By Jacqueline Klingebiel

Jan 31, 2010 9:00am

Brown: Palin is Presidential Material; Hasn’t Read Her Book

When Barbara Walter’s sat down with Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown in her EXCLUSIVE 'This Week' interview, she asked him if he thought the GOP’s other superstar, former Alaska Governor and Fox News Contributor Sarah Palin, is presidential material. 

Brown told Walters, “Well sure, I mean she’s been a mayor and a governor and has a national following… I know she’s very popular.” 

The 41st Senator added the caveat that he’s never met Palin, she’s never contacted him, and he hasn’t read her book, Going Rogue, though he says he hopes to. 

Perhaps something he’ll add to his reading list if the Senate Republicans ever flex their newly earned filibuster power. 

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User Comments

HA! There you go…interesting “thought patterns” wouldn’t you think? Just Blew it.

Posted by: sara | January 31, 2010, 9:09 am 9:09 am

Americans have grown accustomed to these snarky little comments by our media. ABC would never ask if Pres. Obama was presidential timber from somen one that had not read his book. But when it comes to Governor Palin, our media hate this woman. Issue after issue Americans side with Sarah. You won’t see that fact reported. It really is getting old, as well as predictable how really snarky our main stream media has gotten.

Posted by: Bassman | January 31, 2010, 10:26 am 10:26 am

Barbara Walters and news? No. She’s strictly celebrity.

Posted by: JS8 | January 31, 2010, 10:29 am 10:29 am

Theeeeeeerrre goes his credibility! He “thinks Palin is preisdential material”. Huh! She’s “material” all right….

Posted by: Sentinel1946 | January 31, 2010, 10:46 am 10:46 am

I agree with Sentinel1946, above—on his comment about Sarah Palin–when I read Brown said this, I crossed him off my list!!!

Posted by: lara | January 31, 2010, 10:57 am 10:57 am

Wow. He has just been crossed off my list. One ditz to another….Palin. Let’s hear Palin comment on his “porn” like she did Levi.

Posted by: TCYB | January 31, 2010, 11:02 am 11:02 am

He thinks Gov. Palin is presidential material? I am liking this guy more and more. Still disagree with some of his politics, but he has the essentials down.

Posted by: Michigan 1985 | January 31, 2010, 11:05 am 11:05 am

LOL. WHile I’m not a Palin fan. Compared to Obama, she is presidential. Nobody on this thread can name anything Obama ever acomplished in his life that warrented becoming President. All he has is a nice speech. He talks nice (albeit out of both sides of his mouth) and got a pass from the MSM. We all know that if he were white, we would never have beaten Clinton. Go ahead.. I know.. call me a racist.. But the truth hurts.. THAT resume would not have beaten Clinton.. He’d never even run a hot dog stand.. LOL.. what a freaking joke

Posted by: cj | January 31, 2010, 11:11 am 11:11 am

Name me somthing George Bush accomplished to warrant becoming President. If you can’t think of anything, how about his drug and alcohol abuse, his draft dodging and his name was Bush.

Posted by: Simon | January 31, 2010, 11:18 am 11:18 am

Palin has the IQ of a fish taco… she’s George W. Bush with a vagina! This guy is either a moron or a liar for saying she could be president… Obama hasn’t done anything yet… I’m not surprised, disappointed but not surprised…

Posted by: Travis | January 31, 2010, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

cj wrote, ” Nobody on this thread can name anything Obama ever accomplished in his life that warranted becoming President.”
Cj, one could make that same argument against probably every President we ever elected. What specific relevant accomplishments CAN anyone have that ‘warrants’ them becoming President? Being a Governor? Bush and Carter were both Governors………

Posted by: SearamblerOne | January 31, 2010, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm

“This guy is either a moron or a liar for saying she could be president.”… Liar. He knew if he said what he really thought the rabid tea party group would rip him a new one. He’s not dumb, or he wouldn’t be sitting in this spot.

Posted by: secondlook | January 31, 2010, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm

If Obama is Presidential material, Sarah Palin certainly is.

Posted by: Ron | January 31, 2010, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

Ron, You missed that whole prank done to her by the Canadian radio show, huh?

Posted by: secondlook | January 31, 2010, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm

A serious question to Palin supporters: Please list her government accomplishments – It’s evident that being a senator and President doesn’t count for Obama, so don’t list mayor and governor either. What did Palin ever do?And why did she resign as governor a year early?

