the 47 instead of 57 rationale, which makes sense in relation to the actual quote. Consider my argument rescinded.

[jancantor]

23. Fair enuf.

I appreciate it. He misspoke. I certainly consider it highly unlikely he thinks there are 60 states :)

He probably quickly subtracted 3 from 50, and said "57" instead of 47, which is an understandable mistake.

[Hello_Kitty]

27. There are 57 Democratic primaries. That's what he was referring to. eom

[jancantor]

29. No, he wasn't. Listen to the quote

There are 57 varieties of Heinz Ketchup too.

[Hello_Kitty]

30. I remember when he said it, and why. eom

[Kingofalldems]

44. Wow. You are all over any Obama errors.

Great job.

[jancantor]

46. No, I'm simply correcting misconceptions

It was a minor example of misspeaking. BFD

[Kingofalldems]

57. OK, Bye now.

[wpelb]

51. 57 primaries?

I don't think so. Most likely then-candidate Obama's reference was to "fifty ... no, forty-seven states," only he forgot to say the "no, forty" part when he corrected himself. He was probably tired from a long day of campaigning or something.

He's not the first political leader to make such a gaffe, and won't be the last. The late Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Sr., had a lot of famous gaffes, as did the late Pres. Richard Nixon.

Maybe it was something about being Irish. I think the late Pres. Reagan had a few too. I don't know if either former Gov. Palin or Pres. Obama is Irish, though.

[Hello_Kitty]

56. 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and some territories. eom

[demwing]

40. he meant 47

All states but 1 (and not Alaska or Hawaii), leaves 47 states visited.

[jancantor]

47. I made that same point

in another post and I agree.

[emilyg]

31. Nah.

[HipChick]

9. what does it say about you intellectually when you need a ghostwriter for your facebook or twitter?

that Palin is a whiny idiot

[Gman]

12. Ultimately, she's her own worst enemy

along with her family.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Actually, she did not correct herself, the interviewer corrected her.

Try to post that fact there, and it will be deleted within one minute.

Such honesty.

[redirish28]

17. This woman is more frightening than W on his worse day.

[goforit]

54. Yes, she's very vindictive.

[Canuckistanian]

19. deleted

[onehandle]

22. STFU you ............

[Raschel]

24. Gee. her sentences are much better online. I wonder why?

[and-justice-for-all]

25. There is no excuse for her lack of intellect....

the only thing she needs to be mad about, is being a total failure.

[Strelnikov_]

26. Sorry, Sarah, but the Reich has thrown you off the bus

better wise up and get out of the way to keep from getting run over, literally.

The Reich has started wars for personal gain. Do you think the life of one dipshit would give them any pause . . .

[MrModerate]

28. Politics of resentment. Oh, wise wingnuts . . .

Do you really want this thin-skinned, small-minded whiner to have access to nuclear launch codes?

It won't matter how much tea you drink when your home gets carbonized because someone, say, insulted Sarah's choice in draperies for the Oval Office.

[RandomThoughts]

33. She is correct about media manipulations of issues.

Their are some that think they can use the media to run the world by setting perceptions of people.

[Waiting For Everyman]

34. Her constant droning about the media is really boring. n/t

[TBF]

37. LOL - with all those multisyllable words - no way did she write that. nt

[spanone]

39. fuck her

[demwing]

41. We all did in 2008

We saw her, threw her on a pedestal, pasted her face everywhere, and fantasized about her. Then, once we had had our fun, we told her we just weren't all that into her.

Now the Teabaggers are getting America's sloppy seconds.

We fucked her alright, and like the professional she is, she got paid for it.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. I Don't Believe She Wrote This

I think this is prank. Funny, and she deserves it, but a prank.

As much as i loathe that idiot, even she isn't stupid enough to put "change for come", 57 states, and 20 centuries in the first 30 words.

I wish i was wrong, but i just don't think so.
GAC

[Kayla2010]

43. I think she's a prank

Every time I see her or listen to her it makes me realize they are laughing at the average citizens in this country. Warren Buffet has said they, the extremely rich, are sitting in a better position now than they ever have been. Now they get to sit back and watch us work and claw to get out of the mess they created. I'd like to shoot my TV every time I see her on it.

[Angrylarry]

45. Dear Sarah?

Whats next? You gonna ban Santa?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

48. "the time has changed for come?"

:wtf:

[wpelb]

52. Here's the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m913UIMw0As

It's posted by someone called PalinTV, so it might have been edited to make Pres. Obama sound like a fool.

[Dr.Phool]

49. Posting while drunk.

She must have found my recipe for Dr. Phools Deadly Lemonade.

[COLGATE4]

50. Keith Olbermann says it best:: "That woman is an idiot". nt

[goforit]

55. Here here!!

[me b zola]

58. What a freaking reptile

I'm guessing that this is her "revenge" for her not understanding which of the Koreas is our ally. Freaking nit-wit.