Sarah Palin’s comments on last night’s Sean Hannity Show were dominated by critiques of the media, and one member of the media in particular.
She slammed Brian Williams’s interview of President Obama on Sunday, in which the president responded to recent polls showing a significant segment of the population believes he’s a Muslim.
After quipping, “I can’t spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead,” Obama responded to Williams’s question about whether the doubt about his religion reflected his inability to communicate with voters with an answer that had echoes of Hillary Clinton’s “vast right-wing conspiracy” comment.
“The facts are the facts,” Obama told Williams. “We went through some of this during the campaign — there is a mechanism, a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly.”
Palin thought Williams should have pressed him on what he was implying with these comments.
“My first reaction was listening to Brian Williams and wondering, ‘Brian, that’s some stealth reporting. You’re not even going to follow up and ask him what in the heck is Barack Obama talking about. What is he insinuating’?
I was pretty appalled at that notion that Brian Williams was just letting him get away with that kind of false accusation that there is some kind of suggested right-wing conspiracy again, especially knowing that the media still — the mainstream, lame-stream media — they’re in his back pocket, still.”
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brian willians is a koolaid drinker of the 1ST order! He has already bowed to bo and slurped his way through a so called interview. The man or thing is BRAIN dead and should be FIRED, LOOOOOOOOser!
Uh, Sarah, maybe there was no follow-up question because most of us understood the answer in the first place.
We did?????? Maybe you, but not 70% of the rest of the Country. so it was you who elected this Bozo.
LOL! YES IT WAS PEGGY MARTIN,
JAMES IS VERY MUCH SO A BOZO HIS SELF.
Nice imaginary number picked from nowhere, Peggy. I know there are a lot of clueless Americans, but not nearly that many.
As an Obuma lover James you wouldn't understand that all he has to is show his real one not some distorted copy.Do you get a tingle in your penis when half black president talks similar to the boner Chris Matthews of NOBALLS gets.Anyone understands that NBC is in Obummers pocket along with most of the media.Jim ask yourself when will they get someone to really ask him some real questions not like How are the kids Buckwheat and Weezie.
If your goal is to keep making the birthers look like racists–you're doin' a heckuva job, Edward.
JAMES IN NO WAY WAS EDWARD BEING A RACISTS OR BIRTHER. JUST YOUR OUT OF CONTROL IMAGINATION AGAIN I GUESS.
UH JAMES,
IT WAS A PRETTY DUMB ANSWER AT THAT!
IT WAS A PATHETIC INTERVIEW BY WILLIAMS AS USUAL & YOU KNOW SO. WILLIAMS JUST THREW OBAMA BOY SOFTBALLS AS USUAL. WHERE WILLIAMS COULD HAVE DONE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION HE CHOSE NOT TO DO SO.
Why kind of garbage do you liberals spew.The minute someone disagrees with your side we're racists.I think your a racist and was I a racist when I disagreed with Pres.Bush.If you could see the real racist are liberal democrats when they get caught stealing Example:Rangel and Waters it's because they're poor black folks
Palin is absolutely correct to challenge Brian Williams' free pass to Obama's commentary. The left wonders why ther right is so vehemently opposed to Obama's policies and programs only because they HATE any one who has the temerity to oppose their leftist views and believes in Constitutional government and the rule of law. Palin and other Conservatives make the left uncomfortable because
THEIR views are clearly stated and ring as TRUE with the vast majority of American citizens, sick of the lying and duplicity, the failure to adequately address our debt and economic problems, the conduct of the wars in both Iraq and Aghanistan, the plans to tax SS and retirement income heavily, the preferred treatment of illegals over citizens; at great diminishment of those citizens lives and those of their FAMILIES and his unending lying about the current state of the "SOLVING," of our economic well being.
"the plans to tax SS"
Largely fiction–but I suppose you'd prefer the hope of some Republicans to do away with it?
"ring as TRUE with the vast majority of American citizens"
Which I would explain why Sarah's approval rating is around 30 percent, while her disapproval rating is almost 50 percent. In fact, if you flip those numbers you'll be pretty close to Obama's approval rating.
You sound like a democrat, defending the illegal president/
Just pointing out that people who think Sarah is the second coming and that Obama is unpopular ought to take a look at some numbers. Just because people here may believe something doesn't mean most Americans do.
