October 1, 2008

Descent into dur

Barbie Spice -- who has a degree in journalism -- can't name one single newspaper or magazine that she has EVER read in her life.

COURIC: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this — to stay informed and to understand the world?

PALIN: I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media —

COURIC: But what ones specifically? I’m curious.

PALIN: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.

COURIC: Can you name any of them?

PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news. Alaska isn't a foreign country where it's kind of suggested it seems like, wow how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, DC may be thinking and doing, when you live up there in Alaska. Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

COURIC: Yes, but which ones, goldarnit?

PALIN: In like, what respect, Katie? Actual "reading," or jes' lookin' at the pitchers? 'Cause there's like Field an' Stream, I think, an' Guns an' Ammo, an' uhhh, Trout Weekly, an' the Pontyville Murgatroid -Bicuspid! I gotta really great recipe fer moonshine made outta lichens from that one!

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