A Supreme Question

What I believe is that her head is spinning because of all of the advice and handling going on, that she’s deathly afraid of saying something that will be perceived as a mistake. And the end result is that she says nothing, which makes her look uninformed. Let Sarah be Sarah, and let the voters decide.

Amanda
That would backfire considering Biden teaches law.

She’s getting hammered pretty good. Even so, the Republicans are in an enviable position. There is no real difference between McCain and Obama. Given the degree of Bush fatigue, they had no real expectation of winning. If McCain does win, it’s unexpected. If he loses, Hillary Clinton will have to wait until 2016 for another chance at the nomination.

This is insane. There have been so many controversial cases in the last decade… here, I’ll name just the ones that come to mind, that I disagree with:
- Bush v Gore
- the case upholding the Indiana voter ID law
- the case striking down the DC gun law
- the eminent domain case
I don’t know the names of most of the cases but I could talk about them. And I’m just a regular guy, not running for vice president or anything.
And if she was really stuck she could have always mentioned Plessy v Ferguson… every grade-schooler knows it.

she is maybe sandbaging she is not dumb the AL crowd is powerful and wield a big hammer and she won the election’s up there.

Well, she described herself as a Joe-Sixpack politician. I think she is best managing some trailer parks but as VP, no way…
Don’t forget McCain is over 72 having health problems…

Jake,
You seem to be very thoughtful and well informed in the background information you personally cite. But answer truthfully and quickly, do you know all those facts, figures, faces and dates off the top of your head, or do you first Google or consult Wikipedia on some? Just an impression, but you seem like a Wikipedia kind of guy.
Dean

Yuck…just yuck.

Just stop showing the interviews, this woman has no idea about the real world.
It is sad to see woman being used to get votes and the other side is that their party base think that she should be 2nd in command to the highest office in the land.

After these “answers” all doubts are gone.
Palin is the supreme bimbo.
And therefore, McCain is the supreme reckless fool.
His retirement is to be strongly recommended.
So is her return to high school.

She is best off not naming any case. The liberal Media will just twist anything she says it to fit their own agenda anyway.

In the transcript Palin’s silence and bewilderment after Couric’s “What other…” question is missing.
So is her stare of a chicken looking at thunder.
So is her total and frightening lack of reflection, of the activity we call thinking.
So is her supreme stupidity, which is unaware of itself.
We don’t need to see Palin faking it in a debate. We’ve seen enough. I feel sick after watching this clip.

I would disagree that the ‘right to privacy’ is the underpinning of Roe v. Wade. Note that the Supreme Court used the point of ‘viability’ as the measure to be used – not an inherent right of the woman.
So, here’s the crazy thing. Some of the science that the right abhors could one day be the undoing of legalized abortion. If the point of ‘viability’ could be made to be from the time of conception, the current underpinnings of legalized abortion starts to wobble.
As an aside, I am so tired of our country being held hostage to the issues of the 60′s and 70′s. As much as I respect those who care about the unborn, I wish they would care half as much about the born.

She is best off not naming any case. The liberal Media will just twist anything she says it to fit their own agenda anyway.
Posted by: Uncle Moe
We remain unconvinced that she could name any. Her disregard for the media tell me that if she could name one, she would. After all, they claim not to care what the media thinks and her answer about what newspapers she reads was just as empty! Face it, she’s a moron!

Call me crazy but I thought “choice” meant CHOICE! Since when has abortion been a part of the constitution? It isn’t therfor, it IS a state issue and belongs in the state period. People would then have a right to decide to live in a state if they so choose to support it and taxpayers who oppose it would NOT be required to fund abortion or infanticide (otherwise known as partial birth abortion where the baby is prematurely induced into labor, the baby’s head is smashed open with scissors and the brains sucked out!”) Obama had a chance to vote against this specific practice that even fellow Democrats voted against… He chose to vote FOR it. I don’t think that Palin’s opinion on this matter is unreasonable, but what would I know since my family member just happens to be an OB/GYN. (FYI: Even she states that this procedure is never necessary, ask your OB/GYN, they’ll TELL you!) “Choice”, means that a woman has the ability to choose to have the baby as well as terminate it. As Ms. Palins personal choice to have her child with Dow Syndrome clearly shows. WHY does this offend people? It’s a matter that belongs to the state and the individual NOT politicans from Washington DC who’s only worry is what’s popular instead of what is right. “A democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on what’s for dinner” In a Republic which we used to be you had ALL views protected, NOT just what was popular or the will coming from “the tyranny of the majority.” But you’d rather force others to live by mob rule. So be it. But it doesn’t make you a better person, don’t kid yourself, and don’t try to slander others who have a right to their views, even IF they serve in public life.