Posted by: sunsync | January 31, 2010, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

SearamblerOne.
“one could make that same argument against probably every President we ever elected. What specific relevant accomplishments CAN anyone have that ‘warrants’ them becoming President? Being a Governor? Bush and Carter were both Governors………”
I would say running a State or Business is a good start… Bush and Clinton were both relatively good Govs).. I concur that in Bush’s case it didn’t lead to a strong Presidency while Clinton’s was relatively successful (this coming from a Republican). Obama clearly doesn’t know how to lead (at least up to this point) as he has farmed everything out to Pelosi / Reed. Maybe he’ll learn, maybe he won’t. But I think he is better suited for the classroom / lecture circuit.. Palin did have to manage a state budget and (as Gov) had over 17k State worker s under her… But some on this thread would say that counts for nothing.. Meanwhile.. Harvard Law school means you can do no wrong. I strongly disagree..

Posted by: cj | January 31, 2010, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

You can not compare Bush and Clinton as governors. The way Texas is set up greatly limits the power of the governor, and they’re almost more a figure head in that state.

Posted by: secondlook | January 31, 2010, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

cj: So where does George W Bush stand on your list of “stellar” individuals? We have all felt the effects of his “accomplishments”. Truth is, all Republicans are a joke. The economy crashed under their watch. If there were problems during the Bush-Cheney years, why didn’t they fix them?? Where were their “management skills”?? Oh, yeah, I forgot, all of Bush-Cheney’s problems were Clinton’s…

Posted by: Sentinel1946 | January 31, 2010, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

“ABC would never ask if Obama was presidential material from someone who had not read his book.” “Snarky.” I don’t get it. Walters didn’t ask if he’d read Palin’s book. He brought that up himself. We will recall that during the campaign Hillary Clinton was asked repeatedly if Obama had enough experience to be president, until she finally said, “Yes, yes, yes!” We ought to stop looking for clues to MSM bias where they don’t exist. The media LOVE Sarah Palin. She’s cute and outrageous. And she loves them back for the celebrity they’ve bestowed on her.

Posted by: Robert Maxwell | January 31, 2010, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

ahhhhh….the aroma of Palin bashers and Obamabots. It smells of desperation, booze, and two-date flop sweat.
How’s dat hope-n-change eh? :)

Posted by: Tim | January 31, 2010, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

Sarah Palin accomplished more in her first 18 months as Governor of Alaska that Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton combine have accomplished in the entire careers. And she did it in a strongly bipartissan way, something to which Obama only gives lip service.

Posted by: Gene Carr | January 31, 2010, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm

Palin is going on record with her stand on issues. See her facebook page. She is not hiding who she is or what she believes. If she runs for something, a voter will be well informed as to her positions and can vote accordingly. Wish Obama had left a paper trail. I wonder why he won’t release his records or why he voted “present” so often? If you don’t like Palin, don’t vote for her!

Posted by: Elle | January 31, 2010, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

Sentinel1946
Sorry. Where did I call Bush “stellar” (your quotes). He was a good Gov for Texas and a bad President. I actually think Clinton was a much better President… The ultimate irony of Bush is that his domestic agenda was probably something most Dems would agree with (Medicare prescriptions, Amisty, big spending, etc)……………….
On the Palin issue. Simple truth is Palin had more executive experience than Obama in 2008. Would she be a good Pres.. nobody can answer that honestly… But just because Obama talks nice and sounds good doesn’t make him a good leader. He is an ideologue.. Everything in his past makes that perfectly clear. If your a liberal.. I understand your liking him and respect your opinion.. I just happen to disagree with that agenda. Don’t give me your “all republicans are a joke” crap.. If you can’t have an honest debate.. go to the Huffinton Post…

Posted by: cj | January 31, 2010, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm

LOL… We all know what he was really thinking when Barbara Walters asked him that question: “Are you joking?”
But, of course, the new senator had to “pull the party line”, like all good republicans. Nothing new here.
Thanks Scott… from the party.

Posted by: GeorgieBushie | January 31, 2010, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

AGAIN, PLEASE, I am asking for positive answers to my question, just exactly what did Palin accomplish in her political roles – I’m trying to understand the rationale behind her fervent supporters – other than because of her talking points. Holding a positon in a state government or a company doesn’t qualify (e.g., Carly Fiorina: great at Lucent, almost destroyed HP-her experience/ego evidently worked against her). Can’t we have an honest dialogue regarding Palin without Obama sympathizers piling on or snarky comments from the other side? FYI: I am an Independent who voted for O.

Posted by: sunsync | January 31, 2010, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm

Good for Brown, I’ll bet that put a clink in Baba Wawa’s colon. Isn’t it amazing that EVERY conversation with a politician ends up with a question about Palin, and she isn’t even running for anything, and holds no office. I guess she is right, you don’t have to have a title to make a difference. I’d like to find out how many column inches, and how many hours of air time have been devoted to Palin over the last 1.5 years.
Palin would be far better than the bozo we have in office now, you know the guy who has given 460 speeches, and 160 interviews just in his first year, but then claims that he hasn’t talked to the American people enough. The same guy who said he had campaigned in 57 states, and still had a few more to campaign in. The guy who told a rally that a tornado in KS had killed 10,000 people when it was really 12 people. The guy who thinks that Austrians speak “the Austrian language.”

