Olli needs to get out of the hospital and have sex with Christian ...

[apocalypsos]

... so I can post about something else today, damn it.

From here, a quote from Governor Palin's interview with Katie Couric:

COURIC: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?

PALIN: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie--that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.

COURIC: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.

PALIN: He's also known as the maverick though. Taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about--the need to reform government.

COURIC: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?

PALIN: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.

... yeah, you do that.

EDIT: And now there's this: "Okay, so you're against postponing the presidential debate? What do you think about postponing the vice-presidential debates? Would that be okay?"

Well, speaking for myself, considering Palin has nothing to do with dealing with the bailout and Biden would probably pass on postponing the debates, and therefore this seems like yet another attempt by the McCain/Palin camp to save Palin from public humiliation ... no. Get stuffed. And while you're at it, figure out why the hell a woman who has a Bachelors of Science in communication-journalism can't fucking talk to reporters.

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[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I got dumber just by reading that.

ETA: I swear if I hear the word 'maverick' one more time I'm going to have to borrow the Comedian's flamethrower. GAH.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I think there should be another group much like Anonymous who show up at his speeches and start belting out songs from the Top Gun soundtrack every time someone says the word "maverick" so he'll stop saying it.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

That would be the absolute best. thing. ever. :-D

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

COURIC: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?

PALIN: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.

*dying*

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Palin crumples under that imposing stalwart of uncompromising attack-dog journalism, Katie Couric.

They not only ain't got game, they don't even know where the court is.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

And now they're apparently trying to pretend that they don't need the court, anyway.

[onelittlesleep.livejournal.com]

SO IT IS A PLOY FOR MORE TIME.

argh!

Because, okay! He can pretend he's all about doing his senatorial duties during this time, but why on earth suspend the VP debates?? Is he worried that he'll need Biden on the floor of the senate?? I DOUBT IT. What a tool. Seriously.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. Threaten to delay the presidential debates, wait until there's an uproar, and then slip in that offer to delay the VP debates as if, oh, hey, sure, at least it's not the presidential debates, right?

*headdesk*

[eleniangel.livejournal.com]

I *love* Obama's reply to McCain about postponing the debates.

"It is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once." Here

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

To sum up some comments on Fark: Caribou Barbie managed to do two amazing things: Make Bush look like a skilled speaker/debater and make Katie Couric look like a real journalist.


EDITED to add another great comment from Fark:
Couric: "Can you give us an example of how John McCain will reform Wall Street?"

Palin: "I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you."

Couric: "I'm sorry. Were we planning on meeting again, biatch? That question wasn't a homework assignment."

[bluesteelstars.livejournal.com]

And while you're at it, figure out why the hell a woman who has a Bachelors of Science in communication-journalism can't fucking talk to reporters.

No kidding about her ability to talk to journalists. It's not like these scheduled interviews are candid, TMZ-like inapproprate. It's easy to forget that she was a broadcaster before. She should do her best sportscasting and call it like how Barney Frank called it. heh.

(This is the same camp that has appropriated "Obama always uses a teleprompter, nanny nanny boo boo!" as a talking point, right?)