LOL! JAMES,
REPUBLICANS HAVE NO PLANS TO DO AWAY WITH SOCIAL SECURITY!
DO SOME FACT CHECKING! YOUR NUMBERS AS USUAL ARE FALSE & BIASED!
GET USE TO THE FACT THAT OBAMA'S APPROVIAL RATING IS AROUND 43% & DISAPPROVIAL RATING IS AROUND 55%.
SIMPLY PUT OBAMA IS TOAST! MENTALLY ADJUST YOUR SICK MIND TO THE FACT THAT SARAH PALIN WILL BE YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT NOT OBAMA!
He, (Obama,) should be impeached for violation of his oath of office. He has disdained the Constitution and rule of law openly and brazenly. He has failed to enforce existing immigration law. He has submitted a report to the UN on a multitude of "Human rights," violations. and allowed Felipe Calderone and other foreign powers an leaders to file Amicus Curiae briefs AGAINST Arizona's RIGHT to protect itelf from Illegals when he refused his constitutional OBLIGATION to do so as a sitting President. He favors illegals over citizens, spends profligatewly for no retirn, exacebates our debt and then proclaims all is well o9n the road to recovery! This is appropriate behavior for a President? I call it TREASON! Brian Williams is but a symptom of the lack of candor or professionalism, let alone HONESTY in either Government or jouralism. The correction will come in November as we can afford NOTHING else!
How about we impeach Obama AFTER we impeach Bush for starting at least one illegal war, violating the constitution repeatedly, destroying our economy (that deficit — you can thank him for that), and making us the laughing stock of the planet?
Nah, he's white. Gotta go after the guy with the funny name and the dark skin.
How do you impeach a past president? You ain't very bright. None of his wars were illegal either. You libs have you head stuck where the sun and oxygen cannot reach.
THE DARK LADY,
YOU MUST BE RELATED TO JAMES MCPHERSON?
JUST WHAT ILLEGAL WAR IS IT THAT YOU ARE RELATING TO?
JUST WHAT VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION ARE YOU SPEAKING OF?
THE DEMOCRATS & THEIR SUPPORT OF FANNIE MAE & FREDDIE MAC DOING BAD RESIDENTIAL HOME LOANS WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE ECONOMY TANKING.
THE DEFICIT OF WHICH YOU SPEAK OF WAS 1/0TH OF THE DEFICIT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCUMILATED THUS FAR.
IF BUSH MADE US THE LAUGHING STOCKS OF THE WORLD THEN OBAMA IS MAKING US THE FOOLS OF THE WORLD.
WHY DO YOU SICK LIBERALS ALWAYS PLAY THE RACE CARD?
JUST POSSIBLY THAT IS THE ONLY CARD YOU HAVE TO PLAY?
THE DARK LADY!
I ASSUME THAT YOU MUST NOT KNOW THAT OBAMA IS HALF WHITE ALSO? YOU LIKE JAMES MCPHERSON SEEM TO BE NOT VERY WELL EDUCATED? DID YOU GRADUATE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL? DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN & IF SO DO THEY HAVE A FATHER OR DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO THE FATHER IS? DO YOU HAVE A JOB? IF NOT THEN ARE YOU ON WELFARE LIKE MOST OF THE OBAMA LIBERALS ARE? LOOKING FOR A FREE HAND OUTS SUCH AS A CHECK EACH MONTH, MEDICAID/FREE HEALTH CARE, FOOD STAMPS, FREE HOUSING UNDER SECTION 9 & FREE CHILD CARE ALL AT THE EXPENSEOF THE TAX PAYERS WHO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY? JUST CURIOUS? BUT I BET THAT YOU ARE!
DarkLady, I'm sure you've noticed there are a lot of nuts here. One in particular, whom I imagine to be a middle-aged crossdresser who lives in a group home somewhere, tends to spew lots of insults without ever backing anything up with verifiable facts.
Many of his/her "friends" have suggested s/he shut up and stop making all birthers look (more) stupid, but his/her obsessive-compulsive disorder tortures him/her into responding to almost everything. Now they imostly gnore him/her, too. Sad, but in one respect I'm glad s/he has become the most common voice of the birthers, here.