Posted by: greg | January 31, 2010, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm

Sarah Palin scares you liberals to death. As a center right independent it is hilarious to watch. If she is as horrible as you say she is you wont need to say a word America will see it.
your stupid attacks do nothing but fuel her persona.

Posted by: fmi200 | January 31, 2010, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

Looks like the Republicans who blasted Obama for being a “celebrity” are basking in the presence of their own “celebrity.”
hypocrites

Posted by: gusdegloom | January 31, 2010, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm

Brown is right.Palin is capable,her state record is a good indication of that.Yes she quit,however after you look into the reasons why I understand her choice.Who would want to govern if doing so was costing you 500,000?With perhaps another million(not including the future costs to her state) over another 18 months.So called ethics complaints for things like a logo on her jacket.What however everyone is missing,is the recent Obama shift.He spoke to republicans and his speach to them was the best Ive seen ever.If he acts on his words he will be unbeatable by Palin or anyone else.My opinion of him has changed.If he acts on his words I will support him even more.

Posted by: Andy | January 31, 2010, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm

Sarah Palin scares you liberals to death. As a center right independent it is hilarious to watch. If she is as horrible as you say she is you wont need to say a word America will see it.
your stupid attacks do nothing but fuel her persona.
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au contraire.. I PRAY she runs. She only represents one slice of Americana..uneducated and misinformed bigots.

Posted by: gusdegloom | January 31, 2010, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm

Ah, yes!! Sarah Heath Palin is very presidential material. She is far better than Barack Husssein Obama. Obama is only presidential material from liberal views of ABC, CNN, CBS and NBC. Americans must avoid watching these Media particularly CNN. CNN is not pro-American. CNN has employed more foreigners than real American citizens.

Posted by: Raymond | January 31, 2010, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm

So much hatred! And, I, like Senator Elect Brown agree that Gov. Palin is definitely Presidential Material. More than the bozo in the WH right now.

Posted by: Edgar | January 31, 2010, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

Andy Said: “What however everyone is missing,is the recent Obama shift.He spoke to republicans and his speach to them was the best Ive seen ever.If he acts on his words he will be unbeatable by Palin or anyone else.My opinion of him has changed.If he acts on his words I will support him even more.”
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Agree… and it wasn’t even a “speech”, but more like a question and answer period at a republican convention. I saw the program. First time in my 28 adult years where I’ve seen a president ever willing to confront the opposition party face-to-face with them asking him direct, unrehearsed questions. His willingness to do this showed his willingness to extend his hand to the opposition… but, of course, they will still remain “the party of no”.

Posted by: GeorgieBushie | January 31, 2010, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

The more these liberal elite media like CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC ridicule Sarah Palin, the more she is getting popular support. Good for Palin!! Obama is an intelligent Harvard guy and very good in rhetorics, but it is a very sad fact that he lacks good common sense to lead America. He is weak and has no balls. The American populist already knew the truth about Palin and the evils of the Media. Americans have already learned the bad experience. By 2012, United States shall have the first female president and she is from the Alaska and the name is Sarah.

Posted by: Angelo | January 31, 2010, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

Only uneducated and idiots support Palin? Well, I am Medical doctor and a graduate of Harvard Medical School and I am 100% in support of Sarah Palin, and I am very happy that Libs can call me idiot. The Truth right now in the United States is those jobless and out of school liberals are those that are intellectuals now, and we, the original professionals are the ones called idiots.

Posted by: Elaine | January 31, 2010, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

Raymond Said: “Obama is only presidential material from liberal views of ABC, CNN, CBS and NBC. Americans must avoid watching these Media…”
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Oh Gosh… this coming from someone who’s complaining about “liberal media” yet “posting” to an ABC news blog.
Lord, thank you for these type of confused people. They’re the only ones left that can keep my party alive.

Posted by: GeorgieBushie | January 31, 2010, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

Andy, the recent Obama speech was another rhetoric to win back support because his favorable rating is going down below 50%. You must know how read between the lines. When hiring people, you must do an eye to eye contact with the applicant. Look at the difference between Palin and Obama. When Palin speaks, Palin eyes are directly focusing towards the people. This means what she said is coming from her heart. When Obama speaks, his eyes are focus away from the people. This is deceiving.

