Sarah Palin is complaining that Caroline Kennedy is getting a free pass from the media, and earlier Greta Van Susteren ridiculously accused CNN for insulting Palin. However, Palin is no Caroline Kennedy and Palin’s problems are due to her own behavior and blunders, so there was no blogger or media malpractice. Furthermore, Greta Van Susteren is conveniently ignoring the facts. Palin is on record, and the record will forever haunt her attempts at the presidency.

Below  are some quotes from Sarah Palin and new clippings about Sarah Palin that reveal a lot about Sarah Palin. Certainly, some of these quotes would be resurrected if she ever ran for President of the United States:

Palin on Tina Fey and Katie Couric:

The politico admitted that while she knew after her first session with Couric that the interview “didn’t go well,” she was forced by those “in that upper echelon of power brokering in the media…to go back for more.” She said she was quite aware that the move “was not a wise decision.”

Palin went on to say that she never watched the interview as it was broadcast—or, as she puts it, as CBS “spliced it together”—but she did seem to finally have an answer, sort of, for why she chose not to disclose her reading list.
“Because, Katie, you’re not the center of everybody’s universe.”

As for Fey, Palin was shown a clip of the in-character comic saying on Saturday Night Live that marriage was meant to be “a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers.”

Palin responded by saying that “the mama grizzly rises up in me” when such comments are made about her daughter Bristol.

“I did see that Tina Fey was named entertainer of the year and Katie Couric’s ratings have risen…That’s a little bit perplexing, but it also says a great deal about our society.”

—E! Online

Palin most recently accused the media of giving a free pass to Caroline Kennedy. However, Kennedy isn’t making the same mistakes as Palin did, and Kennedy doesn’t look or sound inexperienced or ignorant of the issues. Furthermore, to my knowledge, Kennedy has not been involved in any ethics scandal. As a result, there is no comparison.

“I’ve been interested to see how Caroline Kennedy will be handled and if she will be handled with kid gloves or if she will be under such a microscope,” Ms. Palin told a filmmaker in an interview posted on YouTube on Wednesday evening, according…

—New York Times

Palin’s blogger problem: Sarah Palin attacks bloggers, because bloggers have more latitude to ask controversial questions and make controversial claims when facts and evidence are lacking, which the mainstream media typically avoids. Blogging is a strong grassroots and democratic movement, and good bloggers are needed, since wealthy individuals and institutions are snapping up more media outlets.

Sarah Palin could have quashed rumors, such as whether she was the mother of Trig Palin if she would have released evidence. However, despite saying she would release evidence, she never did. As a result, she threw more fuel on the fire. Furthermore, given the hullabaloo regarding much of her personal life and claims that she wasn’t vetted properly, bloggers were asking legitimate questions.

Literally, Palin’s behavior and past kept new controversy in the media every week. There was no blogger or media malpractice, because Sarah Palin’s negative coverage was her own fault. How can you give the same coverage to both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, when Palin looked and sounded incompetent, too inexperienced, and narrow minded. As a result, Sarah Palin was John McCain’s downfall. McCain should have picked Mitt Romney.

“When did we start accepting as hard news sources bloggers, anonymous bloggers especially. It’s a sad state of affairs in the world of the media today, mainstream media especially; if they are going to rely on anonymous bloggers for their hard news information. Very scary. What is the double standard here? Why people would choose to believe lies, and reporters especially, not just taking one extra step to get to the facts and report the facts but instead continue to spread things that are not true. So I have the same question perhaps you do and others who would participate in this documentary. Is it political or sexism? What is it that drives someone to believe the worst and perpetuate the worst in terms of gossip and lies?”

—Sarah Palin via the Michigan Messenger

Palin on Russia and her foreign policy experience:

“They’re our next door neighbours, and you can see Russia from land here,” Ms Palin said.

—The Australian

Palin insulted community organizers:

“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer — except that you have actual responsibilities,” said Palin, once the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.