JAMES,THE RETARDS ARE NONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF A CLOSET GAY & DARK SIDE/LADY! I NEVER INSULT YOU JAMES! THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GAY IS BUT YOUR PROBLEM NOT MINE. IT IS NOT VERY NICE OF YOU TO TALK SO RUDELY ABOUT ELLEN! IN FACT IT IS BUT YOU WHO DOES NOT BACK UP THEIR COMMENTS WITH ACTUAL FACTS. FACT IS THE FRIENDS YOU TALK OF IN FACT HAVE ASK YOU TO SHUT UP NOT HER. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOUR POST & NUMEROUS RESPONSES WHICH REFLECT A SERIOUS LIKE OF INTELLECT ON YOUR PART LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IN FACT YOU ARE THE ONE SUFFERING FROM OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER. FACT IS YOU ARE THE ONE IGNORED! PERSONNALLY I AM GLAD YOU ARE THE VOICE OF OBAMA HERE. YOU PRESENT LITTLE CHALLENGE TO ME INTELLECTUALLY.
"I NEVER INSULT YOU"
I don't know if you're trying to be funny, or if you're simply delusional. You virtually never write a comment to anyone you disagree with without insulting them. Why lie about something when there are probably (with your output) a few thousand examples that in your own words prove you're lying?
"YOU ARE THE ONE IGNORED"
Yeah, anyone can tell that, too.
"Sarah Palin blasts Brian Williams" Go Sarah Palin!!!
I heard right during the presidential campaign Barak Obama promise us that if he were elected as President there would be a "fundamental transition of our system of government" into Marxism, anti-messiah by definition! I'm essentially a Motor Skills Male and do not possess near the average woman's verbal comprehension skills level, but I knew that that he met "Marxism" and they didn't? No body even made a big deal about it that I can remember, not even Glenn Beck! I'm not even caring about him not having a natural-born citizen papers because we are the real "Israel" by the seed of Joseph(Gen. 48:16) and our women have elected over Israel the forbidden foreigner that was absolutely forbidden to do in Deuteronomy 17:15! P.S. Judah was only promised grace(Messiah), while that is a gigantic deal, Judah nonetheless was never given the name "Israel," as Joseph! In fact, the Bible even describes "Judah" in Isaiah as they that say that they are "Israel" in the later days, but not in truth or righteousness! Watch! Yes, the whole world definitely has been deceived also as written in the Set-Apart Bible. Watch!
They are all briefed on what to say and what not to say , if they want to retain their jobs.
Baldeagle
about the friendly chat with Obama by Brian Williams, Mr Obama dont have to go around with his birth certificate plastered to his head. Just present a genuine one once to the public.
Do you want him to mail it to you directly? Apparently nothing short of that will satisfy some of you folks and I doubt that would either.
How sly of his parents to get that birth announcement in the paper so long ago. Maybe he's a ROBOT Muslim, programmed from the start to overthrow our government? Yeah, that's the ticket.
"Do you want him to mail it to you directly?"
No, that wouldn't do it either. In fact, if these people had been present at Obama's birth they'd say the baby must have been switched in the hospital with a Muslim Communist Kenyan that had been snuck in just for that purpose.
Man are you retarded and clueless.
JAMES,
PRETTY LAME RESPONSE AS USUAL
GOOD THEORY YOU HAVE COME UP WITH!
SORRY HIS GRANDMOTHER WITNESSED HIS BIRTH IN KENYA STUPID!
THE DARK LADY,
NO HE JUST NEEDS TO PROVIDE A LEGAL CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH INSTEAD OF THE
COMPUTER ORIGINATED BULL SHIT THAT HE HAS PRESENTED.
HIS GRAND PARENTS WERE THE ONES WHO PUT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PAPER NOT HIS PARENTS STUPID!
HIS PARENTS WERE NOT EVEN IN THE COUNTRY!
YES HE IS A MUSLIM BUT MOST DEFINITELY NO ROBOT!
I THINK YOU ARE RELATING TO HIM BEING A MANCHURIAN PRESIDENT AS THE TICKET?
GOSH! YOU ARE MORE MENTALLY CHALLENGED THAN JAMES!