Posted by: Elaine | January 31, 2010, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm

@ Elaine: I dont know about that.Listen I like Palin alot,her state record and what she says.However people go after Obama almost as rough as they attack her.Yes they did sink to the lowest of lows when they attacked her family.However Obama even said family was off limits.People did not report he ment her family as well as his.Obama yes has lower approval ratings.However he made me think recently he is listening.3 election losses have shown him he must start,and I believe for now he is starting.If his future actions do not match his brilliant speach to republicans in Baltimore.Then I will know he wasnt genuine.After only one year I do not like most conservatives do,write off a POTUS as a failure.I do not want him to fail.Alot of his agenda yes,but if he governs the rest of his 3 years in the center.He will beat all commers in 2012 without a doubt.

Posted by: Andy | January 31, 2010, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm

@ Georgiebushy: Yes he showed me guts going there and answering their questions.It was amazing,his speach was short to the point and the best one in my opinion ever.He also did really good with his answers.I didnt buy the lobbyist answer though.However most of the rest were no question brilliant.He is going to be very hard to beat by any republican.I never underestimate him also Palin.I would love to see these 2 debate in 2012.They would be the most watched debates in history.I do think Obama would win all 3.However Palin showed me with Bidon she is a fighter and not stupid like people say.Nice talking with people here take care.

Posted by: Andy | January 31, 2010, 3:22 pm 3:22 pm

How’s dat hope-n-change eh? :)
Posted by: Tim | Jan 31, 2010 1:11:06 PM
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Sounds like someone flunked out of
his first year of college. OOOPs, I forgot…
that was Limbaugh….

Posted by: spacerook1 | January 31, 2010, 3:48 pm 3:48 pm

Come on guys, Scot did NOT endorse Palin. He said he has had nothing to do with her. The title of this story is another ABC lie.

Posted by: Americaindecline | January 31, 2010, 4:05 pm 4:05 pm

@sunsync:My last post here today.Palin you ask,what were her legislative accomplishments?I like Obama and isnt it amazing also Palin?Here are some answers about Palins state record.She saved billions in good times for tough times like now.She helped reduce fed earmarks by 85%.(the AP report about AK takes more than gets in fed dollars,is from 2005,2 years before she became gov).She reduced medical backlogs by 83%.She negotiated a massive 40 billion $ cng pipeline deal.She passed her states srictest ethics laws ever.Changed her states big oil tax structure.To get them a better deal.Gave every man woman and child in her state an extra $1200 2xs.Ended backroom deals between energy officials and big oil,made them deal in public.Put the state chequebook online.She got her state 20% on energy renewables & set hundreds of millions to the side to do more.She reduced her states tax rates to become Americas lowest.Cut almost a billion in state spending.Took enviro wackos to the SCOTUS,and won to reopen a goldmine.There is way more.I hope this is enough to answer your question.

Posted by: Andy | January 31, 2010, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

Changed her states big oil tax structure.To get them a better deal…The word them in this sentance should be AK….She got her people a better deal not big oil.

Posted by: Andy | January 31, 2010, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm

The Obamobots will never comprehend that Palin has more experience than his “community organizing” skills, his first year has been a disaster and is proof in itself. Educate youself and quit drinking the kool-aid. Now he is back peddling and realizing that his dictatorhip attitude is not what America wants or needs!

Posted by: HH | January 31, 2010, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm

There is not ONE thing that Obama has accomplished that Sarah Pailin could not have accomplished.

Posted by: tm | January 31, 2010, 4:42 pm 4:42 pm

sentinel1946 – even though you don’t want to admit it a lot of the trouble from the Bush years came from a Dem congress and the bank deregulations thanks to ….the Dems.

Posted by: tm | January 31, 2010, 4:44 pm 4:44 pm

Republicans don’t like AMERICA , THEY LIKE THEMSELFS

Posted by: alain | January 31, 2010, 4:54 pm 4:54 pm

I cant see why people will not stop finding fault with Sarah Palin. you dont have to have a list of accomplishments.She is a real person just like us. The Dems are scared of her and just keep picking.She has more behind her than Obama ever thought about having and she certainly would be doing a better job than he has

Posted by: faye raines | January 31, 2010, 4:57 pm 4:57 pm

My first thought when I read this headline was to think: “cross this guy off my list”. When I read what is ‘printed’ above…still thought the same but started to temper it.
When I listed to the clip provided, I started to re-think my position. I don’t think he meant he thought Palin would be a good president OR that she should be president.
This guy JUST got elected to the US Senate. He is a member of the party currently out of power…one that is going through major turmoil right now as it recovers from a bad president and a disasterous major election. I think he may have ‘hedging’ his bets until he establishes himself.
Nope, he’s till on my list to watch.

Posted by: malcat | January 31, 2010, 5:25 pm 5:25 pm

Hurry liberal press, discredit this guy as fast as you can!

