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Turns Out Palin Doesn't Know Who Canada's PM Is
Matt NegrinPosted: Nov 1st 2008 10:49PM
Filed under: US Elections, Politics, Boston University, MediaAbout a week ago, I proposed two questions that journalists should ask Sarah Palin before the election: 1. Who is Canada's prime minister? and 2. Can you find Iraq on a map?
Well, a couple of Canadian comedians took my cue and prank called the Alaska governor, catching her and her staff off guard. The caller, pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy, asked Palin about her relations with "the prime minister of Canada, Steph Carse." Canada's prime minister is Stephen Harper. But Palin didn't pick up on that.
"Well, he's doing fine too, and yeah, when you come into a position underestimated it gives you an opportunity to prove the pundits and the critics wrong," Palin said. "You work that much harder."
Carse, by the way, is a Canadian singer. And Canada, by the way, shares a pretty big border with Alaska.
Realizing they'd been punk'd, Palin's staffers quickly issued a tongue-in-cheek response saying Palin is honored to have reached head-of-state status.
Well, she's 0 for 1. The Canadians are apparently reading Bright Hall -- so how about you Iraqis? Grab a blank map of the Middle East and ask Palin where your home country is.
The crank call was good for a laugh, but also iced the cake of Palin's mishaps in interviews since Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric laid the smack on her with questions ranging from the bailout to the Bush doctrine.
In the call, Palin also revealed that she thinks Quebec is a country worthy of its own prime minister. When the faux Sarkozy asked if Palin had seen "the prime minister of Quebec" on the trail, Palin responded: "I haven't seen him at one of the rallies, but it's been great working with the Canadian officials in my role as governor."
Canadian provinces, or fake states, don't have prime ministers -- just like how Alaska doesn't have a president.
Or so we think.
Well, a couple of Canadian comedians took my cue and prank called the Alaska governor, catching her and her staff off guard. The caller, pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy, asked Palin about her relations with "the prime minister of Canada, Steph Carse." Canada's prime minister is Stephen Harper. But Palin didn't pick up on that.
"Well, he's doing fine too, and yeah, when you come into a position underestimated it gives you an opportunity to prove the pundits and the critics wrong," Palin said. "You work that much harder."
Carse, by the way, is a Canadian singer. And Canada, by the way, shares a pretty big border with Alaska.
Realizing they'd been punk'd, Palin's staffers quickly issued a tongue-in-cheek response saying Palin is honored to have reached head-of-state status.
Well, she's 0 for 1. The Canadians are apparently reading Bright Hall -- so how about you Iraqis? Grab a blank map of the Middle East and ask Palin where your home country is.
The crank call was good for a laugh, but also iced the cake of Palin's mishaps in interviews since Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric laid the smack on her with questions ranging from the bailout to the Bush doctrine.
In the call, Palin also revealed that she thinks Quebec is a country worthy of its own prime minister. When the faux Sarkozy asked if Palin had seen "the prime minister of Quebec" on the trail, Palin responded: "I haven't seen him at one of the rallies, but it's been great working with the Canadian officials in my role as governor."
Canadian provinces, or fake states, don't have prime ministers -- just like how Alaska doesn't have a president.
Or so we think.
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shelia
11:38PM 11:38PM Nov 1st 2008
Only one word to describe Palin. Stupid. There is no way that anyone in their right minds could want this sad excuse for a Governor to be in the white house.
Obama/Biden 08 and 12
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lillyroses
1:56AM 1:56AM Nov 2nd 2008
She's right next door to that "foreign" country. She can actually see this one from her bathroom....I am scared, very scared.
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Mike
2:54AM 2:54AM Nov 2nd 2008
Obama's New Attack on Those Who Don't Want Higher Taxes: ‘Selfishness’
October 31, 2008 10:58 AM
Which would fit with this description of those who want to keep their hard-earned tax dollars as "selfish."
I HOPE ALL YOU OBAMA WORSHIPPERS WILL STILL BE WORSHIPING HIM, IF HE SHOULD PULL OFF A MIRACLE AND WIN, WHEN HE RAISES YOUR TAXES....PREPARE TO BE UNSELFISH!
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tom
4:24AM 4:24AM Nov 2nd 2008
Hey Mike.... my family is already in that next "tax bracket" and we already do pay more in taxes.... and guess what? It's such a small amount that it doesn't make a real difference. And guess what else? We give more than 10% of our money and time to our church as well. Want to know why? Because Jesus would have done and call US to do exactly that. Bet you have that "Christian" label all over yourself and you go sit in a pew a few times a month (or year, or whatever). But you don't hear with your ears. And, frankly, THAT is what disgusts me in this so called "Christian Nation" of ours. Everyone shoots off their mouths that Rev Wright said "God d*mn America" but yet you disgusting low life "republican christians" damn American EVERYDAY.
