Palin on Hamas;
Sort of
The Young Turks ask if Palin's answer on democracy in the Middle East suggests that she supports Hamas:
Asked by Couric about what to do when democratic elections result in the coming to power of parties, such as Hamas, with which the US has problems:
Palin: "Especially in that region we have got to protect those and support those who do seek democracy."
The BBC reported in 2006 that
'[Elected Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail] Haniya told the BBC he regretted that Israel had labelled Hamas a terrorist group, adding that "it should have responded differently to the democracy expressed by the Palestinian people". '
Although it is true that her response made it sound as though she may support Haniya, Cenk Uygur is right that she just has no idea what she is talking about and couldn't find the Gaza Strip on the map or tell you what Hamas is.
posted by Juan Cole @ 10/01/2008 06:54:00 PM
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Hamas won in Palestine, not just in the Gaza Strip
You may have missed the dustup over this on the Atlantic blog. Jeffrey Goldberg (one of your favorites I'm sure) ran a piece entitled "Palin Supports Hamas" based on the same reading of her remarks and also concluding that she probably never heard of Hamas or Gaza. This then sparked a fiery retort from Neocon extraordinaire Michael Goldfarb (ex-Weekly Standard, now McCain) claiming that this was a SLANDER and demanding an apology. To which Andrew Sullivan replied, uh, Michael, it's IRONIC.
Yes. Before we parse the meaning of her statements too carefully, we should bear in mind that her statements generally have no meaning, but just represent what she recalls of answers memorized in rushed cramming sessions.
That's the scary thing - well one of the scary things - about the thought of her being in the Old Executive Office Bldg. She is essentially a blank slate who will reflect whatever she is taught by the advisors brought in to hurriedly prepare her to say the right things. Seeing as the McCain campaign has become the new home of the neoconservative "thinkers" who should have been roundly discredited by events but refuse to go away, this represents a perfect opportunity for them to bring us four more years of the same old crap.
Oh Sarah... what would this election be without you?
She obviously did it for the lolz.
Asked by Couric about what to do when democratic elections result in the coming to power of parties, such as Hamas, with which the US has problems:
Palin: "Especially in that region we have got to protect those and support those who do seek democracy."
[This is a problem, why?]
It is not bad that Palin does not know ME-101 yet. The real thriller will start when they will educate her in this area.
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