Begala Rips Palin: She's "About Half A Whack Job" And A "Flaky Intellectual Lightweight" (VIDEO)

Paul Begala and Newt Gingrich have decidedly different views on whether former Governor Sarah Palin can make a political comback. Gingrich outlined his strategy for Palin to reemerge on the national scene to Politico, but Begala remains deeply skeptical any such strategy would be effective.

In an interview with CNN, the Democratic strategist slammed Palin as "flaky and an intellectual lightweight," and "about half a whack job."

While Begala respects Gingrich's political skills, saying Palin would do well to listen to him, the Democrat ultimately sees Palin as a lost cause:

Here's the problem. He is trying to treat her like a serious person. She is not. OK? She is about half a whack job. She does not have the intellectual heft of Newt Gingrich or almost anyone else in the Republican Party, and I think she has proved that.

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[Archivist1000]

It's way past the time for the Media to either ignore Palin OR focus on her lies, rather than give her the attention those idiotic comments of hers get.

How about the MSM talk about THIS: http://gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1094&type=6

People who support Palin aren't literate enough to read this, but at least it should be reported on, rather than her Facebook posts.

[MarianneEvans11]

How can anyone, ANYONE (even her family) believe half the crap that she spouts off....she is such a hypocrit! She'll say anything, ANYTHING to hear the roar of the crowd! A definite asset to the Democrats...

[RuffNReddy]

Why not she have a one-on-one healthcare debate with someone who's well-versed on the subject?

A Death Panel Death Match!

I just want to see her get talked down.
Then maybe she'll shut the hell up already.

[oregonideas]

how dare you claim Sarah's a "lightweig­ht".....th­ere are thousands of intellectual lightweights out there deeply insulted by your comment..... and if Sarah's just "half a wackjob", I'd hate to run across a "full wackjob"..­.......fac­e it, Palin's a gift bestowed upon all progressives and all political cartoonists. Keep it up, Sarah, your presence keeps the GOP from actually focusing on finding a reasonable candidate for 2012......

[Krankil]

Newt's advice could apply to any woman who holds a US citizenship (since he says nothing about her intellect and ignorance). He chooses Palin because as the hottest Republican politician she mobilizes some white horny christians stupid nuts, and unfortunately there are few millions of them.

[PWM]

I know, my brother who spent most of his life in a drunken stupor thinks she is great.

[suzonne]

I love Paul! He says what everyone is thinking but afraid to say in the MSM.

[MANK]

Love to see Sarah on MTP..Gregory will make her look like the only choice for 2012!

[DesertRatzoRizzo]

Paul Begala is not quite correct in his characterization: Palin is a full whackjob, not half. She is also a proud ignoramus and person of no conscience.

[MarianneEvans11]

Do you think in his own way Paul Begala was trying to be a "Little" kind to Palin?

[mrmikes]

Intellectual Lightweight? More like an intellectual helium ballon.

[Godweiser]

I hope they do run her. Because running against her will be easy. The only constituency that really likes her are the people that care less about how the country is run and care more about having a candidate that appeals to their ego a bit by resembling them. So they like seeing a rather inarticulate woman whose never really thought about issues beyond a narrow track of family values type stuff. And because she's hokey and rural and thinks that real Americans only live in rural red states, she definitely flatters them.

Reality check. She offends swing voters, young voters and any kind of thinking voter. The only people that really seem to like her outside of hardline republicans are the Neoconservative movement and that's because they view her ignorance of foreign affairs as an advantage in their eyes-- so much easier to fill her head with their brand of 'gotta get tough with these foreigners' nonsense when it's empty to begin with.

Luckily for all of us, she does her own damage to herself; Obama called it right during the campaign-- just let her keep talking.

[brt929]

I disagree, it is not the Neocons- it is the Evangelicals.

Sarah Palin a "Complete Fiction" - David Talbot
http://www.wikio.com/video/1491837

She was groomed by this sector to take power.

It is time to realize that this faction is becoming more and more powerful, and I believe deleterious to democracy for the rest of us in this country.

[Godweiser]

The Evangelicals love her because she's like one of them. The Neocons see "Tabula Rasa."

Both love her, but for different reasons. The neocons are much faster, outside of Kristol, to cut their losses and move onto the next test subject, though.

[janejoad]

Here! Here!

[Owlygirl]

God, I still enjoy seeing this. Lol!

That Begala has a way of cutting through all the b.s. unlike most pundits. Great guy.

[Godweiser]

Begala had it totally down. She is a whacky, flaky intellectual lightweight. And she's so utterly offensive to several types of swing voter that she's the Democratic party's dream opponent. I mean, the only people she fires up are the people who already vote Republican.

[swimbiker]

And if you question a Palin supporter about why they like her, they will say:
1. she's hot!
2. She's a mom just like me!
3. You're just jealous!
4. She speaks from the heart!

Now, seriously, these are her supporters! And they think the entire country will come around to their passion for her. I just don't get her appeal to them.

[Dubois651]

Begala called her an "intellectual lightweight."

Can you imagine Palin debating policy with Arianna Huffington, Hilary Clinton, Sonia Sotomayor, and Michelle Obama. Next to those women, Palin doesn't come close to measuring up. Palin is a polarizing force, and it has little to do with her capacity to lead or make decisions. She is important only because the right-wing media live vicariously thru her image to espouse their own views and bias. She is a token, without question.In fact, Palin is the political version of the octo-mom.

[mcmutter]

SP is the new face of stupidity for the American woman

[Betsie]

If you look up stupid in the dictionary there is a picture of Sarah Palin as an example.

[libster4]

A more mature Britney Spears.

[libster4]

By mature, I mean old.

[4midable]

Are Palinoscapies part of the new health plan? I'm in desperate need of one.

[Fromageball]

I could use a Palin-ectomy.

[captjefe]

Paul Begala is wrong. She's a TOTAL whack job.