+Rafael Castillo Oh, yes -- the worse Palin got, the more Couric blinked. And I'm pretty sure she was trying really hard not to start smirking. You can just see the corners of her lips twitching.
There was Trump’s response to the “nuclear triad” question in one of the primary debates. I think that comes very close, but this remains the absolute bonkers one.
A couple years ago someone else, a teacher made the best comment ever on Sarah Palin. He said that watching her in these interviews was"like a student who hasn't done the required reading trying to bullshit her way through an exam."
This was one of the most concise, spot-on takedowns of a politician I've ever seen. This woman was in over her head from the start, yet trying to pretend like she wasn't. She was trying to repeat GOP talking points from her briefing books and crash-course debate prep sessions like a trained seal, but ended up instead with a ridiculous word salad: job creation, increasing trade, reducing taxes, cutting spending. The funny thing is that it should have been an easy response for an experienced politician, but she wasn't used to having her knowledge questioned like this. The "you betcha" "I'm a grizzly mama" BS that she pedaled as mayor of Wasilla and her failed, half-term governorship wasn't going to cut it on the national stage. This was essentially Gary Johnson, another unqualified idiot, with his "What is Aleppo?" moment.
...and it all has to happen under the umbrella of job creation, because when the mustard slides down the hill of opportunity, the entire pack of salamanders will run to the marshmallow factory to find some electric wiring for the future of cloud formations...makes sense to me! Whew! we dodged that bullet.
0:59 She abruptly switched in the middle of a thought to something totally different. Health care reform to “job creation.” None of that had anything to do with the Wall Street bailout. This silly woman would have been a disaster in a position of national leadership.
"...that is one of the most pathetic pieces of tape I have ever seen for someone aspiring to one of the highest offices in this country." Perfectly put.
And this interview had me cracking up. Therefore Tuesday’s debate between #DonTheCon and VP Harris had me splitting my sides with laughter… There’s no way that guy should be anywhere near the oval office
+Sal Rodriguez Seriously, I made more political sense when I was around 10 than Palin has ever made in her life, and I had a much better command of the language then than she has ever had.
@Viccerz ...less than half in 2000; more than half in 2004; it's amazing how integrity and good leadership will influence an electorate four years later...
Two things. The way Jack tried to stifle a laugh when reading "Is Sarah Palin Qualified To Be President?". The look that Jack has on his face while Wolf is trying to make excuses for Palin is priceless...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Cafferty's bash on Sarah Palin is as legendary as Palin's interview with Katie Couric. It will remain as the quintessential example of how not to run a presidential campaign for future politicians. But more importantly, the barbed manner in which Cafferty owned Palin is what makes this so memorable. I've watched this video many times and no matter what, I can never get past his sarcastic question at 1:36 without bursting out laughing as if I were watching a comedy. It so accurately pinpoints the thoughts of the viewer with respect to Palin. It put to shame the whole campaign, it put into question John McCain's decision skills, and it is an embarrassment for the GOP as a whole that Sarah Palin still has a voice to represent them with.
+Benzene The Katie Couric interview is probably the single worst interview given out by any major candidate in any election in US history up to this point. It was just a total train wreck. And the real tragedy is, it wasn't like Couric was trying to destroy Palin. She just kept handing over some rope while Palin tied a nose around her neck and jumped off the nearest cliff.
Zeemba is right; possibly deranged, but he's right. If Palin could not give an answer b/c the question was poorly phrased (as opposed to being unable to answer because she was ignorant of the issues and totally out of her depth) then why didn't she just ask Couric to clarify/restate/repeat her question? Why didn't she make the (dubious) points that you, someone NOT seeking high office, have made? Because she was totally unqualified for the job, and it's amazing some people still don't see that.
@itpduder The one thing I give Gibson the most credit for was he didn't gift wrap the question for her after she proved her ignorance. He kept trying to clarify the question until he finally just had to explain the whole thing to her.
