Sarah Palin thinks your "pro-geography" nonsense is craycray! But not really.

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

http://www.codewit.com/north-america/7809-sarah-palin-calls-for-invasion-of-czech-republic

This isn't the best one of the articles today, but it's pretty great.

One of my (many) favourites:
"Yes there were Muslim and they were ethnic Chechens," Doocy started, "but they grew up mostly in Kyrgyzstan and the United States. And more importantly, Chechens don't come from the Czech Republic, they come from Chechnya, which is part of Russia. "
"What's the difference?" Palin responded. "Isn't Russia part of the Czech Republic?"

I sent her a tweet just now:
“Ms. Palin, I just wanted to ask how Azerbaijan is treating you, since that’s basically the same as Alaska, right?”

:popcorn:

William Haskins · Apr 23, 2013

she is a fool.

Torgo · Apr 23, 2013

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that this isn't actually true. Reads like a second-hand spoof.

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

I thought so too at first, but a few papers are reporting it. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Then again, this is the woman who, when asked what newspapers she reads, said, "All of them" ...but couldn't name a single one. :crazy:

Priene · Apr 23, 2013

And let's not stop at the Czech Republic, let's go after all Arab countries

Please let this not be a spoof.

AncientEagle · Apr 23, 2013

Bound to be a spoof. Even she is not that dumb... I think.

Torgo · Apr 23, 2013

jsselch said:
I thought so too at first, but a few papers are reporting it. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

There ought to be video, really. Until I see video, I call spoof.

Then again, this is the woman who, when asked what newspapers she reads, said, "All of them" ...but couldn't name a single one.

Oh, she's an idiot, absolutely.

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

I really, really hope there's a video, but YouTube won't work on my office computer.

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

Aw darn, I think it originated at The Daily Currant, so it is a spoof.

I'm guessing she won't get my tweet at all then.

Funny thing is with Palin you never really know just how dumb she can get.

Lyv · Apr 23, 2013

jsselch said:
I really, really hope there's a video, but YouTube won't work on my office computer.

I looked on YouTube and even went to the Fox News site (shudder) and can't find one. It sounds like vintage Palin, but I'd like to see the video.

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

Lyv said:
I looked on YouTube and even went to the Fox News site (shudder) and can't find one. It sounds like vintage Palin, but I'd like to see the video.

It was satire, unfortunately. Easy to believe though, huh?

What really makes me shudder is that there are still people out there who support this lunatic and others like her. I have a girl on my facebook who actually thinks Palin is pretty great. :Headbang:

Jcomp · Apr 23, 2013

Jesus H... how is this not an Onion article?

Edit: Ah... it basically is.

Cyia · Apr 23, 2013

jsselch said:
I sent her a tweet just now:
“Ms. Palin, I just wanted to ask how Azerbaijan is treating you, since that’s basically the same as Alaska, right?”

Actually, the best way to get the geographically challenged's heads to explode is to tell them that Chechnya borders Georgia on the north side. They'll never look at Tennessee or the Carolinas the same way again.

Myrealana · Apr 23, 2013

Darn! I so wanted it to be real.

kuwisdelu · Apr 23, 2013

Cyia said:
Actually, the best way to get the geographically challenged's heads to explode is to tell them that Chechnya borders Georgia on the north side. They'll never look at Tennessee or the Carolinas the same way again.

Or tell them Josef Stalin was from Georgia.

Zoombie · Apr 23, 2013

To be fair, I'm pretty sure that a lot of us have embarrassing gaps in our knowledge.

And to be even more fair, this is a parody. And, frankly, at this point it seems both kind of mean and a little unnecessary. Is Palin even still active in politics?

Cue me getting told about her plans for global domination or something. Gaps! Gaps everywhere!

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

Cyia said:
Actually, the best way to get the geographically challenged's heads to explode is to tell them that Chechnya borders Georgia on the north side. They'll never look at Tennessee or the Carolinas the same way again.

kuwisdelu said:
Or tell them Josef Stalin was from Georgia.

Hadn't even though of that! :Clap:

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

Zoombie said:
To be fair, I'm pretty sure that a lot of us have embarrassing gaps in our knowledge.

And to be even more fair, this is a parody. And, frankly, at this point it seems both kind of mean and a little unnecessary. Is Palin even still active in politics?

Cue me getting told about her plans for global domination or something. Gaps! Gaps everywhere!

You're right, but most of us aren't active in politics. If she had gaps in, say, mathematics I wouldn't be too upset.

Either way, you're right. It's still pretty funny, but such an easy target. It's a lot like making fun of Mel Gibson...

shelleyo · Apr 23, 2013

I'm almost disappointed that it's satire. It wouldn't be out of character for her to say something like that. Her "Paul Revere was warning the British" explanation is a favorite of mine. "He who . . . warned the . . . the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells . . . .

The look on her face as she stammered to figure out what to say and came up with that, and the intonation. Oh, the memories.

jsselch · Apr 23, 2013

One of my favourites was the prank call by a Montreal radio station. An excerpt:

AVENGERS: Some people said in the last days and I thought that was mean that you weren't experienced enough in foreign relations and you know that's completely false. That's the thing that I said to my great friend, the prime minister of Canada Stef Carse.

PALIN: Well, he's doing fine, too, and yeah, when you come into a position underestimated it gives you an opportunity to prove the pundits and the critics wrong. You work that much harder.

BenPanced · Apr 23, 2013

Cyia said:
Actually, the best way to get the geographically challenged's heads to explode is to tell them that Chechnya borders Georgia on the north side. They'll never look at Tennessee or the Carolinas the same way again.

Kind of like I tell people Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments is set in Indiana and Tennessee because the characters are always talking about the lands of Goshen and Memphis.

Chasing the Horizon · Apr 23, 2013

Zoombie said:
To be fair, I'm pretty sure that a lot of us have embarrassing gaps in our knowledge.

Sure, but not in fields directly related to our chosen profession. Geography is an important part of world politics. Palin's lack of knowledge was like a professional writer not knowing the difference between a short story and a novel, or between plot and theme. Only far worse, because a writer's stupidity only hurts them and their work, while a politician's stupidity can hurt us all.

The very fact that many people confused this spoof with being real shows how unbelievably stupid Palin has been in the past.

Is Palin even still active in politics?

I thought she went back to her home planet. But as the Republicans are so fond of pointing out, we're not very secure against alien invasion, so she could come back at any time.

J.S.F. · Apr 23, 2013

Just when I thought satire couldn't jump the shark any higher, this comes along.

I was actually hoping Palin said that. No one, but NO one, could be that stupid. Then again, there's Mitt Romney...

Fran · Apr 23, 2013

Gawd, I leave AW and P&CE for two years and Sarah Palin's still doing the stoopit.

Haggis · Apr 23, 2013

Fran said:
Gawd, I leave AW and P&CE for two years and Sarah Palin's still doing the stoopit.

Yeah, but no. See the piece was a satire. She didn't actually say that at all. Sure, she might have. Sure a lot of folks wish she had, but she didn't. It's not news.

Methinks it's time to fix the title and then move the thread elsewhere.

We're moving from P&CE to Office Party, folks. Be grateful it's not heading toward the landfill.

Have fun.

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