WTF OMF. Palin did not know who was in NAFTA? Didn't know Africa was a continent?

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: OneOfTheseDays
Fox News of all places would not run a story negative to Palin unless they knew the sources were legit. I don't buy this hoax BS at all.

It's quite simple actually, unlike the liberal circle jerk that is AT P&N, Fox News is not a conservative circle jerk.

It was a story that was reported, and they *immediately* called into question the validity of it. The liberals *only* care about the first half, because that is what provides them the cheap laugh.

 

[Thump553]

cubby: please link to the retraction by Fox News.

 

[StageLeft]

So now it's not a hoax, just the person who claimed credit was lying, but the original is still true?

I dunno, fool me once shame on you fool me twice...can't get fooled again! I don't even know what's a valid update for the thread title anymore, but I'll probably have to leave it as a hoax until we know for sure that it actually is true. There's definitely enough doubt about the whole thing that the onus now is on real proof to indicate she truly didn't know it was a continent.

 

[L00PY]

Again, from that original interview, Cameron made some allegations about Palin, quoting anonymous McCain insiders.

Cameron claimed:
1) Palin lacked a degree of knowlegeability: didn't know NAFTA members; didn't know Africa was a continent; there were a whole series of questions about what she didn't know.
2) She had a bad reaction to the Couric interview and refused preparation for it. That her lack of answers was more telling than the questions themselves.
3) She was hard to control emotionally and had temper tantrums.
4) It was a truncated vetting process that turned up Palin -- it was a hail mary selection.
5) After Palin's selection, McCain's polling jumped and they took the lead. It wasn't until Lehman's bankruptcy and McCain said the "fundamentals were sound" that they dropped.

What has definitively shown to be a hoax was the claim by a third party identifying themselves as the source of some of that info.

Does that mean that since Eisenstadt was a hoaxster that Palin:
1) Was actually knowledgeable on a wide range of topics?
2) Was actually prepared for the Couric interview and was pleased with the outcome?
3) Was even keeled in her reactions?
4) Underwent a thorough and lengthy vetting process?
5) Caused McCain's polling to drop through the floor after her selection and then she caused a huge rise after Lehman?

AFAIK, Fox News hasn't retracted the story and continues to stand by their fair & balanced (TM) reporting.