Comparing Sarah Palin to Dan Quayle is an insult to Dan Quayle
Posted by Bill Nance on August 31, 2008
This is a good clip, just to start off the conversation:
Ok, I won’t make a definitive statement about Sarah Palin’s IQ (though inability to pronounce her native language correctly reminds me of a certain Genius who currently occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue).
Many people have been referring to Dan Quayle as a comparison to McCain’s VP choice; Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. I too was one of these folks, but after a second look, I realize I was grossly unfair in this comparison and I apologize for making it.
Lets have a look at Dan Quayle:
- BA in political science,
- Law degree
- Service in the national guard
- State politics for 3 years
- Two years private law practice
- 12 years in the U.S. Congress and Senate at the time of his nomination for V.P.
And Sarah Palin:
- BA in journalism
- Brief stint as a sports reporter for a local TV station
- Four years on the city council of a town with less than 6,000 year-round residents
- Six years as mayor of said town
- 18 MONTHS as Governor of a state with a population smaller than Chula Vista, CA
in an earlier post, I referred to Palin as “Dan Quayle with Boobs.” I apologize to Vice President Quayle. You may be no Jack Kennedy Sir, but compared to Sarah Palin you’re Dwight D. Eisenhower.
4leslie said
Wow, you’re really bringin’ it!
Again, and I know it’s already getting tiresome to hear, what does this say about John McCain’s judgment?
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