"I'll... try to find ya some and I'll bring them to ya!"
Saturday Night Live, 1988, George Bush (Dana Carvey) debating Michael Dukakis (Jon Lovitz):
George Bush: [during the 1988 Presidential debates] What am I going to do? Can't say. Wouldn't be prudent. Got to watch out for the vision thing. Wouldn't be prudent.
Michael Dukakis: [looking in the camera] I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.
CBS Evening News, 2008, Katie Couric (Katie Couric) interviewing Sarah Palin (Sarah Palin):
Couric: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie - that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
Couric: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
Palin: He's also known as the maverick though, taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about - the need to reform government.
Couric: But can you give me any other concrete examples? Because I know you've said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this?
Palin: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today.
Couric: I'm just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
Palin: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
A few thoughts here:
- At this point there can be little question but that Sarah Palin is somehow Michael Scott come to life, and running for The Office. (I'd suggest David Brent, but [a] she's clearly not cultured enough to have seen the British original version, and possibly [b] she'd have to get a passport to be in a non-US show.) Anyway, I'm serious about the Michael Scott thing -- go watch the video (YouTube, CBS News) and pretend it's an outtake from The Office. It completely works as Office-style comedy, except for, you know, the fact that it's real life and all that junk.
- While it's heartening to hear that nearly half of the American public realize she's unqualified to be president, it's still a bit distressing that it's even that close. It's like being the slightly-more-optimistic Dukakis: "I can't believe these two are seriously the competition, and seriously in competition." Obama should be absolutely running away this, but somehow it's yet another damned tie.
EXCLUSIVE: LETTERMAN MOCKS MCCAIN CANCELLATION
Wed Sep 24 2008 17:41:58 ETDavid Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.
Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, "Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?"
Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, "You don't suspend your campaign. This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." And he joked: "I think someone's putting something in his metamucil."
"He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?"
"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"
Developing...
Seriously.
I can't believe we might yet lose to this guy.
