Countdown: Hagel and Harris-Lacewell on Palin

Keith reports on Chuck Hagel's statements about Sarah Palin knowing nothing about foreign policy and Palin's comments at a town hall on the subject. Melissa Harris-Lacewell weighs in on why Palin was picked at the VP nominee.

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[ScarletFBL2]

Gov. Palin's response was so sad. She totally ignored the person's question, and then made it seem like they were being snarky, or purposely trying to stomp her. They were possibly just trying to figure out if she would be the right candidate for them.

Obviously not.

Thanks for posting this vid. I'm glad to know that Republicans are coming to their senses. I hate to see my fellow Americans being taken in like they have been by this whole Sarah Palin fiasco.

[ahmadeyad]

So apparently if you ask a Republican a question than any other person with double digit I.Q.could answer then that makes you "snarky" ,I guess the republicans are just being cynical.

[DWRWC]

Melissa Harris-Lacewell-Perry-Obama-Bi­n Laden

[102936]

Melissa, see Palin's 24,000 emails for what she "has done."

[MultiSmartass1]

@MyTotalRemedy The GOP has been influenced by the right wing and religious votes for more than 20 years and they are incapable of becoming a full service party because of the malignant strain of conservatism that infected the party and rendered it immune from rationality and common sense.

Unlie the party will shed its skins over night.

[MyTotalRemedy]

@MultiSmartass1

She's not that unpopular with the Republicans. Very popular on the fixed news/hate radio circuit that thinks they speak for all Republicans when they just speak for a minority of Americans. It's just that Hagel is awesome and Ahnuld lives in reality. There are idiots like her and Bush, yes, and there's evil capable people like Dick Cheney. Both groups are scary. There's also capable people who aren't malicious, so that's 3 groups, and they get sidelined.

[MyTotalRemedy]

Chuck Hagel is the only Republican I think I could get behind without any reservations.

[MultiSmartass1]

Hagel was not the first GOP member to believe that Palin was a lightweight.

Schwartzenegger also made fun of Palin's "I can see Russia from Alaska" comment.

There are two kind of Republicans-idiots and capable people.

The capable people generally run things within the party and in an administration otherwise things will totally collapse.

Palin is an idiot and she is the politician to represent idiots.

She was a poor choice for McCain campaign and they knew it.

Plenty of GOP guys hate her.

[HottestCoupleEver]

Thanks for sharing. She is awesome.

[IMBumbaugh]

There is nothing sexier than a brilliant woman.

[IAmKrow]

I agree with you! She's intelligent and beautiful