McCain Aides Reveal Palin Clueless About Civics, Thought Africa Was A Country, Didn’t Know NAFTA Countries, Threw Tantrums, Shopaholic
McCain aides are letting it all out. Campaign insiders told Fox News:
- Sarah Palin didn’t know basic civics, such as municipal, state, and federal government responsibilities.
- She didn’t know the nations involved in NAFTA (i.e. U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico).
- She thought Africa was a country instead of a continent.
- She threw tantrums.
- She was a shopaholic.
That woman is an idiot, she perhaps might even have a thought that Africans are monkeys, well I dont blame her.
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susan s Reply:
November 6th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I come away from these revelations so grateful that the majority of Americans were able to perceive her ineptness and lack of depth. People with what I call highly evolved emotional and intellectual radar were right on the mark about Palin from the onset of her selection. We wont be fooled again..Susan
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Isabelle Reply:
November 6th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Jeff,
Can you clarify your statement, “she perhaps might even have a thought that Africans are monkeys, well I dont blame her.”
Why don’t you “blame” her?
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Isabelle Reply:
November 7th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Jeff,
Your snide & racist remark is shameful and unfortunate. According to scientific evidence, your ancestors most likely came from Africa.
‘Out Of Africa’ Theory Boost: Skull Dating Suggests Modern Humans Evolved In Africa
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070112104129.htm
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Jasmine in Germany Reply:
November 8th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
All human ancestors have come from Africa. I guess I missed something.
warren Reply:
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 am
this is very hateful ,I am black and I feel this is a racist remark..
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cj Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Racist? Just WHAT is racist about any of that? I’m so sick and tired of the left claiming RACIST anytime anyone says anything they dont’ like.
Please google for the HISTORY of Policitcal Correctness and watch the entire documentary. Then I would encourage you and everyone ELSE out there to think TWICE before chucking out the racist card and crying “It’s NOT P.C.” …
Nik Reply:
November 7th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I see Jeff couldn’t resist taking a jab at African Americans huh? Kind of sad, because I’ve honestly enjoyed his commentary up until this point. It must have been a sad Nov 4 when you realized one of those “monkeys” was now your President for the next 4 years.
It’s stuff like this that makes me not give 1 crap about sad and tragic events that happen to people and/or their children. As soon as something happens, the first thing people do is whine and cry about what a great person he or she was/is. I wonder if that person peers/family know about the hate a bigotry people spew out over the Internet for no good reason.
Jeff I say this with every breath in my body. Go to h*ll!
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cj Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:31 am
You’re somthing else there Nick. Jeff merely asked a question.
Typical liberal fanfare cry “foul” and “racist” then attack the individual instead actually listening and reading.
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Dan Reply:
November 8th, 2008 at 1:28 am
I don’t think he meant it that way.
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Nik Reply:
November 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Dan, please don’t defend him. It’s very clear what he ment. How more clearer does he need to make it for you to know what he ment by why Palin would call Africans monkey?
He offered no supporting statements for clarification, because he ment exactly what he said.
Dan please don’t make me regret donating to your blog.
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cj Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:31 am
of for the sate of peak Nik. Get OFF your high horse and come back to reality.
lee Reply:
November 10th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Jeff grow up, deal with it and go educate yourself.
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dave Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 8:11 am
So why exactly does this website feel it needs to clarify who the participants of NAFTA are, when they accuse Sarah Palin of not knowing who they are? Surely, every Palin-hater out there knows who participates in NAFTA, so why bother reminding them of who the participants are while simultaneously bashing Palin? see: (i.e. Canada, US, Mexico)
News flash: The vast majority of Obama voters don’t know what NAFTA is either!
Friggin idiots.
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jeff
6 Nov 08 at 7:49 am
I usually am nice to/about people even if I disagree with them, but Sarah Palin as a U. S. public servant is underqualified, ignorant, know-it-all who knows too little, sexist (she uses sexuality as a weapon), bratty, shallow, uncultivated, uncultured twit. I can’t imagine Cindy McCain calling her “my friend”. Sorry for losing my diplomacy; to me Palin just supports the prejudices and jokes that the rest of the civilzed world makes about the USA. She should forget about her fantasies and read some books.
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Gary W Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Jasmine, you’re the only one here who even skirts the real issue, which is NOT Sarah Palin. It is the fact that McCan would pick her with so little research, and the Republican party bigwigs would support her so solidly despite her obvious drawbacks. The more she was exposed, the more they defended her. It was power-drunk madness at its worst.