LOL, if he would mail it anywhere it ought to go to LTC Lakins court marshal. I'll buy the stamp.
http://www.safeguardourconstitution.com/press-rel…
Journalist, no ~ not quite Mr. Williams is nothing short of being a Barry Soetoro lackey, he was bought and paid for, thus he will ask only what he is told to ask, and probe no deeper than the obvious rhetoric that Barry Seotoro's masters allow Barry to let you know Oh and he is bought and pisd for too.
Just try and get a job that pays real money, and not show your School records to your employer. I wish you Good luck with that.
Let's be real folks we the people of the United States of America "employ" Barry Soetoro, of what US Court records clearly display he has never had his name legaly changed to what ever it is he claims his name is now. thats not my findings thats the head of the East Coast Democratic party who is a very well know Laywer. That alone is enough to set off every Bell going.
Be that as it may, lets not forget he also has how many Social Securty numbers in the name Barack Obama, can I spell that out any more so clearly for anyone who can't grasp these simple points.
Something is just not right, and even if your IQ was just 10 points, this one stinks like rotten fish.
Brian Williams is an a$$ licker of the muslim communist obama/soetoro or who ever the hell he is. From what I have read he or his mammie does not really know who he truly is because she would sleep with any black man that would sleep with her and there must have been many. Brian Williams is brain dead because he is so full of s–t!!!!
Mr Bama: we're not asking you to "spend all your time with your birth certificate plastered on your forehead". (He talks like a smart-ass teenager.) We're just asking you to produce it, along with all the other records that have never been produced, and which you have spent a ton of (taxpayer) money concealing. During the campaign, John McCain was asked to produce a lot of documents, since he was born out of the country. He produced and disclosed everything. What you don't seem to understand is, it seems quite obvious YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. You hold the office of President of the United States, and you tarnish that office with your refusal to comply, and you insult us with your arrogant smart ass replies to these questions. You should be forced to either produce these documents or resign. It's as simple as that.
EXACTLY!!!! HE IS NOT our president. He is a illegal alien under a fake name with probably a
fake family. His arrogance and cockiness is just sickning. He does not act presidential at all to befit this seat. I am so sick of all this, something best happen right quick!!
Why didn't Brian Williams ask him for his birth certificate? Brian Williams always asks dumb softball questions. He is just like all of the reporters on the major networks. They insult the intelligence of most Americans that have common sense. I am tired of their interviews and do not watch them they all have a yellow stripe down their backs. I wish Fox News would not show these idiots or give them the time of day including Mr Obama.
WTG Sarah! The media just let him get away again. Nobody wants his BC plastered on his forehead. Just show it to LTC Lakin so he can get back to work and all the other lawsuits can be ended. Look at the money Obama could save even!! That 1.8 million already handed to Perkins & Coie might have bought a number of college educations, put medicine or other disaster relief in a third world coutry or bought Michele a nice trip someplace exotic instead of evading due process and the constitution.
http://www.safeguardourconstitution.com/press-rel…
To quote Obama: "The facts are the facts." During the campaign there was indeed a network of misinformation, obfuscation and ommission about Obama's eligibility that got churned out there constantly by new media venues OrganizingForAmerica.com, DNC.com, FightTheSmears.com, DailyKos.com, FactCheck.com, ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/CNBC/MSNBC.com and throughout the old media mainstream-media.
Fact: Obama's birth certificate could prove he was born in the Oval Office of the White House and he still wouldn't be eligible to hold the Office of President for the simple reason that the man he claims is his father was never a U.S. Citizen in any way, shape or form and, therefore, Obama cannot be a "natural born Citizen" as required by the U.S. Constitution and defined by at least four legacy SCOTUS cases as well as a 2008 Senate Resolution signed by none other than Obama himself.
The facts are indeed the facts.
Gee, aren't y'all disappointed that Fox News has never directly asked Obama "the question," either? They must be controlled by those Jewish Muslim Communists, too.
yes I am disappointed because that Blowhard O'Reilly claims he will ask the tough questions and then he tries to spin why he didn't.His excuse is he must respect the office and that is a copout.Laura would ask tougher ones but Jim your annoited muslim president would never go up against her,the same way this slimy muslim wouldn't debate Rush when Rush challenged him
He has sat down with journalists on Fox and elsewhere, but why would anyone in office talk to either Laura or Rush, neither of whom claims to be a journalist? And you never saw Bush on MSNBC, either.
JAMES,
MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON!
TERRIBLE RESPONSE BY YOU!