The woman is a donkey! The Federalists opposed the Bill of rights and states rights (Jeffersonian democrats and anti-Federalists. The favored a strong central government, protection of property, and very limited representation of stupid people such as Sarah Palin.

Palin: I do. And I believe that individual states can best handle what the people within the different constituencies in the 50 states would like to see their will ushered in an issue like that.
So this is it? Imposing one’s will on anyone who might disagree with such a private decision as abortion? The rights of minorities should not matter should not be protected? The matter of abortion is a matter of conscience for the woman and not for any state nor the federal government to decide. If Ms. Palin wants to claim to be “pro-life” then given her record on the environment, warfare, guns and capital punishment then I say she is being rather mendacious in her claims to being “pro-life”.

“What Palin has yet to master in an interview is the non-answer answer.”
Well, if one thing Palin excels in is giving non-answers. She can handle only the softball questions those from Hannity.
And since when is asking about naming the newspapers she claimed to read a liberal trap….

Palin is a literalist. LOL She thinks “privacy” in the federal constitutional sense means “privacy” and, so, she answers “yes.”
She does not have a clue. Every day she shows more and more that she is in way over her head. What a nightmare!!

It just goes to show you, that she does not understand the questions being asked of her…
Wonder how the far right conservatives are handling this one?
No matter how she does in her VP debate, I think we already have our answer about her ability to be VP…. she has none.
McCain should have vetted her before picking her, because now, he is stuck with her.. there is no way he can get rid of her to save his campaign.
Just proves that she is clueless… I mean come on… 2 months ago she had no clue what a VP did…. and then she goes and accepts the nomination?
Get real … if she really was intelligent.. she would have stayed in alaska.
But then she would have not gotten protection from inquiries about trooper gate.
Lets just hope the Unstable/Unable does not get near the oval office.

“On the Bailout”
Ultimately,
What the bailout does
Is help those who are concerned
About the health care reform
That is needed
To help shore up our economy,
Helping the—
It’s got to be all about job creation, too.
Shoring up our economy
And putting it back on the right track.
So health care reform
And reducing taxes
And reining in spending
Has got to accompany tax reductions
And tax relief for Americans.
And trade.
We’ve got to see trade
As opportunity
Not as a competitive, scary thing.
But one in five jobs
Being created in the trade sector today,
We’ve got to look at that
As more opportunity.
All those things.
(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)
More Palin Poetics on Slate

Sarah Palin is precisely what the late, not-so-great Sen. Roman Hruska championed for over 30 years ago: A mediocre representative for mediocre people everywhere. She’s the political equivalent of a hood ornament—looks impressive, but serves no useful purpose.

who cares about abortion? it took her this long to let us see she’s a millionaire!
no wonder she wanted a right to her financial privacy. moose killer be RICH!

Everything above being mayor of Bikini Bottom is pure silliness for this woman.

Even though she quoted Roe v. Wade, it is clear that she has no idea of the basis of that ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that states have no right to regulate abortion in the first trimester, based solely on the fourteenth Ammendment’s due process clause (the 14th Ammendment has been interpreted by the Supreme Court in many rulings to include the right to Privacy). Therefore, in Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court permitted first-trimester aboritions on the basis of right to privacy.
Now, this idiot Palin states in the interview that “Yeah, I do” support the right to privacy (the sole basis of the Court’s opinion), yet she “disagrees” with the Court’s opinion?
It’s kind of like saying “Well of course I support lowering taxes, because we’ve got to lower the deficit”.
The stupidity and ignorance of this woman is astounding.

