Couric: What previous Vice President impresses you... Palin: Geraldine Ferraro

[ProSense]

Sarah Palin Can't Name Any Vice Presidents

Wow:

COURIC: What previous Vice President impresses you the most and why?

PALIN: Oh my goodness. It would have to be --Vice President--just a candidate, and that would have to have been Geraldine Ferraro, of course. That's an easy one for me because she's--she's the one who first shattered part of that glass ceiling anyway in American politics. So it would be she as a candidate.

COURIC: What about as an actual Vice President if you had to name one?

PALIN: My goodness. I think those who have gone on to the Presidency--George Bush Sr, having --kind of learned the ropes in his position as VP and then moving on up.

(emphasis added)

Speechless!






edited title.

[tblue]

1. Tell me this is a joke. Or the script for an upcoming SNL.

[Eric J in MN]

2. She named "George Bush Sr" NT

NT

[ProSense]

4. Yeah, "he learned the ropes" just like Palin will do.

She's an idiot.

[ErinBerin84]

3. so, she only likes George Bush SR bc he used VP as stepping stone to presidency?

Frightening! And I'm sure conservatives just love that Geraldine Ferraro shout out.

[ProSense]

5. She offered Ferraro, who wasn't a VP, then

suddenly remember Bush's father.

She's dangerously clueless.

[bullwinkle428]

6. I guess she has just enough brain cells to know not to name Cheney!

Even though she so clearly craves his level of power...

[Retrograde]

11. Well, you wouldn't expect her to name John Nance Gardner

who said the office wasn't worth a bucket of warm piss.

I kinda like Aaron Burr myself for her role model - unlike Cheney, he killed his target! And after being acquitted of murder got himself tried for treason - and acquitted again! They don't make VPs like they used to.

Seriously, VPs I admire include Adams, Jefferson, the other Adams, Roosevelt, Truman, Johnson and Gore.

[washingdem]

7. To be fair, she named Bush Sr. He was VP. So the title isn't accurate.

[ProSense]

8. Yes, Palin's response is moronic enough. n/t

[washingdem]

9. Someone should ask her if she can name the first three presidents.

[dflprincess]

10. At least she didn't list

John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman and/or Lyndon Johnson.

All of whom "learned the ropes and moved up" when the president died in office.

[ecstatic]

12. The gift that keeps giving. Hopefully there are 30+ more clips out there

one for each day up to Nov 4. LOL