" THEY MUST BE CONTROLLED BY THOSE JEWISH MUSLIM COMMUNIST TOO"
JUST WHERE IN THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM?
FOX & O'REILLY ASKING HIM A TOUGH QUESTION? GET REAL!
JAMES,
WHY DID OBAMA APPEAR ON OPHRAH? SHE IS NO JOURNALIST EITHER!
So your a teacher what do you teach communism or socialism?by reading what you write we know it can't be American History.You must like Saul Alinsky and Bill Ayers they want to bring America down like you seem to want to do,all liberals do.Your right about one thing why would he debate Rush or Laura
your man Obumer would just be able to saty aaaahh and uuuhh without his teleprompter.
Lol! Great response Edward!
We agree!
She is what kept me from voting for McCain.
Just another LOVE FEST of obama & the Mass Media (NOT mainstream media). These Marxists are "ALL IN" in there attempt to OVERTHROW America, they have come out of the Communist Closet & there is no going back, they have declared WAR on America. For decades the biggest problem for Marxists, posing as Democrats, was how to implement there Marxsism on America WITHOUT ADMITTING THEY ARE COMMUNISTS!!! Walks like a Marxist, Quacks like a Marxist………… By the way why did it take over 30 YEARS to find out that Peter Jennings WASN'T AN AMERICAN CITIZEN UNTILL JUST BEFOR HIS DEATH (probably to avoid socialist Canadas taxes) . A Canadian citizen, for over 30 years, LECTURING real Amaricans. How many more foreigners are there in the Liberal Media, pretending to be Americans by omission?
I guess we know why McPherson is no longer a journalist he couldn't ask follow up questions like Sarah suggested.One quesion would be where is your real one not some blurry copy?Second since your mother was a liberal slut who like blackmen and has a Kenyan muslim lover who fathers you aren't you automaticaly a muslim by birth and possibly be a foreign born citizen?
Let's see: I see no need to ask the same stupid obvious question that no other credible journalist–including those on Fox–would ask, so that's why I'm NOT a journalist? Fine logic, Edward.
But you do offer a fine exhibition of racism and sexism, demonstrating what birthers are really about, so thanks for that.
JAMES IT PERFECTLY SOUND LOGIC WHICH EDWARD APPLIED TO YOU! FURTHER HE WAS NOT BEING A RACIST OR SEXIST AS YOU ACCUSED HIM OF. HE WAS STATING FACTS UNLIKE YOU WHO SPINS EVERYTHING & LIES.
Please read it again, slowly, or have someone else explain it to you.
EDWARD KOZIOL, GREAT COMMENT! JUST SO YOU KNOW JAMES MCPHERSON IS A FAKE JUST LIKE OBAMA ! HE WAS NEVER A JOURNALIST OR MEDIA LAW PROFESSOR. JUST ANOTHER OBAMA WANT TO BE LOSER!
Lying again about things that are so easy to check and disprove–you think that helps you or your fellow birthers here? Keep up the good work.
Appalled by Brian Williams lack of seeking the truth. Mr., Williams asked the question about faith and Obama responded about a birth certificate. What do the two have in common? Nothing! Obama screwed up by allowing false government to respond in the wrong way. Williams asked about religion, obama retorted about birth certificate. How does a birth certificate denounce a faith? IT DOSEN'T ! Duh, Obama screwed up and could not answer the question. By saying, "The facts are the facts" clearly demonstrates that what facts have been gathered against this fake impostor presisdent is proved true. Obama is a fake acting with all his "fancy" words all his "rhetoric" that "swoons" the people. He should not only be impeached but put into jail along with countless of people who conjured and falsified his election from before when he became a senator. Power and money and corruption can and will and did put a fake icon into power which soon all will come to see is a total fake and all will soon come to see all those who put him into this position.
When Sarah Palin Talks The Manchurian Paperless Pres Obamajihad Listens, Yippee, So Buckwheat If You Want To Run In 2012 Bring Your Papers And Not Your Made In China Copies, Yippee, For A Starter Long Form Birth Certificate, 2nd A Good Social Security Card, Not One From A Conn Man 100 Yrs Old And 3rd Your True Selective Sevice Card That You Were To Have Years Ago. And Remember That Little Iron Lady Is All Business With Plenty Of Gusto So No Spin Jobs.