When I read this transcript it really makes me laugh on a number of levels. My answer to Katy would have been no or none that I care about enough to disagree with. One thing that is lacking here is a law degree. A Law degree is great training and makes one mentally astute, skilled at debate.I am voting for Mccain and I have no problem with Sarah Palin getting one sometime in her life, she is still young. This is not a stupid woman. There are many kinds of intelligence.
Obama is a regurgitating pup. I met many at school. Hollow on the inside.A blank sheet of paper that one can project their dreams onto. As shallow as tracing paper. This is the guy that everyone wants to be like. The one you hope your daughter’s bring home for dinner…and that she keeps bringing him home for dinner. The one that fits into the round peg. Then there are other people who are themselves and makes their way through life just by being strong, or genuine, and humble. They may not be the brightest or the most polished but still there is a sparkle and an innocence. And you know they will be just fine. Someone who is real,other than another whose words sound like music but the notes are wrong and they are really saying nothing.

The rest, when it comes to Palin’s career in politics, should be silence.
After seeing all of the interview now, McCain lost my vote.
I’m too good to support sheer stupidity.
I blame McCain more than anyone else, btw. He should act now and ask Palin to stand back. If he does, and select a proper VP candidate, I might still vote for him.

You want smarts ? How about Biden asking a guy in a wheelchair to stand up for the round of applause ? He as dumb as a bag of rocks.

Well, a federalist is the opposite of what Palin thinks it is.

Kudos to Paige for bringin up the Exxon Valdez ruling. Why didn’t Couric ask her about it? Maybe Gwen Ifil will have more reporting insight. Lots of Alaskans are p.o.ed about this case. That said, Palin will fill her alloted debate time with a Palinese B.S. Blizzard. Biden should just try to not slap his forehead
in frustration and avoid the herculean challenge of saying, “Governor are kidding me.”

The smarmy, sly media jabs at Palin border on the absurd. Ask anybody that question and they will have to ponder for awhile then come up with names of decisions they actually support. There’s one I didn’t support, it was the Florida vote where the Supreme Court stopped the recount thereby selecting George Bush. However, I do want to see McCain and Palin in office now. McCain is made of grits, Obama is made of quiche.

Palin is made of chocolate chip cookie dough.

richardcranium1,
I said one of the things lacking here was a law degree.Your kid who is in high school did not go to school in Alaska during the 1970′s. The students I teach now have much more available to them and if you differ you are a liar and you know it.
Biden’s answer while well worded was a case he had worked on. In my book he didn’t answer the question that well either and lets hope he didn’t plagiarize it. I don’t care if your child could name 3 cases, he still would not know the arguments or precedence that they are based upon,unless they are teaching writ history in 9th grade now and your child has a subscription to the supreme court reporter or LexisLaw. Obama is breaking tradition so his supporters say and you know what? so is this woman. This is a woman that can appeal to those that did not go to ivy league schools,who are stay at home moms.Her story and journey is every bit as American as Joe Biden or McCain.It is just not the narrative or shell that YOU are used to seeing in the white house or is it? Sony Bono was a senator. And a good one I hear. Arnold is a governor. Fred Grandy, Ronald Reagan, Dorthy Tillman a welfare mother in Chicago became an Alderman with a GED. This is America. We have many stories. We have 50 states. Not 57 like someone said.
People in power should mirror all of us.Ivy non ivy,lawyer, stay at home mom, checkout girl. You go Sarah!

and biden thinks fdr was on t.v. the little draft dodger is one weird dude. tomorrow could turn out to be an interesting evening.

Jake Tapper:Any abortion opponents out there concerned that she didn’t seem to know that? Or are her credentials on that issue solid enough that it doesn’t matter?
_________________________________
You answered your own question Jake. The answer is.It doesn’t matter. Just like I watched Obama stammer through debates with Hillary Clinton and again with McCain on foreign policy. Obama was clearly regurgitating pleasant sounding subterfuges. Sarah needs to learn the art of finessing the non answer. Obama is very good at saying nothing that sounds good…to the fools that fall for it. The bar was set low this election when Obama became the DNC nominee. No,no, no I should be fair, the Bar was set low when Bush became president.
Now that the Bar is set low,by purported smart people behaving stupidly that gives way for media described dumb people behaving smartly.

So Katia, do you disagree with Marbury v. Madison and Brown v. the Board of Education? If so why?