I've seen this a while ago, just saw it again in another video and had to watch it again. I love this so much, i think it's the first time i've ever seen any news anchor (except on Fox News) go so off queue, most likely in fear that this woman could have been the Vice President. He really says it how it is lol
@dillucinate ok understood,then we arent arguing, with out seeing the comment you were replying to my comment was posted in a different context than you were speaking in
@zenbrenzz I do live in the south, Alabama. We're in the process of opening a German steel plant that took over 6000 people to build and will employ over 4000 people. And isn't far from two other similar steel mills. We also have half a dozen car manufacturers with several more in the process of being built. We're growing extremely fast and it wouldn't have been possible if unions were here, they would've built elsewhere to avoid them.
@itpduder yeah, prior to the interviews I wasn't a huge fan of Couric or Gibson but I gained a lot of respect for them after they didn't pull any punches while interviewing Palin.
Katie must have been sporting major journalistic wood during this interview knowing how huge this was going to be when it aired. Love Cafferty's look at the end as Wolfe is trying to be all diplomatic.
i sounded exactly like that when i put Elmers Glue in another Cub Scouts cap and i got caught or was the chief suspect and was interrogated by the Episcopal minister the following Sunday (i was about 8 yrs old at the time though)
I have a lot of respect for Wolf Blitzer. He is a classy guy trying not to insult or demean Palin even though you can tell that he wants to and it would have been so easy for him to do so.
Palin's rambling nonsensical answer is the politician's version of Miss Teen USA 2007 South Carolina explaining why "maps" aren't more well-known to Americans. This is SO classic.
@chrycohauler Just to put things in perspective, an angry drunk with a loaded gun is also a force to be reckoned with. Being "a force to be reckoned with" doesn't mean that the force is either under control or being used for good.
I still think that the country is far more polarized than 10 years ago and I lived there for 5 years. We were a super power up until WW1 and the US seems to be going through the same process we went through trying to be the world's policeman and not having the financial muscle to back it up. Consequently its getting into deeper and deeper unsustainable debt.
All joking aside, I went into this with an unbiased opinion on what I was about to hear. I sat through this twice and I cannot find any single point she was trying to make in her answer to the question. Maybe it's me that's the crazy one, but I tried to cut her a break and I could not. It was THAT BAD!!
@77syzygy thanks for the constructive critisizm. i'm trying to improve my thought skills meaning: I get to the point when i start thinking what's right, i want to xpress it, than it turns into a rant. Im trying to calm my nerves, cuz i get excited. And that CAPS THING.. I WENT A LITTLE OVERboard(forgot to take caps off) with it. Believe me. Its not my style. I'm just saying..when are people going to learn?
This is the first time i've seen it since it was originally aired. It's quite obvious that Mama Grizzly is reading notes off the palm of her hand, which she was caught doing later on.
I come back to this video every 6 months or so when I need a bit of laughter.
Me too lol.
Same. Haha.
Me to!
@@jemeeladams1197 I`m still looking.. This woman was the beginning of Trump, the tea party, QAnon ane everthing bad that is happening in the GOP.
She`s running for congress in Alaska this year... And the scary thing is that she no longer is the craziest woman in politics..
8 years later, and I still find it shocking how absurd Palin's answer was.........SMDH
Me too I can't believe he choose her!
Maybe shes the reason Obama won lol
The gross irony is, of course, that now the actual president is saying much stupider things than that...on a daily basis.
Palin is a saint compared to Hillary Clinton you keep that in your prepossessing head Morpheus .
What's scary is Palin is actually better than Trump. Never thought I'd ever be saying that, but it's true.
You people don't know what the hell you're talking about. Cafferty nailed it. That response was downright pathetic.
Couric's face........ blink,blink,blink,blink.......priceless !!!
Right on Doug M.!!!
Gracias to you too Lord !!!
Right on Dancing Robot !!!
+Rafael Castillo
Oh, yes -- the worse Palin got, the more Couric blinked. And I'm pretty sure she was trying really hard not to start smirking. You can just see the corners of her lips twitching.
qhsperson For reals huh! !!! Jajaja! !!!!
Bring Jack Cafferty back!! He's not afraid to speak his mind and what he says is always spot on.
