From a Proggle named Jason Easley at Politicus USA (“Real Liberal Politics”):
Sarah Palin Humiliates Herself On Fox News By Not Knowing What the Nuclear Option Is
Palin said,
Well, there are a lot of wild outside the mainstream nominees and pals of Barack Obama that he wants to see help him usher in an agenda to transform America, so that is one thing that Congress has done right, and that is oppose some of these nominees. As for this rule change that some people are calling the nuclear option under Senate rules, you know, I guarantee this week, Thanksgiving dinner, people sitting around their tables, we’re not going to be talking about the president blessing this thwarting of the balance of power in Congress with new Senate rules called the nuclear option.
People are going to be talking about our failed big government policies that will bankrupt this country, so this distraction, this new talking point in the media, and with Congress, with Senators and with the president blessing this action. It’s a distraction. It’s a lot of double standard and Democrat hypocrisy, because just a few years ago they so anti antinuclear option. They were against thought of Republicans ever considering changing these rules, and yet now it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.
American people they don’t care about distractions like that. There not in that inside baseball, Senate rules stuff. They want government to be back on our side. They want it to get out of our lives, and uh, in order to do that we need those who will not fundamentally transform America, but will fundamentally restore what’s right about America. We do that by having good judicial nominees, and nominees in these regulatory agencies and elsewhere. So this new rule change, it stinks.
I don’t think Palin knows exactly what the nuclear option is. She seems to know that it was a rules change, and that it impacts nominees, but the president had nothing to do with the nuclear option. The president didn’t get to vote on it, or have a say in the change. Palin seemed to be suggesting that the nuclear option was some kind of Obama conspiracy to distract America.
Palin also claimed that Congress was involved in the nuclear option. The nuclear option had nothing to do with the House. When she was the Republican vice presidential nominee, Palin claimed that the vice president ran the Senate, so her statements today aren’t a surprise.
Wow. I saw that headline at Memeorandum and I thought that Sarah must have thought that the nuclear option had something to do with bombing Iran. Then I listened to the clip.
The transcript is a little off but mostly accurate. If you read it you can see that Sarah knew that the nuclear option concerned a change in the Senate rules regarding the confirmation of presidential nominees to the courts and to government agencies. She didn’t use the word “filibuster” or mention exactly what the change was, but she knew it had to do with the balance of power in Congress.
Unlike Mr. Easley, Sarah obviously is aware that Barack Obama lobbied hard for this rule change, so yes he did have something to do with the nuclear option. He also gave a speech “blessing” the rule change.
But the part that really jumped out at me was that final sentence. How on earth could Sarah Palin think that the vice president ran the Senate??? This goes back to the 2008 campaign when she was asked by a third-grader, “What does the vice president do?” Here’s the answer that Sarah gave:
“That’s something that Piper would ask me, as a second grader, also,” Palin responded, referencing her seven-year-old daughter.
“A vice president has a really great job because not only are they there to support the president’s agenda, they’re there like the team member, the teammate to the president,” Palin continued. “But also, they’re in charge of the United States Senate, so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom. And it’s a great job and I look forward to having that job.”
The Proggles got a big kick out of her answer, chortling and guffawing about what a dummy she was.
Except that Article I of the Constitution states that “The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.” So Sarah was correct. As a matter of fact, running the Senate is the only constitutional duty the vice president has as long as the president is alive and not incapacitated.
While it’s true that in practice the vice president doesn’t bother showing up and lets the Senate president pro-tempore run things, that’s a kinda complicated answer for a third grader to understand. I guess she could have said “They don’t do anything except wait for the president to die and occasionally break ties in the Senate” but then she would have been slammed for giving a flippant answer.
Modern vice presidents are often involved in crafting legislation and getting it passed. They also go to funerals of minor heads of state and other second-tier public functions. But the answer that Sarah gave was correct.
Just like the answer she gave Chris Wallace.
Tay does it again:
Fox just showed highlights, but some white rapper made the headline lecturing about racism and RememberTrayvon! He mentioned nothing about the Knock Out game though.
Whenever I read VDH’s columns, I get depressed.
The author is a blogger that no one has ever heard of. I think we know why. He studied poli sci and public policy so he blogs about it. “A lifelong lover of politics, Jason Easley is a little older than some but not as old as others.” which I hope means he is old and forgot his high school civics. “Jason has also written for the Blogger News Network, and saw his 2008 presidential election coverage quoted in over 300 newspapers worldwide.” so he is probably a paid Obot. Other articles include “The Audacity of Dope: Ted Cruz Claims Democrats Poisoned The Atmosphere of the Senate” and “Democrats Turn the Tables and Use Republicans Own Misogyny Against Them”. It is tough these days scratching out a living writing propaganda.
