Palin: Makes Fun Of Older People, Sees No Value In Experience

At a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio yesterday, Sarah Palin told a crowd she's looking forward to meeting Joe Biden on Thursday.

"I've never met him before," Palin said. "But I've been hearing about his senate speeches since I was in like 2nd grade."

The Republican crowd seemed to think this was hilarious.

Ummm, your grandfather in your running mate.



via Washinton Monthly:

Immediately after the speech, CBS's Katie Couric met up with Palin and asked about her comments. CBS just sent over the transcript of what we'll see this evening:

Couric: You made a funny comment, you've said you have been listening to Joe Biden's speeches since you were in second grade.

Palin: It's been since like '72, yah.

Couric: You have a 72-year-old running mate, is that kind of a risky thing to say, insinuating that Joe Biden's been around awhile?

Palin: Oh no, it's nothing negative at all. He's got a lot of experience and just stating the fact there, that we've been hearing his speeches for all these years. So he's got a tremendous amount of experience and, you know, I'm the new energy, the new face, the new ideas and he's got the experience based on many many years in the Senate and voters are gonna have a choice there of what it is that they want in these next four years.

Is she saying a "new face" with no clue has value just because it is new? What are her new ideas, again? Drill for oil. Creationism. And my choice, according to you, is between those "new ideas" and Joe Biden, a guy with years and years of experience. Experience that even your running mate has made the central theme of his campaign. You are a walking punchline.