Posted by: Zeke | January 31, 2010, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm

alain said Republicans don’t like AMERICA , THEY LIKE THEMSELFS …….
I am glad that you dont prejudge people.

Posted by: English teacher | January 31, 2010, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm

ok so he says he’s never even met her and yeh she’s been a mayor. But don’t know that he can say she’s actually really been a governor, because hey she quit that job very early on. So because I question his judgement I would NOT vote for this guy.. ever!

Posted by: ltl lulu | January 31, 2010, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm

Desperation ? About Palin becoming the President? I personally think the mere existance of Palin helps Obama to win the second term. You dream about Palin becoming the presidential nominee 2012? I dream about it too!

Posted by: Alex | January 31, 2010, 7:57 pm 7:57 pm

Well, there goes my vote if he thinks
Sarah Palin is presidential material
— Someone that did not finish her
term and went off to write a book
and then a TV stint…ya, sure she
is a gold digger digging in just another area… Ya, what does she have
to say about his nude shots…

Posted by: whatever | January 31, 2010, 10:19 pm 10:19 pm

Alex I guess you didn’t hear Obama’s state of the nation speech. I think he made it very clear that if his approval rating doesn’t improve he won’t even run for a second term!

Posted by: JimVgirl | January 31, 2010, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm

I completely agrre with Brown! I think Palin is indeed presidential material! I think he will think even more highly of her when he actually takes the time to read her book and if he ever meets her. She goes into much detail about her life in her book and talks about many things that most people don’t know about her unless you have read her book. It explains many things about her.

Posted by: JimVgirl | January 31, 2010, 10:37 pm 10:37 pm

What a horrible woman, this Barbara Walter is. Look how ABC immideately extract ONLY the part of Palin Presidential material. It’s clear that MSM has already started a Character Assassination of Scott Brown. the answers here, tells me ABC got exactly the reaction they wanted from the readers: to believe that it was ALL he said. Brown was kind, sensitive and diplomatic. He was not going to trash Palin because whatever he said wouldve been used against him. Amazing how ABC manipulates its readers!

Posted by: tammy12 | January 31, 2010, 11:04 pm 11:04 pm

Palin 2012

Posted by: Teal | February 1, 2010, 12:50 am 12:50 am

The Witch of Wasilla is presidential material? LOL!!!! Poor Scott, he just destroyed any credibility he might have had with anyone that isn’t a neocon nut.

Posted by: Toby | February 1, 2010, 1:32 am 1:32 am

The Hope is that Bush didnt leave such a mess that the country falls apart because of what he did and those who loved him with a blind eye and a biast heart. The change is that the current leadership took charge so that you can still go to the bank and use your ATM card. Haiti got helped within what, couple of days. Our financial disaster, they were on top of it. Ask the Katrina victims where their pres was and how long it took for “leadership”. Idiot Repubs are a joke. Smart Repubs know theres something better going on but cant say anything about it for fear of their own party.

Posted by: M.G. | February 1, 2010, 1:37 am 1:37 am

tammy12 You might be right! It remains to be seen but I think the media is going to do to Scott Brown what they’ve been doing to Sarah Palin for the last 16 or 17 months. They’ve been assassinating Sarah Palin relentlessly since John McCain announced her as his running mate. They’ve been worse than a pack of wolves attacking an elk! That’s the way they treat anyone who dares to be a conservative and dares to stand up against Obama and his liberal policies!

Posted by: JimVgirl | February 1, 2010, 1:38 am 1:38 am

In that every citizen of appropriate majority is presidential material, I agree with Senator Brown as regards to Sarah Palin, otherwise, no way.

Posted by: John Locke | February 1, 2010, 7:34 am 7:34 am

Speak for yourself, Scott.

Posted by: John Locke | February 1, 2010, 7:36 am 7:36 am

That anyone could think that the moronic, chronically lying Palin could run a country is frightening. And, please, stop always trying to compare Obama’s treatment vs Palin. Palin is a huge joke. Why must you people always try to “keep score.” You’d be wiser to investigate the facts and think of what’s best for the country. The problem with the GOP seems to be that they only care what’s good for their party, not the people of the land..and in fact seem to be hell-bent on destroying us to this end. Talk about cutting off one’s nose to spite his face. Palin seems to be completely without redemption. As a registered nurse, I truly resent her erroneous talks of “death panels.” So, this either shows her incredible stupidity OR that she is knowingly spreading false information. Which is it GOP?

Posted by: leogorky | February 1, 2010, 8:03 am 8:03 am

Palin is extremely HOT but she ain’t presidential material

Posted by: Bob | February 1, 2010, 8:24 am 8:24 am

Scott Borwn has never met Sarah Palin, never read her book, never checked her credentials and he claims the authority to know she is presidential material? Maybe he can see Alaska from his house. If this is an example of the NEW Republican, then no thanks.

