More astounding Palinism's

What is a Palinism?

It is a word used to describe "dumb random thoughts or ideas that have nothing to do with the question asked"

Sarah, Do you read newspapers?

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For example, a big story in the media today is Palin’s curious response to – again Katie Couric – about where the Alaska Governor gets her news.

Gotcha

People can debate all they want about “gotcha’ journalism” and whether Palin has been a victim of it. But asking someone what newspapers they read cannot be stretched even by the most radical of partisans to be in that category. That would truly be a bridge to nowhere. Not even Rush Limbaugh would try to cross that one.

It was a pretty simple question.

“When it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?” Couric asked.

“I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media,” Palin responded.

Take two

You think Couric may have had a follow-up to that response? You’d be correct. And it wasn’t a devious follow-up. In fact, it was two words. “What specifically?”

Same response. “Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years,” she said.

This could lead some viewers to think aloud, “How about throwing the hometown paper a bone? The Mat Su Valley Frontiersman or the Anchorage Daily News. Or heck, say the Weekly World News. But just name one.

Third time’s a charm

No dice. When Couric tried one last time, Palin responded:

“I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too,” she said. “Alaska isn’t a foreign country, where it’s kind of suggested, ‘Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?’ Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.”

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Another amazingly outlandish answer. I was joking earlier about somebody asking Sarah Palin a question about how to make an Apple Pie and wondered about the response.

What? Another Palinism? Can't be true!

Katie Couric quizzes the governor of Alaska on her Supreme Court knowledge.

You can almost hear the awkward silence that follows. This really wasn't a trick question or a gotcha based on the info that follows.

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 rulings 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 -- 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 toda

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Guess Sarah Palin forgot about her quote she made earlier in the year.

Supreme Court Weighs Exxon Valdez Damages Feb.27,2008

When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review that lowered judgment, Alaska's Republican Gov. Sarah Palin said it was a "kick in Alaska's collective gut, " and called Exxon's lengthy appeals "a case of justice delayed being justice denied."

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