News Flash: Palin Reads a Newspaper, Now Qualified for VP

In a sharp reversal in tactics, Sarah Palin read a newspaper yesterday, and the McCain campaign is arguing that this should lay to rest any doubts about her qualifications for the vice presidency.

Speaking in a Colorado airport hangar, the Republican vice presidential candidate proudly proclaimed to her assembled supporters, "I was reading my copy of today's New York Times."

This was a dramatic change for Palin, who last Tuesday couldn't name a newspaper she had ever read when queried about in on national TV. Elaborating on her decision to read newspapers, the Alaska governor explained that she had read the New York Times because "they are hardly ever wrong."

Even with this sudden move to the political center, Palin sought to reassure her supporters on the right by completely misunderstanding the Times article she was referring to. The candidate described the front page article as confirming that Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists," when the point of the article was to show that this assertion (which is the basis of recent anti-Obama TV ads) was false.

Comments

[Gidster]

Her reading comprehension must be that of a second grader. I read the same article I did not see the conclusion she jumped to!

[libbygirl]

She didn't read that paper. She was fed that information by the campaign so that she could mislead alot of gullible people who actually don't read the paper. Those people will believe her because they won't take the time to research what the article actually said. Unfortunately all these people will vote according to the information that they hear spoken by Paling and all the other McCain surrogates. I just keep hoping that there are more intelligent people than I think there are.

[demfriend]

The problem we all face while reading and listening and seeing what we do is built in filters. These filters are built on our personal belief systems and therefore often might distort what we take in from outside sources. From the breif Palin history we know of and her great desire to abuse any and all power she can obtain for her own use, then her distortions will have to be whatever goes in comes out junk. Kind of a play on the GIGO for computers we know and love. For those unaware of the meaning of GIGO it is merely Garbage IN, Garbage Out. What garbage, trash or junk you program a computer with will come out as a computer doesn't think it jut uses what was put in by someone. Palin suffers greatly from this syndrome as she has shown as simply by reading an article againest the belief that Ayers influenced Obama when he was like 7-8 years old to go out and do whatever he might have believed or is said to believed at that time. When Obama met Ayers he wasn't what he is supposed to represent as he is a professor and a valued member of the society he lives in. So what Palin read wasn't what she spits out.

[albanaeon]

Wow, wrong on so many levels. First and foremost, having to prove she can actually read newspapers. Secondly, getting the one thing she mentioned completely wrong. Third, saying she's reading a paper Mc C has a personal grudge against. Priceless.

[daBinsi]

The problem was, she only read the title not the whole story! whew too much to read!!!Poor Sarah! and poor people who will believe her!

[WolfI]

Well, when one can't accurately quote a coffee cup, understanding an entire news article might be a bit of a challenge.

[emariejon]

I can't stop laughing!

[moAb]

Enough about newspapers and poor reading skills. Enough about Palin, the distractor.

JOHN MCCAIN IS THE PROBLEM
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HEALTH ISSUES LIKE CANCER AND ANGER ISSUES (PTSD) require he release the medical information in it's entirety.

TAXES: is he hiding a HUGE GAMBLING PROBLEM that we should know about?

ANTI-POW stance: look at his voting record and his active participation in suppressing information to POW families. He does not help VETERANS.

S&L: KEATING FIVE membership, a dubious club to belong to and more relevant now than ever given WALL STREET DEBACLE.

LOBBYISTS,LOBBYISTS,LOBBYISTS: he is surrounded by LOBBYISTS; can he think for himself at all?

TOTAL BUYIN to the Phil GRAMM type of deregulation that has been killing us financiallyl/economically.

SHOW ME the LEADERSHIP accomplishments GOP. WHERE ARE THEY? (they do not exist)

WORST NATIONAL TICKET EVER!!!!! = MCCAIN + palin

[Miravanguild]

Yeah, she claims that, BUT apparently she flunked reading comprehension... Because this is the source that she claims for her attack that Obama pals with terrorists... Only problem there is the article proves that he doesn't or shows no connection.. So what was she reading? The funny papers?

[SensibleOne]

She was probably looking for the comics section and was quite disappointed not to find it.