The issue now is the Republcans’ integrity. They weren’t content with putting an idiot (Quayle) next to the nuclear trigger; they had to go out and find a lunatic! Americans MUST banish them to oblivion.
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cj Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:34 am
You can bet your bottom dollar the McCain camp pick her for reasons they won’t ever tell and I’ve hardly ever read or heard anywhere.
Please read about her achievements in Alaska especially her actions around the “Corrupt Bastard’s Club.”
Did you know that she USED to be the “darling of the liberal left?”
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Jasmine in Germany
6 Nov 08 at 8:18 pm
The sad thing is the way she wore her ignorance of world and current affairs like a badge of honour.
It was rather amazing to listen to the republican talking heads speak of her in glowing terms as if she was bringing anything of substance to the table. How on earth does one hold a straight face when speaking of Sarah Palin and being qualified and experienced in the same breath.
She is a half idiot and the whole world could see it right from the beginning. I hope she is banished to that little Alaskan island that you can see Russia from, with the specific task of warning us when Putin “rasies his little head in our airspace”.
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Jasmine in Germany Reply:
November 8th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Your first sentence says it all. And you know what John, Palin still doesn’t get it.
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cj Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Are you CERTAIN that that’s the truth? All you know is what you’ve read and heard from the Media. When was the last time to Media reported something WITHOUT an agenda? I’m put near 50 now I think the last time I read objective, fact reporting stories without an agenda was back in the 1960’s and I read everything I can get my hands on as well as listen to ALL media outlets I can as often as I can. Yes, I listen to Air America, Rush (although I’m very tired of his diatribes), Jay Marvin, Jason, Sean and many, many more.
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John
6 Nov 08 at 10:03 pm
Well, the sniping is certainly interesting to watch. The examples may be exaggerated somewhat, but it is obvious to all who have viewed the Gibson and Couric interviews, and who have decried the absolute prohibition of press conferences or open questions to the Governor, that there was some concern about her ability to perform. If not, why didn’t they trot her out early on to dispel all of this? They did not because of their fear that the mask would slip and all would be exposed.
Still, it is fascinating to hear the bloggers on the right dismiss Obama’s “cult of personality” while enjoying and promoting the very same for Governor Palin. In her case, however, there is little or no substance behind the celebrity!
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john Reply:
November 11th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Yea right, #1 you guys jump to conclusions to fast and yes this allegation has been proven false.
#2 How about obama’s first press conference…ummmmm duhhhh, ummmm duhhhhh….ok how many have you taken speech class? The one thing you learn is not to limit ummmm duhhh….see what happens when he isn’t on script he is an idiot……oh hey lets talk about what little doggy you’ll have in the white house…..that is sooooo important to the U.S. right now….give me a break!
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Mike P Reply:
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
It is pretty clear that we have here a man who will consider his responses, then actually RESPOND, rather than the standard non-answers we have had for the past 8 years.
I mean, when Ms. Bush could not even honestly answer a question like, “What mistakes have you made?”
I think Mr. Obama’s choices thus far are speaking for themselves. He is a LEADER.
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dena Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 5:12 pm
ummmm duhhhhh I took speach and debate with speach class! Obama has his speaches written for him just like McCain and Palin, so get a life and learn how to look up information before you accuse someone of being an idiot. It seems to me that you might be the idiot if you can’t understand that facts. Oh anohter thing is that the press makes it a big issue about the dog not the president. Remember they all had animals and it was all a big deal in the press. George W bush had a big old Donkey to represent himself (a big ASS). Go back to school and POLI SCI and learn a thing or two before opening your mouth about somthing you know nothing about.
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Georgia Cracker
7 Nov 08 at 4:59 am
(As everyone posting to this site knows, I am no fan of Sarah Palin, so the comments that follow are not meant to defend her or justify her actions during the campaign.)
The level of hypocrisy demonstrated by members of McCain’s campaign is truly beyond comprehension. In the view of these brilliant campaign strategists, they did nothing wrong; the fault is all Palin’s. (At least McCain was realistic enough to accept responsibility for his own defeat.) I have only one question for these twits:
WHO DO THEY THINK PICKED HER TO BE THE REPUBLICAN VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE???
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Rich
7 Nov 08 at 8:45 am
The bottom line is McCain ran a dirty low down, lying, mind game playing campaign. He thought He could make it to the white house with smoke and mirrors and He underestimated the American People’s intellegence to see through His B.S. I have absolutely no sympathy for McCain and He manipulating ways…It caught up with Him and I am forever grateful. He is not worthy of the Presidency.
