Palin Calls Bloggers "Kids in Pajamas"

In Sarah Palin's interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Monday evening, she referred to bloggers as "kids in pajamas sitting in the basement of their parents' homes" spewing out mean and inaccurate things about her. Well, I am no kid, I am definitely not wearing pajames and I am living in my own house, thank you! And I am seriously depressed about the prospect of this person having a political future.

In the course of the interview with Greta Van Susteren, a softball thrown with great affection by Fox, Palin manages to rebut all the attacks on her without ever providing much, if any, facts to support her position. She never asked for the clothes or the stylists. They just appeared. Nor the clothes for her "eight" member family (eight? I thought she had 5 kids...). She never thought Africa was a country. She was just concerned about Darfur and they discussed "Africa there...the country and the continent". She always knew what countries were in NAFTA. She never thought the crowds were there because of her, it was just because of what she stood or -- just a mom trying to change things.

Pardon me, but I am nearly nauseous by now. There is no acknowledgment by Ms. Palin that she might not have been ready for this job. That there were things she did not know and should have known. That the media intensity revealed her weaknesses -- only that it was mean and unfair.

She deftly avoided the question about 2012, but in a very frightening way to those of us who do not believe God tells what doors to open, she explained that God would reveal to her if she should run. God would tell her if there was a door open with a tiny crack, and she would, "by god", just push through it.

She is also a feminist in the sense of "Feminists for life", which for those of us who believe in the power of women, is not exactly our definition. I actually think she believes women should earn as much as men. But she does not believe government should help women and their families with children, especially special needs children, with any particular programs. Individuals and their communities should do that. Well -- Governor Palin? They do not. And when they do not, why are you in favor of punishing those families when they find they can't make it. They can't support the 24 hour needs of those children without some support. Are they supposed to go out on the street corner and put out a sign that says, "Please feed my special needs child?"

Oh my. We are in for a set of charming interviews over the next few days. The only losers will be the Republican party of "meanies" who have attacked Palin. No one is going to challenge her. No one is going to ask her to be accountable for the leaks from the campaign about her diva personality, her tirades against her staff, her acceptance of all those clothes and makeup and hairdressing, her lack of knowledge of basic facts about American government or foreign affairs. She can just deny it all, smile, wink and we are all ok with it.

Are we?

Comments

[chewie2008]

Well Sarah,the pajama revolution ain`t going away.

[PeppermintPatty08]

What an irony that she said this during her Greta interview. The GretaWire blog is the most hate filled blog about our President Elect than just about any on the internet. I'm sure Palin doesn't have a problem with that. She just needs to take care of business in Alaska. Let her run in 2012. She'll be in for a rude awakening.

[negotiatethis]

Unrepentant kids in pajamas in their parents basements. This is not the real media, this is not real America. Real American media is elite. East coast. New York is where they'd rather be. WTF?

[dajay]

It isn't surprising that Sarah Palin would feel some kind of animosity toward the blogging community, whether they be kids or adults.

The things written about her here were as despicable as those written about Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Unfortunately, she has a point.

[kycatfan]

Sarah Palin is just surprised that anyone could possibly see her as any less than the genius she believes herself to be. Her ignorance of even basic US and international issues is astounding. Her belief that she was in any way qualified to be VP or president was delusional. So is any GOP handler who approved her pick. Everyone involved should have blinked, hard, the first time her name came up.

Fortunately, American education has improved enough that even republicans in our red state said they were insulted that she was offered as a VP candidate. I do not know a single Republican who voted for McCain and Palin in this election. Fortunately, Palin's particular level of brainpower are acceptable only to a very small percentage of the Republican party. The majority of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, are looking for leaders with much, much more than Palin has to offer. We sure as h.ell want more substance than a wink and a "you betcha". We've had enough of that stupidity with GWB.

[aloha43]

"Kids in pajamas"?

That is really insulting.

[BHJensen]

HuffPost's Pick

Hey Doc - nice pajamas.....
Anyway, the longer this half-baked Alaska(n) is in the public eye the better it is for anyone that wants to avoid another eight year stretch of "Idiocracy," with all due apologies to the movie. I read earlier that 86% of republicans have a "favorable" opinion of her, whilst 49% of the public at large and only 27% of democrats. The more she is around the further south those numbers will go.

And don't be depressed; even if she were the nominee on 2012, the result will be the same. The best sign I saw during the campaign was at one of her rallies here in Wisconsin - and it said "I can see the end of your political career from my house." Stolen line perhaps but funny nevertheless. Again, to steal from the movie, by the time she switches from Gatorade to water the election will be over. (if that makes no sense to you, ask your kids :-)

These people make my head hurt

[bygollymissmolly]

Sarah Palin, the gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats.

Thank you Sarah, and keep up the good work.

[wamplerg]

WOW ...bloggers as "kids in pajamas sitting in the basement of their parents' homes...really rattled so of you, didn't it! I blog a lot and took no offense by this. Maybe it's because my blogs are not offensive, elitist, arrogant, childish, mean, racial, nor sexist. I don't believe Palin, Linda Bergthold, nor the rest of your are ignorant but you think your VIEWS are facts and there's only one ME that counts and that ME is you.

[bygollymissmolly]

It didn't bother me except that it showed how juvenile Palin is.

"only one ME that counts"

Spoken like a true Republican.

[wamplerg]

Democrat from Virginia and yes I love my guns and Bible.

[Archivist1000]

One thing that bothers me about this, is how Greta has allowed herself to sink to this level. She was a regular legal analyst on Larry King during the OJ trial, and she is so smart. I really admired her. After the trial, she and another lawyer got their own show, and it was topical, intelligent and very informative. Then, she went to FOX and sold out her intelligence for fame.

You'd never know it's the same woman. She must be making a lot of money and I hope that makes her happy, but I can't believe she can look at herself in the mirror and be proud of what she sees.

For those of you who don't remember Greta before FOX, I am sure she seems like just another fluff interviewer, but trust me, there was a time when this woman was someone to look up to.

[dajay]

Yes, all true, but how is Greta different than a Keith Olbermann?

[BeaverBob]

When will someone in the media have the balls to ask her about her witch hunting pastor Muthee or her ties to the radical Alaskan succession organization?

[carallen]

I couldn't agree more.

[Nancy84]

Aren't we on the 16th minute now...... why is she not gone? I know, cause all us kids (I'm a boomer who just won't grow up or get dressed) keep talking about her.

Let's go on to more important things like the weather maybe?

[arizonastudent01]

oh, yes I really was wearing pajamas in a dorm room.

[arizonastudent01]

I fail to see any interview that has real questions so far. Mat and Greta are asking her silly basic questions. Nothing like you see someone like Maddow, Mjoe, all the guests on MJoe and even John King and some ot the other CNN staff does. LKing sometimes asks good questions but I think he too will be soft and simpleton too. I may not watch LKing any longer if he goes simpleton with sp. Wait...wait....do I care? No. Stop going on tv you hillbilly sp. Go away!

[Bitsko]

Rachel Maddow had a nice gag last night, appearing at one point in her pajamas.

[bygollymissmolly]

Boy that took me by surprise. It cracked me up. She looked so cute.

[Gidster]

Sarah also called Obama a terrorist sympathizer, a socialist and a communist.
She continues to show her ignorance in her latest interviews, so why do we care what an irrelevant and uninformed hockey mom has to say about anything?