I would LOVE to hear his take om MTG and the rest of the nutjobs in the GOP. And btw. Palin is running for congress in Alaska..
Best Cafferty segment EVER.
We need more people like Cafferty.
I miss Jack!
I can't help but to watch her interview again and again. It just makes me feel so damn smart!
This is when you scratch your head at Palin and say "DAFUQ?!!"
This was the moment I fell in love with Jack Cafferty.
That was the worst answer to an interview question I have ever heard. It made no sense at all.
There was Trump’s response to the “nuclear triad” question in one of the primary debates. I think that comes very close, but this remains the absolute bonkers one.
Wait for Harris’s interview lol
Haha, I just love the way he's like "Awwww heeeellllllllll nooooooo" to Wolf Blitzer there.
This was beautiful. Its scary to think she was close to being in the #1 spot. Great clip!
that eyebrow jack cafferty gives at the end says it all about wolfe blitzer.
this is one of my favorite youtube clips ever.
C'mon Jack...tell us how you really feel
A couple years ago someone else, a teacher made the best comment ever on Sarah Palin. He said that watching her in these interviews was"like a student who hasn't done the required reading trying to bullshit her way through an exam."
Anyone else find it weird the Palin clip he plays is actually of clip of another show playing the clip? Very meta
This was one of the most concise, spot-on takedowns of a politician I've ever seen. This woman was in over her head from the start, yet trying to pretend like she wasn't. She was trying to repeat GOP talking points from her briefing books and crash-course debate prep sessions like a trained seal, but ended up instead with a ridiculous word salad: job creation, increasing trade, reducing taxes, cutting spending. The funny thing is that it should have been an easy response for an experienced politician, but she wasn't used to having her knowledge questioned like this. The "you betcha" "I'm a grizzly mama" BS that she pedaled as mayor of Wasilla and her failed, half-term governorship wasn't going to cut it on the national stage. This was essentially Gary Johnson, another unqualified idiot, with his "What is Aleppo?" moment.
He called like he saw it and it was the absolute truth,that woman is not president material.
this is not an insult or a generic joke but she's not even managerial material for a Mc Donald's
its obvious she had rehearsed those answers earlier. Keeps on glancing down to her notes like a deer caught in the headlights.
Nice "you gotta be fuckin kidding me look" by Jack after Wolf tries to excuse Palin's dumbassery. Classic shit and I love it!!!
...and it all has to happen under the umbrella of job creation, because when the mustard slides down the hill of opportunity, the entire pack of salamanders will run to the marshmallow factory to find some electric wiring for the future of cloud formations...makes sense to me! Whew! we dodged that bullet.
0:59 She abruptly switched in the middle of a thought to something totally different. Health care reform to “job creation.” None of that had anything to do with the Wall Street bailout. This silly woman would have been a disaster in a position of national leadership.
"...that is one of the most pathetic pieces of tape I have ever seen for someone aspiring to one of the highest offices in this country."
Perfectly put.
@ywillburn - I don't understand. Are you responding to the "Jack Cafferty Tells Us How He Really Feels About Sarah Palin" Video?
Raven
Katie was like WTF LOL!!
8 years later and I find it shocking that she sounds smarter than Mr. Trump. Never thought that this day would come.
ha ha ha ha
KassianGunsch lol..i totally agree
And this interview had me cracking up.
Therefore Tuesday’s debate between #DonTheCon and VP Harris had me splitting my sides with laughter… There’s no way that guy should be anywhere near the oval office
Never ever should have been
Thats not that bad of an answer for a kindergartner
Yes...it is.
+Sal Rodriguez
Seriously, I made more political sense when I was around 10 than Palin has ever made in her life, and I had a much better command of the language then than she has ever had.
Lol, now Kamala is exactly there and she is 10x worse.
To compare Sarah Palin to Vice President Harris proves how little you know.
@@yellyman5483 True, even Palin couldn’t hit her knees THAT many times.
woah the banner on the bottom - could it be any bigger? I tried clicking it off but so far no luck.
@PornStarfishScooter Any reason why you keep having posts removed? Just an FYI, I can't see them.
Almost 4 years later and it's still amazing and sad.
