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A Vote For Literacy Tests ?
One of the steps in the civil rights movement was the elimination of literacy tests for voting. These tests had been used improperly by racists to deny minorities the right to vote. However when I see a video like this I start to wonder if maybe we need to bring them back
19 Responses to “A Vote For Literacy Tests ?”
Seemed like a long speech, yet pretty impressively she managed it without notes. I'm totally sold on the value of food…or pesticides…or something.
California's very own Sarah Palin.
To be fair to Palin, while she sounds like a Barbie doll when she talks, at least when she is done talking you have a general idea of what she was saying.
With this gal, I am totally lost as to what her point, if anything, was.
She wasn't wearing a bra. And she knew it.
I am laughing so hard Kathy, esp at her remark about 'fruit trees and vegetable trees.”
Also, you are too funny, she is wearing a bra, maybe we ought to open a pool on this, a dime yes, a dime no. but… Um, trust me on this, about ahem mammarius giganticus at her age, the bounce would be way more wide w/o a b. Kathy you really ought to write a book. you are seriously funny in/ about what you pick up on.
Also, you are too funny, she is wearing a bra
Oh no, no, no, Dr e, no way. She gets away with very little bounce because she is standing still, but look how low they are, and at points you can see them move slightly, and — the biggest giveaway — observe how she she hugs herself several times. I think she was feeling a little risky when she got dressed that morning, or maybe she accepted a dare, and now she regrets it. Seriously — it can't be THAT well air-conditioned in there.
I guess one of the crops she has on her mind is marijuana. No double meanings intended….
Illegal drugs ?
In Santa Cruz ???
Who knew…….
Kathy, you are making me laugh so much tonight. I guess I have to say I see your 'points.' Sorry, cdnt help that. But I thought all that arm hugging going on was cause she was trying to fly? no?
geez, wrong again.
Thing is as I am sure the sharp eyes of all noticed, the tape is edited at least three cuts worth. I wondered if it was edited because she actually said something cohesive, and they wanted to make her look bad (where have we seen that before? remem OJ on cover of Time mag?) or whether they cut the really incohesive part out so she looked 'better'… where have we seen that before? (PB? )
The thing is, I have to say I'm kind of concerned about whether she's ok. Or if anyone noticed that she wasnt tracking exactly. I think it was the remark about how nothing should cost anything sio farmers could make money… that made me wonder if she hopefully has people to watch over her. Serious.
Stockboy, you crack me up. Honestly.
Thing is as I am sure the sharp eyes of all noticed, the tape is edited at least three cuts wort
Actually, yes, I did notice that and I had the same thought about why they might have done that — to achieve a unity of uncohesiveness.
LOL about the comments, Dr. E and Kathy. I'm with Dr. E, though I would say that her bra was insufficient- probably one of those sheer lycra ones that really shouldn't be worn by anyone bigger than a AA.
As to the editing, what I found funny was the way the people in the background pop in and out- it looked as though some of them couldn't bear to sit through the whole thing. And that was my guess on the decision to edit, too- at some point it goes beyond humor and borders on a Geneva Convention violation to have to listen/watch for too long.
Palin ran for VP, this moonbat just spoke up at a council meeting. I don't think the liberal Democrats will run this valley girl. I doubt she has Palin's five university resume as far as public speaking and journalism…
Hey you idiot! Sarah can not only kill the moose, catch the fish all by herself. She can start a business, sell them, and make money at it as well. Then, run the town, then the state with honest ethics. Gee, that's how America became so successful before you atheists, and communists invaded. You can't even get your radical ideas passed without telling lies about them, or censoring the truth because your Al Capone community organizers know they would never pass in a REAL America.
In fact, let's look at some actual quotes by your elitist Dumb @$$ liberal politicians. Funny, we never hear these examples from your sycophant, tea-bagging slut Katie Couric, or the other ho's:
A DC airport ticket agent offers 12 REAL WORLD examples of 'why' our country is in trouble!
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
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2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts .''
Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Capetown is in Africa ''
His response — click.
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3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.
He replied, 'don't lie to me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!'' (OMG)
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4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada ?''
I said, ''No.''
She said, ''But they look so close on the map.'' (OMG, again!)
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5.An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas . When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.'' (Aghhhh)
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6.An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.
I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.
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7. A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ''Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?'' I said, 'No, why do you ask?'
he replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!''
After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , Ca. is (FAT – Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his luggage..
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8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii . After going over all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii ?''
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9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright (D) from Ala who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?''
I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ''I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.''
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10. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D)
called and said, ''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?''
I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola , FL on a commuter plane.
She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!''
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11. Mary Landrieu (D) La. Senator called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China . After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa. 'Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.''
I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!''
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12. A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ''I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York .''
I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of the town?''
'Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man.
After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere.”
I SOOO look forward to Sarah making Obama look like the true FOOL he is without his Mama Teleprompter. That's going to look like Speedy Gonzalez and Daffy Duck, much the same way she made minced meat of the supposed Dominator of Debates, VP Biden. I remember you idiots said he'd clean her clock too.
Do you idiots REALLY believe that he could have delivered the same American-inspiring speech that she did at the GOP convention…without even ANY written materials AT ALL? That's because she actually LIVES, AND BELIEVES what she preaches. Obama has to use the teleprompter to preach what he knows you useful idiots will swallow every drop of like the tea-baggers you are. Without his Mama T, he's a stuttering, stammering buffoon. Just to make sure…that's not to be confused with the REAL American Tea Partiers. We only swallow the truth. We also know the truth that it's George Soros, “Ocrah”, et all pulling his puppet strings.
“orders on a Geneva Convention violation to have to listen/watch for too long.”
C. Stanley , YOU have GOT TO give me fair warning before you say things like that. Coffee, down the wrong way. lol
dr.e
dear gplea, your um salutation was pretty broad and non-specific….
um, which 'idiot' here were you meaning to address? Just asking. lol. Some days most everywhere, there are more idiots than people around, that is true.
“Hey you idiot! Sarah can not only kill the moose, catch the fish all by herself. “
Will people like her run the new health care cooperatives?
“at some point it goes beyond humor and borders on a Geneva Convention violation to have to listen/watch for too long”
Ironically, the Geneva Convention reference was one thing I _never_ heard from critics of George W. Bush's speeches or press conferences.