I scanned the comments in the article, haters. I’m starting to realize why I left the plantation, everything is so angry with the progs, no inspiration at all.
They do seem kinda hateful too. 🙂
This goes back to the infamous Charlie Gibson interview in 2008 where his first question to Palin was what the Bush doctrine was, even though the definition was informal (it was an established thing like the Monroe Doctrine) at best. Gibson’s first question in his Obama interview? “What’s it like to run for president?”
Actually, what Sarah did this time is what she’s been doing more in interviews. She glosses over the wonky questions to talk about the things she came to talk about. Most of her answer was that most Americans don’t care about the nuclear option but really care about what big government (ie Obamacare and taxes) are doing to them.
Wallace did not ask her to explain what the nuclear option is (it actually refers to a drastic last resort, rather than a specific action most of the time) and so she only broadly described it. As far as the Congress thing, I learned as a kid that Congress collectively refers to the House and Senate, even though Congress now seems to only describe the House of Representatives.
I agree with the changes in terminology. It is laziness of the media to refer to the House of Represenatives as Congress which it is not. It is one half and whatever the other chamber does is nixed if one doesn’t do their work on bills. Dirty Harry’s job is to make the House irrelevant if he can. I don’t think the public realized just how little the Senate does under Harry Reid. They have few public hearings and mostly sit on legislation shot over from the House. The curtailing of the filibuster has made each individual Senator as weak as each Representative with all the power reserved for the majority leader just like in the House and the Speaker. And those stupid Democratic Senators let him.
True story, a group of baboons is also known as a congress 😀
Harry Reid and his Congressional Senatorial Dems ARE a congress of baboons. LOL.
Splains a lot . 😆
The east coasters in the media and politics were just livid that a woman who wasn’t Ivy indoctrinated (Palin) could be the VP nominee of half of the Corporate Uniparty. It really offended their sense of elite entitlement.
Obamacare is not about providing health care for all. It is about “redistribution”. The redistribution comes after the Obama-ites take a cut of course which means there is less to redistribute. But don’t say the R(edistribution) word. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/us/dont-dare-call-the-health-law-redistribution.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
Let’s not forget the IRS is tasked with passing out the goodies to Obama cronies! And for punishing resisters. What an agency! There is nothing as cool as politicizing fascist tax policy. “While failures in launching the federal insurance Web site and online exchanges have thrust the Department of Health and Human Services to the center of public attention, the IRS also has a huge role in carrying out the law, including helping to distribute trillions of dollars in insurance subsidies and penalizing people who do not comply.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-beleaguered-irs-a-crucial-test-still-awaits-after-troubled-rollout-of-health-care-law/2013/11/24/1cb80142-5161-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html?hpid=z4
Obama’s off to the West Coast for a few days of fundraising…..left for Seattle yesterday, then to SF and LA to scoop up more money. Oh yeah, will stop and give an “official” speech at some college about blah, blah, blah……so we can pick up the travel tab.
Oh yeah, Bush and all his predecessors did this too, so shut up. 😉
“Bush did it too” is not a defense.
Kerry’s son in law is Iranian (lives in MA); the guy’s parents still live in Iran. How convenient for President Jarrett.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/25/kerry-exposes-iranian-family-tie-and-subjects-family-to-blackmail/
I’m seeing more and more buzz that ValJar brokered the deal, not Kerry and certainly not Obama. That’s a scary thought about who’s running the country.
Sarah has a great question about the deal
I told a Persian woman I work with that Val Jar is considered the first woman president and she looked Val Jar up and said no way is she Persian. She was born in Iran to American parents. We may consider her to be Iranian but the Persians consider he to be “other” and would never cooperate with her.
So apparently this happened.
http://imgur.com/JK0xC8r
Heh, JPM had to cancel the Q&A and those were funny comments, as though OWS and the Tea Party came together in a fit of common ground.
See that, who said Obama wasn’t a uniter of strange bedfellows. 😉
Column by instapundit
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/11/24/obamacare-website-obama-health-care-law-column/3691463/
More stupid proggles
LOL.
Secretary What Difference Doe It Make vs Secretary Nuclear Iran
From time to time I say stupid shit cuz I’m drunk but I ain’t never been that drunk.
I guess “too old” only applies to women candidates when you live in progressive world. Seriously I think the advanced age of the only Democrats mentioned is a big problem. Do they really think the vapid and swingin Obots are going to vote for an old fart?
Group think makes new thought impossible. They all decided, collectively, that Palin is stupid because Obama’s team and the media were terrified by her honesty, courage and charisma. The lemmings ate this hook, line and sinker – especially after Couric’s carefully crafted ambush, edited for that strategic purpose. Now, they can only hear or see her through that lens. The exact opposite is equally true for Obama – he can do no wrong because of his carefully created myth. Must be boring being a robot, thinking the same programmed thoughts day after day, but they slap each other on the back and cheer their superiority as this train wreck of a presidency unfolds.
