Palin Was Punked; New York Times Was Flat Out Fooled
Dec 22, 2008 Political
When Sarah Palin was the victim of a prank phone call from a few Canadian comedians the liberals loved to make fun of her. She was called an airhead and made fun of all around. Much to her credit, she laughed it off. She is not the first famous person to be fooled by these pranksters and she will certainly not be the last.
When this happened the New York Times political blog ran the story and they were pretty fair about it. They reported it and indicated that several other celebrities had been the victims of this radio station. The comment section however, was full of missives by people who swore that this confirmed she was stupid. The reality is that Sarah Palin is intelligent and a genuine person who cares about her country and sticks to her values.
The stupid people are the Obama supporters who were unable to answer questions after the election. There are still an amazing number of people who think Palin said she could see Russia from her house (Tina Fey said that on SNL). These same people could not identify Obama as the person who said his policies on coal would ruin that industry. On the bottom of my sidebar is a list of videos. Click on the one labeled Obama Supporters and watch the people who think Palin is an airhead. The fact that these people are allowed out in public without supervision (much less allowed to vote) is scary. As an added bonus, click on the one labeled Lib Morons and listen to the Obama followers support McCain’s positions. Then tell me that an informed electorate voted for Obama.
Well, it looks like the New York Times is full of airheads, if we apply the same logic to them that was applied to Palin. The Times printed a letter that was supposed to be from the Mayor of Paris. The letter from Mayor Bertrand Delanoe was critical of Caroline Kennedy and the idea that she wanted to be a Senator. The problem is, the letter was a fake. The Times failed to verify the authenticity of the letter before publishing it.
Palin was unable to verify a phone call but an entire news organization was unable to verify a letter. She was labeled an airhead and the Times printed an apology.
It should surprise no one that the Times was lax. The paper has printed many articles that were in error and they are often guilty of ignoring the truth in order to advance a political agenda.
I will take Sarah Palin over any of the ever dwindling pool of workers from the NYT any day. Palin is intelligent, ethical and principled, three things that one cannot say about anyone at the Times.
Palin will be back on the national scene and when she reappears things will be a little different. After four years of the inexperienced hack that the fools in America elected, people will begin to see the real value of Palin and her experience.
President Palin. That sounds nice and we can rest assured that there are no radical preachers, unrepentant terrorists or scuzzy money launderers in her past.
She also has a valid birth certificate.
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Tags: airhead, fools, new york times, Obama, pranks, sarah palin