—USA Today

Sarah Palin dangerously and falsely accused Obama of “palling” around with terrorists in order to appeal to her supporters or the red meat conservatives. Basically, although she claims to be a Christian, she was not being truthful about Obama’s true character, and she manipulated the situation for her advantage and gain. Basically, she bore false witness by accusing Obama of something that any reasonable person could see was untrue, and she certainly broke one of the Ten Commandments.

Down in the polls, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin told donors in Colorado that Obama “is someone who sees America it seems as being so imperfect, imperfect enough that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”

—FOXNews

Sarah Palin falsely accused Obama of being a socialist:

“Now is not the time to experiment with socialism,” Palin said. “Our opponent’s plan is just for bigger government.”

—FOXNews

In reality, America has done much good in the world, but we have caused bad things to happen through bad policies as well. The Bush Administration is a prime example. The United States is a very powerful country, and the U.S. has a great influence over the rest of the world. The U.S. can either be a template for good or bad, so we are not immune to wrongdoing. George W. Bush was made responsible of something bigger than his narrow worldview. Therefore, his influence on the world, through his Administration’s policies, has been dreadful. Likewise, Sarah Palin’s narrow worldview would be just as destructive to this country and the rest of the world.

“We see America as the greatest force for good in this world,” Palin said at a fund-raising event in Colorado, adding, “Our opponent though, is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he’s palling around with terrorists…

—CNN International

Palin had previously said she was “very disappointed” over the Exxon v. Baker decision, but she could not recall another Supreme Court decision that she disagreed with in an interview. The gotcha media or gotcha journalism is so inconvenient. Furthermore, Palin couldn’t name any magazines she enjoys reading.

Republican veep nominee Sarah Palin, when asked to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with besides Roe vs. Wade: “Well, let’s see. There’s, of course in the great history of America, there have been rulings, that’s never going to be…

—New York Daily News

Here is Palin on the Exxon v. Baker Supreme Court decision:

“I am extremely disappointed with today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court,” Palin said. “While the decision brings some degree of closure to Alaskans suffering from 19 years of litigation and delay, the Court gutted the jury’s decision on punitive damages.”

—Juneau Empire

Here is an attempt to blame the media for her woes.

“It’s kind of painful to be criticized for something when all the facts are not out there and are not reported,” Palin said. “That whole thing is just, bad!”

—International Herald Tribune

I find it interesting how Republicans have used the doom-and-gloom phrase against the environmental movement. However, the results of environmental degradation are doom-and-gloom. That’s the reality of the situation.

In an interview with a Fairbanks newspaper within the last year, Palin said: “I’m not an Al Gore, doom-and-gloom environmentalist blaming the changes in our climate on human activity.”

—guardian.co.uk

Palin’s passport problem: One of the best things a parent can do for their child is to give them a passport, backpack, and the opportunity to travel and know the world. Furthermore, it seems that Palin hasn’t held a passport until very recently, since “in July 2007, she had to get a passport before she visited members of the Alaska National Guard stationed in Kuwait.”

“I’m not one of those who maybe came from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduate college and their parents give them a passport and give them a backpack and say go off and travel the world,” she recently told Katie Couric.

—New Republic

She lied about her support of the Bridge to Nowhere.

“We killed the Bridge to Nowhere,” Palin said flatly, despite evidence she had supported the project in its early stages.

—guardian.co.uk

Some people do bitterly and ignorantly cling to their guns and a religion they manipulate to impose their own narrow worldview.

“I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t…

—ABC News

Sarah Palin on endangered species:

“I am especially concerned that an unnecessary federal listing and designation of critical habitat would do serious long-term damage to the vibrant economy of the Cook Inlet area,” said Palin in a statement last year.

—Grist Magazine

“I strongly believe that adding them to the list is the wrong move at this time,” Palin wrote in Saturday’s New York Times. “My decision is based on a comprehensive review by state wildlife officials of scientific information from a broad…

—Reuters

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