Over 12 years later and still a pathetic, pitiful example of a completely unqualified candidate. She should be ashamed of herself.
Notice how he had to stifle a laugh when he "is Governor Sarah Palin qualified to be president?"
@Canntone Curious how you could mistake the name Jimmy Carter for George Bush? Are you sure you can read?
Did you get that?
Miss Jack
I miss the Cafferty file.
Comics and commentators should have been sending Palin royalty checks for all the material she provided.
I wonder if she still can see Russia from her house?
@Viccerz ...less than half in 2000; more than half in 2004; it's amazing how integrity and good leadership will influence an electorate four years later...
"Don't make excuses for her, that was pathetic"....Jack Cafferty is saying what most of America are thinking and saying.
How the hell did Katie Couric keep a straight face this entire time? Seriously, that's talent.
@ASentinel2 Are you having some issues?
@h20fwler1 What, the show that saw its viewer numbers half inside a week?
I love the way that Cafferty was genuinely offended by Palins stupidity, as am I.
Two things.
The way Jack tried to stifle a laugh when reading "Is Sarah Palin Qualified To Be President?".
The look that Jack has on his face while Wolf is trying to make excuses for Palin is priceless...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Cafferty's bash on Sarah Palin is as legendary as Palin's interview with Katie Couric. It will remain as the quintessential example of how not to run a presidential campaign for future politicians. But more importantly, the barbed manner in which Cafferty owned Palin is what makes this so memorable. I've watched this video many times and no matter what, I can never get past his sarcastic question at 1:36 without bursting out laughing as if I were watching a comedy. It so accurately pinpoints the thoughts of the viewer with respect to Palin. It put to shame the whole campaign, it put into question John McCain's decision skills, and it is an embarrassment for the GOP as a whole that Sarah Palin still has a voice to represent them with.
+Benzene The Katie Couric interview is probably the single worst interview given out by any major candidate in any election in US history up to this point. It was just a total train wreck. And the real tragedy is, it wasn't like Couric was trying to destroy Palin. She just kept handing over some rope while Palin tied a nose around her neck and jumped off the nearest cliff.
+Hitch Slap (Hitchslap)
How about now? The loathing should have been replaced by cold, nauseating fear.
Zeemba is right; possibly deranged, but he's right.
If Palin could not give an answer b/c the question was poorly phrased (as opposed to being unable to answer because she was ignorant of the issues and totally out of her depth) then why didn't she just ask Couric to clarify/restate/repeat her question?
Why didn't she make the (dubious) points that you, someone NOT seeking high office, have made?
Because she was totally unqualified for the job, and it's amazing some people still don't see that.
@itpduder The one thing I give Gibson the most credit for was he didn't gift wrap the question for her after she proved her ignorance. He kept trying to clarify the question until he finally just had to explain the whole thing to her.
What did she say?
I've seen this a while ago, just saw it again in another video and had to watch it again. I love this so much, i think it's the first time i've ever seen any news anchor (except on Fox News) go so off queue, most likely in fear that this woman could have been the Vice President. He really says it how it is lol
@TheGoodMajor44 you are talking about the president right?
Thank you Jack for shutting him (wolfy ziony) up!
how'd you figure that?
Mad props to the woman interviewing Palin. I don't think I could have kept a poker face like that.
@dillucinate ok understood,then we arent arguing, with out seeing the comment you were replying to my comment was posted in a different context than you were speaking in
@ninuxy What's so difficult to fathom, can't you understand simplicity and fact when evidenced? Don't ingest if it clouds your reasoning.
@HUMANSAREBENEATHME what is a loughner type?
@zenbrenzz I do live in the south, Alabama. We're in the process of opening a German steel plant that took over 6000 people to build and will employ over 4000 people. And isn't far from two other similar steel mills. We also have half a dozen car manufacturers with several more in the process of being built.
We're growing extremely fast and it wouldn't have been possible if unions were here, they would've built elsewhere to avoid them.
What's she talking about?
Well said!
Again I come back after tonight's election results!