Posted by: KsDevil | February 1, 2010, 8:29 am 8:29 am

Hmmm… maybe Scott Brown can “come back” from this. Stating that Palin is presidential material doesn’t really bold well regarding his abilities to evaluate. All he did was just regurgitate the Republican talking points. Yes! BabyDoll was a Governor–of a State with a population size less than Nashville. …and.. LOL!!!!

Posted by: FS | February 1, 2010, 9:21 am 9:21 am

Looks like the far left media up to it again. I never heard a one of them ask anyone if the obama was able to be president, we know for sure he wasn’t and looks like the OJT is not working either. Oh well this is just the lefts desperation, they know she is a big danger to them.

Posted by: Robert | February 1, 2010, 10:13 am 10:13 am

leogorky Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who happens to be a doctor and had a medical practice for many years, agrees with Palin. He would know about the death panels because he dealt with insurance companies everyday in his practice. Besides haven’t you heard? There won’t be a health care reform bill passed this year. Health care reform is dead, especially the so-called “public option”!. They might as well dig a hole and bury it and move on to fixing the economy and the unemployment problem. That’s what congress and the president should have been concentrating on all of this time anyway.

Posted by: JimVgirl | February 1, 2010, 10:16 am 10:16 am

Robert you are absolutely right! No one, especially none of the media, has ever questioned Obama’s credentials and he never governed or ran anything until he was elected president! He was elected solely because he spent two years as a senator and he supposedly has a law degree from Harvard. Since he has never released his scholastic records, we can’t be too sure of that can we? We are just taking his word for it. Obama is also a great speaker. That is another reason he was elected. He’s a smooth talker. He’s a con man. He fed the voters a bill of goods and made them believe every word. They are waking up now and realizing, about 15 months too late, that they’ve been conned.

Posted by: JimVgirl | February 1, 2010, 10:37 am 10:37 am

Eee gads. I actually thought this guy might be a refreshing change from most Republicans, and even though I am a Democrat, I was willing to give him a chance. He blew it. Afraid to speak the truth about Sarah Palin, I guess. He didn’t have to tell the complete truth and say she is a total dimwit, but to even suggest that she could be presidential material just blew his credibility out the window!!!

Posted by: geecee827 | February 1, 2010, 11:42 am 11:42 am

The day Palin stands before a houseful of Democratic Congresspeople and takes questions (and responds to them intelligently), I’ll agree she is presidential material. Until then, she’s just a pig in lipstick — and a dumb one at that!

Posted by: hank1056 | February 1, 2010, 11:44 am 11:44 am

Ron, really? Comparing Obama and Palin? Did you see Obama on Friday standing before 140 Republican leaders and keeping his composure unlike anyone you could ever name. He had no teleprompters, no prepared answers, no speechwriters. Just off the cuff and thinking on his feet. I’d like to see that airhead Palin come even close to stand before one Democrat who is grilling her with questions, forget about 140. Please, get real.

Posted by: geecee827 | February 1, 2010, 11:45 am 11:45 am

I really want to know why it is that the Republican health care reform “ideas” they were throwing at Obama on Friday were never acted upon during the Bush/Cheney administration. Costs/premiums were skyrocketing at that time. There were millions without coverage during that time. What gall!

Posted by: hank1056 | February 1, 2010, 11:47 am 11:47 am

Sunsync:
if you would do a little research you would find:
Unseated some of the most corrupt “good ol’ boys” in our nations’ government history – AK…sesspool of corruption until she came around – there is a saying in AK….that “AK is littered with carcasses of those who have crossed Sarah Palin…those who refuse to WORK FOR THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT”
She forced the oil co’s. to stop sitting on their leases in AK and start acting or lose their leases.
For decades the natural gas pipeline was a dream. Even yesterday further steps are being put in concrete…. because of Sarah Palin.
Gave the people of AK THEIR share of oil revenues – Alaskans OWN that resource and she gave each Alaskan their share of the profits. NO this is not welfare, it is THEIR LAND AND THEIR OIL.
Balanced HER state’s budget.
Cut spending in her state dramatically.
Gained an 80% approval rating in her state until the liberal media got a hold of her and trashed her.
YES, she did KILL the bridge to nowhere.
So many other things….and to your questions about her resignation as Gov. She was not going to run for a second term, she was being slammed with a total at the time of 15 ethics violations that sucked her family dry and her state dry from cost & time devoted to fight them. Her personal cost $500,000….her state’s cost – nearly 2 million dollars – just to that point. Please look at the supposed ethics violations….ALL thrown out and soooo rediculous. She and her administations had accomplished what she set out to do for the state, YES in the first two years of her being gov. The dems in the legislature had turned against her since the pres. election, and she was no longer able to get anthing passed, nothing was progressing for the state. So, she did what she thought was best for the state and stepped aside and gave the reigns to her leutenant gov….who matched her ideals & by the way, no more ethics complaints in AK…..
Any other questions?????

