Palin: If I Were In The WH, "The Department Of Law" Would Protect Me

[kpete]

But when I asked Palin if she ever decided to pursue national office again, as she did less than a year ago when she joined Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the race for the White House, wouldn't she encounter the same political blood sport? Can such ugliness ever be avoided?

Palin said there is a difference between the White House and what she has experienced in Alaska. If she were in the White House the "department of law" would protect her from baseless ethical allegations.

"I think on a national level your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out," she said.

.................

There is no "Department of Law" at the White House.

more:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2009/07/john-mccain-chose-h...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8016906&page=1

[Marsala]

1. But Palin isn't running for President, so this was purely hypothetical, right?

Yeah, right.

[bluescribbler]

2. Of course she's wrong.

His "Department of Law" didn't protect President Clinton from baseless ethical allegations.

[tj2001]

The Department of Law is next to the Department of Fishing Licenses on the 1st floor

it's to your right as you walk in

[nomaco-10]

5. lmao n/t

[Robb]

17. snort

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. +1

[Ikonoklast]

39. If you see the Department of Army Guys, you went too far.

Go back three doors, and ask for Joe the Lawyer.

[shadowknows69]

43. Lol. Duzy nom!

[Chisox08]

58. Is that before or after the undisclosed location?

And that Joe the Lawyer is he any relation to Joe the Plumber and Bob the Builder?

[Raschel]

60. Right next to the department of judges.

[wordpix]

51. also, right next to the Depts. of Aerial Wolf Hunting & Nat'l Wildlife Oil Habitats

[Arkana]

66. It's right next to the Department of Partying

headed by the office of Secretary of Boogyin' Down.

[ck4829]

3. Unless she accidentally leaked the name of the secret department that makes the President "teflon"

[nomaco-10]

4. You can't make this shit up...

I hope she stays around for a little while longer, she's pure entertainment gold.

[tabasco]

97. Abso-tively!

I'm LMAO every day at this idiot slag!

[tblue37]

98. Maybe she will: 7 of 10 Republicans still want to vote for her! nt

[malaise]

6. Bat shit crazy

The only three words that matter

[nc4bo]

7. In Failin-Palin speak - It worked out really well for Bush/Cheney.

The previous administration had so much fun during their 8 years, yes yes! Wheeeeeeeeeee.

[madaboutharry]

8. The extent of her ignorance is simply

overwhelming.

[Catshrink]

9. Yeah, like Whitewater and Vince Foster

Just when you think she couldn't get any dumber...

[Marr]

10. I honestly thought this was going to be a satirical post.

Every time she opens her mouth, she stuns me with her level of stupidity. That is amazing.

[DeschutesRiver]

53. I swear I thought too that this was a joke post

Even though my dialup is slowing to a freaking crawl this morning and dumping me left and right, I am trying to pull up the abc link to see it with my own eyes.

I read elsewhere that she'd called Guiliani and Cheney to ask for "advice" - I am now certain that either a) she called but they didn't pick up, or b) they did encourage her to do this and entertained her take over the political scene fantasies. So that she would get out there completely on her own, say wierd stuff that we can't even believe is true, and then they will step in to cut off the limb behind her.

Repubs can't win again in my lifetime if this woman were to start her own party. So she draws crowds? So she brings in money? For what? Her 23% of the fundie wierdo repub vote? That won't win you high office, and worse, it will split the repub vote enough that the rest of them won't win either. Dems won't vote for her obviously, and neither will Independents. I think the repub party knows this and needs to marginalize her to the wierdo category asap.

The only good news I see is that Palin won't listen to them, and will likely fracture their party beyond recognition. Fine by me.

[KharmaTrain]

11. Yep...Sure Shut Down Paula Jones...

Thanks to her friends like Scalia and Thomas, Mooselini's dream of a "Department of "Law" would be ruled unconsitutional.

[grytpype]

12. Stupid, crazy, and religious is not a good combination.

[spanone]

13. she's dumber than i thought

and i thought she was really dumb

[Arkansas Granny]

14. WOW! This woman's ignorance just continues to astound me.

[OneGrassRoot]

28. I'm with you. Just WOW .........

[Raschel]

62. Wouldn't it be great if her office conversations were taped?

[L0oniX]

15. She isn't intelligent enough to be in MILF pr0n.

[tekisui]

16. Who is our current Secretary of Law?

[Kalyke]

18. Why don't you know? Judge Dredd, of course!

[nomaco-10]

22. I'll bet she thinks Judge Judy and Joe Brown are on the SCOTUS.

[Marr]

23. He *is* the law.

We still don't know who his secretary is.

[Kalyke]

30. Does he need one?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

24. Huh. I thought it was Marshall Law.

I declare.

[Rob H.]

