Please! Why is it that when Palin says?

Obviously the double standard is hard at work. If Sarah were a democrat

she would be queen of the hill, but alas and thankfully, She's a Republican. Democrats couldn't take anyone as honest and straightforward as the Beautiful Sarah. What we (democrats) don't understand or agree with we marginalize. We are so good at it, we have elevated it to an art form. With the help of the media we can demoralize and delegate anyone to the ash can of political history.

Obama didn't say we had 57 states, he said he had been to that many. The reason no one condemns him for saying it is because it was obvious that he meant 47. He was also well-respected at the time; he wasn't a no-name politician who was trying to run for president, so people knew that someone like him wouldn't think that there were 60 states.

Palin on the other hand WAS a no-name politician trying to run for VICE PRESIDENT. People were in disbelief that someone who would be in second in command of their country would say such a thing. A mean really, what else could she have been trying to say?

What it comes down to is that Obama was highly-respected and made an obvious slip-up. Palin was not respected at all and said something that by no means could be claimed as a mistake.

1) Your assumption that it's "the same people saying both" is flawed.

2) It's pretty safe to assume that a US senator knew how many states there were in the US, whereas the Palin "quote" most people refer to is a Tina Fey joke from SNL. However, Palin DID imply that she had foreign policy experience because of Alaska's close proximity to Russia, which is not an easily supportable assertion.

Summary: You need perspective badly.

Palin has made more than that one boo-boo... in fact, its fair to say that she hasn't had an interview where she HASN"T made a blatant display of her ignorance. She does not understand world affairs, or the fundamental workings of the federal government. Its as simple as that.

You can't put lipstick on a pig, blame the "gotcha media" and expect that to work forever. And choosing her raised serious doubts about McCain's judgment. If you are republican, then the best thing for you is for her to go away...

What does it say about liberals when they believe Tina Fey is Sarah Palin? It is no wonder why Obama got elected by these nitwits.

I have never seen a more uninformed and misguided group as today's Libbies. In particular, the young have grown up in the "Information Age", yet know the least of any generation I have ever known. (I apologize in advance to those young people who are actually informed and possess some degree of common sense, unlike their Liberal peers).

How sad indeed.

Context. Palin can't name the newspapers and magazines she reads, but Obama is seemingly a renaissance man.

Because when Obama made the slip about the states he was tired after campaigning and admitted it was a dumb mistake on his part. Palin was serious when she said her foreign policy experience consisted of being able to see Russia from her state. It wasn't a slip, she never said it was a stupid thing to say because she really is that dumb. When in actuality she has never seen Russia from Alaska, it can only be seen from a small island called Little Diomede, 550 miles from Palin's home town and no Alaskan governor has ever visited this Alaskan island.

Watch this really funny spoof of Sarah Palin, Fey's impersonation got a whole lot better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXL86v8NoGk

and this one, of course the real Palin would never say that gave her foreign policy experience!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokTjEdaUGg

The Palin can do no wrong in your eyes, is that what you're saying?

She exploits her children, believes the earth is 6000 years old, promotes abstinence only sex education which has been proven to be irresponsible by HER OWN DAUGHTER and you still think she's better than Obama?

You must really need to get laid.

Most Libs can't think anything through. Obama was correct, his people have 57 Muslim states. Libs just have a tendency to rant and bash when they are asked a pertinent question. Keep watching the answers on YA, they can't rationally answer a tough question.

and one is true, the other is not. Unless you count the 57 states of the OIC.

I guess they don't know the difference between Tina Fey and Sarah Palin.