Posted by: ME | February 1, 2010, 11:50 am 11:50 am

Lets see– Palin quits her job as Governor- A job she swore she would diligently pursue- So she could make more money on a Lucrative book signing tour — for a book she had Ghost written- Sounds like a great resume!!!

Posted by: brian | February 1, 2010, 11:51 am 11:51 am

Supporters here actually refer to her facebook page for her “policy”. Now, that’s gravitas, eh?! She’s a joke!

Posted by: hank1056 | February 1, 2010, 11:51 am 11:51 am

She has a lot more experience than Obama had and look how that is turning out. He will go down as the worst president ever, even worse than Carter. So yes, she would be a lot better choice than Obama and i really dont think either her or Obama should be president.

Posted by: billy bob | February 1, 2010, 11:51 am 11:51 am

Palin… presidential material. Ha, ha, ha. Wow, that’s rich. She’s a celebrity, popular, national following. Why yes, of course- she’s presidential material by GOP standards. She would be our first Reality TV era president.

Posted by: hopesprings52 | February 1, 2010, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm

Obama unqualified to be President? Really?? How about graduating Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School, after being an undergraduate at Columbia. Two Ivy League Schools that Sarah wouldn’t even be able to get near because she is too stupid, and how abpit his being elected Editor of the Law Review while in Law School at Harvard. You think if this wasn’t all true, Harvard wouldn’t say anything??? Come on. He taught Constitutional Law at the Univ. of Chicago for ten years. He wasn’t “just a community organizer”. The man is intelligent and composed. He knows the facts – Sarah is an impulsive, emotionally-charged dimwit. You can’t even come close to comparing the two. She ran Alaska likes she runs her household and we all know how that turned out. Hillary Clinton is brilliant and an awesome Secretary of State. Palin doesn’t even know what foreign countries there are. She thinks there’s one Korea!! Total airhead and dimwit. And I’m being kind!!

Posted by: geecee827 | February 1, 2010, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm

I am not a republican so I think it counts that I like Sarah. I hope she runs in 2012. The only reason she shouldn’t is she might be able to make more of an impact as a commentator on the whole political scene. Go Sarah!!

Posted by: shrrbrrr | February 1, 2010, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm

i give scott brown credit for telling the truth if he had not pose half naked he would not be talking to barbara walters at least he is truthful in that aspect.

Posted by: marvinknight | February 1, 2010, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

The decade from 2000-2010 was in many ways a lost one for our country. We fell behind, lost our edge and downright veered off track. That was mostly the result of having someone leading us who was not even remotely capable of understanding this increasingly complex world. If Bush taught us one thing, hasn’t he taught us that you have to be intelligent to be president and know your stuff?

Posted by: hopesprings52 | February 1, 2010, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm

There are already enough hysterical, hyperbolic conservative commentators on the air who lie like a rug every day – day in and day out. We sure don’t need another one. And Sarah can’t string two coherent sentences together, so, No, I don’t think she’d work out as a media darling of the right-wing conservative nutjobs, or a political pundit either. She’s a dumbbell.

Posted by: geecee827 | February 1, 2010, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

There are already enough hysterical, hyperbolic conservative commentators on the air who lie like a rug every day – day in and day out. We sure don’t need another one. And Sarah can’t string two coherent sentences together, so, No, I don’t think she’d work out as a media darling of the right-wing conservative nutjobs, or a political pundit either. She’s a dumbbell.

Posted by: geecee827 | February 1, 2010, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

this guy is a clown. Look what happened to the last clown that thought Palin was “Presidential Material.”
If she’s the barometer, then I have a great pair of shoes that I will nominate it 2012. I mean they can’t be worse then her.

Posted by: Scott | February 1, 2010, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm

He just lost a little of the hope I had for him as a pro choice / pro civil union republican. Saying that Palin is presidential material is like saying George Bush didn’t lie about the Iraq war. This man is already talking out of both sides of his mouth, his nose, ears, and any other orafice that will carry a noise.

