"Joe, your wife deserves a place in heaven"

[murdoch]

What the hell did she say exactly?

Edited...Ah, she was talking about his current wife, I thought she may have been talking about his dead wife.

[YDogg]

1. i missed that

[grannylib]

2. I think she was talking about Jill, his current wife, and how she

deserves a place in heaven for being a teacher.

[MorningGlow]

3. She said "her reward's in heaven"

referring to Jill being a teacher. Condescending backhanded compliment if you ask me.

[vanderBeth]

6. That's what I thought.

[gmoney]

7. "Teaching is not rewarding" says Palin

she's right that the pay stinks though...

[MorningGlow]

11. I was a teacher

Granted, it was for one whole year, but still. Yep, pay stinks and the shit teachers put up with on a daily basis from kids, parents, and school administration officials should earn them spots right beside St. Peter himself.

But I still thought she sounded condescending. ;)

[flowomo]

she said that Biden's present wife would....

"get her reward in heaven" for her good work as a teacher. It was meant as a compliment.

[CTyankee]

12. cuz teachers belong to a union and unions are bad...

of course,Jill is a college professor so that doesn't work...

[Cha]

17. Not if Obama Biden are our elected leaders..Teachers

will be rewarded right then. It's in all of Obama's speeches.

[Left Is Write]

4. If she said that about his first wife, I missed it.

I would have thrown something through the TV screen.

I did hear her say that Jill's reward (for being a teacher) will be in heaven, and I did not react well to her talking about Jill at all. That woman isn't fit to lick Jill Biden's shoes.

[graywarrior]

5. Creepy

[Alcibiades]

Her reward is in heaven

b/c as a teacher she makes no cash here on earth.

It's fundie-speak.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. You got that right...

That was my response exactly...except mine included a stream of expletives that my eighth grade English teacher would have found distressing.

[RollWithIt]

8. I could be wrong, but I heard no such thing....

Lets not make things up if it's not true please.

[WinkyDink]

9. THIS IS IT: Palin referred to JILL'S being a teacher THIRTY YEARS, and, AS SUCH,

in an UNDER-APPRECIATED job, will "get her reward in Heaven."

IT'S A CLICHE', and though Palin was insensitive, she was not wittingly so.

[dbmk]

15. And Joe could have flipped that into talk abouot funding them better

But they moved to the next question right after, if I recall correctly.

[WinkyDink]

19. I think the point of the saying is not about salary, but about just dealing with KIDS that long.

I'm a fellow 30-yrs-English-teacher.

[Connie_Corleone]

10. That's not what she said.

She was using one of McCain's lame jokes about teachers. She praised Biden's wife being a teacher and that "her reward would be in Heaven."

Still an awful joke since his first wife is dead.

[anneboleyn]

13. She said that Joe's current wife had a reward in heaven because teachers are not appreciated

She was not talking about Joe's first wife.

[Bubbha Jo]

14. She said his current wife's reward would be in heaven I think...

I wish he'd answered it with saying good home, good job, etc was heaven here.

[Phoonzang]

16. I was told that it was a common expression. I've never heard it before

but then again, I'm from Texas not Alaska.

[WinkyDink]

20. It's common among us teachers. :)

[Phoonzang]

21. LOL

[minnesota_liberal]

18. I must've had her on MUTE for that one

Palin's voice is even worse than Dubyah's.