Katie Couric Swats Palin ... with the Economist

When Katie Couric was spotted in NYC and asked to specifically name the magazines she reads, KC was savvy enough to answer the question (The Economist), crack a joke, and shred Sarah Palin -- all at the same time.
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211. Katie Couric is bitter and unprofessional.. because she asked Palin questions? Because she looked at her with concern when she was unable to come up with any answer for said questions? I have never been a big fan of Katie Couric, but even I know that 'liberal media biased spin' had NOTHING to do with Palin completely blowing that interview. The funny thing is that it doesn't matter if she knows the names of newspapers, or other U.N. members, or supreme court cases, because dammit she's folksy, and you betcha she's got the idiot redneck with firearms vote.. also the numbskull fat-ass housewives LOVE her.. the rich white guys don't need to respect anything about her, because she's got a nice ass..

Posted at 5:56PM on Oct 9th 2008 by Liz

212. Hey...if Obama WINS, I'll just hope for the best and wish him (and us) lots of luck. I know I definitely won't be out in the street rioting and screaming "VOTER FRAUD" and using Obama's victory to go out and commit acts of violence against Black people.

Can you asinine jackasses on here (that keep bringing up his RACE as some lame ignorant reason for anybody to be voting for McCain & Palin and NOT Obama and Biden) say the same thing?

Your messiah is already out there laying down the groundwork for stirring up unrest and violence if HE doesn't win, so like a bunch of mindless liberal sheep, you'll all take the bait and start a lot of unecessary violence and unrest for the people of this country.

Everyone of you that are mouthing off about "RACISM" are the very idiots I'm referring to. How completely RETARDED do you have to be to pull that kind of lameass stunt with us? get your head out of your asses and wake up. Don't be like 1939 GERMANY and jump on the NAZI bandwagon, and hatin' on the folks your LEADER tells you are "bad" people...or in this case...RACIST!

Posted at 7:16PM on Oct 9th 2008 by Mr. A

213. Shhiit!! You mean I missed the HUGE Liberal Violence Rally??? Here I thought all I was gonna do was vote for the guy and quietly cry myself to sleep for the next four years if he loses... Thanks, Mr. A! Now that I know how truly manipulative and violent Obama is, I now have an outlet for all that pent-up rage I've had inside me since Kerry's lame-ass excuse for a campaign tanked...

Posted at 9:36PM on Oct 9th 2008 by Liz

214. If you vote for Obama, just remember that you may be risking your children and your grandchildren's future. Obama has associated with radical Muslims, terrorist sympathizers, RACISTS, and Reverand Wright the anti-American preacher.... If you think things are bad now, things will get much worse if Obama is elected.......Honestly, we cannot trust him and that is why we should vote for McCain.......I am also unhappy with Bush, BUT I want seasoned, experienced change. Never, ever should Obama get to the White House. Obama has ZERO leadership, zero international, zero economic, and zero commander in chief experience. He won't visit wounded soldiers, he wants in implement Capital Gains Tax (that will kill your retirement savings and pension plans), he wants to expand taxes on small businesses (that is jobs), he wants to negotiate with terrorists and wants to attack Pakistan (that will get us into another war), his ideas for health care are insane (will require an 8 percent tax increase), and his cash give ways are ridiculous. Google GLOBAL POVERTY ACT to learn about the $845 BILLION give-away! IF Obama does gets elected more than half the nation will be BEGGING for the good ole days of G.W. Bush!


Posted at 11:00PM on Oct 9th 2008 by SUNSHINE

215. Bryon Wolf When Katie Couric was spotted in NYC Bryon Wolf and asked to specifically name the magazines she reads, KC was savvy enough to answer the question (The Economist), crack a joke, Bryon Wolf and shred Sarah Palin -- all at the same time. Bryon Wolf