Colorado:
re: “the little draft dodger”
careful with your invective….
probably over 90% of Republicans currently in the government and maybe closer to 99% for the right wing pundits never served in the military…
and it’s probably close to the same for the Dems.
Of course the real hypocrisy is that most of the ‘chicken hawks’ who got us into the Iraq war didn’t serve and got deferments. Even Bush’s ‘service’ in the reserve is questioned.
Mission Accomplished

Awe heck, a right to privacy in the constitution? Yeah, that sounds good. Oh wait, does that mean Roe v. Wade? Well, that should be the States, oh wait? I haven’t thought to much about his stuff..let me ask God, I’ll get back to you!
Yikes. I’m sure Sarah Palin is a nice person who can relate well to people like her but…a heartbeat from being the Leader of the Free World??? Sorry, I’m stuck in a reality-based world. I can’t help it.

Being ordinary doesn’t qualify you to be president. I want someone absolutely extraordinary, much more than an average person, in that job. George W Bush is a perfect example of the chaos that ensues from electing an ordinary man with limited skills and intellect into the most demanding position in the world. For the love of god, let’s not repeat our mistake. Palin simply cannot be allowed to become vice-president.

HEY REPUBLICANS!!!
You have less than 24 hours before your pretty Moose with lipstick Palin, takes McCain and all the rest of you Republicans down the drain!
I bet all of you Republicans long for the days right after McCain drug her out of Alaska to be VP… Those were the days, huh?
I remember how all of you Republicans were dancing in the streets back then, slamming all of us Obama supporters…
That was before you and the WHOLE COUNTRY found out she was DUMB AS A ROCK and a pathological LIAR!!!
So as you watch tomorrow nights debate, listen for that sound. That would be the sound of all McCain’s hopes and dreams for the presidency going down the drain! It will sound like this – FLUSH!!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and two jakes,
katie is not running for one of the highest offices in the land.
_____________________________________
So she can’t come back to answer why she disagrees with the two cases she named?
Sarah Palin is a woman and makes her own decisions.
Obama is more comforting I guess
Obama:”Well let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s”
Yes.

Rex:with all due deference to Gov. Plain, when did not being able to answer questions in a straightforward manner become an admirable trait?
___________________________
There is more agreement between Democrats and Republicans than your subjects and verbs.
To your english teacher: Mission not accomplished

I think that Palin should have been able to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with. Exxon v. Baker would have been a good choice since she herself wrote that she did not agree with the court’s decision.
I am not running to become vice president of the United States, I am not a Governor, I have not been a mayor, I am younger than Palin but I can at least remember the recent court ruling on habeas corpus for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. That was a decision McCain, her new boss, was decidedly against! She should have known at least as much as me.

Davis with followers like you lowering the bar for sarah the only thing she will have to do is not trip going up the stairs.
biden the draft dodger thought fdr was on t.v.
but considering he has the script from gwen even he can’t blow this eh!

I think it’s okay to be dumb. I think that being uneducated is relative. My folks didn’t go to college and between them, they knew a lot more than my husband and myself and a lot of academics I know. It’s when you just don’t know that you’re dumb that you get in big trouble. Sarah will do fine in her debate. She’ll be that girl in high school who smiled while she lied and stabbed you in the back – and arrived early for the prayer circle. But she doesn’t even seem to get that a potential president for the US should know a little about the supreme court and its decisions. It seems to me that Katie Couric is about as respectful and kind as anyone could be. Sarah Palin isn’t every woman. Every woman I know is a lot smarter – whether they have a law degree or a college degree. And more decent. They woud have said “thanks, but no thanks – I’m not ready.” Even Condeleeza Rice knew she didn’t have it in her. Sarah Palin can win a debate – anyone willing to lie can. But she will never be able to govern this country – especially now.

At one level, I really don’t understand why people (esp the media) harp on these things.
I want leaders who know what questions to ask, who can consider information, who can look at conflicting views, and who have the ability to make decisions, learning from the bad ones and building on the good ones. I dont need someone who has the knowledge base but doesn’t know what to do with it.
For all of the questions about Palin’s readiness, or her ability to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, where’s the recognition that there’s not a single decision the VP or Pres makes by him or herself, with no recourse to others or their information.
At the same time, Palin is in a somewhat unenviable position. BEcause the underlying questions aren’t just “what do you believe” but “what will a McCain Palin administration believe”. McCain doesn’t agree with conservative right on many issues, Palin doesn’t agree with McCain on all issues, so she has to walk the line b/w I, John, and independents in terms of thinking what will/won’t get the vote. In that scenario, best thing might very well be to keep quiet about too many specifics.

given the economic realities in our country today this election may be the first one where the winner demands a re count. lol

citizens,
country first.
do not go along with mccain’ political stunt.
mccain was wrong for picking someone who just 4 months earlier said,
“I need someone to tell me what the vp does?”
mccain/palin-wrong for the country.

