I just asked Newt Gingrich a question about Sarah Palin.

[slick8790]

And he danced around, gave me talking points and didn't answer.


I asked him if he thought, with the revelation that Sarah Palin was not fully vetted before her selection, did he really think that it reflected favorably on John McCain's judgment, and was it really a good idea to have a gambler like McCain as president?

He started talking about Palin's supposed "qualifications". And then did not answer. Not that his talking point response was unexpected. But I'm still pissed.

[...of J.Temperance]

1. The Gingrich fool actually said not so long ago that

Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia wasn't qualified enough to be Obama's Veep.

Now he's saying that Governor Airhead with a mere 18 months of on-the-job-training is qualified to be McCain's Veep.

Obviously he's once again talking out of his ass.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. NEWT IS ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA

HE IS PERHAPS THE WORST PERSON IN AMERICA

[ITsec]

10. Newt is 2nd worst....

Rove is 1st.

[barbtries]

12. there are many

in that echelon. rove. wolfowitz, can't forget cheney...rice, rumsfeld, oh, yeah, gw. i could go on. deLay. mccain and palin, hell. was grover nordquist the one who wanted to shrink government until it could be drowned in the bathtub? ugh, the hypocrisy.

and then there's the media: why do i have to watch the daily show to learn about these events?!

[sfwriter]

3. You should have laughed at him... EOM

[slick8790]

5. I almost did. He's a tool. Remarkably personally charming, but a tool nonetheless. n/t

[Doremus]

4. Where/when? We want details! n/t

[slick8790]

7. I'm a student at American University, and he was a guest speaker here today.

They opened it up for questions, and I hopped on line. He gave me the absolute dirtiest look i've ever gotten. I feel like I should take a shower now, ick.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Oh, Newtie! Why ask him about judgment when his own judgment is impaired...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. You say he talked about Palin's "qualifications"

Did he give you specific, detailed, concrete, in-depth examples of her qualifications? Or was it the usual hokey mom, PTA, small town mayor, independent reformer maverick series of vague assertions without specifics?

[slick8790]

9. Bingo.

I wish there weren't a line of people behind me so I could have asked a follow up.

[barbtries]

13. what was the general sentiment of the people around you?

how do you feel about obama's chances after today?

[slick8790]

14. I didn't really notice. I was too pissed at that POS.

My feelings abot Obama's chances haven't really changed. The crowd was overwhelmingly democratic, and I seriously doubt anyone was swayed.

[barbtries]

15. fair enough.

i don't want to spend the next two months biting my nails dammit. but i guess that's how it'll be because no matter what the polls say it ain't over til it's over. especially with crooks and murderers clamoring to be the vote counters.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. He was one of her biggest supporters and pushed for her to be on the ticket. n/t