Posted at 2:48PM on Oct 10th 2008 by bw

216. My fellow Americans, this election has sadly become a show, the new fake reality show, like the ones many of us love to watch. I beg of you which ever canidate you decide to vote for let it be because you know of their economic stance, and how much it will cost the country. To me Obama sounds like a socialist and I still believe capitalism can work. You may have a different opinion, that is the beauty of a free America. We don't all have to agree. I would encourage us all to not mud sling, it just makes whoever wins look bad to other countries and terrorists. I have traveled the world, and there is nowhere I would rather live than America, even during our current economic status. I would like to remind you that it was Bill Clinton who was president when they started encouraging Fannie Mae and Freddie to give loans to those who would normally not qualify, He admitts it was the Democrates who pushed for it. Please don't believe me, look it up. Also it has been Democrates in charge of Congress these past 2 years. Please look it up. The last study showed a .09 ( 9%) approval rating. Please look it up. So as much as people want someone to blame, George Bush is not always the one at fault, he is the one this time trying to hold the country together from the impact of economic decisions that were made by Democrates. Please I beg of you all do research on both sides. I am obviously a republican who thought of voting for Obama untill I found out his preacher of 20 years had a history of and currently does spews hatred from the alter. Obama said he was completly unaware of this. I find that really hard to believe or he is a little clueless (my opinion). He also has several other questionable assosciates ( ACORN ). Please look it up. My final plea is to look up Alaska statistics before and during Sarah Palins job as Govener. While she was Govenor of the State of Alaska she encouraged congress to utilize our own natural resources, found in abundance in Alaska. She also had a 90% approval rating as Govenor of Alaska at the time she was picked for VP Canidate. Please don't believe me, look it up. While she is portraid by may, mostly for comedic purposes, it takes a brilliant person to turn a state around, a person not afraid of shaking up the same old status quo to fire currupt people, and that is what she did. Please don't believe me look it up. also I would encourage you to look up the canidates before they became presidetial canidates. One last thing, both Biden and Clinton said they did not think Obama was ready to lead the Country during the Democratic primary. In the end, lets all get it together no matter who wins. I beleive strongly in us, the American people! God Bless America

Posted at 6:48PM on Oct 10th 2008 by Look it up Alaska vs. Chicago, See who the real change agent is

217. Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California. He is very open about his two years
> at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind,
> did not apply himself to his studies. 'Barry' (that was
> the name he used all his life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan. During the summer of 1981, after his second
> year in college, he made a 'round the world' Stopping to see his mother in IndoHyderabad in indonesia, next India, three weeks in Karachi, Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate's family, then off to Africa to visit his father's family. My question - Where did he
> get the money for this trip? Niether I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they where in
college. When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York. It is at this time he wants everyone
to call him Barack - not Barry. Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia? It's not cheap to say the least! Where did he get money for tuition?
> > Student Loans? Maybe. After Columbia, he went to Chicago
> to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000 a year. Why Chicago? Why not New York? He was already living in New
> York. By 'chance' he met Antoine'Tony' Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria, and a real estate developer
> in Chicago. Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this year. Rezko, was named 'Entrepreneur of the Decade' by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association'. About two years later, Obama Harvard Law School. Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School? Where did he get the money for Law School? More student loans? After Law school,> he went back to Chicago. Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down. But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what? They represented 'Rezar' which is Rezko's firm.
> Rezko was one of Obama's first major financial contributors when he ran for office in Chicago. In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing
> Obama
with 'seed money' for his U.S. Senate race. In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking
> price) With ALL those Student Loans - Where did he get the money for the property? On the same day Rezko's wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price.
> The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama's new home was purchased. Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko. Now, we have Obama running for President.
> Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama's boss. She is now Obama's chief advisor and he does not make any major decisions without talking to her first. Where was Jarrett born? Ready for this? Shiraz, Iran! Do we see a pattern here? Or am I going crazy On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert
> Malley,
> > advisor
> > > to Obama, was 'sacked' after the press found out he was having regular contacts with 'Hamas', which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran. This
past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama's visit to Iraq,
> he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after
he is elected, and he will 'Take care of things'. Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that
where born in Pakistan? They are in charge of
all
those
'small' Internet campaign contributions
for Obama.Where is that money coming from? The poor and
middle
class in this country? Or could it be from the
Middle East And the final bit of news. On September 7, 2008, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was
> made on
> > > 'This Week' with George Stephanapoulos. Obama on
talking about his religion said, 'My Muslim faith'.
When questioned, 'he made a mistake'.
some mistake!
All of the above information I got on line. If
> you would
like to check it - Wikipedia, encyclopedia,
Barack
Obama;
> > > Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett: Daily Times - Obama visited
Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times -
2008;
The Times May 10, 2008.
Now the BIG question - If I found out all this
information
on my own, Why haven't all of our 'intelligent'
members of the press been reporting this?
A phrase that keeps ringing in my ear -
'Beware of
the enemy from within'!!!


McCain and Palin are mavericks who can shake things up!