I know a lot of people think this may be an instance of “gotcha” journalism, but the point to these questions was to find out if she had ever even given serious thought to issues outside of Alaska.
It is plainly obvious that her focus has been completely on Alaska. Economics, constitutional law, foreign affairs, etc. simply held no interest for her for the last 44 years of her life.

May 2008 Obama, Des Moines IA:
OBAMA: I have never said that I was prepared to immediately normalize relations with Cuba. John McCain keeps on making these statements that simply aren’t based on anything I’ve said.
Obama July 23rd, 2007
Viewer named Steven from California asked Obama, “Would you be willing to meet separately without precondition during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?”
OBAMA: I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them, which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration, is ridiculous.
OBAMA IS A LIAR

I love you Sarah Palin. I am proud of your accomplishments. Only losers quit.The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Best, and be strong.
-me

Since when is asking what do you read a gotcha question?

Oh good one, GOT CHA!
This is so stupid, she is not a senator and she is not a lawyer, so does that make her not eligible to run the country? Why don’t you ask one of the other candidates about who they have ever governed?
Ladies, do not vote for Palin and you will be sure to get a nice pat on the head from the Patriarchy. But that is all that you will ever get.
Female, ex-democrat for McCain/Palin

There are plenty of innocent people who are stuck in Gitmo- that the CIA had been forced to release after two years of detainment after they concluded (this is without trial, mind you) that they had nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism and were just at the wrong place and at the wrong time.
Now, I have no doubt that some of those they have netted are indeed terrorists, but with such lack of transparency and few safeguards- anyone can be detained on just the President’s word- there are plenty of loopholes. And especially since we have heard stories of waterboarding or torture methods, some of these innocent people may end up derailing the fight by misleading and wasting the CIA’s resources.
I think at the very least there needs to be more accountability as to who is getting detained- the President alone should not be able to decide that by himself.
And what do you think the family members of these people would think- if they were innocent? They would be angry and resentful of America. And maybe some of them might really join the extremist cause.
This whole thing is like a poisonous ideology. You can’t win the war on terror just using guns and bombs or by trying to arrest all of them-they will just get more recruits, you need to win the moderate Muslims in the Middle-East over in order to discredit and illegitimise the terrorists.

palin would leave abottion up to imdividual states——-does that mean women would have to go to the pro choice state to have an abortion–how stupid can this broad be.

I mean, I am pro-choice myself.
No one is pro-abortion. We just feel it’s safer to at least allow things to be done legally, of course we don’t delight in killing a foetus.
You can at least make sure the mother makes it out alive, instead of both dying because of botched up back-room abortions without proper surgical procedures.
And even then, women can be counselled at abortion clinics directly, perhaps to ask them to reconsider an abortion. If it’s illegal, you miss this opportunity too, because they’ll just try to hide.

The Two Jakes: Your example (quoting Obama saying ‘I have never said that I was prepared to immediately normalize relations with Cuba,’ followed by his quote regarding meeting foreign leaders without preconditions) doesn’t show that Obama is a liar. It shows that you don’t understand what ‘normalizing relations’ and ‘meeting without preconditions’ are.
Meeting without preconditions does not mean immediately normalizing relations. It might, depending on whether the meeting is successful, result in moving towards a normalization of relations, but that is hypothetical and wouldn’t be immediate even if realized.
On the basis of your example, Obama is not a liar.

IN ALL MY YEARS I HAVE NOT SEEN A POORER EXCUSE FOR PRES AND VICE PRES—–WE WOULD BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD IF THESE TWO GOT INTO OFFICE–
or maybe the public is just that dumb and deserves no better.
note—N-O——-B-A-I-L-O-U-T

Why is FEC Keeping Lid on OBAMA SCANDAL?
It looks as if Senator Obama may have received MORE THAN $200 MILLION in illegal donations including millions overseas campaign donations. Four times during the last three months an FEC Auditor has asked his bosses to start an investigation into Senator Obama’s illegal campaign donations such as this one
Similarly, a donor identified as “Pro, Doodad,” from “Nando, NY,” gave $19,500 in 786 separate donations, most of them for $25. For most of these donations, Mr. Doodad Pro listed his employer as “Loving” and his profession as “You,” etc.