54. Nah, he only works in San Futuro hunting rogue superheroes

Since being super stupid isn't actually a super-power, Palin is beneath his notice.

[Historic NY]

33. the "cod piece" is a bit too much, wouldn't you say.

[icnorth]

89. Dubya's second hand flight suit paraphenalia?? n/t

[Robb]

21. Judy. nt

[glitch]

20. Basically she's saying the executive branch agencies would protect her from any corruption charges.

That's about as corrupt as it gets isn't it? Sure she got "Department of Law" wrong, but the underlying statement is even nastier.

[malaise]

44. Ding ding

We have a winner because they're still protecting Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Condi, Powell et al. Why not EPIC FAILIN' PALIN!!!

[glitch]

46. True that. She's just pissed she didn't make it into the cool club in time.

If only she had just made it to vice president all these ethics/(IRS) charges could have gone away. It's gotta burn.

[malaise]

50. You know what I wonder

Why did she pay back all that money for trips for her kids if she did not believe she did anything wrong?

Sarah Palin is bat shit crazy. She refuses to confront her own mistakes and simply assumes that rules do not apply to her.

Fugg this crazy woman.

[glitch]

56. I think the appearance of doing something wrong got her on that one.

Doing something wrong is never a problem. Typical Republicon.

[Raschel]

63. LOL!

[YOY]

25. Did she mean "Department of Justice"???

Seriously...who votes for people this dumb?

Rhetorical question I know...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

27. Not only that, last time I checked the DOJ was NOT in the White House.

[YOY]

29. Well she doesn't understand how the Government works in the first place.

So it's not like it's a huge surprise.

Once again...who would vote for a politician who doesn't understand even ROUGHLY how the governments works?

Once again...rhetorical as all get-out.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

31. Wait wait! I figured it out. She seems to be conflating the office of WH counsel with the DOJ.

Which makes perfect sense because that's what Lil' bush did for 8 years.

To answer you rhetorical question. I guess a picture's worth a thousand words.

[YOY]

36. Does Joe even have kids?

or does he truly fit in the category of "Dittohead Demographic".

[stanwyck]

61. Remember she said as VP, she would be "makin' laws"

in Congress.

[YOY]

64. She didn't even know (prolly still doesn't) what was being asked of her.

n.t.

[DaveinJapan]

35. I assume she meant the White House legal office...

But who knows?

[Ignis]

70. Nah, too many syllables.

Me want food!

[rvablue]

72. Of course that is what she meant,, which only doubly proves she doesn't have a high school level

understanding of how our government works.

The DoJ is independent of the White House.

Ask Clinton how much the DoJ protected him from baseless charges, Sarah darling.

My god, she is an idiot and an embarrassment.

There are so, so many women out there who have studied and worked hard and never given up, and this fool thinks that she belongs in their club.

[WeDidIt]

26. I WAS RIGHT!!!!

She resigned because she's BATSHIT INSANE!

[pleah]

32. She will never learn to shut the fuck up.

[Lugnut]

34. Oy. n/t

[Z_I_Peevey]

37. Oh no she didn't.

She is running on fumes now, down to the last residue of brain matter. Next, it's pure bag lady rambling and screeching.

[DCKit]

48. So, 43* was the bestest pResident evah 'cause he shat all over the office?

Those wacky Republicons.

[Javaman]

38. she makes my brain sad. nt

[Ganja Ninja]

40. We'll get the "Department of Law" right on it Sarah.

[cliffordu]

41. Is she a vacuous waste of space or am I just in a bad mood??

[PVnRT]

42. Is it headed by a Chancellor or Vice Lord? (n/t)

[SidDithers]

45. She really is about as sharp as a marble, isn't she...nt

Sid

[pepperbear]

47. give her a break! the dept of law is down the hall from the wardrobe department..

next to the broom closet and around the corner from hair and make up.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

49. I guess she believes that the "dept of law" protected Shrub & Co in their lawlessness.

She probably has a point although it isn't a fictional dept. of law that has done that but our corporate owned politicians.

[GaYellowDawg]

52. I just spent a couple of minutes laughing at that one.

Every time that moron opens her mouth, she takes another step away from the presidency. And I LIKE it that way.

[BlooInBloo]

55. Aargh. I'm undecided whether I want her to keep talking, or to shut the fuck up.

[Richard Steele]

57. WHAT...A...MAROON. k&r

[lpbk2713]

59. Obviously Failin is thinking about the corrupt and evil BushCo Regime.

... and how they did things. She must have it in her feeble little mind that
the BushCo way is the way things are supposed to be done. How delusional.

[Renaissance Man]

65. Where is Tina Fey?

Jesus, where is Tina Fey?

LMAO!

[Uzybone]

67. "And the Department of Sunglasses will follow me around"

We really dodged a major bullet.