@itpduder yeah, prior to the interviews I wasn't a huge fan of Couric or Gibson but I gained a lot of respect for them after they didn't pull any punches while interviewing Palin.
This is from 10 years ago... Look at us now. Look how far we have come.
And look at how even back then Wolff Blitzer was spineless as ever.
Katie must have been sporting major journalistic wood during this interview knowing how huge this was going to be when it aired. Love Cafferty's look at the end as Wolfe is trying to be all diplomatic.
@dillucinate i respond with another question because your answer would determine whether or not i really cared for responding further
It's even more funny watching this a year later....
Did you get that? (guy laughing in the back) LOL!
@schlummieleinchen I didn't get that message... but you can pick and choose whatever statistic you want to make yourself feel better.
That is what old school news anchors would be like. Telling the truth no matter how hard it is.
How is it possible that this has been already 11 years ago?!?
"She's supposed to know a little bit of this!" lol
Cafferty has a habbit of being brutally honest.
i sounded exactly like that when i put Elmers Glue in another Cub Scouts cap and i got caught or was the chief suspect and was interrogated by the Episcopal minister the following Sunday (i was about 8 yrs old at the time though)
so what did you do
I have a lot of respect for Wolf Blitzer. He is a classy guy trying not to insult or demean Palin even though you can tell that he wants to and it would have been so easy for him to do so.
Palin's rambling nonsensical answer is the politician's version of Miss Teen USA 2007 South Carolina explaining why "maps" aren't more well-known to Americans.
This is SO classic.
@chrycohauler Just to put things in perspective, an angry drunk with a loaded gun is also a force to be reckoned with. Being "a force to be reckoned with" doesn't mean that the force is either under control or being used for good.
I still think that the country is far more polarized than 10 years ago and I lived there for 5 years. We were a super power up until WW1 and the US seems to be going through the same process we went through trying to be the world's policeman and not having the financial muscle to back it up. Consequently its getting into deeper and deeper unsustainable debt.
Jack Cafferty left CNN on November 15, 2012. He's 70 years old and retired now.
Sarah is so talented, she will be around for a long time.
The fact that stupid people call her stupid, only makes her more notable.
lmao! Katie Couric's face at 0:53, she looks like she's thinking, " You are so ignorant, Sarah, I could really just bitch-slap you!" funny chit.
Nice job Mr. Cafferty... Couldn't agree more.
Actually, I think that's the most coherent I've ever heard Palin.
0.o
Wolf Blitzer? It's more like Wimp Shitzer...Jack speaks his mind, and they should never be side by side...
@parafleet ...VERY well said!! I hope that they are held resonsible for their words of provacation.
Hahaha "don't you try to..." That was hilarious
@Stairc You are right. But I just go by what I have seen over the las 43 years or so. Remember when Nixon was elected in '68?
All joking aside, I went into this with an unbiased opinion on what I was about to hear. I sat through this twice and I cannot find any single point she was trying to make in her answer to the question. Maybe it's me that's the crazy one, but I tried to cut her a break and I could not. It was THAT BAD!!
Couric has an insanely impressive deadpan/poker face. I would have cracked up in ten seconds XD
Good on Jack for calling Wolf out for carrying water for the Mccain/Palin campaign.
So funny. Katie sitting there thinking (Are You Shitting Me) ?
If you are down and lonely, rewind this interview over and over again. You'll LOL all your life. Who needs a therapist?
@77syzygy thanks for the constructive critisizm. i'm trying to improve my thought skills meaning: I get to the point when i start thinking what's right, i want to xpress it, than it turns into a rant. Im trying to calm my nerves, cuz i get excited.
And that CAPS THING.. I WENT A LITTLE OVERboard(forgot to take caps off) with it. Believe me. Its not my style. I'm just saying..when are people going to learn?
You can see on Katie Couric's face, she's like WTF is she talking about.
@Massimo1GK ok so whats the difference between her and obama
Notice how he laughed when he said "Is Governor Sara Palin qualified to be president"? XD
This is the first time i've seen it since it was originally aired. It's quite obvious that Mama Grizzly is reading notes off the palm of her hand, which she was caught doing later on.