Breaking: Palin says another Great Depression is possible

[Perky]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says the United States could be headed for another Great Depression if Congress doesn't act on the financial crisis.

Palin's comments came in an interview Wednesday with ''CBS Evening News'' anchor Katie Couric.

Asked whether there's a risk of another Great Depression if Congress doesn't approve a $700 billion bailout package, Palin said: ''Unfortunately, that is the road that America may find itself on.''

Palin said the answer to the financial crisis doesn't necessarily have to be the bailout plan that the Bush administration has proposed, but should be some form of bipartisan action to reform Wall Street.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Palin.html

[anonymous171]

1. lol So will McCain vote for it now?

[tosh]

5. Yeah! That's what WE want to know!

[yardwork]

2. It appears that another Great Depression is possible even if we bail them out.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Why should I listen to someone who got a "D" in macroeconomics?

She's just a parrot repeating *'s lines.

[Junkdrawer]

11. "repeating *'s lines"...Fed to her by Rove...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4075139&mesg_id=4075139

[Neshanic]

4. She needs the invisible hand over her big fat yap.

[TwilightGardener]

6. Thank GOD she finally weighed in--we were rudderless without her reassuring expertise!

[Perky]

7. McCain is going to have to disown this statement in a hurry... Otherwise he has to vote for it!

The stupident thing in the world to say.... Now if he disown's the statement it makes her look like she is not ready for the big legues. If he agrees with her. He is going to have to vote for the bailout and call the GOP to vote for it too, He is going to piss people off no matter what he does.

[sandnsea]

8. Well she's right on this

She just doesn't understand she was supposed to keep up the phony "recession" lie.

[TwilightGardener]

15. She carefully managed to avoid saying anything. Yes, a depression is "possible".

Yes, there should be "bipartisan reform" of some sort. Wow, I feel so enlightened now!

[K8-EEE]

9. "Perhaps so!"

I thought that was a funny answer to the "war with Russia" thing on the Gibson interview. "Perhaps so!" LOL, So cheerful! She's NUTS.

[1corona4u]

10. She talks, yet never says a thing...

[glowing]

16. Probably the best analysis of this woman.. She should have learned that

long ago line about wisdom.. sometimes you have to shut-up to learn.. seems like she never shuts up... She'd love to be out there talking to reporters..

[nc4bo]

12. Fuck you Sarah. nt

[mrreowwr_kittty]

13. I know I'll be mightily depressed if the crazy church lady and her grandpa win

Oh...you were talking about a different kind of depression.

[nam78_two]

18. Heh heh

:spray:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. Palin to deliver a major lecture at the Harvard Business School on the subject of macroeconomics

and the effect of hedge funds, derivatives, and Credit Default Swaps on the subprime mortgage industry. I'm really looking forward to her amazing insight.

[shaniqua6392]

17. And it is all the fault of the Republicans in Washington

and the greedy bastards on Wall Street. Why doesn't the media point this out at all? They are the ones to blame and the working class is going to bail them out while we suffer more every day.

[scheming daemons]

19. Teehee.... puts her at odds with most of the rabid right.......

The Palin shine will be gone.

[AndyA]

20. So, I guess Palin is just going to tell the Secretary of the Economy:

"Thanks...but no thanks on a depression..."

You would never use the word "brilliant" to describe her, that's for sure!

P.S., Sarah, Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island would like her hairdo back. :rofl:

[Kind of Blue]

21. stupid woman!!!

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[Hippo_Tron]

22. I dare a reporter to ask her what year the Great Depression started

[Barack_America]

23. This from the woman who thought Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac weren't private companies?

Yeah, I think I'll look elsewhere for economic advice.

[ClarkUSA]

24. McCain/Palin = Herbert Hoover redux

Between this and John "The fundamentals of the economy are strong" McCain, the Republican ticket is striking all the right notes...
for Election Day failure!

[CakeGrrl]

25. Does anyone even believe she really knows what she's saying?

It's so obvious that she's delivering talking points. If you ask her to elaborate on them...nothing. Which is exactly why they shortened the debate format.

Does anyone really believe that if she hadn't been tapped for VP, it would even occur to her to be concered with whether there was "bipartisan action to reform Wall Street"?

There's no "there" there, and she hasn't given a free-form press avail to convince anyone otherwise.

[Ganja Ninja]

26. Maybe we should all buy tanning beds.

It worked for her.

[Yavin4]

27. Like Stephanie Miller Says Repeatedly

Beauty pageant answers.

[AzDar]

28. ANYTHING is possible,Sarah.

She's a real fountain of knowledge isn't she?
:eyes:

[Oak2004]

29. Ooooops, Palin made a boo-boo

It's "Another Great Depression is certain, and we need to invest the 700 billion in a New Deal for ordinary Americans".

Tsk tsk -- I guess her teleprompter must have broken again.

[SuperTrouper]

30. In what respect, Sarita?

[Perky]

31. Nice Choreography