[EndElectoral]

68. Can you imagine what the right wing would do if Biden said this?

[Ocracoker16]

69. What an idiot

She just makes a fool of herself everytime she opens her mouth. One thing that nobody commented on is the fact that she dodged the question. The question was not about how she would be treated as president. It was about the fact that if she ran for national office, she would have to deal with the same "ugliness" that she encountered in her run for the VP. The question was kind of a reality check. If she decides to run in 2012, she will need to be prepared to face her crtics. There will be a lot of negativity. Palin didn't address this issue at all and acted like she was asked about how as president she would deal with naysayers. I don't think she wants to admit that she has no future in national politics.

[MNDemNY]

71. The work of the Department of Law, has largely gone unnoticed.

[City Lights]

73. You bet'cha!

[Ardent15]

74. "Washington outsider"...no thanks

[Contrary1]

75. I dunno about all that...

but can someone direct me to the Department of Toilets? Quickly, please.

[rvablue]

76. And I bet they just let this incoherent drivel slide right? No one called her on it, right? Imagine,

just imagine, let's say, if someone on the Democratic side said this, someone like her who is a political figure, but no longer holds office (although she does for the next two weeks, but let's make this fun)

Imagine, then, if First Lady Michelle Obama who is not an elected representative, never has been, and based on what we've seen to date, has ZERO ambition to hold office, but let's imagine that she went on a talk show and referenced the "Department of Law" in our federal government.

It would be streamed 24/7 on every channel. Pundits would be freaking out.

No, but this grifting, know-nothing, quitter, wannabe POTUS says it, and they let it slide.

Pathetic.

[Faux pas]

77. I think she meant The Department of Law and Stuff.

She misremembered the departments true name.......

[WeDidIt]

78. Si its the Department of Law that threw out all those suits over the birth certificate.

[Ilsa]

79. The Dept of Law would just put an end to it by naming her "Queen"

for the remainder of the half term she would serve. Just like they made King Dick, right?

[Control-Z]

80. Huh?

"I know that I know that I know that this is the right thing for Alaska."

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. What are you trying to say?

[lebkuchen]

81. The entire McCain family has to be mortified

How on earth did Sarah get the nod?

[nichomachus]

83. The McCain family has enough to be mortified about without Palin

Megan McCain makes Sarah look like a Rhodes Scholar -- or should that be Roads Scholar.

Palin's new motto: Quit, Baby, Quit!

[tammywammy]

90. "Roads Scholar" lol n/t

[progressoid]

82. Whaaa?

[3waygeek]

84. Note that the state of Alaska

does indeed have a Department of Law. I could see a state official, especially one as inexperienced and provincial as Gov. Palin, assuming the federal government is similarly organized. IMHO, this isn't much bigger than some of Biden's blunders; however, it's much funnier when Palin does it.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

85. Is that on the same floor as the Department of Order? n/t

[kayakjohnny]

86. Here's why she probably said that....

http://www.law.state.ak.us /


Doesn't make her look or sound any better though.

[undeterred]

87. She would invent one.

Just like she makes everything else up as she goes.

[ThoughtCriminal]

88. The Department of Nice

would also offset all those awful things people keep saying.

[Strelnikov_]

91. my brain hurts . . . .

[pacalo]

92. Hubby said that if Palin runs in 2012, she & Dan Quayle should run together.

[TankLV]

93. I actually gave one of the office "independents" a chance to agree that Palin was an IDIOT...

and this "independant" insisted that the "idiot" I was talking about was BIDEN!

and when I continued to mention that surely, after all this crap about her has come out - that surely he would agree that she is an asshole of the first caliber - and this REPUKE (not "independant" - only when you start to criticize his hero bush* he goes "they're all corrupt" or something similar. "and besides, I'm not a republican - I'm and "independant") he went on about Biden and how horrible he was, and when I finally said - Look - you really believe carabou barbie is BETTER than SOMEBODY - ESPECIALLY Biden? - he looked increduluous and said "OF COURSE!" - I couldn't believe it! This IDIOT is supposed to be an "Educated" college graduate!!!

I left shaking my head...

[Cresent City Kid]

94. Her last act as governor

She will end crime in Alaska by making crime "against the law".

[charlie]

95. Not in office yet and she's already increased the size of gov't n/t

[bertman]

96. Comedy gold. You couldn't make this shit up if you tried.

Well, maybe somebody like Colbert could.

Keep talkin' Moose Queeny. We're lovin' it. And so are 70% of Republicans, who say they'd vote for her in 2012.

[4_TN_TITANS]

99. People - show some respect....

We should be grateful that she can't keep her trap shut! Her political career is toast.

[TWiley]

100. The department of those who agree with me .....