Missing CBS Couric Clips Show Palin Could Only Name 1 Supreme Court Case (Guess Which One?)

[kpete]

Latest Palin Gaffe: Can't Name Supreme Court Case Other Than Roe V. Wade
The Politico has more information on one in particular:

Of concern to McCain's campaign, however, is a remaining and still-undisclosed clip from Palin's interview with Couric last week that has the political world buzzing.

The Palin aide, after first noting how "infuriating" it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a question about Supreme Court decisions.

After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases.

There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/In_re...


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more:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_09_28_archive.html#811...


Couric: Gov. Palin, since our last interview, you've gotten a lot of flak. Some Republicans have said you're not prepared; you're not ready for prime-time. People have questioned your readiness since that interview. And I'm curious …



Palin: Yeah.



Couric: … to hear your reaction.



Palin: Well, not only am I ready but willing and able to serve as Vice President with Sen. McCain if Americans so bless us and privilege us with the opportunity of serving them, ready with my executive experience as a city mayor and manager, as a governor, as a commissioner, a regulator of oil and gas.

[kirby]

1. Sandra Dee? n/t

[ruggerson]

2. Isn't that the only Supreme Court case in the last fifty years?

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. I seem to racall Bush V. Gore.

She could not possibly be expected to remember that one.

[ruggerson]

12. Nor does she remember Brown vs Board of Ed

or Loving vs Virginia or Lawrence vs Texas, for that matter.

[LiberadorHugo]

29. I think she knows what they are..

She's just "forgetting". Aww fuck it: Sarah Palin is a tongue-speaking crackhead.

[merh]

36. Or the case involving Alaska and the Valdez spill - Exxon v. Baker

decided in june of this year

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Mariana]

19. It's the only one that matters to her.

[Sanity Claws]

3. That's truly shocking,

As a governor, you would expect to know Supreme Court cases regarding states' rights. Or as the Alaska Governor, she should know the recent Exxon case that went up to the Supremes on the issue of punitive damages.

[Kalyke]

4. And what she knows about Roe v. Wade is probably wrong.

I'm betting money she doesn't know it was about a 14th Amendment privacy issue, rather than abortion, per se.

[eleny]

5. Bush v Gore comes to mind

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I could only think of one other after Roe v Wade...

And that was Brown v the school board...

Little Rock desegregation case.

Of course, I'm not running for VP!

[mwb970]

9. You surely remember Bush v. Gore, no?

That wasn't very long ago.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Of course I remember it...

I just could not recall it!

You know, independently...

[mwb970]

17. Yeah, I know.

Other than that one, I couldn't come up with anything real quick either. Is that Miss Teen USA contest still open?

[Art_from_Ark]

15. A few famous ones

Marbury v. Madison (first time the Supreme Court declared a federal law unconstitutional)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (Declaration of Independence did not apply to slaves)
Plessy v. Ferguson ("Separate but equal")
Miranda v. Arizona (established "Miranda rule")
bu$h v. Gore (worst interpretation ever of the 14th Amendment by the Supreme Court)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. I thank you!

I recognize them, but could not recall them!

[merh]

37. You left out

Cheney v. US District Court of DC (about his energy task force)

District of Columbia v. Heller (about gun regulations and the 2nd amendment - NRA mom should know that one)

or how about Exxon v. Valdez, the case that was decided in June of this year and that impacted Alaska
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[gmudem]

38. A few others

Griswold v. Connecticut - challenged Connecticut's contraception ban, opened the constitutional door for Roe v. Wade
Lawrence v. Texas - declared anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional
Romer v. Evans - declared an extremely homophobic amendment passed in Colorado unconstitutional (read Scalia's opinion in this case, it is mind-blowingly stupid)

And how about Heller v. DC? Hamdan v. Rumsfeld? And anybody in public office should be familiar with Marbury v. Madison.

[eleny]

18. I'd feel better if you were running

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Thanks!

I am extremely grateful that I'm not!

I know the extent of my ignorance...

But still, that was very sweet of you!

[eleny]

24. Well, you see - you know yourself and there's the difference

I think you'd make a pretty neat VP, CP.

[rufus dog]

27. You can get one more easily, here is a hint

P______ v. F___________

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear rufus dog!

P____________ v. F__________________?

Uh-oh...

Senior moment time....

I have no idea!

Sorry...

I'm sure I'll know it as soon as you tell me...

[Ilsa]

Ruth B ... B... B... Buzzy?

Oops on me. I thought you said "justice" not case.

[Bucky]

7. Roe-Wade? Damn, I coulda sworn she'd be well versed in McCulloch v Maryland

Or the Korematsu case. I mean, shit, who doesn't spend time speculating on the contradictions rife in Korematsu!

[Fridays Child]

8. I've gotta go with Clarence Thomas.

And my gut tells me that she knows his name because she's a bigot.

[JackBeck]

10. At least she has a grasp on obscure SCOTUS decisions.

We better watch out. She might just surprise us Thursday night.

[terrya]

14. Well, she seems to know that there's 3 branches of government.

That was a huge hurdle.

[JackBeck]

28. LOL. Talk about lowering the bar.

Next step: convincing her that those three branches are co-equal, not unilateral.

[Marsala]

33. Hah! She's wrong!

There's now a fourth, or maybe a third-and-a-half, and it's the very office which she is running for. Thanks, Dick Cheney.

[PBS Poll-435]

11. Sink v. Swim?

[Jennicut]

20. She has brain freeze, overload of information.

Its not that Sarah is stupid its that they are trying to give her too much info at once. Everyone surely remembers cramming for tests in highschool and/or college. If you waited to the last moment to study your brain sometimes couldn't handle it all at once. Because she is so "green" poor Sarah must be filled with all kinds of info. Thus, brain freeze.

[SDJay]

42. Sorry. I've honestly tried

to give her the same sort of benefit of the doubt, but she's as stupid as a bag of hammers. I know an awful lot of people who were doing things like cramming for bar exams who could still manage to hold a conversation about their passion. She can't, and there are really only two reasons - utter stupidity and overflowing hubris.

[progressiveforever]

22. Marbury v. Madison?

Oh that's right...Alaska wasn't in the union then.

[merh]

30. Try Exxon v. Baker

About that little ole oil tanker, the Valdez. The one that ran aground in Alaska in 1989. The case that was just decided in June of this year.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Hippo_Tron]

23. Dred Scott... actually nevermind

She probably doesn't even know which side won the Civil War.

[Eric Condon]

32. She'd probably guess that "America" won. nt

[mitchum]

25. I'm surprised that she didn't also blurt out "Kramer vs Kramer!"

[torbird]

26. Hearing a lot about this tonight, BUT

when does the video actually air? Anyone know?

[beac]

31. Geez... not even Griswold v. Connecticut???

You'd think being the chosen spokesmodel for the pro-life movement, she'd at least know THAT little Roe v. Wade 'companion' case!

Tsk-tsk! Can't ban contraceptives w/out overturing Griswold v. Connecticut, Sarah!

[TheKentuckian]

34. I've got some pivitol cases on tape I can send her

This is a couple of stops past pitiful. She cares nothing about government, policy, or anything else but raw power.

I'm fucking embarrassed as a citizen, what kind of message does this send to the world? The Republicans and John McCain have nothing but disdain for America.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

35. Why the heck was this censored? That concerns me as much as Palin's ignorance.

Why is CBS allowed to hide a candidate's glaring lack of qualifications for higher office without receiving heavy criticism?

[davepc]

39. Heller v DC and Kelo v New London would of scored her conservative brownie points

[goletian]

40. regulator of oil n gas?