Ifull is definitely NOT IMPARTIAL.
I could care less about who she is. This is about electing a President. This is NOT about her this is about hundred million people wanting a fair and honest election.
IFILL is definitely biased. That is the definition of bias. She is biased. She has a favorite to be elected President. She will sell more books if Obama is elected. it is simple money.
She should step down and recuse herself. This is important for the reputation of PBS. She should not politicize PBS. I am shocked that PBS will allow her to moderate with her book coming out. Jim Lehrer has worked for some 30 years to make a neutral PBS News. Ifill can mess that up in 90 minutes. The public needs to feel the debate is beyond reproach.

I personally could not name any supreme court cases, I know some basic rulings but truthfully, I don’t need to know them but my next vp most certainly does.

Pop quiz? Pop quiz?
Why is it unfair to expect the people we entrust with our nation’s government to be knowledgeable about the elements necessary to run it? If McCain dies and she becomes POTUS, she could be in the position of appointing members of the judiciary. While we don’t expect the average “joe six pack” to have bothered to actually read the Roe v. Wade decision, I don’t think it’s asking too much for the leaders of our country to have read it before forming their own opinion about the decision. Had she read the opinion, she wouldn’t have answered the “privacy” question the way she did.
“Joe six pack” Americans are a valuable part of the fabric of our country. However, we want our leaders to know more than we do: saying that we should hold a politician to the knowledge of the average Joe, rather than individual educated about law and government is a ludicrous argument which endangers our national and economic security. The interview above is yet another example of this candidate not being able to demonstrate basic knowledge necessary to govern. This is putting country last, not country first, and betrays the level of brash, irresponsible decisionmaking that McCain would demonstrate as POTUS. Palin supporters: You should be ashamed from tolerating this from your nominee and demand he replace her with someone more qualified.

Also, for those of you wondering where Obama and Biden’s “pop quizzes” are, check the news from the last year; unlike Palin, they haven’t been hiding from the media.
In response to Belle Starr’s comment below regarding not having lawyers on the Republican ticket, yes lawyer bashing is fun. It’s also intellectually easy. What would be more challenging for you is to justify how your candidates, charged with enforcing the laws of this nation, have enough knowledge and understanding of how those laws work to be able to fulfill their constitutional duties.
And for those of you who keep raising the spectre of some “Obama scandal”, supposedly warrants FEC investigation, your arguments might gain more traction if you can point toward some actual evidence of this, instead of just repeating talking points shoveled at you by Drudge. You are smart people: think for yourselves, and find support for your arguments.

HP Boston: Instead of just reposting your comment, perhaps you could share with us your sources for that information. To protect your comment against deletion, you don’t have to include URLs, just state the author and date of the source – where you obtained that information so we can read more about the conduct you’re alleging.
Providing citation improves your arguments by allowing others access to the same source of information, allowing readers to independently verify the data, ultimately giving your arguments more credibility when a reader sees that you’ve cited to accurate information.

“Only lawyers and legal activists are going to remember the names of Supreme Court cases. We have two lawyers on the Dem ticket and no lawyers on the Rep ticket.”

I agree with Paige. How could she give such a ridiculous reply and expect to be taken seriously? People, this was an interview to HELP us get to know her. Palin was asked a SIMPLE question (actually many SIMPLE questions that anyone with half a brain could have HONESTLY answered easily) “Are there any Supreme court decisions in which you disagree?” I don’t understand how anyone can defend (with such passion, no less) her reply. It insults ALL of our intelligence. WE THE PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT! Republican supporters, stop being so defensive, you know in your heart you wish she could have given and INTELLIGENT (not rambling BS) to that questions. I don’t want her on my payroll! I call on Palin to do what the GOP campaign is promoting, put country first, step down, you are NOT qualified!

David – how about Brown v. Board of Ed…or Bush v. Gore? Even if we don’t know the names of the cases, we know the rulings
Palin makes Bush and Quayle look like geniuses

In other words, that question is almost like an essay question on a test that even knowledgeable people would want a few minutes to think over. Someone of a legal background would probably be prepared to answer it without a moment’s delay, but to expect even knowledgeable people to without even a second or two of delay, as TV interviews require, is unreasonable.