Posted at 10:17PM on Oct 10th 2008 by Anti Christ will be a carismatic muslim born man in his 40s, read your Bibles

218. Hey Liz~

Don't address ME with that cutesy nonsense, it's your obnoxious MOUTH piece James Carville that made the assertion that things would get ugly if Obama doesn't win. Your diatribe is so flawed and ignorant you barely make a relevant point.

The "rally" wouldn't have happened YET, because it's only AFTER the election that any such thing was being threatened (by Carville). You didn't miss anything dippy!

Obama wasn't directly charged with being the "violent one" (although he is definitely "manipulative") he's just going to be the one that cries FOUL to get the reaction he wants out of his supporters....like the Bush/Gore fiasco but add in racism charges and WOO HOO...let the violence erupt!

I hope everyone reacts exactly like you've claimed YOU will if the case should be that we have a McCain/Palin victory, I have reason to be fearful they won't and james carville has attempted to play on that fear. Pretty much a chant of "NOBAMA NO pEACE!"

Posted at 12:13PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Mr. A

219. AWWWWW what's the matter Katie? Your ratings are low so you trying to find ways to go even lower? LOL!! Oh by the way, lets be fair, Katie isn't the only one running around acting like a drooling teen-ager around Obama, the rest of the radical loony liberal media has been drooling as well! LOL!! And lets not forget the pompous arrogant air-heads in Hollywood who suffer from the delusion that they are somehow superior to the rest of us because they have traveled to other countries and have learned different ways to excuse their morally degenerate behaviour by explaining it away as being "Sophisticated!" or "Worldly" LMAO!! Yeah, that makes them sooooooooo superior to Governor Palin.........NOT!!!! They and the loony liberal media are a bunch of arrogant stuck-up elitist snobs who are sooooo busy looking down their collective noses at Sarah that they are waaaaay to busy to bother with little things like... FACTS! Republicans are not responsible for the state of the economy it was Pres Clinton! You know a democrat! And as for Sarah not naming any newspaper or magazine maybe she didn't want to be accused of using her position to give free publicity to the newspapers and magazines that she reads! DUH! Or maybe she thought it was such a stupid question that she wanted to be sure she heard correctly. Or maybe she thought Katie was trying to discredit her by getting her to name her sources of information, which if they were conservative sources than you know the loony liberal crack-pots would go to town and try to discredit her as well as the newspapers and magazines! So why don't people try as hard as it is to actually use their God-given brains before using your mouths?! LOL!!

Posted at 4:25PM on Oct 11th 2008 by kelly

220. James Carville is hilarious.. and not just his looks. I wouldn't call him MY mouthpiece personally, but I guess if he's a democrat you wouldn't see the difference.. Honestly I don't really see a point in HALF the crazy rants you post, Mr. A. I think that the capacity for violence is much more evident on the gun-toting radical conservative end than those who are just plain looking for a change.. Unless, of course, the same Bush goons that messed with ballots to get him in the White House in the first place are now doing so again to aid McCain I doubt we need to be worried about such violence. However, IF we do end up with 4 more years of nonsense it definitely would not surprise me if there were quite a few people upset. I just think that taking what some media face says on Meet the Press and fueling some not-yet-existing fire is rather juvenile.. doubt you'll agree.

Posted at 5:07PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Liz

221. Shocking Bristol Palin Drug Tape Shows Bristol Palin Shockingly Use
Drugs

It's another Sarah Palin scandal from the National Enquirer,
which is making the most out of the reporting team it dispatched to
Alaska to focus on the Jukes family of the tundra. This week they dig
up two scandals, although the first one is just an attenuated DUI
story:

After the Alaska governor was named John McCain's running mate,
she disclosed her husband Todd had been arrested for drunk driving in
1986 - but not that his brother James Palin was involved in a
devastating hit-and-run that inflicted multiple injuries on a female
pedestrian.

Court papers obtained by The ENQUIRER show that James Palin,
Sarah's brother-in-law, was busted as a 20-year-old on Feb. 15, 1989,
in his Dillingham, Alaska, hometown - after a major drinking binge.

According to official records: James, in a drunken stupor,
slammed into a woman with his vehicle, stopped, pulled her out from
underneath it - and then callously sped away, leaving her injured on
the side of the road like Alaskan road-kill!

Eh, whatever, a 19-year-old drunk hit-and-run case? From the
brother-in-law? In Alaska? Alaska, where DUI's are considered a
God-given right and passengers toss their drivers a six pack rather
than chipping in for gas money? Color us unimpressed.

