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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:22 PM Original message |
Ron Kuby just suggested that Palin DIDN'T KNOW the term "Achilles heel" |
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Schulzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. I noticed that, too. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well now that you mention it |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. that was my take too |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Achilles' heel? In what respect, Gwen?" |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. She didn't know. I asked my 16 year old to explain that term.. |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. how come analysts haven't picked up on that? |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I assumed she was just pulling a Dubya. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. I mentioned that earlier in the day |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. So did I. :) |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wasn't that the question where she responded with something about budgets while she was mayor? |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. something totally offbeat like that... I thought it was purposeful |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Here's the transcript of that question and her answer. |
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MisterGamut (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Just more gotcha journalism I guess. n/t |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't very much care for Todd Palin's hat in that photo |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe she was distracted by the penis |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. In looking at that statute of Achilles, maybe Sarah wasn't focused on his heel... |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. just keep it away from John Ashcroft... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. "And that would be her Achilles Heel..." |
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Bok_Tukalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. She knows it, I'm sure, but just heard the magic word |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I doubt that she knows what that meant but heard the word |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, you would have to have at least a basic understanding of Greek mythology |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. or have visited a podiatrist? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Perhaps |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. I had the same impression. She also had no idea what Biden was talking about when he said, "The |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. If she could not name one Sup Ct case besides Roe v. Wade... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. It was pretty obvious. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. I thought she just refused to answer the question |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. That was my thought as well, but, every prepared speaker knows |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I was hoping she wasn't that dumb (not to know Achilles heel) |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Must not have been in any of those magazines or papers she reads all the time. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Where did you see Kuby? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not looking lat that statute's heel. |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. Naw.. Todd, her guy, once mentioned something about Greek.. |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. My mother suggested this exact thing last night, and I thought she was crazy. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Palin is seriously stupid, and very uneducated. |
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dwp6577 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. I was listening only and picked that up...it confirms that she |
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BluRay01 (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. I didn't think she understood the term. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. And she thinks that a Trojan is just a condom. |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. I told my husband that she had no clue what it meant. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't want to beieve anyone in public life could be that ignorant, |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. It occurred to me immediately. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. She could have thought that Gwen was |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-03-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Soon as I heard her answering, I said to my wife... |
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