As far as Palin is concerned she was waaaay out of Her depth and I blame her for excepting a position she knew she was NOT qualified to hold. She allowed her ambition to get ahead of her knowledge and as a result she made a fool of herself in front of the entire world. She allowed them to use her as an attack dog but what she did not anticipate was the fact that when you attack someone people are going to hold you to the same standards that you expect from the one you attacked. I hope and pray I never hear from McCain and Palin again as long as I live.
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cj Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Where are the facts to back up your statements Marcus?
While we’re on dirty, low down, lying mind game playing campaign tactics, how about Obama’s Campaign and HIS “achievements”? What has HE done that qualified HIM for the job? I’m still waiting to see the Birth Certificate he’s spent nearly 2 million dollars hiding from the world and BEFORE you cry “BIRTHER”, if that’s ALL you got, you got nothing!
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Marcus
7 Nov 08 at 4:57 pm
Ignore People like little Jeff because people like him are afflicted with a disease of choice: HATE. Jeff is frightened and afraid because without bigotry to hide behind he is terrified that He is going to be exposed as the weak little person that cannot compete in a world that is not like him. Jeff the world has moved on and left you behind…My dear boy try and keep up!
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LISA
7 Nov 08 at 5:12 pm
Спасибо за текст! Очень понравилось
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RonaldLI
8 Nov 08 at 4:31 am
Мы можем видеть Сара дом из нашего окна! Очень пугают!
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Georgia Cracker
8 Nov 08 at 4:57 am
Here’s a local story about a “Jeff” who couldn’t keep his racist mouth shut, outraged the American flag (and an entire city) and lost his job of more than 20 years. As a result, this venerable business (Established 1919) will likely go under this year.
ORIGINAL STORY
http://www.record-eagle.com/archivesearch/local_story_311095335.html
FOLLOW-UP
http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_313093510.html
We all believe in free speech, but also believe that you should be held accountable for what you say.
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Nik Reply:
November 9th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Wow Wendy! Great article. Although it appeared the Hampels were in full support until they realized how much hell the community began raising.
I also don’t believe for a second that the Hampels didn’t support the employee views. No way would a employee just take it upon himself to do all that he did without knowing his peers agreed. It just doesn’t make sense.
I’m sure after it all dies down, probably 6 months or so, that employee will be rehired.
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Gary W Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Here’s the funny part. If Sarah Palin had said the inverted flag was the real one, the Fix News crowd would have rallied to her cause!
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Wendy
8 Nov 08 at 9:58 am
Does anybody know that if these McCain aides names have been released yet? Last I knew they were all un-named and anonymous.
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AMY
14 Nov 08 at 2:10 pm
You people dodged a bullet over there, we all did. If you think that the world is going to hell at the moment, it would have been a done deal if Sarah Palin had gotten into the white house. The world desperately needs people now who will at least attempt to address and seek solutions to our many, and very real problems. John McCain and Sarah Palin were only interested in themselves, not you or me, or the world in which we live. You cannot find solutions to problems that you don’t understand, and they had neither the desire nor the ability to seek that.
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Rand from Australia
8 Apr 09 at 5:28 am
IGNORE HER !!!!!!
The Vanity Fair article is STUPID because it resurrects the Republican party’s darkest hour and publicizes a dead politician. What for ???
Let the Palin Pain-in-the-brain die a natural death.
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Gary W
2 Jul 09 at 4:57 pm
I hope the owner of this site keeps updating it. I used to think SP was just a clueless hick, but now that she quit her job after 2.5 years, it’s clear that responsibility for a comittment is less important that self-interest. It’s not that she left, but the lame-assed reason she gave for doing so. To me, she said “After the excitment of running for VP, I just can’t find the motivation to do my job. I’m going to quit and starting getting ready to do it again in 2012″. The state of Alaska is well to be rid of her, IMO. Now, if we can just make sure she is ON the ticket in 2012 to insure Obama’s re-election…!!!
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Wally
28 Jul 09 at 11:00 am
I had a hard time figuring out just who was responding to this until the very last entry. I didn’t believe people could hate so harshly with rational thought but this proves me wrong!!! It certainly is ignorance, but who’, when you reply” I’m going to quit and starting getting ready to do it again in 2012″.
I hope everyone will contribute their fair share of the NEW
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Tom
19 Nov 09 at 7:01 am
Just passing through looking at all the “road kill” . Interesting comments from people in countries that gave us such great leaders as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolin. Ho Chi Minh woould love you guys. Just keep spouting the party line. In europe and other parts of the world keep your butts out of America.