The real meat comes from the revelation that preggo Bristol Palin has
been known to act like a teenager, and has, in fact, been videotaped
so doing. The taping took place shortly before Ma Palin took the oath
of office, and it shows young Bristol smoking the weed:

"One of our pals was videotaping everyone as they drank and got
high. He gets to Bristol, and one of her friends holds the pot pipe
to Bristol's mouth and says out loud, "And here's the future governor
of Alaska's daughter!"

"Bristol smiles at the camera, puts her lips around the pipe and
inhales deeply. She holds the smoke in for a while, exhales, coughs a
few times and then laughs uncontrollably. It was just another regular
night of partying for Bristol and the other wild kids in Wasilla.

One of those wild kids, future Palin son-in-law (assuming the
McCain-Palin ticket wins) Levi Johnston, also gets prominent
placement in the article, which claims that the hockey player has
both sold and smoked OxyContin, and has purchased cocaine no fewer
than three times! Also, he used steroids, and he popped Bristol's
cherry in a tent. The whole town was talking about it! Crazy, crazy
stuff, and on newsstands now.

For more, visit any other small or large town in America to see the
exact same thing play out in real time by everyone else.

-John 8:32

Go Obama !!

Posted at 5:09PM on Oct 11th 2008 by John8:32

222. Oh I see. Now that you know it was Carville that's spewing the threat of violence (in the streets) if Obama DOESN'T win....it's just him being "hilarious". Yeah..okay, that's a good knee slapper then, what a qwazzy hoot that guy. Liberals are sure funny.

You Liberals have problems and are convinced that Conservatives are responsible for them ALL!

You candidate doesn't win an election...it was FRAUD?

Terrorists attack our country on Sept. 11th...it was an INSIDE job?

The economy goes down the tubes because of democrates messin with the morgage companys, plan a BAIL OUT to cover their asses for it....and once again, BUSHS POLICIES ARE TO BLAME??

You don't want to punish criminals, yet you want to disarm law abiding citizens who'd like to protect THEMSELVES.

You want women to have the right to chose death over birth for an innocent unborn baby, yet throw a hissy fit if some dumb animal loses it's natural habitat or is killed for food and clothing.

The backwardass hypocrisy can just go on, but I'd imagine you get the POINT of my rant by now? NO?

You're stupid!

Posted at 8:00PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Mr. A

223. Honestly.. your head is so full of Bill O'Reilly's crap that it is astounding, Mr. A!

You Conservatives have problems and are convinced that Librerals are responsible for them ALL!

Your candidate is behind in THIS election...it was FRAUD?

Terrorists attack our country on Sept. 11th...The Democratic nominee is BUDDIES with the people who did it??

The economy goes down the tubes because of Republicans messing with the mortgage companies, plan a BAIL OUT to cover their asses for it....and once again, BUSHS POLICIES ARE TO BLAME!!!

You Repubs don't want to punish your own corrupt criminalsin office, yet you assume we'll want to disarm law abiding citizens who'd like to protect THEMSELVES?

We want women to have the right to choose, yet throw a hissy fit if some dumb animal loses it's natural habitat. (The food and clothing thing is false.. not unlike many of your radical right comments.)

The backwardass hypocrisy can just go on, but I'd imagine EVERYONE can assume Mr. A. has some kind of point now? Still no?

You're stupid! See how easy that is? and I did it with a smile.
'My friends', I think we may not see as much of Mr. A as the election nears.. I am pretty sure his head is going to explode one of these days from all his hate and anger. Funny how Mr. A will call any democrat post stupid.. but it seems to be quite evident that those with any form of higher education seem to be leaning left these days. Forgive me for correcting a few of your grammerical errors, by the way, just couldn't help myself! :)

Posted at 8:29PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Liz

224. Also.. YOU are stupid. The one thing that you didn't seem to have a cute little quip for was the fact that you are throwing accusations of violence yet to come from our party, sir, and that was something you did not defend in your last post.. I'm pretty sure you know it was a pointless thing to throw out there, but it's okay if you are too full of yourself to admit it.

Posted at 8:42PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Liz

225. Please Liz....point me to the accusations of violence you speak of? The only one accusing anyone of violence is james carville. I've only brought it up as proof of the hypocritical and DANGEROUS lengths you liberal pukes will go to, to generate fear and hate against conservatives.

Also if you're going to correct my spelling, make sure it's my grammatical errors. I have no idea what a "grammerical" is???


LMAO!! Rather ironic justice ay?

You're STILL stupid! Now go ahead and make a comment about my father or wife....you've neglected them thus far in your rants.

Posted at 11:38PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Mr. A

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