Try, just try, to watch this without cringing - Page 2

TheMercenary · 09-29-2008, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Oh he's inept.
She just seems unpolished.

We're quite suspicious of polish over here (with a small p, although there are plenty suspicious of Polish too). Hence our tacit approval of John Prescott - Deputy Prime Minister - lamping a campaigner who threw an egg at him.

You brits always picking on the poles...

Pico and ME · 09-26-2008, 10:16 AM

OK, but her brand of 'unpolished' is just a bit scary for me.

Pie · 09-26-2008, 10:19 AM

SG, does "unpolished" mean "uneducated and uninformed" over there? Just curious

Sundae · 09-26-2008, 10:21 AM

I mean it to mean human, not slick and slippery, occasionally fazed.
As I say - I would never vote for her. I just wouldn't count this as a reason why.

Flint · 09-26-2008, 10:42 AM

Imagine that you're going for a job interview and you handled questions like this; just being human. In certain situations, being polished means you have done your homework and are prepared, with the information you need to do the job.

Myself, I like to cultivate a casual conversationalism, but it's peppered with white-hot information nuggets, which, if you know enough to catch on, reveal that I very deeply know what I'm talking about.

Being unpolished is nice--if you are, simultaneously, casually confident with some actual, useful information.

Shawnee123 · 09-26-2008, 10:50 AM

Sounds like my job interview. Sure, I was unpolished, but I knew what the eff I was talking about.

Treasenuak · 09-26-2008, 10:53 AM

Hmm. Sarah Palin is human? And fallible like the rest of humanity? Whodathunkit? That being said, if you're going in for an interview on NATIONAL TELEVISION, would it not be wise to be prepared for ANY potential question? It's not so much I'm concerned about what she states is her policy... I'm more concerned that she has NO CLUE what she's talking about!

Flint · 09-26-2008, 10:55 AM

What's even more concerning is that she actually thought her original statement would be uncritically absorbed by a sponge-like population.

tw · 09-26-2008, 12:07 PM

Palin is a symptom of a larger problem. Same problem had McCain quoting George Jr exactly, "Our economy is sound" - as AIG was going under. Same problem now could not decide to support the bailout or opposed it - as demonstrated by McCain's contradictory statements. Same problem even had him tell Letterman that he was hustling to Washington to save the negotiations when, instead he went on the CBS News and his puppy dog Palin visited Ground Zero. Letterman was incensed. And then the running to Washington only confused the bailout issue with partisan politics - even dragging Obama into a do nothing meeting.

McCain has a serious problem. Not Palin. He has advisers that could not even agree whether they were for the bailout before they were against it.

footfootfoot · 09-26-2008, 12:17 PM

Like I said, get used to her.

Shawnee123 · 09-26-2008, 12:45 PM

Why do I have a pic in my head of those women I don't even know? Grrrrrrrrr

I'll see your

and raise you a

Bruce!

Sheldonrs · 09-26-2008, 01:32 PM

"I'll try to find some examples of them and get those to ya"

#1. You do NOT make a statement about your presidential running mates' experience and background without being able to back it up.

#2. Sarah Palin is a complete moron and that is something that everything in all her appearences backs up without any doubt.

She is scary stupid and should not be allowed anywhere near Washington STATE, much less Washington DC!

Trilby · 09-26-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

"I'll try to find some examples of them and get those to ya"

#1. You do NOT make a statement about your presidential running mates' experience and background without being able to back it up.

#2. Sarah Palin is a complete moron and that is something that everything in all her appearences backs up without any doubt.

She is scary stupid and should not be allowed anywhere near Washington STATE, much less Washington DC!

Triple Chocolate Latte Flip AMEN, brother.

This chick is absolutely surreal.

Sarah Palin is what happens when your country is circling the drain.

sweetwater · 09-26-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Sarah Palin is what happens when your country is circling the drain.

Excellent!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-26-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Youth in Asia? You mean like Ibram?

Sometimes ya gotta throw out the baby with the wonton soup.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Sarah Palin is what happens when your country is circling the drain.

09-26-2008, 10:19 AM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	SG, does "unpolished" mean "uneducated and uninformed" over there? Just curious __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

09-26-2008, 10:21 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I mean it to mean human, not slick and slippery, occasionally fazed. As I say - I would never vote for her. I just wouldn't count this as a reason why. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-26-2008, 10:42 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Imagine that you're going for a job interview and you handled questions like this; just being human. In certain situations, being polished means you have done your homework and are prepared, with the information you need to do the job. Myself, I like to cultivate a casual conversationalism, but it's peppered with white-hot information nuggets, which, if you know enough to catch on, reveal that I very deeply know what I'm talking about. Being unpolished is nice--if you are, simultaneously, casually confident with some actual, useful information. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-26-2008, 10:50 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Sounds like my job interview. Sure, I was unpolished, but I knew what the eff I was talking about. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-26-2008, 10:55 AM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	What's even more concerning is that she actually thought her original statement would be uncritically absorbed by a sponge-like population. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-26-2008, 10:16 AM	#2
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	OK, but her brand of 'unpolished' is just a bit scary for me.

09-26-2008, 10:53 AM	#7
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	Hmm. Sarah Palin is human? And fallible like the rest of humanity? Whodathunkit? That being said, if you're going in for an interview on NATIONAL TELEVISION, would it not be wise to be prepared for ANY potential question? It's not so much I'm concerned about what she states is her policy... I'm more concerned that she has NO CLUE what she's talking about!

09-26-2008, 12:07 PM	#9
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Palin is a symptom of a larger problem. Same problem had McCain quoting George Jr exactly, "Our economy is sound" - as AIG was going under. Same problem now could not decide to support the bailout or opposed it - as demonstrated by McCain's contradictory statements. Same problem even had him tell Letterman that he was hustling to Washington to save the negotiations when, instead he went on the CBS News and his puppy dog Palin visited Ground Zero. Letterman was incensed. And then the running to Washington only confused the bailout issue with partisan politics - even dragging Obama into a do nothing meeting. McCain has a serious problem. Not Palin. He has advisers that could not even agree whether they were for the bailout before they were against it.

09-26-2008, 12:17 PM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Like I said, get used to her. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-26-2008, 12:45 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Why do I have a pic in my head of those women I don't even know? Grrrrrrrrr I'll see your and raise you a Bruce! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-26-2008, 01:32 PM	#12
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	"I'll try to find some examples of them and get those to ya" #1. You do NOT make a statement about your presidential running mates' experience and background without being able to back it up. #2. Sarah Palin is a complete moron and that is something that everything in all her appearences backs up without any doubt. She is scary stupid and should not be allowed anywhere near Washington STATE, much less Washington DC! __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

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