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jim s
21 Nov 09 at 9:39 am
These replies are quite interesting and, like most of you, I wish that Sarah Palin would just go away; her incompetence was very obvious (and embarrassing)from the beginning of the last campaign.
However, neither McCain, his wife and staff, nor the Replican Party should bear all of the “blame” for such a fiasco. Americans are generally “celebrity” focused and terribly uninformed about history, civics, geography, other nations and their cultures–and the spelling of their own language!!
Learn to spell and respect your own language.
Nadine
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Nadine
21 Nov 09 at 1:42 pm
Tell me i’m stupid now and know nothing about Mrs. Palin who usd her down syndrome child for votes and sympothy. she may have a degree and she may have been a gongress woman, but you need to look at the facts and the people of ALASKA who voted for her. They aren’t exactly the most educated people in the u.s. Oh, by the way, how about her saying she can see Russia from where she lives in Alaska! Some people put on a good act and it’s guys who see a pretty girl who believe her. Anyone can get through college a BA it doesn’t make up for common sense.
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dena
21 Nov 09 at 5:05 pm
I have supported the Republican party for 30 years. I voted for a Democrat for the first time in the last presidential election. There are many ideals that I still support however I see right wing Republicans going down a road that I believe could tear this country apart. I felt that none of the individuals running in the primary on the Republican ticket as qualified. McCain won the nomination and may have had a shot at the presidency until Palin was selected as his running mate. It was at that point that I actively begin campaigning for Obama. To think that Sarah Palin could have been a heartbeat away from being out comander and chief was terrifying.
What surprises and saddens me is that there seems to be an exterme right wing faction of the Republican party that is not only disrespectful of the president of our country, they are determined spread foundless propaganda about him. Seriously people, start focusing on the issues. You are doing your party more harm than good. How many other dissenfranchised Republicans are there out there?
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Susan
21 Nov 09 at 6:39 pm
Not one single thing these few “aids” have said has been confirmed by John McCain. (or anyone else on his staff) Ask yourself why?? It is a few peoples word against anothers. You don’t think it’s possible that the aids might be lying?? People believe it because they want to. There is no court of law that would convict someone based on the words of a few people. No one, but no one should be attacked based on a few people’s words. I am sure if it was one of your loved one’s and someone put out a bunch of trash and basically gossip, how would you defend that?? You couldn’t.
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Laurie
11 Dec 09 at 9:39 pm
If this is the best the Republican party can muster for the next presidential election cycle it should make the choice pretty easy. This woman is a liability to her party. Somehow a woman standing in front of the world telling an interviewer when she can’t answer basic questions “We’ll get back witcha on that one” does not inspire confidence.
Having said that. what was I thinking? We elected someone of similar intellect as president when we elected George W. Bush. So I guess anything is possible. Oh wait….was he really elected? I forget it was so confusing. A hanging chad here, a hanging chad there. Appointment by the supreme court……hmmmm now that is a new one.
It makes you wonder why it is that this is the best our country can muster to represent us in the world. Pretty sad really.
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Russ
12 Dec 09 at 2:11 pm
there was not one bit of truth in replys about palin. i can,t belive people write stuff like that without the facts. did they take the time to read her book. no. what happens when congress runs into so much debt we can,t get out. who were the aides that said all this. no one knows. news is not reported anymore just agendas and opinions. wake up america. people like wright, ayres, jones,etc should leave this country if it,s so bad. they are part of the problem not the solution.
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dick m.
12 Dec 09 at 6:37 pm
Poor, poor, Sarah! With the only the media juggernaut of Rupert Murdoch to support her, and the millions from her book, what will she do know? Maintain her ‘legit’ face to the public appearing on Conan O’Brien, and is SNL reappearence far behind? This politician is not qualified, period. McCain selected her to appease the far conservative wing of the Republican party of the Huckabee’s. She has never shown an interest in the people of her state, and has constantly said/done things to placate the industry that best supports her agenda (thanks, but no thanks to the bridge, Exxon Valdez civil court rewards to those damaged/wildlife destroyed, ANWR, whatever big business says to support she will eventually). I am waiting for her to call Iran a THREAT to all peace loving nations (which we are not one of, with two wars going on, a third (Korea in a stalemate since 1952) waiting)while quoting Revalations in her sleep. She is a demiguoge (sic) of the worst type–the one that won’t fade away. If she was physically repulsive, she would have no creditibility with Fox and company, but she makes a nice soundbite.
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Russ Schmidt
17 Dec 09 at 10:25 am