Posted by: chuck | February 1, 2010, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm

geecee827 Since you obviously didn’t read ME’s comment, I’m going to post it again because every word of it is true and is on record in Alaska!
Sunsync:
if you would do a little research you would find:
Unseated some of the most corrupt “good ol’ boys” in our nations’ government history – AK…sesspool of corruption until she came around – there is a saying in AK….that “AK is littered with carcasses of those who have crossed Sarah Palin…those who refuse to WORK FOR THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT”
She forced the oil co’s. to stop sitting on their leases in AK and start acting or lose their leases.
For decades the natural gas pipeline was a dream. Even yesterday further steps are being put in concrete…. because of Sarah Palin.
Gave the people of AK THEIR share of oil revenues – Alaskans OWN that resource and she gave each Alaskan their share of the profits. NO this is not welfare, it is THEIR LAND AND THEIR OIL.
Balanced HER state’s budget.
Cut spending in her state dramatically.
Gained an 80% approval rating in her state until the liberal media got a hold of her and trashed her.
YES, she did KILL the bridge to nowhere.
So many other things….and to your questions about her resignation as Gov. She was not going to run for a second term, she was being slammed with a total at the time of 15 ethics violations that sucked her family dry and her state dry from cost & time devoted to fight them. Her personal cost $500,000….her state’s cost – nearly 2 million dollars – just to that point. Please look at the supposed ethics violations….ALL thrown out and soooo rediculous. She and her administations had accomplished what she set out to do for the state, YES in the first two years of her being gov. The dems in the legislature had turned against her since the pres. election, and she was no longer able to get anthing passed, nothing was progressing for the state. So, she did what she thought was best for the state and stepped aside and gave the reigns to her leutenant gov….who matched her ideals & by the way, no more ethics complaints in AK…..
Any other questions?????
Posted by: ME | Feb 1, 2010 11:50:00 AM
I don’t think anyone who accomplished all of this can hardly be called a dimwit! And as far as Obama’s so called “qualifications” that you listed, experience trumps law degrees everytime! All of the law degrees from the best universities in the world mean absolutely nothing without experience! Just because Obama is (Supposedly! He still hasn’t released his scholastic records!) a Harvard graduate does NOT mean that he is qualified to be president or that he is a good president! Sarah Palin has one thing that Obama doesn’t have, or at least didn’t when he was elected and that is EXPERIENCE!

Posted by: JimVgirl | February 1, 2010, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm

i am sorry to say that he has just reaffirmed to me that he is another one of the sheeple in our dismal political system. God Bless America!!! Lord knows we really need his blessing right now with all the village idiots we have screwing up our country.

Posted by: arod1970 | February 1, 2010, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

geecee827 There is something else I want to tell you. You must have been watching a different Obama than I watched on Friday night! What I saw was a man who was clearly angry and stressed and was coming apart at the seams! Composed? He was anything BUT composed! The republicans took him apart! He was so angry that for the first time we heard him raise his voice! I could just hear the anger in his voice!

Posted by: JimVgirl | February 1, 2010, 5:20 pm 5:20 pm

On Friday night Obama finally faced some tough questions. He was finally in an environment where he was not treated like a king or with kid gloves. The republicans got tough with him and he buckled under the pressure! He couldn’t take it!

Posted by: JimVgirl | February 1, 2010, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm

whoever is in charge i just wish they’d work on our education system.Our collective IQ cant be over 90 since so many people think Palin and Bush were a good idea.Ignorance is just not funny anymore.Sorry SNL

Posted by: sjfon | February 1, 2010, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm

any one who thought obama was presidetial material lost there credibility about a week ago

Posted by: 210hxc | February 1, 2010, 9:58 pm 9:58 pm

Question, What Barbara say when she opened that little hatchet job? I heard it played over and Over, and noone could tell. Also, What right does she have to push his 11 year old record, which shouldn’t be opened, in his face? Would she ask Kennedy about leaving a gal in the backseat of his car, fighting for air? Did she ever ask herself how she got her job? D

Posted by: Marge | February 1, 2010, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm

Palin dropped out of how many Colleges? She quit as a Governor, her IQ is what maybe 125 at best.
Obama graduated top of his class, I will trust Obama over the nut case Palin any day. Though I would rather see Palin topless than Obama, thats about it.

Posted by: Dan | February 5, 2010, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm

When he made this comment, he had ‘forgotten’ that she called him on election night. He is as big a fraud as she is. At her Tea Party speech she claimed she would ‘live and die’ for the U.S. Of course finishing her term on Alaska was just too much of a strain….

Posted by: Pete | February 7, 2010, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm

By stating that Palin is Presidential material, he completel;y shot his cred out of the water. Like Simon said above, and after picking myself off the floor after laughing so hard I fell off my chair after I read his first sentence, Palin has the brains of a fish taco..!!

Posted by: richandmaddie | February 7, 2010, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm

You’ve never read her book, never met her, never talked to her, did you watch her Saturday Night Live clip? You should have because it would be embarassaing to say that the woman on that show who was grimmasing and dancing like a nut case would even consider running for president. Embarassing. She is a disaster to this country.

Posted by: Jess | February 8, 2010, 7:57 am 7:57 am

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