John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election and professional speaker of gibberish, Sarah Palin, seems to have quite the obsession with what she calls “gotcha questions”. In the run up to the 2008 election, Palin was interviewed by Katie Couric and because the helicopter-wolf-huntin’ grizzly mama was unable to provide satisfactory answers to questions regarding Supreme Court cases and the media, she later referred to such inquiries as gotcha questions.
More recently this happened when she was asked the question, "What have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit?"
Palin responded with, "He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells, and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free."
After receiving plenty of flack for her response, the former half-term Alaska Governor said that she was obviously asked a gotcha question. Obviously. The fact that the so-called hockey mom didn’t really answer the question, made absolutely no sense when attempting to answer the question and on top of that, got history wrong, is obviously irrelevant. When I think gotcha question, I think, “So, what have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit?” Don’t answer that, Sarah! It’s going to get you!
It reminds me of many other “gotcha questions”. Following will be some of these very types of questions (according to Ms. R-Word-Double Standard) and how I would see her responding.
“So, how are you doing today?”
Palin: “Oh, you know. It’s all about life, liberty and the pursuit of hunting. That’s what our five fathers told us. It’s what this nation was founded on. It’s what I believe.”
“Do you know what time it is?”
Palin: “It’s like in that movie, ‘Back to the Future,’ and Biff talks about shaking trees and Marty goes all over the place. That’s kind of how I feel sometimes. It’s just who I am as a maverick.”
“Is the sky blue?”
Palin: “The sky is very large. Planes go up there. Kites. Helicopters. When up there, you look down and things look so small. The sky gives you a different outlook on things.”
“So, what do you plan on doing with your day?”
Palin: “The Constitution is very important. It wasn’t just important yesterday, the day before or 20 years ago. It’s important day in and day out and as a real American, it’s really important to me.”
“Can you name me one city, just one city, in the United States?”
Palin: “There are lots of cities. Some are larger, some are smaller and they’re all over the place. They’re all around us. They’re there and all around us. I love going to the city, but I’m a country girl.”
http://rackjite.com/archives/7380-Sarah-Palins-answer-to-the-GOTCHA-question-of-Paul-Revere-Ride,-Horsey.html
More recently this happened when she was asked the question, "What have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit?"
Palin responded with, "He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells, and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free."
After receiving plenty of flack for her response, the former half-term Alaska Governor said that she was obviously asked a gotcha question. Obviously. The fact that the so-called hockey mom didn’t really answer the question, made absolutely no sense when attempting to answer the question and on top of that, got history wrong, is obviously irrelevant. When I think gotcha question, I think, “So, what have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit?” Don’t answer that, Sarah! It’s going to get you!
It reminds me of many other “gotcha questions”. Following will be some of these very types of questions (according to Ms. R-Word-Double Standard) and how I would see her responding.
“So, how are you doing today?”
Palin: “Oh, you know. It’s all about life, liberty and the pursuit of hunting. That’s what our five fathers told us. It’s what this nation was founded on. It’s what I believe.”
“Do you know what time it is?”
Palin: “It’s like in that movie, ‘Back to the Future,’ and Biff talks about shaking trees and Marty goes all over the place. That’s kind of how I feel sometimes. It’s just who I am as a maverick.”
“Is the sky blue?”
Palin: “The sky is very large. Planes go up there. Kites. Helicopters. When up there, you look down and things look so small. The sky gives you a different outlook on things.”
“So, what do you plan on doing with your day?”
Palin: “The Constitution is very important. It wasn’t just important yesterday, the day before or 20 years ago. It’s important day in and day out and as a real American, it’s really important to me.”
“Can you name me one city, just one city, in the United States?”
Palin: “There are lots of cities. Some are larger, some are smaller and they’re all over the place. They’re all around us. They’re there and all around us. I love going to the city, but I’m a country girl.”
http://rackjite.com/archives/7380-Sarah-Palins-answer-to-the-GOTCHA-question-of-Paul-Revere-Ride,-Horsey.html
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