I'll be a careful shot.
Sarah Palin
During phone call in which a Canadian prankster,
posing as Nicolas Sarkozy, invited Republican vice-presidential
nominee to go hunting by helicopter to kill baby seals, so long
as they didn't bring along Vice-President Cheney, November 1,
2008. |
Ohh, good, thank you, yes.
Sarah Palin
To Canadian prank phone caller who complimented
her on the documentary about her life, Hustler's "Nailin
Paylin," actually a porn movie starring a Sarah Palin lookalike,
November 1, 2008. |
Absolutely not. I think that, if I were to give up and wave
a white flag of surrender against some of the political shots
that we've taken, that ... that would ... bring this whole ...
I'm not doing this for naught.
Sarah Palin
Asked about her plans for 2012 and whether
she would disappear from the national political scene if she
and John McCain lose in US presidential election, ABC News interview,
October 29, 2008. |
They're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they
can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of
good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and
his family and his classroom.
Sarah Palin
Getting the US vice president's constitutional
role wrong after being asked by a third grader what the vice
president does, interview with NBC affiliate KUSA in Colorado,
October 21, 2008. |
I would hope at least that those protesters have the courage
and the honor of thanking our veterans for giving them the right
to protest!
Sarah Palin
Confusing supporters at a campaign rally
who had shouted "We can't hear you!" and "Louder!",
Richmond, Va., October 13, 2008. |
I'm very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing
... any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased
to be cleared of any of that.
Sarah Palin
After an Alaska legislative report found
she had broken the state's ethics law and abused her power in
the Troopergate scandal, in conference call with Alaska reporters,
October 12, 2008. A second report released on the eve of US
presidental election exonerated her. |
We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington,
D.C. ... We believe that the best of America is in these small
towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets
of what I call the real America, being here with all of you
hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas
of this great nation
Sarah Palin
Speaking at a fundraiser in Greensoboro,
N.C., October 16, 2008. |
They are also building schools for the Afghan children so
that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country
of Afghanistan.
Sarah Palin
Speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco,
October 5, 2008. |
I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or
you want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American
people and let them know my track record also.
Sarah Palin
On not answering the questions in the vice
presidential debate, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2, 2008. |
Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history
of America rulings there have been rulings.
Sarah Palin
Unable to name a Supreme Court decision
she disagreed with other than Roe vs. Wade, interview with Katie
Couric, CBS News, October 1, 2008. |
All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over
all these years.
Sarah Palin
Unable to name a single newspaper or magazine
she reads, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, October 1,
2008. |
I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
Sarah Palin
Asked by Katie Couric to cite specific
examples of how John McCain has pushed for more regulation in
his 26 years in the Senate, CBS News interview, September 24,
2008. |
As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the
United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's
just right over the border.
Sarah Palin
Explaining why Alaska's proximity to Russia
gives her foreign policy experience for US vice-presidency,
interview with CBS's Katie Couric, September 24, 2008. |
That's exactly what we're going to do in a Palin and McCain
administration.
Sarah Palin
Promoting herself to the top of the ticket
in US presidential race, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 18, 2008. |
I watched with the volume all the way down. I thought it was
hilarious. I thought she was spot on. ... It was hilarious.
Again, didn't hear a word she said, but the visual, spot on.
Sarah Palin
On Tina Fey's 'Saturday Night Live' skit
interview and impression of her on FOX News's 'Hannity &
Colmes', September 17, 2008. |
The fact is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have gotten too
big and too expensive to the taxpayers.
Sarah Palin
On the two companies which are in fact
private entities, Colorado Springs, CO, September 13, 2008. |
They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia
from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
Sarah Palin
On her foreign policy insights into Russia,
ABC News interview, September 11, 2008. |
Nucular.
Sarah Palin
Mispronouncing the word "nuclear"
twice, ABC News interview, September 11, 2008. |
Perhaps so.
Sarah Palin
Asked if America may need to go to war
with Russia because of the Georgia crisis, ABC News interview,
September 11, 2008. |
I have not, and I think if you go back in history and if you
ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the
same answer that I just gave you.
Sarah Palin
Asked if she had never met a foreign head
of state, despite the fact that every US vice-president in the
last 32 years had met a foreign head of state prior to taking
office, ABC News interview, September 11, 2008. |
In what respect, Charlie?
Sarah Palin
Asked if she agreed with the Bush Doctrine,
ABC News interview, September 11, 2008. |
Let me speak specifically about a credential that I do bring
to this table, Charlie, and that's with the energy independence
that I've been working on for these years as the governor of
this state that produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic
supply of energy.
Sarah Palin
Misstating the amount of energy produced
by Alaska, which is only 3.5 percent, September 11, 2008. |
You'll be there to defend the innocents from the enemies who
planned and carried out and rejoiced in the deaths of thousands
of Americans.
Sarah Palin
Linking Iraq war to the 9/11 attacks while
addressing U.S. soldiers shipping off to Iraq, Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 11, 2008. |
I told the Congress, "Thanks, but no thanks," on
that Bridge to Nowhere.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. However, she was for the Bridge to Nowhere before
she was against it. |
Absolutely. Yup, yup.
Sarah Palin
Asked by People magazine if she was ready
to be a heartbeat away from the presidency after being chosen
to run for vice-presidency, August, 2008. |
As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't
answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it
exactly that the VP does every day?
Sarah Palin
Her surprise at US presidential candidate
John McCain choosing her as vice-presidential running mate,
interview with CNBC's 'Kudlow & Co', July 31, 2008. |
Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do
what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our
national leaders, are sending soldiers out on a task that is
from God. That's what we have to make sure that we're praying
for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan.
Sarah Palin
On Iraq war, speaking to students at the
Wasilla Assembly of God, June 2008. |
I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies
to get that gas line built, so pray for that.
Sarah Palin
On $30 billion national gas pipeline project
that she wanted built in Alaska, speaking to students the Wasilla
Assembly of God, June 2008. |
When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate
with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism,
or maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, "Man,
that doesn't do us any good, women in politics, or women in
general, trying to progress this country."
Sarah Palin
On complaints from Hillary Clinton's campaign
about sexist coverage in race for The White House, Spring 2008. |
I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really
focused much on the war in Iraq.
Sarah Palin
Interview with Alaska Business Monthly,
March 2007. |