Just thinking about why the nuke option was passed in the Senate. Could it be that the GOP was blocking Obama’s picks until he Audited the Fed? I remember email from our favorite wacko birds mentioning that. No wonder Obama lobbied the Senate to pass this HISTORIC measure. WTF is he hiding?
You should be a reporter.
And he DID personally lobby Dem senators by phone to push for passage.
Among other things, he’s desperate for those DC judges to be cleared so they’ll stack the court that determines if his enforcements of Obamacare are even legal.
Yep. Found the article from earlier this month……
Speaking of STUPID
That link she used is to a Democratic Underground post, linking to yet another post. Miss Donna be lazy and Twitchy’s eating her alive 😀
Monday morning wow….
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/11/25/angola-bans-islam-to-stop-spread-of-muslim-extremism-begins-tearing-down-mosques/
sad times…
http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/25/knockout-game-first-news-trend-the-new-york-times-doesnt-believe/
WaPo has an article on the success of Ocare … in Kentucky. Funny, isn’t that the state of Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul ? It’s an interesting article on how the poorest among us will make out like royalty … and new Democrats? I’m starting to see The 2014 Plan come to life.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-rural-kentucky-health-care-debate-takes-back-seat-as-people-sign-up-for-insurance/2013/11/23/449dc6e0-5465-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html?tid=sm_fb
Ugh.
Most of the Kentucky sigh-ups are for Medicaid (ie, lotta subsidies, no actual paying into system by applicant).
Oops. Sign-ups, not sigh-ups.
Sigh ups is more accurate. 🙂
Oh goody more free stuff. 🙂
I have a friend who was raised in Kentucky. She said most of those sign ups are part of the underground economy and don’t file tax returns. Her brother is a car dealer in a tiny town near Bowling Green and a large percentage of his sales are cash for brand new pick up trucks that cost $38,000. He has a banker’s vault because he can’t deposit too much cash at once without getting in trouble with the feds.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/24/Exclusive-Matt-Bevin-Primary-against-Mitch-McConnell-microcosm-of-Tea-Party-s-larger-battle-against-GOP-establishment
looks like it is going to be a race to watch in Kentucky.
establishment against the tea party
There’s a huge cottage industry for cash only sales, even bartering isn’t taxed. It’s why I’m a huge fan of the Fair Tax, you’re only taxed on what you spend. As the joke goes, even drug dealers need toilet paper 🙂
Oprah was being interviewed about The Butler when she said that crap.
She’s looking for an Academy Award to put up on her “I’m no wonderful” shelf.
Ugh.
Remember Madtv ? They nailed her 😀
that was good. I never saw it before
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/11/valerie_jarrett_reportedly_dating_a_muslim.html
maybe he will keep her so busy, she will not have time to keep screwing the country
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/11/progressive-professor-tells-white-males-to-commit-suicide-in-final-lecture/
and the dumb a$$es sat there and applauded this nonsense.
so I agree progs are not too swift
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/25/cnn-poll-shows-obama-personal-qualities-sliding-underwater/
going down, down down. how low will he go?
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/11/25/since-botched-october-1st-obamacare-rollout-obama-has-golfed-5-times-hit-10-fundraisers/
trying to decide, which word describes backtrack best.
huckster or hooker or both
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/11/25/usa-today-to-cease-publishing-white-houses-propaganda-photos-after-obama-regime-releases-screw-you-pic-in-response-to-complaints-from-reporters/
it is starting one news outlet at a time
It is sort of weird how the Obots destroyed a lot of the old media by turning them into pathetic propaganda outlets with zero credibility now they are laughing in the face of the pathetic media they destroyed.
{{yawn}}
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/59452
Is backtrack mentally malnurished?
He’s certainly morally and ethically malnourished.
http://wyblog.us/blog/obama_watch/proud-to-be-an-impediment.html
I am with this guy
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/11/25/protester-screams-at-obama-during-immigration-rally/
code pink protester gets on stage with backtrack and heckles him
like this wasn’t a set up
every lawyer’s nightmare. a client who defends himself badly
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/24/i-am-the-living-man-protected-by-natural-law-you-are-probably-going-to-want-to-watch-this-epic-court-testimony/
OT Helen, you recommended the author W.E.B. Griffin, right?
I just read the first book in The Corps series (the one about Marines in China). I really liked it, can’t wait to read the next books. Thanks!
I love his books. He also has a series on the Philadelphia police dept
I like reading them because I know the places he talks about in the books
😉
I just laugh condescendingly and shake my head. Drives lefties nutz.