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Dennis
11:11AM 11:11AM Nov 2nd 2008
Nobody worships Obama Mike, he just looks sooooooo superior to Busn and or McCain.
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Sarah
9:13AM 9:13AM Nov 4th 2008
No one will argue that taxes are too high - Obama has promised to cut out programs that aren't working (of course, Al Gore did that, too). Too much money is going to the wrong things. However, paying taxes is what you do to pay for a civilized society with police protection, mail service, trash pickup, a military ready to defend our country if necessary (as opposed to one that goes and attacks other countries to "spread democracy"). It is patriotic to pay a reasonable amount for taxes. I think Jesus said it best "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." Using that theory, if I give 10% of my gross income to my church, and another 10% to charities (I'll show you my tax returns), then my taxes should be no more than 10% of my income. That would mean drastic cuts, but I think it would be worth it to have more in your pocket.
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Painesright
12:29PM 12:29PM Nov 2nd 2008
On a more important note... "We can't expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism."
Nikita Khrushchev - First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1958 - 1964
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Mike
6:17PM 6:17PM Nov 2nd 2008
BREAKING NEWS PENNSYLVANIA!
Hidden Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry
By P.J. Gladnick (Bio | Archive)
November 2, 2008 - 07:26 ET
(Please read update about the San Francisco Chronicle neglecting to mention Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry at bottom of this blog.)
Imagine if John McCain had whispered somewhere that he was willing to bankrupt a major industry? Would this declaration not immediately be front page news? Well, Barack Obama actually flat out told the San Francisco Chronicle (SF Gate) that he was willing to see the coal industry go bankrupt in a January 17, 2008 interview. The result? Nothing. This audio interview has been hidden from the public...until now. Here is the transcript of Obama's statement about bankrupting the coal industry (emphasis mine):
Let me sort of describe my overall policy.
What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out there.
I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented, whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted down caps that are being placed, imposed every year.
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.
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That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel and other alternative energy approaches.
The only thing I've said with respect to coal, I haven't been some coal booster. What I have said is that for us to take coal off the table as a (sic) ideological matter as opposed to saying if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it.
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can.
It's just that it will bankrupt them.
Amazing that this statement by Obama about bankrupting the coal industry has been kept under wraps until this time.
UPDATE: NewsBusters' Tom Blumer has found out that the San Francisco Chronicle story published on January 18 based upon this January 17 interview did not include any mention of Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry which you can hear on the audio. You can read the story here when you scroll down to the "In His Own Words" section. Way to cover up for The One, SF Chronicle!
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betty
9:33PM 9:33PM Nov 2nd 2008
Is this who the American people want as VP of the United States? Palin should go back to high school for a refresher course.
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nick
10:11AM 10:11AM Nov 3rd 2008
If we put lipstick on SHELIA we would have a Monica waiting for Obama to call her.
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mahalapril
2:12PM 2:12PM Nov 3rd 2008
BIDEN WAS NOT ASKED ANY QUESTION BUT HE SAID THAT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION LIKE OUR FINANCIAL CRISIS NOW PRESIDENT FDR ADDRESSED THE NATION ON TV.IS THERE SOMETHING STRANGE HERE. WELL YOU KNOW THAT BIDEN DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE PRESIDENTS OF THE US ARE IN ANY PARTICULAR TIME.bIDEN DOES NOT KNOW WHEN TV WAS FIRST USED. iSN'T ANY SCARED WITH oBAMA BEING NAIVE. wHAT A COMBINATION. HOW COULD THE DEMOCRATS NOMINATE A VP WHOSE MEMORY AND BRAIN DYSFUNCXTION IS THE LONF EFFECT OF HIS BRAIN ANEURSM SURGERY 20 YEArs ago.
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mahalapril
3:31PM 3:31PM Nov 3rd 2008
Biden said during the depression that President FDR went on TV to talk to the people. He is ignorant because the president was Hoover and TV was not available at that time. Is there any comparison with Palin. Biden has been in the Senate much longer than McCain and he does not know history. It is pathetic to nominate Biden. As chairman of the foreign Affairs Committee he made many errors in his military decision making.Vote for Obama and Biden and you will have a heartbeat and a heartbeat away naive,dangerous,senile, and no clue of improving the economy and will leave the US homeland vulnerable and defenseless. Mark my word.
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Steve Seivers
1:04PM 1:04PM Nov 4th 2008
Ooops wrong. My mother has told me many times about listening to FDR on the radio during the depression. Hoover was in when it started. FDR was President when it ended.
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Carol
8:00PM 8:00PM Nov 3rd 2008
Are you sure Obama knows these answers? He has shown some ignorance on certain subjects, too. I plan to vote for Barack. I just hate intolerance...period.
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